A year ago —
this week —

unday shopping. It was a
S concept with a question-

able future a year ago this
week. A new city bylaw had been
proposed that would require Ter- -
race stores to close at 12 noon
Sunday rather than 5 p.m., the time
many stores had been using for
months. The idea was sent to city
council’s Finance Committee for
further discussion and a recom-_
mendation. By the end of the
committee meeting, though, the
idea had received a lot of the
former and none of the fatter.

The committee listened to a
number of pro and con arguments
from local businessmen, one of
those being Carrol MacLean of
L&C Management, the property
managers for Skeena Mall. Mac-
Lean pointed out the positive
aspects of Sunday shopping and
then read from a local economic
booster publication: Terrace is a
community of open, friendly
people and an important regional
centre serving a large Northwest
population. The committee
couldn’! argue with that point.
They sent the proposal back to
council for further discussion...
without the hoped for recommen-
dation.

Around town, Juanita Hatton
turned... well, 39, plus a couple of
years. The happy event actually
took place Sept. 22 but some well
guarded secrets are difficult to
unearth and a historic report of the
event was better than no story at
‘all. The caption under the picture
of a glowing Hatton read:
"Seventy-five and still full of
fight." So much for the secret. This
must mean that Hatton recently

turned... well, you figure it out.
a Mew corrections centre

D in town continued to be

fuelled by rumour. One story said
that a 30-acre site near Northwest
Community College had already
been selected, but officials who
should know said the rumour was
false: many different sites were
being considered. Residents near
the college, though, weren’t taking
any chances and filed a petition
stating that the traffic, smoke and
noise would degrade their neigh-
bourhood. Instead, they suggested,
a plece of property near B.C,
Hydro on Keith Ave. would make
a much better site. City council
listened to these people a year ago
this weck but decided it was to
early to state their position. It
would be better, they said, to wait
until] the British Columbia Build-
ings Corporation released a list of
their preferred sites.

One question that wasn’t being
asked, though, was if we even
needed a larger jail in town. The
truck driver who sheared off the
CNR control arm at the Kenney
St. crossing a year ago this week,
might need a few driving lessons,
but certainly wasn’t a candidate for
a week or two of splitting wood.

On the other hand, there were a
few rotten apples around town.
Like the person or persons who
doused a canoe in gasoline and Jit

ebate over the location of

it on fire. This happened in the.
4700 block Straume a year ago
this week. The canoe was sitting
beside the driveway of a private
residence, and although the canoe
itself was destroyed and a large
maple severely damaged, the blaze
was doused before it damaged the
house or a nearby car. That was
just luck, though, said the owner.
And these guys should be sent off
to split several tons of wood.

Too young to split wood were
three youths who broke into E.T.
Kenney Primary a year ago this
week and were in the process of
"throwing things around" when
they were nabbed by police. Still,
if this trio of youths weren’t will-
ing to straighten out their act, it
might be wise to build a bigger jail
and reserve them a room.

ooking further abroad, the
E City of Terrace and the
District of Stewart felt an

economic kinship and agreed to

join in a lobby to have Victoria
consider removing Stewart from
the Prince Rupert electoral riding
and adding it to Skeena.

A task force under the guidance
of judge Thomas K. Fisher had
been asked by Victoria to redraw:
the map in order to balance B.C.
ridings with around 40,000 voters
each. The Stewart-Terrace request
might alter Fisher’s efforts a little,
but, they were prepared to argue,
there was now a paved road
between these two northern com-
munities and that road, built by the
government, had effectively
severed historical ties between
Stewart and Prince Rupert.

And speaking of roads, how
about a few more? The feds and
the province got together to make
a big announcement. A single lane,
$12.5 million road would be built
to link the Bronson Creek airstrip
with Highway 37 at Bob Quinn
Lake via the Iskut River valley.
Further environmental impact
studies were pending, we were
told, but the announcement was
based on a consultants report that
said this route was the cheapest,
offered the least in environmental
harm and the most in "regional
development". Most of the moncy,
they said, would come from pri-
vate industry.

At the same time, Minister of
Highways Neil Vant was in town
on the second day of a week-long
tour of the Northwest. The purpose
of his visit, he said, was to see
first hand areas recommended for
upgrade by the North Coast Deve-
lopment Region’s transportation
committee. He then announced the
following projects: upgrading a
section of highway west of Ter-
race, the construction of the
Exstew railway crossing, some
remedial work at Carwash Rock,
and a takeover by Highways of the
Forestry owned Nass Road. Dis-
cussed but not decided was the
fate of the Highway 16 corridor
through town.

