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The heritage: conservation branch, finds : nm

architectual interest and nohistorical interest in the

old Skeenaview buildings; ‘but Alderman Melly. —

Nattress says that unless people preserve things

they never become old.

. But David Lichtenstelger, af the branch, almost

lost his temper with the aldermen who insisted that.
‘for Terrace realdents the ‘only historical buildings °

hospital facility.

- ‘eft aze the buildings built during World War 11 as 2 a

“Tf you want to bring them back to 1941 trarislent a
camp standards that is up to the municipality but if =

‘you ‘want to move things onto the property, I like the
* old police station, you are just going toend up with a

. . heritage ghetto.: : [really can'tsee much beritage in :

-those buildings - < when I was‘in them 20 ‘years ago
the place smelled so bad 1 could smell it on my.”
-clothés after 1 lelt,”” sald’ Lichtensteiger. a
-Nathress, pointed out. that the- buildings are
peerage’ 4 Uink with the army miltiny during World
‘ Wile‘ Tl whien 5,000 soldiers took aver the town which .

: - Bind daly 900 Beople living in it at the time, .

4. wonder”. why they. mutinied,'’’ said
Lichtensteiger, ‘who is an architect.from Victoria. ;
: ‘Nattress. said -that by Victoria. standards: the
buildings would have no value but in-‘Terrace they ~ -

“apart. and repaired. -

; “has lived in the § Skeeriaview area be bas‘not found ©
"the buildings: offénsive and {t is the only area of town ,
that: represents'a history, “We would tike to see a.

_dohave historic valueto the people livinghere. :
‘Lichtensteiger said that in grading the. historic.
"value of the buildings it received 21 points out of 100...
-. Both the buildings and the water tower were graded
: fair to poor. Council later revealed that the tower is

: a :

: sorotted that it cannot even be climbed tobe taken, os

“Aldernian Vie Jolliffe said that in the 2»: Jears he:

heritage village on that site,’ he ‘said. ~

- Jolliffe said. that Terrace residents fear that the

- B.C. Buitding Corporation (BCBC) will sell the land...‘

Aileen sald Lichtenstelger. -
; The tower, which will soon be dene has a: :

hereon behail of BCC.” * ’ Ay

“Alderman Bob Cooper, whe lived in Tézrace when,”
“ Skeenaview was bull, aald he did: not. find any=
‘ historic value ii'the Buildings:

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. Wednentay, April 15, 1901

TERR ACE-RITIVAT

Volume 75 No. 74.

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. — . By BRIAN GREGG

.

Téachers |
to vote —

VANCOUVER (CP) —.
The “province's 28,000
teachers-will vote ina mail
referendum on whether
they want the right to strike

_ in contract disputes, dele--
gates to the B.C, Teachers’

Federation decided in Vaw
couver. ‘Tuesday.
~The: mail-in: vote, ‘which

- could take place this fall,

was a ‘alter heated
debate, and the’ defeat of
two amendments that the
vote be held at the place of

_ employment or, at mem:

bership meetings.”

would dis fri

\

with a a promise

executive that mailing lists ;

would be updated. -

Al Blakey, federation

president, admitted that
delegates are ‘“‘nervous
-about the strike option” and
said the federation would

campaign bard in the next
few months for teachera to

approve the referendum .
. question, .

It will ask teachers if they

would like to see legislation —
. Giving local associations the
choice between arbitration

_and strike action in contract
disputes, he said. The

"School Act now provides

only for binding arbitration
procedures. © -

The federation will be
- bound by the vote, and if.it

passes, it would then try to .

convince the provincial
government to change

legislation.

