OU | 24 Terrace s Review — Wednesday, August 17, 1988: Alcan to spend $600. million for more power . ‘Alcan’s $660 million hydroelectric expansion project st Kemano, announced last week will provide additional power to B.C. Hydro’s transmission network in the Northwest and offers the potential to ‘expand Alcan’s Kitimat smelter sometime in the future. According to. Alcan’s vice president, Bill Rich, the project will be completed in. : late 1994 and add about 520 megawatts to their present generating capacity of 896 megawatts. Rich added that the project will be financed without government grants or subsidies. According to Rich, Alcan has awarded contracts for preliminary engineering work to five B.C. firms: Envirocon Ltd., H. A. Simons Ltd., Kilborn Engineering (B.C.) Ltd., Klohn Leonoff, and Pacific Hydro Consultants. He said that the engineering work will finalize the elements of the project and will allow construction to commence next spring on temporary facilities such as roads, bridges and con- struction camps. Work included in the project. incindes a new 16-kilometer long, 5,25-metre diameter power tunnel parallel to the existing tunnel through the coastal mountains, a steel penstock from the tunnel to the. powerhouse, a four-generator powerhouse and tailrace at Kemano, and 68 kilometers of additional transmission line from Kemano to Kitimat with sub-station and switching facilities at each | end. “In keeping with the Kemano Completion Project agreement, a cold water release facility will be built to maintain traditional water temperatures in the Nechako River system and dredging of Talitsa Narrows will be carried out to allow an unimpeded flow of water. for spawning salmon. Rich said the project will develop an important generating source” and at the same time create investment and jobs in B.C. He adds that the project is a significant step toward additional aluminum smelting facilities in the Northwest but at the same time points out that any expansion of their present plant will depend on ‘market and other conditions”’. Alleen and Floyd Frank were married August 13, 1938. On Sunday friends and relatives Join- ed in wishing them a happy g golden anniversary. - Franks mark 50th anniversary: “ by Pam Whitaker. - Relatives came from as far away as England to attend the family reunion and 50th. wed- ding anniversary celebration of _ ‘hong-time -Terrace residents “Floyd and Aileen Frank, held on > August 13 and 14. ‘The couple were married on August 13, 1938. Aileen had left Victoria to teach school in the . wilds of north western B.C. in Report from closed meeting provides’ sketchy picture “The north will not be second place to Vancouver.’’ This state- ment is contained in a report on the in-camera meeting held be- tween city council and Minister of State Terry Huberts on July 26. According to the report, Huberts grew up in a ‘“‘small town’? and understands some of the attitudes that prevail. The report continues by say- ing the primary purpose of Huberts’ trip was to meet the people and get a feel for the area and he will return in September or October ‘‘to deal with more specific issues and to consider the region in greater depth’’. The agenda included eight items. The first, involving a pro- posal to develop a resourse in- ventory map was apparently discussed in detail, but little in- formation is given in the report. A resource inventory map would include a list of the location and value of resources such as mining, forests, parks, lands, agriculture, aquaculture, trans- portation and’ population. -Also discussed was the regional district’s catalogue of employers, jobs, products and services which is currently being developed at Northwest Com- munity College. Council ex- plained the potential value of the catalogue in developing jobs by listing support and supply ser- vices that may be of interest to businesses considering the Northwest as a base of opera- tion. . - The concept of making the economy “‘recession- proof’’ was considered and according to the report, “This involves diversify- ing: our economy so when resource prices drop, we have alternatives in today’s . tech- nological world.”? Mayor Jack Talstra explained to Huberts that Terrace is a regional center whose economy at the present time relies on one-third govern- ment employees, one-third resource-based industries and one-third commerce and busines and the ‘‘spinoff fac- r’’ from the rural resources was also an important factor. Huberts was asked what he was planning to do in the North Coast Region to which he replied he would be an ‘Sassistor’? — the area raises the initiatives and he would endeavor to ‘‘facilitate and help’’ in any way he could. He added he would be looking at the present structure of the development committee and if he found it to be ‘‘unwieldy’’ he would make the necessary changes. In the meantime he said, he would ‘‘continue to ex- amine the roles and respon- sibilities and activities of the region.” Huberts was told that development in other areas, such as a container port in Prince Rupert, would benefit Terrace, and although there is ‘‘intense competition’’ within the region, - there is also cooperation where economic development is con- cerned, At the end of the: meeting, . Huberts was told the settlement of Indian land claims had to be dealt. with before any real economic planning could be seriously considered. Alderman Danny Sheridan later described their discussion with Huberts to the Terrace chapter of the Nisga’a Tribal Council. Sheridan said they told Huberts it was impossible to consider the . location of any industrial development or plan any new highway construction until an agreement has been reached on - the land claims issue. . However, any discussion that