re KITIMAT NECHAKO Theatre Manager

- Tickets, valned at at

}

HESTH YEAR mee

Or eer ae

on rat

gay’ when he was cenuieg Dick. i £

‘Staged by Terrace Kiwanis at their recent-alr s

by Herald Staff Weiter —
RICK MUNRO ..
Basically there are. two roads
which 4 new . community
entre can be brought to
Bl'errace,
The old Terrace community:
entre Was unfortunately and
ortunately brought to its knees
HEby one of this town's biggest
mires. Some local residents hold
that the former building was in
disrepair and that-its present
ondition, ashes and soot, is bers.
more fitting for a. recreation -
acility. They are the persons
ho say “‘how fortunate let us |
ave a new centre.”
Now that there is no public

sscnihimimaameae eS,

horizons. * Throughout

of approach.

Cortina
On Display Now.

“Mon, to Fri. 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Sat. 9 A.M, to 6 P.M.

635-2801

_reeredtion’ centre, many locals
aré saying ‘how unfortunate: it
all is and how “necessary a
community centre is. to a
community such as Tertace.”
The fire's aftermath. has
caused the recreation com-.
mittee - here to Beek new
‘their
course of travel, the group has
reached a crossroads. Today
there is a dilema staring into
the faces of committee mem-

-After meeting with consulta nt
Dave Brown of Burns Lake this
week the committee members
have come-up with two avenues

“phere iat the foal way ‘and the
slow. way," . said’ spokesman
Edna Cooper. She said the ideal
plan of action wobild be to study.
the matter closely. Studies, ag
also suggested by: Mr. Brown, -
would entail a series of drawing
board sketches, Comparisons,
of community centres. used in|
other cemparable towns and -
cities would be pinned next to -
‘the pressing needs of the
Terrace people, = -

“In this way,” continued Mrs.
Cooper, ‘*thhe community . of
Terrace would receive a made .
lo measure recreation facility."

. AS Mr, Brown ‘says, each’
community is different, and

each. ; “pequires
facilities.’ vO

Terrace isthe “fast'’.
“easy” way, reports say. .

another spokesman said.

monies for (he sew. '-

sepirinaeesese sonapae naar

different
_reportedly. make a, very. cute”
. The other avenue “open to :
and

“We could simply. hire -an
architect and by following the
“guidelines of past. recreational
‘outlets,. build a new centre,”

‘director Elaine Parmenter

The money collected’ through
. insurance, claims'-on ‘the’ ald_
building “would. provide ample

_ ‘The site has been chosen, if
all goes according to dreams,
the Upper Little Park area will
be the future home. of both a
community centre and a

fistoria. B,

Terrace: tee Arena. thay. will .

couple. - program here, '

Newly ‘installed recreation: ,
along with youth worker Les
Clayton are currently in the
process of re-constructing a fall
program of recrea tion benefit to
our people: . ~

Due te their nomadic trend of
office procedure, it is always
hard to contact the two workers
and receive any kind of public
statements. .

Before leaving for the
recreation superintendant's
seat in Cranbrook, former five-
year Terrace director Pete

‘‘ slower method of ‘approach, |
beneficial “

available, the ‘better. ..

it proudl

Premlor'’s Office .-

tiene Y

| Panaing i left suggestions ‘ind
“possible. guidelines for. ithe

Mr. Fanning earlier. had met
with Mr, Brown and members
of.the recreation committee to
discuss plans ‘for 4 new.

He reportedly’ desiréd the

This, he bald, would be” more
.He .did agree,
however that. the sooner a
public indoor facility is made

There is a dilema growing in
the committee's path. Should
the people of Terrace wait for
made-to-measure suit and wear
hould the Terrace

San RS

“peuple ‘gett a ‘satisfactory: uit
and not have to go through any
lengthy. waiting periods. .

_' More meetings are planned
for the following weeks. . The

recreation. committee’ will.

continue the battle for a feasible
sok on. -

‘hard to trim the loose
‘ents of two hats, examine them
closely and then choose one for
the Sunday night social.

At ‘this. present time, com-
munication from local service
clubs and community
organizations is underway. An
altennpt to find the best solution
will go on. -

Ifyou have a stone to throw or

7 Vernon,

_inte a barrel and ‘mixed

‘suitable centre Terrace could:

vited fo bring. forth. your:
statements | to: the-.

The =
specifically. plans to ‘atu
door centres in Chilliwack, # y

Richmond,: «
Alberni, ‘Campbell:
Kelowna and Kamloops. :

Terrace

A
a oan ‘lo prdsent you ara |

Art Council have been tossing #
ideas around. Other groups are
encouraged to contribute, .

