LETTERS. TO THE TERRACE STANDARD Dear Sir: The ‘‘Tat decision costly one for city’’ story, front page, July 8, bothers me. - You choseto give such com- ments from the chamber of com- merce president front page | coverage but gave second and .. fourth page coverage to Tat arti- cles that contain more pertinent and factual information. Yes, I realize that you are in the business of.-selling newspapers and headlines attract attention but why. the ddom and gloom ap- proach? . Does chamber president Gerry _ Martin know ‘where the Tat- shenshini is? He is right about not ~ being able lo put a dollar figure on the local cffects ‘of the deci- >. gion, they are probably very much less than he portrays in his com- “men. ' The places to benefit from Windy Craggy would have been _ Whitehorse, and. the State of ’ Alaska! Did Terrace benefit form Cassiar? Not very much. Most Daycare Dear Sir: In response to the letter you published July 14, 1993. titled “More 10 Daycare issue,’’ by Laurie Monture, 1 would like ta set the record straight. My wife Sharon and I have been’ - operating = Discovery Daycare for five years. “We have always maintained an enrollment of 16 children which .. gives us a ratio of cight children -'lo one caregiver. We have always had the space “.° {9 enroll up to 24 children but we ey {hought that 24 was too big a number for the kind of service we “wanted to provide, even if we “were to hire another employce. “-. ‘The statement that Laurie Mon- “> ture makes in her letter, ‘‘as num- bers increase, quality decreases,” ~~ made all of the parents using our with huge numbers, but 167 Give based on age: and type of care . given as well as other important ~ consideration. They do not how- -. » ‘pyer-have control over city by- «laws. AS it slands the Ri zoning “by-laws do restrict anyone from "than eight children in a residential dwelling. ~ gaunity Plan 5.2 states that ‘‘smail "."’scale,’” operations such as chur- “= ches’ and» “daycares be not "-restricted-to any particular site, “The question then is ‘‘what do “you consider - small scale?” ~. Group daycares traditionally op- “erate with 16, 24, and in larger centers up to and above 80 chil- dien. If 16 is fo be considered ‘large scale” in Terrace then are we: to’ limit churches to only a hand£ul of worshipers? “SAlso stated in the R1 by-law, Home: Occupations — are prohibited. Yet I see the city gave a. business license to Laurie and her husband to operate Astro- » Pure Water Purifiers. I called the city and they said that they gave out licences under special consid- eration. Shouldn’t children be a special consideration? “A comment was also made in the letler that it was made clear in the meeting ‘‘his mortgage pay- ments could not be met on just 8 “children.” That is not true, I said it would be difficult, But so what, ‘anyways? Do not most familles ‘ited two incomes to make ends meet nowadays? Would any fam- ‘ily like its income suddenly cut in half? ‘Times change and we need to " 9'000'childcare spaces needed in the Terrace area with only 150 li- > don't want to see. parents forced . sometimes have 12 or more chil- ‘dren crammed into a basement with no . formally. - caregivers and no health and ~ "safety monitoring, not to mention being ineligible for liability insur- ance. : ae _ ‘ . ‘There are’ no group daycares |” with only. oight children: opening “up anywhere because it just isa’t - . feasible, and there Is only a hand- ful of family daycares in Terrace bo der 2 years. ~s Lbelteve. that the er ed FE LT ~ gener. upset. Perhaps this is true . business and spending employecs went to Vancouver, Whitehorse and Smithers, in that order. Stewart benefited and thus Ter- race, but even Stewart would have seen zero from ‘Tat. Have # gocd look at a map. Where are the transportation cor- ridors?, Even Cominco’s Snip mine’s business (closer. to home) is minimal in the northwest. Wrangell in Alaska, Vancouver and Smithers benefit much more because of transportation lines. Golden Bear, small as it is, puts more into the. Terrace economy than either of the others. How? Back to Mr. Martin’s comments . - Terrace service centre for the northwest.’’ It should have been ‘mid northwest.‘‘ Whitehorse is more of a service centre for the true northwest of B.C., and I be- lieve Smithers does more for the mid northwest than Terrace be- cause of transportation links again. ‘*Housing/shopping.’’How defended is NIMBY (not in my backyard), Did anyone who signed the peti- tion against us speak out before on group daycares in residential neighbourhoods? We can deal with every other objection and concem except this attitude. We reatlily admit that there are some legitimate con- cerns, but we have painstakingly worked out feasible solutions for noise, traffic and parking, Mickey D, Bromley, Terrace, B.C. Tat statements all wrong would the employees get to/from Terrace? Fly to Vancouver and then back to Terrace or drive for two days each way? Again Whitehorse and Vancouver win! A provincial park? Surprise, these ‘‘things’’ generate more long term, sustainable economic benefits than any mine in B.C. ever did! All it takes is people. to co- ordinate their efforts to take ad- vantage of the opportunities, not just future ones, but ones present- ly here, instead of looking for boom and bust mega projects. The government had all the facts and hopefully based. their decision on the facts, not just on satisfying environmentalists. There aré same projects that can meet the needs of everyone and still not impede nature, but they are becoming fewer and fewer as we head down (he ecological roller coaster. But to say mining is dead be- cause of some decisions is like saying the Love Canal situation killed the chemical industry in New York State. _ The Chamber of Commerce should concentrate on finding ways to take advantage of op- portunities that are not mega projects. It should help labby for such things as transportation links and power sources