“TERRACE — Branch 13 of the"
B.C. Old Age Pensioners -
Organization (BCOAPO) have
turned down a proposal made by »

Terrace Council that was design- ..
ed to save the old police building .

on the corner of Kalum St. and
Lakelse Ave.

by Tod Strachan ok

_ tion Services Committee recom-
mended the complex proposal
following a request by
“BCOAPO representatives. last
October to.move the building to
Heritage. Park to‘allow. the ex-
‘-pansion “of the Happy Gang

‘ Cetitre onto the two corner Iots’

_ the structure presently occupies.
_ That request caught the eye of
‘Tétracé Museum Society’s Presi-

_dent :Mamie Kerby-and Alder-

‘man Ruth Hallock, who reached
impasse’. with BCOAPO
‘members after arguing that the

-old police building was “‘the on- .

ly heritage building in Terrace

still remaining in ‘its original
location’, and that the future of.

the building needed more careful
consideration.
Council then adopted a com-

‘mittee recommendation which.
‘ proposed - that the .BCOAPO

should purchase and subdivide
the property and then deed the

portion containing the old police

building to the city, who would
restore the building -to its
original condition and then lease
it-back to the Old Age Pen-

sioners for one dollar a year.’
Committee chairman Doug -

Smith explained that the
BCOAPO could then sublet: the
building to a business which

UI deficit

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next year.

If the number of unemployed

people in Canada doesn’t in- ©
crease over. the next year, the —

Unemployment. Insurance fund
may be able to balance its
budget.

Skeena MP Jim Fulton said -

recently that a report tabled in
the House of Commons indi-

cates that $2 billion of the fund’s |
$4.5 billion deficit was li-

quidated over the past year be-
cause the fund actually collected

more in premiums. than it paid -

out in benefits. The’ minister

_responsible, Benoit Bouchard, |
has expressed the intent to keep -
the: premiums deducted from

Canadians’ payrolls at their cur-
rent level. .

If ‘the onéinplovment: rate,

’ currently pegged at 8.4 percent,
doesn’t rise, the fund’s $2.5-

billion deficit will be wiped out
by the end of this fiscal year.

Fulton said the deficit was
partially created because the

fund was used for purposes .

other than those intended for an
‘insurance system, such as Em-
ployment: Bridging Assistance
(EBAP) and other make-work
programs.

“While I recognize the bene-
fits of Section 38 (EBAP) to our
resource industries, I view

unemployment insurance as an ©
insurance plan to protect .

people,” he said.

Fulton noted that unemploy-
ment insurance benefits: and
other programs funded by Can-
ada’ Employment put more than
$50 million into the Northwest
economy last year.

would generate ‘revenue forthe
- Happy Gang Centre and at the

Same time generate taxes for the: .

city.

Grundmann said that members

‘had rejected the proposal as un- ©
- workable and: - described the
=: operation and-maintenance- of:
- . the-old building as.a “Project we

The Community and: Recrea-.

don’t need’’,

But she did. say that. there i isa.
need. to, expand:* According to.
Grundmann the centre presently.
has 222 members-but:can only. -
that, from the seniors’ point of

view, the old police building is
~*Sjust an old building that’s not

Local unemployment UP,

seat 100 at a time, and available
statistics indicate that they can
expect their ‘membership to dou-
ble. by the -year. "2000." She ex-

plained that in- order to: meet

that demarid they” have to ‘start

; exploring options: now...
She said one of those options:

would be to’ purchase ‘the ‘lot

next door and use it as a parking ©

lot until they are ready to ex-

_pand, but she added that they
into the .

are also looking
possibility of selling their. pre-
sent facility and rebuilding if
they can find a suitable location.

Grundmann described a
suitable location as. one that is
easily accessible, -

She - described. a suitable
building as being about twice the

-size of their present facility with
‘a larger

‘kitchen, more
washrooms, and a main room
about twice the present. size that
could be divided in two to ac-

‘commodate -a-variety of ac-

tivities..She also said that it is
necessary to build on one level
so that all areas of the centre & are

BCOAPO . President - Gert .

has ample p
parking, and is close to the .
downtown core and bus stops.

equally. dccessible to all

\ members.. -

‘made no. definite’ plans at the
present time and the whole situa-

tion surrounding the ‘future of,
the police building has gotten

.out of hand.

“The thing is, that there i is an -
option on. the ‘lot, and if: we-
could we would like to have it,’’

Grundmann” explained. “We

were. just” lookitig ahead, and

everybody got excited.’’
Grundmann also pointed out

. Grundmann said they - vhave:

worth. saving” because

envision that ‘building as being
an asset in terms of heritage.”
She added that she believes the

restoration of the building at its

present location would be a col-
orful and exciting addition ta
the downtown core, °

‘Hallock said she is looking.
province wide for donations that : .
would allow the city to purchase

and restore the property.
BCOAPO member. .Gladys

“the:
history of -that building isn’t”
Teally: all. that significant to the.
history of Tertace’’. "
Alderman. Ruth: Hallock, “on -
the other hand, said, ‘‘I really.

a, aa obs a ee | Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 25, 1987 73
Seniors reject city offer, ponder future expansion a

Oliver ‘explained, ‘tt does have’. oo
a-certain-amount.of nostalgiag °° °
‘because in -°43 - -when we -came: . .
here‘it was still being used. But I
don’t. know, when you look at it: -
now it’s just an-old building. It
-should have -been, taken. down

- years ago.” ;

_ Oliver added that she believes

if the city -really feels there'is'a
real -historical: value to thé ——.
building, they” would - already’ oan

have put some money’ into its’. .

restoration.

In describing the whole situa- .
‘tion, Oliver said, ‘‘I think it will.
all .fall into place. somehow. Sy
somewhere along the line.”” 30.0

but figures may be off

TERRACE - — Statistics Canada
figures | ‘indicate. the national
unemployment rate has declined
over the last year, but northern
B.C. appears to-be, bucking that

_trend with a small increase in the ©

percentage of unemployed peo-
le.

Candace Barker, a labor mar-
ket analyst for. the Terrace Can-
ada Employment Centre, how-
ever, says the StatsCan figures
may be off-base for this area.

The October 1987 seasonally:

adjusted figures: for Canada.

show 8.4 percent of the work-
force. unemployed, down one
percent. compared to the same
month-last year. B.C, as a whole
comes in at.11.4 percent, .com-

pared to 12. I ‘Percent in October

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1986, but during the same year
the northern region of B.C. went
from 11.7 percent to 12.1 per-
cent.

“It’s a very small increase,’
Barker said. ‘The. smaller the

population, the larger-the devia-

tion in statistical accuracy. Some
regions. have been known to
have a deviation Tate as high as

20 percent,”

‘The statistical zone in which
. Terrace falls extends from Daw-

son Creek to the coast and from

. Bella. Coola tothe Yukon bor-

der, but it excludes the. urban
area around Prince George. —

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Barker indicated it. might be
more accurate to.examine. the’
number of claimants. drawing: 7
benefits through the Terrace of-.
fice, a number she says has been
decreasing since June of this
“year. Records show that 1,750.

people were on unemployment
insurance here in | November

1986, the number peaked i in Jan-.
_ vary. ‘of this year at 2,081, and is

now at 1,482 claimants, down

-from1,679 in September. a
Barker ‘also. noted that.a- --
‘significant?’ number of claim-.
ants are working at ‘part-time or

temporary. jobs. during the

course of. their claims. .

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