When all the ideas are placed

together, it is hoped that the
lucky draw will bring the most

ever want.

WESTERN
‘TRAILER SALES ETD.

TERRACE. Ba.
Highway 16 West ;
Of Skeena Forest Products
PHONE 435-4564 —
_ 635-6357 15 CENTS

“Failure”

AN OPEN LETTER TO. THE YOUTH OF
TERRACE, THE FAMILIES OF THE YOUTH 0
TERRACE, AND TO MR. FREDERICK LOCKE

i ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE

SCHOOL BOARD

A musical concert was ATTEMPTED to be held
in the Skeena School Auditorium for last Sunday. It
was forced to be cancelled due to Mr. Locke’s
refusal to let the young people of Terrace use school
facilities, —

With the Civic Center gone, the schools which are
the youth centers of education, may NOT be used
for the recreation of the young. In all fairness to
Mr. Locke, the use of the schools must be.made
through the School Board. I believe this means Mr.
Locke is acting as a “‘glorified’’ secretary. It also

i" means that although it is permissable for local

adult organizations to come in and use the school
for adult programs, it is not permissable for young,
to quote Mr: Locke ‘Outsiders and punks like
yourself”’ to come in

- The School. Board meets this Wednesday to
decide whether or not to allow the schools to fill the
gap left by the Civic Center burning. When I asked
Mr. Locke why it took a month for a meeting to be
held on such an important and necessary issue as
this, and before he hung up on me he said that
“This town (Meaning Terrace) doesn’t need out-

side agitators (meaning myself ) to come here and -
try to turn the town tipsy-turvy .(meaning the .

provide musical entertainment for the young) and
majority and let the minority rule as it sees fit.”
power to give 'the young people of Terrace the

musical entertainment they desire and if you, or
the School Board, or other power that. be feel that

' while it is alright for adults to use the school

facilities, it is not permissable for the young (nuts,
slobs, young punks, etc.) to-use school facilities
then it is time for-a change somewhere.

1 am sure that the parents of these young (nuts,
punks, slobs, etc.) people who pay the taxes ‘that
pay your wages would trust their children to attend
a concert or dance in their school just as they would
trust them at any other reputable establishment.
Mr. Locke stated that any future dealing with him
had to be done by letter. Please accept this letter
as a request by me, as a representative of the
young people of Terrace (this is my home now) to
use the school facilities for dances and or concerts"

-would also like to state here, my request for a

- public apology by you Mr. Locke for calling me a

“public agitator, punk, out-sider, ete.
We all await your, ‘answer. -

Sincerely, .

Flatbush Avenue Freighter —

Terrace, B.C..

nd use. the school for pur- .
- poses of entertairimeént for’ the youth of Terraco.-~’.

it’s time I fell in line behind the rest of the silent —
Well Mr. Locke, I’m going to do everything in my:

Two Terrace lovelies show a bit of optimism this week as they
enjoy several of the only sunny minutes seen in Terrace all
week, Donna Backster, 6.and sister Sharon, 4, take up thelr
: prone positions’ on the sunny sidewalks leading ‘past Mae's

Barber-Billiards on Kaluni Street.

As the girls enjoyed the |

natural warmth, the city streets still shone with puddles formed.
by rain and rain from past days. The weather mansays a strong
ridge of high pressure might bring blue skies to Terrace by mid-
foint this week. (Munro photo) -

catering to'the tastes of the young of Terrace I[ ©

Drainage scheme

Rolling $400, 000 ball

-The-ball is still rolling in
‘regards to Terrace district's
* $400,000 drainage scheme,

Crews this week tore up
‘portions of earth near the Keith
estate prbperty, just adjacent to
the Skeena River,

* When completed the’ new

storm (water) sewer will im-
prove water drainage from the
down town shopping area and
specifically the Co-op parking
lot on Greig Avenue,

The old system, says Mayor.

Vie Jolliffe, was not satisfac-
tory in this respect and under a

cp tas tpt oe oy Seth Kssenfeld

: ota ikl Aveo -
- September 8, 1971 :

_PRECI us TIDBITS.

THE TERRACE Munleipal building is a dirty place but ‘council

Committee meeting it: was. decided: to-terminate the: ‘present:

- janitorial services offered by a local circuit cleaning cémpany. . \
~ Instead council believes a full time janitor must be employed to,
. work on a 8-hodr-a-day’ basis.

