‘An open letter to: | oe Mayor ; and Council of Terrace’ ; I [ respect the fact everyone has worked so hard ‘for multi-" “plex project, but I think we have our priorities wrong. P Some councilors based their re-election campaign on the . eed to have recreation to bring people to'town. Recreation -€conomy has turned around. Things are happening. Where? -eople : are still moving out of town. School enrollments are opping, and businesses closing. The town needs high- T paid jobs other than box. store at a minimum wage. chool. weeks and good équipment f ‘for our hospitals, getting : Ve should not have to raise pennies here and there to ) replace © ‘our out dated hospital equipment. Health c comes. before. rec-. * ‘reation.. oe, @ 7 co? Tf. ‘these. committees ‘work hard, ‘this’ will bring people _, Wanting to move to.Terrace. Not. multiplexes and burden- ‘coming. to our city. . * “PNG ‘has applied to ‘the B. C. ‘Utilities Commission and ith the closure of Methanex, ‘PNG’s largest client. . ‘ Bas. users. in this area now have to, look: forward to another: less: Deine spent i in. the, remaining businesses, and’ higher - a -, Shortfall. : ce Tf your newspape lost your. largest client; would you be oa in? I-don’t ‘think sO. “their largest customer, increase their rates to their t remaining “4 customers? I-don’t think so. Would | you use the services of é a company / that raised its SUNDAY, $90 pam. age. “Terrace. Pentecostal Assembly ‘3511 Eby Street : Sponsored by the Ministerial . Association dad “=< __FIRST NATIONS STORE ALL BEDDING ©. JACKETS, VISTS & WINTER JACKETS 26% OFF 20-45% OFF _ INCLUDES DUVETS. . ; BOF 30% OFF INSTORE SPECIALS! bom ; ~ SELECTED TED BEDDING, TO TOWELS _& DISCONTINUED ITEMS _ Final Week ; 0/. Sales Ends "3 /o' Jan 31st "BOUTIQUES Open Sundays Noon - 5:00 p.m. - Skeena Mall » Terrace 1-800-563-4362 GOLF & COUNTRY a UB Oo ‘Terrace, B.C. - 250- 635-2542 | NOTICE TO MEMBERSHIP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING | " Skeena Valle Golf & Countr Club _ Anotice to the membership of the -.Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club, - an Annual General Meeting wil! take place ‘Sunday, January 29, 2006 7 pm at the Clubhouse The purpose of the meeting Is the 1. Election of directors -—~ ing us with heavy taxes which will happen, stopping, people ‘. "We: have, one sawmill running | one shift. The Terrace ; “Lumber ‘Company, was on ‘a: three ‘tay Shift until recently = Gas guys to lose a customer . A6 The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 25, 2006 le need muitiplex vote | loesn’ t put bread and butter on the table for their families.” Rich;McDaniel said our last three years are behind us. The Ye other first. ‘ We need to rebuild our town. with good’ jobs, five-day. . ur paving up to date and cleaning up our dingy back k alleys. LH : completion and upkeep. . has been: ‘granted an interim rate increase to offset. the taxes = that they now have to: pay on. the millions of dollars they. got mI reading the information. correctly?. Because their Water, system, and PNG will find that they have. lost at least... largest ‘client:-has closed its doors, I'and all the other natural. one more client, ay : prices ‘for. heating, cooking, hot. water, etc. to pick up, their « ble to apply for a rate increase to offset the lack of: revenue | ; a . Would any. business i in town, (except PNG); having lost, X . gas fired.. oy | Propane to cook with, and electric heaters to heat my home. « Best Year Youn likes ‘Another | year, how. often. ‘have | we to bed. heard and said that in the past few weeks. At the Happy Gang we had. CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD a succession of » parties, concerts, dinners and lunches, all wonderful. The Mail Bag» Ea The seniors of Terrace are very lucky to a, ' ""_ b@ able to keep’so busy. New this year ‘was ‘a New Years Party.at the Happy : Gang, .the Committee’ did a really good . . job of arranging games: and. activities _and had enough: food to feed’ many . more. We made a lot of noise. seeing 7 the’ ‘New Year. in and quickly fan home New Executive did very well - thanks . - work during the past years. and is’ having a struggle. - We should rearrange our r priorities g giving people a reason to come to our city. Enhancing recreation alone will do: nothing. without the. held . this Wednesday, amazing how -we feast on. the Haggis (ugh) ‘ete. Best wishes for: 2006. Tam for multiplexes i if only we can: afford it Ta am n calling for a referendum, hoping. the town feels the same. © _ The. only. reason our, business, people: are staying afloat now is out of the area people. which are not tax payers, only: shoppers to the city. ° If it weren’t: ‘for these people, we would have a very’ “Seri- ous situation. | The, cost. of the multiplex. is quite. a lot at ‘this. time but. even more: important is very, high cost. of. operation after : ~ For the past few’ years Jean has been oigahizing nd escorting tours to: Japan and China and has: | n managed to tearn some. of the language of ; o ~ t eae -—_ ~ George Chinn, r Terrace, B.C. . In. the past year, Jean has. ost her husband, sold’ the’ family home: and: Moved: into. win River Estates. . Her interests in the: community ¢ are wide spread. Jean Thom and include the Happy | Gang . and The Senior 3 Advisory. A prolific reader, she has done. ‘several book reviews for enior Advisory News Letter. . "- . ma? : Conversation with Jean: is always interesting and formative.. ral gas, our cooking s stoves are eas; ‘and our + water heaters are »Well, I or one. ain ‘using : as little § gas as. possible; using - The’ water heater is -going to be replaced by a direct hot - On the second Thursday afternoon, the first regular meeting of the year, the 7 must be given to the. retiring officers and directors for their many hours of : The Robbie Burns ‘Dinner: will” ‘be. many kilts and plaids appear and: ‘how . “4 ~~ TICKET” a m@GlOR UP 1D Canadian Equity Fund: The potential for growth you. don’t want to miss. ; Let the TD Canadian Equity: Fund "be your ticket to help you reach your investment goals this RSP season. This Fund aims for superior, long- term growth by investing primarily in high- quality Canadian companies. These include many of: Canada’s ~ largest and most established businesses representing a broad range _ of industry sectors. 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