x LEGISUATIVE _LIBRAR 7 GIS NT BUILDINGS | oa Be C. | v8v a | Poi 25 cents : - Kitimat council rejects Kadar proposals. Herald Stalt Writer KITIMAT— A ‘second attempt by developers to re- tone part of the new Kadar subdivision has been turned ‘down by Kitimat council. ‘Council voted Monday to. ‘tum down a proposal to ' rezone part of the. sub- division to- allow for the - construction:of: apartments buildings on lots. lated for single family. dwellings. - ‘A 32, name petition fram WAS presented to council | opposing the re-zoning. The municipal advisory ‘plan- ning commission also rejected. the re-zoning proposal, ° rioting that the developer was aware of the restrictive. zoning ‘when the land was purchased. ‘Commission - chairman John Mackenzie said in a report’ that the .“‘Com- thission believes .'that ap- “proval to the requested. | Classifieds - 7 Cornerstone residents in the abaivision “zoning — “ould set” INSIDE Comics, a; norbecopes page Ae Linda's Fashions | page. 9 “pages 1081 1 aon 2 Lyne WHY: BUY NEW? ~ WHENUSEDWILL bor ~ Doyou want parts to fix up your car ‘but your budget won't allow it? Beat the high cost of new ‘parts with oy javallty used: parts: trom cos i. B. AUTO. SALVAGE 635-2333 or 635: 9095 ta * ’ 3690 Duhan tusteft ftwy: WE) : “J -head-off property “dangerous precedent and would undermine the value and assurance that zoning + has had. for purchasers within new development ” Areas, Alderman Hans Brown said council's agreement to re-zoning. in. the past‘ has‘ . “neighbourhood centre.” : “was. made them look indecisive, Brown advocated a much tighter council policy.an re: zoning in-an alternpt to and - development based ,on attaining: a re- zoning after purchase. ‘Aldermen. Max ~Patzelt . and Ray Brady -noted the “Municipal Act. permits anyone to apply: for’ re- zoning ‘and defended . the councils past record, saying ° re-zoning was necessary to ‘zoning: . inanimously. “allow: some development _ and not suffocate ity - However; - given’ area, the- ‘proposed Te- Was. _ ‘The apartment re-zoning _ Tequest waa the second one - $0 far this year for the. Kadar. area. Earlier in the year. a... proposal . by . the... ‘Kitimat: Sikh ‘Society to- build. a-temple-on Smith Street caused considérable controversy and resulted in ‘speculation . ‘the petition, tha commission - ‘report and a report from the administration . on. “inadequacy of sewers in the- “the a -- rejected * several complaints from | local residents about municipal zoning policy. Meanwhile a for the Nechake Centre. - The amendment includes - “cabaret” in the allowable: uses of property. zoned for The change necessitated by an ap- plication from Sequoia Development Ltd.to open a cabaret on the old Universal Store building in the Nechako Centre. A report from the ad _ministration found the " eabaret idea to fit in’ with . the purpose of the Nechako - Centre to act as a "focus for. , ‘both commercial’. and leisure time activities”, - The ° administration’ also -. > hoped ‘the cabaret” along’ with’ a “recently opened. ~ dining. ‘room, * could help generate some”. ‘ interest in the céntre evening hours. This,:t _ felt, could help alleviate the. 7 recurrent. vandalism problem experienced in‘ the area in the past few. years, ahead with a project to ’ provide a disposal area at the -municipal dump - for waste oil and other: flam- — mable liquids. - According zoning . amendment was approved dult'! *. service Council will also be Boing, . to Mayor has incurred some costs | ‘in sewer repair when ' chemicals’ are dumped into the sewage system, The _ new. system, gallon drums, isexpetiedto ~~ utilizing 45 cost under $1,000. -— - Meanwhile the district has taken its fight against the Urban Transit Authority (UTA) to all of the other municipalities in B.C. Kitimat - will encouraging them {0 en dorse it and send it on to the board of director of the transit authority. ’.. The resolution condemns 7 the lack of consultation with local communities which _ocdurs. when the UTA changes its policies and the. - ‘boards unquestioning acceptance apparent of “advice. and recom- mendations provided by the and. , bureaucrats “Swho operate technocrats | an Transit System."’ resolutions The specifically condemns the: boards ability “to-eancel e ’ funding if “unrealistie’' service criteria are mot met and asks the board to “ensure. that policies of the authority are to the benefit of the municipalities rather than to the. detriment of- transit . George Thom, the district. systems. " ee ee ere be cir-- - culating 4 resolution to every mullicipality in B.C. - . Established 1908 Oldtimers and youngtimers got together with each other during the weekend for what has been called a “happening beyond our expectations” during the reunion. The whole town put something on to mark the occasion. The Co-op offered five cent ice-cream cones and gave oldtimers an opportunity to get tegether: one last time at Its cafeteria Monday morning. Old friendships. were renewed and new friendships were made. . It was a weekend when “eyes litup’ in recognition as people suddenly realized they were