City Hall happenings ... A ‘special meeting of the District — of Municipal Council took - place - on Monday, lovember 22 with Mayor Gordon Rowland in ‘the chair, All aldermen were present with the exception of Jack Talstra. Terrace Blueback Swim Club for a reduction of rates during a two day meet to be. held early next year has been passed on to the Parks and Recreation Committee for study and a recom- mendation. The club feels that a charge ot $24 per hour . is excessive in view of the fact, that no admission is charged for these meets and much of the time used is not ‘in prime usage limes. The club asks that council consider reducing the fee for this meet to $10 per hour for times when the pool is not usually used and $15 per hour during high use hours, Ina petition the clud pointed aut that this meet is obligatory on the club to be recognized by the National Swimming Organization and that the.only cost to the, cily is for lights as they do their own supervision and lileguarding through use of qualified members of the club. A request from Madig Construction to reconsider rezoning of 5003 Graham Avenue received con- sideration from council as a motion to amend a previous resolution passed council. The petition was then passed on to the Plannin, Committee which will reconsider the request as well as the possibility of rezoning all of Graham from 5003 to Pear Street from Agricultural to Light In- _ dustrial. The ‘Tourism and In- dustrial Development Committee will study possibilities of observing Terrace’s 50th birthday next year. Terrace was in- corporated as a village municipality, on December . "Foundation of Columbia's annual Mothers’ March. . .. Council turned down an - invitation to attend a ‘New Terrace | Life for Old Bulldings** conference scheduled for Vancouver on February 10, i and 12, . Alderman Dave Maroney was appointed to represent the District of Terrace on: the Airport Management aes ’ Advisory Committee. The A request from_ the committee is chaired by the Airport Manager and consists of the Airport: Maintenance . Foreman, Airline Station Managers, Airport Tenants (as required), a Member . of Council, a Member of the Chamber of Commerce and others. as required. The committee is being formed to assist the. Ministry in developing an adequate long range planning policy, an to identify, and if possible, rectify any present problems. The Public Works Com- mittee is meeting to study the Municipal Engineer's summary of the consultant engineer's report on the soil testing undertaken on ‘Lanfear Hill. A bundle of facts has been sent to Ben Wosk of Van- couver identifying the possibilities of investing in Terrace: by the Industrial Development , Committee. This was suggested by Alderman Sharon Biggs followi a television in- terview in which Wosk said - that he was experiencing difficulties in finding in- . vestment possibilities in B.C. A recommendation from the Finance Committee to raise. the interest on delinquent taxes to 12 percent from the existing eight percent rate was approved by council. The Finance Committee studying the -provisional budget has made several recommendations to be used as guidelines including a goal of a three percent in- crease in the mill rate. ‘Alderman. Helmut ,Giesbrecht opposed this ‘latter recommendation and voted against it.’ The Finance Committee recommended that the Department of Public Works be contacted with a urpose of finding new iocations for tenants of City Hall in order to make space available on an interim basis to the Terrace R.C.M.- P. Detachment. Alderman who pay ‘Gerry Duffus suggested that city. hall employees be transferred to the Banquet room of the Terrace Arena, He said that a statement -. Terrace mdn. . awarded fellowship ’. A.24 year old university student from Terrace has made b Recreation. ; Direct Bill Cagey that this Cound! Doctoral fellowship ely h al ace was, in. valued at between $5,500 and correct, § 58 ere "Greig Houlden, son of are B00 uare feet of Charlie Houlden of Terrace, ; vi hile eve ie is studying ‘Canadian 9 Te 18 only History at the University of 2,800 square feet at city hall. ‘Toronto. The Finance Committee also directed administration to continue its efforts regarding @ proposal con- cerning the long-term ac-. commodation requirements of the municipality. This was approved