OF SOUAMIS#- & WHISTLER & PEMBEWTON VOl. 22 - No. 4 SQUAMISH, B.C.-WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 25, 1978 20 cents per copy Phone 892-5131 TWO SECTIONS - 18 PAGES . --Computer sewices u ish to enter contract - -with North Vancouver . The District of Squamish In the computer industry, anywhere from eight months to made the move into the com- systems have a life of five to a year to get them running puter age,with council's decision seven years before they are ob- properly. to enter into a five year solete. Improvements in that The North Vancouver system SI50,OOO agreement with North field are proceeding at such a on the other hand is managed by Vancouver for the use of their rate that most companies lease a gentleman with 20 years' ex- Univac computer system. the equipment at a cost close to perience. It has approximately Until the hookup is made in the actual sellinK price over a 400 programs worth several January of 1979, the town's ar- five to seven year time period. million dollars available to its counting will continue to be users. The Squamish municipal done as it has been for the past North Vancouver's system office will, be provided with a few years. Treasurer David wjll cost them $309,000.over CRT visual screen for instant White says that it is a system five years, shared with the North retrieval of information, a daily Vancouver Recreation Com- that has worked in the past but balance and a data line to feed that any further growth here mission and the municipality of information into the computer. Squamish. would require additional staff to The system will contain Council spent many hours just barely handle the programs with information on reviewing the alternatives of book keeping. every aspect of municipal ex- buying or renting its own system Squamish is a $4 million cor- penditures and money received ' or committing itself to a .five poration whose tax calculations on a daily basis. Inventories, year term with North Van- are sent out once a year to a building permits, general licen- couver. computer firm in Vancouver ces, a general ledger - all the and whose accounts are sent Narrowing the various models ' data necessary for the operation weekly to National Data by and .companies down to the of a municipa1,ity - will be Loomis Courier, National Data Burroughs System computer of a available at a moment's notice. With arms'up high, these'y&ng three and four year olds are encouraged to and games. Pictured but not in order are Sean Watson, Nicki Bowcock, Prepares the monthly stmmWs size to handle everything that A voters list that once too!. reach for the sky by the library's Judy Priest. Every Friday morning Kurt Patrick, Steven Maclean, Corina Wid@#, Matthew Forbes, Sean and handles payroll. North Vancouver could, council three weeks to compile will, Squamish youngsters meetnat the library at 10 o'clock for an hour offitories %I.Delvecchio,Dean Ashton, Mark Priest and Dawn Priest. "Under this system," said found that the Burroughs would once the names are fed in, be .. ., . 'I;,.. ;, . ,. White, "YOU never know exactly cost the same over a five year produced in three minutes. :",., . where you are. This new system period. White feels that control of the Will free me to manage Our In addition, an in-house municipality's funds will be very funds. Right now we're bogged system would require the much tighter. "We can't see the down 4th the daily drudgery of , training of an operator and be woods for the trees right now." filing and sorting." dependent on that operator's Council had reservations Squamishi wants chip facility Several months ago Notth skill. Chilliwack and Prince about the reliability of any of Vancouver, which has had ita Rupert are among several of the the systems. Looking over the system for 20 years, decided to province's communities to pur- models available and gathering upgrade with a new Univac chase or lease their own com. information concerning other computer and offered Squamish puter systemj and the record computer systems serving other . 25 acre site on the opportunity to be included. shows that it took them communities, council arrived at .the codclusion that any system is only asstood as the information harbor preferred being fed into it., I Wilful damage Alderman Norm Barr.was the, By MARNIE BURNSIDE sole objector. to ths decision to, , Squamish may be the site of.a.new chip loading facility if 1 ,.