Page A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 6, 1993 1992: The Yea THE SCHOOL district has received $84,400 from the provincial government for a school lunch program. It has been earmarked for Clarence Michiel Elementary School, but schools superintendent. Frank Hamilton said it will be spread to as many schools as possible, The. Terrace: Anti-Poverty Group Society has been manning a soup kitchen that is feeding students. It wants to work outa deal with the district to supply the lunches. THE PROVINCIAL government has officially rejected a $63 million proposal to build a deep sea port at Kitimat. Economic development minister Dave Zirnhell said it can’t support a port at Kitimat until the one at Prince Rupert is used to its fullest capac- ily. Studies also found the Kitimat proposal would harm fish habilat. Reme ARE increasing their patrols of forest service recreation areas to slop vandalism. The move follows damage. done to several sites over the May long weekend. Hit hardest was the Exstew site after a crowd of 400 gathered for a weekend party. Area NATIVES have announced plans for a commercial inland fishery, They'll be catching pink and sockeye: under. a_trial artangement organized by ‘federal fisheries. The arrangement includes the Tsim- shian, the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en, the Gitanyow and the Babine Lake band. Total possible catch is 150,000 sockeye and 200,000 pinks. THERE'S GOING to be another review of Alcan’s Kemano Comple- tion Project. This time the provincial government wants to review ils _ promise for a public review of the project. Alcan spent: $600 million on the i billion project before shutting down construction in 1991. That followed a federal court decision which threw out a deal Alcan struck in 1987 with the federal and provincial governments. © Loca SAWMILL spokesmen are happy the ‘lengthy pulp strike’ S over, Skeena Sawmills had sent its employees home on a two-week holiday shutdown while Skeena Cellulose had been operating only its planer. Skeena. Cellulose stopped logginig after there was no place to send ils chips, - 2 ; ‘ Doctors HERE, in Kitimat and in Smithers walked out fora day to “protest plans by the provincial government to cap their fees, . There was 8.100 per cent participation rate here, with the exception of those on vacation, or on duty for essential services. The province \ wants to limit doctors’ fees to $1.27 billion. "Tenpev ¢ CONSTRUCTION of Surrey has been given the contract to build anew community correctional centre. | The $1.635 million project is going up adjacent io the B.C. Hydro building. It Il replace the old motel now being used. Bnpina PERMIT permit values in the cily have already doubled the figure for all of 1991. Just under.$24 million worth of permits were issued to the end of June compared to $6 million in 1991, - It’s the same story: in Thornbill with $1.98 million in residential ee given out to the end of June. Construction values in 1991 were 25 million. - . ane, Pron IGNORING ‘sprinkling restrictions coud have their water supply cut culo ff, oy SiP ost aay: ri. arty) at icmeeee) ming came ‘oll of city hall ab thie § umingt dt sight’ is rapidly -cutting into the ability to have enough water aah and for émeéigencies, ep: IT WAS A dismal year for mushroom pickers like Rick Shaw. High prices. lured pickers from across Canada, but few mushrooms appeared due to the dry summer and early frosts. in Gitwinksihlkw (formerly Canyon City). It was the first such pole THE NASS VALLEY celebrated the raising of a new totem pole LAKELSE LAKE residents Michael Bowen- Colthurst and Murray Hamer were among the people who battled severe floodwaters at was near Acts OF vandalism have dropped by more ‘than half in June compared to the same period — in 1992. “Only. : 30 /acts. were reported . compared while. 70 were reported one year ago. RCMP crime prevention officer . Jamie: Praticante. attributed some of the decline to the chamber of > commerce’s- new Vandal “Watch program. Tt offers rewards in return for ° _ information leading: to, the arrest -and conviction of vandals. A LOCAL RCMP officer who shot at a mechanical moose. last year bas beén found ‘guilty. of night hunting with ‘the aid of a light.:. Cpl. Rick. Senft was fined "$1,500, and ‘his hunting rifle for- - feited. His: bunting - partier, Terry ‘Drake Jr.,.was. also fined $1,500 but his rifle was not forfeited. dent eddie bk bee a tale F ‘Anew noise. control by-law has been put in place for the rural -parea sufrounding