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1983

EDITION 8
Last Edition:

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WR, RON BASFORD

DIRECTOR - NORTH EAST COAL
| interviewed Mr. Ron Basford in his
iffice in Vancouver. He is the director
of North East Coal. Some of the things he
does with North East Coal are: negotiate
il] the contract agreements that the Prov-
ince was a Signer of, etc. Mr. Basford's
job as director is to coordinate all the
construction projects so that they're
completed by December 1, 1983 and to
provide information on the whole North
fast Coal project.

How he got to be part of N.E.C. is he used
to be a member of the Federal Cabinet. He
worked with Mr. Phillips on an agreement
that Canada and B.C. should study N.E.C.
Next he did legal work for the Province.
Then when Canada signed the agreements
vith the Japanese, Mr. Phillips asked him
to coordinate the whole project. He has
deen part of N.E.C. since February 1981.

Wr. Basford said its

\.E.Cc. becuase it will provide a lot of

jobs for people. It'll provide a lot of

foreign earnings to support our dollar and
|

important to have

Hlit'll provide a second port to the Pacific
‘(cean and better transportation for B.C.,

\|Alberta and Saskatchewan.

|] mentioned to Mr. Basford that South East
‘Coal has had lots of problems and has lost
Jia lot of their sales. Do you think North
‘fast Coal will be any different? His
jlanswer was South East Coal hasn't lost any
‘lsales to North East Coal. South East Coal
jhas lost sales this year for the first
j|time because of the recession and as the
jjeconomy picks up in the world, B.C. will
||have a bigger share of the world market
‘iyhich means B.C. will sell more coal.

We he likes about working for North East

Coal is it's very exciting to be part of
something that is new and productive and
that is providing jobs and also opening up
Northern B.C. The other comments he would
like to make are, the project is going
better than he expected. We've been very
lucky with the weather and people on the
project have been doing a wonderful job.
We thinks it's terribly important’ to
Canada that we said things would happen by
December 1, 1983 and people seem deter-
nined it will happen.

Mark Stock

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OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE SCHOOL

officially opened on

The school's staff,
and Mr. Phillips,
Lawrence, Mrs. Dokken,
the school trustees and Mr. Thomas, the
school's superintendent attended. The
officials arrived at 4 past 11 a.m. and
left at 11:30. Mr. Phillips cut the
ribbon to open the school. Mr. Wilson,
the Principal, feels that the students
were well behaved and it was good to have
the school's important officials attend.
Mr. Wilson also thought it was great to
get the school's photos taken.

The school was
Thursday, April 27.
the students,

Mrs. Haddow, Mrs.

Derrick DeMelt

FITNESS CLASSES

Mrs. Talbot has started an aerobics class
which takes place at the community centre.
The classes are on Monday, Friday and
Saturday 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. At night time
the classes are on Tuesday and Thursday
8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Mrs. Talbot has taught
aerobics for 10 months approximately. She
plans to have the class going as long as
she lives here. The classes suit all
beginners and experts. 25 people usually
attend the classes.

Derrick DeMelt

THE PIZZA PLACE IS A SUCCESS

Mr. Victor Fargas is the owner of the
Pizza Place which opened on April 16,
1983. He decided to start the business
because he thought there might be a good
market. There are two other people and
their names are Miss Nancy Vandersteen and
Mr. Edward Wagstaff.

The Pizza Place sells Pizza, Ribs, and
Chicken. There is no limit to how many
kinds of pizzas there are, but the favour-
ite is ham, pineapple, and mushroom. For
lunch you can buy mini-submarines, sand-
wiches, soft drinks, and coffee.

Mr. Fargas says he has been busy since he

opened. Friday and Saturday are the most
busy. When there are names on the
streets, the Pizza Place might deliver

right to your home. Until then, you can
buy at the Pizza Place, beside the Royal
Bank, 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 5:30
p.m. to Midnight.

Derek Stock