1 ee Cheb gy cn an a Let the Ge. © supplement .in this .week’s . Terrace Review. We’ve got it. covered. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY: 30, 1991 Vol. 7, Issue No. 5 _ Phone 635-7840 fee Fax 635-7269 - Library asks for § referendum date THE TERRACE PUBLIC LIBRARY board of. directors has a number- one. priority they refuse to forget. The problem is trying to get the city to remember. _ That priority, of course, is the building expansion the library board has been talking about. since - they -released ‘a report -"Building - Requirements to Year 2010 — Project Expansion" in November, 1988. The report outlined the lib- rary’s needs for the next 20 years; there are only 19 left. : Little surprise, then, the library expansion project dominated the board’s January meeting and ended "We wanted to make it.clear we city a letter. "Since city hall seems shrouded in total silence," explains board chairman Willy Schneider. are not interested in any grandiose project that includes sheets of ice, a day care centre or @ restaurant. |\. We wint to stay where we are." ~ “The. board’s letter’ to" city ‘fall was postmarked Jan. 19, says Schneider, and they’re still waiting for a reply to a few simple ques- tions, The city said last year there would be a referendum on the library expansion in 1991, says Schneider. The board wants to know in which month it will be er proces ae ae ‘WPA DS with a unanimous vote to write the — Continued on page A2 | Commission advises city i | on major project ideas | On Terrace city council’s Tourism and Economic Develop- ment Committee agenda this week are a few ideas from the Jan. 15 Tourism and Economic Advisory Commission meeting. The main theme of the ideas is community services. More " specifically: a community centre, expanded library and a second sheet of Ice. According to commission minutes, members were first told by alderman Darryl Laurent that the proposed community- conference centre may be too expensive and council was now looking at the three separate projects in a very specific order. First a community centre; second a library expansion; and. third a second sheet of Ice. From the perspective of the commission, however, all three projects are required for the future growth of the city and the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District should be encouraged to become Involved in both planning and cost sharing. This brought about the following recommendations: From commission members Eric Johanson and Tom Gingles, ; the library expansion should proceed as a separate project at the existing location. From Gerry Martin and Tom Gingles, support should be given to a combined project that included a community centre, squash courts and a second sheet of ke. And from Gerry Martin and David Dediluke, the city and the regional district together should structure a referendum to Include the library expansion, second sheet of ice and community centre in a single referendum. : 1 ‘This is only the beginning, though. The commission plans to _ discuss all three of these Issues in further detail and come up ‘ with a set of comprehensive recommendations for council to : i consider. te RCMP COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIANS Kim Olfert and Gord Sweeting (front) are fine tuning for the Northern B.C. Winter Games this weekend. Olfert, a member of the Amateur Radio Club, is co-ordinating volunteer radio operators from the club. Sweeting Is in charge of the whole | communications network for the Games. This week, they've been inventorying, testing and St channelling borrowed radio equipment to be used at the sports venues. Today they will set up the oe Control Centre at the Terrace Arena. oO 7