B14 Terrace Review ~ Wednesday, January 16, 1991 nS NA ve a [Looking back... $400,000 to nearly $1 million by the time everything was under way, included the addition of a whirlpool, saunas, weight and exercise room, and staff facilities. hree Terrace residents will remember this week in 1988. No need to men- tion their names but they went snowmobiling on Thorhill Moun- tain, became bogged down in soft snow, and spent the night out- doors, It’s a toss up who found who first, but our trio and rescue workers ran into one another at about 10:20 the next morning. Skeena Sawmills grabbed our attention in 1989. "The second largest industrial installation in Terrace may be relocated within the next three years," we reported in the Terrace Review. _ According to mill manager Don Chesley, the companies that con- trol Skeena Sawmills — Enso Forest Products and West Fraser Mills — were examining the costs ‘and benefits of closing down the Terrace mill and bullding a new mill in Kitimat. Most of their trees were located close to Kitimat, and 85 percent of tie mill’s production was being shipped through the port at Kitimat. If the move went ahead, 300 Terrace jobs would go with it. The big news a year ago this week came from the Terrace Regional Correctional Centre. Talk of building a new correctional centre wasn’t new. Public objec- tion had already steered BCBC away from their first choice — a 30-acre site between Soucie and Mountain Vista on the bench. Now there was a new rumour: Frank’s Field was the preferred site. Nearby residents shouldn’t be concerned, though, said a BCBC spokesman. Two other properties were also being considered. And besides, nothing would happen until a public hearing approved the required bylaw change. A second rumour, that mayor Jack Talstra had bough! Frank’s Field and was trying to sell it to BCBC, proved fate. We did determine that Tal- stra was in the process of purchas- ing 64 acres immediately north of Frarik’s Field — but that was fora homestead of his own plus a bit of a subdivision he said — not a new correctional centre. I 1988 when it was announced the gravelled cast end of Halliwell would be paved that summer, the city announced an annual "Order of Terrace” awards program to recognize residents of note, and council tumed a deaf ear to a plea from Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell. Campbell was looking for money to save the Orpheum Theatre. | In 1989 alderman Ruth Hallock responded to criticism from a few local businessmen. As far as snow removal was concerned, she said, "Our crews have been doing an excellent job.” To this statement, Bob Cooper and Jack Talstra agreed, Hallock added, though, that there had been a "few difficulties"; she had even received one phone call herself. This came from a South Eby resident who com- plained that the city was plowing city streets too often. Every time he cleared out the end of his drive- way a snow plow filled it in. Cooper offered a solution to the probiem: if a gate was installed at the outer end of every snow plow blade, it could be lowered at the end each driveway, preventing the snow from sliding off the end into the driveway entrance. The Public Works Committee was considering this idea, Fg A year ago this week, bylaw enforcement and the collection of fines was the rage. Enforcement officer Fern Sweeting had been on the job since September, 1989, and in her first four months handled 64 complaints. Most involved the nuisance and traffic bylaws; there were no complaints on the smok- ing bylaw. With the implementa- tion of a ticketing system, the city would have a small but new source of revenue. But city council had their eyes on bigger things. Since the implementation of fines for n other city news, it was moving traffic violations, B.C. municipalities had been wondering what, if anything, was their share of the pot. Alderman Danny Sheri- dan was determined to find out. round town, a public A meeting was the begin- ning of a new youth group in 1988, the Terrace Youth Centre. At the same time, super- intendent of Parks and Recreation Steve Scott, an advisor to the Community Centre Group, announced they would soon be doing a sutvey to determine the "interest and need” of residents to build a Community Recreation Centre. For a number of community groups, fund raising was still somewhat of a controversy in 1988. Much of the criticism of the year before had been quicted to a degree; the Lucky Dollar Bingo Palace was being accepted as a valuable source of club revenue. Some still maintained, however, that there was no room for private enterprise when it came to raising money for charitable causes. In 1989, Terrace was preparing to host the B.C. Conference of the United Church of Canada which was to be held in the arena Jan. 21-24, And a year ago this week a historic agreement of sorts was signed by the city. Muks-kum-ol housing signed a fitness deal whereby their tenants would bene- fit from a 35 percent corporate discount on many city-sponsored recreational programs. It was said at the time that it might be one of the first agreements of its kind in the province. On the crime scene, two local residents were lucky in 1989. The pair was struck by a vehicle while walking on Tetrault St. at around 10 p.m., but injuries were minor and no charges were laid against the driver of the vehicle. A year ago this week, though, the action — Continued on page B15 Why tough times are good times for your RRSP... wAf you'd invested $5,500 in a Trimark Canadian Fund RRSP during the ‘82 recession, it would be worth $19,636° today. Is now really a good time to invest? 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