' ' a f x é : é } f if HOW MUCH LONGER? That's ths of facing a torn-up street. However, city the question some Halliwell residents have been asking after three mon- officials say the end is in sight. Paving of Sparks to Benner Stretch is scheduied for early next month. Road woes near end TERRACE — It has inconve- nienced those living on the street and taken a chunk out of one local business’s tourist trade revenue, but a city official says a large portion of the Halliwell Ave. upgrading pro- ject is nearing completion. — Engineering director Stew Christensen said the North Sparks-Benner section should be gravelled by the end of this week with paving likely to be carried out in early August. . That is welcome news for Matt Ehses, owner of Northern Light Studio. Although the pav- ed section will end one block short of his store, he said tourists will now at least be able to find and reach it. While local people have con- tinued to make their way to his store, many tourists — faced with with a rough road and a sometimes baffling system of detours — had simply given up. Pointing out this was his most important time of year in terms of revenue, he said, “It’s had quite an impact. But at least we'll have a good August,” he added, The experience has also been a frustrating one‘ for householder Maureen Haworth, particularly when she drove home one day to find excava- tion work done in her absence had left her driveway $ft. above the road bed. No advance notice this was going to happen had been given, she added, For the next three days and nights she and her husband had to park next to Skeenaview Park. When they woke one morning to find their vehicles were among five vandalized during the night, she said ‘‘that - was the last straw.” Haworth has advised council she will be requesting compen- sation to cover the cost of her insurance deductible. While he conceded the pro- ject had taken “‘a little longer than originally estimated,” Christensen pointed out there had been a one month delay waiting for Pacific Northern Gas to find the manpower to lay a line along the north side of Halliwell. A decision to install a sanitary sewer from. North Thomas to Renner — not part of the initial plan — had also extended the length of the pro- ject. Christensen anticipated that section of the road would be completed by wmid- September, City targets forest issues TERRACE — Increasingly worried by’ the apparent con- ‘traction of the region's forest -industry,.city council has struck venew: ‘committee, toadvise ir oft * how “best: to - protéct** Terrace from the effects of that trend. Mayor Jack Talstra said con- cern that Skeena Sawmills might one day relocate part of its operations to Kitimat plus mill closures in the Hazeltons © prompted the decision to set up a special forestry committee, . ‘‘Forest companies are scrambling for timber so we thought it important to protect ‘our-interests here: in Terrace?’ he explained. Council hoped the committee would be able to sug- gest what action: the city could take to maintain ‘‘and perhaps enhance” the locally-based forest industry. . “Primarily we want to ensure there is no net loss of jobs in our Slash burn trend said encouraging TERRACE — Aware of the ex- tent of public opposition to prescribed burns, it now ap- pears the forest service is more ready to consider alternatives when it comes to dealing with slash, says Kitimat-Stikine regional district director Les Watmough, “They're not as asleep as I thought they were,” Watmough commented: following a recent trip to logged off sites with ministry staff, The group had visited two sites in the Thunder- bird area near the Terrace- Kitimat airport — the regional district last year called for a ban on all slash fires within a 10 mile radius of the airport. Referring to forest service concerns about the increased danger of wildfires if a-lot of Slash is left after logging, Wat- mough conceded protection of- ficers were likely to get nervous during hot, windy weather and would therefore prefer to take action to reduce the risk. However, he explained, ‘‘The idea is to get them away from this single-minded slash burning approach.”* Noting the ministry was experimenting with a cou- ple of alternatives on the sites visited, he said that now seemed to be happening. It was now :a question of whether it stuck to the new ap- proach. Although the anti- burning ‘message had ‘'‘got across’’ in the 70s, Watmough said that had not lasted, “Hopefully this time it will be different — and better,” he ad- ded, HOST FAMILIES NEEDED NOW! area,’” he said. Anticipating the committee would look at a wide range of subjects including Value-added. — ‘ products, ‘log ‘supply sand: OXer: ports, Talstra said its recom.’ mendations would likely form the basis of future council lob- bying of the provincial and federal governments. Committee members are as follows: John McMynn, chair- man of the city’s tourism and economic development commis- sion; Doug McLeod from the chamber of commerce; Nor- thwest Loggers association president Alex Houlden; Alec Bolton of the Kitsumkalum band and Wilf McKenzie of the Kitselas; industry represen- tatives Don Chesley (Skeena Sawmills manager), Dan Tuomi (Skeena Cellulose woodlands manager} ‘and forestry con- sultants Rod Arnold and Gerry Dodd (one-time district manager with the forests ministry). Alderman and retired logging company owner Bob Cooper will be council’s representative on the committee, - The committee got its first assignment last week — to hear a presentation from the Council of Forest Industries on prescrib- ed burning, That-is expected to take place in mid-August. Spill probed mm TERRACE — Conservation of- - ficers are investigating a spill of : bunker oil at Eurocan's pulp mill in Kitimat last month. No decision ‘has yet been made on whether or not to press charges against the company, district conservation officer Jam Peter Kalina said last week. Bunker oil is a heavy petroleum derivative used as boiler fuel in pulp mills and ships. _Thé incident took place June 21, four days before Eurecan ~ - pleaded guilty’ to pollution charges relating to a toxic chemical spill that took place in June 1989, °° The company | was fined $40,000 on one count of in- troducing hazardous waste into the environment, and one count of failing io maintain waste control works. ; Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 18, 1990 — Page A7 Make a Fashion Statement With Your Windows! 25% OFF ABBEY | HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL BLINDS Ask for datas about our other speciais Valances are Blind Duster — FREE FREE with every verticle blind order. |} with avery order over $200. 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