"  Perpace Hotel has:heen.sold ta.
"Caledonia Hotels Lid.,, Augie.
Geeraert ‘still’ remains” the -”

According to an: interview ~
granted Welt Liimatainen News:
: Directorof CFTX-TV and Fadia | *
~ aver the past weekend, | the
“Boom” inso far as the’ Ner--
thwest is concerned has dim-
med to a practically inaudible

. “beep”. : .
’ Walt was speaking to Iona -

Campagnolo, freshman, MP.
for; Skeena -about~ northern
development and -the concern.

“ by a group of northern mayors

about the apparent swing by the
provincial “powers (hal be” to
the east in so far as develop- ©
ment {s concerned. . a
During the interview - Mrs.

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Terrace owner

“Campognolo stated that in her
opinion the N.D.P.-prioritles for

development have shifted to the
north-east and the Kootenay.

‘region with a definite swing
away from the north-west, She -

stated that the provincial
government has commissioned
studies in the north-east and the

pick it up, this is what he-found.- Ob-

ously someone s
thered: un-enougt
OWN Spec:

r.» have. their

da the car and

poe

~ $300,000has been inéluded in the |
Five-Year Capita] Program for.
1975: However itis not. known’

:division
granted d durin
ecent ‘visit ‘lo Terrace--has

- industry.) 02).
~ It was pointed out that several |:

# ' whal this will meat at that time

in view of the incredible rate of
inflation inthe? construction

faclors.enter into thé question. ;. -

The’ eventual location: of ’.the
- Tova) Court facilities will have a +

aring on the'short: term plans ~.-

for a Terrace Security Building.

f Resource Building in Terrace

The construction.of a: Ruman, -

become
R

ditional. spac

"Another factor;

Kootenays which aré required
-by the federal. government

before any action can be taken -

“under. the. Department of

Regional Economic Expansion -

agreement signed earlier Lhis
year. Because these studies
have been commissioned [ar
areas to the east, Mrs. Cam-

pagnolo feels that ‘ the: north-'

‘west has been by-passed .° She
in fact lists the provincial

development priorities. as:

Number’:1. the. North-east,

Number 2, the Kootenays and.

‘running.a poor third the Pacific
Northwest. oo: .
The Skeena’M.P. states that

Serving Terrace and area since July 11, 1908

‘insofar as the federal cabinet Is
- concerned the northwest is still
ihe... top ~~ priority, «- for
development, = In- fact Mrs.

‘Campagnolo’. reports. that
D REE. Minister n Jamieson

and Ron Basford, Housing -

Minister, will both be visiting

‘the Northwest early in Sep-"

TERRACE, B,C,. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1974

Airport Extens

stigated by the Carriers. The :

Mayor Gordon Rowlarid of
Terrace has heen advised by the

office of the Minister of Tran- .

sport that it will not consider
lengthening the main strip at
the Terrace Airport to'8,000 feet
from the present 6,000 feet. --

In previous correspondence

the Ministry had ‘advised . that -
such a request should be in-,

special meeting of the District.

of Terrace’ Municlpal :Council .

ame back Tuesday to -

years the post was,
Assistant. Cit

Herald learned on hearing of
this , statement. from -Ottawa,
that the President of C,P.Air

had indeed made such a request. °
in .its. annual’ report. to the

Ministry of Transport...) °-
Following receipt. of, this

information, Mayor Rowland *.

again’ communicated ‘with: the

Federal authorities and has
received, - this refusal,
Patrick Monahan, Research

Assistant in the’ Office. of the _

Minister. of Transport, -in a
letter addressed tu the mayor,
acknowledges ‘that a request
had .indeed -been made by
Canadian Pacific: for .an...ex-.
tension of. Runway 14-32... °°,

Returning officer will
not be

Ablt of a’ bombshell fall ona.

. Rowland reiterated his opinion
thal: the ’ past. election. was

. conducted: honestly; and ‘ef-
-fictently by the Electoral ‘Oi-
‘ficer and his:staff and that the
only reason the eity had:to look
for a Returning Officer was that
civic employees had sefused to
undertake, the task: <0."

