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“TERRACE — The 4. 2 degree :
temperature. recorded on Tues-
:day, “July 23 was. an. all-time.
chigh for, that date. It was also

the only. bright spot during: an

otherwise grey July.

érecaster "adrian

' Weather.

: Van-de’ Mosiclaer said the ‘area .-

shine over: the. month, .Nov ‘only: "19,5 cdegrees, -

received, ; (143;3.. hours, of sun-.

vis thar less'tl alf the amount

"enjoyed last year, it | is well short ;
appar is

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residents ‘had good grounds for
being less than happy- with the’
weather,

Slightly more th n s3mm’ of
rain fell during re than ‘compared
to the average of 56. 6mm. Last
“year a mere/16. 8mm Fell,

- Van- de- Mosslaer’ ‘said - the

- dégrées:. cooler
_hislotical averiige,

oat
‘the: cloui

than: ‘the

Sarit ‘day-tinie-

nightfall by preventing’ ‘what’
. warmth there was from: escap--

ing. As a: result, the average -

‘minimum temperature ‘was..11-

degrees, fully one tenth. of '¢ one,

degree above normal:.”- an

Comparable, figures: for: i990

- were:2 248 and. 12.6 degrees.
"average daily high:this-year was |.

almost (two diffetence ‘a year makes, he

i noted - temperatures. topped 26
, "degrees on-110
he pointed. ut, all: :

>And just to‘uniderline: What a

‘than-12 days
‘last: year ‘whereas ‘July 23 was

: the: ‘only ‘day that

| THE. MOMENT anticipated by all anglers arrives for Doris Ware
rington. The rod bows violently, the line singing as the fish
- makes its run and the Mountainview, California visitor begins ° ...
her battle with a chinook salmon. Alas, atter 10 minutes the’. *

struggle is over and the fish has won. It’s the same story” later’
when she gets another one on. However, the defeats don't:

~ diminish her enjoyment oi the day on the river, Her only con-

Cern? She says her husband might disown her when he hears . :
‘stie lost them bath. The couple are avid anglers who travel far ..
to. pursue their favourite pastime. They last visited the nor- *

é

“thwvest 10 years. ago.

fies Bg bigest > gine

at the system would move: on,

“ Similarly,

“Imm of rain,. welf: ‘stort,
13 such days récordeéd iis yee
“Van de: 'Mossslae aid! ‘ihe
less-thanidéal's urimer.is-bei
caused by a a: ‘Low: pressure
sitting over ithe Guill of: ‘Alaska.

It’s usually'dhere'durinig the

‘winter. brit’ this year! itbas re-
‘majned unmoved by.the change
in. seasons and ‘continues: - tio
push’ ’glouds ‘and cooler air into
the ‘northwest...

‘He wouldn’t predict when or

TERRACE -— The fish and
wildlife branch has banned the
taking of steelhead in the
Skeena and: its tributaries
because of the poorest summer
run in 0 years.

Fisheries biologist Colin
Spence said only an ‘estimated

2,300 steelhead returned from .

the ocean to the Skeena River
by the ‘end of last week;

That's just-one-third of the
average over the past 35 years

and far. below the amount. of

steelhead spawners. the- river
system cal ‘Support, _ “

_. “We're in serious trouble,” a
said Spence’. in adding. * the”.

amount is: : Qnd-quarter recorded
‘by. the same point last year. ~

. The - ‘catch-and- release: only.”
order. is an altempt- to “have: as
many steelhead as possible: sur-*

A catch-and-release only
: order is an attempt to have
as many steelhead as possi-

“ble survive: the expected .

peak return period nats Just 7
. days away:- TAS

-vive the expected peak return
period that's just days away.
The return figures are based

on the number of fish caught in
_ nets the branch put out at Tyee

between Prince Rupert and Ter- '

race, just upstream of the Limit .

of. commercial fishing.

Spence said the: branch’
‘calculates the Skeena system’.
“can: support the . off-spring of.
Spawning :

26,000 .
‘steelhead.

adult

_ Given’ sorie fi fish, after “enters
ing” the river, will ‘fall prey to’.

’

Health prober |

returns. to town:

TERRACE — Malcolm Walker
is back in town to continue his:
. investigation of Mills Memorial’.

"Hospital's financing...
MThe-consultant. — who -
named. July: 7

was

returned. Yesterday: to. continue |
alking to residehts and hospital

The; health: _mjiistry. and ‘the
hospital: board have agréed to
accept Walker's: "Yecomunenda:

the: condi :

lois uf bina: Ie

‘by “Health ©
1, ‘0, finc le

iho followed, the: on:
Of a t2, petition ‘pro. BS
testing ‘plans. by the: ‘Hospital | to f

“tant decides there. “is: no: -Agcep-
{able way-to balance | ihe budeet 3

Strachan: has said

Memorial: will be - pive

‘ference. | ee

“1 Walker's: apps

cul 24 beds and six furtes,

He is to hand-dowd hil in-*
‘terlm “recommendations Aug.
. 15; and Is” expected o‘issue his
final. report. 2 ai the: fd, of the

month.

