- Terrace city council has of!

. fered its. morat and financial

support | td. ‘a: large-scale

" emergency exercisé proposed
by‘area Provincial Emergen-

‘ cy Program coordinator Ray
_ Tank.
Tank has been - preparing |

an emergency plan for ‘the

- -gays-that a series of exercises

-{. years to test the plan’s: éffec-.
tiveness.
~ smaller exercises. would then.

: cise involving the evacuation
the surrounding area. Tank

|. agencies identified in the ci-
. ty’s emergency plan -will be
. involved and the plan would
organizational facilities as
_ well,
But he adds that there is.
- more to emergency prepared-
ness than simply testing the
; ‘ emergency response team;
’ the general public must be
familiar with the plan as
well.
Tt j is hoped that the entire
community will participate
- and at the same time realize

‘the. need
. themselves with their role in .
. the -everit a major disaster

‘should. occur in-or near Ter- |

contains contingency . plans
_ for -air..crashes, avalanches, -
- area for some time and he -

will be held over the next two -
‘sons, mud
This series! of '
“and urban fires.
end witha large-scale exer- |
of the downtown core and.
says all departments. and.
_for assistance and evaluators

to help with the exercise, it
test communications and.

‘our resources and citizens to

|Big-scale emergency |
-jexercise in works |

10 familiarize .

race,”’ he says, Tank’s plan’

dangerous: goods spills, ear-.
thquakes, evacuation, ex--
treme weather, floods, forest
fires, human epidemics, in-
dustrial emergenies, lost per-
slides, . power
putages, train. derailments
’ There’s one final twist to. .
Tank's plan that couid-have
more to do with tourism and.
economic development than
evacuation. Tank suggests
that if the city asks Victoria

could become a ‘‘prototype’’ :
for other B.C. communities
of a similar size.

“The ongoing publicity of
this proposal will give the
City of Terrace a positive im-
age to all other communities,
regardless of size, by show-
ing our willingness to prepare

respond positively to an
emergency of large propor--
tions,’ says Tank. |

Community Services

gets first

“Some employees of Terrace
and District Community Ser-
vices received an early Christmas
present. It came in the form of
their first-ever union agreement.

The agreement covers all
employees except drug and
alcohol counseliors, who have
been members of the B.C. Gov-
ernment Employees’ Union fora
number of years. BCGEU
spokesman Wiho Papenbrock
says he’s happy with the con-
tract, which he describes as con-
taining some good contract
language covering the hours of
work, seniority, holidays, leaves
of absence and the grievance
procedure.

_ According to Papenbrock, the
three-year contract is effective

‘Access safety questioned |

Some Terrace city council
members and city administra-
tion will soon be meeting with
Bert Orleans to discuss access
off Highway 37 to his Mount
Layton Hot Springs resort. It’s
felt there may be a safety prob-
lem at the resort, and even
though Kitimat council wrote
the Ministry of Highways asking
that something be done, Terrace
alderman Bob Cooper has since
found out that it’s Orleans’
problem, not the Ministry’s.

According to Cooper, the ac-
cess point already granted was
considered safe by Highways
and they can’t insist that Orleans
make any changes, and won’t

make-any themselves; unless it -

contract

April 1, 1989, and gives Com-
munity Service employees an
eight percent increase in the first
year, seven percent in the second
and six percent in the third year.
The starting wage. prior to the
contract was $7.28 per hour.

Also included in the contract,
says Papenbrock, is a 100 per-
cent employer-paid health plan
which covers medical care, den-
tal, sick benefits and short and
long term disability. Community
Services administrator Detlef
Beck describes the contract as an
“upward movement in wages”
but “not a drastic change’. It

alsc brings together wages in

adult and children’s services, he
Says.

becomes a proven hazard.
through injury or death. “It’s
the developer’s perogative,’’ ex-
plains Cooper. ‘“‘He’s the one

who foots the whole bill.

Highways will give him the

design but he has to pay for the

construction.”

Cooper says that suggested
changes might include extra tur-
ning lanes, warning lights, or
both. All council can do, says
Cooper however, is offer
Orleans some moral support. He
has suggested that they meet
with Orleans and offer

assistance in approaching ©

Highways for design and costing

studies. ‘That’s basically as far -

‘as we can go,’” he says.

‘Local resident Stella Radford (right) picked up the hamper of toys she won in the Ksan
House Society’s Christmas raffle last week, presented by the society's executive director
Shelley Lachance. Items for the hamper were donated by the Kermode Friendship Centre,

_:Northern Native Broadcasting and a number of local merchants. The society used the $600
from fre raffle to support the Sexual Assault Centre, Osborne Home and the Terrace Transi-
tlon House.

Skyline gets more out of ore

Skyline Gold Corp. announc-

ed recently that equipment
upgrades at its Johnny Moun-

tain gold mine in the Iskut River
valley have increased both the
milling capacity and extraction
performance of the operation.

_ The mine will be able to get an
additional 8,000 ounces of gold

per year as a result of im-

provements in grinding capacity,

taking its ore processing rate
from 320 tons to 350 tons per
day and increasing extraction ef-
ficiency from 85 percent to 91
percent.

Silver production is expected
to go up to 88,800 ounces per

year and copper to 1,816,000
pounds per year with the new
capacity. The company’s chair-
man and chief executive officer
Ron Shon noted that earnings
should improve because 45 per-

_cent of the increase will be ob-

tained with no increase in

operating costs.

and

| PUBLIC FORUM
Sunday, January 14, 1990
Caledonia Lecture Theatre

7:30 P.M.

at 9:00 A.M.

is welcomed.

The Board of Trustees of Schoo! District 88

The Terrace District Teachers’ Association

are pleased to jointly sponsor a public forum and
day of discussion on the Ministry of Education’s |
‘YEAR 2000’ proposal for curriculum revision.

Ministry of Education personnel
and others will review the proposed
changes and hear responses, both positive —
and negative, from members of the public.
These will be conveyed to the Ministry.

‘DAY OF DISCUSSION
_ Monday, January 15, 1990
a Beginning at R.E.M. Lee Theatre

Schools will be closed to allow
teachers, trustees, and district
personnel to meet to discuss the
proposed curriculurn changes.
Parents and public participation

A ay ee eee ene ey bce