Vol. 4, Issue No. 4 —_ ~~ Surprise, Bob! Caught off guard, local office machine dealer Bob Wilkinson appeared somewhat astonished at being selacted Business Executive of the Year by - the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce last week. For story, sea page 2. ae tt tang mens unique timber sale Bill Harvie of Vanderhoof said he was surprised when no one else bid on a timber license sale. for a stand of birch and aspen near Meziadin. Harvie said he believed there would have been much more interest if the birch had been for export, but because the timber had to be processed in B.C. he was unop- posed in the bidding and suc- cessful in obtaining a cutting license for 50 cents per cubic meter. The sale took place at the Ministry of Forests district of- fice in Terrace Jan. 18. by Tod Strachan According to Harvie, this type of contract is a first in B.C., and he believes the production of birch lumber could be profitable and also create employment. He expects to be employing about 10 people within the first year of operation, . Harvie said he has been con- sidering the idea for several years and has done intensive research over the past year and a half after giving the idea to the continued on page 23 Sixth generation | Tom {T.J,) Turner (the smail one In the center), born in Mills Memorial Hospital last month, is the sixth in his family to carry that name, Grandmother Gail Turner, mother Laura (Kohl) Turner and father Tom (of course) Turner recent- ly gathered with a Terrace Review reporter to discuss the family’s history. For story, see page 17. Sea pm RS eg ala “Unopposed bid gets TERRACE — A bid by Alder- man - Ruth Hallock to open North Sparks St. to unrestricted log hauling was narrcwly defeated at Monday’s council meeting. Mayor Jack Talstra cast the deciding vote after council opinion was split on the motion sparked by complaints of violations of a permit system Hallock says is unenforceable. Aldermen Mo Takhar, Danny Sheridan and Doug Smith op- posed Hallock’s motion which stated that restrictions regarding log hauling on North -Sparks should be removed and the route from the Kitselas/North Sparks intersection to the Halliwell/Kalum Lake Drive-in- tersection should be designated as an arterial hauling route open to all traffic. In making the motion, Hallock said she was concerned two years ago, when Bell Pole said they intended to use the route to haul timber out of the Kitselas area, because of the ‘‘deplorable’’ condition of Halliwell. But she said it had ‘long been clear’’ that Halliwell could not be upgraded by “straight taxation’? because of the high cost factor involved and “it seemed expedient that a cost _ sharing plan that would involve Halliwell property owners under an LIP arrangement would bring that job into the realm of possibility’. z Hallock told council that this has now happened. A_cost- sharing agreement has been made to upgrade the gravel por- tion of Halliwell this year and it appears the same will happen with the paved portion next year. ‘We'll end up ultimately with Halliwell Avenue complete- ly rebuilt to arterial highway standards,’’ she said. “Tt goes without saying,’’ said Hallock, ‘‘that the Kitselas ac-— cess, used for years by logging trucks and other traffic and - equipment, would naturally be considered available when the Kitselas timber licence was given to Bell Pole. Betty Barton photo TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, January 27, 1988 Permit system ‘The North Sparks/Halliwell route has been used for many, | many years — even long before Halliwell Avenue and the pro- perties abutting thereto became part of the municipality in the 1950’s. Prior to that time the property owners had enjoyed the - unique privilege of holding hob- by farm land tracts without pay- ing taxes into the general revenue coffers of Terrace, They lived in an unorganized area similar to Thornhill today.” Hallock continued by saying that when the municipal boun- daries were extended Halliwell property owners began to look .for ‘tangible evidence of im- provements and services to the bench area’’. She said many im- provements were put in place, but Halliwell was never properly finished. “Token paving was done from Sparks to Thomas, and has long since been pounded into oblivion — not by logging trucks — but by all manner of traffic,” she said, pointing out that Halliwell was subject to the same weight restrictions as pro- vincial highways. ‘‘When we were faced by an onslaught of citizens,’’ con- were badly misinformed, spark- ed to protest by one or two key instigators, and many of them were more concerned with pro- perty devaluation than anything else.”” ‘And the council of that day,”’ said Hallock, ‘‘did not bite the bullet. We restricted the use of North Sparks and effec- tively stopped logging truck ac- cess to Halliwell Avenue.” **In the interim, we toyed with some ridiculous alternate con- cepts, not the least of which was using City of Terrace taxpayers money to assist in building a log- ging road outside of the City of Terrace boundaries. ‘‘Meanwhile, logging ac- tivities and potential jobs in the Kitselas timber holdings were placed in limbo, and our pro- crastinations were affecting not just the corporate coffers of the major Terrace mills but the very livelihood of Terrace subcon- tractors, fallers, chokermen, skidder operators and truck drivers in this community. And this is a community that didn’t come to pass because the tooth fairy looked on it with favor, but because loggers and timbermen found a means to work, make a half decent living for themselves and their families, and create and main- Legislative Library, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. 50 CENTS tain a pretty decent town.”’ Hallock said that the city now has a ‘‘decent assured’’, jobs are waiting in the Kitselas area, and: ‘‘Here we stand with a permit system that prevents trucks from accessing Halliwell, except at specific times, in order to insure safety for Uplands School children in a school zone that is the same as school zones all over this pro- vince — posted at 30 kilometers per hour.”’ According to Hallock, there have only been three fatalities on Halliwell. in the past 25 years, and “‘none of them involved log- ging trucks’’. ‘In my view the safety aspect under such circumstances has been fully addressed, except for perhaps the proven dangers in- curred by the drivers of vehicles that are used for transporting children to and from Uplands School. Some of those drivers could stand a bit of extra atten- tion,’ Hallock said. Hallock told council that the time has come when they should take a stand and stick by it. ‘“‘We have the choice of doing that or running again and allowing the abuse, from one or two property owners with self-serving motiva- tions to impede our judgement.” She urged council to vote in favor of her motion and con- ‘cluded by asking them to “eliminate the troublesome, time consuming and non- enforceable permit system that now exists’’. ‘* Anything less, in my view, is not only a travesty in terms of economic buoyancy, but it’s also a farce in terms of common sense.” However, Hallock’s plea was lost on Talstra, Takhar, Sheridan and Smith. Their comments varied slightly, but in general, they agreed it would be prudent to maintain the system in use and ask ad- ministration to enforce the pre- sent restrictions, by cancelling permits if necessary, until the promised provincial cost-sharing money to upgrade Halliwell is ‘tin the bank’’. Smith also asked for more in- formation on an earlier com- ment by Bob Cooper who said the ‘‘arterial’’ designation of ‘Halliwell would be mandatory under the provincial govern- ment’s cost-sharing program. inside Business Gulde 12 Church Directory 10 Glassifled Ads 21 Coming Events 14 Comics 20 Crossword . 20 Dining Directory a Entertainment 2 Horoscope 16 Letters 5,6 Opinions 4. Sports - 8. 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