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/ /- • i - . , .. .. _ . ~." .+• Legislative Library • ;~;~':., Parliment Buildings • " - - I '+-' Victoria, B.C. b'+'.",':' ,f. :. ~. :. ,,, • • . • "++t+ t, +~ .~ % ,,.++ .,+., • / "o".~ ~'~.+ V8V-IZ4 Comp. : .~...... ii :ii " x ~P+ r p. i" • ' ~ + " ' ~+.. , ,~,],+f, - + ":. :, -,~ t: . -" " "*L.*" ~ , +,~, ;~:,+ :.,, . '.. j . +."+r,~+'. .= • .t.~+: - , ............ ' .~i • +Z+¢:..'" + " :. , . Servingthe ."i'/:' ~~i!':i/~!!i~'?:' _ i ~ @; n i !:!B i " m n " /Northwest . +i: , .~ ~il~m ~ ~+.~ i m ~ ~ m ~~ ~ Tuesday, May 22, 1984 -- -I~lV 25 cents Establlshed 1901 ' Volume 78 No.99 ----- --~@llll_ -- i[i . Schulmeister crew finishes first in raft race by RALPH RESCHKE Kitimat Booming Contractors en- hands about five times before the ahead and went onto win the race. currently being organized by the unce mere, it was every man for Herald Staff Writer tries in the process. race.was over. -In six years entering the event, the Hooks and Crooks Social Club. himself as the crews jostled for • . Sohulmeister raft has won first position, and made their way down KITIMAT-- An exuberant crew The winning :team from Terrace The Kitimat Elks raft, which won " place three times and placed third Race organizer, Roger Turner, the river. from the Willie Schulmeister raft covered tlie eight kilometre course the race last year, was in the lead .. three times. said that the procedure to start the Last to finish the race this ysarj crowed the finish line first in the in 46 minutes, but. according to until shortly before the finish line, ! racewas a little different this year, was the submersible raft entered by llth annual Delta KMg Days raft crews from all three leading rafts, it when they hit a log and got spun Approximately 1O0 people lined as the crews of each raft had to the lily Bird crew. The finished the race, held in Kitimat on Sunday, was race for the finish right to the ~around. .. bothsides of the' river at the finish complete a QO yard dash across sand race almost half an hour after the beating-, out the Kitimat Elks and very end; with firstplace changing. 'The Schulmeister raft jump~ "line to watch the race, which is a sto~ to get to their rafts. winners did. Although winners last year, the Kitimat Elks raft placed beforethe finish iine that knocked them out of the lea¢l, The second In this year's Delta King Days raft race on Sunday. first three finishers followed each other across the line only The crew blamed the loss of the race on a log they hit shortly !5 second apart. More Pictures on page 14. i r :1 e i • , ' ;.,!. f;," . The Willie Schulmeister team from Terrace earned first $killy*:defi s ........NDP Oddmaker= i,With win place in the Kitlmat Delta King Days raft race onSunday, beating lastyear's winners~ the Kiflmat Elks by a 15 second VANCOUVER (CP) Bob Skelly former leader Dave Barrett, who led led his delegates through the middle giHng aboriginal people the land- margin. ,Holding the victory cup is 'raft captain Willie defied the eddsmakers Sunday and the party:to victoryin 1972 and then of the convention fl~r, singing they claim they owned'in B.C. before Schulmeister. From left to right in the back row are Tom was the surprise winner of the suffered three successive defeats. -Solidarity Forever and chanting Canada was settled by Europeans -- Schulmeister, Marvin Schulmeister; Paul Schulmeister, Ray: British Columbia New Democratic Skelly promised a consultative Skelly's name. which the party's stated policy does Party leadership. leadershipand said he would travel Margaret Birretl, who dropped off not. Scheper and Lawrence Schulmelster. Not shown Is Skelly, 41, the member of the the province talking to the con- after the second ballot, ma~ched to ' He said, "We must transform the remaining crew member, Henry Schulmelster. legislative assembly for Alberni, stituency organizations, community Skelly with King. Graham Lea, economic order so we can guarantee attracted the supporters of four groups and unions to develop new dropped after the first ballot, had a decent standard of living and a other candidates as they dropped off party• policies. earlier committed his support to quality of life to all citizens." the ballot, then faced off against Vickers, who has never held Stupich. The former school teacher has 12 1 Victoria lawyel' David Vickers on political office, had been expected to Skelly was the youngest in the six- years of experience in the ,Timber industry the fifth ballot. go one-on-one against Bill King, a My race toreplaee Barrett, who was legislature. However, he told the The final count was 606 votes for former labor minister in Dave premier from 1972 to 1975. As convention Saturday, "The days of Shelly, 452 for Vickers. BarroWs gbvernment because the Barrett met him at the podium and effective Opposition (in the facesnew slump