Too early for lemonade

BUT NOT TOO EARLY FOR ART —Enterprising artists
Taylor Haynes and Richard Stevens set up an art stand on
Mountain Vista last week. ‘They spent spring break selling

hand-drawn pictures of hockey heroes and faces. The boys
plan ta sell their pictures whenever the weather's nice and
will donate profits to their church at Christmas.

District brings down 1995 budget

THE KITIMAT-Stikine regional

district has brought down its 1995

budget and overall there’s little
change from last year.

But in several areas Electoral

Area E (Thomhill) and C
(Lakelse) taxpayers will be
paying a greater share of the
_” Costs.
’ ‘The total budget is $6.15 mil-
lion, up only one per cent from its
1994 counterpart. The district ex-
pects the tax levy to bring in
$2.43 million, about $250,000
more than Jast year.

Extra revenue is also expected
from refuse tipping fees, interest
on investments and the MK Bay

Marina in Kitimat.

On the other side of the ledger,
general government costs are
projected to soar,

Although the budgeted figure of
$664,000 is only marginally high-
er than 1994’s, actual expendi-
tures last’ year were only
$542,000,

Increases in salaries and over-
head costs account for most of the
jump ($70,000) while remunera-
tion for board members and travel
expenses add another $22,000.

However, in each of the last
two years general government ex-
penditures have come in substan-

tially under budget, creating ap-

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proximately $170,000 surpluses

each time,

And it ls in general government
that Thorhill and Lakelse tax-
payers are being asked to up their
contribution. Thombill will kick
in 20 per cent more than last year

‘ and Lakelse 10 per cent more,

Both face sharp increases in
levies * for general government
costs associated with unorganized
areas and Thornhillians will also
pay more for planning services.

Terrace taxpayers will pay an
extra nine per cent towards the
cast of general government but

_ hal€ the dollar amount will be off-
' set by a reduced levy for plan-

ning.

Kitimatians get a break in both
those areas but will continue to
pay the lion’s share because that
community’s tax base of $120
million accounts for close to half
the assessed value of the entire
district.

On the plus side, the contribu-
tion all four make to ihe MK Bay
Marina will be cut in half as that
facility is projected all to finally

_ break even.

The marina has been making
money in terms of its day-to-day
operational costs but debt servic-

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have wiped out those profits, © ~~

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 29, 1995 - A3

News In Brief

Smithers gets forest plum

FOREST RENEWAL B.C. has announced Smithers will be the
location of its planned regional office.

The office is expected to open in the late spring and will have a
slaff of up to six people, including the regional director. Staff there
will be responsible for Forest Renewal projects throughout the
Prince Rupert Forest Region.

Forest Renewal B.C, is a new provincial govemment creation
Charged with spending $400 miliion a year on silviculture and other
forest-related projects.

The Smithers office is one of six being opened in B.C.

Liberals form local executive

PROVINCIAL LIBERALS have taken the first step toward the next

election by naming an executive for the Skeena Liberal Con-
stitvency Association,

Skeena Broadcasters executive Sharon Taylor is the president
while the vice president is Derrick Curtis, aboriginal affairs man-
ager for Skeena Cellulose. Insurance agent Bill Keenleyside is the
treasurer while optometrist office manager Linda Hawes is the sec-
retary,

Included on the board of directors are Terrace city councillor Rich
McDaniels, Heimke Haldane, Kitimat mayor and lawyer Rick Woz-
ney and Northwest Community College instructor Jo Patterson.

The Liberal party and the provincial Reform party have both
recenlly begun organizing and membership efforts to boost their
respective positions leading up to the next provincial election.

Nass resident honoured

A NASS Valley educator will receive one of three honourary de-
grees this spring from the University of Northern B.C.

Bert McKay is a leading advocate of native education in Canada,
laking part in the development of the Nisga'a School District in the
1980s and helping set up UBC's Native Teacher Education Pro-
gram.

He was a principal of a school in Greenville and more recently,
assisted with the organization of the Wilp Wilxo’oskwhl Nisga’a
{the Nisga’a House of Learning) which offers a variety of courses,
including ones in conjunction with UNBC.

McKay is also a leading Nisga’a historian and cultural expert.

He and B.C, historian Dr. Margaret Ormsby and Prince George
author and former social worker Bridget Moran will receive their

honourary degrees at convocation ceremonies May 26 in Prince |.

George.

Be nicer, debt collectors asked

THE PROVINCIAL government has issued conduct guidelines to
debt collectors,

They seek to end what the government says are unreasonable
practices such as telephoning at all hours, failing to provide clear
identification, misrepresentation and use of profanity or verbal |
abuse,

Consumers services minister Joan Smaltwood noted that -con-
sumers are relying more on caedit than in past years. But she also
added that consumers have a responsibility to better manage their
personal finances.

Consumers can make complaints about debt collecting practices
to the provincial government.

One practice the government says is unreasonable is demanding
payment fom people whose only source of revenue is from ‘govern:

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