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After 12 years of service,

President of 4
NWCC resigns ©

Northwest Community Col-.

lege president Dr. Val George has added his name to the —
' growing list of resignations by s senior college personnel.

In. recent weeks, there has
been. an apparent epidemic of
resignations affecting, among
others, two management posi-
tions in the mobile computer
center and the entire nursing
faculty. More recently, college
planner, Ian Thomas, also
_-Fesigned.. .George’s resignation
- was submitted last: weekend and:
‘is effective Jan. 31, 4989, |

‘According to NWCC._ board
‘chairman Hans Wagner,
George’s resignation was ac-
cepted with “‘regret’”’, but all the
resignations are a result of an in-
_ ternal “self-evaluation” done by
thé. college last year. He’ says
_George’s resignation is related to
‘serious differences’’. between
. George and the college board on
.. how to, resolve. these. problems.

13 : eee? George” ‘describes these as ©
“fundamental differences”’ con- .

_ serning the operation of the col-

. lege, but he described the part-

ing as ‘“‘amicable” and said he
will be working with the board
and staff ‘‘to insure that the next
few weeks go smoothly”’.
Wagner says the college board
has already begun a search for
George’s

replacement and -

DR. VAL GEORGE: Funda-
Mental differences.

“4: a

although they’ are ‘confident. ‘of 2
‘Success, they are-under no ‘illu-

sions that a replacement will ibe:

available immediately. He’ Says,
there are.: a
number of senior personnel who. :

in the interim,
are well versed in the operation
of the college and he expects that’
they will work collectively as a

Management group to ‘‘keep the .
continued on page 24

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- Letters

Sports
Talk of the Town
Weather

| Some complain about city streets and some complain about the sidewalks, but it’s all a
Matter of perspective: As far as Sarah Higgins of North Munroe Is concerned, everything is
‘Just fine the way It is — and her dog Oliver agrees. Sand Is great for grip, but It sure makes
the: eio8 of f pulling the sled an Inhuman chore,

-ACROSS THE TABLE: The district's schools are still
behind picket fines, but the pace of bargaining has
picked up... pages 2 and 11, letters on 6 and 7.

OPEN YOUR DOORS: And your pockets — the
Mothers’ March Is under way... page 22.

FREEDOM TO MOVE... WHERE? The transportation
report done for the B.C. government doesn’t do much
for Terrace... story on page 17, editorial page 4.

- Skeena Sawmills ponders move to Kitimat

“The second largest industrial installation in Terrace
may be relocated within the next three years.

“Don Chesley, mill manager at
Skeena Sawmills, confirmed last
week that. the. companies who
control the operation — Enso
’ Forest Products and West Fras-
er Mills — are examining the

costs and benefits of closing.

down the. Terrace mill -.and
building a new mill in Kitimat. .

. Skeena Sawmills gets most of
ite: sawlogs from Tree Farm Li-

cone St mouth of Terrace, ‘Log.

ging on the tenure has been

moving southward for some
time, and Chesley sald by 1991
the timber will all be coming off
the south half of the license

area, near Kitimat.

Chesley also noted that 85
percent of the mill's production
is shipped out through the port

of Kitimat, creating a situation
_in which, the logs are trucked
north to Tétraée for inilling and

the finished product is then
trucked south to Kitimat for
export. ‘“There are some attrac-

tions to a Kitimat location for

the offshore portion,’ Chesley
said.

‘Skeena Sawmills sell 95 per-
cent of its finished lumber to
U.S. markets.

Chesley estimated the com-
pany's Terrace workforce, in-

cluding woods personnel, to be.

about 300 workers. All of them
will be given the opportunity to
continue working for Skeena,

Chesley stated. “‘If we move,

‘we're taking our people with

us.”

He declined to reveal the val-
ue of the mill’s annual payroll.

Chesley said the move is still
in preliminary stages of con-
sideration, with 1991 being the
target date for a decision. He
noted that the company wanted
to advise their employees well in
advance of the relocation
possibility. “It’s only fair to
notify them.”’

If the mill closes down i .

would deal a substantial blow to
the City of Terrace’s industrial
tax base. City treasurer Keith
Norman said there are only
three large industrial operations
in Terrace, and Skeena Sawmills
is one of them.

Norman said the company

owns six properties within the

municipal boundaries, the larg-

est of which is the mill site, It _

was assessed at $6,136 million
last year and contributed
$395,470 in taxes to the city's
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