24 Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 11, 1986

Terrace council

At the first municipal
council meeting since his
recent by-election  vic-
tory, rookie alderman
Doug Smith discovered
that he not only won
Fred MacDonald’s form-
er seat on council but
also inherited Mac-
Donald’s committee

’ assignments, At the June
_9 meeting council, acting

on recommendations by
Mayor Jack Talstra, in-
stalled Smith as _ their
representative on the
family court committee,
the North by Northwest
Tourist Association, the
Yellowhead Highway
Association and the Air-
port advisory committee.
He will also serve as
deputy mayor .during
September and October
of this year.

Smith was also ap-
pointed by Mayor
Talstra as chairman of
the Social Planning and
Cultural Services Com-
mittee and a member of
the Planning and
Economic Development
Committee.

In a separate action,
Ald, Bob Jackman was
elected to be Robert
Cooper’s alternate on
the Kitimat-Stikine
Regional District board
of directors.

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A directive from the
Water Management
Branch to increase the
height of the Deep Creek
dam is going to be ap-
pealed. In a memoran-
dum to Terrace council
at the June 9 meeting,
Ald. Bob Jackman re-
quested that further
studies regarding the
upgrading of the dam be
suspended until the ap-
peal is answered.

The Water Manage-
ment Branch rationale
for the directive was
flood control, but
Jackman stated that in

Trucks

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traffic jams at the in-
tersection of Keith. and
Sande, as well as ag-
gravated problems at the
re-entry to Highway 16

_ through either Frank St.

or Kenney St. Even
without the through traf-
fic, the railway level
crossings on these streets
are the scenes for several
minor accidents each
month.

The report concludes
by recommending that
council suspend further
study pending the out-
come of a coroner’s in-
quiry currently in pro-
gress regarding the cause
of the fatal accident.
Council adopted this
recommendation, and
the municipality will also
be expressing concern
about the situation on an
official level to both the
RCMP and the Ministry
of Highways.

the event of overflow the
excess water would flow
down Deep Creek and
into the Kalum River
without hazard. His pro-
posal was referred to the
next Committee of the
Whole meeting for fur-
ther discussion. In the
meantime, it was recom-
mended that work con-
tinue on the installation
of a pipeline to connect
the Deep Creek and
Spring Creek reservoirs.

The estimated cost of
upgrading the Deep
Creek dam is $400,000.
Building a new dam at a
site further up the creek
would cost approximate-
ly $310,000.

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Terrace council has
decided to forward the
results of a recent public
opinion poll Sn Sunday
shopping to Jim Pat-
tison, owner of the Ter-
race Overwaitea super-
market. The portion of
Terrace electors who
participated in the poll,
voted two to one against
the opening of large
retail stores in the
municipality on Sun-
days.

“With this we may
have an opportunity to
determine whether, with
respect, Mr. Pattison is a
man of honor,’’ Ald.
Ruth Hallock comment-
ed. During a visit to Ter-
race in April of this year,
Pattison remarked that
he would take into con-
sideration any clear-cut
indications that Terrace
residents are opposed to
his store’s Sunday
business policy. Figures
from Returning Officer
Murdo Macdonald show

Pickets
remain

Bruce Ferguson,
spokesman for the Ter-
race local of the Tunnel
and Rock Workers,
reports that there has
been no further progress
in negotiations with
Hegge Construction.
The union’s striking
laborers in the meantime
continue to picket the
site of Terrace’s new
RCMP building.

Ferguson stated
recently that the union
met with Hegge in Van-
couver Friday, June 6, in
an attempt to come to an
agreement, but no

" positive results emerged.

“The site is shut down
tight and it’s going to
stay that way until we
have an agreement,’’
Ferguson said. He added
that it is now up to
Hegge to come to the
union with a proposal.
‘“‘He’s considering op-
tions,’’ Ferguson con-
cluded.

