4 small run at Rivers Inlet... 4 toll of ‘spawning stock. lt PAGE 4 ‘ " ‘TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. _ Terrace Association, po - ‘EDITOR: RON THODY Business Address: : 4913 Lazelle Ave., , The Terrace Herald is a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper C The B.C. Weekly Newspapers’ Assocation, and Varified Cir- culation, Published every Monday and Thursday at 4613 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C. Postage paid in cash, Return postage guaranteed. Second ‘class mail registration number 12601. : GENERAL MANAGER : GORDON HAMILTON. * Heralc PORZ-T90 ADVERTISING MANAGER:| GARY CARD ‘I Terrace,B.c. | OUR OPINION Terrace and tourism . Northwestern British Columbia is one of the most magnificent areas of North America, particularly the Skee- na River Valley in its awe-inspiring alpine setting. The Skeena River itself is becoming well-known as one of the best sport- fishing rivers on the continent. We have much to be thankful for. And most of us have come here seeking a bright future amid an abundance of nature, unpoliuted, and not pillaged ay nd raped by man. It is now luring tourists by the thousands as the Yellowhead Route: along highway 16 has released the floodgates for tourists who pour t- hrough the Skeena. Tourism is one of the province's biggest industry. It brings thousands of dollars each year to the Skeena alone. Tourists help to make a healthy economy. But are we really ready for this mass influx of visitors to our magnificent land? , Alderman Ev Clift thinks not, That's why he voted against giving the Yellowhead a $518 grant from Terrace for promotion. The request was defeat- ed four to three. He was condemned for his vote. Clift is not against tourists. He ad- mits they will continue coming in greater numbers year after year. But he says the Terrace area is not r- eady for this influx. He feels the urge to make a fast buck on tourists blinds us to the pollution and ecological destruction they bring with them. We are fortunate to have such a man on our council; a man with a vision who sees either ecological destruction--or a country free from man’s pollution thr-. ~ ough adequate preparation and con- servation. We heartily agree with Clift who is urging a “Technical Tourist Planning Association.” He says Terrace is sadly lacking in tourist facilities. Hotel and motel rooms are jammed in the summer, There is woefully inadequate space for campers and trailers along with little - or no protection from the effluent and trash left behind. Already, effluent from a tourist park west of town by the Kalum River, haa been flowing into the Skeena. Many t- ourists take up squatters rights, shoving out the local resident. Clift says the people of Terrace must be protected from the indiscriminate, - uncontrolled uses that the tourist burdens us with. We're being devasted, he says. We can’t help but think he is right. Since the tourist brings millions of dollars to B.C, each year, The Herald suggest the provincial government ’ make grants available to tourists areas such as the Skeena to maintain our recourses and to save us from the ravages of inadequate preparations for tourists; that the land be preserved "and the river unpolluted. Money to help build trailer parks and overnight camping sites with proper sewage and waste disposal. , As Clift said, let a study be made first. We believe that the provincial government owes it to us to help us through a grant. We are not condeming the Yellow- head. On the contrary, we heartily support it. It is opening up our beautiful country; a country that should be shared, It is a link between Prince Rupert and Edmonton. It could, as the prairie provinces agree, become a second Trans-Canada Highway. But the first Trans-Canada has been pillaged. It is dotted with cheap tourists attractions. Litters swirls across the road. We don't want to see this happen with the. Yellowhead. _. We must begin now, with an in- vestigation as Clift suggests and with determination that our land will not be spoiled by careless tourists, let alone ourselves. Perhaps council should make a grant of $500. Not to the Yellowhead As- sociation. But towards the probe Clift has suggested. Let’s not allow greed to ravage our - beautiful country. Secret meetings Secret meetings have no place in a democracy. Freedom of speech and the right of the press to report what is being done for-the public, with the publics money, is and should be a basic tenant of democracy. When meetings are held in camera, our first reaction is, “What have they got to hide?” The majority of Mills Memorial - Hospital Association sought this right Wednesday night at the association's ‘annual meeting. Members voted 33 to 11 to call a ‘Special meeting to ammend the con- stitution in an effort to allow the . association members into Hospital Board meetings. We think the press should also be allowed in. We cannot agree with the argument (of retiring trustee M.A. MacDonald, _He said board. members are em-- powered “to carry out the. r- esponsibility for you.” You are making the thing so common that nothing of any importance will be carried out,” . -he said. , ' What is he saying? He’s saying that (the public has no right to know the important. matters which the bear, - must consider . ° -.