"maney ‘10° make: ‘Up : th ate :

_ recreational: anglers and the

‘native food. fishery, . ‘*That

* doesn’t just’ mean 26, 000 past

Tyee,”* he emphasized.

This is the fourth year in the
past: five: where the summer
steelhead run. has failed to reach
even. 5,000.”

. Spence said the long-term im-
plications ‘for?the Skeena’s
steelhead population depend on
‘how many, of them survive in
the “ocean before. heading back
to spawi. :

“This year’s return are the off-
spring of steelhead who spawn-

ed:in 1984 and 1985 which were
desctibed- as _Felatively strong
Fungy..

But. the poor. returns suggests
“not n many.of the 1984 and 1985

offespring sur ived their years
: in ‘the ocean; suid Spence.”

“= He suggested | the survival rate
1 ‘Worse’ by “an
imensive commercial fishery.’*

teelhead run in danger

1990, saw cnly: two’.
days where’ there was mor tian

Sams ET Seeger

4 TERRACE — A group of in-
“vestors is considering what
would be one of the city’s
largest: sub-division
developments:in many years.

City -perntits ‘director Bob
Lafleur said the proposal
calls for up to 150 residential
lots on 40: acres above
Lanfcar Hill and extending

‘toward :Mountain Vista

~ Drive.

‘The group has taken out
an option to purchase the
parcel which is already zoned

single-family residential. It's

in soe ore |

owned = by. Copperside
Estates.

Discussions are already
underway with ihe clty to
determine what road, sewer
and water services are need-
ed.

If it goes ahead, the pro-
ject would be developed in
three stages. Areas.of the
sub-division.. would ‘also. be
set aside as parkland.

City planner. Marvin
Kamenz said no formal ap-
plication for approval of the
_ Subdivision has been made.

Two Loage

employees
back on job

TERRACE — Two of the five
workers fired or suspended
following allegations they abus-
ed senior citizens al Terraceview
Lodge have been reinstated.

B.C. Government
Employees’ Union staff
representative Wiho Papen-
brock said the two employees
had been “‘indefinitely suspend-
ed’ and missed more than a
month of work. He said they
have been fully reinstated and
the senior citizens’ home has
apologized to them.

Roughness and verba! abuse

Marina...
money"
needed

TERRACE — The Kitimat-
Stikine regional district still
isn't assured of getting alt the $1
million in lottery money com-
mitted by the provincial govern-
ment for the former’s MK Bay
Marina expansion project.

Lottery monies traditionally
finance one-third of the cost of
a project as long as its backers
come up with the rest. The $1
million grant is based on a $3
million project cost.

But the regional district is still
$400,000 short of the $2 million
it meeds in order to qualify for
the entire $1! million lottery
grant,

Regional district. ad-
ministrator Bob Marcellin said
last week the district has receiv-
ed $1.1 million from the federal
government and has reached the
limit of its $500,000 in borrow-
ing power.

‘*Unless we secure additional!
money, we won't be able to
make full use of that million,”

‘he added.

Last month, the regional
district received one-third of the
$1 million lottery grant. _

Part of the effort to meet the
$2 million goal included
negotiations with the Haisla
band of Kitamaat Village for a
joint venture agreement bet-
ween the two,

Marcellin said such an agree-
ment would likely involve the
Haisla providing land | and.
money. Land could be treated
as cash in kind and applied
against the $2 million require-
ment.

were reasons cited for the
layoffs and disciplinary action
against the lodge employees.
The union filed grievances in
each case,

One other worker has volun-
tarily resigned, he said, and set-
ilements have been reached in
the cases of two more
employees who no longer work
al the lodge: Those two will
receive undisclosed sums of
money, which: both the union
and Terraceview have agreed
‘nol to release.

“The union is satisfied that
each case came to ils best possi-
ble conclusion,'’’ Papenbrock
yen “We Te salisfied that our

‘poteinbers a

any overt abuse to any
residents.” °-
“From the onset, the union

has and still considers manage-
ment to be the main problem in
this. whole affair,” he said:
“Employees were lulled into a
complacent state, and I believe
the original fault. lies with
managemeni.”*
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A 99-page report written
following an investigation of
Terraceview Lodge by the
Skeena Health Umit probably
won't be made public, say
health ministry officials.

That report was given to the
Adult Care Facilities Licensing:
Board, which regulates institu-
tions like Terraceview Lodge,
The board has not taken any ac-
tion agains! the home as a result
of the report.

‘blameless: There.
* areno indications: that there was

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