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In regards to Mr. Jolliffe’s editorial in the

‘errace Herald dated July 29, 1971. It would .

nppear that Mr. Jolliffe is attempting to create
mysteria amongst the public in general and create
issent between the fund-raising committee and
e.-Arena, Association, ¥
liowing: paragraph of ‘a questionaire
council from the arena asseciation:' —~

. -. Building * ek,
To what extent does Council wish to beinvolved in the project?

As we see it, the design work, calling for cost estimates, and
awarding of contracts can be handled by at least 3 different

ways. They are as follows: - _- mo
(a) Handled entirely by the District of Terrace :

(bh) Work done by the’ Arena Association, but all
correspondence and.other matters channeled through Council

for signature and sent out under the District’s Name. -'

(c) All aspects handled entirely by the Arena Association with _
tie Public Works Committee of Council kept in the picture at all

times, Items would be referred to Council irom time to time as
} considered necessary. by ‘the Public Works Committee.

~ an.

We might quote the |
to city |

“Bund Raising -

To what extent does Council wish to be Informed as to the | -
methods and other aspects of the Fund Raising Programme,
over. and above: having représentatives of ‘the Public: Works
Committee of Council attend all important Meetings of theFund, ©: .

Raising Committee?’ = -

+

administratyor:

Mr. Star Patterson* es

President -
Terrace Arena Association

"” _ 3307-A' Kenney Street .

- ‘Terrace, B.C... °° 7

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Dear Sir:

‘The following is in reply to a questionnaire “Questions to be
Answered re: Arena Project which was presented. to a’.

Committee of Council earlier this month. |.”

The Committee recommended and was duly. ratified by
Council that the building participation would be contained in. °-

para (c),

The Fund Raising aspect would be entirely the responsibility ;

of the Arena Association,

‘and the reply written under the letter-head ‘of. the District of
Terrace dated March 30th, 1971 and. signed’ by ‘the city: °

funds. We may inform hi

in regards to Mr. Jolliffe's statement that there.are two Arena
4 rm him that. there is onnly one Arena Fund
. which is administered by the Arena Association ‘and all funds
not coming undeé’ . personal. or corporation - tax-deduction
classification are directly transfered to the Arena Association —
Trust Fund; .A secorid ‘account was set up between Rose Gale
and Company and the City Council known as the Terrace and
District Arena Fund in trust for the Arena Association, This
_ :...,aecount{s set up purposely with the ap
‘’ "> + Department top all monies. donated from the people wanting a -
- +...” | da receipt. Their monies go into t
-.¢ity until'such times asthe Arena A
'.:, authorized accounts for execution.
:. \- Mr, Jolliffe's attention, that an ace
~ } the Knights of Columbus at the Roy.

praval of the Federal Tax

his fund and are held by the

ssociation presents properly
We might also point out for

ount has also been set up by
ee { | a] Bank for all monies raised
. through the Knights of Columbus walkathon, When all monies

" are collected the Knights of Columbus executive will make a gift

__ of the fund in total- directed to the Terrace Arena Association,
; and not to the Municipal Office. There is alsoa similar account
4 seb up to- accommodate the Sale of tickets for the Arena
_’, “Headquarters building. Gur books are open to inspection to any
“"; ‘person who is desirous of looking into them. if Mr. Jolliffe has
any doubts.as to what is going on we might suggest that he
--beconie involved in the Arena Association for the good of. the

order, instead of sitting on the hack fence and discriminating

against our cause,

' At this time Mr. Jolliffe has raised a-certain amount of.
antagonism amongst the fund raising committee, However, we :
place our complete trust and support in the leadership of the co-
_chairman of the fund raising committee ~ Mr, Walter Yeo, who .

_| has spent the major portion of each day over the past few
- months working’ on this campaign. Any audit will prove our.
statement that he has recelved no financial compensation ‘for
this, and any innuendos by Mr. Jolliffe should be considered by
the public to be complete glander‘and made for political galns

only.

‘sizeable donation, and to

been received from him, which is b
committment from a City Council member. te my
We are sure that the citizens of Terrace will see.through this
political propaganda and throw their whoje-hearted support -

behind the Arena campaign,

Augie Geeraert .
Mal Whitehouse :

Interested citizens and Arena Campaign Committee members.

“GUEST EDITORIAL

Mr. Jolliffe states that he is one hundred percent for the
arena. However, he had promised the Arena Association a
te, only one hundred: dollars hag

far the ‘smallest.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1971 “TERRACE, B.C.
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Council refutes mayor-

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arena campaign

Further to my guest editorial of July 29th, 1971. This
statement contained a typographical error inasmuch as it
named Mr. Walter Yeo as a professional fund raiser. This was
nol part of my original statement given to this newspaper. The
original statement reads in part “Mayor Jolliffe stated that
originally he had arrived at an agreement with Mr, Yeo, and
Mr. Bardinsky the professional fund raiser,” the newspaper
changed this toread, "I originally arrived at an agreement with
Mr, Walter Yeo and a Mr, Borgditski, two. professional fund
| raisers,". A photostat copy of my original stateme has been
filed at the arena headquarters.* =" - aaa
’. Now that this matter has been cleared up, I'd like togo into the
intent of the article in the paper, which was a follow up toa letter
given to Mr. Yeo at a meeting with him held in my office on July
23rd, 1971, requesting information as to the disposition of funds,
and stating what the municipal requirements were. - Also,
outlining concern that the district of Terrace Centennial project
be completed by. the due date to obtain the Federal-Provincial
grants, . :

