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Campagnolo urges
colleagues to aid
Terrace

Iona Campagnolo, M.P.
Skeena and Minister of
State, whose image has been
somewhat tarnished by the
Northland Navigation
fiasco, is nevertheless still
working full time for her
constituents. During recent
‘weeks Mrs. Campagnolo has
written to two of her cabinet
colleagues in an effort to
bring to their attention the
plight of the local economy.

In a letter to Jean
Chretien, «Minister of In-
dustry, ;;Trade and Com-
merce, in the federal
cabiriet, she does not mince
words-as she warns the
minister that unless some
iniliativeis taken it is high)
unlikely that: Terrace will
survive 7S
’ ‘The Terrace M.P. advises
Mr. Chretien as follows:

“May 1 bring. to your
attention the community of,
Terrace, British Columbia
which is presently ex-
perlencing an  wunem-

ployment rate in excess of 20 -

percent. This community
used to exist on the
economic base. af eight

small forestry: products .
atter years,’

companies. In
all these companies have
been gradually taken over
by ."either Canadian
Cellulose “Company in
Prince Rupert, or Eurocan
in Kitimat. This has left

Terrace without an
economic base. : ;
Would you advise me if

there is any possibility of
relocating or decentralizin
some section of federa
services to this northern
central town as 1 believe
Terrace fulfills all the
criteria for the present
program of decentralization
and, in addition, is one of
those . very rare. com-
“munities in — British
Columbia where there is a
bilingual capacity. °"-

I. would be pleased to
furnish you~ ‘with ‘further
‘information ‘if- there is .any

possibility of Terrace being’

considered for decen-

tralization,..:iof
government officts. "AT the
present time, there has been

a constiobs effort..both on:

the part of the ‘federal and
rovincial governments to
ocate regional and district
offices in the community of
Terrace, however, if a
further ‘decentralization of
the Department of Regional
Economic expansion were
to take place, I can think of
no better location. than
Terrace in that this would be
the central. core of the

Sof ;,, federal” dicatipn, of 8. can

northeast and northwest
planning development
which that department is
presently undergoing. ;

I would of course welcome
your suggestions as to other
departments which would
be suitable for such
relocation. The economic
base of this community has
gradually eroded over the

ears’ so that unless some
initiative is taken, I feel it is
highly unlikely that this
town will survive.”

In so far as the exchange
of ‘correspondence between
Campagnolo and ‘Marcel
Lessard, Minister of

Regional Economie Ex--

pansion is concerned, a
reply has been received in

* which the Minister advises

the Mayor as to how to go
about getting financial
assistance from his
Department for needed
services and Infrastructure
facilities in the District of
vPOITAce. sy.

“He. states-‘that he has
asked Mr. °R.H. Marshall,
his Director General in
British Columbia to arrange
for-a meeting with Mayor
-Rowland thé next time he is
inthe Terrace area, in order
to obtain more information
about the community's
plans and ,requirements,
_and ta discuss. possible
avenues for development
assistance. .

He also suggests that if
any of the Terrace officials
have the opportunity to visit
Vietoria that they contact
Mr. Marshall in his office.

Alderman Sharon Biggs

did not feel that this was-

enough during. last Mon-
day's council meeting and
she proposed a -resolution
that Mr. Lessard be invited
to come to Terrace to
diseuss ‘Department of

Regional Economic Ex- °

pansion assistance which
could be ‘available for
Terrace: mt

been able to find’ any -in-

icrete .
‘prepared by the Distric
submission, to the Minister

-should ‘he* accept . the in-

vitation to come to Terrace.

Some indication of ac-

tivily in the new year was
given at Monday’s council
meeting when Alderman
‘Jack Talstra, who chairs the
Industrial. Development
Committee, hinted that he
would be asking for a zoning
moratorium of one year to
allow the District te come u

with a master plan. :

Nine million
in highway
contracts .

Two major. contracts.

worth over -nine’ million
dollars which will provide
employment: for over a
workers for two years on the
Yellowhead: Highway .16
between Prince Rupert and
Terrace has been awarded
this week. IL was announced
jointly by Highways &

Public Works Minister, alex -

Fraser, and Cyril Shel.ord,
M.L.A. for Skeena.

First contract is for the
reconstruction, re-aligning
and widening of six riles of

_ highway between Back-
water Creek and the C.N.R.

tumel, Kwinitsa section, 45 .

miles west of Terrace on the
95 mile Prince Rupert route.

