ee ee

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“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.

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‘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. _

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