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-Glon “Shorty” Pratt was recently given recognition by h his fellow workers at

the Terrace-Kitimat Alrport for his 18 years in the Canadian public service.
_At the retirement bash Pratt received a certificate of recognition signed by

_. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and presented by Regional Director of B. G

. Alrports Mark Duncan.

Retiring airport
_ worker honored ~

Glen (Shorty) Pratt moved to

“Toe in 1945 from Punnichy,

Saskatchewan. That: is some-
where northeast of Regina, a

. - prairie. town of five.to six hun- .
-dred people. His: parents had

.moved to Terrace,. and when

Pratt returned to. Canada after

the second world war he thought

he'd j join them. He’s been here a

‘ever since,.

_ by Pan Whitaker - .
Shorty (he’s short) retirétl

‘from Transport Canada at

,Terrace-Kitimat Airport on Oct,
31, 1987. The “poys’? had a

. party for him then and presented’

him with a good_ pair’ of. hip

‘waders and a pocket knife (he

‘likes fishing). He was also given
a curious momento from a

former co-worker, Vern Movold
who now resides in Prince
Rupert, It. was a lunch kit fimly.

Legion
elects.
officers ©
for 1 988 .

..by Roy Greening
At a general meeting held

‘Dec. 8, Terrace Branch 13 of the

- Royal Canadian Legion held an-
nual. elections to choose a slate

of officers for the coming year.
Keith Trask was re-elected by

acclamation, as president, Derek

Hales was elected to the position

“of first vice-president from be-

‘ing second vice-president, Roy

Greening was voted in as second.

vice-president, Keith Norman

- retained his position as treasurer

as did Maria Thomsen as sec-
retary.

The following directors were
also elected by the general body,
in alphabetical order: Comrades
Joan Davis, Bob Fisher, Bud
Kirkaldy, John Oman and
Lorne Stephens. Comrade Trask
thanked the out-going officers

for their hard work in 1987. He

also thanked Comrade Ken Aus-
ten, zone president, for conduc-
ting the elections.

The newly selected. officers

will be sworn in at the January

general meeting.

on‘ T.V,,

screwed to a. board. _ and
bronzed.

The memento, it seems, was
associated with an incident that
occurred some time ago in the
maintenance crew room. Pratt

was.a heavy equipment operator.

at the airport, engaged in snow
removal and other functions. .

.. He. had his own chair in a
comfortable. corner. . Shorty’s
Chair, read the sign that Ron

"Hartnell had ‘made and hung |
over it; theré was:a-wooden club -
next,,.to the chair to ensure - *

Shofty’ s supremacy over the. ter-
ritory.

One day the “‘boys’’ glued a
«quarter to the floor beside Shor-
ty’s chair in good fun — know-
ing that he was scrupulously sav-
ing for his retirement. Now,

‘Shorty is known for his good .
humor and easy going was, but

they had some fun with him that
day. The stationary bronzed
lunch kit was: apparently to re-

_ mind him of that.

On Dec. 2 Pratt was invited to

the airport to be presented with.

a certificate of recognition sign-
ed by Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney. It read:

Glen Allan Pratt

On the occasion of your

retirement from the Public Ser-
vice, I wish to thank you on &&
‘behalf of the government and

peoplef Canada for 18 years of

loyal service and ‘to extend to

you our best wishes. Dated Oct,
31, 1987.

This certificate was presented
him by Mark: Duncan, newly-
appointed Regional Director
General of B.C. Airports, who
was on a familiarization and in-
spection tour in the north, He
was accompanied by Mel -Fed-
derson, Resource Management
Airports, and Marjorie Leake,
Operations Response Manager
from the regional office in
Vancouver,

’ Witnesses to Pratt’s honor-

_arium were co-workers and the
Terrace-Kitimat Airport depart-_

ment heads of staff.

Shorty is married to Josephine
Lofeudd of Terrace and they
reside on Clark St. in Thornhill,
Now that they have retired, they
will likely do a lot of fishing
because they both enjoy it.

Shorty enjoys. watching sports §
too, as he was. a.

baseball pitcher of some renown

in this ‘a ‘area in his younger days. * eat

robo ,

Terrace Review —_ Wednesday, December 16, 1987, 19

Trailer park owner
shocked by assessment

TERRACE — William Butler,
owner .of Thornhill’s Boulder-
wood Mobile Home Park, got
an unpleasant surprise when he
received his property tax bill
this year.

