The Interior News Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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THREE RIVERS REPORT
TERRACE - KITIMAT ∙ SMITHERS - HOUSTON ∙ PRINCE RUPERT ∙ VANCOUVER
Band Council not responsible BURNED from B1 “The Band assisted in the cleanup of your home and I said to you that’s as much as we can do. “Normally that’s your responsibility to ensure that you carry home insurance.” The Kispiox Band Council is not responsible for any home in the community that has a fire. It’s the homeowners responsibility, Brian reiterated in the e-mail. Reynold, Brian added, has persisted with the expectation of a Band authorization for the purchase of paint to cover the smokedamaged walls. “I can’t do that,” Brian said in the e-mail. Reynold then asked me to replace the window that was damaged and I told him I can’t do that
“Normally that’s your responsibility to ensure that you carry home insurance.” Kispiox Band Manager, Brian Williams
either. “However, I offered some windows that were in the yard.” The Kispiox Band Council has minimal services, Brian explained. The council is not funded to take care of the Elders in the community. While Reynolds acknowledged it was his responsibility to carry home insurance, which he didn’t have at that time of the fire, he also believes his band and fellow house members should’ve been and should be willing to help him out. “I don’t know why my band can’t come forward and help out even after reading Brian’s letter,”
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Reynold said. “I’m not asking for a new home, just a bit to fix my own home.” Friends who are trying to help Reynold have asked if a feast or other community fundraiser could be held to raise the money to help their elder out. However for now, Reynold remains in his late sisters home which Brian said is a perfectly fine home. Reynold disagrees. He says it too is in bad shape. “I’m happy I can still live in the Kispiox,” Reynold said. “But staying at my late sisters house where water leaks from the light sockets scares me,” he said.
“The band manager in Kitsekalum said that you take care of your elders and that is the job of the band.” For now, Brian assured Reynolds his letter would be presented for further discussion at the June 2012 Band Council Meeting. Friends such as Shannon McPhail, Charlie Hillis and Ron Henwood continue to help in many ways. “I really really appreciate all that people have done for me,” Reynolds said. Nonetheless he just wants to be back in his own house. “I built my house and I just want to go home,” he said. “I simply want to sleep in my own bed, in my own home but no one from the Band will even talk to me about it.” As of deadline, the Interior News was not able to get a response from Brian Williams.
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