The award wént to
Dawson Construction Ltd.,
Vancouver, lowest of eight
firms to bid on the job at the

price of $7,058,137, “Total

cost, however, including
materials and engineering
supervision. will © be
$8,550,000,

Over 60 workers will be
employed in the big project
due for completion, except

for paving, in duly 1978. The |

pay ng tender will be called
ater, te :

Encrouchment on the
Skeeha River with rock fill
from a quarry pit, together
with construction of an

avalanche deposit zone for -

slide control are among the

features of the project.
Preparatory work leading

to the main: project wi

 fecongtruction

begin soon after Christmas,
with clearing. and some
upgrading
‘along the route, This phase
of work will be done during
the winter months providing
weather conditions are
suitable. The’ operational
base-for this work will be at
‘Téftace, where local labor
will be used. Later in 1977
when spring. returns, a
‘camp will be set up in the
area of the project, 45 miles
west of terrace, .

Second contract is for
three preslressel concrete
box girder bridges’ which
will replace oid timber
tressle bridges on the high-

way.

The new bridges on steel
pilings will include a 63 foot
span at Breccia Creek, 26
miles west of Terrace, a 94
‘foot span at Adesite Creek 27
miles west of Terrace and a
125 foot span over Basalt
Creek 62 miles west of

* Terrace. :

Lowest of five tenders for
the bridge contract came
from Ansha Contracting Co.
Ltd., Surrey, at $302,163,
Total cost of the three

. bridges including material’ Montreal . ‘and
. Bidlong, 18,. of Terrace,
“-B.C. Law. is wanted by

and engineering supervislon,
will be $465,000.

Work on the bridges which.’
are to. be steel pilings, will:

begin in mid-February with

completion within three.

months, At least 24 workers
will be employed full time

on the job. :

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active and enjoyable Christmas party last Wed-
nesday for 237 Terrace Scouts, Guides, Cubs,

at, é

JR. SECONDARY gym was the scene of an

Brownies and their leaders. Entertainment was

provided by each troop and pack.

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B.C. Tel applies

The B.C. Telephone
Company said Friday it has
fited an application with the
Canadian Radio-Television
and Telecommunications
Commission (CRTC) for a
genera] increase in rates.

The company had an-
nounced November 26 that it
would file a rate application
in December with the
federal regulatory bod
which is expected to hold
public hearings early in the

‘

| for increase

new year. .

In filing the application
with the CRTC, the com-

pany also requested ap-
proval of an interim, in-.
crease pending the public,
hearing and the Com-
mission's decision on the full
increases outliried in the
main application.

‘The interim increases
would amount to about one
half of the general increases
propesed by the company,

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1976

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Two students from

aN

from. New West-
minster finished one-
two-three in the
Uniform ‘Final
Examinations of the
Canadian Institute of
Chartered Ac-
countants in B.C, this
year.

PATE

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pabeosbee

First in B.C. and
* fourth in Canada was
= Richard WN.
% MeKerracher, a
= former Terrace
© resident. He lived
% here between 1952
& and 1967. Heattended
&. until local schools
= until graduating from -
Pa ade -eléven.:He is -
@ .~ the son .of Mr: and :.
# Mer gs Nee tt .
= MeKerracher, is
= em ‘by Thorne
& Riddell. aa
% McKerracher won ~
= the gold. ‘medal -
= presented by the
Bd titute of Chartered
= Accountants of B.C. -
ea Second in B.C., and
% the silver medal
winner, was John §.
Wilson, Jr. of
* Vancouver, a student .
# at Coopers & |
& . Lybrand. ;
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C.N.R. coul

The probiem of
pedestrians trespassin
across. Canadian Nationa
Railways tracks as a short
cut along Kalum Street

could result in the railway

. fencing off its propert:

forcing pedestrians to wal
to the overpass to get to the
south of town.

The matter came. up
‘following an enquiry by
Mayor Rowland into the
possibility of constructing a
pedestrian crosswalk over
the tracks on Kalum to the
‘south side of the railway
property.

Mr, C.F. Armstrong,
C.N.R. Vice-President
Mountain Region, in
replying to the letter written
by Mayor Rowland, said
that with the present track
configuration a pedestrian
overpass is possible and the
cost has been estimated at

Former

‘Vancouver and. one —

_ in B.C.