The assessment increased a-

whopping 283 percent over the
previous year, and the local
taxes on the property went from

=| $1,068.62 levied in 1986 ‘to.
‘$5,045.94 this year.

“Things are changing to the

point that ownership of an op-

eration like this is becoming
disadvantageous,” Butler said in
an interview. He also pointed
out that the tax expenses are
generally passed on to tenants in
the form of higher pad rent for
their trailers, making that type
of residence:less attractive.

In a letter to the Terrace office

of the B.C, Assessment Author-

- ity, Butler argues, “The mobile
~ home industry in British Colum-
- bia provides affordable howcii,
to those who need a transit
» residence, which many employ-
ees need... If there is not a
mistake here, the taxes will be
more than ‘the tenants and the

_ owner can afford next year.’

Area: Assessor Tom Prother-
oe, when asked why the increase
was so large, indicated a boost in

the evaluation had been overdue |

for several years and that all
trailer parks in the area had been
‘Teassessed this year. ‘‘We’ve
given it a more in-depth andly-
sis, they’re now tore properly
-assessed,”’ ‘he said. ‘‘They’ve’
-been undervalued, in our opin-
sion,”
An informal survey of local

aa Ga aoe &

‘trailer park owners, combined _

with a comparison spreadsheet
which Butler attributed to the
Assessment Authority, indicates
that many of the assessments did
jump dramatically, although
none of them showed i in the 200

percent range like the Boulder-
wood.
Butler presented his objec-

tions to a-Court of Revision in -

Terrace last week, but in addi-
tion to his dismay over the tax
increases he. also expressed
misgivings about the system by
which mobile home courts are
taxed,

‘*No services are e provided to

‘mobile home parks for snow

removal, garbage pick-up, street

lights and telephone poles, water

and pipes, storm drains, or sep-

tic tanks and service. Taxes on.

mobile home parks are the same

as if they were on individual,
fee-simple property... However,
these services are provided by
the park owner, while the (Re
gional) District collects taxes
for them,

. “DT see this as double taxation
where the services are taxed for
but not performed,’’ Butler
said. He added that owners of
individual trailers also pay taxes

. on the assessed value. of their ,

mobile homes.
- The Court of Revision ruling

‘on Butler’s case is expected in

mid-J anuary.

Local. women attends
political convention:

Ruth Peters of Terrace attend-
ed the National Founding Con-
vention of the Christian Heri-
tage Party of Canada in Hamil-
ton, Ontario November 18to2!,
1987,

by. Pam Whitaker .

Over 500 delegates. attended
this convention from all the pro-
vinces of. Canada except New-

foundland, and the Northwest

Territories. Also in attendance
were four observers from New

-Zealand who. are interested in

founding a similar party there.
This 19-month-old federal
party has 5,000 members across
‘Canada. A riding has to have
4100 members in-order to runia
“candidate in an election, Skeena
is now a.recognized riding in this
Capacity with over 100 members.
- Elaine Taylor, from Smithers,
also represented the Skeena rid-
ing in Hamilton. She said the
convention was a new experience

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‘Social Services Training Program —
The College of New Caledonia is now accepting applications for the Social
Services Training Program which will begin January 29, 1988.
This course will be of interest to those who are currently involved (ie.
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3330 - 22nd Avenue
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with the integrity of the newly

‘ratified leader of the party; Ed .
-Vanwoudenberg. She also com-

mented on the complexities and
hard work involved in working

_ through issues.

On the agenda at the conven-

tion. were constitutional: ses-

sions, policy sessions, and
regional caucuses. ‘There was a
wind-up cultural. event at.

‘Canada. Place on the last day

where the ‘executive was sworn

‘The Christian Heritage Party :
was formed in Surrey, B.C. by .

Ed Vanwoudenberg: and col-
leagues who had become disillu-
sioned by working within the
-present political parties. “

They felt that recent govern-

ments. compromised principles -

and adjusted policies in order to
Stay in power; that they have
‘been swayed: more by opinion
polls than by a strong founda-
tion on which to base govern-
‘ment. _

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