“Alderman Gerry. Duffus was -
-alarmed: at. the , possible cost .
: that “this-.could mean tothe:

_-Mtaypayer and sald: that he’ had

the preatest reapect for ~ Mr.
Buchanan 0

million‘dollar. agre
finance “the .firat. sta

multi-million-dollar: ” “highwa

: program in northern “B.C. will: -

announced this week.’

moment appears to be dormant.”

bul ‘by ino. means- dead, is: the ;
‘possibility of ‘amalgamation
with abil, This ‘would: .

increase’ the ‘need for police
activity’and spaces 0...
- Bor the-time-being City”Hall-
Js ‘waiting’: to. see . just - what

‘happens: and..what. the: needs

* diikely t¢ be finished until the end

Fire Marshall who insisted that’
sufficient. water -be made’
“ available :for firefighting. °°
Original plans called lor a large:
- water storage tankes @ 0° oo
"--Laler‘a plan to-install.a four’,
“inch . water: system. from" a
+, gallery:in the Skeena was ap--
“proved by the School Beard and
submilied ’ to “.the” Provincial
Deyar(ment of. Education: for
sapproval. © iti ns
| “The Kilimat-Stikine Regional -
_., Diatrict Board then got into the
? ael Sand -requested : thal” the:

Terrace Hotel not sold

Js Contrary: to. reports cir-
--eulating “in Teriaze ‘that the

Je -genlal “host at the well-known
_. establishment, ;
". Speaking'lo:the. Herald, Mr.

“ Gecraert chose to use the words -

of -Mark“Twaln: to-state “The
_Feporls of my leaving have been
grossly exaggerated.” . .
“ ‘Phe Hosteller admitted. that
serious negotiation has taken
place over the past few weeks

noon and the second shift will be:
~ Iq elasbes from 1:00:p.m;unti

of October or beginning of.
November. |... .
“The effect af this delay.is thal

‘students, scheduled. to enter the
Thornhill Secandary. School, °

“will now: begin the school-term

“at-Caledonla Senior Secotidary: °

on: September, 9. - This: means.
that’ a double’ shift has been -
instituted at” Caledonia. and
reduced. scholastic hours.
Pupits. will attend in, ihe. mor- :
ning from. 8:00-a.m. until 12:00

5:00 pam.

but that a purctiase agreemen

-never came'about for the multi:: ’

milllion:. dollar “establighment,

There’ was a twinge'of regre
in' Mr, Geeraert’s-eye as he: *
made this slitement‘as he said:

‘that he would have liked td'end “>

‘a Hfetime of eighteen hour work
days ard ‘take it.-easy for.
awhile, but then os an, after

thought he'said “I probably

‘would have missed it in a short
time and have longed to be back «.
meeting people as in the past.”

clually “Will be “when all ‘the ©

ifs" fall into place, 9-205

year... ubsequent.
agreement will be-signed later

to'Pririce Gearge and Stewart to
Watson Lake. :

The. newspaper says : (his
week's. initial agreement ‘also
calls.” fo 'hirther.. joint
agreements lavolving federally-
financed paving for, the Alaska

Highway, and’ cost-sharing: for

exparision ‘of the ‘Trans-Canada
and. Yellowhead. Highways or
‘the: finding - ‘suitable

covering a five-year, plan” 0.

:- Planned. are . raad).im-
provements. on highways. in-
_ cluding “routes | from’ Prince

Rupert to Kitwanga, Kitwanga

“"" Bollee’ in Terrade -are. slill
* investigating a recent Incident
_ thal saw nearly $2,200,worth of

‘windows ‘in. several. businesses’

broken. The yandalism occured’

a-week and a half ago, in the

‘Molz Plaza area on south

Kalum. Nearly every business
_in the Motz Plaza suffered al the
hands of the vandals.” | -

“As well -other..retail and

wholesale ‘cutlels along Kalum

Street south had their windows -”

damaged to some extent.

“The windows, were broken ‘-

Dogcatcher

“‘Iywould appear that the era of

-free-riinping:dogé in Thornhill:
and ° other. areas. surrounding °
Terraces just‘about over, The.
_-Pravinclal’ Department ‘of,
“Agrioutture ‘is': advertising - for -,
Domestic’: Animal - Protection =:

‘in some cases by stones .and,
rocks but inmost cases by smail_
weights from. ‘scales’... The
weights, when used propertly,
are’ slid onto the -scale' to

_Mmeasureloads .. up to about 500.

A> number. of the
“old: ‘and
an-varlous

pounds, .
-weights, ” all. fairly
‘rusted, were foun

> Duildings. 052.

but as yeL have riot incarcerated
_ anyone, \The“investigation
continues. 2 ae

‘handling ‘dogs, experience in
making ou\reparts, available to
‘-work,’: some”. -evenings,
famillarity with area, tacland

people. . As

‘Officers Lov'sarve these ‘areas. ."-

‘yo The: Inspector; :: Domestle |

Animal Protection’. Act,-~

Livestock . Branch’ .of the: B.C.

Department ‘of, Agricullure,..le -

seeking part-time ;: people’, ‘to .
undertake these ‘tasks ‘in the ~.
unorganized tetritories

surrounding the area of
Terrace,

The qualifications required of
applicants are experience in

write: the above mentioned
Inspector, Parliament
Bulldings, Victoria, B.C.

for Areas

good judgement ‘in dealing with -

Gedrge to Fart St. John, Prince ~

© Police’ have’ some. suspects.

