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~ 'Recreation Briefs - cont'd trom page 11 | You do not need hockey experience - just enthus- iasm and interest. If You are willing to assist in any way, please contact the Nominating Committee Chairman, Mr. Roller Skating lt would appear that Jack Frost has subsided in the arena and therefore the sealing of the floor will be- gin this week. Refer to next week's NEWS for the forthcoming roller skating schedule. Coming Events Saturday, May 25th - Minor Hockey Banquet Saturday, June Ist - Bowling Banquet Saturday, June 8th - Regional Cub-a-Ree Saturday, June Ist - Navy League Annual |nspectio Saturday, June 8th - Horticultural Club sale of bedding plants in the arena Sunday, June 9th - Annual Moose Bowling Tournie June 25th to 28th - North Shore Playground Train- ing Course July Ist - Kiwanis Annual Soap Box Derby duly 6th and 7th - Northwestern Ontario Competi- tive Swimming Clinic ARCTIC HOUSING A PRIORITY PROGRAM The $12 million rental housing program to provide every Fskimo family with permanent housing is well under way in the Eastern Arctic. About 500 families have already moved into three-bedroom homes, with oil heat, electricity and sanitary services. Another 314 families (mainly in the Keewatin) will have their homes by this summer. The program, adminis- tered by the Northern Administration Branch of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Develop- ment, will be extended to other Arctic areas, with TERRACE BAY NEWS Jim Bedard, or the Recreation Office MAY 16, 1968 Photos at left were taken at the fare- well party in honor of Marie Fdmunds . the deadline of having all Eskimos in adequate accommodation by 1971. "Warm dry housing and facilities A for basic sanitation and cleanliness are key factors in reducing the high rates of infant mortality and tubercu- i losis among the Eskimo people, " said ¥ Northern Development Minister Arthur * Laing. "It is the aim of my Depart- > ment to make available to all Eskimo families these essentials - - as well as education and employment opportunities to bring their way of life more in line with southern standards." Under the housing program, the monthly rent in- cludes heat, electricity, water and sanitary services Each house is equipped with basic furniture, 'to a maximum of $500 ), dishes, cutlery, and cleaning equipment. The rent is based on a sliding scale ac- cording to income and employment opportunities in various settlements. A local board of Eskimo people decides housing priorities and sets the rent for hunt- ers living off the land. Services (water delivery, sewage and garbage disposal ) are handled where possible through Fskimo cooperatives . An adult education program supported by sets of booklets in Eskimo syllabics explains the financial obligations and responsibilities to the tenants. ". Eskimo homemakers are trained in the use of unfami- liar electrical appliances, cleaning equipment, basic nutrition, and the use of adequate warm clothing to replace the traditional fur garments that are seldom worn by the modern Eskimo. "Civilization has now reached in varying degrees every community in the north" said Mr. Laing. "In- fections that are common and relatively harmless in the soufh are of grave concern when they touch groups with limited immunity. We believe that a warm, dry, sanitary environment is of major impor- tance during this critical transition from isolation to active participation in northern development." Although the present requirements for basic hous- ing in the Eastern Arctic will be met with this summer's shipments, the program will continue to keep pace with the growing northern families. "The Eskimo birth rate is rising rapidly. At pre- sent rates of increase, the population will double from present 15,000 within twenty years."