pats k's harps ee Oe Vander Zalm back in Premier Bill Vander Zalm will kick off his post-legislative session tour of the province in Terrace tomorrow, a visit timed to coincide with the beginning of Riverboat Days. Tan Jessop, Vander Zalm’s press secretary, said last week the Premier and his entourage are scheduled to arrive at the Terrace- Kitimat airport at 11:30 a.m. From there they will go to the Ter- raceview Lodge for lunch and a tour of the facility. - Vander Zalm plans to drop in on the first-Riverboat Days event — the Kinettes Kiddies’ Karnival in Riverside Park — during early afternoon, After that he will be at the CETK radio and television studios for media sessions. - Chris Shaffer, Skeena Socred MLA Dave Parker’s: executive assistant in Terrace, said yesterday that to her knowledge Vander Zalm has not planned a meeting with the local Social Credit riding association... - Firefighters kept busy over past weak The Thornhill Volunteer Fire ‘Department reports two fire calls last Thursday. The first occurred in a mobile home at 2089 Hemlock at 10 a.m. Thorn- - hill Fire Chief Art. Hoving said the fire was caused by a leak ina _ propane stove but quick action _ by two: teenagers: in the home prevented serious damage. “They did everything right,’ ‘says Hoving. : The second fire ‘occurred. at the home of Harley Poague on Kalum Lake Drive. Hoving says the fire was caused by a faulty natural gas pool heater in an in- door swimming pool. He says. Poague turned off the gas but his attempts to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful. Hoving says Thornhill fire fighters, ‘assisted by their Terrace ‘counterparts, were able to put the fire out but not before it destroyed the pool and caused extensive damage to the home. ’ Anestimate of the damage i is not available. Hoving “Teports two small Fate “on J uly 6, the Treasury Board approved a proposal which would have apparently: allowed the Ministry of Highways and Transportation to complete the last fourkilometres of the Shames Mountain access road at an estimated cost of $1. 2 mil- lion. On July 1t, MLA Dave Parker said during a phone in- ‘the Thornhill brush fires of a suspicious na- ture occurred last Sunday near dirt bike trails and says they are. just a continuation of. similar brush fires that have occurred in the: Thornhill area in recent -weeks, He says the first was reported at 8 p.m. and was located in the Copper Mountain subdivision near the intersection ° of Furlong and Kerby. The sec- ond was across the street from Pub and was reported at 9:15 p.m. . The Terrace Fire Department reports only one fire in the past — week — a small brush fire be- hind the R.E.M. Lee Theatre last Sunday at 11 a.m. Fire- fighter Ray Tremblay says th due to low rainfalls they keeping an eye on the level of the city reservoir. He adds there should be no problem with a water shortage provided everyone adheres to sprinkling restrictions. Failure to do so, he says, | situtation in the event of a major fire. . Tener peanarant SS a J der ie eee tS eee rete, Le eat Buildings, victoria, B.C. vv 1X4 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1989 7 Vol. 5, Issue No. 31 Phone 635-7840 Fax 635-7269 could create @ serious — ee Last ‘Friday marked the culmination of years of visionary. effort by members of the Terrace Health Care Society and previous members of the Terraceview Lodge So- ciety to establish an inte- grated health care sys- tem in the community. Two days of activities surrounded the opening Lodge. extended’ care wing, including seminars, ceremonies and banquets. For the story of this achieve- ment see page 15. And for the conclu- sion of our series on the history of the Skeena- view Lodge, turn to page 7. of the Terraceview | Terraceview Lodge administrator Kathleen Deigatty -got a congratulatory handshake from Minister of Health Peter Dueck fast Friday during a tour of the newly-opened Terraceview extended care wing. Shirley Locke-Winsor, the consuitant who gave an educational seminar and also spoke to the concluding banquet at the Terraceview Lodge away with a traditional Terrace gift. It's a Kermode bear photo, presented by Terrace Health Care Soclety board member Marlaine Webber. extended care wing opening, went of Shames. access road still foggy > ‘terview that the proposal would. be going to cabinet on Wednes- day and would be dealt with one — way or another, . On July. 12, the Terrace Re- view ran a story on page one with the headline, ‘‘Day of deci- sion for Shames’’. It should have read “‘Day of indecision” — nothing happened. The pro- posal was apparently sent back to the Treasury Board ‘‘to be reworked’’ and disappeared. A spokesman in Victoria said it would be back before Cabinet on July 19 but that didn’t hap- pen. No one in the Ministry of Transportation and Highways seemed to know anything about the fate of the proposal, so Premier Bill Vander Zalm was asked to clear things up during a stop in Terrace last Friday. But this didn’t help either. . “T know it’s been discussed,”’ said Vander Zalm, adding that the project has been discussed by. Cabinet ‘“‘a number of times’. But what happened to the proposal? ‘1 don’t know where it’s at,”’ he replied. ‘‘Who knows? I’m not sure. [t may have been resolv: Eileen Schaffer, a. Public. Relations Officer with the Ministry of Regional Develop- ment in Victoria told the Terrace Review Monday that the pro- posal was being examined by the ministry and an announcement can be expected in three to four weeks. Vander Zalm will. be back in Terrace tomorrow and he may have more to add. Inventory of items in the community time capsule - page 11