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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1989
Vol. 5, Issue No.19,0

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Pool project all but dead _Three candidates file

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s TERRACE — Alderman Dariny

dan says he’s getting a little

__ ~ fited of hearing about the swim-

at

~< ming: pool expansion project.

‘The referendum was taken

before I.came on council,”” he
says, “and I’m in my second
year now. How long are we
‘ “going to sit on the fence?” :

‘Sheridan brought the subject up

current tenders are valid. “‘I
don’t think we’re going to make
a decision by May 27,"” hie said,
~~ But mayor Jack Talstra feels
there’s-still time for something
to happen. He said council still

‘has a Committee of the Whole

meeting on May 15 and a coun-
cil meeting on May 23, ‘‘and if
the money’s there it’s there, and

the discussion would focus on
all recreational facilities in Ter-
race, ee
_ But Dairyl Laurent expressed
the fears of many when he said,
“] ‘don’t want to see a rehash
and go to. tender: again.”’ The
mayor’s response? ‘We're not
going to tender again... I don’t

. think.’’

- for trustee byelection. -

. Terrace seems to have taken a surprising interest in the byelec-
tion called by School District 88 to fill the seat left vacant by the
resignation of trustee Barbara Johnson — three candidates filed.

- nomination papers Monday.

They are businessman Wayne Braid, service worker Mary Jean
. Kryzanowsky, and warehouseman Flip Cervo.

The byelection takes place May 27, and the election coverage

begins in next week’s Terrace Review. -
if it’s not it’s not’. Talstra said . oe

he has talked to both Minister of :
Tourism and Recreation Bill
Reid and MLA Dave Parker and
they were aware that ‘‘time was
of the essence”. And he added, |
“‘] expect we will hear some- |-.
-thing.” re
Talstra continued by saying
‘several. cabinet’ ministers. are | ~
scheduled to be in Terrace this -| |
weekend, and it was suggested a_| .

__. during. last Monday’s council
* meeting because he believes it’s

_ time to scrap the project.
| He told council that in look-
"ing back at the November, 1988,
- . minutes, he had reviewed “pre-
“tender conditions” set for the
. * project that required a “strong
"funding commitment from the
“government”? and with May 27.
drawing near — the date by:

7 there is a good ch there will full tree planting schedule i oo
i. ne gt ". onthe Water 1990 anyway. He explains that Dave Parker, assisted by Kalum Forest District manager Gerry Dodd. The western red cedar |
| Diversific te, Fund. ” ‘seedlings have to be ordered one (B.C.'s official tree) will take 80 to 100 years to mature, Parker said. The shovel belng used -
| ets ERDA Il agreement be-'. to two years in édvance and the by akon ow fee ave gold specitically for the occasion, and it was later presented to
eee tated at to include full l - commemorating his many years of service as manager of the
| 1 Tin ted 0 include nontalid quota is already on the Keium Forest District. You can bet he won't use this shoval In his garden. - e

terrane eo tes

. which council must make a deci-
sion —. he doesn’t feel that any

ng commitment is coming
d therefore doesn’t believe the

‘Agreement

Seven Sisters Ventures Inc.

~~. president Titus Nelson was in
-* Tetrace Friday to announce that
-hig:company, which proposes to
“build a major tourism project
_ fear Cedarvale, has signed a
- "memorandum of understanding
* and. agreement regarding the

proposal. with the Gitwangak

. barid chiefs -of the Gitksan-

Wet'suwet’an Tribal Council.
- Seven Sisters Ventures initial-

_ «ly approached the natives one
~~ and:a-half years ago when the

project was still-in the concept

 -stage.Nelson says hé. felt coop-
-. eration from the Gitwangak was
necessary because the land in-
;. volved covers part of the chiefs’.
house territories. .
_; Terms of the agreement. in-
clude specified employment for

‘No new-FRDA from feds

Any hope of a FRDA II (Forest Resource Develop-
ment Agreement) program in B.C. is gone according to
Minster of Forests Dave Parker. But he says there is still
hope for a renewed reforestation program. |

According to Parker, federal

Minister of Forests Frank
Oberle indicated recently that

= Justice fo

hiking trail

neering survey to determine the

‘meeting should be set up to. "

discuss the project. Talstta said
a meeting could be set up and:

signed for
plan

native people living in the aréa
and assistance from the compa-
ny in securing funding to allow
the Gitwangak to take an equity
position in the project.
Nelson said the next stage in
the development will be an engi-

number of cable suspension
bridges the plan will require.
The finished project will have
about 80. kilometers of hiking
trails wandering through the
spectacular scenery west of Ce-
darvale. The plan includes a
series of lodges and will feature
llamas.as pack animals.

Nelson thinks the business has
‘the potential to generate over
$10 million annually. by 1995
and foresees a work force of 450
people to operate it. -

But Parker says that even if a
new agreement offers less money
than expected, there will be a

The 50 millionth tree In the Kalum Forest District was planted Sunday by Forests Minister

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