Al0 Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 27, 1990

A year ago |
this week —

"THIS PACKAGE IS DISGUS-
TING... IT’S AN INSULT," said
one Mills Memorial nurse a year
ago this week. And that pretty
much summed up the state of
negotiations between the B.C.
Nurses Union and the Hospital
Labour Relations Association.

The BCNU bargaining committee
had recommended acceptance of a
wage package offered by the
HLRA but local nurses were
expected to vote against it. "This
won't meet our needs, and it won’t
bring back nurses who have left
the profession," said Terrace nurse

Marie Cousins. She explained that
they didn’t believe that the prob-
;, lems that had initiated the -strike
would be solved by the HLRA
_ offer and predicted that if it were
accepted patients would continue
to suffer the same understaffing
- that existed prior to the strike.

The HLRA had offered a com-
pounded wage increase of 29 per-
cent over three years in a series of
six increments but the BCNU was
looking for 33 percent in the first
year and. seven in each of the
remaining two years. A vote on the
offer was scheduled for early July.

A note of interest on the Mills
Memorial strike situation; the
nurses strike was over pending the

July vote on the HLRA offer but.

the hospital was still behind picket
lines. The Hospital Employees
Union, which represents house-
keepers, cooks and an assortment
of other jobs, was on strike and
nurses had agreed to honor their
pickets. .
_.ON THE CITY SCENE, a bylaw
enforcement officer was expected
to be on the job by mid-August,
we were told: Soon, unsightly
premises and derelict vehicles
would be a thing of the past and
_ Violations under the Street and
Traffic, Noise Control and Smok-
ing Control bylaws would receive
appropriate attention.
It was unclear, though, if en-

forcement of the Noise Control.

Bylaw would have any effect on
the CNR. Council was beginning
to receive complaints, again, of
CN whistles sounding at all hours
of the night but it appeared as
though CN engineers wouldn’t be
ticketed; it was no more than a
reminder that people in Terrace
like to sleep at night.

“Parking lot crashes at Skeena
Mail were being watched by. the
RCMP and city council. Angle
parking, larger spaces, one-way
traffic and more policing of. the
emergency fire lane were being
considered by mall management as
possible ways -of reducing the
number of parking lot fender
benders.

While these ideas were being
considered, though, council had
already made a decision on another
traffic matter. School zone signs at

pre-schools and. day care centers -

would not be installed; ‘council had

* been told by the RCMP that the

signs would be: inappropriate and
the: “Suggestion was made that

* _ présschools -and day care centers
_ should: put up t fences: and instal.

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secure gates.

There was good news for the
Terrace Hotel. City council
endorsed their application to the
B.C. Gaming Commission for the
right to establish a casino in Terr-
ace. According to assistant man-
ager Gerry Ray, the casino would
provide about 40 new jobs in town
and would be a financial boon to
local organizations as well.

AND IN THE COMMUNITY,
Lieutenant-Governor David C,

Lam dropped by for a brief visit
-while on a coastal tour; and Heri-

tage Park received a new "old"
artifact; a restored
turn-of-the-century freight wagon.

The donation was made possible

through the hard work of

- 84-year-old Ted Johnston, who

restored the wagon with the help

‘of his son-in-law David Piffer of

Smithers.

There was less cheer around the
Terrace Women’s Resource Center,
though. They were looking at

cutting back on some services due _

to funding cutbacks in the federal
budget. Options being considered
were a shorter work day or closing
entirely for a part of the year.

LOOKING FARTHER AFIELD,
the June, 1989, meeting of the
Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine was an interesting
and enjoyable affair. Staff, media
and the board of directors headed

for the high seas “aboafd ” the
65-foot yacht Eagle One. A num-

ber of Douglas Channel hotsprings
and other scenic spots were visited

and the possibilities of a marine

park considered.

The North Coast Development
Region’s committee on transporta-
tion had completed their prelimi-
nary report.’ Recommendations
included an upgrade of the Terrace
airport, the construction of several
small airstrips throughout the
region, a Nass road upgrade,
bypass routes for Terrace, Stewart
and Prince Rupert, and that Via
Rail service in the northwest be
maintained.

