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1» TWO FORMER reporters.
for the Terrace Standard...
have won national awards -

ject in Frank Howard, Lang . category. » . “Nagel’s retelling of a in Surrey,B.C.. °° FOR CLUB PET MEMBERS!
, . | produces a story you wantto . Jeff’ Nagel placed third 30-year-old. avalanche that They left Terrace at the ee a
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"Jennifer . Lang placed
‘first.across the country for..

““Frank’s Story,”.on the life

” . and times of Frank Howard,

a former NDP MLA and MP

“in the northwest.’
' ». Prior to-entering politics,

‘Howard spent time in jail for -

* robbery. ae
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bright arid lively, ‘the kind
of thing a guy tells you over
a pint in.a barroom,” wrote

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cent hotel tax, which is help- _ building a rail ‘spur, which > and provincial governments .. 4 164 7.3 12 ]:)4 223 108 2.0
~.-os ding’ to'generate money ‘for would branch off the Ter- ‘will have. to start thinking : —_ i ° _ .
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“to market Terrace outside of . and lead to the airport lands. ‘social housing, low income — 6 20.0 11.6 0.4//6 12.8 -93 14.4
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Jennifer Lang

“Death in White,” the story
of a deadly avalanche which

took place between Terrace

and Prince Rupert. -

right now in getting a: group
together to lobby. govern-

ment for a new hospital’ in —

Terrace,” hé said.

_. The’ mayor . anticipates’ -
such a campaign will take -
at least 10 years before any:

progress is made..

Getting the lobbying ef- |

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hy: Jeff Nagel

this day is a ‘strong drama
that’s well. deserving. -of

x

Jack Talstra .

tal beds and long-term. care
beds in the future, he said.

of a need for more. hospi- .

“It reads like a compel-
ling novel, conveying effec-
tive anecdotes from several
‘sources and using intense,
illustrative description, great
quotes and simplicity that
“urges you to read on.”

The awards were an-
‘nounced two weekends ago
in Banff at the annual gen-

: ‘eral meeting of the Canadi- .

an Community Newspapers
Association. -_

~ Lang is reporting for The _ 7
' Peace Arch News in White -

Rock, B.C. and Nagel -is

based at The Surrey Leader’

The Terrace Standard
itself won a blue ribbon for
excellence from the national
newspapers association. - ,

of developments related to a -
‘predicted surge in rail traf-;
fic once the Port of Prince...
‘ Rupert’s container port is up
- and running.

“We're not talking about.
trains every. few hours, it’s
minutes,” he said. “We have

‘two level crossings in. our

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“. “We have an aging popu- |

.town we’re going to have to
lation in Terrace and. they

, and donations,” Talstra said. . we}
: grapple with that.”

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“isting arenas and. the aquatic
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Talstra. also..praised the - -
work done by former Skeena -
Liberal MLA Roger. Harris.
for bringing forestry revital-
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_ That: lobbying effort, re- —
sulted this year in a shift
_in -how stumpage rates are
calculated on wood in this

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_ the high proportion of deca-

dent hemlock and balsam in

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* Talstra said council will
likely shift its focus to social
and health issues.
- “We think that as we get _
* our economic house in order
we’ll have to look at others
- as well,” he said. CS
At the top.of that list is a... |
_ desire to move forward with
_phase two of building a mul-
’ -tiplex here.
, That will involve discus-.
-sions surrounding the idea of
_..,, building a conference centre
to add to the new second ©
sheet of ice arena.
Talstra has long desired
this kind of project but lack:
of money has kept it from
going ahead.
Council will also focus
"on drawing industrial busi-
-nesses to the ‘airport lands -
and looking at ways to cre-
ate an infrastructure there
that will make’ transporting -

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