wasn’t on city streets... it was in

the public library. A few light-

fingered patrons had walked off
with almost $5,000 worth books,
compact disks and cassette tapes
during the preceding 12 months.
The thieves had apparently walked
in off the street, made their selec-
tion, and walked away unnoticed,
A security system was being con-
sidered.

On the regional scene, Forest
Minister Dave Parker announced a
pay-back plan to the forest
industry in 1988. The 15 percent
U.S. import tariff on Canadian
lumber had been replaced and the
industry would be getting a rebate
on everything they had shipped to
the U.S. since November 1987. At

_ the same time, Parker defended the

new forest policy that made the
rebate possible against criticism
from small logging operators. The
new policy was breaking them,
they said. You'll simply have to
become more efficient, Parker
replied.

In 1989, the province raised the
gasoline tax — gasoline and diesel
fuel would cost .83 cents more per
litre — and the local Ministry of
Forests office moved to a new
location on the second floor of the
B.C. Hydro building on Keith Ave.
Of more interest to some, though,
was a transportation study, "Free-
dom to Move", that singled out
Terrace as a primary problem area
on Highway 16. According to the
report, Terrace has the worst con-
gestion and highest accident rate in
the northwest, That’s as far as it
went, though. There were no re-
commendations on how the prob-
lem could be solved.

In 1990, politics were at the
forefront of the regional news.

. Skeena Health Unit director Mike

Corbeil had been re-assigned to a
new post in Victoria. The reason,
according to Corbeil, could have
been his announcement that he
would run against Helmut Geis-
brecht for nomination as the. NDP
candidate for Skeena riding... Or, it
could be duc to other changes in
the system and was simply a mat-
ter of poor timing.

In the business world, postal
rates for an ordinary letter rose
from 36 to 37 cents in January
1988, and conservation officer
Terry McGunigle told us that a
1,200 litre paint spill into Howe
Creek by Skeena Sawmills bad not
damaged the watercourse. "They
did a good job on the clean-up,"
he said.

The following year, Newhawk
Gold Mines contracted a feasibility
study on their Sulphurets property
near Stewart and Alcan announced
a $100 million upgrade project that
would see a new direct chill cast-
ing plan built.

In 1990, the Shames Ski Cor-
poration was considering Ottawa-
based D.R. Matthews and Asso-
ciates to oversee the construction
of their ski development. And also
in a tourism-related business, that
of our angling guides, the regional
district reviewed the "Update on
Angling Guide Policy for British
Columbia —- August 1989" and
asked for a few revisions regarding
the regulation of fishing lodges
and certification of guides.

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Terraceview extended care
wing had moved inside in
1989, and a year later, housing
needs, specifically supportive
housing, were being reviewed by
the Terrace Health Care Society.
In education, it was announced in
1988 that three local teachers
would visit China later in the year
and the Passport to Education
program was about to begin. And
in 1989 NWCC president Dr. Val
George resigned. "Fundamental
differences" with the board were
cited as his reason, The big news
for that year, though, was the
teachers’ strike. Negotiations were
intensifying but the two parties
were far from a settlement. This
caused a school board meeting to
be adjourned to the R.E.M. Lee
Theatre where trustees were grilled
by parents, students and teachers
on a number of basic issues.

I n health care, work on the

A year ago this week, the board —

of trustees found another conten-
tious issue before them. When the
discussion was over, though, 4
one-vote margin defeated a resolu-
tion that would have banned sex
offenders from teaching in the
district. Instead, each case would
be considered individually.

| he city set the terms for
; _ the 1991 Northern B.C.
Winter Games in Terrace

a year ago this week, Council
made a $50,000 financial commit-

ment and agreed to waive rental.

fees on all city-owned facilities
that were required.
In other sports news a year ago

this week, Michelle Hendry was

named player of the week by the
National Association of Inter-
collegiate Athletics. This followed
the Goombay Shootout tournament
in the Bahamas, where she earned
honours as the most valuable
player of the event.

The Bluebacks Swim Club
retumed from the Hyack Invita-
tlonal swim meet in New West-
minster last January with a flock of
medals. Heading the list was Cory
Holland who won no less than five
gold and four silver. Other local
swimmers of note at that tourna-
ment who came home with plenty
of medals were Tina Holland.
Garth Coxford, Jocelyn Coxford
and Aimee Peacock.

Terrace was out of the running in
three major curling zone finals a
year ago this week. Rupert’s
Wendy Atchison won the ladies
zone, Jean Billing, also of Prince
Rupert, won the senior ladies
event, and former Terrace rink
manager Gord Judzentis won the
men’s zone final for Smithers. Our
very own RCMP foursome fared
better, however. They won the
Pacific Coast Legion playdown by
default, then the six-team RCMP
subdivision police zone finals, and
this gave them a shot at national
for police curling.

There was only one hockey story
a year ago this week but is was a
story with a bit of a different
ring... wedding bells. Jeff Sharples
announced that he would join
former Terrace resident Michelle
Leong of Vancouver at the alter
June 9. Sharples at the time was

playing for the AHL’s Cape

Breton Oilers.

‘And how about the weather?
This week in 1988 wasn’t too bad
at all, Temperatures hovered in the
-6°C to +2°C range and it snowed
every day with the odd offering of
rain. The heaviest snowfall was on
Jan. 13 when 12.6 centimetres (5
inches) of snow fell. In 1989 it
was colder, and warmer, and we
had less snow and rain. The
recorded low for the week was
-11.9°C while the week's high rose
to a balmy 2.7°C.

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