WITH AN ice arena “busting at the seams”’ and the prospect of growth, Bob Park cannot un- derstand why some city coun- . _ cillors oppose the second sheet - of ice proposal. Park is on. the executive of - the Rick and Paul King Foun- ~ dation - executive, a group which ‘Will: be raising money for the project, ‘*They’re being very narrow minded,” he said of council. , lors Gordon’ Hull’ and Ed , Graydon’ s° attacks (see story below Pointing . out. other . north- ‘western aa ‘communities - of ice, ‘Park ‘said ‘evidence of the _ need here was overwhelming, © “We -have: people transfer- ring from ‘Prince George and they find their kids can’t play hockey here,’’ he pointed out, And it wasn’t. just minor : hockey players who were feel- ing it, There was the team of - 15 adult hockey players. who - drove to Kitimat ail winter be-. cause they couldn’t : find ice continued population had. two sheets of. . Bob Park time in Terrace, The. lack of extra ice was costing Terrace in terms of . being unable to host major ‘ events. The recent B.C. Cup, - for example, was: held in Kitimat because that -com- munity. could ‘provide the » facilities, And ‘Terrace cannot “host the without having to ask Kitimat for help. Park. also . emphasized the proposed facility offered more _ Winter Games — than just an | additional ice sur- face, The plan included a small! leisure or tot sheet that could be converted into a banquet room. With the ice removed, the main arena could be used for concerts, conventions and | to handle the overflow . from the annual Trades Fair which was already at capacity, “‘How many conferences are concerts do we lose because we don’t have a proper facil- ity?’”’ be asked, . Park also denied suggestions the project would be rejected at referendum. ‘We have an awesome chance,”’ he said, *“Why do.they have to be'so negative about everything?” He also derided claims the money would be better spent on paving city streets. “How far. is $2 million ~ going to go? You'd need $100 million to fix our streets, ’ He: suggested the city- ol do hoth if it took advantage of ~ ‘federal infrastructure. ‘grants that were available, Ice referendum said waste of. money and doomed to fail — DON’T WASTE money going to referendum on construction of a second sheet ofice. That’s the position of coun- cillor Gordon Hull, who spoke out in opposition last week when council approved an agreement to pay a third of the cost of doing © preliminary work, - Adam Engineering was hired last Wednesday to. carry -out concept development, budget, detailed conceptual design, ~ preliminary specifications and préparation for: referendum - — At a cost of $30,0 “The'city, the Kitim t-Stikine regional district, and the Rick . and Paul King Foundation will pay up to $10,000 each for the work... The work will be aimed at the site adjacent to the existing arena, preferred because oper- ating costs would be an estimated $37,000 cheaper than building a second sheet anywhere else. Some councillors have ex- pressed ‘reservations about the project, but’ most have con- ceded the Second Sheet of Ice Society should have a chance to sell their idea to the voters, - Gordon’ Hull and Ed: Graydon’ were the only two * who opposed the plan to prepare for referendum. “*IE it goes to some sort of a vote it would fail miserably,”’ says Hull..“Why waste our money on these studies and having the vote when the com- munity support probably isn’t there?’” He points to the ice and pool user groups that successfully fought council’s plans for stiff fee. increases.. Council was trying to make the. users pay more of their share and reduce - the amount by which the city subsidizes recreational facilities. . _ "The community as.a whole can see that the people who do use the facilities don’t want to pay any more,””, Hull ‘said. “They're saying we. can’t. af- ford anything more, but build us another arena.”” He predicts going’. to referendum will be a waste of everyone’s time and money. ““T'm pretty sure if you asked the question ‘would you like - to spend $1 million on a new arena and spend $100,000 a year. to operate it, or spend it - on roads?’ — I’m pretty sure how the vote would come out,” Hull said. “Tm against it until such time as I feel it would be af- fordable and that the average taxpayer — especially the non-users — don’t have to foot most of the bill for it.” Graydon says it’s just plain dangerous to be borrowing large amounts of money to build a new arcna when many ‘city streets need repaving, the city is contemplating taking over a money-losing airport, and Lanfear Hill is expected to collapse at great expense some. day. : “How do we pay for these needed services or handle a crisis if our credit limit is maxed out from borrowing for a second sheet of ice?’’ ‘he demauded. ‘Our: priorities should still be water, sewer, and road SyS- tems.”?. Graydon predicts 3 more costs will fali on the city in the years ahead as federal and provincial ‘governments of- fload responsibilities... . “The city’s going to have to act sharp and smart. like a business,”’ he. said. ‘The gravy train days are over. We can’t be borrowing money on Juxuries.”’ “YOUR COLLEGE IN... - -YOUR'COMMUNITY. - JULY 1995 SUNDAY, ‘MONDAY _ TUESDAY. LUCKY DOLLAR BINGO PALACE ” WEDNESDAY ' “THURSDAY JULY 1995 4 Terace Minor 1 Sollball Assac. Kinsman FRIDAY . Terrace Skating 5 ' Terraca.747. . funneled,” we tuming away, how many | help promoting the “particularly with a view to 2 4 4 Ganadlan . Knights of Parunis Codition | Terrace 2PM Ale Cadet) Paraplegic | = Colubus the | Minor * Kermode _ | Terrace Peaks |: Society Association Youth Seccor Aqvancenant _ Hocke Friendship | Gymnastics Tetraca ‘3 Nisga’a Tribal - ——————— inTeerace Associaton Society. fo Ant-Poverty.- | Council Terrace = pehaie : mo - 1 3 Tovace ee 1 5 ‘Terrace Art 9. 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MONITORS 4410 Legion, Terrace Doors 11:30 a.m. Doors 4:30 p.m. ‘Games 1 2:45 Games 6:15 Thurs., Fri., Sat. Late Night Games Doors 9:30 p.m. Family Bingo Every Saturday Afternoon Last Wodemsday of the month is DOUBLE BINGO SMOKE REMOVAL Games 10:00 p.m. AISLE CONCESSION 635-2411. If a list of the pros and cons of a second sheet were to be. made up, Park was confident the positives would outweigh the negatives, 7 “The trouble is people get he said. ‘‘They should look at the add-ons, 1 not Just the negatives.” me - Boosters needed > THOSE WHO want to help make the second sheet of ice a reality are being . -urged to attend a public .- meeting next Thursday night, July 13 in. the banquet room of the Coast _ [nm of the ‘West beginning ats pm. Bob Park sald the need for volunteers fell into two categories; those needed to the. local money- ralsing efforts and those needed to work on_ project ‘getting a positive vote in a . future referendum. School District No. 88 (Terrace) _ NOTICE. 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