- What is he saying? He’s saying that | the public has no right to know the important matters which the board must consider. - Are we to be always kept in the dark? We can understand hospital | personnel problems being discussed in camera. But the board can always go into committee. Municipal council is open to the public. So is the the School Board. Are we to be kept in the dark? Not only is the press kept out, but a. woodworker’s union _ official, Waldemar Penner, told the annual meeting that even association mem- - bers are not allowed to sit in on board - meetings. “If we are going to be members and aware of what goes on we should at- tend,” one man said. What was real frightening is that when Mayor Victor Jolliffe suggested: the news media be allowed to cover the meetings, there was some laughter, scattered in the audience. oo Well, we don’t think this is a laughing matter; far from it. oo It is a serious matter. A question of ‘democracy and the right of the people to know is atstake here. In the face of this, their laughter is hollow. Like their heads. : -The’salmon forecast for 1971 is a mixture of good andbad. For sockeye, a better than aver'age run is expected on the Fraser; .a: good run to the Adams — _Tiver for an off year; a sharp increase on ‘the Skeena reflecting the returns.to the Babihe spawning channels and a . :At will be a good year for chums “Anita bad year for pinks... 7 0° "5 Odd years haye'been bad years‘for ©. nk ‘Salmon since. disastrous ‘weather conditions of 1985.aid 1967,tcok a high.” kt Good or bad? _ _” Sockeye. To compensate seiners would. ‘the “gillnet fleet,a -mesh’ size. was ~ pinks'to slip through. . Management faces a big problem ' in management: How to harvest the chum and sockeye runs which coincide with the poor Fraser pink salmon run. . We note that.recommendations by | the. ‘International: Pacific: Salmon Fisheries Commission and the Dept: of | Fisheries inelude dip-netting pinks out. hy: purse seiners and retaining: the be given an extra ‘day.of fishing. For - recommended to: allow the. smaller. 7 at Hone: 635-6357 ’'.Edmonton,. Calgary and the . this. is bound: to: increase even _ ‘from. the. Municipalities .con- 39 “Because they’re discussing the church ceremony and trousseau in the Conference Room,, guest-list and reception in the East Room .. . _ MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1971 f fe |i ‘ax Tips - QT have @ bank savings accotnt and Ihave recelved | what income I have to report A _ However, - every litie write a cheque on | this bank accownt the bank | charges me for this. Can I | . the amount of savings interest [iB you receive. on j Q:'What should F do about ; my’ ticome tax return if my address has ‘changed _ since last year? ; ; 4 “A. If your address. is now ff differerit, make the necessary - : changes: on your income tax ' return: and ‘do this in the | “Correction’’. area im- 3 mediately: below ‘the label. 3% Also, be sure it is the labelled ; return: that you send. to the sf Data’ -Centre, HT you’ have.) claimed a refund on your tax + return, write to your District ‘if Taxation Office informing: ip ‘them ofthe change of address. : Many .refund cheques: are 14 delayed each year a5. result - of taxpayers changing thier _ addresses. after filing; and not notifying their District, Office o£ this change. ....: ; @.-T-prépose to set-up a ‘savings account in the names Of nty ten and eleven year old { datighters. Will the intérest 1 earned on. these’ aecéunts be _laxable'as,my tnconie? if TA. TP the ‘deposits “to- the 3a : Savings account dre from your ; money, the interest earned on‘: this account will be taxable as { part of your income ‘each year “A someone ¥ OUR OP | N | ON a a ea a The Editor ferrace Herald Terrace B.C. Jear Sir: I see by the March 4th Terr- ace Herald issue in a letter to you by Ald. Edna Cooper sriticizing the manner in which you present the news to the readers of the Terrace Herald. You are being accused of not printing the facts as they are, half-truths if you please, of being a pawn in someone’s ha- ° nds, of being biased and distorting the facts. | It is amazing when there is only a few people around who’ are trying to impress all the readers that the press doesn't know what they are talking a- bout, they are just trying to impress the ordinary Joe that they are right and everyone is wrong, perhaps even stupid. I hate to think that I would be one of the few qualified to