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; ‘project fet to Terraceview

: rents;
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option.”

‘TERRACE = The group that
‘wants'to-bulld a 40-unit housing,

‘Lodge oft the bench has asked a:
‘branch of the provincial gover:
‘ment for ‘help. it in subsidizing

“fequiest to.: the
‘Housing Managenient Commis:
sion’ ‘is for ifo r the. different

-ween what equivalent: size y hous-" Dp
écity normally rents for :
! and tf actual cost of providing *

the! ‘housing ‘Wanted,

ing in-thé

Michael’ “Leisinger. of the: Tere

“race "Regional Health - Care :

a Society.

“Says” |

“He Ys te cost of the hous-

ing will--be . more. than other’
types because the project is be-:
‘ing. designed to accommodate’ .

people with handicaps or other:

kinds of disabilities:

“Market rent for new units in

thie city {s about $650 a month

ut with this project, if we did it
urely’ ‘as a private: enterprise,.

‘rent would be $1, 100, " said

Leisinger.._

This concept fits ii with the
project, called supportive hous-.
ing, being. next ‘to. ‘Terraceview

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“easily use the various services of °
the intermediate and extended
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Envisioned - are. 16 ‘One-
bedroom = units,..16 two-
bedroom units and - two: four- |
ina" cons:
dominum style grouping.”

Plans for the! project: were -
first. announced - last February

and the society hias sirice receiv-
ed a $20,000 provincial grant to

draw up preliminary. plans:
Society members have also lob-
bied cabinet “ministers, - in-

—

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ment and the- federal: government signed an ‘agreement. to negotiate ‘the former's land claim. |:
miooatt Wil Godin Xsgack (Mori Nyce) of Gitwinksikw |

was one‘of. those In attendance. ‘Séo-

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TERRACE - _ “Mediator vince
Ready will be on hand to:try to
break: ‘thie - ‘stalemate in local -
teacher contract talks when

both sides return to the bargain- °.

ing tablé five. weeks from now.
“Ready has been scheduled for .

two days of bargaining — May.
4:atid 5. The teachers’ union .

and schoo! district officials were
unable.to agree to any earlier

dates that fit Ready’s schedule,”
“Those. were the only dates ~

we could get,"”..sald Terrace

District’ Teachers’ ‘Association: .

(TDTA): president Rob Brown.
“So we wait until then. It’s uns:
fortunate, but there's 0 ‘no other

fhe winlon : demanded
“ith

‘propésal, calling 3 it worse in:

- some. areas than ‘Previous of-

fers, . *

‘Trustees: said: the offer .
“final,
“ position.””-It calls for a-séven--: ey

_ represents. the board's

per-cent increase: in: the : first

year, andthe average of set-'
tlements:. of ..other:: northwest .
+ Districts in the second year
This will be the second time in ;

‘as many: ‘attenipta- voy: teachers

andthe: district to. reach a con- ,.},
- tract that ‘Ready has been’ called. a:

in, ;
- He. fast -visited : “Terrace. In.

Januaty 1989..when he suc-

teaching strike."

1990, leading. 0: this latest ‘im:
passe “by “teachers “and -the
‘distelets - 2. von
Byer. if Ready succeed

“cessfully. concluded the agree-:.:
“ment” that - vended. a ‘AS-day i

That: agreement. tan ‘our July

‘insing teachers and the district
together, the settlement will be
passed on to the new provincial
‘compensation fairness commis-
‘sioner for approval,

cluding Premier Bill Vander

Zalm,

-.. Leisinger said the application
isa change in the society’s
orlginal plan in which it wanted

“ay “provincial loan guarantee so it

could obtain a mortgage for the
-estimated $3 million project.
--That original plan met with.
-some reluctance from the pro-
vincial government because it
would involve the health and

‘social services and housing
- ministries and because it didn’t

fit existing programs.

"We don’t want to be in a

GI

position where bureaucrats ask
why we tried: to go around the
system instead of going through
the. system,” said Leisinger of
the application. .
“We're just changing our ap-

‘proach to- meet the needs of
‘what we think is a unique kind

of housing," he added. .
Leisinger the application will’

strengthen the society's case

with the provincial government
because of its willingness to try
all routes to obtain money. —

’ And Leisinger: said approval
by the housing commission for

the subsidize would probably be. :
enotigh. of a guarantee for a
batik .to . lend construction
mabies.

