sreig. Houiden,. a

: Molliea ran aaa onoeed at
¢ TDTA's ‘recent annual gen-

ulden was born and edu-
“cated -in. Terrace, took. his
¢ ‘Bachelor. o of Arts degree at UBC,

ee teacher. at -
| . Skeena. Junior. Secondary
Sento ‘has: ‘been elected Presi- .

in ‘history. He. returned to Ter-

« race in.1978. to: teach:at Skeena,” . ;
“returned. to- university. for a. .

‘teaching certificate, and has’

‘been working in School District
_ 88 since 1980.

In an interview... .Monday
Houlden’ said his primary con-
cern as TDTA president centers

~ City to investigate —
buying Ferry Island

: ‘TERRACE _ City: council
agreed last week with a motion
“made by alderman Bob Cooper
_ and will be seeking ownership of
_ Ferry Island.
Cooper says the island is pres-
" ently leased by the city from the
_ provincial government: on a 30-
year renewable lease at a cost of
$25 per year, But he says the
problem with this arrangement

Pay up for.
municipal
personnel

Terrace city council has ap-

pr oved a:wage package that will:

£give most city. employees-at, the
‘management level'a five pement
_ sincrease — but for some it will
“Ibe even more. The confidential
* secretary’s annual pdyrate rose
~to $28,875 from $27,000 effec-
“tive Jan. 1 and will go up.
- another $1,000 on July 1 — a
6.1 percent increase, but less
than the’ 9,1 percent pay hike.
_ given last year. And the Superin-
~ tendent of Parks and Recreation
_jumped to an annual rate of
” $47,250 on Jan. 1 and will go to
$48,431 on July 1 — an increase
-of 8.4 percent, more than the 7.7
‘percent received. the ‘previous
year,
The Deputy Clerk/Personnel
_ Director rose to $34,178 Jan. 1
and will go to an even $37,000
July 1 while the Parks and
Facilities Manager rose to
$41,790 on Jan. 1 and will go to
$42,782 July. Other wages being
paid to city management person-
nel as of Jan. 1 are the Adminis-

trator at $62,454, the Treasurer. - ,

at $53,372, Director of Engi-
neering $54,863, Director of Op-
‘erations $49,612, Water and
Sewer Branch Head $42,782,
and the Court Liaison Officer
$36,382.

Paton the back .

_ Terrace District Museum So-
“ciety volunteers got a ‘‘pat on
the back’? recently from mayor
Jack Talstra, The occasion was
the presentation of the B.C.
Recreation and Parks Associa-
tion Pat-on-the-Back Award.

_The award'is offered annually .

during Volunteer Week to an

individual or group in every
community of the province, rec-

" ognizing their contribution to
the quality of life in their area.
Accepting the award on behalf
of the society were Norma Ker-

by, Mamiie Kerby, Thelma Lind- |

strom, Aileen Frank,. Colleen
Sande, and Dick Green.

is that the lease is conditional,
the city needs government per-
mission for anything they want
to do, and there is no guarantee

that the government won't .
ers important that are coming

change the conditions of the
lease or take the land back for
their own use at some point in
the future.

Cooper says the current use of

Ferry Island as a campsite and
wilderness area began when

' his wife, Edna Cooper, was

elected to city council in 1968. A
short time later, the city. made
application to the government to
have the island designated as a
recreational reserve. There was
no access to the island at that

‘time, says Cooper, but about 10

years later the Dudley G. Little
bridge..was built. and- the . city,

“and then. went to the University. .
of Toronto to obtain’ a Masters

‘Greig t Houlden
to take office
“July: Tt.

around the fact that- it will be
another - ‘contract -bargaining

"year. Although, the TDTA and

School District: 88 just signed an
agreement in. March, the bat.-.

_ gaining period took up nearly a

. year of the time ‘covered by the «
_ Fesulting contract. .

... "The challenge will be for the
“TDTA and the board to resolve
the contract amicably by the end
of the (1989-90) school year,’’
he said. Bargaining begins in the
spring of. 1990. Houlden was
one of the TDTA negotiators in

the last. session,

Other issues Houlden consid-

up over the next year include the

-implementation of the Royal
Commission recommendations

and changes to the School Act.
The latter are scheduled for
debate in the legislature during
July, while teachers are on sum-
mer holidays. ‘‘The timing is not.
fortuitous,’’ he remarked. A
major concern in that area, he

said, is a set of proposals to

allow contracting out of teach-
ing work to uncertified person-
nel.

Houlden assumes the position
July 1. Outgoing president Hel-

after leasing the island from the y-mut.Giesbrecht will become the -

“governineit> ‘began fo develop

the campsite.

‘But over the past 10 years of,
its development the city -has had”
the same problem — seeking the”
goverment’s permission for-
everything they want to do.

