oe eR oe ee impacts arising from a proposed port at. Kitimat will take place, — says a provincial official. - Frank Blasetti, one of two people in charge of administer- ing the provincial gavernment’s - major project . .teview . process, - says two federal departments TERRACE. — There's a good of , charice: a detailed examination of environmental and economic have already indicated more” Study of the proposed $63 million project is needed, The federal fisheries depart- ment is worried about the ef- fects of dredging and construc. tion of deep-sea berths on fish habitat and Transport Canada has questions about the impact on its port at Prince Rupert, he said, **There’s a good Hkehood MASH © hospital viewing planned TERRACE — Residents have the chance to see a MASH TV show-type hospital up close this month ‘as emergency preparedness is highlighted. On view will be an operating room and other Facilities similar to those contained in a 200-bed hospital stored at the. airport, says regional Provincial Emergency Program official Rod Salem, The hospital: in storage con- tains all the basic medical equip- ment. needed in case of large scale’ emiergencies,” “he said. There's:.also ona- in «Prince George and one, ‘In. Dawson : Creek, — - 4*These hospitals come from the Korean War-era, just like the one on MASH, "said Salem. ‘ One of the more recent uses of this kind of hospital took place several” years ago in Whitehorse when one was set up after that city’ s hospital burned down. The hospital viewing, it'll be set up at the cadet hall at theair- port April 20-22, is planned as part of emergency preparedness week, April 20-27, There'll also be displays by local. emergency services organizations, — ‘Terrace area emergency pro- gram co-ordinator Ray Tank is looking for volunteers to help set up the -hospital display. Messages can be left at city hall, 638-6311. _He ‘said having a group of people familiar wilh setting up the hospital will help should it ever be needed. “The idea of emergency preparedness week is to make people aware of what kind of disasters can. take place and what plans have been. made to deal with them, Tank added, ri. Parry T?.. , LEGISLATIVE | ASRE yeni RVs A VICTORIA vincial officials can reject, give _ approval In principle pénding the granting of all. necessary B.. permits or order further study, - Blasetti said a decision on a next step in the approval pro- + cess (will. take place the énd of é or at ‘month. after public, and orerove Talutral rej s Such ‘a pariel can bé*formi to hold public: hearings: ‘and | exe amine informtaion | “on that haven't: been Te process; The first level of that proces a review: of a projec proponenit’s general plan ‘called: @ prospectus; is now: litiderway... j "Following this: review, pro- government - agency: comments are reviewed: i : The proposal by the Kitimat: . Terrace Port Society +. made up of. elected representatives in the area — énvisions two deep- — -- sea berths, One would be built * first for woad Products and the - earlier, tages, ‘of the: approval other latet on ‘for: ‘industrial cargo, “yah It Wants’ $23. million in pro: vinctial monies to build a rail line, road and Other infrastruc: “tre on land. beside the, Eurocan : terminal at Kitimat.’ r ~ The society would then find a private developer to build docks and ,cargo handling facilities at a cost it estimates at neatly $41 million, 9 *. * The project has thé. backing of: the. provincial : ‘government but “monies » for. development have: ‘yet to be: authorized, Market estimates’: ‘prepared for: the society indicate its first shipments would .come from lumber now going through the ‘port at-Prince Rupert. This’ has Prince Rupert port and city officials worried about the impacts. “from .. loss of ‘business and of jobs. - They add that the Prince -: Rupert port’s lumber terminals are already operating below capacity. They also say provincial i in- PUB soning: special at this is Saturday's not tuck supper hosted bythe. multi-cultural n when’ pingtas are broken. Here, Vanessa Gerfelo and Jeffery. Td jade recently. one Saturday at the Hrary by local students, The'supber. ra conde sale out. ae con, (00g of he Assault centre hours cut back TERRACE: _ The: only nor thwest. service. which ‘offers: counselling to sexual assault. Vic. tims has cut back the hours ‘of ae _ one of its two employees,” .Carol.'Sabo". of the : Ksan Hause Society said last week the: - cut. was, necessary. because - it -j doesn’t have ‘eflough: ‘money.’.° “The society récently signed a three-month extension one sat an increase. ae That's because: ‘the ininistey doesn't know. how. much” ltl have to spend for the next fiscal ‘year and could’ ‘only agree. to a.” counselling ‘and ‘waining ‘of . _ volunteers in thase communities” have already been curtailed, much money,”’ ‘she said: * The employee had been’ ‘Work: ing 35 hours a week:but that has “And: thi ‘ates pied 10. ine much work the [fF ‘counsellor can do and the ‘effec. as “tiveness of those efforts if she ls . ‘overloaded, ‘ temporary extension keeping © spending equal with. that of last - year, sald Sabo,’ We: knew: if there! was ed" hati thet ttavel to » Inv the calendar year ending ‘297 cliénts. Most came from the ‘Terrace area but “dome* ‘came on: -ads® tellt ing. “Wo! “With. wages: and . _ benefits : and: overhead, . there is oily” so" good “di?s ; ow. been:reduted ta: # hours. : this ‘January, the counséllor saw. from, the Nass Valley. and from - -’ This isn'ta revelation tous. “Kid =. ha ine - 4 crease In'money, mething had: * ; vincial .