18 Terrace Review. — Wednesday, October 9, 1991

: | Looking back.... :

ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK...

Nisga’a land claims were in the news a year ago this
week when the provincial government assumed a role as an
official participant in the negotiations. In celebration of the
event the Nisga’a Tribal Council held a celebration on the
banks of the lower Nass River. The various parties involved
_ did not seem to be in agreement as to what role the provin-

cial government would play.

'  Astaff forester from the Council of Forest Industries was
in Terrace addressing city council on prescribed burns.
Council expressed some concerns, mostly relating to pollu-
tion and environmental issues. The COFI forester said that
there had been a lot of work done on smoke management
planning, that emissions were being studied and that smoke
could be controlled by timing. She said that if done properly,
prescribed burns are good forest management. Burnin
warms the soil, which is good for new growth, and gets ri
of junk and debris that could fuel an accidental fire.

Construction was under way on Lakelse Ave. at a site des-
ignated to become the new home of Kentucky Fried Chicken
and three retail spaces. Construction was also under way on
the new A&W on Keith Avenue.

TWO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK... .

...B.C, Transit released a draft report on the findings of a
study to determine the feasibility of a custom transit service
in the greater Terrace area. The study indicated there was a
possibility a custom system might be in place by the follow-
ing summer, after the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine
looked at the three options suggested and approved the con-
cept. One of the options suggested the purchase of a mini-
bus which would operate on a dial-a-ride basis to provide
transit service, mainly for the disabled. Another option,
which would not require any additional purchases, would
increase the number of mid-day runs with more stops and
bus shelters. The third option would mean adjusting the type
of transit vehicle used locally to better suit the community.
Vehicles suggested were one regular size bus and three
vans.

A barge carrying 5,400 tonnes of salt for road de-icing
arrived in Kitimat from Vancouver. According to Nort
Coast Road Maintenance this method was more direct and
cheaper than the former transportation method of train and
truck. Some of the salt would be distributed to a road main-
‘tenance contractor in the Smithers area and the Terrace
Public Works department as well as being bagged for sale to
homeowners.

The Zion Baptist Church celebrated the dedication and
opening of their building expansion. The construction work
was started in March and finished in late September. The
Centennial Christian School also celebrated its official open-
ing and dedication; however it took an additional year to
complete.

THREE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...
..the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine was concerned
over a government announcement that would see the sale of

water front property at Lakelse Lake. Over 5,000 lots leased |

by year-round lake residents and summer residents would
stand to be affected by the sale. Concerns expressed by the
Regional District included fears of a negative impact on the
environment. |

A new nurse call system was installed at Mills Memorial
Hospital, replacing the old system which had been in place
since the hospital opened in 1960. The system would allow
nurses to be in two-way voice contact with patients in their

eds.

After some initial apprehension, the Northwest Communi-
ty College board of directors agreed to endorse the concept
of a northern university. The first volume of the three-part
proposal for the university put forth by the Interior Universi-
ty Society indicated it would be located in Prince George
with satellite campuses in various areas of the north. One
suggestion made by the board was a name change for the
society from Interior to Northern University to better reflect
the area it would serve.

FOUR YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

...the old provincial police building on the corner of
‘Kalum and Lakelse was the centre of controversy. The Ter-
race branch of the B.C. Old Age Pensioners Organization
wanted the building moved to Heritage Park so they could
purchase the two lots on that corner for future expansion of
the Happy Gang Centre. The Terrace Museum Society and a
Terrace alderman however thought Heritage Park would be
the wrong place for the building and wanted time to give
more careful consideration to its future. They felt the build-
ing represents an important part of the city’s history as it
was the only heritage building still at its original site.

The first real steps were being take to amalgamate the
boards of the Terrace and District Hospital Association and
the Terraceview Lodge Society into one body, the Terrace
Health Care Society. It was theorized that initially the board
- would be made up of appointed members from the two
boards. The board would be responsible for Mills Memorial
Hospital and Terraceview Lodge; it was believed a single
board would provide more efficiency, better patient manage-
ment and resource sharing.

‘Rumours concerning the possibility of Air B.C. beginning
a route between Terrace and Vancouver were rampant,
mostly due to dissatisfaction among many over the existing

air service at that time. A spokesman for Air B.C. said that -
service, if it were to start, would not be until 1988 at the |

very earliest.

- October Daze — events in history
| Complied by Tom Taggart - special to the Terrace Review .

