TERRACE — A permit
to apply the herbicide
‘Sroundup’’ to an area
west. of Terrace is being
appealed by the Kitsum-
kalum Band.

by Michael Kelly
Staff Reporter

If the appeal fails,
Whonnock Industries
will proceed with aerial
application of the
chemical in the Scotia
River valley near the
Skeena. The spraying is
-intended to remove
brush and broadleaf
trees in preparation for
planting of coniferous
trees in an area logged
about 10 years ago.

Alex Bolton, research-
er for the Kitsumkalum
Band, said that “round-
up’? was tested in the

Pullout

Individual trustees of
School District 88 will
consider a notice of mo-
tion presented by former

eirace Review — Wednesday, Feb. 19. 1986

Band fights sprayi

Skeena River area in
1984 and approved for
use in 1985. Bolton
argued that inadequate
time was allowed for
testing and results.
‘‘These chemicals are so
new,’? he said, ‘‘there’s
no time to get test
results,’ and they ap-
pear to be ‘‘testing them
on us.”

Bolton also said that
the Band views the use of
herbicides as being an ex-
ample of improper forest
management. He claim-
ed that if the logged area
had been replanted im-
mediately after cutting,
the use of chemical
defoliants now would be
unnecessary.

Test data

Rene Mikaloff, a
member of the Coalition

for a Pesticide-Free
Northwest, said that rep-
resentatives of the Mon-
santo Corp., manufac-
turer of ‘roundup’, re-
fused-to release test data
on the product. She add-
ed that the coalition is
particularly interested in
tests recently completed
concerning toxicological
effects on fish.

Mikaloff stated that
research done by Indus-
trial Biotest in the U.S.
had been determined by
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to contain
falsified data, and that
identical testing is now
under way in Agriculture
Canada labs.

The Kitsumkalum
Band appeal will be ruled
on by the Pesticide Ap-
peals Branch in Prince
Rupert on April 15.

considered

Chairman Danny Sheri-
dan to withdraw from
the British Columbia
School Trustees Associa-

Chairman elected

The trustees of School
District 88 have both a
new chairman and vice-
chairman as a result of
internal elections that
took place Tuesday, Feb.
11.

Former chairman
Danny Sheridan resigned
for personal reasons the
previous week but re-
mained as a trustee,
causing a vacancy in the
board’s top post. Filling
it was the first item of
business at the February
session.

Secretary-treasurer
Vern Rozee conducted
the board election. Stu
Christensen nominated
Lavern Hislop for chair-
man. Ray Jones nomi-
nated Nancy Orr who
was absent from the

meeting. Dave Parker
asked if any message of
acceptance for nomina-
tion had been received
from Orr. Rozee allowed
Orr's name to stand
without such indication.

The result of the secret
ballot vote placed Hislop
in the position of board
chairman. At the same
time, that created the
need for another election
to fill Hislop’s previous
post as vice-chairman.

Ian Anderson nomi-
nated Jim Angus who
declined to run. Dave
Parker nominated Kir-
sten Chapman and Jim
Angus nominated Ray
Jones. Chapman, the
trustee from Stewart,
was elected as vice-
chairman, again by
secret vote.

Moose shot

TERRACE — The
Ministry of Environment
is presently investigating
the shooting of a cow
moose and her calf that
took place a couple of
weekends ago.

Fire

On Valentine’s Day
the fire crew reported a
chimney fire on Hagan
Street in Thornhill.
There were no damages.

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The Terrace fire
department was called to
a medi-assist on Thurs-
day, Feb. 13. Details
were not available at
press time,

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Store canned foods where they
are not likely 10 freeze.

Lance Sundquist, dis-
trict conservation of-
ficer, said the cow moose
was shot near west
Kalum road, at Mud
Lake, along with her
calf. Sundquist added
that the moose was preg-
nant with another calf.
We believe there’s two or
more people involved, he
explained.

Ministry of Environ-
ment officials are asking
for public assistance
regarding information as
to who is responsible for
this incident. All infor-
mation will be kept con-
fidential.

The B.C. Wildlife
Federation offers up to
$2000 in rewards for in-
formation leading to the
arrest or conviction of
the person(s).

tion (BCSTA) presented
at the board’s meeting of
Tuesday, Febuary 11. If
passed the action could

not take affect until June -

of next year.

Superintendent Frank
Hamilton explained ‘in
an interview Friday while
the vast majority of the
province’s school dis-
tricts pay dues to the
organization, at least one
does not belong. :

Hamilton described
the BCSTA as the
political arm of school
boards and it engages in
discussions with the
premier and education
ministry on topics
various boards are con-
cerned with.

The BCSTA also pro-
vides research and
resources on a fee-for-
service basis to B.C.’s
trustees. In addition, it
provides other general
services such as cir-
culating legal opinions to
all member boards, as
well as co-ordinating
salary negotiations.

At press time, Sheri-
dan was unavailable for
comment as to why he
wants the board to
withdraw from the
BCSTA.

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Brenda Keumper
| really don’t think so.
It's hard on em-
ployees having to
work Sundays. It’s
traditionally been a
family day. If parents

work, their children
don’t get a chance to
see them much during
the week. Sundays
provides families with
the opportunity to be
together.

. Phillp Musselman
Definitely. My father
works in Kitimat five
days out of the week
and on Saturday he
does his business
around town. Sunday
would be a good time
for the family to go out
shopping.

The Terrace Review asked:

Should stores be
allowed to stay open
on Sunday?

Michelle Lapointe
Personally it is my
view that Sunday Is a
day off and | would
prefer not to see that
system change. But it
Is up to each ‘in-
dividual whether they
want to have the con-
venience of store
openings Sunday. On
the one hand, It Is kind
of nice for people who
work to go uptown on
the weekend, but for
me, I'd be working and
would not get an op-
portunity to shop, so
that system would not
benefit me.

Sandy Hiushak

it would be good for
residents in Kitimat as
most of the stores are
closed in that com-
munity on Sunday.
Opening stores in Ter-
race would help give
out-of-town people an
opportunity to shop
here on Sunday.
However, people who
live in Terrace should
have enough time dur-
ing the week and on
Saturday to do
business in_ the
stores, so I’m not sure
the system would be
of benefit to local
residents.

Betty Heseltine

I think so. There are a
lot of people who work
all week and can only
get to the stores on
weekends. Many In-
dividuals from out of
town would undoubt-
ediy appreciate the
opportunity of being
able to shop on Sun-
day. But there are
both good and bad
aspects to the con-
cept. Allowing stores
to remain open on
Sunday could create
difficulties to con-
venlence outlets
whose owners rely on
that day for sales.

Herb Neasloss
| think it would be a
good Idea. It keeps
people spending
money In positive en-
deavors.

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