8 ‘Terrace Review — Wednesday; June 29, 1988 : oe

Commentary

—— by Stephanie Wiebe

She sits on the sundeck, sip-
ping coffee and relishing the
sounds of an early summer’s
morning. The birds twitter, the
sun peeks through the pine trees
and a soft breeze blows. She
doesn’t usually allow herself
such a lazy morning, but today
she rose early enough to sneak in
a few quiet moments alone.

It’s been so hectic lately, with
end-of-school activities, the pic-
nics and sports day. The kids are
getting restless, eager for sum-
mer break to begin. Even the
teachers seem a bit anxious late-
ly.

Rainy days are the worst. Out-
door .school -activities are
cancelled, picnics rescheduled,
and all that restless energy gets
stifled. The kids are building up
to a frenzy of energy, an-
ticipating long days at the lake,
campouts and sleep-overs with
their buddies. Some of them are
moving away, or leaving for ex-
tended vacations. They suddenly
seem aware that they’re growing
and changing, moving on to a
new stage of childhood.

She sips her coffee, surveying
the soft green lawn. She envi-

Beer garden
by library?

The Terrace Kinsmen have
been granted tentative permis-
sion to set up their huge tent in

George Little Memorial Park on —

two occasions this summer. One
date, during Riverboat Days
however, includes a beer garden
in the park, and permission is
pending input from the Recrea-
tion Department and the public.

The first event scheduled by
the Kinsmen is on July 1. They
have received a $1,750 grant
from the Canada Day Commit-
tee and they plan to spend
$1,500 of that on fireworks for
Canada Day celebrations. Other
events planned for the day in-
clude a beef barbeque put on by
the Lions and a light sports day
where scouts and girl guides will
run races for children.

Plans for Riverboat Days in-
clude the Kinsmen Children’s
Festival on July 29, a Lions Fun
Day on July 30 and a Kinsmen
Casino and Beer Garden, in-
cluding a Battle of the Bands in
the bandshell, on July 31 and
August 1. The Kinsmen say the
Casino and Beer Garden will on-
ly operate until 11 p.m. and that
a snow fence will be erected to
divide the area from the rest 0
the park.

Horse fuel

Jim Taylor, a resident of 4933
Graham Ave., has been granted
the city’s permission to use the
unused southern portion of the
neighboring public works pro-
perty to grow hay.

Taylor made the request earli-
er in the month, saying his pro-
posal would ‘control weeds and
keep the field from returning to
a wild state.’’ The city agreed
and has offered to enter into an
agreement with Taylor for a
lease of $1 per year which will be
reviewed annually.

Terry 638-8178

sions baseball games, wading
pools and popsicles; laughing
kids, Kool-aid and sunburns.
She sees herself laying on the
beach reading a novel while the
children play in the water and
sand, She thinks about bar-
becued hamburgers, humid lazy
evenings, and watching the
sunset. Yes, it’s going to be a

wonderful summer,

Her thoughts are interrupted.
‘Mom! Mom! The brat woke
me up with cold water, and |
stepped where the cat threw up,
and I dropped my caterpillar
and now it’s lost in the house.”

Sigh... Only 69 days till school
starts again.

An enthuslastic Skeena Junior Secondary prom committee spent nearly $2,000 they had
raised over the year to create an elaborate setting for the school prom. The gymnasium was
transformed into “another world” with real shrubbery (borrowed from the Terrace Co-op), a
giant tree trunk with a tunnel, a tree house, giant mushrooms and mountains, ponds and
waterfalls. Vice principal Bill Gook said, ‘‘It was one of the most enthusiastic dances of the

year.”

Task forces deliver recommendations _

Most of the Northcoast
Economic Development Com-
mittee’s task forces have com-
pleted their studies and handed
their recommendations to
Minister of State, Dave Parker,
to be delivered to cabinet. Ac-
cording to Mo Takhar however,
the task force on transporta-
tion and highways came up with
no recommendations and has
asked each community in the
region to write their own list of
priorities so. they can come up
with an overall list of Northwest
transportation needs.

The task force on adult educa-
tion recommended that the gov-
ernment should get together
with industry to discuss the
possible shortage of journeymen
in the next nine to 12 years due
to retirement. Takhar explained
that the problem lies with in-
dustry, who are unwilling to hire
apprentices and train them as
journeymen.

The recommendation suggests
that the government should re-
quire industry to hire a number
of apprentices based on the
number of journeymen they
employ. This task force also rec-
ommended the development of a

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northern university, but with the
stipulation that it doesn’t mean
cutting funding to Northwest
Community College.

The task force looking at
northwest medical services rec-
ommended that the government
should provide incentives for
medical professionals to practice
in the north. According to
Takhar, the task force said that
doctors get paid the same
wherever they practice and they

therefore prefer to locate in.

larger southern communities
which have more to offer.
Takhar said specific incentives
were discussed. .

The task force studying

forestry recommended that the
government initiate a study to
determine where Northwest logs
end up and how much is lost by
not processing the logs in the
Northwest. Takhar says they
need to know how many are pro-
cessed in this region, how many

are shipped to southern B.C.

and how many are exported.

No recommendations ' were
made on the Sustut timber issue,
but Takhar said it was discussed
at the meeting. He said a ques-
tion was raised asking why the
Sustut, north of Hazelton, was
in this forest region eight years
ago but has since been ‘trans-

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ferred to Prince George. He said
Parker replied by saying it was
more economical to take the
timber-to Prince George.

He said that Parker added
that accessing the Sustut from

‘Prince George opened up an-

other area containing 900,000
cubic meters of timber. Takhar
said he doesn’t agree with the
reasoning, however. He says
that if Prince George can access
900,000 cubic meters of timber,

the 400,000 cubic meters of =.
Sustut timber should have ree

mained in the Prince Rupert 9°
forest district. - ge Pe

JANZEN — David and Bernadette are pleased to an-

nounce the arrival of 5 Ib. 11% oz. Tyaira Sandra Leslie on

June 24, 1988.

KRUPOP — Kathy and Richard are pleased to announce
the arrival of Carlye Juliann Krupop on June 26. Kyle's

new sister weighed 7 Ibs. 13 oz.

NEASLOSS — Tyler Eugene. was bor

weighing

8 Ib. 2% oz. Congratulation
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Neasloss.

n on June 26, 1988,
1s to grandparents

MONAGHAN — Born to Rhonda and George on June 27,

a baby girl named Kelse
p.m. Proud grandparents
of Terrace and Wyburn an

tario.

y Marie, weighing 7 Ibs. at 2:43
are Gordon and Hazel Hamilton .
d Noreen Klinck of Stayner, On-

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