Oct.1: | Orator Rufus Choate born (1799); Danny Ortega doffs shades at UN (1984), |
- PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA established (1949). oe
~ ‘Leningrad, USSR turns back the clock to St. Petersburg (1991). a
Oct.3: | Eleanora Duse bom (1859); Author (“News from Nowhere”) Wm. Morris dies (1896).
| Yankee Stadium: Cecil Fielder of Tigers hits homers #50 and #51 (1990).
East Germany (GDR) assimilated by West Germany (1990). -
Oct. 4: USSR launches Sputnik I (1957); A Star falls: Janis Joplin, R.L-P. (1970).
Oct. 5: Tom Paine's “Rights of Man” draws blood in France (1789).
Canadian Dan Culver stands atop Mount Everest, Nepal (1990). . :
Oct. 6 Boston: First American Co-op store opens (1845); Bette Davis, R.LP. (1989).
Oct.7 Annette Funicello joins TV’s Mickey Mouse Club (1955). _
“Read My Lips”: Subversives kill U.S, Pres. Reagan’s teleprompter (1984).
Oct. 8 1871: Fires sweep Chicago and Peshtigo; Black Rain falls on Ireland (1907). ,
Pitcher Don Larsen of Yankees hurls the only World Series perfect game (1956).
Oct. 9 G. Verdi squawks (1813); Queen of England visits Lotus Land (1987).
Oct. 10 Death of Charles Fourier (1837), Che Guevara (1967) and Orson Welles (1985).
U.S. VP Spiro Agnew caves in to “Nattering Nabobs of Negativism” (1973).
Oct. 11: | USA: Birth of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), social activist cousin-wife of FDR.
England: IRA bomb fluffs up Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1984).
Oct.12: New World: Arawaks take note of three big canoes dropping anchor offshore (1492).
Oct. 13: Boston Pilgrims beat Pittsburgh Pirates to win the first World Series (1903).
Oct. 13: Betty Boop struts her stuff (1930).
Nobel Peace Prize to Martin Luther King, Jr. (1964) and M. Gorbachev (1990).
THANKSGIVING DAY, CANADA (1991).
Oct. 16: China: The “Long March” begins (1934); PRC becomes fifth nuclear power (1964).
OT Lebanese freedom fighters gun down raiding Israeli warplane (1986).
Oct. 17: | Extra! New York Times gives birth to 54 pound, 946 page issue (1965). _
Big earthquake (6.9 Richter) disrupts the “BART” World Series (1989).
Oct. 18: Canadian women legally become “persons” sez British North America Act (1929). .
Oct, 19: | Grenada’s Maurice Bishop (1983) and Mozambique’s Somora Machel (1986) die.
Capitalists look into abyss as Wall Street closes, down 508 points (1987).
Oct. 20: Birth of the authors A. Rimbaud (1954) and U. LeGuin (‘The Dispossessed”) (1929).
Oct.21: (((EVENT OF THE MONTH))) Thomas Alva Edison turns on the lights (1879).
Joan Baez jailed for disturbing War (1967); Jack Kerouac pulls off road (1970).
Anchorage: Gunman shoots up editorial office of daily newspaper (1986).
Oct. 22: American entrepreneur “Pretty Boy” Floyd rubbed out by G-Men (1934).
.Oct. 23: 241 U.S. Marines find Allah in Beirut (1983). .
FULL MOON, 1991.
Oct, 24: Anna Taylor shoots Niagara Falls inside barrel (1901), lives to tell. Se
BLACK THURSDAY, 1929: Wall Street buckles, harbinger of worldwide depression.
. UNITED NATIONS DAY/New World Order Day. eT
Oct. 25: © Charge of the Light Brigade repulsed by heavyweights (1854).
“Family of Nations” infanticide: U.S. snuffs tiny Grenada (1983).
Oct. 26: Alaska: Atomic icebreaker from USSR frees two grey whales (1988).
Oct. 27: Ukraine: Nestor Makhno born (1889); Leningrad/St. Petersburg flood #265 (1985).
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, 1991.
Oct. 30: Asteroid Hermes nearly hits Earth (1937); Martians “invade” via radio (1938).
Oct. 31: HALLOWE’EN (Druid Autumn Festival).

"Tf there's one thing this
election.is about .. .
It's our kids. Skeena
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than just a home. They
need jobs and security
for the future. That's a
top priority for me."

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