His voice shaking, Skelly thanked two were led the first two ballots. presented him to the cheering legislature) are over. We must the delegates for their support Vickers was gracious in defeat and delegates, Skelly appeared slightly become a party committed to PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- After a where they are gomg to have to during the five-month campaign. moved the traditional motion to awestruck by the commotion. proposig all possible solutions to .the year of strong sales and rising make a decision about curtailing He said, "I think we are goingto make the selection of' Skelly He spoke briefly, thanking his problems... We must think and act employment, the U.S. timber in- and 9utting shifts," said Fred come out of this campaign much unanimous. supporters, before being whisked off like a party of government." dustryhas fallen into a slumpthat is Reseburg, the association's director more unified and .much stronger CItANCES THWARTED to a provincial caucus meeting. Skelly's wife, Alexandra, said she hitting especially hard in the in- of economic services. than. ever. And, (Premier Bill) King's chances were thwaried knew all along that her husband > duntry's heartland. He said Canadian imports are Bennett eat your heart out." when Dave Stupich, a party loyalist ON PARTY'S LEFT could win. She said it was just a Timber companies gorged cutting deeper Into the U.S. market. "But,', Skelly warned the who early in the campaign had Skelly, the youngest candidate in matter of convincing the delegates. themselves on lumber last year and Twelve billion board feet of delegates, "Now the test begins; In pledged support to King, freed his the six-way race to replace Barrett, Mrs. Skelly expects to keep a low the first quarter of 1984, reopening Canadian lumber were bought in L 1986, there's going to be another delegates after the third ballot. claims to reflect the policies of the profile as wife of the leader of the mills as housing construction picked 19t~3, up from 11 billion in 1979 even : election 79,000 votes separated us King ,dropped off the ballot after party's left. Opposition because their children up after the lean years of 1981-82. though overall consumption fell. (from the Social Credit)in the last the fourth vote. Following a brief In his speech Saturday, he told the are still young --a daughter, Susan, In the last six weeks, however, Falling prices were to blame for ~ election. They're going to be the meeting with his organizers, King delegates Saturday he Supports is l0 and their son, Robbie, is eight.: lumber and plywood prices hame •the 400 layoffs at Publishers Paper's hardest votes we've ever won in our fallen and mill inventories have Mdalla and Tillamook mills, said lives." swelled. More than 2,500 people have company spokesman Bill Lesh'. MUST FIGHT been or will be laid off this month in .Publishers president G. Web Ross, Before that test comes; Skelly said Oregon mills owned by announcing the layoffs two weeks the party must fight the upcoming Weyerhaeussr Co., Ruseburg ago, told Molalla millworkers to federal election. Lumber Co. and Publishers paper protest federal budget deficits and ,'The Conservatives and Liberals co. ' their effect on mortgage ~ates say they are going to make a Industry representatives blame "There's too much lumber forced comeback in British Columbia... rising mortgage rates more than into a marketthat can't take it all," We can beat them beth together and anything else. They also cite poor said David Evans, editor of Random we can boat them Separately. Let's wdather, Canadian competition und Lengths,' a market reporting do it." misplaced trust in optimistic newsletter. The new leader also paid tribute to foi'ecasts. "EverYbody was predicting that this would be a pretty good year," said Weyerhaeuser cliairman Robert B. Wdson:• "It,s an election + 38 people, killed year, and typicallythat kind of thing At |east 38 people were killed in man who' has not yet been identiiied has an effect on the markets. accidents across Canada during the died Sunday after apparently "And then, all of a sudden, the Victoria Day Weekend, including a inhaling exhaust fumes from a faucet got turned off." bizarre mishap in Windsor, Ont., in faulty tailpipe. Lumber production for the week which two hitchhikers travelling on The two hitchhikers were ending May 12 totalled 335 million the back of a pickup died from discovered in the back of the truck, board feet in 12 western States, said suspected carbon monoxide which was enclosed, when the driver the Western Wood Products poisoning. stopped just outside Windsor, police Association,a trade group. That was A survey by The Canadian Press said. They had been riding in the down five per cent from the same from 6 p.m, Friday to 6 p.m. Monday truck about an .hour.

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