we An Open letter to:

Mayor and Council

I respect the fact every-

one has. worked so hard for

the’ multiplex project, but I -

think we have our Priorities

. Wrong.

Some. “councilors: “based!

“their campaign | ‘on the fact. ,
> that’ recreation. will: bring’ -
people ' to. town. ' Recreation
-. doesn’t put bread and butter’
on the’table for their fami-

lies. Rich McDaniel said our:
last three. years are behind
us. The economy has turned
-around ‘and : that things are
happening. Where? :
People are still’ moving »

|... out of town. School enrol-

Fish farm positions needed

«Specifically, I would like to hear. whether he .
“supports the moratorium on the issuing of |.

_-- Ments are still dropping, and
. businesses Closing.

The town needs higher

-. paid: jobs’ other than. box

‘Stores at a minimum wage.
“We need to rebuild ‘our’
town with good jobs, five-

.. day school weeks and good —

equipment for our hospitals,

“getting ‘our™ paving: up to "

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“Plex vote necessary Ge

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date, cleaning up our dingy
back alleys.

" raise pennies here ‘and there

“to replace our. out dated.

hospital equipment. Health
comes before recreation.

‘We should not have to.

If these committees. work
hard, this will bring people |

wanting to move to Terrace

and not by multiplexes and
burdening us. with heavy

taxes which will happen and .

“which will stop people com-
ing to our’ ‘city.

We .have one : <gawmill

running one shift. The Ter-
race . Lumber Company | is
_ Struggling. =

We should rearrange our

priorities giving people a

reason to come to our city.
_ Enhancing recreation.

alone will do nothing with- :-

out the other first. .

I am ‘for a multiplex if.
‘only we can afford it. I am
calling for a referendum,”
hoping. the town feels the.

same.

The only reason our

business people are istay-

ing afloat now is from out

of the area people. They are:
- Not taxpayers, only shoppers _
_to the city. If it weren't for
: these people, we would have . &
_ a Very’sérious situation. *
“The cost of the multiplex :
is quite a lot at this time but
even more important is the [J
‘very high cost of operation “J
and’ upkeep after comple- ©

tion, |.

George Chinn, |
Terrace, B.C. a

“. many members.of our community’ are over-

‘Dear Sir: a

As: "chairman » of. the Friends. of Wild:

an “Salmon | (FOWS), I was pleased to read
“that Mike Scott has joined us in saying no ”
» ‘to fish farms i in the Skeena estuary and that ,.
he acknowledges’ the ‘widespread Opposi-~

tion among ‘local residents to fish farms on
‘our’ ‘northern ‘coasts. : ‘FOWS is a coalition’

of these residents, including. First Nations,:
-. resident anglers, ‘fishing guides and other:
"concerned citizens: who have been working
, to. protect the salmon and ‘steelhead in the
; Pacific Northwest ‘from the harm fish farms
a have caused elsewhere.

Mr. Scott has ‘not contacted ' me or any-

: one ‘else at FOWS during the last year, sol. .
ae “would welcome, the opportunity to have him ©. *
_ clarify. his position, on this important. issue.

~ Trouble with double double |

‘most certainly being rude.and inconsiderate. °
If someone responds. to your. behaviour by
_ use of the car horn, they are not the ones ‘be- ,
- ing rude. -
, Many of you guilty of this behaviour may I
. respond with “Well, just take another route.” |.
Those of use living on the southside are -

i i “Dear Sir:

“1. enjoy. the imbibing ‘Canada’ s leading
pye- opener.as much as. many others, but too

‘willing to put. their addiction over the safety -

of other morning commuters. .’
‘Tt should come as no _surprise to anyone

that the intersection of Keith and Kalum has

become a hazard at just about any time be-

tween:7 and 9 a.m.
While most of the behaviour of these

_ junkies is not technically illegal, there are
_ - , Sortie “who will’giadly’ ‘block: all traffic flow”:
~~ just to. be sure:they.keep.their.place in line.-

if you are one of these people, then may-

° be you are not breaking the law, but you are

ALL , CANDIDATES]
FORUM |

* for the upcoming Federal election -

_ Wednesday, Jan. 11 in Terrace
7300 p.m. at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre

Come out and question the candidates
| soaking election i in Skeena- ‘Bulkley Valley.

Forum hosted by The Terrace Standard with assistance
from CFTK.News, Terrace and District Chamber of
| - Commerce, Terrace Toastmasters and — =
-Skeena Valley Rotary Club

- | Moderators is NwCC president Stephanie Forsyth |

‘further ‘fish farm. licences, what the official

industry in their ridings. . .
.AS past provincial | and federal election

results have unequivocally indicated,. the —

opposition to floating feedlots in our coastal

. waters is -overwhelming, so the electorate

needs to know exactly where each candidate

.~ and the party he or she represents - stand

-on this issue.

. - Andrew Williams |
Chaleman, Friends of Wild Salmon. | .
Terrace, B.C. o

rather limited in our choice of routes. Due to
the volume of traffic on Keith Ave. the only

‘ reasonable route. is through this intersection.

If (ab)users of the drive-through service

... time té explore the legal. options for i improv-. +
ing their behaviour.
Ken Hawkins, Terrace, B.C.

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and how he will deal with the Conservative :
“MPs on Vancouver Island who have been
very vocal in their. support, of the aquaculture

at this location do not willingly start to give _
pass when, it is too busy, then perhaps itis”:

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