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_ "COUNCIL APPROVES POOL
PROJECT". This was the big story
a. year ago this week. Seaward
Construction of Richmond, repre-
sented locally by Ben Faber,. was
the tender winner in. the $922,062
project and after two years of
waiting and debate council decided
in a May 15, 1989, discussion that
they were ready to go. GO B.C.
had come through with a $144,454
grant. And even though the budget
was "tight", Mayor Jack Talstra
said successful completion of the
RCMP building “on budget" gave
council the confidence they needed
to say the pool expansion project
would stay on track.

AND THE CITY HAD SOME
SOLUTIONS FOR ANOTHER
WATER PROBLEM TOO.
Following a complaint which
sparked review of the Kalum/Gra-
ham sewage system the city had
two ways to go: increase the sewer
capacity or reduce the flow. And
because the main source of the
problem was infiltration of rain
water during heavy rainfall, option
number two seemed to council to
be the best.

This meant smoke tests would be
introduced to identify illegal sewer
connections and leaky manhole
covers. With this work done, and
appropriate measures taken to
eliminate sources of unwanted
water, council hoped that horror
Stories of basement sewage
backups would be a thing of the
past.

A PROJECT THAT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN THE CITY’S WAS
SEEKING ROOTS ELSEWHERE.
The Peaks Gymnastics gymnasium
complex had been downscaled a
bit and the Regional District board
of directors was to consider its
construction as an addition to the
Thomhill Community Hall. The
club had originally approached the
city with a much more ambitious
project but GO B.C. funding
hinged on the club’s access to a
suitable piece of land and the club
had waited for council’s decision,
they said, as long as they could.

AND THERE WAS A CALL
TO HALT SPRAYING. Regional
district Hazelton director Gordon
Sebastian received support when
he called for a moratorium on
herbicides as a brush control
measure in the region until the
appeal process had been reviewed
by the provincial government.
Appeals under the current system,
said Sebastion, were one-sided.
Les Watmough backed up this
claim by describing a rect. it appeal
by some trappers where they faced
four corporate lawyers when they
arrived at the hearing. "They were
beaten before they got there,"
Watmough said.

' . AROUND TERRACE, | there
were a number of things going on
a year ago this week. Terrace
Little -Theatre’s "Curse of the
Starving Class" was running at the

, . McColl Playhouse. This produc-
_>~. tion, featuring the-.complexities-of
family. Jife and: individual ambit-

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ions, won the zone drama festival
and was on the way to the provin-
cial finals in Kelowna at the end of
May.

Heritage Park was the proud
recipient of a 1927 pull type
"Adams" Model 14 grader thanks
to North Coast Road Maintenanve
and Lindsay’s Cartage, who
brought the find in from Salvus.
And as far as people in the com-
munity were concerned, the local
Big Brothers/Sisters organization
was looking for more volunteers
and seniors were looking for a say
in the task force, "Towards a Bet-
ter Age".

In the press release promo to this
event, Health Minister Peter Dueck
was quoted as saying, "All British
Columbians are being invited to
share their views...," but the closest
the task force would come to Ter-
race was Prince Rupert and Smi-
thers.

The annual Fitness Challenge
was scheduled for May 31 and
during a regional district coffee
break Terrace mayor Jack Talstra
and Kitimat alderman Bev Rodrigo
had a brief but "fun" encounter.
Rodrigo described our mayor as
"anything but fit", to which Talstra
fired back, "If she’s an example of
fitness in Kitimat there’s no need
to worry.” The real test was to
come, though, on May 31.

On the medical scene, Terrace
Elks Lodge 425 and Royal Purple
Ladies’ Lodge 216 made their final
payment on the $15,000 uretero-
scope they had purchased for Mills
Memorial Hospital. All the money
was raised through bingos. And the
groundwork had been laid for a
new medical emergency call sys-
tem in the greater Terrace area. -

During a public meeting at the
Terrace Community Services
offices, about 40 northwest resi-
dents listened as manufacturers’
representative Ernie Schweitzer
and Home Support Services
coordinator Betty Stewart

described the system which would .

provide security and independence
for seniors and disabled residents
by giving them instant telephone
access to emergency services.
What was needed, said Stewart,
was some financial assistance to
get the ball rolling.

ON THE BUSINESS FRONT,
the Northern B.C. Construction
Association met in Terrace a year
ago this week to ponder the con-
struction world of the 1990’s. The
new B.C. Access Centre was get-
ting ready for their "Open House".
And the Chamber of Commerce
heard a call for regional unification
on the tourism front while the
government was making individual
InfoCentres more independant with
fax machines and computer
upgrades.

