B16 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 3, 1991

[Looking back... |]

Committee was reviewing complaints of a local hazard called

the Mills Ave, ditch. According to concerned residents in the

area, the open, often water-filled ditch posed a danger to young

-children. In the past it was said, a few children, apparently unable to
climb the steep banks, had to be fished out of the ditch.

The following year, 1989, a new concem surfaced. This one was
called Keith Ave. — and there were more than a few people in town
who described the street as dangerous. Motor vehicle access, sidewalks
and crosswalks were all topics under discussion and Mills Memorial
Hospital wanted something done about the Tetrault-Keith Ave.

intersection. ;

In a letter from Mills Memorial to city council, it was said the tuming
radius from Keith onto Tetrault was too narrow for emergency vehicles
and the intersection in general was... well, the scene of several vehicle
accidents and "dangerous".

It was alderman Dave Hull who pointed out the need for sidewalks
and crosswalks, particularly since the new Greyhound bus depot had
opened on Keith. And it was director of engineering Stew Christensen
who said the 1989 capital budget included sufficient funds to pave the

- gouth-side sidewalk from the overpass to Kalum. Christensen was then
asked to study the situation in order to determine the best location for
a pedestrian crosswalk.

L ooking back to 1988, Tertace city council’s Public Works

In spite of all this discussion, though, Terrace council was getting a

very different message from the RCMP. A report submitted by the
RCMP stated that, in their opinion, statistics and the cause of accidents
at the Tetrault-Keith intersection did not indicate the intersection was
hazardous.

Terrace 1987 Charlotte Schoeps was on hand to greet B.C. Midget
hockey teams to Terrace for the triple “AAA” provincial cham-
pionships... The North Shore Winter Club took the title.

Also, Terrace Correctional Centre director Amo Brenner was one of
11 B.C. residents to receive an Exemplary Service Awarded from Lt.
Governor Robert Rogers. And the 9th annual Terrace Centennial Lions
"Ladies Diamond Dinner” was billed as the "best ever" by organizers.

The Peaks Gymnastics Club was talking about building. City council’s
Recreation Committee was reviewing plans for a gymnasium complex

| n community-related events, it was this week in 1988 when Miss

that would accommodate gymnastics, boxing, Karate, and banquets a3_—

well, A GO B.C. grant application was in, fund raising activities were
underway... All that was needed was a nod of approval from the city
and a little help in finding a piece of land.

This was also the year the 1991 Northern B.C, Winter Games Terrace
board of directors were chosen, and the year Fire Safety House project
coordinator Ray Tremblay was presented with a $14,366 B.C. Lotteries
cheque by MLA Dave Parker.

And exactly one year later, another Fire Safety House story. "Fire-
fighters’ dream comes true,” was the title. It told how a 1988 Riverboat
Days magic show by Ronald McDonald started the ball rolling, and how

at 11 a.m. on April 7, 1990, the official ribbon cutting would be held
in the McDonald’s restaurant parking lot.

Stikine Regional District board in 1988 that he was “appalled” to

find out that, with some exceptions, a "free miner" cannot be

denied access to private property and has the right to stake mineral
claims without the owner’s permission.

Also this same year, a spokesman for a Thomhill developer revealed

plans for a $1 million shopping centre to be located next to Thornhill

| n business and regional news, a local resident told the Kitimat-

Motors. He explained, "There’s roughly 6,000 people in Thornhill and

there’s no place to shop... If 1 were starting out in business, that’s where
I'd go. It’s open and there’s no competition."

In 1989, Chimo Delivery proprietor Ada Solowoniuk abandoned a
two-year effort to start a second taxi company in the Terrace area. An
appeal hearing on her application had been scheduled to take place in
Victoria, and Solowoniuk said it was impossible for an estimated 50
witnesses wanting to testify on her behalf to attend.

Also in 1989, Terrace alderman Dave Hull asked the city to take a
stronger stance on the Sunday shopping issue. The "bottom line", he
said, was a referendum in which Terrace voters responded with a

resounding "No".
: over... It was Giesbrecht over Corbeil by 18 votes as 402 NDP
delegates cast their ballots for the Skeena riding candidate to
take them into the next election.

But a burning question for the regional district board of directors
remained unanswered. It had been a year since they had called for a
moratorium on all slash burning within a 10 mile radius of the Terrace-
Kitimat airport and the Ministry of Forests still continued to issue
permits. Would their cry for a buming ban near ihe airport ever be
heard? |

There was also a health care story: "Dr. David Bowering will get both
jobs — chief medical health officer and director of the Skeena Health
Unit — if the Skeena Union Board of Health goes along with the
recommendations of their executive."

here were also a couple of political stories: The waiting was

Thornhill Junior Secondary
School has recently established
a drama club, partially as a
result of an incident which took
place at the school Feb. 15.

That day, 14 students died at
Thomhill Junior Secondary
School. It was a shock to their
fellow classmates and teachers,
but they came back to life at the
end of the school day. These
students and their teacher-
sponsor Elizabeth Metzmeier
organized the event.

The 14 students, beginning
with Yvette Renaud at 9:20
a.m.,, and one student every 20
minutes thereafter, left their
classrooms and returmed shortly
after disguised by white face
paint, black clothing and a black
cross painted across each of
their faces. For the duration of
the day, those students did not

respond to or talk to, anyone.

They did, however, participate
in all their regular school
activities.

Clint Hartman even performed

— Death mask

in Thornhill’s first Computer
Music concert organized by
music teacher Michael Wen.
Unlike the other students,
though, Clint did not introduce
himself or describe his own
music. Mr. Wen introduced
Clint’s presentation as if Clint
himself weren't there.

The exercise was a graphic
representation, by the Thornhill
Counterattack Club, of the
North American reality that one
young person (between the ages
of 16 and 20) dies every 20
minutes from a drinking and
driving related accident.

Reactions from their fellow
students ranged from stares,
confusion and joking initially to
comments like, "They're dead,
aren’t they?", "Maybe it’s about
Counterattack", "It symbolizes
what someone missing in your
life would feel like", and "It’s
very educational for us not to
drink and drive". Some of the
students even indicated an
interest in joining the

Counterattack Club as a result

of the day.
At the end of the day, an
announcement was made

explaining the day. and ending
with, "We hope that this will
help you to remember to make
healthy, safe decisions when
you see someone who is drunk
getting behind the wheel of a
car."

An extracurricular drama club
had been only a dream of drama
teacher Bill Leniuk until after
the CounterAttack event, mainly
due to after-school
transportation problems. But
with parental support, the
Thornhill Drama Club has
evolved. Twenty students have
joined the group, one of their
goals being to get the drug and
alcohol use and abuse message
across with drama, through skits
and plays relating to drug and
alcohol abuse. They’re already
discussing production of a play
provided by ICBC last week.

March 28

Mary Lynn Cooper, Terrace

March 29

David and Isabell Durand, Terrace

March 30

Felicisima Valdez, Terrace

March 31

Wendy Berg, Terrace

Steve Brown, Terrace

Donna Ziegler, Terrace

‘Bridie O’Brien, Hazelton