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Terrace’s fifth annual Peace Walk held under blue skies Sunday, April 27, attracted more

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than 200 participants who marched the community's main streets to demonstrate anti-war

sympathies. The theme for this year's peace walk was

balloons were prominent features of the event.

"families for peace”. Childran and

Michaet Kelly photo

Budget Probe meron me:

Affairs and Environ-
ment Minister Austin
Pelton in solving the
district’s sewage treat-
ment problem. Terrace
has been ordered to im-
prove within a limited
time, the quality of ef-
fluent discharged into
the Skeena River. Talstra
said that the upgrading
would require construc-
tion of a secondary
sewage treatment plant
at an annual cost of
$240,000 to finance and
operate, He reported
that his replies to these
appeals were ambiguous.
In addition to this
series of capital
demands, the select com-
mittee has calculated
more than $200,000 in
operating cost overruns
for the Department of
Public Works and
Transportation.

Rotarian

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courts built, a computer
for the library installed
and lighting in the arena
introduced through
financial contributions
by the local Rotary Club.

To encourage peace
through understanding
and good will, The
Rotary Foundation of
Rotary International has
spent more than $127
million (U.S) worldwide
on its international
humanitarian and educa-
tional program. The
foundation also funds
large-scale health care,
nutrition, and commun-
ity development projects
in developing nations
worldwide.

The foundation's new
PolioPlus Program,
which will cost $120
million, aims to im-
munize children against
polio and supports im-
munization campaigns
against other vaccine-
preventable diseases in
developing countries
around the globe.

Rotary is an organiza-
tion of business and pro-
fessional men united.
worldwide who provide
humanitarian service,
promote high ethical
standards in all voca-
tions, and help build
good will and peace in
the world.

It would appear that
there is a continuity pro-
blem from one elected
group of municipal
councillors to the next.
Ald. Bob Jackman in-
dicated that control dif-
ficulties were identified
by accountants as early
as the 1982 municipal
audit, but no measures
were taken at that time.
Mayor Talstra added
that during the interven-
ing years, the problems
have reached dimensions
which demand substan-
tial changes in municipal
organization.

Talstra stated that the
initial recommendations
of the select committee
are directed at ‘‘tighten-
ing up’’ accounting pro-
cedures. A written policy
is being instituted for ac-
countability in th finance
department, and better
purchasing and inven-
tory controls will be im-
plemented in Engineer-
ing. The municipal
engineer will be moved
from quarters in city hall
to the public works
building, and his respon-
sibilities for the provin-

cial emergency program
are to be shifted to Ad-
ministration. Beginning
at the next meeting of
council, a monthly

revenue and expenditure
report from the finance
department will be in-
cluded in the agenda.

This year’s budget,
Talstra went on to say,
will be nearly identical to
last year’s. A mora-
torium will be placed on
all water and sewer
capital projects and all
general public works
capital projects. Al
MeNiven, presently head
of Parks and Recreation,
will be posted as assis-
tant administrator in
order to allow municipal
administrator Bob
Hallsor more time to im-
plement council policy
changes. .

Talstra concluded by
saying that if the actions
of the select committee
do not achieve the
desired results, council
may resort to outside
sources, such as a
management consulting
firm, to straighten out
the district’s operational
problems.

PEI and B.C. share role

Claude Richmond,
Minister of Tourism,
British Columbia, has
expressed his personal
pleasure with Prince Ed-
ward Island’s participa-
tion. ‘‘Prince Edward
Island shares an impor-
tant role with British
Columbia in ensuring a
national railroad was
built from coast to coast.
Both provinces requested
a railroad be built to link
them to the rest of
Canada as a condition
for accepting Canadian
Confederation.”

Why we
are there

Expo 86 will be the last
World Exposition of its
kind to be seen this cen-
tury on the North
American continent. It is
important to the national
interest that all regions
of Canada be repre-
sented at this most im-
portant international
event.

An estimated five

million different people
are expected to visit Ex-
po 86. Many will visit the
site more than once,
resulting in total pro-
jected visits of better
than 15 million. Such
numbers present in-
teresting opportunities
for all official par-
ticipants.

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meeting Gail Sandhals
claimed to council
members that she had
lost a number of cats
during previous months,
one of which she said,
died of a gunshot
wound, Sandhals_ ex-
pressed the belief that
Vercammon had used a
firearm on the animal to
prevent it from dining
out in his pigeon coop.

Mrs. Vercammon
vehemently denied that
her husband, an old age
pensioner, either owned
or used guns. She went
on to say that Mr. Ver-
cammon in fact has a
deep regard for all
animals and would never
deliberately harm one.
She charactrized San-
dhals’ statements as ‘‘in-
sinuations” and said,

“These matters should
be brought up

not

greeter

without investigation.’
The Vercammons were
supported by a number
of neighboring residents
on Walsh St., some of
whom identified
themselves as cat
owners. All stated that
they had never ex-
perienced any problems
due to the presence of

the pigeons, and some -

expressed a positive
delight in having the
birds around.

Other pigeon breeders
pointed out to council
that their birds are not
run-of-the-mill statue-
perchers but specialized
breeds of homing
pigeons. ‘“We who breed
pigeons are pretty
serious about it,’’ said
one, and another added,
*‘The pigeons in my coop
are worth more than all
the cats on Walsh St. put

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Members of the Terrace Elks Club and the Order of the Royal Purple paraded down Lakelse |

together.”
The discussion turned

to the relative merits of

various pets, with the

group arguing that —

pigeons don’t create
nearly the public
nuisance that dogs and
cats do. A series of
heated statements
culminated with one
woman asserting that the -
animal control officer
took delight in killing
pets. This was too much.
for animal control of-
ficer Frank Bowsher,
who was also present at
the meeting. Bowsher

‘sprang up and retorted

that in the course of en-
forcing bylaws, he is
compelled to make many
painful decisions, and
Mayor Jack Talstra was
hard pressed to prevent
verbal warfare from
breaking out: in the
chambers.

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Ave. Sunday to a flag-ralsing ceremony at the Municipal Hali. The order's flag will fly in front

of the buliding to commemorate May as ‘speech and hearing month”.

A recent dose of spring weather and the arrival of a travelling carnival, brought Terrace

families out for a few thrills on the weekend.

Michael Kelly photo

Daniele Barquist phota

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