AND IN EDUCATION, Wayne
Braid, Jean Kryzanowski and Flip
Cervo were racing for the by-elec-
tion finish line; possibly being

. passed by 10-year-old Mark Marcil |

who had just placed third in the

: provincial school chess champions-

hips. Former NWCC director of

regional education, Gary Baker, -

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it was a year ago this week that Lindsay's Cartage donated a half day’s low bed time and North
Coast Road Maintenance donated the foading and unloading expertise required to get this 1927
pull-type "Adams" Model 14 grader from Salvus to Heritage Park, The grader, now on display at
Heritage Park, once required six horses to pull it over gravel roads or through drifting snow.

was off to Kwantlen College in
Surrey to head the continuing
education department.

School District 88 was looking at
a number of staffing changes.
Twenty new teachers had been
hired for the coming school year
and Copper Mountain principal
Dave Crawley would be taking
over Clarence Michiel, Barry Ey-
jolfson was to head up Copper
Mountain and Caledonia principal
Bill Sturn was off to an adminis-

‘trative position in Lillooet and

would be replaced by Tom Hama-
kawa. A few new vice-principals
were also named as well as the

new position of Director of Per- -

sonnel Services and a few adminis-
trative swaps. .

Caledonia art student, Scott
Hansen was presented with an
award for his design of the cover
for the B.C. Teacher-Librarians'
Associaiton publication, science
fiction/fantasy booktalks. Grade-
-one E.T, Kenney student, Angela
Gillis, won the Giant Beanstalk
Contest with a monster over six
feet tall.

At NWCC students were prepar-
ing for the first-ever graduation
ceremonies while NWCC director
of open leaming, Norbert Hartig,
was doing a little celebrating of his
own. A satellite communications
system linking a consortium of
B.C. colleges was in the works and
a made-in-Northern B.C. curricu-
lum production centre was ready to
Bo.
And the last word in education
went to the Nass Valley, School
District 92 had broken School
District 88’s record of questionable
distinction for the longest running
teachers strike in the province. The

Nass Valley strike was entering its
sixth weck.

SPORTS FOR THE YOUNGER
SET. Youth Soccer announced that
B.C.’s second residential soccer
academy would be held. at NWCC
in July. Minor Softball was still
looking for coaches and the Junior
Babe Ruth league was off to what
was described as a roaring start.

The Terrace Bluebacks placed
third. behind Kitimat and Prince
Rupert in a Kitimat meet but Garth

Coxford placed first in his division

with the highest aggregate score in

the:eight and under division. This.

made it a noteable event. Coxford
won all cight of his events and set
eight pool records in the process.
Clint Sheppard was the silver
runnerup to Coxford, Christina
Holland took a silver in the nine--
year-old division and Ian MacCor-
mac won a bronze in the seven--
year-old age group.

AND TERRACE ATHLETES
OF NOTE WERE HAVING
THEIR UPS AND DOWNS. Jeff
Sharples reported: "It was my
worst season ever in hockey." It
wasn’t all Sharples, though. The
rest of the Red Wings roster felt

the same way. The "Probert incid-
ent" didn’t help, he said, and if the
next season was going to be better
the team needed to find some
discipline.

But things were much different
for Terrace’s gift to Canadian
women’s basketball. Michelle
Hendry was in Europe with the
Canadian National Team a year
ago this week for a three week
series against some of the world’s
best. On the agenda were games

against Russia, China, France,

Poland, Spain, Bulgaria and

‘Czechoslovakia.

Uf you wish to announce

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at 7 lbs. 15 oz.

the birth af YOUR baby, please fill out the form
available in the maternity ward or Mills Memorial
Hospital, We will pick up your forms every week.

CHRISTIANSEN — Gary and Lynne are pleased to an-
nounce the birth of their daughter Danika Kathleen on May
1, 1990, weighing 7 !bs. 10 oz.

FRANZMANN — Barry and Anne are the proud parents of
Jamie Lee, born April 15, 1990, weighing 8 lbs. 11% oz.
MANION/POWERS — Denise Manion and Charles Powers
are pleased to announce the birth of their son Jesse Robert
Thomas Powers on May 5, 1990 at 6:45 a.m., weighing in at 6

‘SULLIVAN — Daniel and Tineka are happy to announce the
birth of their son, Jordan Christian Rupert, on May 3, 1990,
weighing 8 Ibs. 11 ozs. Speial thank you to Dr. Brown, Dr.
Grant and the maternity staff of Mills Memorial Hospital.
SULLIVAN — Joe and Anita are the proud of parents of
daughter Eleisha Marie, born May 2, 1990 at 1:02 p.m.,
weighing 8 lbs. 11 oz. Thank you Dr. Brown and maternity
staff at Mills Memorial Hospital.

WATTS — Jared Kendall Skylar, born on May 4, 1990 at
7:17 a.m. to proud parents Ken and Violet. Jared weighed in

WILLER/BAXTER — Doug Willer and Heather Baxter are
pleased to announce the birth of Donal Graeme Willer on
May 4, 1990, weighing 8 lbs. 5 oz, A brother for Garion.

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