A recent ralfle held by the Terrace Child Development Centre netted the organization $1,050, which board member Christine Elde (second from right) says will be used for operating costs. The three winners shown here received prizes donated by the Prince Rupert Highliner Inn, tha Mount Layton Hot Springs Resort, and Ski Smithers. Connie Yasinchuk (left) won a night's stay and dinner for two at the Highliner, Tamara Thomson got a night for two at the . hot springs, and Randy Burke claimed a weekend ski package at Hudson’s Bay Mountain. Silver lining to GATT ruling Beneath the roar of outrage from the fish processing in- dustry over the federal govern- ment’s decision not to challenge the GATT ruling permitting the export of unprocessed fish, quiet ‘“‘hurrahs’’ can be heard from the direction of Telegraph Creek. Kitimat-Stikine Regional District director Dan Pakula of Telegraph Creek says that two commercial fishery operations at Telegraph Creek have been struggling to get off the ground since 1979, but the major obsta- cle to viability has been the pro- blem of processing and market- ing their catch. According to Pakula, the Tahltan-Iskut Tribal Council and a private enterprise called Great Glacier Salmon have been running ‘‘bare bones’’ busines- ses for years and have been ‘working hard to develop their Regional district stays in council After a short discussion, the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District board of directors decid- ed March 19 to renew member- ship with the Northern Develop- ment Council (NDC) at a cost of $1,467. Because the NDC is based in Williams Lake, Hazelton direc- ‘tor Alice Maitland suggested that the organization was inclin- ed to favor development in the Cariboo area. However, Kitimat director Bev Rodrigo spoke in favor of the group. She said she had believed at one time that the NDC would be replaced by the provincial government’s eight economic regions but pointed out, ‘‘They’ve done nothing yet — they have no real plan.” Rodrigo also said, ‘‘It’s our own organization rather than one the government imposed on us.”” The Northern Development Council represents seven regional districts in northern B.C. General areas of concern include economic development, energy, fish and wildlife, forestry, Native land claims, Native self-government, mining, tourism, transportation, com- munications and utilities. TWO LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU BETTER!! Kiddle Corner from the Post Office Thornhill Public Market Wednesday is Men’s business shirts or Ladies’ cotton blend dress shirts expertly laundered hatever | Wie Kick ards Cleaners drift net and set net operations. He said the tribal council fishery was working with an old brine storage barge they had purchased for B.C. Packers. They at one time tried to expand by purchasing the Great Glacier operation, but the government refused to handle the financing because they said the purchase price was inflated and there were concerns over the implications of the GATT ruling. _Now, “The GATT ruling is good for us,’’ says Pakula. And they could have been sitting ona gold mine if the purchase of Great Glacier had gone ahead. Being free to export un- processed fish, the two fisheries operations in Telegraph Creek can simply drift downriver about 125 miles to a processing plant in’ Wrangell, Alaska, a processing plant which Pakula says is owned by B.C. interests and will also benefit from the federal government’s decision. The Terrace Co-op is having a lawn and garden seminar with JACK ATKINSON - April 12, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. - in the Co-op cafeteria — Coffee, Donuts and Discount Coupons — SEE YOU THERE!! Terrace Review — “1 Regional district gives conditional to northern The board of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine has voted to support the concept of a northern university in Prince George, providing it would not have a negative effect on the operation of Northwest Com- munity College. College officials have told the regional district they support in principle the concept of a basic four-year university degree pro- gram being set up in Prince George on the condition it could be implemented without any detrimental effect on the college. They expressed concern over the possibilities of reduced funding for NWCC, Judy Jephson, Chairman of the NWCC board, said in a let- ter, “‘The government could consider that our region is then adequately served in terms of ac- cess to basic university services, ‘This argument has been used against us in the past. A number of very important programs for Northwest residents have either _not been established at North- west College or have been ac- quired only after massive effort because similar programs have existed in Prince George.” Jephson said the provincial government’s assumption that the Northwest could be served by a Prince George institution was an ‘‘invalid assumption’’. ‘*Programs in Prince George do not in any significant way serve Our people, In fact, most 4cvt *LABOUR ONLY, PARTS EXTRA x si TUNE-UP LABOUR ONLY MOST CARS 6 CYL SA4q “AS | ~ “VANS AND TURBO-CHARGE VEHICLES EXTRA 4-WHEEL ROTATION AND BALANCIN / Wednesday, March 30, 1988 3 support university Northwest residents who have to, or choose to, leave the region for educational services would prefer to go to Vancouver or Victoria,’ said Jephson, Funding examined School trustees and admin- - istrators representing North Coast school boards met last Tuesday in Terrace to review the need for additional profession- als skilled in particular learning and behavioral problems. 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