Shaking hands with an old school chum or: someone they. -hadin‘t ~ sean for years. "at first. weekend. - There was the man and woman who met for the’ first since leaving high school — - where they had been sweethearts. .There _ were the two men who sat back to back at . the banquet who had been school pals but . didn't recognize one another. until they. were ihtroduced. . There were: the sternwheeler ‘folk: Margaret Adams, Irene Bowie, Elsie Whitlow, Kay Varner, the Durham sisters . -from Usk: Elsie Smith and Blackie Mc- Connell, the Kenney sisters from Kitselas and Terrace; and, Floyd Frank ard his sisters Belle Whatt and Luella ‘Brooks, . These people had taken the scenic Skeena’ River route by sternwheeler between 1900 and 1911, * _ Perry Monsell came with wife Joyce and son Troy for the reunion. He was delighted “to learn that while not. too many people - remember the tenthe was bern in in 1921 in . Terrace the oldtimers still have many kind “words and fond memories of his dad who was killed when a snag hit him’on the head on Ferry Island in 1927., Monsell brought some excellent photographs of Terrace at... Herald Sta f f Writer “TERRACE Armed with 1,000 signatures from people disgusted “with the open display of pornographic _Taagazines Isobe] Brophy, a local resident, asked council. to initiate a bylaw to restrict. * ‘the sale of such magazines away from the eye level of miriors. “Alderman : Margarite | Clarkson. says .there is nothing council can do about it. She suggested if people are concerned they should — talk with the RCMP, ‘since it “isa police matter, : despite. .the. fact. that ~ several’ municipalities - throughout ' Canada have bylaws which ‘limit the display. of such magazines, Mayor Helmut Glesbrecht agreed council ‘may. be getting the district into something it cannot control ‘municipal act which deals * with- < concerns » the. posting | of restricting smut material on billboard’.< Brophy, on the other , hand, admitted that council orc Died ter ool ~ Herald StaifWeiter " -TERRACE~"0h, ‘Ididn’t recognize you - . Nice to see you again,” might | have been the most used phrase of the -, Oldtimers Reunion celebrations during the days - Yet 3, 26k ede rma ni ot ice My sae ; _, that ime. Bul smith remembered buying | : a truck from Monsell's father. : - There were many. olhers, of course, . ' Adella Pohle, who bears the same name as’ the mill, came in the early 1920s and left in — the early 1960s. Edith Creelman-was Miss. Rayen .when her family,,qwned a _restaurant in 1917 where Terrace Drugs. - now stands. .Dorothy Riley came back to. tell people that her dad made his own ice - cream In the drug store and. while he was ” selling freshly made cold treats out front she and the dog were licking the paddles in the back. The ‘children of Rosa Cote came with her husband Ken Evans, . She went to school in the 1930s and her family came in memory of her, -It was the family reunions people remember the most about the weekend. Some people hadn't been back to Terrace since they left in 1925. , Edna Cooper, one of the organizers; " gays 450 people registered for the reunion of town. would be. taking.’ the initiative and perhaps setting a precedent but she . said the town should reflect the community standards ‘people want, Several ‘renldents had approached, owners of. to move the material on to. higher shelvea.. Fora few” the merchants responded but soon the ~ material was back down on the lower. ‘shelves. where - youngsters could see them,.. ‘she said). "- “We think there should be "sore kind of community standard to counter. ‘the. ‘attitudes of owners, ‘which change from day to day or from store to store,” sald “Brophy. Of ‘the 1,000 signatures gathered there was over- ” -whelming support from the people canvassed. ‘In one neighborhood 60 people . .were absolutely in favor of the petition, three people were negative and. two People would. not’ sign and half of the people there were from out | “It'was a happening beyond our ex-’. pectations,”” she says. - ! A booklet is on sale at the Happy Gang Centre marking the 1982 Terrace Old- : timers Reunion for $2 per copy, The public : is invited to visit the Happy Gang Centre - any time ime during its open hours. my . 7 Residents protest: pornography ; anything in the way of a. — “petition,” she said, . ” When Clarkson wanted to know the names of the store owners who had refused to . display their pronography : - at a-higher level because it ~ would “curb the sale of such ‘ stores which display such “ material" Brophy said she | ‘Magazines and asked them would not make them public since that had nothing ta do- — with- request. for a bylaw, * which is a general concern of the public. Brophy .. aid .. that < 4 restricted displays ‘of . — pornography in Toronto =~ havenot deterred the sale af. St _ such materlal, - oe “The: request - went to | general ‘government and: Ad ‘ministration will compile’ a’> list of existing bylaws ‘ throughout Canada to see ~ - what can be done- protective services. Alderman Vic Jolliffe and Gordon Galbraith voted ‘See ‘Committee’ page 3 Se