;
'

me nee Rt cae

Parliament Buildings,

r Legislative Library,
|

V8V 1X4

Victoria, B.C.

¥ OUR HOMETOWN LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERA TED NEWSPAPER
TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, March 16, 1988

Vol. 4, Issue No. 11

50 CENTS

Caledonia
‘scholars
set record

Ninety-two percent of the
Caledonia student body passed
their first semester finals, and 25
of the final marks were 90 per-
cent or better. These are both
school
principal Bill Sturn, and he says
the credit belongs to ‘“‘hard-
working”? teachers and ‘‘in-
dustrious’’ students.

The 25 top marks were turned
in by 15 grade 12 Caledonia
students, two more records ac-
cording to Sturn. Of the 15, five
qualified for Provincial Scholar-
ships of $1,000 each, providing
they graduate in 1988, and the
rest may qualify for $1, 000 Pro-
vincial Scholarships if they do
well on one or more of their
finals in June.

The scholarship winners in-

cluded Sara Chen-Wing who ex- ©

ceed 90 percent on three dif-

ferent exams, Surrinder Deol -

who scored 97 percent in
Biology 12, Adam Ford, over 90
on two exams, Peter Hepburn
who. was over 90 percent on all

four of his finals, and David ©

Weismiller, who scored 91 per-
cent in Biology 12.

The list of likely winners who
will be shooting for scholarships
in June included Coin Brehaut,
Inness Campbell, Mathew
Cheer, Aaron Davis, Davis
Lindsay, Shawnee Love, David
Vu and Christine Weber.’

Sturn added that several
Caledonia students have also

been nominated for other na-.

tional or provincial scholar-
ships. Peter Hepburn has been
nominated for the University of

‘Toronto National Scholarship,

Christine Weber for the
Premier’s Award of Excellence,
Shawnee Love, Mark Bentley
and Deborah Jackman for
Pacific Rim Scholarships, and
Michelle Hendry, Jann Marie
Wilson and Lisa Dams for Nan-
cy Greene Scholarships.

records according to.

a

Outside
Date HI Lo Prec.
Mar. 7 3°90 # 15.4mm mixed
: rain & snow
Mar. 8 6 1 B.2 mm mixed
. rain & snow
Mar. 9 6 +1 4mm mixed
rain & snow
Mar. 10 4 2 nil
Mar. 11 6 0 nil
Mar. 12 rTO1 trace of rain
Mar. 13 7 nll

Forecast: Continuing sunny
through Thursday. Increasing
stouds for Friday and the
weekend with a chance of rain.
Highs until Thursday 7, lows to
+3; from Thursday on highs of 5
' and lows near 0,

Angela Moehiing Is the first new Justice of the Peace to take office in Ter-
race since 19B4. She was sworn in at a ceremony in the Terrace court-
house by Judge P.R. Lawrence March 8. Moshling Is currently a District
Registrar, and she said the new authority will allow her to sign ball release
applications, issue summonses, warrants and search warrants, and

authorize subpoenas for witnesses.

Police building
gets reprieve

The Provincial Police
Building at the corner of Kalum
St. and Lakelse Ave. has been
given one last reprieve before it
will either be destroyed or
become a heritage site. In a 3-2
vote Monday night council
decided to have the heritage
value of the building assessed by
a professional before making
their final decision.

The decision followed a Com-
mittee of the Whole recommen-
dation to contact B.C. Heritage
Trust to request that one of their
professional’ staff visit Terrace

-for the purpose of assessing the

heritage value of the building.
The motion was opposed by
Bob Jackman, who reminded
council that they have a request
to remove the building so the
property can be sold by its
owner. “I don’t believe he
bought it as a heritage site,’’ said
Jackman. ‘‘We’re holding back
development of that area.”’
Jackman told council that

even if they were to purchase the.
property in order to preserve the’

building, it would still be a

‘passive commer’? in.an area to

be considered for prime develop-
ment, According to Jackman,
merchants located on. the
downtown portion of Kalum St.
are considering a- revitalization
project to upgrade their area,

B.C. New Democrat justice critic Moe Sihota, the MLA for Esquimalt: -Port Flentrew, was In Terrace last week with
his wife Jesse (center). Slhota was mat by Terrace NDP representative Gall Murray (right) at a reception in the Ter-
race Hotel. The rookie MLA spoke to a larga crowd and vowed to continue his efforts to uncover the facts behind
the Coquihalia highway spending scandal.

and it would be a bonus to the
merchants “if we can get that
eyesore out of there”’.

Jackman’s position was sup-
ported by Mo Takhar, but the
vote was tied when a motion
made by Ruth Hallock to adopt

the committee’s recommenda- |

tion received the support of Bob
Cooper.

“Tt isn’t my intention to go on
forever and forever and hold
this property owner up,’’ said
Hallock. ‘‘I quite agree that
would be most unfair. But by
the same token, we do have an
existing bylaw, and before we
rescind that bylaw we should
make every effort we can to
determine the heritage value of
that particular piece of
property.’’

_ Hallock added that she felt it
was ‘‘highly unfair’’ for
Jackman to refer to the building
as ‘‘an eyesore and a worthless
building’’.

“To my way of thinking,” she
said, “‘any building that has sur-
vived since 1906 is pretty well
worth its salt. It’s Pretty well put
together.’""’ ">

She concluded by saying,
“‘There’s a lot to be said about
the heritage value that obviously
some people have overlooked.
That is the last remaining
heritage building on its original
site in the entire community.
Unfortunately, we don’t have
any heritage brick or stone
buildings here but this is a town
that was built out of wood, sur-
vived on wood and will continue
to survive on wood -— no matter
how many concrete apparitions
go up in the downtown area.”

Takhar answered Hallock’s
comments by pointing out that
they had been trying to decide
the fate of the building for ‘ta
year and’a half’? and the debate
had gone nowhere. ‘‘We’re just
holding up the owner of this,
property,’’ he said.

When the vote was called,
Mayor Jack Talstra cast the

continued on page 24

ie |
inside

Business Guide 16
Church Directory 10
Classified Ads 21,22
Coming Events 14
Comics 20

| Crossword 20
Dining Directory 2
Entertainment 2
Horoscope 15
Letters 5
Opinions 4
Sports 8 .
Stork 6
Talk of the Town 5

Feds poised to cripple mining exploration

The tax-break system

| that has pumped new life

into mining exploration

and development in the

Northwest over the past
four years is in immediate

danger of being dismantled
by the federal government.

Flow-through mining shares,
introduced by the Liberal
government in 1983, have pro-
vided a large pool of "risk capital
for prospectors and junior min-

ing ventures to use in the uncer-
tain initial stages. of exploring
ore bodies. Prior to the issue of
flow-throughs, individuals and

companies who made minetal

discoveries were faced with a
daunting exercise in’ salesman-

ship to raise capital for explora-
tion costs to prove out their re-
serves, The principle attraction
of flow-through shares is the
provision of tax write-offs for
investors amounting to 133 per-
cent of the investment, removing

the risk previously associated
with such ventures.

Dozens of junior mining com-
panies have used flow-through
capital to finance drilling and
exploration programs in the

_vontinued on page 24:

Sage he

ca Paes