It really isn’t ‘a bea

“* Ootober first... |;

me
1 them

Reyision. -This.-

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FROVINCTAL. LIBRARY

PARLIAYENT BLDS.

VICTORIA: B,C, .

tember fo take a first hand look

at the region, its potential and |

its needs.

From other sources, whieh
are réliable, we learn that there
is a move afoot in Victoria to
drop the federal-provincial

COMER

agreement completely and go'it
alone on development in B.C. ;

information,’ will come about:

following a dramatic. move by |

This, according to our source of.

-the provincial government: to.

sign & land deal with the B.C.
natives in regard to aboriginal ©
rights. / -

;TRUCKS

HI56A7S +
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Terrace, B.C}

ion "NO

Mr. Monahan goes on lo say
that he can assure that this
option. was. given active con-
sideration by the Ministry,
however, he continues *'‘an:
extension was: deemed | un-

* feasible on the basis of-a cost
“benefit study. ‘Treasury Board.

funds were simply not available
for such a project and thus. it:

had to.be rejected... -”,

> The letter goes o- 02

_. The: Ministry - shares. your
concern with regards to ‘the

present problems at the airport...

, Administrator

.We, are. quile, aware , of: the
difficulties. that have been
encountered - in. the. past’. and
every attempt, will be. made to
see that.they are avoided in the
future.’ I am told that there is

‘very ‘little. chance of the tem-
“porary runway being closed for’*. particular ‘emphasis: on :-the -.

- forthcoming -.departmental ~~

any significant. period of time
this fall due to heavy rains. The
Region is aware of the drainage
problems on 02:20, and special

procedures, and sweeping:

i

equipment are being employed

to keep the runway operative... ..

Inaddition, every effortisbeing "3.

made’ to
\-slruction ©

_will. most ‘certainly.be in’ -

‘operation before the. winter.”
months. ost yp
There is no jindicalion'in he

letter as to whether there will be’

" funds: made available for. this...

_ extension project .in: fulure-

budgets. 8
Mayor .Gordon.. Rowland,
while .. expressing:

proceed with cone"! 3%
14-92. as quickly-as °°

Y possible, and, barring..any’
:- unforeseen.” circumsances; it. ~”

'

disap-"

* pointment.: at .. the “Ministry's ©
“decision, said that he: was.sure

* that Council would: not: let: the
matter.drop and that ‘it ‘vould
_ pursue the matter further with

“* estimates so that this important _
improvement can. be: -un-

’.detlaken at the earliest possible

lime. °-

Hydro to cut

would prefer >,

“Richard Green were-appointed —j

“to the. Court which“will sit on

/Thig court is responsible for.

~ the addition or ‘withdrawal of
“aames on the enumeration list. ,
People have until August 31st to
have their names added to the
list. After that date and prior to
» “October first they still can-have
thelé” name added al: the
discretion of tha Court of
Revision. mee

comin . a
r ‘problem it’s a ‘people

problem. This 4 year old bruin tipping the scales
at an estimated 350 to 400 pounds has been fin-

ding the

‘

fare excellent out..at .Furlong Bay

- Provincial Park, In, this particular case’ he is

munching away on Ga

considers. excellent... The occupants of the

ines Dog Food which ‘he

trailer, a Kitimat family consisting of.a mother,

' two sons and a couple

of dogs; quickly left the

area and reported the intruder to the Park Gate.
Park Ranger Erik Brorup,; who incidentally took
ihe above photo, went to the scene and tried to
frighten’ the diner away eventually succeeding
through ‘the neighbours blowing’ automobile
horus and motor bikes reving. Perhaps Mr.

__RE-ELECT DUFFUS _

ans hnaheahy:

avi .
irway. ofthe’
rea: proposed

e holes."

Park and. Mr.-Wayne Epp ap-.

peared to ask for support of.th
Board ine having the Hydro pla
changed a5 it. would cut ‘ih
proposed 18 hole course in lwo
“right-down the middle.’”’
The Board was sympathetic
to the requést and passed a

Bruin was simply just

‘B,C. .Hydro, indicating: tha!
considers: the original raute,as
the only way-lo go and proposes

‘going along that. route. - The -

authority did say, however, that
cit would continue to
matler, re

satiated and ambled off

into the forest to develop: a new appetite.
Ranger Brorup tells us that.the bears are very
smart and know what a cooler is. He said that
they head immediately for a cooler, pick it up
and throw it against. the trees. causing. the con-

- tents to fall out. They then’amble over and eat'to
their heart's content.

‘It: seems: that their

favourite foods:-are: smoked. salmon, bacon,
steak, fresh fruit, and of course dog food,

Campers are warned that food attracts bear and
even a tent will not deter them as they are known
to rip tents or otherwise gain entry to seek an
appealing ration of food. (Erik Brorup Photo)

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