Costly wrong turn _ | ‘Arunner in a half marathon found himself all alone and it cost him ~ | first place/SPORTS C1 | oe Literary effort starts Local UNBC prof David Heineman is highlighting northern writing in. Points North/COMMUNITY B1 T : BC. RESIDENTS could face cuts in provincial government services if they ¢lect large mumbers of Reform oF Conservatives in. the federal Frenetic fungus.search This year's mushroom picking — season has been wilder than | normal/NEWS A10 — 75¢ PLUS 5¢ GST WEDNESDAY VOL.6NO. 26. OCTOBER 13, 1993 | Don't forget YOU GET a chance tomor- row evening question the eight people who wanl 10 become the noxt Member of is to demand spending- cuts to balance the books,”’ he added. That message would not be lost on the provincial government and remembered when it came time to social spending and likely further teductions in Iransfer payments to - achieve it, oo. - The Reform platform calls for elimination’ of the deficit in just in federal transfer payments, Victoria’s approach had becn ‘*reasonably gentle’”. Those transfer payments help finance programs such as health Helmut Giesbrecht Paper claims awards THE TERRACE STANDARD was named third in its class and figured in four other categories in this year’s B,C. and Yukon Com- munity Newspapers Association. awards. ~. o The third place. designation comes in the general excellence calegory for broadsheet newspa- rs of under £0,000 circulation. The association has as its mem- bers most of .the community newspapers in this province. There are two broadsheet classi- fications — one for newspapers under 10,000 circulation and the other for newspapers over 10,000 in circulation. Reporter Jeff Nagel received two honourable mentions. One was in the MacMillan Bloedel Journalism Award’s fea- tures category. It came for an arti- cle on a volunteer. group’s use of traditional native healing to break the cycle of sexual abuse. The other honourable. mention came in the Neville Shanks Memorial Award category for historical writing. It was for a feature on the 1950 crash near the Kispiox Valley of a U.S. Air Force B-36 bomber that carried an atomic bomb. A third place award came under a new category sponsored by Canada Post., Called Flight of Freedom, the category is for arti- cles on literacy. It went to Cris Leykauf, a sum- mer co-op student who worked at The Terrace Standard from May to August 1992. She wrote a fea- ture on The Northwest Reader, the newspaper published by Pro- ject Literacy Terrace for begin- ning readers. Advertising representative Janet Viveiros claimed third place for best advertising design. The ad was for Thornhili Subaru and was — entitled «Limit Three Per Customer.” election, wams Skeena MLA care, social services and three years — while the deal with another round of federal | parliament for Skeena.. Helmut Giesbrecht - education. ~ ye . Conservatives have indicated five transfer payment reductions. The all candidates meeting Although neither of those While . other _ provinces had - yearsistheirlarget. a Giesbrecht’s statement drew a begins 7 p.m. at the R.E.M. parties was likely to form the next reacied by cutting spending'on. While — accepting deficit stinging rebuke from Skeena Lee Theatre. 7 government, he explained, ‘‘it’s those programs,... the . B.C. seduction. was important, Reform party candidate Mike Written and oral questions not whose going to form the government, it’s the message the election presents.” a Therefore, the provincial New Democrat government would be watching the results of the Oct. 25 vote to guage what direction the public wanted governments to ; follow. To date, when faced with cuts government had instead offset the shortfall by reducing government . -waste and moderate tax increases. - That, in turn, had allowed it to slightly increase, spendiig in — those areas, ~ oS Giesbrecht noted the Reform and Conservative parties were both advocating deficit reduction as a priotity and eyeing cuts in -Giesbrecht said the. provincial government believed a balanced approach = was. Mecessary, including retaining existing jobs and creating new ones. However, Reform = and Conservative success would suggest British Columbians rejected that approach and that "the over riding voice of peaple aot, 0 itis Y seal Bt AE BAP an Mr. Sandman SKEENA VALLEY Golf and Country Club has enjoyed one of its best seasons ever, in'no small part due to the superb condition of the course. While Mother Nature gets a lot of the. credit for that, the maintenance crew's efforts have also playad a big part Above, Gerry Pros- ser is seen sanding the practice putting green, For a review of the season and a look ahead at what's in store for golfers next year, tum to the Sports section and page C3. Moose hunting days cut LOW NUMBERS of bull moose in the Skeena region have forced conservation officers to chop the fall hunting season in half. Moose hunting season will be 10 days iong this fall — from Oct. 26 to Nov. 5. And there’s only one weekend during those 10 days. “People arc, tather excited about that,”’ says conservation of- ficer Glen Slater. An excessive number of bulls "have ‘been shot ‘in. the Skeena region in tecent years, he says." “The ‘ratio ‘between’ bulls -and *- cows is very low,” Slater added. “If we let it continue, the popula- tion will decline.’’ Last year, hunters had 20 days to fill their freezors, Other regulation changes put stiff restrictions on how close to shoot. © the road: people ‘are allowed to ‘a 400-metre. hunting ostire for Hwys 16 and 37: That doesn’t apply for shotguns, which can be used near the highways as long as they’re at least 10 metres off the road. Hwy37 north of Meziadin is not covered under the 400-metre ban. Doe Road hunting is very common in the area, Slater says. “They basically drive until they see something and then they get out and chase it,” he says. “There are also new restrictions that ban hunting within 100 - metres: of any~ building “where ~~ _ people or animals live, as well a8 am at 638-3279. school. yards, -“' schools” and playgrounds. Slater said the regulation changes will allow conservation - officers to act on complaints now. New restrictions state: that snowmobiles can’t be used to . hunt of to transport wildlife or a ’ hunter © within . certain’ areas, primarily north and cast of Ter- Tacé, . toe Slater says any hunters with questions shou'4 get. a. copy of and/or call the conservation office is year’s synopsis of regulations ~ Scott. ; “‘(He’s) threatening — the voters,’ said Scott. “‘1 think that’s offensive and I think the voters -will themselves. ‘“What they’re saying is if you don't vote the way we want you to vote, we're going to punish you,”’ he added: Mayor’ see that for from the audience are wel- comed, : The event is sponsored by the Terrace and Disirict Chamber of Commerce and The Terrace Standard. This ‘is the only cvent scheduled here to bring the candidates together. s race heating up FOR THE first time since 1986, there will be a mayoral race here. First elected to the office in 1986, incumbent Jack Talstra has twice. This time he faces a challenge from. Linda Bretfeld, who filed papers last week. And Bretfeld’s been quick to outline the main planks of her campaign. One is what she sces as the need for careful management of the community’s growth. While councils could not claim credit for growth that would have happened anyway, said Bretfeld, they did have a responsibility. to put in place guidelines and policles which ensured it hap- pened in such.a way as to be to the benefit of the city. In the case of Terrace, Bretfeld was troubled by variances that had been granted ‘‘without thought: to the long term con- sequences’’, She also emphasized the ne to make sure the infrastructure — roads and sewers —~ wore in place before approving new subdivi- sions. Otherwise, the danger was more traffic was put on to streets that were already in poor condition, she said. However, Talstra says one of the major problems council is now facing and will continue to face is where the money comes from to carry out -infrastructural work, Referring to the long range paving plan dropped by council a couple of years ago, Talstra said it would have put an extra $100 on a homeowners annual tax bill. And the province had now wamied it would be reducing the grant. money _. it gives municipalities for such work. *"We're going to have io look at all departments and see what’s necessary and what’s not neces- sary,”’ be maintained, Pointing out the city was. opera- ting at a bare bones level already, - he said the next three years were not going to be casy ones. He also predicted the trend of interest--groups coming forward and, very articulaicly, pressing their case on planning issucs such as the current Howe Creek con- troversy would continue. But council will have to decide whether their goals are In the best interesis of the community as‘ a whole. : Bretfeld has already spelled oul her position on Howe. Creek de- velopment plans, saying she’d prefer to see the area become _ Since been returned unopposed - preon belt, pean Jack Talstra Linda Bretfeld Noting many other ‘com- munities were deliberately saving green belt areas within their bor- ders, she sald Terrace’ should: learn from them. ae “Once you’ve built on it, it’s hard to get it back,’’ she pointed . out, adding recovering green arcas Often cast a considerable amountofmoney, Noting it appeared there would be at least three new faces on the next- council, Talstra said he thought he could serve ‘‘a useful role’ in providing some con-- tinulty.- De And, anticipating the next coun- cil. would ~ hold: “divergent views"’ on many of the. major is- sues it would face, he hoped: to continue {o play *‘a moderating rolc’” in those debates, — 7 ” Bretfeld, the manager :at the Skeena Mall, is the first female to "try for the mayor’s office: since Sharon Biggs was defeated by ‘Dave Maroney in the late "70s. . Candidates have been quick to file papers for both council and school board. Turn to page A3- have: for. details. on. those. : w. declared so far. °;