“It’s a sound project and it’s
‘going. to do a whole lot for
Terrace,” Premier Bill Vander
Zalm said.in Terrace last week

as he announced a provincial.” 7
commitment of $2.4 million for’ .
the Shames Mountain Ski devel- -
: -opment. “*T think it will be much‘.
more an attraction than people
even: realize: ‘it to -be and:.it?’s’

another: Whistler.” ..

‘Vander.’ -Zalm’s commitment
to the project means the Minis-
try: of Highways can ‘proceed
with upgrading . the first six.
kilometers of the Shames Moun-
tain access road and the con-

co struction of the last four. In ad-
dition, the ministry will assume.

the” responsibility © ‘of snow.
removal on a permanent basis. -
_ Shames Mountain Ski Cor-
poration president Dr. Barrie
Phillips says that Vander Zalm’s
announcement - will release
$502,000 in the form of a low
interest federal/provincial loan

_that was presented to the cor-
poration by MLA Dave Parker
and federal: MP Frank ‘Oberle

.. almost-a year ago. The loan was

conditional on the completion

of the road and can now be used _

to develop. the project.
Now, says Phillips, they can
finally ~ begin thinking about

The Royal Canadian. Legion
beef barbecue was a popular
spot following the Riverboat
Days Parade. Teghan Nor- .
berg was just one of many
who enjoyed the event.

Shames road |
_ money rolls in

it's going to provide. em-.--
ployment, and one day it will. be :

ready planned. Phase 2 will in
‘clude the the’ ‘nistallation: of another’

- Phase 4, will add another double

Election,

things like soil sampling and’
choosing.a lodge site in prepara-
tion . for construction next

spring.

_Shames_ Mountain board di-

‘rector’ Larry Krause explains

that road construction will Begin
within the next two weeks and

the. construction. of the'hill itself.
will, begin’ next spring. He says
- Phase’ 1-will include a double.
‘chairlift - “and two T-bar lifts
- providing ° an initial capacity of
1,500‘ skiers per day. He says
this ‘is. roughly equivalent to.
“Hudson Bay Mountain.

Following ‘Phase 1, Krause

‘says, the mountain will be devel-

coped as demand dictates and
that future development is al-

two. chairlifts -inicreasing . the
capacity to 2,558 skiers per day.
The vertical drop, though, will
remain the same at 1,780 feet.

Phase 3 calls for the addition
of a triple chairlift and another
double lift almost doubling the
mountain’s capacity: to 4,458
skiers per day and increasing the
vertical drop to its maximum,
3,103 feet.. The final phase,

chairlift and increase. the capaci-
ty. to 4,949 skiers per day, mak-
ing Shames Mountain a first rate
regional ski area.

Krause says there is one last
hurdle to clear but adds that he
doesn’t see it as a major prob-
lem. The corporation still needs
another $500,000 in order to
complete Phase i but he says he
believes the construction of the
road will restore faith inthe

project and area residents will.

see it as an opportunity for
investment — not. only finan-
cially, but in determining the
quality of life in Terrace in the
future.

’ British Columbia home-_
owners pay the highest property
taxes of any jurisdiction in
Canada. A large proportion of

' that taxation is for the education

system, but B.C. school spend-
ing is actually below the Cana-
dian average.

The provincial government
has struck a panel to review the
property tax system, and’ the

Property

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“WEDNESDAY, AUGUST! 9; 1989

It doesn’t often ‘happen on the Job,
During the Riverboat Days Slingers’ race,
don't despair, the suds seen in this picture are only water.

turn to pages 14 and 15.

Vol. 5, Issue No. 32

Phone 635-7840. .
635-7269

Fax

but suds slingers have been known to lose a drop or two.
though, some slingers lost the whole tray — but
For more Riverboat Days photos,

tax review panel to meet here

group will hold hearings in Ter-
race Aug. 31. The panel will
consist of Municipal Affairs
Minister Rita Johnston, Finance
Minister Mel Couvelier, Marilyn
‘Baker, president of the Union of
B.C. Municipalities, and tax ré-
form activist Conrad Adams.
Dick Melville, a public affairs
officer in the office of the Pro-

vincial Secretary, said last! week

the review was prompted by a
large volume of complaints re-
garding escalating residential,
property taxation rates. ‘‘There

‘are a lot of concerned people

saying, ‘we've got to talk about
this’, so we’re going to listen,”’
Melville remarked.

The board of Schoo! District
88 does not have a mecting

scheduled before the review

panel sits in Terrace, but district
secretary-treasurer Barry

Piersdorff said the board has’
already endorsed a position.

paper on the subject issued by
the B.C. School

local property tax increases to be
directly proportional to in-
creases in education spending.

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Trustees
Association, The paper calls for

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