No date has been set
for further discussions.

that only 15.7 percent of | |

registered voters turned
out for the poll.
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The Terrace Fire
Department reports that
during May nearly half
the fires attended by its
members were caused by
children playing with
matches. In the monthly
zeport to Terrace coun-
cil, Lt. Per Halvorsen
stated that the depart-
ment put out 22 fires, 10
of which were caused by
youthful firebugs. Four
other fires occurred at
the municipal dump, and
the remainder were of
miscellaneous origin.
Property damage for all
fires during May was
estimated at $26,300.

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Karen McConnell (left), Chris Jennings, Amarjit Pannun, Bobbie Phillips (Chamber of Com-
merce), Mike Panchuk (Project Officer Emplayment Development Branch), and Gary Hirose
(Project Officer, E.0.B.) ware some of the people involved in the Student Placement Pro--
gram’s Open House.

Employment centre hosts open house

TERRACE — On Mon-
day, June 2, the Canada
Employment Centre
hosted an open house for
its student employment
program in order to pro-
mote Hire a Student
Week, which was from
June 1 to June 7.

by Philip Musselman

The idea behind the
open house and the
display, which was in the
Skeena Mall, is to get the
public oriented with
what the Canada Em-
ployment Center offers
for students.

One of the programs
involved in employing
students is known as
Challenge 86. The pro-
gram is both a federal
and provincial venture.
Participants in this pro-
ject must be full-time
students and the target
for the Terrace area is
the placement of well
over 400 students for the
whole student placement
program.

In the month of May,
Challenge 86 placed 48
students and the ages of
potential participants
range from 15 (legal,
full-time working age),
and up, as long as they
are students. The

Employment Develop-
ment Branch approves
Challenge 86 projects
and the Canada Employ-
ment Center handles hir-.
ing.

In order .to join,
students need not go to
the C.E.C, They can get
in touch with Employ-
ment Development, or
for provincial involve-
ment, the Ministry of
Labor is available.

For the open house,
there were 15 official in-
vitations given out and
refreshments were on
hand. Employers were
welcome to drop by and
inquire about the Stu-
dent Placement Office
and its involvement in

the creation of summer
jobs for young people.
According to Amarjit
Pannun and Karen Mce-
Connell, who are both
student placement of-
ficers, 83 openings were
available in May and 69
were filled. At this point,
329 students have filled
out student placement
cards. ‘“‘Restaurants are
usually good for hiring
each summer,’’ said
Pannun, ‘‘but unfor-
tunately some students

are too specific when
suggesting jobs
wanted.”

According to Chris
Jennings, who is the pro-
gram supervisor for the
Employment Develop-

Gov't keeps eye on
UIC recipients

TERRACE — Un-
employment Insurance
Canada (UIC) will in the
future be checking up on
benefactors to see why
they are unemployed.

by Philip Musselman

In metro-areas people
will be questioned about
their efforts in seeking

employment.

In Terrace there is lit-
tle concern about chang-
ing the current program
as the present system
supports the population
_and the local center con-
tinually makes an effort
to keep in touch with the
recipients, said a UIC
spokesman for Terrace.

ment Branch, there is
credit for apprenticeship
for some of the summer
jobs. Challenge 86 is
mainly for students, but
if a student does decide
that he or she has found
a career in a respective
summer job, he or she
can ask counsellors
about: apprenticeships,
said Jennings.

Challenge 86 also pays
a part of students’ wages
as an incentive to
employers. For the
private sector, the
government will pay up
to one-half of wages, up
to $2.50 per hour and for
non-profit, municipal
and education work,
they will pay up to $3.65
per hour.

Non-profit organiza-
tional work will never .
quite disappear from the
list because that is a
special type of work ex-
perience, said Jennings.

The program will also
pay up to $20 per week
for mandatory, non-
profit, employee benefits
to make students less of
a burder. The Challenge
program started last
year, 1985, and the 86
version compliments its
predecessor with more
potential.

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