SUNDAY SHOPPING headed.
- the business news a year ago this

week. On behalf of the Save Sun-
day Committee, Terrace business-
man George Clark asked city coun-
cil to adopt a version of a Quesnel
bylaw which regulates shopping
hours and to support provincial
legislation similar to that put in
place by the Ontario government,
requiring that all businesses close
their doors at least one day a
week, According to Clark, that
legislation has all but killed Sun-
day shopping in Ontario.
(Editor’s note: the Ontario legis-
lation has been scrapped; at least
for the time being. The Ontario

Supreme Court decided last week:

that the Ontario legislation is "un-

constitutional"-and the province is

left contemplating an appeal.)

THE KITSUMKALUM BAND ;
COUNCIL took another step.

towards economic independence a

year ago this week with the cer-..

emonial blessing of a” newly

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A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK the Kitsumkalum Band's new river boat, the Sim-Ol-Ghets Il, was
inaugurated to provide services, including water taxi, to locals and tourists on the Kalum and

Skeena Rivers.

acquired eight-passenger riverboat,
the Sim-Oi-Ghets II. The riverboat
was to be used as a water taxi and
a second boat, expected to arrive
later in the summer, would accom-
modate 20 to 25 passengers on
river tours.

THE OWNERSHIP OF MO’S
TURBAN was in question. Mayor
Jack Talstra purchased alderman
Takhar’s turban at auction for
$500 but Takhar still hadn't
handed it over. Of course it was all

in fun and only: part of a very
* successful’ first annual: R. E.M: Lee

Hospital Foundation fundraiser.
Terrace pioneer Bill McRae was
roasted then dubbed as the city’s
second city freeman and the foun-

dation made around $30,000 that

would help buy needed equipment
for Mills Memorial Hospital.

IN EDUCATION, it was grad
week in Terrace and UBC presi-
dent Dr. David Strangway was in
town to speak to the Class of '89.
While here, he supported the con-
cept of a northern university and
offered this advise to the grads:
"The base you get from high
school, your teachers and the edu-
cation system is one you must
build on."

IF CHINA WAS A PART OF —

THE CURRICULUM, THOUGH,
it was a part our students would
have to miss. On June 6, 1989, the
Ministry of Education urged B.C.

school districts who were planning
on sending students to China to.
cancel their plans. The political
situation there was too unstabte.

MINOR SOFTBALL ENDED

‘THEIR SEASON WITH A

LOCAL TOURNAMENT for the
four youngest divisions - and
Bri-Don Specials took the all-girls
"mites" division and Smithers

Realty won the girls’ squirt divi-
sion trophy. In the boys’: squirt

division, the Co-op Stars took top
spol. °
~All three Northwest youth soccer

associations cancelled trips to the
_ Canada Safeway Interior Challenge
Cup ‘Tournament in Kelowna. —
Kelowna organizers decided. they
~ wouldn’t arrange billets to lower.

accommodation costs and that just
made the trip too expensive.
Instead, the Under-11 and 12 year

teams were off to Quesnel for the
Billy Barker Days Select Team

Series.

Terrace cyclist Mike Christensen
had just returned from that same
Cariboo community, where he set

‘a new record in the five-kilometer
hill climb with a time of 13 minu-

tes, 30 seconds; a full 22 seconds

better than the previous record.

Wheelchair athlete Paul Clark
was less lucky, though. After,

entering the Canadian Wheelchair
Marathon’ Championship in Win-

nipeg with high hopes, the 42-K
event ended afler only two. kilo-

‘meters when he crashed with.

racers Ron Robillard and Dan
Wesley. Clark struggled another 28

‘kilometers with a damaged chair

before finally calling it quits.
The Terrace Northern Motor Inn

Stealers. won four games in a row
at a Kispiox toumament to bring —
home the trophy and $800. We
didn’t do as well in the Smithers
senior "B’ mixed slo-pitch tourn-
ament, though. Top spot went to
the Smithers Blues. But in Kitimat,
Terrace runners and cyclists won
‘several firsts in the Alcan Family
Mini-Marathon. Terrace’s Ed An- -
sems, Sue Simpson and Gail
Sheasby all.came home. with first
place finishes.

And finally, Terrace’ s Dan
Rogengren, ‘won. the. Father’ 8. .Day

‘weekend jubilee open golf tourna-

ment in Prince Rupert a year ago
this week. If you think back a
year, though, what else was there
to do besides play golf? Until
further notice, we were told, the
annual steelhead quota in the

- Skeena and Nass Rivers and their

tributaries has been dropped from

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