-. go. yi? ..,.;,Nwh.,;,Vancouver the provincial vinistry of the Environment determines that ' because he'felt ttiat'thl cOG:wab. the proposed 25 acre site on the'Squamish'estuaj adjacent' to eases reported the Squamish Terminals will not %danger the salmon The December police report, fishery. presented to council last week, Chosen as one of three1 possible locations, Squamish showed there were several com- council is fighting'hard for a removal of a five-year old plaints of wilful damage and federal government ban placed on development of the police were startled to find 13 estuary at a time when consideration was being given to a business premises left unlocked. coal loading terminal. There were 19. cases of wilful The ban is now under review by the provincial Ministry damage to private property and of the Environment who has completed a four month study of three cases of wilful damage to the area, If the site meets provincial approval,, the B.C. public property. government will meet with the Federal Ministry of the En- A total of 350 complaints were received and dealt with vironment to discuss a lifting of the ban. during the month and police Last Tuesday our federal the chips a further 40 miles to report that the liquor situation representative Jack Pearsall met North Vancouver where weter- was good. There were I2 cases with council and agreed to ask front property is expensive. A involving alcohol and one in- federal environment minister location at Britannia Beach volving drugs; six articles repor- Len Marchant to mpet with his would require the acquisition of ted lost and three found. Mothers' March provincial counterpart James land and construction of a port. In the list of offences there Nielsen, and Labour Minister If Fibreco located here they was one causing bodily harm, I I Allan Williams to discuss the would use the docking facilities other assaults, seven cases of . Jan. 29tLFeb. 4th possibility of chip loading at of Squamish Terminals who also disturbing the peace, three cases Squamish. has the option to lease the The week of Jan. 29th to Feb. Kinsmen have been invoived, on 25 of fraud, and five dog com- Fibreco .Ltd., the forest in- acre parcel of BCR owned land plaints. 4th is the week of the annual they have collected an average of 92 cents per person in dustry's chip marketing 60- which is just the right size for Nine businesses were broken Kinsmen Mothers March. In operative, wants to create a per- the Fibreco operation. into, seven residences and one Squamish there will be ap- Squamish. That is above the average for the province. manent facility to handle the If the ban is lifted Squamish other building. There were eight proximately 70 to 80 marching province's surplus of chips Terminals plans to dredge out a thefts from motor vehicles, one mothers and fathers knocking Even though Squamish is above average on contributions, flowing off the BCR. Because second berth using the fill for of a motor vehicle, three over on your door. the bulk of chips in B.C. are the chip facility which would ' the Kinsmen Rehabilitation $200 and eight under $200. This march is the only way generated within the territory of bring the land above high tide Members of the force issued the Kinsmen Rehabilitation Foundation has re-invested more back into the community the BCR, the loading operation level, construct a new 86 traffic tickets and received Foundation is funded. In the has to be located somewhere on warehouse and finish a dolphin 47 civil documents for service.' last two years since the local than it has taken out: For in- stance many people have been tide-water at the southern end of berth in the 'channel already in helped with transportation to the piCVinCiBity owned railiiray. CxiSteilCe 03 ik westera side of hospitals, special wheel chair:, Strangely enough, Squamish the terminals. HHPING BLIND PEOPLE musical instruments, technical Terminals was granted a two The planning, construction aids and moral support. The year permit to begin the and completion will provide - TO CROSS COUNfRY SKI Kinsmen Rehabilitation Fund dredging, filling and con- employment for 75 people, raise does not only provide essential struction for the terminal ex. our tax base by slightly under I A Vancouver chapter of the Sons of Norway Lodge is services to the disabled which pansion and chip loading $12 million and allow the teaching blind people to ski and using the area around Lake are not being met by govern- operation by Transport Canada creation of a Squamish based Lucille at Garibaldi for this purpose. ment programs; it also provides in early October last year. The longshoreman work force, ac- Bert and Teresa Summerskill recently spent a Saturday the initiative for new and in- company informed Environment cording to Squamish Terminals up there with members of the Sleipner Lodge, Sons of Nor- novative services such as the Canada of the situation and by estimations. way, tramping out trails for the students and their instructors technical aids program, which late October received a letter In addition, a decision on the the government is not prepared expressing the federal depart- site must be reached by January to__ use.