Complainis..concerning the:
condition of civic and public works offices kept {Inding their way

i

away properly. 4 Eos

pl

“tty
‘ ARK XK’

week. recélved free: tickets-for-two by Pacific Western Air'to |
Vancouver. Mr. Degerness won the tickets through a raffle:
show.” ee * he.
fore."
approximately $150, were presented ‘by alr.,
th prorat of iy of vialtg his many re ne oe
portunity of vial many relatives in city.
Although the prize tickets are refurn- to Teernes fares, d

said, "It 1a not: ‘Fights ‘Have never ‘Won a

‘has moved to remedy the-situation. ° At:the last: Public Works -

~ [meridonment

follows. court

A charge’ of Jeaving the’ scene.
lok an accident was brought
againat: Terrace man. John
- Sandhals in Terrace Provincial
“court Saturday,.|"

‘He was: found’. Builty. of. the
| charge ‘and fined $125:In default .
' 10 days. imprisonment... _,

- The charge resulted irom. an
_ seeldent occurring Friday night -
on ‘Queensway. In the‘aceldent
‘Sandhals’ Mercury pick-up

truck. collided ‘with: a ‘second
pick-up truck driven by Gerald o
errace.

Dowe ‘of Terra
In further police: court ‘action,

low interest’ loan from the
provincial government, the new
drainage program = was

‘initiated,

Its underground path reads
from the sewer outlet at the
Skeena River, west on Keith
and on through to the Co-op
parking lot and downtown area,

The old system started from

- town and continued its course
“through the MacGilllis and

_ Gibbs property. °
_. Under. the present day overpass
1 ‘and then onto the Keith Estate.

It proceeded

A former : settlement basin’

_ used ‘in the ald system kept

last week Carl Motz of Terrace.
.was convicted. of possessing:
Stolen property. He .was'sen- ..
tenced to six months ,im-' =

prisonment and will serve. his
time in Prince George jail,” :-

A fine of $300 was brought,
‘against ‘Douglas Stanvick’. of:;*.
Terrace when he ‘appeared. in ~
“provincial. court Saturday,” He
Was found guilty of maintaining
a breath reading in excess of .08 |
alcohol while operating a motor

vehicle, . He was ‘spotted while

"driving in a teportedly. erratic
“manner. fe

‘to council ears. [twas reported that the dirt twp not being taken

‘cur Degerness list” <

mid-point in the week.

Far out o over. ‘the’ Pacific Ocean and reaching westerly up to
the Aleutian chaln islasids isa ‘Strong ridge of high pressure.
4.The Terface. weather man. says If our luck prevails, good
weather accompanying | the high: pressure will aifect Terrace ‘by.

A Through mild lemperatures a ling:
ity thts, week: fecorded! high and: low; teinperdtares. for. |
juetiay Seat, Wednenilay Seal, ‘Thursday bet. ant Friday

. Last monit's reconded precipliattat + wan mare than: doa :
‘Augeit mdatarements ached the

“yaing ‘the: om: .

flooding and causing water to

back up it: the Co-op store area.

authorities call for additional -

track installation in the area
which partly contains the
settlement basin.

After adding everything up,
the district decided a new
scheme was in order. «-

Steam shovel and caterpillar
equipment is currently clearing
the way, Pipes, approximately
72 inches in diameter, flank the
-roadside leading west from the
river. ;

It is nat known when: final

’ completion day will come but

officials. say the- new scheme
will certainly decrease the
amount of surface water which

in the past has‘soaked many .
' Terrace feet.

‘Recent plans drawn up by CNR

Hitrun—

fault of'the accident.
Police say that Sandhlas did

1 Teave. the aceldent scene while
“., Dowe reported to ROMP. “An
estimaied $00

major .traftic accidents. to
the Terrace -R ROMP Juriedietion

lant woek |

“Local man John Sandblas was
charged for leaving the scend of -
‘an’ accident. when--his 1964
_ Mercury Pick-up truck collided’
“ with a second Mercury truck. a_
1965 model” driven ‘by : Jerald |

_ Dowe of Terrace, : :
Terrace RCMP say. the two ,
_. trucks collided just past the
| --Demellce ‘general ‘store ‘on:

* Queensway, Friday night.
. Investigation into the incident
is still trying. to determine the.”

' falling tree, .

‘Tree kills
‘man

Cedarvale man Eldon Nelson,!

