sone ee —e pti “Vol. 3, Issue No.4 calling the municipal of- fices. here ‘during recent months: ‘has .been an- swered, ‘‘Hello, -City of Terrace.”? As soon as Ter- - race council received con- . firmation last year that the District of Terrace qual- ified: for status as a city, _all the trappings of a new era were put in place. ~ ‘On the evening of Jan. 22, however, it became of- ficial. At a ceremony in the Skeena Mall attended by hundreds’ of local peo- ple, B.C. Environment and Parks Minister Step- hen Rogers presented Mayor Jack Talstra and Deputy Mayor Ald. Mo Takhar with letters patent making Terrace a city under the Municipal Act, along with a unique cab- inet proclamation. ‘This ‘ has never been-done be- fore,” Rogers said. ‘“To- “day has been proclaimed ‘City of Terrace Day’, ” “throughout the province of B.C.” In addition to its de- signation as a city, Terrace also celebrated sixty years as an incorporated mun- icipality. In brief speeches made to the gathering by -TERRACE — Greater Terrace Official Community Plan, a set of proposed guidelines to control development. in the rural areas surround-_ Outside _ Date Hi Prec. Jan. 19 2-3 10mm Jan. 20 4 1 10.8 mm Jan. 21 2 1 @4mm Jan. 22 | 3.0 trace dan. 23 2 0 06mm. Jan. 24. 2-2 18mm Jan. 25 4-1 12mm Forecast: Mild, general- ly’ cloudy, occasional light snow or mixed raln and snow. Afternoon highs 2; overnight lows. 0. , The: Inside BusinessGulde = =s_-« 16 ’ Church Directory 14 Classified Ads 22 Coming Events 8 Comics 2 Crossword 21 Dining Directory 2 Entertainment 1? Horoscope 17 Letters 4,5 Opinions 4 Sports BO Stork Report 14 . Talk of the Town ee - the. Mayor, Skeena MLA ‘Dave Parker, Skeena MP Jim Fulton’s constituency - secretary Norma Randle, and other prominent res- idents of Terrace, one recurring theme was pre- sent in all remarks - Ter- race’s greatest asset is its people. Two Terrace people given special: recognition at the ceremonies were Paul Clark. and. Vesta Douglas. In. receiving a - certificate from Deputy Mayor Mo Takhar, Clark said in his world-wide travels as an international- class wheelchair athlete he has told’ people every- where about Terrace, and he concluded by calling Terrace ‘‘a city with ’ class’’. Vesta Douglas was given an enormous carved wooden ‘‘key to the city’’ as a symbol of her status as Freeman of Terrace. In _ presenting it Mayor, Jack. Talstra remarked the key’ would give her access to “everything in city hall -except the vault”’. Douglas accepted the honor by pointing out that hundreds of other people in Terrace were equally ing the city of Terrace, has been shelved by the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine for three months... - At the Jan. 17 meeting ati fib City status declared B.C. Minister of Environment and Parks Stephen Rogers (center) travelled to Terrace recently to convey the official Letter Municipal Act. Along with 1 celebrations at the Skeena Mall. See more photos page 12. ¢ Patent making Terrace a cltly under the terms of the B.C. he document, received by Mayor Jack Talstra, (left); Rogers: presented Deputy Mayor Mo. Takhar witha: proclamation declaring Jan. 22 “City of Ter-. race’ day throughout the province. The ceremony was part of Terrace’s GOth birthday deserving -of. recognition for their efforts in making Terrace a better place to live. ‘*There is nothing of the regional district board, Area C director Gordon Robinson stated he was under ‘‘tremen- dous pressure’? from his constituents to oppose im- better than to be a ~ helper,’’ she said. ‘When you cease making a con- tribution to the communi- | Community plan put plementation of the com- munity plan in its pro- posed form as Bylaw 247, Robinson said he felt that he had no choice but to carry out the wishes of the ty, that’s when you begin to get old.’ The ceremonial events were interspersed with on ice . electorate, and he put for- ward a successful motion, ‘to have the plan tabled un- | til the March meeting of. the regional district board. continued on page 23 ocial evening a success d “Meet Your MLA,” on Saturday even Chris Shafter and Marlon Purschke greeted everyone at wT. ing, Jan. 17 at the Photo by Daniele Berquist. 50 CENTS errace CO TERRACE —. Anyone entertainment by a variety of local performers, in- cluding the choir from Clarence Michiel School, members of the Terrace - Little Theatre and a vocal quartet led by Ginny Low-.. rie. The themes were local, . such as- with titles Children of the-North and the Skeena River Moun- tain Valley Blues. The. program, conducted at a brisk pace by Master of Ceremonies Doug Smith, concluded with the serving of a city-sized birthday cake contributed by mer-. chants in the Skeena Mail. This celebration was something more than a, party, it was a landmark in the history of the com- munity. During the past decade serious problems have developed in many social and economic. as- pects of living in Terrace, - but each succeeding chal- - Whe , Jenge has‘been met withis> 2 “determination:and