by council, C.U.P.E. employees of the district were granted mission to take the New ear Holiday on Friday December 31 a3 a paid holiday rather than January 3, 1997 Council gave approval for all newly elected aldermen to attend the third annual seminar for newly elected officials, December 2 to 4 at the Vancouver Airport Hyatt House. , Permission. was granted to, install -a 5,000 gallon underground tank at Motz Plaza, with a Keylock System for use by trucks. Council will submit a brief in opposition to Pacific Northern Gas’ application for a rate increase which would increase the city’s gas bill for the arena by 7.8 percent and the swimming pool by 10.7 percent. Council gave — three readings to a_ by-law amendment which’ would ‘allow Terrace taxpayers for utilities a free trip tothe dump once a month. by presenting a ‘receipted bill at the gale. Council gave three readings to a by-law exempting certain properties. from municipal 7 ARES, When questioned as ‘to. why;, the. teacher's ‘residence’ én .the Catholic Church property was not exempted from taxes while the nurse’s residence at the hospital was the mayor i ied that if this was done the members of the Terrace clergy could ask fo the same privilege.. Janitorial services will be sent out to tender this year: - Labour market report __ “The following bulletin .is “....based-on the regults of the . Labour Force Survey of Statistics .Canada. for’ the reference week ended October 16, 1976. — SUMMARY ‘ "Employment increased in ¢ ‘British Columbia by 8,000 .- between’ September and. -, Qetober, This- had ‘a. con- --plderable’’ impact on. the- adjusted | “seasonally unemployment rate, - reducing it from 8.5 percent to -7.3-percent. The main _beneficiaries - of . this im- : “Bravernent ‘ in labour - demiand were women. Their - unemployment rate dropped -from..11.4- percent to 9.3 ; percent. A high rate of job - . tor the. service . mation: in ] industry ‘and continued The young labour force, the’ 15.to 19 year olds, on the “other hand gained none of - the extra jobs available this month. Their unem- ployment rate at 18 percent continues to far exceed the ‘average, =: oe, UNEMPLOYMENT Both the actual and the seasonally adjusted ‘unemployment rates f Auto theft: Reg Sieben, of Kirby Road -in Thornhill, reported ‘November 22 the theft of the motor and transmission from his Datsun 1200 parked at Delta Creek, 12 miles west of Terrace. dropped substantially over last month; the actual fell from 7.7 cent to 7.1 percent, ¢the seasonally adjusted from 6.5 percent to 7.3 percent. This 7.3 percent ts B.C.’s unemployment aw the Canadian average - of 7.6 percent but still well excess of the exceptionally low rates that the Prairies: are currently experiencing. Money stolen Edith Stauffer reported the theft of her wallet from. her purse while she was in Northland Delicatessen November 18. $60 and her ‘identification papers were stolen, oo Houlden graduated from Skeena unior Senior Secondary School: in 1969. During his senior year there | he served as student council president. ' -- He then worked for a year before starting work on his bachelor’s degree at U.B.C. He obtained his degree in June 1975. Houlden earned his masters degree at the University of Toyonte in June 1976. He hopes to return to U.B.C, eventually to teach in the history . department. reig is married to Jacque (nee Demniitt also Greig Houlden from Terrace) and they have a Ada one month old son, m,. . Hall of Fame : _. Director . - Peter Webster, Executive Director of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame hasbeen elected President of the Association of Sports Museums and Halls of Fame, ‘His election marks the first time that a Canadian has been voted to this office. The ‘Association of Sports Museums and Halls of Fame has nearly. 