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Vol. 4, Issue No. 34

Inside

_. this week’s
Terrace Review
CHANGING THE GUARD:
The Terrace and District
Community Services Society

has a new administrator,
starting next week... page 17.

FUNGUS FIGHTER: The

management and union at
Skeena Cellulose like their
new antl-staln application
system... page 23.

DOUBLE EXCHANGE: A Ter-
race exchange student got
back from Australia recently,
and another one left for Mex-
ico... page 24.

Business Guide 12
Church Directory 16
ClassifiedAds 19—22
Coming Events 14
Comics: 18
Crossword 18
Dining Directory 10
Editorial 4
Entertainment 16
Horoscope 2
Letters 5,7
Sports . 8
Talk of the Town - 5
Weather 2

Union to
try again
TERRACE — After being de-
feated by a tie vote last Thurs-
day, the General Workers’
Union was granted the right yes-
terday by the Industrial Rela-
tions Council (IRC) to make
another attempt to organize Ker-
modei Construction workers at
their Terraceview Lodge work-
site.

On Monday, Paul Johnston,
business manager for the
Kitimat-Terrace District Labor
Council, said the failed certifica-
tion bid left Kermodei Construc-
tion in a situation where they
could be organized by another
union, and the General Work-
ers’ Union couldn’t reapply for
certification for 90 days. ‘‘This
clears a major obstacle out of
the way,’’ he said.

Section 49 of the Industrial
Relations Act (the Labour Rela-
tions Act prior to Bill 19)
however, makes an exception to
the 90 day rule if the employer
makes a request to the IRC.
When asked to explain this sec-
tion of the act, Roger Davis of
the Employment Standards
Branch in Terrace said that
under Section 49 it was at the
board’s discretion to determine
if the union was interfering with
the employer, and if they felt
there is no harassment could
grant the union the right to
reapply.

continued on page 2

| Legislative Library,
oo | : a Parliament Buildings,

Victoria, B.C.

TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, August 24, 1988

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Residents tell council to stop Sunday
construction or reduce property taxes

Frank Woodward of 4102
Skoglund St. presented a peti-
tion signed by nine Skogiund St.
residents to Terrace council
Monday night complaining
about an unreasonable amount
of noise being created by Ker-
modei Construction at the Ter-
raceview Lodge extended care
construction site.

by Tod Strachan

Woodward told council that
since the project began, Ker-
modei had worked ‘‘without ex-
ception’? seven days a week

from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
‘We are not averse to anyone
working ‘reasonable hours’,’’ he
said, ‘‘but Sunday is the one day
when most of us want to rest and
enjoy a littl bit of peace and
quiet.”’

He said Skoglund residents
were being ‘‘forced to listen to
several workers banging, drill-
ing, sawing, driving cats, front
end loaders, and trucks that
seem to rattle all day’’. When he
was finished he told council,
*“We don’t mind normal hours
but if this continues on the Sab-

bath and doesn’t stop — we
want a 50 percent reduction on
our property taxes.”’ He added,
“Tf there’s any problem, let me
know and I°ll get a bigger peti-
tion. And if there’s still a pro-
blem I'll get a bigger one still.’’

During council’s discussion
on the matter, alderman Bob
Jackman asked clerk/ad-
ministrator Bob Hallsor if Ker-
modei wasn’t in violation of the
city’s noise bylaws. Hiallsor
replied to this by saying, ‘‘If
they’re working Sundays, yes.”’

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mitted construction work to be
carried on, at a reasonable noise
level, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m,
every day except Sunday.

Council, however, voted to
send the matter to committee so
they could discuss the matter
with Terraceview employees and
Terrace Health Care Society
representatives. If not dealt with
by city administration or the
Health Care Society, the com-
mittee’s recommendation will be
presented at the Sept. 12 meeting
for action,

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This was the scene on Lakelse Ave. Sunday at the beginning of the Skeena River

Challenge bicycle race to Prince Rupert. The winner was
Andreeson, and Terrace’s Mike Christensen topped local entries with a fourth place

finish.

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Dumpsters torched

Fire chief warns of arsonists

Intentionally set in commer-
cial trash containers fires are a
threat to public safety, and after
four incidents in the last two
weeks Terrace fire chief Cliff
Best advises local merchants to
keep dumpsters a safe distance
from buildings. In addition, he
asks that anyone seeing an in-
dividual or group ‘hanging
around’? commercial dumpsters
to phone the fire department at
638-8121.

According to Best, the prob-
lem began on Aug. 9 when a fire
was reported behind Wool-
worth's, He says that when fire-
men arrived they discovered the
contents of an uncovered 8 by 8
by 30 foot dumpster were on fire
and the flames were close to ig-

niting the tar roof of the Terrace
Shopping Centre.

Best says that after the blaze
was doused, Riverside Disposal,
the owner of the dumpster, was
called in to remove the con-
tainer, and even though they
were escorted to the city limits
by the fire department the con-
tents were again on fire by the
time Riverside reached the
Thornhill garbage dump.

He says that other than some
smoke entering the building
there was no damage to Wool-
worth’s, but he added that if the
fire had not been reported pro-
mptly it could have resulted in a
major loss. Best says that after
the fire, the large uncovered
dumpster was replaced with

several smaller covered con-
tainers in order to minimize the
danger of a major fire.

Since that time, Best says the
fire department has been called
to fires at Skeena Junior Secon-

dary School, where three dump-
sters and two 45 gallon trash
barrels had been lit at the same
time on Aug. 15 and Aug. 21.
He says another incident occur-
red at Uplands Elementary on
Aug. 16. ;

~ 100-mile bike race |

draws 50

Prince Rupert’s Ralph Andreeson won Sunday’s second annual
Skeena River Challenge bicycle race from Terrace to Prince Rupert.
Times for all riders will be released later today. Second place for the
100-mile jaunt went to Wes Smith of Kitimat, with Carl Kline of
Ketchikan, Alaska in third and Mike Christensen of Terrace fourth.
More than 50 riders competed Sunday, but a number falted to finish

entrants

due to flat tires. There were no injuries.
Complete results in next week’s edition.

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