ee ee ee ee

UP THERE! Above, one of the
hundreds of kids watching the
parade attempts to redirect the
photographer's attention to a
clown riding atop one of the
city's fire trucks, Tap right, the
years. march by as Skeena
grads make their way down
Lakelse. ¢

A clear cut victory.

That was the opinion of the
judges for this year’s Riverboat
Dayes parade as the Ministry of
Forests entry was named best
overall float and winner of the
Legion sponsored trophy.

The competition was fierce
this year with 78 entries in the
parade, easily surpassing ’91's
total of 59,

The number of people lining
the route was way. up foo,
drawn to the annual spectacle
by made-to-order blue -skies
and sunshine,

Conmittee’s Choice winner
was the Back Eddy Pub and a
special award went to the Pacif-
ic Sparklers, an entertaining

PAO Mata

troupe of baton-wielding young-
sters who made the trip from
Prince Rupert to take part in
the festivities.

In the commercial section,
Terraceview Lodge took top
spot from the Coast Inn of the
West’s saloom-style entry with

Skeena Sawmills being
awarded third spat.

In the = non-conimercial
category, the B.C. Senior
Games Society were named
whiners with perennial
favourites the Kitsumkalum

Band taking the runner-up
spot, Third place went to St.
Matthew's Anglican Church.
Cowlicks Hair Salon was vic-
torious among the Groups

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 5, 1992 — Page A5

REE-MENDOUS PROCESSION

entry with the Totem Saddle
Club being awarded second.

' And the gleaming autos,
vintage and modern, brought
the Skeena Valley Car Club top
marks in the Vehicles class with
the colourful. entry from
Heather’s Balloon Magic taking
‘second.

Despite clear  pre-parade
warnings that any entry throw-
ing candy. along the route
would be disqualified from
judging, Legion organizers
reported they had to disqualify
one float,

The no-throw rule was intro-
duecd — ond strictly enforced
— for safety reasons.

™=

LETTERS

TO THE TERRACE STANDARD

Council
hard to
fathom

Dear Sir:
Recently a lot of conflicting
statements, positions and

protest have been put forward
by various Hazelton areca
mayors aad councils,

Since many northwest resi-
dents tend to think of the
Hazeltons as a homogencous
community, a short geography
and history lesson may be
helpful to sort out this confu-
sion,

The Hazelton’s collectively
have a population of 6,155
people. This population is,
divided between Indian vil-
lages, a large rural arca and the
municipalities of Old and New
Hazelton. ;
Old Hazelton council bas
been very vocal on area affairs,
is advocating the closure of the
Carnaby mill, the area’s main
employer, and recently even
went on record opposing a can-
cer clinic in Prince George.

It is important to note that
these viewpoints emanate from
a council that represents 339
people out of the 6,155 area
residents. It is also significant
to note that not necessarily all
those 339 people underwrite
their councils’ view, as shown
by recent petitions signed by a
lot of Old Hazelton residents
who oppose their council’s
position.

Latest census figures revcal
that between 1986 and 1991
Old Hazelton lost 22.2 per cent
of its: population, while the
Hazelton area as a whole
showed an itcrease.

It may not be fair to link this
exodus of residents from Old
issiies, but these views certain-
ly do not appear to altract a lot
of new taxpayers.

Their present strident opposi-
tion to the Westar sale cauid, if

they arc successful in their
Strategy, result. in the

if isieperary, ar permanent loss of

“several hundred Hazelton area
jobs, oe ;
Most town cowicils would

fight tooth and nail to preserve
any and all employment in
their jurisdiction. It’s difficult
to fathom the deliberations of a
council that would fight to put
large numbers .of their con-
stituents on the dale.

Pete Weeber

New Hazelton.

Chopper

| insanity

DearSir,
_ Four billion dollars.

Asa moot point I mulled this
number over in my bead. Let
us say the average family in-
come is $60,000 per year, at
Say af average income tax rate
of 20 per cent that is about
$12,000 from each family.

This doesn’t include the ex-
tra 7 per cent GST the govern-
ment gets on the remaining
$40,000 OK. at $12,000 per
family it takes...lct’s sec...that
is...cops, my calculator doesn’t
take ten digits (1 would bet the
government's docs).

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