with spurs’ off down the Hwy. 37 corridor. There are mor¢ things like the Tat on the horizon that will have more of an impact on Terrace such as the Kitlope and the Stikine. Dave Brocklebank, Telegraph Creek, B.C. Park Report by “Greg McDonald” | NezD To KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR NEW wy COMMUNITY? ~Wetane Wego Phone Elaine 635-3018 Phone Diana 638-8576 Phone Gilllan 635-3044 Our hostess will bring gifts and greetings, along with helpful community information. Qn SCRATCH —& Hilltop Grocery 2390 Hemlock Thornhill _|...635-4001 The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 28, 1993 - Page AQ é Box 22, | IMPROVING Terrace, B.C, Major Credit Cards bpbe eG 4A2 Accepted HEARTAND opps a "Yo donation ia Fei he AGAINST Majorie Park wt Sedu ible FOUNDATICNOF AS . BG. & YUKON #1 KILLER 698-1167 Your In Memoriam gift is a lasting tribute. Please send your donation to the address above, along with the name and address and the name and address of the next-of-kln, for an acknowledgement card. = : —— eel Dr. Victor P. Hawes, Optometrist i ANNOUNCES SUMMER HOURS BEGINNING JUNE 21 THIS OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAYS FOR APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL . 638-8055 all A B Pa %: on THANK YOU TERRACE Ladies Auxiliary Royal Canadian Legion RCMP Jim Jefferis Happy Gang Centre Andy Campbell Order of the Royal Purple #216 P.O. Elks #216 “ye Partners in Community Serv Terrace Bowling Lanes Farwest Bus Lines McDonalds George Yeast | Terrace Bluebacks McEwan G.M. Shames Mountain Kinette Club The. athletes and volunteers have had a great spring and summer thanks to your support. B.C. Special Olympics - Terrac © P.O. Box 339, . | Terrace, B.C. V8G 4Bi Branch 13 & W Restaurant ice Society =, The Community Care Facility ~. Act:resiricts. staff: to child ratio . operating a daycare with more’ “Yet the. new Official Com- ~ adapt to those changes. There are - censed spaces available. We: ~ to resort to illegal daycares that trained : 7 ihat can have up to seven chil- . _ dren, leas the caregivers own, Unt ONLY ASHORT DISTANCE. hoth travellers and local residents a scenic and tranquil setting for outdoor relaxation. Kleanza means “gold” in the Tsmishian Indian language and since early times these people hava lived and fished in the Kleanza Creek area. It was the search for gold that lead to the colonization of many places in B.C. including the Terrace area. By 1890 gold fever had hil Kleanza as well. Men with sluice boxes worked the gravel beds abova and below the gorge. The work was back breaking and little gold was found. . By 1911 the Cassiar Hydrautic Mining Co. had plans to attempt lo retrieve the gold, Twa years of flooding saw their hopes destroyed, Finally in-1914 the found, Gold seekers, like one fellow by the name of Joel Trulsen, continued lo he vas a naturalist (one of the first} and it was through his efforts that a campground was established. He cleared sites, built picnic tables and entertained visitors as does Carol Glen; the park facility, operator today. The park wes eslablished in 1956 and il ensured that Joe''s efforts and the natual heritage would be protected. This park has 21 campsites as well as a picnic area and the swimming ts wonderful in Kleanza Creek ilself. A special attraction in the fall s seeing the pink salmon spawn in the creek completing thelr 2 year life cycle, Another popular activity is to hike the 1 km trail to the top which is in plentiful supply ts the Queen's Cup, The flower is a large, while cup shaped which stands alone, rarely two. It has single bright metallic blue berries and two to three leaves in abasal rosette, The beautiful pure white cup shaped flower with a crown of gold stamens deserves the name Queen's Cup. * , Join me and Carol Glen on Sunday August 1/93 in'a number of activities. At neon bring your bag funch to lhe day use area and have lunch with Jemy the Moose. Al 1pm use your ceative talents and design, build and sail your boat down the Kleanza creek, Al 2 om join the Park Interpreter for a nature walk along the 1 km trail to the lop of the canyon. And at 7 pm join us for an ald fashion country square dance, witha sing along to follow at 8 pm. See you at the Kleanza Creek Park, a Only a short distance east of Terrace, Kleanza Creek Provincial Park offers company gave up the search for the gold and the “Mother lode” was never, search for gold in the area, Just barely making a living Joel was not just a miner, of Keanza Canyon whera a viewpoint offers a spectacular view of the canyon . below. There is a wide variety of tees and flowers along the trail. One flower PARK VISITORS PROGRAMS ALL EVENTS ARE FREE JULY Thursday (July 29) 3.00pm "Insects In and Oul™ Sea where those critters live in the forest. Examine different kinds af bugs and slugs in the forest. Meet at the Host site near the start of the Twin Spruce Trail, . BOpm “wateh your honey’ tips for living in harmony with bears. Amphitheatra.“- Friday (duty 30) ‘ "Walk with (he Glanis: Come and meet the old men of the forest and see how _ the forest shapes outWworld, Hike. Meet at tha Entrance sign. ~ we "Hug a Teas and Survive". How to survive if you or your children getfost A side show and presentation. Meet at the Picnic shelter, = ~~ ‘ : 3,00 pm 6,0) pm Saturday (duly 34} I a - "Jorry’s Rangers" Kids come and find out how you can be a “Nalure Nut” and leatn more about wildlife In the park, wo : ae “Hisga’a Lava Park’, A lock ai ona of the most interesting new perks In BG. Side shaw and presentallon. Picnic shelter. Free Hot chocolate, 3.00 pm 8.00 pm mo, Sunday (Aug. I). - e - 42,00 n00n -*Kleanze Creek Proyinclat Park" Leain about gold and the early life of prospectors, Then take a short walk on the nature tral, Meet in the day use area near the information tign. . : Poe 8.00 pm "I'm bored, There i mora to the park than your campfire! 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