Morgans. s leaving t

“s°John™ Morgan, of John
Morgan Engineering, and his
family are leaving © Terrace - to
make their home. in Prince
George.

by Alie Toop

The Morgans came here from
Richmond i in 1975. John, at that
time,
Surveying and Engineering Ltd.
When the company closed _ its
Terrace branch in 1979, John
started his own engineering
firm. The family chose to come
to Terrace because it was a small

‘community and they felt that it
would be.a good place to raise.

children. Their oldest daughter -

Sarah was born in Richmond,

was with McElhanney.

and Michael and’ Beth were born
in Terrace. .

When Kathie -Morgan now
thinks back about the way she
visualized Terrace when she was
still living. in Ontario, it makes

her smile.-She remembers that in
the weekend magazine that
- would come with the newspaper, .

they at one time wrote about this -
really remote community in
northern B. C. called Kitimat.
And here. they were going to a
place even more north that that.
So when the. job opportunity
presented itself, they were ready
to make a change from the big
city to this remote community.
Oncé here they were amazed
at what they found. Terrace had

‘Board of Health calls
for liquor restrictions

. The Skeena Union Board of
Health has joined a lobbying
effort by the Cariboo Union
Board of Health to reduce the
accessibility of alcohol in B.C.
Wilma Hanson, Chairman of
the Cariboo Union Board of
Health, wrote a letter to Minis-
ter of Health Peter Dueck and
Minister of Finance Mel Cou-
velier earlier this year to advise
them of the results of a public
opinion: survey carried out in
three Cariboo communities.
‘Hansen points out in her letter
that the June 1987 Liquor
‘Policy Review states that “data.
indicates: “that when alcohol is
made more accessible, more al-
coholic beverages. are
consumed”’.
concludes ‘‘that there may be a
_felationship between the
availability of alcohol and the

liquor

The report then.

rate of consumption”. She adds
to this the findings of their own
survey: ‘‘All three communities
identified alcohol misuse as the
leading cause of health problems
in the Cariboo.”’ .

For this reason, she says, the

board has passed a motion op-
posing easy access in B.C., nam-
ing Sunday pub openings and
after hours liquor sales from

beer and wine outlets as. two.

a a covered swimming pool; Rich- :

“mond had: not. Terrace had ‘lots

of services dealing with small

children, Richmond had not. So

it was.a real'‘eye-opener. It didn’t .§ :

take them long to ‘get involved in
the. community — . Kinsmen,
Kinettes.and Guiding has been.a
big part of their lives: . ..
They are going to miss-Ter-
race and Terrace is going to miss
them, John has been a member
of the. Terrace Community, Band

and guess what — Prince George

does not have anything like that.
Oh, it has a symplhiony, but
nothing like a good community
band. So if we hear at some time
or -other about a community
band being formed in. Prince
George, although I’m not a bet-
ting person, I lay odds that the
Morgans will have had a hand in
"this or at least assisted.

So soon the while family will
be leaving, to go to.a different
city, going to different. schools
and finding new friends. But

knowing the Morgans, it won’t . | :

‘take them long. Best of luck. to
all of youl

examples. ‘The Board strongly ° ‘

urges the Liquor Control and.

Licensing Branch give further” ~.
consideration to the reduction in...»

availability -through.«
changes in legislation,’”? Hansen .”
concludes. **We.see the develop- |

‘ment of healthy public policy as —

an important component in a-

more comprehensive plan for

combatting our health care | eo ee

problems.”

City silviculture .
‘project approved

hectare to 1,600. Total projet

" The Silviculture Branch ‘of the
Ministry of Forests has advised
the City of Terrace that their
Forestry Enhancement Program
application has been approved.

The ‘enhancement program
- falls under the Community For-
estry Program which is designed
to allow municipalities to take
the initiative to sponsor silvicul-
ture projects in order to create
jobs and enhance local forest
reserves,

The program is a joint venture
of the City of Terrace and
Skeena Cellulose. Skeena Cellu-
lose will contract out the actual
work and provide a part of the
funding, while the city will pro-
vide the balance of the fund-
ing through the government
grant, Skeena Cellulose is cur-
rently receiving bids on the con-
tract.and expects work to get
under way in two to three weeks.

According to Skeena Cellu-
lose Forestry Supervisor Tim
Fenton the project will take
‘place’in the Fulmar Block of
_ ‘TFL-1, located at the north end
of Lava Lake about 70 kilom-
eters. north. of Terrace. He says
‘that stand tending work at the
450-hectare site. will create about
38 jobs and will consist primari-

“ly of conifer release and spacing -

-. fo reduce the = ‘number = of
oe harvestable trees from 3, 000. per

cost is” estimated -at $362,000 . coe
with $271,500 coming from the.

provincial government and

$90,500 from Skeena Cellulose.

“THE. SIGN. OF A
GOOD BUSINESS
NEIGHBOR ...

THE SIGN OF

A MERCHANT
WHO CARES

ABOUT PEOPLE...

This emblem identifies”

the civic-minded .
businessmen who sponsor

Sa nin. |

in the community.
“Terry Kendell 636-8178
VI Middleton 636-6672 .

‘John and Kathie Morgan and their family are moving to
i. Prince George after: residing here for nearly 15 years. _

_ TERRACE ROTARY.
_RIVERBOAT RACE
AUG. 7, 1989

Ist Prize: $2000. 00
end Prize: Weekend Trip for 2 to Vaneoute

Boe.

“including accommodation (Century Plaza Hotel:

"Terrace Travel Canadian Airlines: International Ltd. ¥

3rd Prize: Gas Barbeque |

", Tickets: $3. 00. each or Two for $5. 00 |
“Available From Any Rotary Member

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