Approval of the. rent subsidy”
wold not exclude tenants. of <
thé ‘project from: ‘qualifying: for ©
anyother. kinds of government:
subsidies now available to them.” .

Leisinger said there is already

a list of people interested in:
moving into the project. ;

The site upon which thie socie-.
ty wants to build was’ bought
last year from the city for rly

loomy outlook

on steelhead run

TERRACE — Although it will
be another month before the
pattern in the northwest
becomes clear, the province’s
head fish and wildlife biologist
for the region says steelhead
anglers are in for another disap-
pointing season if trends in the
south are repeated up here.
Bob Hooton said past ex-
perience had. shown southern
winter steelhead returns

generally provided. an accurate .

prediction of what could be ex-
pected of later,’ northwestern
runs. “‘And the winter runs tend
to predict reasonably well the
summer. runs that: follow," he

4. added.

So far; winter’ ria elgéwhere

4 wéte tiot encouraging: He noted ..

Washington and Oregon were
reporting \‘téerrible -seasons’',
returns in southern B.C. were

“generally very poor’’ and the ©

central coast (Bella. Coola) area

Bob Hooton

was experiencing an “al-time
low"’,

Hooton said this consistent
pattern over such a large
geographic area suggests the

survival rate of the fish while in
the ocean is the key in determin-
ing this year’s returns.

If that were indeed the case,
he added, ‘I don’t think we can
necessarily look forward to the
north coast escaping whatever it
was that affected everything
south of us. We hope that it
might, but it’s not likely.’

Hooton said the picture
should be clearer by ihe end of
April, the mid-way point for
northwestern winter runs. He
aiso pointed out anglers could
help the branch by passing on
their own assessments of returns
based on their expereince on
given streams.

Baplaining that provincial
=) Wildlifé;pfiicials don’t have the.
time -or manpower to gett to
- every water course in the region, -
Hooton added, “People fre-
quenting those areas can be. our
eyes and ears.” woes

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Mill clearing hurdles

TERRACE — A proposed pulp
and paper mill south of
Meziadin off Hwy37 won't be
turned down, says the provin-
cial official in charge of study-
ing the project.

“We don’t see project rejec-
tion. I don’t think it will be one
of our choices,’ said David
Parsons last week of ithe pro-
posed $365 million development
wanted by Orenda Forest Pro-
ducts. ;

But it will be two or three
weeks yet. before provincial of-
ficials decide if the mill will be
approved subject to obtaining
necessary permits or if more
detailed study will be required,
che said,

- Orenda wants.to use wood it
already has under licence.in the
Stewart area it now sells
‘domestically and overseas for
fibre for its mill.

It will continue selling saw

logs but says there will be a
_ greater.utilization of pulp quali-
-ty wood in its proposed mill,
” Outstanding issues yet to be
_ resolved include what kind of
’ other development might take
place near the mill and how
Orenda will:log to provide pulp
for the mill..

Parsons said provincial of-
ficials. are pretty well satisfied
that a new kind of pulping and
paper making process Orenda

wants to use meet environmen-

tal guidelines.

The process was developed in
Finland and unlike traditional
kraft mills which use chlorine as
a bleaching agent, this one uses
hydrogen peroxide,

Orenda describes the process
as a ‘closed loop’’ in that there
will be no effluent discharge in-
to water courses.

“We believe it will work as
proposed. We're making sure of
that at this point,”’ said Par-
sons.

The issue of secondary
development was first proposed
by the Kitimat-Stikine regional
district: which fears that workers
will want to live as close to the
mill as possible and so will
create a demand, for residential
lots. .

Orenda in turn says workers
could live in’ Stewart or in the
Nass Valley and that it will pay
for transportation to the mill
site. ’

Logging and environmental
issues raised by other groups,
including the Nisga’a of the
Nass Valley, concern effects on
fish and wildlife.

Orenda representatives met

_with Orenda officials last week

to discuss outstanding issues.
One other issue under discus-
sion is replacement pulp wood
for mills who now buy from
Orenda.
Orenda vice president Frank

Foster said last week the com-
pany doesn’t feel there will be a
shortage for those mills.

He also said the company is
continuing discussions with
possible financiers for the pro-
ject.

Those discussions with what
Foster called ‘“‘seriously in-

terested parties” hinge on Oren-
da receiving approval for the
mill.

Tampella, the Finnish com-
pany which developed the pro-
cess Orenda wants to use, is one
of those parties, said Foster.

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