he’ BC. Buildings Corpora-

‘tion: hasbeen given the ‘‘green

light’? "to begin looking for a new
location: for the -Terrace. Correc-

tional Centre. ‘Rumors in recent:

months. that the. correctional

center will be moved from its

current’ ‘location on Highway 16°.

West. have’ caused ‘concern for

several: “college area . residents,
who: believed the new site would

- be 30 acres of Crown: land about

one block from ‘the - college

, bordered by Soucie, Mountain-
vista, Marshall and Bailey.

. Aspokesperson for these resi-
dents, Alfreda Price, says how-

: ever that their opposition to the

establishment of .a correctional.

center in any residential area of

greater Terrace has some sup-
port from Terrace council. By
the same token; council wants

the new facility within municipal-

boundaries and she says that her

group can understand their posi-:

tion. The center is a source of

municipal revenue that would be ©
lost if it were to be moved out of .

town.

It’s ‘just a miatter of the loca-
-tion, she says. Not so much
concern for. the inmates, but
‘rather a concern over the noise,
smoke and traffic that would be
created by the center and its
firewood cutting operation. It
could mean the end of a residen-
tial environment by compromis-

‘ ing it with an industrial opera-

| council has met with Correc-

tion. This: could knock down
-préperty values and erode the
lifestyle which attracted residen-
tial development din. the fi ist
place. ~

But mayor Jack Talstra says

tions Branch district ‘director
Rob Watts and have been told
that a search for property at the
present time is not focused on
any one area. He adds that

several sites will probably be.
selected, and because the Solici-

' tor General’s department is

More sensitive to local needs
than they have been in the past,
any recommendation made by
council would probably receive
attention.

There won’t be any council
recommendation right away,
however. After a group of over
30 concerned residents made a

presentation to council last week

and suggested property in an in-
dustrial area near B.C. Hydro
might be -more appropriate,
council decided to wait for the
BCBC ‘“‘short list’? before mak-
ing any recommendations,
Although council. said they
agreed with the petitioners,
Talstra explained that it was too
early to make any decisions.

They first needed to see what.

BCBC has in mind and that in-

formation won’t be available

until BCBC completes their
study and presents a copy of the
list to council. ‘‘When we see all
the options we can make some
recommendations,’’. said
Talstra. And © speaking of the
30-acre bench site, he added,

‘This council is not on record as
being pro or con at this point.”

- Watts says that criteria given
to BCBC for the selection of a
site is specific to the immediate

_ needs of the Terrace center. He

vee

says it must be within walking:
distance to community: services’
arid -facilities;? close: td: ‘REMP:
offices, ‘atid large ‘enought to i

suggests this. probably means
about 20 to 30 acres of land. .

According to Watts, their.
present location at Kenney and

Hwy. 16,.is far too small and the.

Imajor concern is worker safety’

in’ their woodcutting ‘Operation.
Also, he says, there is too little’

parking for. staff — let alone «
visitors —- and the only recrea-
tion available is a single basket-

- ball hoop on a utility pole,

- Watts emphasizes that recrea-

‘tion is not a major consideration

in establishing a correctional
center but is an important factor
in the physical and mental well
being of inmates where rehabili-
tation is concerned. Another
point made by Watts is that a’
larger. facility does not mean a

larger correctional center. The .

new facility, he says, will house

INSURANCE

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the same number and type of fires and ho smoke.”

inmates that are housed: at’ the

present location. -
“We're changing nothing,”

Watts said. ‘There will be no
changes in the staff, the number

of inmates or the criteria for'ad-
"y mission. ‘During the history of

this. facility there has not been

“one. incident, and there are“no

' Watts clarified the admission
criteria for inmates: no one with
a sentence exceeding two years
plus a day, no risk to the com-
munity (the main test), and they
have to be. willing and ‘able to

participate in the work program.

Ninety-nine percent of the of-

: fenders in the Terrace correc-

moe Terace Review _ —. Wednesday, Ociober 8, 1989

Corrections Centre relocation row continues |

accommodate their woodcutting
operation, a small recreational

area, staff and. visitor: parking
and a noise barrier of trees,’ ‘He...

tions facility are from.’ the! on

Northwest, and ‘it is rare to get
anyone with a sentence Jonger,
than six months. ©:

“Asa community-based fa-
cility and staffing model,” -he
concluded. ‘‘We live here, too.’”

Watts expects completion of

the new corrections facility to. 7 o
require at least two years,

‘How do the Scandanavians do it?

"Terrace city council has of-
fered their support to a local
teacher who has applied for a
Science Council of B.C, grant to

_examine the B.C. forest industry

to that in Sweden,

Copper Mountain Elementary
School teacher Bill Hayes told

_ council recently he would like to

find out why the Swedish in-
dustry can get two and a half

‘CORPORATION

this fall

times the value out of the same
tree and how the industry is able
to support 600,000 workers as
Opposed to 250,000 in B.C. Both
areas, he says, have roughly the
same forest resource.

There are some clues as to
their success, however.. In
Sweden, according to Hayes,
there are about 240,000 small
businesses producing a wide

‘OF BRITISH

ensive

veplace

. Fach year, + half of E British Columbia's motor vehicle
accidents happen at intersections. These intersection

accidents took a toll of 13; 000 injuries and more than

120 livesin 1987 7

Even those of us who weren't directly involved
were still hurt — because the costs of intersection
accidents add to the premiums of all motorists in the
province. Clearly, we've got to stop meeting like this.

That's why ICBC and police departments

throughout the province have joined forces ina major —
program to combat B.C% crisis at the crossroads. The
purpose of our “Use Your Street Smarts” c
is simply to remind drivers of some basic survival rules
they may have forgotten in the rush to beat traffic:

© Don't run yellow, and especially red lights. .

© Stop tailgating: give the car ahead space to stop
suddenly.

_ @ Take it easy when entering any intersection,
especially when turning left..
© If there's any doubt about the right- of-way, yield
graciously. .
_ © Avoid unsafe lane changes and illegal turns.

_ If any additional reminder is re

quired, extra police |
. enforcement will be watchi

ng intersections closely

ICBC.

Together, we can drive _
. insurance costs down... oye

‘range of wood products com-
pared to relatively few. large -
companies in B.C. Because of .
this, he says, Sweden is able to
market their logs in a more com-
petitive way and obtain a higher. -
stumpage. fee. What Hayes
wants to discover are the
Swedish techniques and logging
practices and how they might be
adapted to the B. C. forest in-|
dustry.

COLUMBIA.

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