TERRACE — There's Little

_ chance of a referendum this fall- :

to decide if a community”

convention centre ‘should’ be"
built, says mayor. Jack Talstra.

A series of meetings ‘with in-

terested community ‘groups. has’.
resulted In new suggestions ‘on -

uses for the centre should be us-’
ed and that could change the:
preliminary. design: ‘released
earlier this summer, he said.-.
That design, termed: ‘miltie
use,

> various sizes of banquet: arid.

TERRACE — The province
will: monitor acid rain levels

because there- is. a’ ‘potential
problem ‘in: ‘the area;.says a
aste managemeit: offi ial :

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ibeelot operations

" meeting rooms. It would «be.
28,000 square feet in bize,-cost,

ing tolerances to acid fain |
with Terrace being “not par- .

ticularly’susceptible’*.and the ; ,

Lakelsd Lake’ area more’
vulnerable,’* said Maish.
Pointing out what goes up :

must come down; he explain- ~
ed pollutants carried into-the

" atmosphere eventually, return
to earth as part Of:taiiifall,:
~ In the-:case . of - Terrace, .
emissions from Kitimat’ ‘and

| Prince’ Rupert. ‘industries
. would be the most likely con- pres vwidespread | “because it's:

tributors to acid rain. 7
‘Most of that pollution pr

 bably comes: ‘from; Kitimat We

because Terrace's | prevailing 1
_, winds come from the south.
: almost 20 ber cent of the.

‘lightning’. tet oft
-year’s'tatal. to 26;

: All:fires. have been telatively.
aniall’ and “were extingulitied

quickly, Holt said.
) Campers are ‘reminded’ to tse

-Jeautlon -with fife ahd’ ensure
“campfires are. completly, om

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would. ,have.. resulted .

“between $4.4, 5 million and be.
‘Ancated. on land the city owns
adjacent to the courthouse.. -
““We introduced that design --
asa concept - — to get people.”
talking. That's: now taking place ©
and: we've got'.a .variety of. :
‘Tesponses | to, consider,’”. said ;

* When “we “first introduced
the concept: we thought it would

be fairly straightforward and we
“would be off to thes races, But

now. ithere’s lot. of
“discussion;"” he added.”

‘Falstra wouldn’t reveal: who”

the city has had discussions with . .

or what kind of uses are being
contemplated but did say’ they
are all of a community nature.

-Talstra did term response to

‘the convention centre aspect of |

“the” proposal. as’ “mixed’’ ‘but
; Sald groups and people are more
enthusiastic: about: that aspect

“after'they talk about it. ~~

“*Iv's too early. to tell really

how the overalf response to.con-
“ventions will be..:We.can’t yet
“put any financial figures down

about costs, Until We, get. into
that, people are giving ‘approval
‘in principle and ‘are taking a
wait and see attitude,’’ he said.

ain levels |

_ time, says Gordon Harris of ;
“the Tetrace weather office ;
“And “Kitimat has’ recorded .-

= rainfall’ with, Ph levels as low...

"a8:4,2) which ‘is “‘strongly °

a “ adidic®! by environment stan

‘dards:: a .
hit because the testing will
- be.don

~ direction’ ‘the © pollution’ is
“eo ming from, says Marsh...

Gamag the ‘soil and water

plants. and animals oe

Up; th food chain,
It takes nutrients from ;

‘soils. (causing planis to grow. a

slower ‘and damaging their

once. ‘a week, it will
- be impossible ‘to‘tell which

tissues, Says Brian Wilkes of

the environment ministry.

Likening the. effects : of.

acid rain to a “progressive:
‘hysterectomy of nature,’ a

government . biologist. said.
fish fry and eggs are killed in.

“the spring when sulphur held

‘in gathered snow- releases ‘at.

. once when snow melts, ©

Charles Newcombe said

The effects.of acid rain are .. ‘he rain also damages small

“organisms that form part of

‘fish food supply.
He believes the problem is

“unlikely to get worse here

because of efforts to control
“acid rain threaghout the pro-
vince. :

“People are realizing that on

ths convention end (of the cen- -
tre proposal) it will bring in_

dollars,”' Talstra added.

The mayor said eduncil will
also be looking at various ways
of financing the centre and one
of those might be. a hotel-motel’
room tax in view of the conven-
tion potential:

“Council will be looking at
every angle, The finance com- :
mittee has: already. looked at a

. room tax and it will probably be:

looked at again,” he‘said.

And although the preliminary. :
design looks like it's 's going to be,

offerec

, TERRACE — City council has

asked the library board to con-

sider making its facility part of:

the proposed community-..
convention centre,

The su estion, if accepted,
would end‘a’$1 million plan by
thé? libraty board to add to its
building i in Lower Little Park.

It would also end any com- °
petition between the library and”
board for: local taxpayer and
provincial government approval :
in the form of money: for the
two projects,

That competition has resulted
in differences of opinion bet-

ween. council and the. library .

board about which — project
should be presented first to tax~
payers for referendum ap-
proval, .

City council’s community.
convention centre. proposal is

. how 28,000 square feet in size,.

would cost between §4-4.5'
million and be located on land
adjacent to the courthouse.

Mayor ‘Jack Talstra said a

library wing at the proposed
centre would be equal in size to

Leader»
Visits —

TERRACE —

northwest next week.

The leader of the :
- Reform Party is coming to the.

changed and « a “new _muggeited
Price isn’t yet known, the
Possibility of adding a ‘library
wing to the centre would‘ in-
crease the cost to neatly 56
million. *~ :

Talstra: said eatlier this ‘year.
the © province would: have. to
come up with’ “approximately
half of the. original . cost and

- now says there is the possibility

of federal financial : assistance.

' Logal taxpayers will be asked
in the referendum to. finance the
emaining cost: tof the. ‘proposed

centre.

Library.

Willy Schneider

the current library and what its
board says it needs for’ more
room. ,

Putting i in a wing for a library
would increase the price of the
Proposed center to nearly $6
million, said Talstre. ;

But, Talstra continued, “the
Price for a library wing would
approximately be. the same as
the cost for the expansion plan
now wanted by the library
board, - ,

Finding the extra money
would bea ontid but there is

Preston Manning will be lan-. ;

. ding in Terrace next ‘Tuesday |

before going to Kitimat for a
session with that city’s chamber
of .commerce and a public
meeting later that evening.
He'll also be speaking in

"’ Smitheis and in Prince Rupert

-on subsequent days.

Local party official Jolene
Seidlitz said Manning isn’t
scheduled to make any ap-
pearances here because he did
so last year but didn’t visit other

-morthwest cities,

The ‘Kitimat meeting takes

‘place July 31, beginning at 8

p.m. at Riverlodge,

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