as City to pay for theatre CITY COUNCILLORS say they’re prepared to take the unprecedented step of using city tax money to help keep the school = district-run RE.M, Lec Theatre open to the general public. That decision came Friday after whirlwind talks in June with the schoo! district. The school board had indi- caled it could not afford to allow nou-school use of the theatre without assistance. The move threatened next fall’s concert society lineup and all other theatre book- ings outside school hours. The city will make the public use of the theatre one of the operations of ils new- ly formed Terrace Com- munity Facilities Society, an arms length entity intended to run some city recreation and culture facilities. Councillor Val George said the school district will retain ownership of the theatre and authority over school use. But the society will get wide latitude to operate the theatre as it sees fit outside school] hours, with the main goal of finding ways to get it to break even, The city will also put up some staff time to help organize the community use operation next year. And he said council will consider short-term finan- cial assistance to the theatre, and possibly an ongoing . Subsidy to support com- munity use. “We have to recognize that the school district has subsidized community use for 20-odd years,’’ he said, He noted the city already subsidizes its recreation facilities like the pool and arena by about 50 per cent, so some degree of subsidy for an important cultural fa- cility is not out of order. Exactly how much money the city will. put up hasn’t been decided — council wants to negotiate that with the schoal board without showing all its cards. Temace economic devel- opment officer Ken Veld- man said the community facilties society should be able to cut salary cosis and boost revenue at the theatre, Sul, be said, the annual Shorifall could be on the or- der of $30,000 to $40,000. Over five to 10 years, he added, it could come close to breaking even, Veildmaa said the school district has indicated ‘it won't oppose things like lig- uor sales at community events to boost revenues, ““They’ve indicated there . would be very few restric- tions on community use,”’ he said. George said the school district wouldn’t transfer or OFFIC® $Pace. FOH KENT ‘Fil m Force fans STAR WARS fans lined the street for the first cheap-night showing on June 29. These dia-hard fans were lined up as early as an hour before the 9:00 show, The pumped-up promotion drew crowds of all ages to the show. A NOTORIOUS sex offender serving a tri- ple life sentence for sex crimes in Terrace has again opted to delay his parole hearing. Kevin Roland Oatway, known while bere as Robert Roland Willoughby, has for the fourth straight time declined a parole review, which was slated for this fall. “T understand he is stating he is not inter- ested in being considered for parole,’’ said parole board spokesman Deborah Kihara. The next hearing into his possible release is being scheduled for fall 2001, she added. Oatway, eligible for parole since 1991, has served 13 years at Mountain Prison near Agassiz for offences against children here in the 1970s and 1980s. The local musician was exposed as a child molester, diagnosed as a fixated bisexual pedophile at high risk to reoffend, and sentenced to three life terms for having aa ’ SMARTLEASE - SECURITY DEPOSIT $300 FOR 36 MONTHS/DOWNPAYMENT $1,516 LEASE RATE UP TO Parole hearing put off — sex with girls under 14. He changed his name ia prison from Robert Willoughby to Kevin Oatway. 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