Some of the ideas Cooper says"

would work on the island are to
develop the campsite into a full-
service facility, a nursery, nature.
trails and an interpretive center.

Cooper says there are few com-
munities in the province who are

fortunate enough to have an.

area such as Ferry Island within

‘minutes of the downtown core,
and with the security of owner-.

ship, the city could: begin mak-
ing some plans for future devel-

Opment.

Riverbo: oat Race

association’ S. past president and

. TDTA -répresentative to the ~

. er

B.C. Teadhets? Federation.

“Terrace Review — - Wednesday, May 41, ‘1680 3

r Two. of Skeena Broad-

received top awards recently
_at the British Columbia
' Association of Broadcasters

_ convention,

Terrace-based CJFW-FM
got top; B.C. honors for
‘Canadian. -talent develop-
; ment, atid CFTK television
“took the award for best

- ereative work.

- Prince Rupert resident
Foster Husoy has left the
board of Northwest Com-
munity College. The
Ministry of Advanced
Education and Job Training
has appointed - another
Rupert resident, Gail Bergen,
as his replacement.

strip 80 kilometers northwest
of Stewart claimed another
‘victim earlier this month
when a DC-3 cargo airplane
’ owned by Central Mountain
. Air of Smithers burst into

runway, About 30 minutes

‘after the aircraft had landed

on a. flight from Wrangell,

- Alaska, one of the engines

caught fire. Cause of the
blaze is unknown.

Last year a Bristol

freighter aircraft operated by

_ Terrace-based TransProvin-

cial Air Lines crashed while

| landing at- Bronson Creek

| due to a freak gust of wind.

7 casters” “Terrace operations |

annual radio and television .

_ B.C. They’ll stop at the Ter-

The Bronson Creek air-—
_ crash of a float plane east of

Other passengers.

flames while’ parked on the.

. Milligan and his wife Penny

NEV IS IN" BRIEF -

No injuries occurred in either
accident, —

The crew from CBC’s dai-.
ly noontime current affairs”
TV program “Midday” will-
be in Terrace briefly on June
14; The hosts and technical
people will be riding. VIA
Rail’s Skeena train from
Prince Rupert to Smithers ©
and producing a feature -
piece on life-in northwestern

race stationette at 12:30 p.m.
for about 20 minutes.
Visiting hosts will be Valerie
Pringle and Ralph |
Benmergui,. known to CBC .
radio audiences as the host of -
“Prime Time’? and “The
Entertainers’’.

A Prince Rupert man
miraculously survived the.

Stewart May 23 that killed
the aircraft’s pilot and two
Jorge
Phillips, 24, sustained a
broken arm and head cuts .
when the Beaver airplane
crashed during a take-off at-
tempt from Fred Wright
Lake and was rescued 24
hours later by a CFB Comox
search-and-rescue operation.
Killed in the crash were pilot
and guide-outfitter Bob

of Prince Rupert and John
Cherry of Clinton, an.
employee of the guiding
operation.

Crowded court dockets ‘mean
RCMP overtime bills for city

Overbooking and guilty pleas

“in ‘Terrace’s courts are costing

the city money, says Insp. Larry
Yeske, Officer-in-Charge of the
local RCMP detachment.

In his monthly report to coun-_
cil, Yeske advised that 174.75
hours of overtime had been
logged by RCMP officers during
April, and the city’s share of
two-thirds of the total bill comes

TERRACE ROTARY
RIVERBOAT RACE

AUG. 7, 1989
COPPER RIVER FLATS —

: 1st Prize: $2000.00
. and Prize: Weekend Trip for 2 to Vancouver

+ including accommodation (Century Plaza Hotel
Terrace Travel Canadian Alrlines International Ltd.)
3rd Prize: Gas Barbeque

Tickets: $3.00 each or Two for $5.00
Available From Any Rotary Member

to $2,247.87. And of this over-
time charge, $2,154.46 was for
members appearing in court
who were not required to give
evidence.

The primary reason for not
having to give evidence, says
Yeske, are persons charged with
an offence who change their
plea to guilty once the officer’s
presence is known. He says there

are other cases where the. ac-
cused fails to appear and also.a
number of occasions when too
many court cases are set for one ©
time and all are unable to com-
mence on the stated date.

As far as the number of
crimes being committed in the
area, Yeske says that to the end
of April there has been a slight
increase,

Donations: For

receipts will be issued.
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NOTICE OF FEDERAL MEETING

SKEENA FEDERAL PROGRESSIVE
CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Place: Terrace Hotel, “Skeena Room”.
Date: Saturday, June 3rd; 1989

Time: 1:30 p.m. afternoon

Reason: Election of Directors

Selection: Delegates for “Nations General
— Meeting at Nations Capital”
— Dates: August 23 - 27, 1989

Guest Speaker: Will Be Announced.
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