26 = Terrace Review —— Wednesday, November 20, 1991

ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK...

A specialist Richmond firm
began work on twenty barrels of
toxic herbicides which had been
discovered in a Ministry of High-
ways gravel pit in Thomhill weeks
earlier, The Ministry of Highways
had concluded that the drums were
buried in the late 1970’s, when
that method was an accepted
means of disposal of toxic wastes.

After the barrels were excavated
and cleaned off, the chemicals
were transferred to new drums and
moved to an on-site storage facil-
ity. Soil around the barrels which
might have been contaminated was
spread on thick plastic liner and
covered with another liner. The
area containing the chemicals and
contaminated materials would be
kept in a locked and fenced com-
pound until a disposal site could be
found. |

Some local contractors affected

-by the transfer of Tay-M Log-
ging’s North Kalum forest licence
to West Fraser Timber of Terrace
were up in arms over the possibil-
ity of not getting paid. West Fraser
had accepted the responsibility of
payment to the contractors
approved by Tay-M as a condition
of sale. However, some of the
affidavits filed for payment by
contractors were not being
approved by Tay-M owners. The
undisputed amounts were expected
to be paid within a two-month
period and the disputed payments
were to be put into a trust account.
A West Fraser spokesman said his
company would not become
involved in the disputed claims but
that the contractors would have to
go after Tay-M themselves, even
as far as court if necessary. The
disputed monies would remain in
trust until such time as the disputes
were settled. Withdrawal would
have to be approved by both West
Fraser and Tay-M.

Orenda Forest Products represen-
tatives were in the area to discuss
plans to build a zero-effluent pulp
and paper mill north of Terrace, in
the Méeziadin Junction area.
Orenda said the Scandinavian-
designed plant would take 570
man-years of work to build and
when operating would employ 143
permanent workers. They said the
mill would consume 183,000 cubic

_ Metres of pulp logs to produce
173,000 tons of the type of light-
weight coated paper used in glossy
magazines.

The Terrace Regional Transit
System received the 1990 Mobility
Award for Innovation in Access-
ible Transit. According to B.C.
Transit the association recognized
the conversion of the old system
from two full-size buses to one
full-size and two smaller buses.

- The small vehicles being wheel
chair lift equipped and fuelled by
» natural gas helped increase accessi-
bility for those with mobility im-
pairments and increased the num-
ber of people using the system,
while having no significant
increase in operation costs.

Two YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK...

The Terrace library ‘board was
hopeful about their expansion
plans. City council agreed to look

[ Looking back...

at the project later in the month
when they also would look at the
economic and planning strategies
of their Five Year Comprehensive
Development Plan. They would
also be determining the percentage
of rural users in order to determine
which portion of the project cost
would the city’s responsibility. The
library board was estimating the
project cost at about $1 million,
split between the local government,
the provincial government and
proceeds from a library fund-rais-
ing drive. It was feit that a referen-
dum would be held the following
year in conjunction with the civic
election and, if the response was
favourable, the project could begin
in early 1991 to be completed: in
1992,

An idea to develop mini-parks in
Terrace was being discussed by
city council, Ten small park-desig-
nated sites within the city were
being considered for development
as playgrounds, picnic areas or
gardens. It was hoped the projects
could be handed over to service
clubs or neighbourhood groups to
do the work. The idea was sent to
the Community and Recreation
Services Committee for discussion.

A new Muks-kum-ol housing

project consisting of 13 duplexes.

was under way on the south side
of town. Site preparation and in-
stallation of services was in prog-
ress, and construction was

expected to start carly in the fol-
lowing year. The addition of the

" rental units would bring the ‘otal .

number of units in the Muks-kum=

: of Society’s local ‘urban “native

housing inventory to 88.

THREE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK...

Local elections saw one incum-
bent and two newcomers elected to
city council while two incumbents
and one newcomer were elected to
the local schoo! board. According
to the returning officer only about
29.5 percent of registered voters
tumed out to exercise their demo-
cratic right to select their local
government.

Meanwhile in the federal elec-
tion, the New Democratic Party
won more than 50 percent of the
popular vote in the Skeena riding.
The Progressive Conservative party
won a majority government across

Skeena Cellulose announced
plans to build a bridge across the
Skeena River at St. Croix Creek,
25 kilometres east of Terrace. The
bridge would open the area across
the river to logging and re-
creational developments, and SCI
would gain access to a forest
licence that would allow them to
cut 400,000 cubic meters for
twenty years. They expected to be
hauling wood out by the following
spring.

Further up the river, Seven Sis-
ters Ventures Ltd. announced they

were close to reaching an agree-

ment with the Gitksan
Wet’suwet'an Tribal Council on a
land usage proposal in the Cedar-
vale area. The plans included an
extensive hiking trail and lodge

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Do not be so conservative. Learn to accept
change and remain open-minded. Be

Your appearance is important. Pamper yourself..
A new haircut, outfit, and extra rest is in order.

A negative attitude will drive others away. Re-
main optimistic in spite of extenuating
clrcumstances.

Romance will develop with new friend if given
the chance. Don’t back away from your feelings.
Be (rue to yourself,

A startling discovery may create a tense at-
_ mosphere either at home or al work. Keep your
cool when confronted.

Monetary problems may beset you now but a
windfall is due to come your way soon. Make
good use of present: assets, .

Divide the problems and conquer the work. A
co-worker may come up with a useful suggestion
for that nagging problem.

An older person has-imposed his desires. upon -
you. Do not give into them if you feel uncom-
fortable about it.

A second chance will be given to you. Don’t spoil
it this time. Be wary of an individual on the

Good time for travel. Get it behind you before
the holidays. You will accomplish your goals if
you work fast.

Perfection is costly. Don't be annoyed if
everything is not as it seems. Chill out.

Be careful when giving advice. Someone may
take you too seriously and much ado could be
made about nothing.

GREY CUP DAY
DON’T MISS A PLAY
Serve your guests a
BERT’S DELI TRAY.
Just call 635-5440 and
then relax and enjoy.

On

«|[ Bert’s Delicatessen
4603 Park Avenue, Terrace

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network to be developed over the

next few years. A Gitwangak
“spokesman said that it was the first
‘time a prospective developer had:

approached the band with plans
and the desire to work together,
and that an agreement in principle
would be signed in the near future.

FOUR YEARS AGO ‘THIS
WEEK...

In civic elections incumbent
candidates topped the polis for
council and school board seats.
However, the real questions were
with the referendums in which the
Sunday and Holiday Shopping
referendum was defeated almost
two to one, and the pool expansion
referendum passed with a wide
margin. A 70 percent voter turnout
was experienced in Terrace.

Branch 73 of the B.C, Old Age —

Pensioners Organization turned
down a proposal from city council
‘that would see the expansion of
the Happy Gang Centre and allow
the old police building on the
corner of Kalum and Lakelse to
stay in place. They said that city
council's proposal for the local
branch of the B.C.O.A.P.0. to
lease out and maintain the building
was unworkable and a project they
didn’t need at that time, The
B.C.0.A.P.0. said they needed a
location that was easily accessible,
had ample parking and was close
to downtown and bus stops; they.
had not ruled out moving from the
current site. The status of the
police building as a heritage build-
ing was still up in the air, with
many conflicting feelings on the
subject.

| would like to congratulate
Stew Christensen on the result of
the poll of Saturday’s election. |
would also like to thank all those

who came out to vote for me.

Best regards
Jack LeBlanc

‘Terrace

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