The city had a different solution
for residents looking for "small
scale" oad upgrade work, In
response to complaints about road

conditions in the city, director of
engineering Stew — Christensen
provided the bottom fine. .
‘Want your street upgraded? Fine.
That will be $65 a metre for pav-
ing, $110 per metre for a new road
base, $75 a metre for new storm
sewer, $75 a metre for a new

sewer line, and another $75 a .

metre for a new water line. Total,
about $400 a meter. Or, for those
from the old school, about $123 a
foot. This adds up to around
$8,000 for your 60-foot lot. Still
interested? City aldermen were
astounded by the high cost. But
well-armed for that next phone call
from one of our chronic pot hole
complainers. "You want your street
paved? Fine. That will be... *

: counting their dollars as

well,

Ministry of Forests that if the
export of North Kalum raw logs
wasn’t brought to a halt they
would be forced to close their
Kitwanga mill. They simply
couldn’t compete with the high
price of logs in the export market
and desperately needed another
160,000 cubic metres of wood
each year to keep the mill open.

The Terrace Co-op was a little
sensitive towards critical comments

on their decision to hire Kermodei

Construction for their upgrade
project, It was a dollars and cents

decision, explained Floyd Frank,
and a decision that made a lot of
sense. The Kermodei bid for the
job, whether they were union or
not, was $200,000 less than the
next closest offer. -

he business world was

The worid of higher education
was ablaze... verbally speaking.
Minister of Advanced Education
Stan Hagen was quoted in the
Globe and Mail: "In the Interior
people. don’t think of education
beyond Grade 12. The questions
they ask at the end of the day are,
*How many: trees did you cut
today?’ or "How were things down
in the mine?’.”

This brought a predictable
response from Roy Stewart, presi-
dent of the Interior University
Society: "People who live and
work here should be concerned
that a Minister responsible for
post-secondary and university
education can have this level of
ignorance about attitudes in the
North." Was our northern univer-
sity to be shot down by illiterate
flaming arrows fired from the
south? "The people of the North
must express their will in order to
bring home to the government that
a university is required," said
Stewart.

In sports, Kitimat cleaned up in
senior boys’ and girls’ volleyball
and soccer. Caledonia boys placed
second in a Kitimat soccer tour-
nament, while the girls came in
second in volleyball, This after the
Kermode girls were eliminated in
a Victoria Thanksgiving tourna-
ment the week before.

Sue Simpson took top honours in
the women’s masters division of
the Royal Victoria Marathon a year
ago this week. Her winning time

was 3:03:17. The Half Marathon —

was a photo finish event. Terrace’s

Ed Ansems and Telkwa’s Richard:

Harrison led the pack of 78 run-
ners to finish with the same time.

Westar told the |

LAKELSE | BEACH
AIR | ACCESS

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Controversy bagan this time last year over development of a float
aircraft base at Lakelse Lake. Residents objected because a.
traditional beach access area would be cut off.

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Plan 3034.

(C5).

TAKE NOTICE THAT an application has been made to amend
the City of Terrace Zoning By-Law No. 401-1966, (and amend-

ments thereto).

TAKE NOTICE ALSO THAT the amendment affects the pro-
perty and land, within the City of Terrace, outlined and shad-
ed on the accompanying map (4332 Lazelie Avenue), legaily
described as Lot 3, District Lot 368, Range 5, Coast District,

INTENT: The intent of this zoning amendment application Is
to add the new iand use zone of “Neighbourhood Pub Com-
" merical (C5)” to Zoning By-Law No. 401-1966; and to CHANGE
the zoning use of the subject property from CENTRAL COM-
MERCIAL (C1) to NEIGHBOURHOOD PUB COMMERCIAL

The proposed amendment By-law may be inspected between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, ex-
cluding holidays from October 16, 1990 to October 29, 1990,
both inclusive, In the reception area at the City of Terrace
Public Works Building at 5003 Graham Avenue, Terrace, B.C.

Any person(s) wishing to voice their opinions regarding this |
Applicaton may do so, in writing, to Mayor and Council, and/
or in person MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1990, at 7:30 p.m., in the
Municipal Council Chambers, 3215 Eby Street, Terrace, B.C.

THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MUNI-
CIPAL ACT, R.S.B.C. 1979 (AND AMENDMENTS THERETO). -

TAKE NOTICE and be governed accordingly.
E.R. HALLSOR, CLERK-ADMINISTRATOR

CITY OF TERRACE
PUBLIC NOTICE
AMENDMENT TO ZONING
BY-LAW NO. 401-1966

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CAKELSE

LOT 3, DL.368, R.5, C.D.,
PLAN 3034

_ 4332 Lakelse Avenue