Candidates i emerging for next federal election A sketchy picture is starting to emerge of the faces Skeena @ voters will be seeing on the cam- paign trail during the next federal election. It is expected the election writ will be dropped sometime between the fall of this year and the spring of 1989. Kitwanga resident Ray Halvorson announced recently _ he will be seeking the nomina- tion for the Skeena Progressive Conservatives. Halvorson has lived in Kitwanga for 22 years and has primarily been involved in the logging business during that time. He says he has an ac- tive role in the Seventh Day Adventist Church and is chair- man of the board for two small boarding academies, one of which is the well-known Fair- haven Farms. Halvorson said in a recent in- terview that he believes the track record of the present Conserv- ative government under Brian Mulroney is ‘‘exceptional’’, citing job creation and low infla- tion as ‘‘the right trends”’. ; “It’s important for this riding to be represented by someone in- side government (a majority member),’’ he said. One of his primary concerns, he added, is to expand the employment base in the north to prevent the re- gion’s young people from migra- ting south in search of jobs. There has been speculation recently that Jack Kempf, the in- dependent provincial member for Omineca, may also run for the federal PC nomination. Kempf left the Social Credit side of the B.C. Legislature last year after being fired from a Cabinet post, and he has made no secret ‘of his dissatisfaction over the way the party treated him. He has neither’ confirmed nor denied the possibility that he may try for a federal seat. No date has been set for a. Skeena PC nomination meeting. — Skeena New Democrat MP. ~ Jim Fulton has indicated he will be rumning for his party’s nomination again this year at their convention in Prince Rupert on the weekend of June 18, Fulton has been the member for Skeena since 1979, and no _one has yet declared the inten- ‘tion to oppose him for the nomination. Skeena Liberals held their an- nual meeting in Terrace last month, but no candidates have yet come forward and no date has been announced for a nomination meeting. The new fourth player on the federal scene in Skeena, the Christian Heritage Party, has in- dicated the intent to field a can- didate, but.to date no nominees have been announced. Molly and Nick Nattrass visited recently with friends in Ter- race after five years of iiving abroad. The couple now make Presteigne Powys, Wales their home and fondly recall the experiences and activities they were involved with during the 23 years they lived in Terrace. Water study not encourag An engineering study in- vestigating the feasibility of in- stalling a water system in the Terrace North area is complete, and in the words of Kitimat- Stikine Regional District ad-. ministrator Bob Marcellin, *‘It doesn’t look good.” According to Marcellin, there are long stretches of road with low population density, and the cost per resident may be too high. However, he hasn’t ruled out all hope. There may be room for some changes, and he adds that the study does include some options in the form of smaller scale ‘‘interim”’ projects. Three systems were in- vestigated — connection to city services, the development of a new river system, and a well system. The cost for any one of these three systems is well in ex- cess of $3 million: tapping into . the city system is estimated at $3.59 million, a new river system at $3.86 million and a well at. $3.55 million. The cost to Terrace North residents for any one of these systems would be roughly the same — about $800 for service connections plus the cost of in- stalling a private line from the street to the house, a $270 an- nual connection fee to cover the cost of operation and mainten- ance, plus an annual frontage tax of about $9 per meter to cover capital debt repayment. One alternative suggested in the report is to extend the city system, but only to Johns Road, the southern portion of Merkley Road, Dutch Valley and Kalum Lake Drive as far as Ken Scott Road. This system would cost $646,000 but would omit resi- dents living on the northern sec- tions of Merkley Road and Kalum Lake Drive, Dover Road and the Centennial Drive/ /Woodland Heights area. Ser- vice connection for this system would cost $800 plus an annual frontage tax of $10.53 per meter to repay the capital debt. Another suggested alternative is to service residents on Johns Road only. This would cost. about $81,000 and mean a con- nection fee of $800 plus an an- nual frontage tax of $7.30 per meter. . A questionnaire circulated prior to the engineering study drew responses from 68 resi- dents and indicated that about 60 percent want a community water system, 27 percent don’t, and 13 percent were uncertain. It. also indicated that each residence currently has its own water source, with four types of systems being used — dug shal- low wells, deep drilled wells, sur- face water intakes in small creeks, and roof collection systems. Dug shallow wells are general- ly less than 20 feet deep and located near Spring Creek; resi- dents complained of rust dis- coloration and sulfurous odors. The majority of these residents restrict water usage during sum- mer months to avoid running their wells dry, primarily by not watering lawns. Previously, water in Deep Creek was being diverted into Spring Creek through an open ditch by the City of Terrace. However, since the city replaced the ditch with a pipe, excess flows from Deep Creek no longer supplement the Spring Creek supply and levels have dropped considerably. awe - “Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 15, 1988 7 Successful workshop contributed by Brian Wilkes The workshop on Sustainable Development held in Smithers June 4 was a complete success. Over 70 people attended, and they represented a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. Workshop sessions were held focusing on what sustainability means for economic sectors such as forestry, mining, tourism, agriculture, fisheries, and wildlife, The chief accomplishment was to achieve a consensus that sustainable development is a desirable goal. Indeed, as many of the presenters pointed out, we are now rapid- ly diminishing some parts of our resource base, or foreclosing future options. Only by sustaining our resources will we sustain our - society. . The key conclusions of each o f the workshops were amazingly: similar. They were: First, we need good inventories of what we have. Second, we need to be more integrated in the management of the land base. Next, there was a consensus that we need regional resource management advisory groups consisting of public and private representatives. This group would have a public consulta- tion component. Fourth, the workshops all recommended that sustainable development become part of school curriculum, as well as the sub- ject of public education programs. Also, the workshop participants were very positive in support of further activities on this important topic. The workshop was held with the financial support of Environ- ment Canada as part of National Environment Week. Daycare subsidy rises The Ministry of Social Services and Housing has announced a new subsidy rate for infant day care that became effective June 1, 1988. The new monthly rates for infants (0-18 months) are: Type of Care Current Rate New Rate Family Care $244 $300 Group Care $360 $400 In Own Home $210 $270 The report suggested that residents having supply prob- lems with shallow well systems might consider drilling a deep well. On the average, this would run in the neighborhood of $4,000 to $5,000 per well. Deep drilled wells are between 100 and 200 feet deep and most of these residents said” their’ water supply was adequate or good but also complained of rust and odor. Several of these residents were opposed to a “Wall ing community system due to the thousands of dollars invested in their wells. It was found that most residents don’t use any form of water treatment other than water softeners or filters, and several showed concern for the potability of their water supply, having to either boil their water or haul drinking water from town, Lack of fire protection ‘was also a noted concern. _ ‘erra 635-9275 : ALLA