30 halls and museums in its membership across North America. The following are the Officers of the Association:- Bruce Pluckhahn, First Vice- President, National Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame; ‘MH. “Lefty” Reid, Second Vice-President, Hockey Hall of Fame; W.R. ' Schroeder, Secretary- Treasurer, Citizens Savings Hall; Lee Williams, Past “President, :-Naiamith uMemoftia! Basketball Hall.of “Fame; Vaughan':Baird Director, Aquatic Bill’ . Hall i Fame and Museum of Canada, Inc.; Don Porter, Director, National Softball Hall of Fame; Robert Day, Director, International Tennis Hall of Fame and Tennis Museum. It is an Association designed to encourage the development of all aspects of sport on. all levels and to permanent tribute to the. outstanding athletes, coaches, builders and ad- ministrators both past and present whose achievements provide - in- spiration for youth today. . "Pm delighted with my new. post,’’ said Webster, “and I look forward to working with all the’ other halls. I feel we have an excellent Hall of Fame here — but through my ‘new ition; Pmvcertainwe'll be - Hy: Btle to improve the B.C. Sports.Hall.of Fame even more rr o Bote Library news by Elaine Per Want. to read "what everyone else is. reading? The brary tries to keep u with the best sellers. On the fiction list at present are. Mary Stewart’s.“‘Touch Not the Cat”, Leon Uris’ new Auto theft. Dan O'Brien, of Gair Avenue, reported the theft of a radiator, rear end axles, tires and tape deck from his 1966 International which was parked at Bomac Equipment Sales November Night caller A break-in at Terrace Esso was short-lived November 19 when the in- truder was scared off when he discovered the attendant working under a car. Vehicle stolen’ . Peter Haagen, of Loen Avenue, reported the theft of his 1969 Fargo Van from the driveway of his home - November 19, ‘Police are - '. still investigating. "THE HERALD, Wednesday, Novennber 24, 1974, PAGE one about ireland. — Trinity’, and another favourite, ' Alistair MacLean, called ’’the Golden Gate’, Richard Rohmer has had cession of topical best sellera since “ and his latest called _ “Separation” is particularly timely. Although Rohmer is _popular he is usually not taken . seriously . -by reviewers and critics. A-writer who is and who also manages to produce best seliers is Brian Moore. Moore is an Irishman who has lived in Canada and now resides in California. He has received two Governor General's Awards for Fiction — for “The Luck of Ginger Coffey” (1960) and “The Great Victorian Collection” (1975). His new book, ‘The Doctor's Wife” has received a lot of at- - tention from the critics as adventure story by a great a. suc: ” timatum"’. well as the public and iZ currenly number four om the -best seller list — « eof beet sellers af the. moment include thit ear’s Pierre Berton of. ering, “My Country; The Remarkable Past" (971)2 Berton. defies anyone ta; believe that the history of our country is colourless: William Stevenson's “A; Man .Called Intrepid’s (940.5486), the incredible: story of the World ‘War 1% spy is still very popular: Intrepid reports, Woodward: and Bernstein, produced: another best seller out of: pe made seller out Newman’s “The Canadian: Establishment’ (338.8). -: Keep up with the best: - Month - Keeping TAB on Terrace information Gall 636-8196 . Terrace Mang, - Mary Stevens [Res. - 695-3105 . BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. Part time or full time, Very small investment. Only honest, ambitious people need apply. ".. 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SUPPOTE... 8. 3 at the polls Ay ; 1971 Maverick 4 dr. seda - 1975 1974 . &eyh, $5p., radio. : 2000€e, #sp., radlo, b-heater, W.C,m Datsun PL 620, long box Datsun PL 620 1800 ce, 4sp., radio, b-heater, W.C. mirrors, H.0.bumper.-. | Irrars, H.D. bumper. 1974 Datsun PL 620 | Roe 1800 cc, 4sp., radio, b-heater, radial tires, W.C, mircors, H.D. bumper. 1974 Ford F-100 eS V-8, autom., P.S., P.B.,radlo, H.D. bumper, W.C. mirrors. | Btrength in the manufac- - *! turing Sector were the main ~ factors contributing “to: the -buoyant expansion. - ! -.-*, LABOUR FORCE to, -.: “AND EMPLOYMENT ' "The labour forea while registering ‘negligible ‘ growth between’ September aiid October ‘continues to grow ata substantial annual _ rate of 3.5. percent, ‘This- is primarily due to an Increase n the male’s partic! atlon percent: Compared to this ne last year 26,000 more men are either working or looking for work, The im- proved opportunities in the manufacturing sector would certainly account for a portion of this higher than average..influx of male “workers: + >". Of the 8,000 more jobs in » the B.C,- labour market ‘in. ““Q¢tober over September, 7,000 of them. ‘went to -? women, The 9,1 percent 2 mmonth-over-month growth :””” pate in the service sector is _-