Province may have shelved. ferry

"By MICHAEL HOWLETT
Herald Stall Writer
It looks as if the

provincial government has.

shelved the Kitimat.Ferry
terminal proposal. « -
Frank Howard (MLA
Skeena) was advised April 3
by Highways - and
Transportation Minister
Alex Fraser, that a joint
Federal-Provincial © study

‘marine terminal

. was .being planned to
examine’
--teelitieg alone. the west

— ip Howard, tha
‘formation of the committee

implies that any decision on
- @ Kitosat

terminal will
have to wait until after the
study a completed. —

’ “T regret that oné has to
conclude that the decision
by the provincial
‘government about the ferry.
terminal appears to have

teen put to one side pending -

the completion of this joint
study", sald Howard. ~
The study will receive up
to $250,000 in funding and
the provincial co-chairman
has heen named. He is Dr.
Emam Khan of the ©
Transport Policy Analysis

~ Delegates. batiled 0 over :
whether. the - amendments .

Twenty riders from all-over the northwest.
are braving the elements fo take part Ina
mofo-cross ‘course given by twoexpert class ~
riders. at Copper’ Flats..

bring

The Terrace,

Timbeérline Cycle Assoctatlon managed to
in 1979 ‘Canadian expert - class
champlon: Stan Carrington to teach the will take between an hour
course. ; See page 7 for detalls. .

Herald Steff Writer.
" Increased costs anid a lack .
of capital may~ force
Terrace District Council to
decide not to proceed, with

RCMP building: - a
Bob Hallsor, ;
administrator, says that he *
fears a construction ‘start -:
may ‘not happen until the -
spring of 1982; and as “our
‘cost estimates’: were based
on 1981 . construction ©
completion the capital cost -
.. will exceed the. amount
approved . by. Treasury
Board and ‘the- amount of
our Joan. authorization
bylaw. It is considered that
the inflation factor will be in —
the area of 20-per cent.” -
- ‘Holisor says that other
commitments” such as.
7 ‘capital costs for ‘wpgrading
~. the sewage treatment plant

_ ahead of building a building -
‘for. thé RCMP, -
In a tight money. “year
’."Hallsor says that the project:
may be too expentive a
_ Proposition for the district

John Ewonus, presidest
of Columbia Airlines, Ltd.
. was in Terrace Tuesday to
drum up support for a

- proposed new scheduled -
flight between Terrace and.
Prince George. . :

The flight, which ‘will run
otio daily Sunday to Friday-
or Monday to Saturday -
schedule, will - employ
small, high-altitude planes.
The trip to Prince George

an hour and a half."
_' Application for the flight
* wat made to the Canadian

rranapertiilia’ ‘and
Highways. Transport
Canada will also dame a co-
chairman. .

‘The study guidelines state

- that the studies purpose 1s to
“determine “what public
marine terminal Tacilities
mil be required: ish the next

20. years on thd: coast of
British Columbia for the
movement. of” yoda and
péopie”. Rt will ietnge

the.
area compat ‘all the

BC. "coastal cocumunities Caste

on. ‘the mainland and The study will

Vancouver Island, the recommend both a list of

Queen Charlottes and other improvements and repairs

talanda. © ., that can be made to present
7 facilities as well as a list of

7 rhe study is expected to ~ Projects nebded..to meet - pays

survey existing facilities, '. future requirements,

and to determine how well Representatives from
these meet existing and Public Works Canada,
anticipated requirements Municipal Affairs, the B.C:

‘nwolved in the movement of. Ferry Corporation, Lands,

goods, vehicles and Parks and Housing, the B.C. -
passengers along the B.C. . Harbours Board, init,

‘Pharmacists ignored request

NEW * -WestMINSTER,
B.C. (CB). A‘ cotmer’s
jury wes told Tussday (hat
the B.C. “Collegs; of Phar-
macists ignored - requests
made by prison officials for
advice pelor to the second
drug death of 1980 in the
Lower Mainland,” Regional

Correctional,

hospital unit, made the
statement at the, _ quest

‘into - the death’: ‘of oa
Egyptian man, ‘
awaiting deportatic nin “he

Branch of the Ministry of institution.

_and had spent mast of his

Osama Mohamed Baky, . Sriried =;
/ Last: June,’ a edroner's

jary investigating £ the’ death, .
patnkitier ‘prescribed ‘by of Oakaila prisoner Francis’
medical stall because ot a
sore back.

Baky died hours. after he
learned an immigration
appeal board ruled be must -
be deported to Egypt, where
he claimed he would have
faced death by firing squad:
for deserting the Egyptian
Army.