‘ onde‘ medal"
winner in-B.C; was
’ Henry Jung, of New

student of Touche
Ross & Co. The in-
stitute said 100 of the
165 students who took
the final exam in B.C.
passed. The pass rate
“of 60.9 pertent was
fourth est among

‘divert

d fence railway yard

approximately $70,000 in

1976: prices.’ This, would -

include some fencing on
either side to direct traffic
over the bridge. -

However, Mr. Armstrong
points out, that the prospect
of future expansion ‘of the
yard facilities might.render
such a structure out of date
in a few years and along
before it ‘has justified the
expenditure involved.

The apparent alternative,
according to Mr. Arm-
strong, would be to fence off
the area sufficiently to
edestrian traffic
from this point to the
roadway overpass on the
west side. This would
require a fence on the south
side. of the right-of-way
extending from: the in-
dustrial buildings just east
of Kalum and running

westerly about 1,500 feet. He

Terrace man in hoid-up

Federal authorities are
studying charges against
two Canadians following an
unusual neon-hour haldup at
a Valley National Bank
branch in Las Vegas,
Nevada. 7
' Investigators said the
‘men took a taxi to the
holdup, and used the same

taxi to make their getaway. .

The FBI identified the two
as George. Law,’ 26,’ of
Montreal’. and - Donald

. Cariadian authorities. for
armed: robbery, while
Budlong is, wanted on a
narcotics charge in British:

L BI said.

. Authorities said Law was

_ alleged to have gone into the

bank and gave a holdup note
to two or. three tellers. .
FBI officials said Law
escaped with about $1,600,
jumped back into the taxi,
and told the driver to head.
for McCarran International
Airport. . vee
Qn the way to the airport,
the bandits heard a police
warning on the taxi radio,
and told: the ‘driver: to let
them out at ‘a Mexican
restaurant near: the airport.
‘About 10 minutes after the
holdup, they were picked up

‘by a‘ police officer aa they
. tried to make a telephone .

“Investigators .said no
firearms were used during
the holdup. .-

Westminster, a ..

Terracite tops

RICHARD N. McKERRACHER

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stitute at a convov-
cation to be held at
the Hotel Vancouver
on January 15. The
- guest speaker will be
- Elvin Christensen, of
Edmonton, national
president of the
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states that by first estimate,
a substantial chain-link
fence of this length would
cost about $15,000.

Mr. Armstrong continues

- by saying that from the

railway perspective, the
pny practical answer is the
latter alternative — a ferce
to discourage trespassing at
this particular location. The
C.N, Vice-President in-
dicates that he is aware that
this may be an unpopular

oposal in some respects
but an alternative solution
may be difficult, if not
impossible to justify for the
longer term.

Mayor Rowland tends to
go along with Mr, An-
lerson’s- opinion that this
acflon may not be too

pular with: persons using
the railway. right-of-way as
a short-cut to South Kalum
from Kalum and vice versa.
He said that he would take
advantage of an invitation
extended by Mr. Armstrong,
that he invite C.N.R. of-
ficials from Prince George
to discuss the matler fur-
ther.

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TERRACE LEFT OUT

Une can hardly pick up a

. metropolitan. newspaper -

without reading something
-about a B.C. community
that either wants or does not
want to be the site ‘for: the
construction of a new
maximum
penitentiary to replace the
New Westminster  in-
stitution.

Lillooet -has been men-
tioned several Limes both for
and against the location of
this major industry in their
community, At last report it
was learned that Margaret,

- “Mia” “Murray, legendary
newswoman from ‘that

‘community, has come.:dut .

against the project which

.. should just about overcome
“the: /tin-favour”-seginent, of --

the population."Surrey” has”
“nefuged‘and:now comments |
are coming out of ‘Powell -

River, Golden, ‘Castlegar
and Delta. .. , 7

Just about every edition,
ene or. the other of these

communities are mentioned-
in regard to a “pen’’.-
: However, Terrace, which

through a resolution af.
council and in discussions
with. the Honourable Iona

: Campagnolo isnot one of the
locations mentioned
: possibility...

as a

- Mayor. Gordon Rowland

became a little concerted.

about this fact and thought it.
in the best interest of the.
community to communicate™
with the Honourable
Francis Fox the Sollcitor
General, dir2ctly. He. sent
the following letter to Mr.

security-

- Last |

Fox on December 7:

“At a recent council.

meeting of the District of
Terrace, a resolution was
passed “‘expressing our
desire to pursue the
possibility of prison
facilities being built in our
area’. oo

“A meéting was held on
November 12, 1976 with the
Honourable’ Iona Cam-
pagnolo to discuss this
matter. She advised at this
meeting that she would

_ bring her desires to your
attention on her return to

Ottawa. - : é
“To date, we have.
received no follow-iip on this

preciated’! ps ok ,
November 18,
Senator Ray Perrault, sent

-@ memorandum: to- all : reasonable

members of the House of
Commons from British
Columbia, which includes
Mrs, Campagnolo, of
course, in which he states:

*l have been informed by
Francis Fox that Surrey has
now been ruled out as a

sible site for. the above.

id informs me that he is
seeking an alternative site.

