A& - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 3, 1996 MUNLESS THE province turns over the land that the air- port sits on, the city isn't likely to take over the heavily subsidized opera- tion. The airportsite. is currently leased from the province. @ CALEDONIA student Mark Tessaro took first place in a provincial social studies competition and was awarded a $1000 scholarship. More than 300 Grade 1] students wrote the exam. M@THE FUTURE of the Northwest Development Edu- cation Association is threatened by re- cent federal govern- ment cutbacks. The 15-year-old Ter- race group exam- ines global issues. M@ MILLS MEMO- rial hospital will not be getting any pro- vincial government money this year for the purchase of ma- jor equipment. BTOURIST VISITS to the Chamber of Commerce Info- centre are down this year due to the traf- fic detours caused by the te-decking of the Dudley Little bridges, says chamber man- ager Bobbie Phillips. i MTHECITY’S PRO- posal to shut down the Terrace dump and direct all greater Terrace garbage to the Thornhill site re- © ceived a non-com- mittal response from regional district board members. MCN RAIL, THE city's second largest taxpayer, would get a 50 per cent prop- erly tax break, short- ing the city coffers a stiff $250,000 per year if the proposed legislation Bill 55 goes through. MFIREWORKS IN Hyder, Alaska sparked a Fourth-of- July fire which toasted the building that housed the community’s fire hall, post office, com- munity centre, 1i- brary, ambulance sta- tion, forest service office and T.V. re- broadcast system. WTERRACE LIT- tle Theatre's “Escape trom Happiness” won two awards at the provincial drama festival. MTHE PUBLIC Library expansion project came in about $25-$30,000 over its $1.4 million budget, according to city councillor Val George. MA NEW FIRE- truck for the Terrace airport has been can- celled due to money- saving moves by Transport Canada: * BTHE ALASKAN catch of Skeena- bound coho has in- creased from 1.2 million in 1985 to al- most 6 million in 1994, severely threatening the back- bone of Terrace’s tourism industry. MBOB REEDS, A 79-year old visitor who has built a boat from quarter-inch. plywood while camping at Ferry [s- land, says he will navigate the Skeena River to reach Prince Rupert. @KSAN HOUSE officials met with health ministry offi- cials but are unsatis- fied with the government's re- sponse to budget and other problems sur- rounding Osborne Home, a nine-bed psychiatric facility. MICHARGES LAID against a Kitwanga man as a result of a 1993 fight in which a Terrace youth lost both legs to a mov- ing CN train were dismissed after a judge found the two had agreed to fight. STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST women was the theme of a September Take Back the Night parade in Terrace. Signs and speeches marked the occasion as locals took the opportunity to highlight the dangers faced by many women todav. Year End In Review Brought To You By These Community M@ PRISONERS kept in RCMP lock- up wili cost the city about $100,000 more a year, now thal ‘RCMP accountants have determined the city has been mis- takenly reimbursed for the costs of pris- oners arrested out- side city limits, BLOCAL ART: iSTS and arts groups are question- ing the value of arts in the eyes of city council after coun- cillors reviewed the annual property tax exemption. received by Terrace Little Theatre. , PLEASE fa Appliances & Handtools here Ul {Tryst fet you’: COOPERATION | E: i "od DEPOSIT 5 Lawnmowers, @@ SHOULD BE RETURNED|: FOR DEPOSIT AND |: REFUNDABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS ! RECYCLING RECYCLING GAINED respectability at the Thomhill dump as the Kitimal-Stikine set aside an area in which certain things could be deposited, Others were then welcome to re-tise whatever items they needed. as a Meee Brot we ces ATRIBUTE TO active living came to the northwest in the form of Bob Reeds. Nearly 80, Reeds built a small, eight-foot ply- wood boat and sailedit down the Skeena Riverto Prince Rupert, And he had many adventures along the way. SICONSERVATION officers trapped 17 bears at the Terrace dump and killed five more. Officers are dealing with as many problem bears as pos- sible before the city powers up an electric bear fence there. M@ THORNHILL property owners who have derelict vehicles littering their land are being warned that an un- sightly premises by- law is being en- forced. The by-law gives the regional- district the power to Minded Businesses. issue a clean-up or- der, and if that is ig- nored, owners may be charged