Terrace, . .. en the lake in September after heavy rains that month. The flooding the level of the infamous Flood of '78. ~ AUGUST | ‘Violators ‘face a fi inc of at least $100 fora first time offence and a fine of $250 for subsequent of fences. The by-law bans “persistent or unreasonable noise” including loud music, loud partics, barking dogs and noisy vehicles, - Loca GOVERNMENTS are looking into the idea of having one . dump. serving Kilimat, Thornhill and Terrace. ° Kitimat mayor Rick Wozncy . ‘said one dump could save moncy, particularly with new — waste regulations coming into effect. - Non-union and managers ‘at the cily have come up wilh a dif- ferent kind of pay increase. . While they have agreed to a 45° per cent increase, they will only get half-of the amount, teeth “The. deal. ensures.., employses won't loss.any,bargai\ing, ground in the future. That's. because their, nereases , will be based. on. nthe: fall 45° “per cent. Burpunc PERMIT values have topped the previous “best year total of $15 million in 1990. And with four months to go ta the end of 1992, city permits director Bob Lafleu is predicting . the final tally will hit $25 million. Housing starts-account for $9 - million, the bulk of which come from 61 single family homes ei- ther completed of underway. : Mayor JACK Talstra walked ~ out o£ -a, meeting ‘on the Nisga’a -Jand: claim, saying. he. couldn’t “abide by a request to keep its con- tenis a secret.. © The. mecting was held by provincial and federal land claims negotiators to give information on a deal" to ‘give the Nisga’a a say 2on Te ource develo Bats eupenrite OR Hot SY" ices he could not report | back to city” residents, eae . _airport in Victoria. . Federal and provincial officials said they were disappointed Tal- | stra left the meeting. a, Construct TON ON an addi-, tion to the Terrace-Kitimat airport has slarted. The 6,500 square foot addition will cost $2,054 million, bringing. about a large passenger waiting area and an indoor baggage claim area. The contractor is Wayne Wat en son Construction. of . Prince George. There is also some recycling i in- volved. Parts for a baggage con- . veyor belt were last used at the FEwer STUDENTS ...found jobs this year than last, say. stu- dent employment centre workers. They ‘said the early: summer. pulp mill strike dampened spend-— oa g plans by local businesses. othe Salve ‘sitvation“was “faced = "by “stidents! in other # “woHihWest * locations, oa AN INFORMAL needle: €x- ~ change hete hasn’t met with a tot *of-demand.. --Skeena~ health unit - medical | “health officer Dr, David Bower- - _ ing said only two or three:people vhave exchange used needles for “ew ones, *.: * other diseases. Terrace” FIRE ‘chief Bob Beckett is unhappy. with the amount: of money the province . gives out for firefi ighter training. It’s only $38. a head per year compared to the $500 allocated for training of police officers. - The provincial. contribution is less than. that ‘of the. cily, Beckett added. He said there is. also mare firefighter. training available in southern B.C. then there is in the north, wet ‘NogrHwesT. RESIDENTS don’t want ibeir hospital services to decline. People in Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert delivered that mes- sage to a review team touring the northwest to look at hospital op- . The’ program is part of an.effort “to prevent the spread of HIV: or . SE PTE But there were disagreements -about ‘where. regional services should be Jocated. Tue DRIVER of a tanker. truck that crash and spilfed 10,000 gal- lons of paving oil in the Skeena - River has been” charged with speeding. “The man received a $125 fine - after the . tanker unit separated from. his. frig upstream of. Gitwangak Aug. 27. Health officiais warned Terrace a residents to limit water consump- . tion until the liquid passed the city’s intake pipes. © Morz. THAN ": oe members unhappy. withthe way a their ‘council is governing have. abandoned _ their efforts to. force’ “They'll: ‘instead: Sait tor iext June when elections are schedul- ed, says Ron Nyce who acted asa. spokesman forthe group. The : group. .says,. the camel pr didn’t: take! advantage’ ‘money and was": “responsible’ foe oe _- delays int having 1 new. homes com- a - lated to. the claim. ; ~The: federal government won't Sigh an Important document re Tt first’ Wants the ‘provitice to say in. writing. that.it-has made!best — “efforts: to” tak: about! the’ claims with those who will be affected by a settlement. That document Is the Interim Sige pee settlement of the claim.’