Award winner off to Kamloops By JEFF NAGEL TERRACE's award-winning planner is leaving. David Trawin will take a new job in Kam- loops, where he'll be director of development services in a much larger and faster growing city. It’s a big win for Kamloops, says Terrace chief administrative officer Ron Poole, who begins the search for Trawin’s replacement, “He was talented enough he was head and ’ shoulders above even the second-place guy,” .- Poole said. 9 tts good news for him - not so good news - for this city.” ‘The look of Terrace changed signficantly “under Trawin. ~ He came here in 1995, bringing modern planning for livability in an active young city “when it was desperately needed — ‘ing boom of the mid-1990s. ...Trawin was the driving force behind devel- opment of the Grand Trunk Pathway — a linear park on a once-weedy strip between the rail- | :way and Hwy16. His park design won an award from the Planning Institute of B.C, “> "“He will really. be missed,” Terrace Beau- tification Society spokesman Conrad Ganzen- burg said, “I really hate to see him leave.” «We owe him nothing but gratitude for what in the build- he has done.” Trawin's work will continue to § shape Terrace for years lo come. He leaves be- § hind plans fer § more bike routes and walkways as § older roads get re- f built, He drew up § plans for F “greenways” meshing trails with preenbelts, § and pursued efforts f to set aside land for a trail along the river. That work led greenbelt advocates to call Trawin the best thing that ever happened to Terrace. - New rules to improve the look of downtown, regulations to create specially designed gate- ways at key points, and a new downtown tour- ism zone all came through Trawin’s hand although many changes are not yet fully real- ized. ° In recent years he worked painstakingly David Trawin .: Unsafe old. toys wanted _GOMMUNITY HEALTH ~- workers in Terrace are. _ callecting old and un-~ safe toys, car seats and the Jike. That’s reg- _ istered nurse Ester Brisch. with some of what has already been . turned in. Workers will’ be glad to examine toys and car seats to see if they are still safe and serviceable. The .idea, said Brisch, is to prevent young children from potential danger =f; and/harm. Werkers will - also to pass out safety’ tips and information. The. collection takes ~ place .at the public ° _ health complex on Ka- lum and ends Friday. JESSIE GIES PHOTO = J Nbetng 4 Oss ase Wt cee dee epee See me ity planner gets new job with big-box store developers and concerned neighbours — often emerging with near-consen- sus and praise from would-be foes, That culminated this spring in the complex land trade and approval of a Wal-Mart store beside the new bridge that came about with virtually no local opposition. But while big boxes like Canadian Tire and the Real Canadian Wholesale Club were springing up, Trawin worked to guard the city’s downtown against a descent into Prince George-style decay. He took firm stands against influential prop- erty owners to tighten rules to prevent a prolif- eration of smaller stores along. the highway and steer those shops downtown instead, He also spearheaded the use of develop- ment permits here, which are now used to re- quire developers to make buildings and grounds look more pleasing. “Dave brought landscaping to Terrace in a big way,” says cily special projects director Paul Gipps, who worked alongside Trawin. “He really opened a lot of eyes,” With Trawin, he says, came more planned growth, a new Official Community Plan, and a new vision for the city. “He certainly was a shining star,” said. “He’s going to be missed.” Gipps The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - A3 | i News In Brief NDP plan meet here TERRACE IS one of 12 cities to host a tour of pro- vincial NDP leadership hopefuls next month. The tour begins in Vancouver Sept. 9, stops in Terrace Sept, 24 and winds up in New Westminster Sept. 30. : The party will choose a leader al its Nov. 21-24 convention in Vancouver. To date only one person, former NDP Vancouver Island MLA Leonard Krog, has filed leadership nomination papers, But three others have said they are running and are expected to file in order to take part in the tour. The party was reduced from being the govern- ment to having only two seats in the provincial legislature in the 2001 election. Missing Kispiox man’s body found near Usk A BODY found next to the Skeena river upstream from Usk has been identified as one of two brothers who have been missing more than one month. Delvin Morgan, 41, and his brother Andrew, 40, of Kispiox were reported missing and presumed dead last month. Air and ground searches had failed to locate the two men, who went missing on the Kispiox River near the Kispiox reserve July 12. Terrace RCMP recovered a body Aug. 15 after a receiving a report from a CN Rail employee who was working in the area, Human remains were located about 4km west of Skeena Crossing on the north side of the river, just upstream from Usk. The body was positively identified on Aug. 21 as that of Delvyin Morgan, Terrace RCMP Cpl. Scott Lovell said. Andrew is still missing. Thief hits pop machine HAVE YOU seen the Pop Machine Bandit? Ter- race Crime Stoppers says she stole some coins from a pop machine near Canadian Tire two weeks ago. Surveillance video shows a female cyclist using a power tool to jimmy the lock on a pop machine outside Canadian Tire two weeks ago. She then stole some loose change before making her geta- way, The mountain bike she was riding had a basket on the front and a rear rack. The tape shows a heavy-set woman with shoulder-length brown hair - who appears to be about 35 to 40 years old. A white four-door Ford Tempo sedan that was seen driving past the scene may be related, police say. They’re now asking witnesses to come forward who may have seen this or similar thefts at the Bargain Shop and the Copper River Motel, and in Smithers and Houston, Call Crime Stoppers at 635- TIPS BAM ae ALU CURA TE nth 2 an mir eee ee fu Vea GF aR eh ee ae 2 ee ee sept tad Choose from: ¢ English Biology Chemistry Math Psychology Philosophy Criminology Sociology Didn’t get the university courses you need? Northwest Community College has a full selection of Ist and 2nd year University Credit courses starting In September, and there are still spaces | ‘available in many of them. Study in your own community and enjoy smaller class sizes, lower tuition and fully transferable courses. Get a jump on your university studies at NWCC and - work toward an Associate Degree or transfer the credits you earn to the institution of your choice. Online and teleconference options are available. 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