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Tetrace city council ap-
proved | ‘the: municipal
swinitning pool expansion

| _ project: Monday night, and

after. two. years: of waiting .
and debate it is now ready

to proceed.

-- The completed project ‘will

. include a tots teaching pool, a
oy whirlpool, ‘an expanded. weight- ©
‘lifting room, a dry and steam

sauna, relocation of the solar-

‘ jum, “arid office space for the
Bluebacks Swim Club.

‘The job of doing the expan-

‘sion work has been awarded to

Seaward, Construction | ‘of Rich-.

— mond: ‘and the. cost’ of the
.project will total $922, oz. —"
$635, 000 for the expansion pro-

ew feet itdelfy $126,362 ° for roof

repairs, and. $160, 000 for. other ,

improvements; - " professional“
fees, contingency funding and
other costs,

The project received the fund-
ing it needed last Friday when
Skeena MLA Dave Parker pre-
sented the city with a $144,454
GO B.C. grant during the open-
ing ceremonies at the new Gov-
ernment Access. Centre in Ter-
race. |

The amount was based on a
revised grant application in
which the GO B.C. money com-

- bined with the $162,000 Expo

Legacy grant totals one third of
the total Project cost of

$922,062. -
This cost was arrived : at ‘by

Regional district allots land
for gymnastics club complex

gional district will retain first
right to refusal if the club fails.

adding in previous costs such as

_réferendum advertising and de-

benture issuing costs as well as

already budgeted costs, includ-.

‘ing the paving of a ‘portion of

Atwood, replacement of the -
front door and other’ ‘interior
and exterior improvements. ‘In.

effect,” says Superintendant of
Parks and Recreation Steve
Scott, ‘‘the government is pay-

ing one third of already commit-

ted expenses,’”

. But even with ‘these adjust-
ments the Project still needed

some fine tuning — it was’ till.

Souncil a

money left over from the arena.

project: The $8,000 is somewhat
in doubt,. though, because it’s
money that belongs toa defunct
fundraiser and it’s uncertain if
- the government will release it for

the pool project. .

With this work done, 6 council

agreed unanimously, the expan-

sion. project was “‘go’’, Even —

alderman Danny Sheridan, who
had previously expressed doubts

‘about. the viability of the pro-

ject, agreed when he placed a

salt shaker on the desk, saying
-the seasoning would make “‘eat-

Legislative Library,
Piillidinent Buildings,

Victoria, BC.

ves pool proje

‘ing crow’? taste better. But Tal-
stra offered Sheridan some sol-
ace when he said his efforts to
have the project dumped a week.
ago due to a lack of funding
may have been the key responsi-
ble for unlocking the GO B.C.
funding.

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Mayor Jack Talstra says the -
budget is tight, but after success-
fully completing the RCMP
building ‘‘on budget”, he says
he is confident the city, with the
help of architect Alex Inselberg,
can keep the project on track.

Lindsay’s Cartage donated a half day’s low bed time and North Coast Road Maintenance donated the equipment
time to load, unload and position this 1927 pull type “Adams” Model 14 grader. The grader, now displayed at

' Heritage Park, came from the Salvus area, where at one time it took six horses to pull the machine In order to |
grade the roads. Above are Lindsay’s driver Verne Walsh, museum director Mamle Kerby, North Coast represen-

tative Clarence Baker and park supervisor Linda Harris.

The Terrace Peaks Gymnas-

tics Club, along with the local

karate and ‘boxing clubs, may be
building their gymnasium com-
plex in Thornhill.

The gymnastics club original-
ly went to Terrace city council

. about $90,000 short, These .dé+* for a possible location, but they

tails ‘were sorted ‘out Monday:;,can’t wait an indefinite period
night. ‘Talstra announced that “of time for a decision. Accord-

.- the Bluebacks Swim Club had=ting to club president Erika
_- offered $30,000 towards the “Neves, a suitable piece of land is
- project in return for some office

Fequired required before the
fitoject can proceed.

space, Inselberg trimmed anoth«'. pro
er $50,000 by changing exterior :
finishing materials, and there's application
another $8,000 sitting in trust approved, “‘and if we have the
with the goverment which Is promise Cor land, & woul Bo 8

“Neves says that a GO B.C.
“therefore offered space beside
the Thornhill Community Hall

long way towards ensuring offi-
cial approval for the grant”.
Neves told-the regional district
that they were not looking for
an outright grant — only assur-

‘ance that land would be avail-

able when the project was ready
to proceed.

In an interview Friday. at the -

Official oepning of the Terrace

‘Government. Access Centre,

Skeena MLA Dave Parker said

he expects a ruling on the GO

B.C. grant at the beginning of

June.

The. regional district. has

— but there are some condi-
tions. Their project must fit in
with the overall scheme for the

site, use of their facility must be.

offered to other groups ‘‘as
much as possible’, and the re-

This means the regional district

“ would retain control over any’ |
successors OF assignees of the

building.

|

‘Hendry on national team
Michelle Hendry, Terrace’s gift to Canadian women’s
basketball, is in Europe today for three weeks of games

- against the world's best teats. Hendry was the final national
team cut Sunday morning, but tater in the dny moved ap to

- 12th spot from 13th whee a regular on our 12-player national
roster suffered an lajury. She'll be playing against teams from
. Rusela, China, France, Poland, Spain, Bulgaria and

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