for an enforced clean-up. BTHE MILLS Memorial Hospital board is scrambling to deal with a bud- get deficit that has unexpectedly bal- looned to $290,000 so far this year. The board decided to ask the health ministry for a peer review of its operations. M@THE SKEENA Valley Golf and Country club’s bid fora BC-2] prant to- ward construction of the back nine holes will have the support of the city, despite a finance committee recommendation to the contrary. BALEX MAGUIRE, age five, was given the honour of cutting the ribbon at the grand opening of the Terrace Public Li- brary’s newly fin- ished expansion. BTHERE'S LITTLE or nothing the city can do to stop the es- cort agencies now S§IMETAL DETEC- tors and baggage searches are no longer necessary at the Terrace airport, since federal regula-. . tions have lifted those screening re- quirements. BM THREE FIRE hydrants downtown are being painted by local artists follow- ing the city’s reluc- tant approval of add- ing the colourful tourist attraction. BFOUR MEN heading into Terrace on Hwyl6 were pulled over by RCMP who seized five ounces of co- caine worth $30,000. In a separate inci- dent, RCMP charged two local residents and seized more than $180,000 worth of prime marijuana after a raid on a Thornhill house. MSKEENA MP Mike Scott has bowed out of the much-criticized par- liamentary pension plan, following an election promise he operating here, says city licensing direc- tor Paul Gipps. Any attempt to impose un- usually stringent regulations or a stiff business licence fee will leave the bylaw indefensible in court, he advised council- lors. STWO MONTHS after he came to town, Bob Reedshas gone. Reeds drifted down the Skeena River to Prince Rupert in an eight- foot boat he built of plywood. Before leaving, Reeds ac- __“They Said “It’s going to give you great economic strength. Factors are more positive here than for the rest made to do so two years ago. BLOCALS KATHY Wale and David Gray became instant millionaires after winning $5 million in the provincial lottery. M@ THE KSAN House Society gave a year's notice to the provincial health ministry that the group will no longer run Osborne House, a nine-bed psychi- atric facilily here. The proup cites fi- nancial disagree- ments as the reason for the notice. M@ KAY AND George Hagen were voted residential winners in the Ter- race Beautification Society’s annual garden contest. BKYLIE OMAN was crowned Miss Terrace 1995 in a ceremony held dur- ing the Riverboat Days long weekend. Cella Levesque was chosen to be first princess, cused RCMP Staff Set. John Veldman with the abduction of himself and his boat. RCMP say they acted to safe- guard Reeds from danger when they took him from the Skeena river. He later returned. HA TERRACE woman is out $200 after responding to a personz!s ad in the newspaper. The woman sent the moniey to a post of- fice box in exchange for a list of eligible bachelors. of Canada or the rest of B.C.” MTWO ESCORT agencies have taken out business li- cences in Terrace. One of the agencies was refused a.li-.... ~ cence in Kitimat last spring after a com- ‘pany official admit- ted to city council that the business in- volved clients pay- ing money for sex. MTHE NISGA’A OF the Nass Valley are going to spend approximately $7 million as their share of building a road to Kincolith at- the mouth of the Nass River. That figure is - based on an esti- mated $40 million total expenditure with the federal gov- emment kicking in $15 million and the provincial govern- ment paying the rest. @ PRIVATIZING THE Terrace dump will save the city $11,000 this year, but under the private con- tract terms, the city must first install an electric bear fence at the cost of up to $15,000, DOUG SMITH, the locally re- nowned emcee, has left town with his family, headed for Langley. Smithy is well-known for his widespread commu- nity involvement. BTHECOST OVER- run on the Terrace Library expansion is now projected to hit 395,000. That figure doesn’t include the costs of extras such as shelving and the library front counter, or repairs to the Lower Little Park ir- rigation system. La Vancouver economist Dr. Roslyn Kunin on the influx of people who are moving to the northwest to escape the city, bringing with them jobs and economic opportunity. , Best Wishes To All This Holiday Season Skeena Terrace Operations WY CELLULOSE INC. 635-6580 The Staff and Management of 5/70) © @° Would li ke to wish all their valued customers a TERRACE FURNITURE MART LTD. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thank you for your continued patronage.