A maximum security

institution would result in-

200 jobs for an area adding
up to an annual pay-roll of
2% million dollars. :

1. Phe site required would
be from 50 to 100 acres,

_ terest |

‘he greatly ap-

pur. council

Senator pushes maximum
security institution

2, $500,000 to $600,000
_ would be expended for local
goods and services an-
hually.

3, There would be a
payment in liew of taxes to

e local council of ap
proximately $65,000

5,000 per year.

May | suggest that, if any

community in Our riding ts
interested in the possibility
of the establishment of a
security institution, Francis
Fox should be natified
immediately.
’ ‘There have been, as you
know, expressions of in-
: rom Golden,
Castlegar and, I un-
derstand, from Delta.

to

the! ..-The matter is one of some -

urgency... _. -

The minister has
suggested he would preter a
site: which is “not too
remote”.

I take it that a site within
access, to
‘Vancouver would’ be
preferable.

In view of the efforts by
and com-
munications with [ona
Campagnolo from Terrace
and Senator Perrault it is
hard to comprehend why
Terrace does not seem to be
getting any consideration
or. this facility. Perhaps
dealing. directly. with
Solicitor General Fox will at
least result in Terrace being
considered, unless Mr.
Fox's preference of a site
which is not too remote,
eanecels Terrace's chances.

Bob Hallsor named
Administrative Assistant

A well-known ‘Terrace
citizen has won out in the

competition for.the pasition

of Administrative Assistant
to City Clerk-Administrator
Wayne . Buchanan. Robert
E.R, Hallsor, presently
Office Manager  and-
Salesman at McColl Real
Estate Services Ltd. will
assume his new position on
January 3, 1977.

Mr. Hallsor is a graduate

of the internaticnally
recognized Charter Institute
of Secretaries which
develops corporation
execulives,

He served as Public
Health Inspector at Saanich
in 1963-64, He served in. the

same. capacity in Terrace
between 1964-66 and in
Quesnel between 1966 and

During the period 1969-73
Mr. allsor was the
Secretary-Treasurer af the
Cariboo Regional District
and between 1973-74 was the
Clerk-Administrator of the
Village of 100 Mile House.

Mr, Halleor is married to
Merry and they have two

children, both boys, Chris 3 -

and Bruce 9.

The position was ad-
vertised extensively
through western Canada at
a salary ranging between
$16 and $20,000.

Skeena MP gives views on pipe-line

: Sport Min-
ister Iona Campagnolo said
Thursday she has reservations

, about a proposed 7§3-mile pipe-

ling to Edmonton from Kitimat, .
Mrs. Campagnolo told report.”
ers that to reach the Kitimat
terminal, in her Skeena riding,
large tankers would have. to
pass ‘through treacherous
Inland waters, © ° .

She sald she “had strong res-
‘ervations about the laws gov-

- erning the type of vessels’’ that

: would be used to carry crude oil

from Alaska, .

- There was also a $325-million
salmon enhancement program.
along the Britlah Coluntbla
coast that “could be wiped out
by: a spill of crude ofl from a
tanker.’" _

She said envirenment protec: |
tion plans that Kitimal Pipe
Line Ltd. has. filed “could
hardly be very detailed in the
short time” the preposal hag
been studied.

She said.it was also unlikely
‘that the company would get
permission from the Indlan af-

fairs department to run the
pipeline through Jasper Na-
fonal Park.

_ While the shipping terminal in

Kitimat would provide badly-
needed employment, Mrs.
Campagnolo said she is keeping

" her constituents informed onal

the poasible impacts of the proj-

ect,

She has asked the National
Energy Board, which will study
the pipeline, to hold some of its
hearings in the Kitimat area so
local residents would get a full
picture of what was involved.

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pestis vas

Bob cor” :
Last day for

Christmas
hampers

Today is the last day for
-registering for Christmas
hampers from the
Salvation Army Christmas
Fund. This reminder was
issued today by Captain
Bill Young of the Terrace’
Salvation Army Citadel,

Needy persons requirin,
Christmas hampers shoul
telephone Mrs. Young at
635-5446 and make suré
that they are on the list for.
this vear. ”

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