My responsibility as Mayor is to see that these commmittments
are met, and, although as yet I have nol received a reply to the
letier, ] have met today, Saturday, with Mr. Bill. MeRae, Co-
chairman, arena fund raising committee, and discussed the
areas of concern, We will be having another meeting this
coming week to resolve any problem areas, I'd like to make it

quite clear that I make these statements as the duly elected . -

person responsible under the Municiapal Act, and very
consciaus of the fact that we are ina particularly weak position
if anything should go wrong with this arena project, * _

No referendum was held, and therefore no consent from the’
taxpayers has been asked for or received. a

There are guidelines we have to follow, one of which is, that ;

! the municipality, and'in particular thé mayor, is accountable to

the Department of National Revenue, Taxation Department, for

) the dispesition of funds collected ~ a copy of their letter is
| enclosed, part of which reads “We acknowledge receipt of their

| letter May 12, 1971, informing: us that the municipality. of the
} District of Terrace is prepared to issue the official: receipts to
the donors for their contribution to thal municipalitiesice arana.

You further indicate in your letter that the municiaplity of the
District of Terrace will render itself accountable for. all

'. Cont'd on Page 2”

Other than a very.” slight
# cooling trend prericted to affect
Terrace overnight ‘the.
wealherman. says skys will
remain reasonably. blue . this
week ‘with no real end. to high -
temperatures, =~
Temperature rec

records. ’

decades, = -

. -Over the phone last week the
weather’ man had. one. final
“comment to make, "it sure has

‘» been hot.” 7

- temperatures. could .at ‘least
match. if not surpass past

. Friday's high of 96 beat this {
years all. time high. of 95 ©
_ Yecorded. on July 27, which: in
. turn had matched Terrace's all - .
time records: dating: back for .

Herald dark room specialists worked throughout

the night to save this pletare from the waste pile,

Water showers from a hose hooked-up at the

Terrace Community. Cenire and, as operated ..
here by an unloosed playground student not only...
. dampened Playground leader Vikki. Thomson

praises arena fund |

“The Aldermen. of
Terrace would. like to
dissociate ourselves from
any misundérstanding
that may have been

created in the minds of being

the public as'a result of a
recent guest editorial by

that the Municipal Trust
funds were set up entirely
for tax purposes and any
other funds not requiring

official tax receipts
would be handled by the
-arena trust fund. We are
completely confident that

the arena trust fund is -

| handled = by
trustworthy people. The
District of Terrace is

i. Mayor, Jolliffe:regarding,,.exceptionally: _ fortunate.
the arena trust funds. “to have such ‘people
It is our understanding.

giving so much of their
valuable time. It is also
an interesting fact that
the directors of the arena

fund committee have

Your newspaper

our policy

The -. ‘Herald has
introduced a policy of

printing researched front
page guest editorials in
‘order. to. allow . the
community : to express

themselves.

However be warned
that the front page- will
not be. reserved to

_funning ‘fights - between
organizations or political -

groups.
It is our intention : to

Correction .

The second paragraph of a

; «© duly 21h guest editorial by

Photo by Morgan B, Campbell

(left and dripping) but also managed toseep into

one of the Herald's on-thespot cameras,

. Playground activities this week were designed to
-meet hot weather .corditions which have
plagued the community: for .weeks.

Water
a fund. raisers, >

Victor Jolliffe should have read’

as follows:.,,originally arrived
at an agreement with Walter
Yeo and Mr. Boroditskl; the

professional ‘fund ralser,...The: -
- Herald: originally, wrongly ,
‘slanted: that’-both Yeo: and-
Boroditskl were .. professional .

n

continue ‘to: publish -

relevant public issues as
our lead stories. .
They will be — as

unbiased. ‘as ‘humanly |

possible. Guest editorials
must be to the point as we

will not permit personal .

slurs against ‘named
individuals or
organizations,

‘The Herakd is a
community newspaper
and intends to serve to
inform, the public. |
. An editor once said “A
good newspaper never
satisfied everyone. .- It
Should have at least half

the community angry. at -

it and. the other’ ‘half

should: “be >

i

satisfied. The halves

interchangeable. every
time a. paper. goes to

personally donated more
money than has_ been
‘spent by the committee in
the entire fund raising
campaign. —
We would like to once —

more advise the people of
Terrace: that we are

“extremely happy with the ® :

fund raisers and “once

‘ more would like to pledge

our full support ‘and
confidence to this
worthwhile ‘public
endeavour.

Sincerely

Gordon Rowland
Tan MacDonald ©

Ev Clift...
Lloyd Johnstone _

-Edna Cooper
Al McAlpine °

Citizens

“Forest conditions remain = ¢
extreme throughout the district
says forest ranger Tom Harvie,

While. . ‘conditions’
“explosive’’ no forest fires have

*-been reported in the immediate

vicinity. ..- arnt

Local residents. and tourists
passing through the area’ are
thankfully using . extreme |
-caution, Harvie said.’.* :
. People deserve a real pat on.
the back, Harvie said: " "i

*- However, he warns people not |

. to relax. Cigarette ‘butts’ and" -
‘lightening sotrms -are: the two «
Chief causes of “concern - al

“The biggest thing now is for :
ople to continue: to exercise, |
caution.” 02 8

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