Vol. 3, Issue No. 8

Council
reviews
trucking
question

TERRACE — The issue
of loaded logging trucks
using Halliwell Ave. as a
through-road became the
subject of discussion again
at the most recent meeting
of city council, despite a
previous resolution to ap-
ply an existing bylaw to
the situation.

A council decision Feb.
9 to allow the Bell Pole
Co, to haul logs from its
Kitselas forest tenure via
N. Sparks St. and Halli-
well appears to have come
too late to be of any
benefit to the company. A
warming trend in the
weather has broken up
bush roads in the logging
area and softened the road
base on Halliwell, Debate
at the Feb. 23 council
meeting revolved ‘around
the possibility that Bell
may wish-to use the route
during the summer in
order to meet the terms of
its timber license.

Ald. George Clark and

Doug Smith appeared to

‘be surprised by the con-

cept of a summer opera-
tion as previous delibera-

~ tion had addressed a pro-

posal for winter hauling.
‘‘First summer, now
winter,’’ Smith remarked.
“This go-round is getting
ridiculous.’’

The. bylaw invoked to
control the hauling allows
the municipality to impose
a load limit of 14,000 kilo-
grams on vehicles travel-
ling streets under — city
jurisdiction by posting
signs. Clerk-Administra-
tor Bob Hallsor confirmed
that the signs are presently
in place on Halliwell. Vic
Jolliffe, a resident of the
bench area, stated in a

delegation to council that -

the Kitselas logging issue
dates back to 1977 when
Westar Timber filed a
harvesting plan for the
area with the Ministry of
Forests. The bylaw was
enacted, he said, the
following year.

Ald. Robert Cooper
said the bylaw had not

previously been used, and

he expressed apprehension

‘that it may not stand up in

court if challenged. Ald.
Mo Takhar added that
there is a history of
logging trucks using
municipal Streets without
restriction, and he con-
tended that if council sets
limits on the use of
Halliwell, the same limits
will have to be imposed on

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TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, February 25, 1987

The King and Queen

The fourth annual Senior Citizen’ s Sweetheart Dinner and Dance, sponsored by the Kinette
Ciub of Terrace, was a smashing success, Approximately 150 people attended the event and a
new King of Hearts was chosen. Joe Schulmeister, accompanied by his lovely Queen, Aurora
Schuimelster, were treated royally. Gifts given to the Queen included a maple leaf jade pin, a
dish of bubble bath, a scarf and a $20 glit certiflcate for iadies’ wear. The King received a dinner
for two gift certificate, a Parker pen, a scarf, a a flight bag and a book titled Chitkoot Pass.
Phols by Daniele Berquist.

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Program will

force region |
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TERRACE — The
historic rivalry between
northwest communities
and the political polariza-
tion characteristic of the
region will have to be set
aside if the Community
Futures Program is going
to succeed here, according
to B.C. Community: Fu-
tures manager Linda
Charles.

Charles addressed a
group of about. 40 local
people who paid a $50

registration fee to hear a-

variety of experts discuss
methods of establishing
development capital to
fund new business ven-
tures in the Northwest. at
the recent two-day ‘‘Ac-
cess to Capital’ workshop
held .in.. Terrace. . The
workshop: took nearly a
year to organize, with. the
work. being done: by: the

Tourism —and: Economic.

Advisory ‘Commission
(TEAC) of Terrace and
the Terrace and District

| Credit Union, —

‘The recent announce-
ment that the Kitimat-
Stikine region has been
approved for the: federal.

Derek Hardacker (left), Terrace chariman for the Kinsmen Mothers’ March, recently accepted the largest donation to the fund:
talsing drive — $600 from Dennis Lissimore, president of the Shames Mountain Ski Corp. The contribution was collected at the
rate of $1 per lift ticket on a recent Sunday at Kitsumkalum Mountain, and supplemented through the efforts of Kinsmen can-

vassers working the ski crowd.

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- social .

- which’ to ‘choose,
—] . those options. must -have
‘|: the . broadly-based and
“.-united support of the
region. —-
fs" One of the options ‘is
establishing a business
~|-*. development center, an
|. entity which would. be
eligible for up to $425,000
‘in operating. funds over a:
five-year .

governments: ‘new. “Com:
munity Futures Program. - -

arrived-as a sudden and

pleasantly surprising —
‘kicker to TEAC’s lengthy
and often unrewarding ef- —

forts in encouraging
economic development in
the Terrace area. The

long-term program willin: . '

ject -a maximum $2.13
million into the Kitimat-
Stikine region over the

next five years. Unlike

previous government-
funded employment crea-.
tion programs, however,
community consensus
rather than bureaucratic

guidelines will. be the
primary factor in’ deter-,
mining how the’ money is

used.

The program’ s founda- :
tion, Charles said, willbe:
the Community Futures:
committee. The. commit- -

tee. should be made-up of ~~

representatives fram.

throughout the region and
from as many different

elements of . the area as

possible, she said. The
committee will be given a.

series- of ° options from

period, .The
center would be set up as a:
non-profit saciety. directed
by a board accountable to
the Community Futures
committee and the govern-
ment program managers.
It could also take a more
elaborate form as a center
for administering invest-
ment funds through loans
to a maximum total ‘of
$1.5 million over five
years, with the capability
to hire staff and con-
sultants for providing ad-
vice and technical assis-
tance to new or expanding
businesses.

Other program options
include assistance. for
unemployed workers who

wish to start business ven-

tures. The assistance op-
tion would provide in-
dividuals with conditional
grants and income of $180
per week for a year in
order to taunch busi-
nesses. Relocation
assistance, job training
programs and other forms

of business and employ-:
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