° Fess to go," she said “government is spending money Fs - Sabo'adde pinion: there (9: assault. * “What they (the government) ' is doing is saying women don’t -have.to take. abuse. . That's ter- rific but if there's no money for programs, it doesn’t do much a Catch-22 situation,” Sabo said. The society's second worker specializes in counselling children: Of ..sexual- assault - through another Provincial con- tract. That Position is isn’t yet af. fected. out, vestment for port facilities at - Kitimat - is economically un- ‘sound. . - The proposed port would af- fect J6ha of fish habitat — half of which would be permanenta- ly lost and the other half made less productive, - Environmental consultants have recommended construc- ting marshland and fisheries habitat at Minette Bay, across the water from the proposed site, lo compensate for any loss. This would be done by ex- cavating to create low-lying land and by transplanting mar-: shland vegetation, Public comments on the development have to be made by April 12. krererkekt Utility TERRACE — Owners of some local commercial buildings are in for a shock when they get their next city utility bill — it could be more than 10 times their last one. That's despite council ap- proving only 2-16.55 per cent hike in sewer rates and leaving water rates unchanged. The dramatic increase on cer- interpretation of a by-law governing buildings in which more than ‘one business is located.” Operations. director John rate on buildings, | regardless of whether they were single or multiple use, The new interpretation brings commerical buildings in line with the rate system charged to apartment buildings which pay a base rate plus an amount for each unit, he said. In the case of one 13-unit commercial building, the quarterly utility bill rises to nearly $950 from $82, The new fee system is equivalent to that of other municipalities, said Colongard. The changes come into effect April 1 and affected owners will receive an explanation and how the new fees are calculated when Pageant progress TERRACE — Potential Miss Terrace pageant contestants are being interviewed by prospec- tive sponsors this week. It's the latest in a series of ef: forts .since the event, once. threatened by cancellation, has been revived. Pageant committee member. Alfreda Price said there are 10 potential contestants and eight confirmed sponsors already, The pageant was close to be- ing cancelled when the Jaycees, its traditional sponsor, backed saying it didn’t have enough people to organize the event. “We're delighted with the response and interest,” said Price last week, tain buildings.comes from what the city,now.says is an incorrect — Colongard’ said:the- city had: ” been chargirig a ‘flat’ comniércial:": Meanwhile,’ the’ port society has released’ its” ‘detailed economic studies on the project. That decision was. made’ last week after the ‘society -was criticized for at first refusing to provide the financial justifica- tion for the project. The studies jay out. three forecasts — from high pro- bability to low probaility — for the quantity of cargo the port might ship. They indicate there’ ll be lower transportalion costs to a port at Kitimat compared to the Prince Rupert port. oot Yet they also predict that the province has to -pay for the in- frastructure to provide an ade- . quate rate of return from any eel who will operate the rate increases their utility bills for the second quarter of this year arrive. For alt other commercial buildings, sewer charges rise 16.55 per cent from $37.65 per quarter to $43.80. Council has also approved a changes of sewer and water charges for restaurants and laundromats that will see the former pay less and the latter more, ’ Pointing out water charges had previously been the same for both; Colongard said that was inconsistent with the ra- tionale those using more water should pay mofre:..-~ - - Under-recommendations ap- proved by : ‘aldermen, a-laun- dromat will now pay $174.75 per quarter ‘for sewer ($89.70 until now) while its water rate: . remains at $239.55, The overall effect is to increase total quarterly utility costs by 25.8 per cent, For a restaurant, sewer charges drop from $150 to $138.75 and water from $239.55 to $143.25 — that translates toa 27.6 per cent decrease in the total quarterly bill, Homeowners will continue to . pay $26.40 a quarter for water . while sewer charges will rise - from $23.10 to $27. That will . bring the total quarterly bill to $53.40, an overall increase of just less than eight per cent, if elite ob Te pee © a Sate TEM: