Vol. 2, Issue No. 48

RA.F.T. gets.

— support, but
not land :

TERRACE — The muni-
-cipal council has turned
down a request from Pro-
ject R.A.F.T. (Responsi-
‘ple Action For Teens) for
lise of a city-owned lot on
Davis St:, but.the city may,
contribute enough. money-
. to keep the organization’s
youth center open for the
winter.

With the donation of a
modular building from the
Terrace and District Com-
munity Services Society,
R.A.F.T. had envisioned

_a_downtown” administra-
tive building and drop-in
counselling center to sup-
plement its activity pro-
gram being run out of St.

- Matthew’s Anglican Hall.
In a recent statement,
however, R.A.F.T.. in-;

.. dicated that its existing

... program: is in jeopardy

“due to unexpected rental

' costs onthe church hall.

from the Planning and
Economic Development
Committee, council, at its
Nov. 24 meeting, declined
use of the Davis St. lot
and decided to examine
other means of assisting
R.A.F.T.. One of the op-
tions under consideration
is interim financing for a
period of four to six
months.

Alderman Bob Jack-
man said he is not con-
vinced that R.A.F.T. has
reached the stage of
development needed to ac-
curately assess its re-
quirements for a perma-
nent building. Ald. Doug

Smith stated that the
municipality is willing to
help the organization ex-
amine alternative sites that
may have better long-term
suitability. Both council
members indicated will-

ingness, to discuss funding -

to keep R.A.F.T. going in
the meantime.

Ald. George Clark and
Ruth ‘Hallock expressed
reservations about the
choice of property, a va-

cant lot on. Davis: ‘St-~
‘ behind the public library.

Clark said the lot is ex-
cessively large, being near-
ly an ‘acre, and he added
that the 24 by 30 foot
building may prove to be
too small for R.A.F.T.’s
future requirements.
‘Hallock indicated that
‘putting .a building on the

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Carlyle Jagdeo (right), chemistry and physics teacher, gave
open house at Northwest Community College held Thursday,

dent at the college, with John Noonan, director of adult-education and
along with Jagdeo, comment on. experiments they completed. See story
aa a Daniele Berquist photo |

house committee,
page 14.

lab demonstrations during-the :
Nov. 20, Roger-Cook (left), a stu-

chairman of the open

lot would require exten-..J _

sive landscaping due to

‘preparations would in-
clude building a concrete
foundation and laying
sewer and water lines.

Representatives of
R.A.F.T. will be invited to
a Committee of the Whole
meeting Dec. 1 for discus-
sion of the project’s fun-
ding requirements and a
long-term look at what the
project needs to achieve its
goals effectively.

The Nov, 24 agenda in-
cluded a letter of support
for Project R.A.F.T.
from the Terrace Family
Court Committee, an
organization created by
council to assist local
families in legal matters.

A onthe, _ poor drainage, Otke:ste
j~. “--On a ‘recommendation ~

Christa Lambright is one of the many children who attend the
play school during open house at Northwest Community Col-
lege {NWCC). Anne Jagdeo, supervisor, said, “This play
school is really a model lab for early childhood education
programs. Daniele Berquist photo

Inside
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Church Olrectory 23
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Beso Comics 21
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Dining Directory 20
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Forecast: Wet, mild,
cloudy skies with
heavy rain Tuesday
and Friday. Afternoon
highs 4, overnight lows
— just about freezing.

Oaniele Berquist photo

Smoking
ban bylaw
proposed

TERRACE — The -mu-
nicipal council has decided
to consider the drafting of
a bylaw that would
regulate cigarette smoking
in public areas of Terrace.
The bylaw will probably
be modelled after those
presently in force in the
cities of Vancouver and
Prince George.

Ald. George Clark in-
troduced the motion at the
Nov. 24 council meeting,
saying he had been stop-
ped on the street recently
by a local resident who in-
formed him that signa-
tures were being compiled
for an anti-smoking peti-
tion. ‘We're going to
have to deal with this
sooner or later, so we
might ‘as well start now,”’
Clark said.

The bylaw proposal was
referred to city adminis-
tration for further
research,

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Community -
Services _
elects
directors

TERRACE —The Terrace

and District Community

Services Society (TDCSS)

has put three new direc-

tors on its eight-member
_ board,

At the society’s annual
general meeting Nov. 4 ~~
Lori Mullen, Jan. Iverson
and Dave Maroney were
elected to join Doug

Smith, Norma Randle," ~

Patricia Willms, Joan Cox
and Juanita Hatton in
piloting the organization —
for the coming year. |
_ The TDCSS_ will be in- _...
volved in 16 separate pro- .
grams for 1987; the socie-
ty presently employs 85
people, and administrator
Lorna Copeland estimates -
the organization provides
direct service to between
800 and 1,000 clients an-
nually in the Terrace area.
‘‘New Horizons” is a
new program conceived to
supplement the Terrace
Alternate Program in giv- |
ing opportunities to young
people who have left the
public school system. The
Alternate Program is de-
signed for students who
wish to re-enter school,
and New Horizons will of-
fer vocational and life
skills training and @
modified academic pro-
gram to people age 14 to
17 who are either unable
or unwilling to continue
going to school. | oe
The TDCSS took over
administration of the
Menta! Health Network-
Northwest in July 1986
when the Canadian Men-
tal Health Association
withdrew from the
federally-funded pilot .
‘project. The network is —
headquartered in Smithers
and holds meetings, work-
continued on page 5

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Terrace accumulated close to two feet of snow last week.
Storm warnings were issued and motorists were asked not to
drive unless absolutely necessary. See story page 18,

nleie Berquist photo

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