wa¢ held at the in-camera meeting on three particular items, listed on the agenda as following the. resource base discussion, were not included in the report. These items included a north coast transportation im- provement package which ad- dresses. highways, ferries, air- ports and forest roads; strength- ening our communities’ eco- nomic bases and services; and the premier’s report of July 6 describing ‘‘initiatives to make B.C. recession-proof’’, - 1934+not expecting that she would -be spending most of her life here. Floyd. Frank changed all that. - At the time of her arrival in Terrace, the Frank family own- ed the homestead at Eby’s lan- ding across - from Skeena Saw- mill,-from 1908 to 1965, The gracious farmhouse can be seen standing there yet, on its beauti- ful setting on a- bend of the Skeena River. It was sold to Ted Hidber who is the present owner. The Frank brothers, Floyd and Ivan, had a flourishing dairy farm there during the years that Floyd and Aileen raised their four children. After its sale in 1965, Floyd missed working the land, and in 1967 purchased the Haudenschild place situated ‘tat the other side of Rosswood” (north of Kalum Lake). . ' He specialized i in growing seed potatoes. on that property in conjunction with UBC research. One strain, in fact, was lost by the university and Frank was able to replenish a supply of seed to them. Eventually Floyd had to give _ up his beloved’ farming as his. eyesight was seriously failing. Once the Frank young ones: 3 were launched, Aileen chose to go back to teaching school. She: did so from 1958 to 1979 and many Tetrace residents can at-. test to appreciating her as their teacher. Since her retirement she remains active in several com- munity organizations, including ‘the Old Age Pensioners. :, Organization and the Museum, _ Society. The Frank family reunion: was ; held on. Saturday, August 13. Sunday, August 14. saw an. op- portunity for friends to join in, honoring the couple. As well as travelling from -England, family also came from. Calgary, Michigan, and points in southern B.C, Their eldest. son James arrived from Prince Rupert, and son Norman lives‘in. Terrace. -Bob came from Port: Coquitlam, and daughter Patricia White from Richmond. Many grandchildren also joined in the happy occasion. Recommendations set for tax breaks | TERRACE — The Finance Committee of Terrace city coun- ‘cil reviewed the tax exemption bylaw last Monday, and they have recommended to council . that the now vacant building owned by Terrace and District Community Services be deleted from the bylaw and that the new Centennial Christian School and the Kermode Friendship Centre be added to the tax exempiton list. The committee recommended to council that a request from the Kermode Friendship Centre for a tax exemption should be accepted because, unlike other organizations in similar situa- tions, the center would be allow- ed to retain funds from the Secretary of State and divert them elsewhere. Committee chairman Danny Sheridan ex- . plained that most funding bodies allot funds for property taxes but reduce the level of funding if a tax exemption is granted, In the case of -the Centennial Christian School, it was noted that the council would be in- _ cluding the school property with their original land, making the two lots into one. It was also noted that the'school falls within the guidelines for exemptions as a private school. Terrace and District — Com- munity Services lost the exemp- tion they had held on their pro- perty because they have now moved into new premises in the basement of city hall and’ are leasing out their old building. It was explained that it will be the responsibility. of Community. Services to include the. cost of taxes in the price of the lease. - Other properties included in the bylaw as being tax exempt are all churches located in the ci- ty, Mills Memorial Hospital, the Mills Memorial Women's Aux- illiary, Terraceview Lodge, Ter- race and District Chamber of Commerce, the Terrace Little Theatre Society, Three Rivers Workshop, the Terrace Child Development Centre and the _ Terrace Curling Association. According to. the bylaw the curling club qualifies for tax ex: emption because it falls within a category described. as ‘‘an athletic club or association or -service club or association and used principally. as a public park or recreation ground or for i public athletic: ‘or recreational purposes'". According to city ad+ ministrator Bob Hallsor, the éx- emption was granted several years ago when the club was in financial difficulty, and in turn’ an agreement. was made to use the curling club during the off: season and to use some of their property as overflow parking for Riverside Park. © = A recent request for tax ex- emption by the Royal Canadian Legion was declined on the basis. that no service clubs in the city are exempt and the Legion operates as a business. *. Also, earlier. this “month,- council rejected requests for tax exemptions from the Terrace Day Care Association on Kalum St. and the Sunshine Family Day Care on Park Ave. According to a report, Terrace Day caré-is-a non-profit - organization ,under. the Societies Act but doesn’t qualify for an exemption under section 400 of the Municipal Act as it relates to permissive tax ex- emptions, and the ‘Sunshine Family Day Care is assessed. by the B.C. Assessment. Authority -as a Class 6 Business. The com- mittee suggests the property owner should approach that: body with regard to having the property assessed as residential: in: conjunction — with business use. . - Sheridan ciplained that Ter- : race Day Care would only lose a portion of their funding if they _ were granted an exemption and — both the day care and the. city. i would lose money.