 Hecame toCanada in 1974

taking . heart medication,
found Carron had fooled
guards inta thinking he was
taking his medicine.

That -jury. recommended
that prescription drugs be
distributed by qualified
staff not prison guards, that

fime in fail following cot
viction {ce assaults agains:
a former wife and #

drawn up for Inmates

receiving drugs. -

1970 the amount pald was #8”
-nilion.

te

“ The amount is based on”

Carron, who died from: net

ferminals
“' Phe

Transport Commission
_ April 3. The earliest date
that the flight schedule
could: commence is six
' moths from the date of
4d Evironment will alt on : tion. :
‘fhe committee along with —  Ryonus said that the first,
jthose from transport indication of whether or not
‘Canada and B.C. ee the application would be
"At present, — e accepted

‘Government of Canada. week. would come next
the government of - Several years ago, Trans
“British Cohumbia an annual’ pycitic years a -
subsidy for the provisiori of passenger plane service
ferry and constal Ereight " between the two cities, but
‘and passenger services in found that it was not
the waters of British © ‘economically feasible at
Columbia. Inthe fiscal year’ that time. .

April 1, 1978 to March $1,.

‘the route mileage for the
“two water links connecting
‘the lower mainland with the
‘pouthern portion af:
_ Vancouver Island and
bonnecting the ‘northern
portion of Vancouver Island

with the upper mainland of
British . Columbia
respectively. The
agreement makes no |

mention of marine John Ewonus

. Columbia Airlines, which!
Kitima.t i! based in Prince George,
administration as of plans to run 2 smaller 7-
Monday had pot been made «passenger plane, and
_g@ware of the . Ewonus is enthusiastic |
‘ démmencement of the study about, the possitiiities for
avid had no idea of its east-west fight.
implications for the town: Population increases in

‘to undertake and the
‘economic’ advantages of |
sale and development of the -
property by the’ private |
sector far. “outweigh those.

the ‘construction of the const

“gletk- | 5 jetac

-. The site for the building is
- the old: public works yard, °.

Public’ ‘works’ has : “moved :

~ from the property bordering

: Eby and Highway 16 to the...

Graham Avente location at.
‘the end of Kenney Street.

“With ' relocation of our

public works. facility ‘the -

district would be.-in ‘a
position to promote aseléol
, the subject "> two-acre:
property for.’ “at least ¢

would offset our yeatly coat | a

for rental accomimodation |
for the municipal RCMP .
detachment and not: require

. a mill rate increase,” says

Hallsor.

Airline. sights Terrace.

Terrace and Kitimat: over |.
the past five years, the .
proposed north-east coal *
ent near Chetwyn
and -occasional- medical: -_.

deve

evacuations ‘from: Terrace
are among a.number of

things Ewonus thinks will:

‘make an east-west airlines

-metwork viable. © fo
Ewonus has even had -’
- experieace with Terrace’s
“notoriously poor” weather *
conditions, bat thnks. that”

“INSIDE

were, built on the site: ‘the °
district would realize yearly:
; bly. $54,000 ta

‘Hallsar’ says.” that:

council decides riot to bull
the’ OY RCMP. “facility. “the:
. federal government would:

‘probably. not purchase the: - .

Shan which would: fe
‘suitable for a building. 2
“Tt council still -wiehes to

“proceed a.” , loa
suthorizatidn bylaw ‘to:
cover capital costs. in, the:
amount of $1.8 million must:

be ‘gives three, readin a5, .

forwarded for approval of:
the ministry of. municpal: .
aifairs and submitted to:
-"peferendum for ‘approval a
‘the electorate,”

“This procedure presents:
ah impossible echedule ing
‘terma af being able to

probably be. ‘discussed ©
‘during this year’s budget
_eoramittes meetings as well '

asa committee of the whole
. ineeting. cen

‘meeting of thé. Terface
Chamber. of Commerce. ‘In
“order to make a success of
.the proposed new schedule

between the two cities

Ewoous said that the airline
will peed letters’ of support
from the communities
involved. . a

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