Local forest ae
contractors to —
meet with city

TERRACE — No date has been
set as yet, but a meeting between
city council and local forestry
companies and contractors is ex-
pected to take place sometime
next month.

According to City Ad-
ministrator Bob Hallsor, the
meeting was suggested by Alder-
man Bob Jackman last February
after the city received a letter
from Mayor John Backhouse of
Prince George.

In his February letter, Back- -

house condemned provincial
stumpage fees and said the situa-
tion in the interior of the prov-
ince is critical. He explained that
industry representatives had
noted examples where costs had
increased by more than 1,000
percent in interior milis, and he

Terrace .
_ Legion
report

by Roy Greening
It is interesting to do profiles

on certain key members of
Branch 13 because I’m finding
out that a well-run organization
becomes that way when dedica-
ted and intelligent people are
placed in important positions. It
is also interesting to note that
there are quite a few members of
our branch who go on to hold
higher positions beyong the
branch level. |

- All of us realize that there are
some extraordinary leaders
among us who do just that. One
‘such leader is Comrade Ken
Austin who is, at present, out
Zone Commander. This elected
position, which Ken has held
‘since. 1985, encompasses all the
‘Legion branches in the Nor-
-thwest. We are, therefore, proud
to have a Branch 13 member
‘hold this position for the past
_ three years.

- As Zone Commander he must
_be proud, too, when he can look
back and reflect on how he was
instrumental in having a new
and very attractive cenotaph
- erected in front of the Terrace
City Hall. This monument to
which all the citizens of Terrace
can relate in one way or another
commemorates our war dead,
but at the same time — since itis
new — shows the progressive
and thoughtful leadership of
‘Ken Austin, a man who wanted
“to enhance even more the respect
we have for the fallen. .

Coimrade Austin has held all
the official chairs in the Terrace
“branch except that of treasurer,
and has worked hard to help
veterans when the need arose.
Being in the armed forces for 10
years himself, he fully
‘understands the Legion’s prime

© objective is that of remembering

“the nation’s fallen servicemen
- and the giving of help to
- veterans and their families. He
endorses the activities of all the
branches under his command
which stretch from Houston to
the Queen Charlottes.

We foresee now that Ken will
not fest on his laurels for very

jong, for there is a Provincial
Convention in 1989 and I’m sure
~~ he will be our next chairman of
' the Pacific Command.

compared it to coastal areas
where increases were only about
125 percent.

‘(The situation is disturbing,”

wrote Backhouse, ‘‘because the

sawmills claim that they cannot
operate profitably at the new
stumpage fee. This could mean
shutdowns, layoffs
economic disaster.”’

He added, ‘“‘Operators have
‘made representation to provin-
cial officials but are dissatisfied
with the response. They are ask-
ing Prince George city council
for assistance and I know other
mayors from the interior
municipalities have had similar
requests.”

A more recent letter, received
from Backhouse in mid-March,
included a copy of their letter of
protest to Premier Vander Zalm
and a request for a supporting
letter,

It was decided at that time
that the matter should be dis-
cussed with local foresters
before making a reply. The letter
written to Vander Zalm by
Backhouse states, ‘“‘While rec-
ognizing the need for the prov-
incial government to increase
reyenues in order to mect its
commitments, we feel that the
stumpage system places an un-
due burden on the forest in-
dustry of the North Central In-
terior. Our greatest concern is
that the results of this policy will
be increased unemployment, in-
dustrial shutdown and therefore
serious damage to our
economy.”

Local representatives in the
industry have shown some in-
terest in the meeting but have
also said that because the Ter-
race area lies halfway between
the interior and coastal logging
regions, the situation isn’t quite
as serious as described by Back-
house.

A date for the meeting will be
set when local logging com-
panies have determined the full
effect of the legislation on their
businesses.

and |

B.C. Elks president Noel Schollenberg,

a Ve a alos

flanked here by Terrace Elke Jim LeClelr and George Haugland, visited

town last week to promote the fraternal organization’s Diamond Jubilee convention to be held here in garly June.

The event is expected

to attract more than 300 Elks from all parts of the province.

‘Hundreds of Elks expected —
for annual convention here —

A small but boisterous herd of
Elks invaded the offices of the
Terrace Review last week. Noel
Schellenberg, president of the
B.C. Elks, in town last Friday to
make an official visit to the Ter-
race lodge, was accompanied by
jocal members Jim LeCleir and
acting Exalted Ruler George
Haugland. Schellenberg was
here from the Kamloops area to
promote the upcoming provin-
cial convention to be held in Ter-
race, to promote Elk charities
including their camps and
hospital equipment donation,
and to encourage “‘membership
through friendship”’. .

The provincial convention will
mark the B.C. Elks’ Diamond
Jubilee. The fraternal group had
its start in 1908 when a group of
men started what was originally
called the ‘‘Jolly Corks”, in
1912 the first Vancouver Elks
lodge began, and 1928 saw the
beginning of the province-wide
organization. Today there are 60

lodges in B.C. and over 250°

across Canada. .

The Terrace Arena will see
about 300 delegates and their
wives on June 5 as Terrace
Lodge 425 hosts the convention.

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The lodge will also be presenting
Ronnie Prophet in concert June
3, with proceeds to go towards
Mills Memorial Hospital equip-
ment.

‘The Elks have been great,”’
‘Mills~ Memorial administrator
Norm Carelius said. ‘‘They’re
funding the purchase of a litho-
tripter and uretheroscope. This
allows the urologist to detect
kidney stones, and with the use
of a tiny probe, break down the
stones.’? He said the equipment
works in a similar fashion to the
new ultrasonic equipment in use
in Vancouver but is much less
expensive...

The B.C. Elks also have a

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- three children’s camps in the

Kootenays, in Denamn Island,
and near Prince George where
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With'70 members, the Terrace
lodge is still looking for new
‘faces. ‘‘Any person of legal age.
approached by a member of the
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