ee ee ee ee “Ndeferred $55,000 is now due i in 1989. Ut _ Ther muni- © -Cipality hasbeen granted “oanother deferment in a “¢Ost-sharing debt owed to the - provincial govern- “ment. ° Highways and = Trans- “portation Minister Cliff “Michael recehtly notified i Terrace. ‘council the gov- - ernment will settle for half «this “year’s scheduled re- payment for the 1985 re- “construction of Highway “16 between Eby St. and Kenney. St. The new pay- “ment ‘plan means the city _ “Swill pay $55,719 for 1987 . instead of ‘the original amount. of $110,719. The “Upon receiving the noti- ~ fication at the May 11 ~~ 'gouncil meeting, Ald. Bob ; - Jackman, suggested coun- “oil write the minister and ‘request forgiveness for the _ remaining. amount. ‘Mayor Jack Talstra : ‘replied, “We're going to “have to watch what we're * doing; we're already ask- ‘ing. for ‘half cost-sharing a on. ‘Halliwell, - and. then “we're going to ask for the same thing on the other half of Halliwell, We're’ an ‘going to have to. watch our oo credibility.” | ‘Jackman agreed it - ; might be better to hold the “request. . FERRY REQUEST DECLINED — “The general manager r of “ym Ferries : has . turned. : down a joint request from pe - 4600 BLOCK MERCHANTS — ‘inal, * \ $216, 965. housing started dazing ihe | first four months of this: Terrace and Kitimat coun- cils to restore the direct winter ferry service from “the north ‘coast to the Tsawwassen ferry term- Ina letter. received by Terrace council May 11 G, Baldwin argues that the existing service to Port ‘Hardy lands travellers in ‘an area with good winter. road conditions” and that’ sea service to Tsawwassen ‘would be a needless dup- lication. © . - - The original joint coun- cil resolution petitioned for the service to provide a winter ~alternative when - road conditions in the north discourage travel through the interior to and - from the lower mainland. Ald. Doug Smith com- mented, ‘‘We should _ watch this situation care- ~ fully. This letter is a short response to a complex question, and I think it’s far from final.’ The letter was received and filed by council. =~ HOUSING STARTS CONTINUE TO CLIMB An early trend this yeat toward a minor housing . boom seems to be carrying _ on unabated. The Terrace building in- -.spector’s. monthly report for _ April 1987 shows single. . residential units. continuing to lead other types of development with three _ permits: issued. for... construction valued at - SU PER Great Bargain ar Day~ _ __f | — Rain or Shine gia et a * fbvrownler i, i" Wha J rraiaw 7 MITEL ys ie Single family 7 year is valued at $725,520, compared to $91,000 at” this time last year and | -, $125,000 for the same per- iod in 1985. The. value of construc- tion covered under all ‘classes of permits taken out for April is $428,165, bringing the year’s total to ‘$1,505,290. Commercial _ construction includes a ‘$90,000 expansion to the Totem Furniture building: on’ Lakelse Ave.. and $91,000 worth of renova- . tions being undertaken by © B.C. Tel to their offices on Lazelle Ave. | _” Last year’s figures for value of construction in Terrace were distorted somewhat: by the $2 mil- lion RCMP building pro-. - ject, but that will hardly . compare to the effect of : ‘the $24. million sawmill Skeena Cellulose plans. to begin building this: year. When asked if council will the much-needed addition to the local tax. base is complete, Mayor Jack Talstra replied, ““‘We may ‘have a party when they _ take out the building per- mit.””. © - The permit alone for the, project is estimated to be worth $60, 000. =I chool ef BARN: va a = Ft piseessesio =~ J ‘boca resident Isobel | Brophy apoke to epproximately 50 people at the Pro-Life altent vigit in Terrace. ‘Vigil attracts 50 - ~ by Pam Whitaker | - ‘Ferrace contributor — TERRACE — A Silent Vigil for a Silent Holo- caust screamed in bold let- _ tering across the lawn of Mills Memorial: Hospital in Terrace, Thursday evening May 14. . ‘The sturdy banner buf- feted by cold spring ‘winds, and $0 men, wom-_ “en and children standing quietly, caused passers by _to.stop and stare. What ‘holocaust they wondered? have a celebration when - “This vigil is one of many across Cana Isobel Brophy, R.N., am plained at the beginning of the 76 minute watch, “It is to mark the 18 years that abortion has been legal in this ‘country. one million babies have lost their lives — it is in- _» deed a silent holocaust.”’ ‘Brophy is the president of the Terrace Pro-Life. _ She.queried, . “Tn: the first. place | we: Education Association. _ She-. stood on..a_small* makeshift . podium. to make her speech. — so | \(The Stork » | || Report Is the stork Ce about to visit you? * ‘More than: “Wwe are standing in ‘Memory of the 76 unborn: children who perished by abortion at our hospital in’ 1986,’’ she continued. “(And for those children in» the future whose lives will be threatened i in the same way.” She said: “A few dec- ades ago our society gen- erally accepted: that. all life, whether unborn, handicapped or ‘elderly, was unique and sacred, deserving to be cared for and protected by ‘the law. Now our society is beginn- a human life is relative — some lives are worth more’. than others. For example, ‘the more dependent an - individual is the'less right’ he has to live out. his God given days from. concep- tion to natural death’.”" . “So what do we want? ' What are we asking fort” are asking the Therapeutic - Abortion Committee - at Let everyone know: about the happy event by having.it printed. in the Terrace Review. Forms are available at the hospital. ‘this hospital to stop. rub. ber stamping ‘approval for abortions and to start functioning as they were originally intended, ' ‘Sec. ondly we want to remind doctors they have two: pa- tients "to care for in any pregnancy. We ask them to stop providing a ‘quick ‘fix’ for. this ‘genuine com- plex human problem.’” “Lastly and ultimately ‘we want Mills Memorial _ Hospital to join in the 85 percent of Canadian'Hos- — ~pitals that do not do any abortions. (except -pro- ing to feel that the value of © cedures to save lives). Ideally, ‘like many com- | munities across Canada, ‘Terrace .could be called ‘an Abortion Free Zone’,”* _ “Our vigil willbe silent, just as the unborn are si- dent,” Brophy. continued: “It will, last 76 minutes, one minute for each life ended.by abortion at Mills Memorial Hospital - ‘in 1986." - Tony and Addle Ippel are pleased to. announce e the birth of their daughter, Adriana Dina Chandra - + a baby sister. for. Alexander, on: May 9, A987 welghing 10 Ibs, 1 OZ. _ FLOWERS A LA CARTE ‘ Mamber ol AFS Wire Service - 24-hour Phone (604)635-4080 Skeena Mall ‘Si ONG tne