67,..was ‘accidently ‘killed
Thursday: when struck by a’

- ‘The. man was “reportedly

picking apples in an orchard
which was located’ a few feet.
fram . a cottonwond. ‘élump af

-oper ating.
a caterpillar machine ja an
attempt to clear Jand through

‘the trees, RCMP in Hazelton °

report that one” of the falling

trees was misquided and fell.on :
: ‘the -N ‘Nelson man, bri

| tT i tT i

A petition of over 40
signatures was presented to
Terrace council] Monday night
and urged improvements on a
reportedly hazardous Stretch of
road,

Residents: of: the Anderson,
Yeo, Munthe; Westview,
Hillerest, Médrris and. Ciara
street areas of Terrace -are
concerned about a piece of road
which they say has allowed too
many accidents in the past.

The road in concern is the
section of Munthe between
North Sparks and Anderson.
The signatures petition that the
section of road be changed to a
one-way throughfare, thus
culling down the number af
accidents. vs

both directions on ail thi: dbove
streets, with the only traffic
control being a stop sign for
‘motorists intending to turn onto
North Sparks fron: Munthe,"
the petition stated.

Munthe as it approaches North
Sparks (easily in excess of a 5
percent slope) coupled with
extremely lizated vision of
oncoming uphill traffic, makes
turns, especially left turns, very
hazardous’ even under good,
road and weather conditions.

The majority of protestors
agreed that a one-way through-
fare would be theanswer. Some
disagreed ‘however. One
complaintant said that traffic
would still be hazardous in the
pedestrian’s point of view if
such a plan was adopted. He
said that.a clearer cross walk
should be included in the -im-
provements along with possible

‘speed bumps which would af-

fectfast moving traffic coming
down the hill,
_: Phe thought of approaching

winter brought on more concern .

from the petitioners,
One lady stood up before

Bad road

“The present” ‘pattern allows’
anunresiricted flow of traffic in

“The downward slope of ©

on

council and stated thatthe one-
way change would: prevent
traffic from using Munthe in the
winter, Since, in her particular
case, Anderson street is ignored
by snowplows until late in the
“day, and since the one-way
Munthe section of road would
Prevent suitable access for
traffic coming ‘to towr, some
people would arrive late to
jobs.. .if they could manage to
arrive at all.

“Last year Anderson was not
plowed unti] close to 5.in the
afternoon,” she -said, ‘while
Munthe was cleared and ac-
cessible shortly after’ 2 p.m,”

“As winter is nearing, we
would urge. prompt con-

_ sideration . and action. on. our
: proposal,” “ihe. party of
'_ petitioners went on tosay: “As
‘the > danger: we and other
motorisis face at this’ North
Sparks and Munthe intersection
is further increased by slippery
road surfaces which make stops
mdre’ difficult, and’ by. ac-
cumulated snow at the side of
the road which restricts vision
-even more.’’

Another. concerned voice. at ~-
Monday night’s meeting stated
thata large body of mud puddle
which annually forms at the foot
of the hill, causés some
motorists to use the opposite
lané of flow, thus- preventing the
water from spraying their
vehicles, This, the spokesman
said, is an added danger. point to
traffic in the area.

Council later agreed the
solution is difficult to reach and.
possibly far away.

A study committee was
formed to look into the matter.
It was suggested that council
work hand-in-hand with the

“local RCMP detachment.

After presenting their petition
and corresponding .comments,
the group of about 15 concerned

. tesidenis returned to their
“. homes, via the hazardous route.

Mantel
a ‘no,

A local citizen of Terrace has ©
taken it upon himself to im-

prove drainage conditions at his *-

home. .
Jacob Mantei of 3623 Kahim:-
this week put a proposition —

- before Mayor Jolliffe and town S

council, a
In, short, Mr. Mantel’ would .
like the district to foot the $3,600

bill yesulting from his personal :

improvement work. | —. .
Since the work is considered a

vital necessity by Mr. Mantel...

and ‘in: his words should, have —

_ beenundertaken by the district,
“ Why'should the council not take :
"responsibility for the costs:
Alderman G.E. Rowland ata”
meeting of council ‘Monday |.
been said -the oem Was .

: he. said: “TE we.

man's, work : thew.

Tn a! letter

n-" council and dated Sep!

1971, Mr. Mantel wrote:
" t ten

600° = ditch to permanently’ solve the
:preblems and hardships that 1:
am faced with year after year.

ditch:

no, no’

. Kalum Street.

Each year as mace and more
water is directed into the ditch
the Lee of ¢ erosion become

‘ha
: sipality | to
-have'something done: with this -

Up until last-month nothing had.
even satisfactorily .

‘Tt ‘became increasingly’ ap :
parent that something had to be
“so-T had: the: work of-
placing. culverts in: the ‘ditch
and is now ‘completed.

tter is my. official;
ext ne the District of:
fi ® ast of the