wear a halo, Congratulations Mr. Editor at long last we are getting some of - the facts as they happen in the course of our local administra- tion, too long this has been denied to the readers in the past, the press only’ printed - what they wanted the public to - know. Anything else was kept under wraps. ‘Keep it 1 wonder why all this criticism and resentment against Mayor Jolliffe? Right form the start of his terra of olfice, council members just seem to delight in aiming a blast at his worship they can direct their barage at him. They may have a twofold purpose. First this may hinder. the mayor in doing what should be done and *“secohd, make'him look like a heel in'the eyes of the public. Taxpayers why don't we give _ the mayor the beneifts of the doubt and find out what he can do and if he is on the right track let's support him all the way. What are some people afraid of may prove embarasing in ce- rtain directions. It could blow _ lid off the pot and give the public a chance to see whal is. Doiling. - Mayor Jotliffe has been ac- cused of being high handed in a lot of things, in my experience there is always two sides to " every story. 1 will give you a good example as to who has been conned in the past What about the hockey arena which had been promised Motelmen knock council The Editor Terrace Herald Terrace, B.C, Dear Sir: We were very concerned (o learn that at the’ council meeting held March 22 it was voted that a Municipal co2- tribution in the amount of $516 - to the Yellowhead Highway’Pr- omotion Fund. be turned dowa, ° The establishment of a major commercial east-west route through the Yellowhead Pass could not help but benetit Terrace as a whole, The majority of members in our local Association rely on commercial travelers as, well as tourists in order to make a livi- _ng in this area. It is, therefore, of vital importance to us that the yellowhead route be sup- ported by our municipality, “It will be‘nated on the Yell- owhead. Highway “16 Map, T- ' errace businessmen have made a large investment in promoting: Terrace.and appear to’ have more foresight than some of our -Councillors. We do however, appreciate the foresight other councillors have, who can alwa- ys call on our association for as- sistance in their endeavours to - promote .Terrace and district. “The increase in commercial travelers. and tourists from ‘Prairie -provinces was par-" ticularly noticeable last year c- ompared with previous years, | more as time goes.on, especial: ‘ly if this route is given: support | cerned. te . certainly dees.not seem to= he common: knowledge. within - ; “ii the council that Tourism, in the not too distant future, will become the largest industry in the province of British Columb- ia and should be supported by each and every municipality in the Province. Everybody benefits - not only ‘Motels: & Business” (quotation from newspaper) which appears ta- be the mistaken belief of some Councillors. The enclosed Department of Travel Industry brochure shows precisely haw - everyone shares in the ‘tourist dollar, , We would also jike to point out that, due to the economy of the province as a’ whole in 1970, - commercial travel last summer ‘was very limited, and had it not ~been for tourists visiting and passing throuh Terrace, many of cur members would have had remaining . in’. - difficulty “operation. oe ; “It should also. be borne in ‘mind that the members of the ~ hospitality.industry are some of . syour highest tax payers:and, as. “guch,* shold be:worthy of con- _sideration. when ' allocating “monies in question. © . +,'We. earnestly request that ‘council ‘reconsider ‘their . decision not to contribute to this * very. worthy cause... - “2 We would also like to suggest . ‘that, when dealing with items of this nature, tourism ete., one of + our members be invited to atte- “nd the Committee meeting as ‘they’ can ‘ddvise: hand what. is “pequired . ar have offer, the traveling public. ~ oWAVE Bennett, 40 t President +.Terrace Local « Motels ‘Resorts ad raller Parks.Assvc.. and what.we have to. “Yours very: truly, . wee E up, says to the town of Terrace in the sixty’s? . What about all the money w- hich had been collected ali those years? Did anyone ever find out what exact amount of money was collected’? No, only the few who handled the money knew. ; What about city council? All they didis quarrel-and bicker as ‘to where they should:ior shouldn't build the arena. I have a feeling il was all a stall for reasons only known to them- selves. There was a time when we could have had the hanger building for one dollar and then we heard the hue and cry “too expensive” to move, ‘We just couldn’t impose this cost on the taxpaver. This isn’t the reason at all. There was only selfish reason‘involved, just because t-" here was only a handful of people wit their selfish motives * prought their influence to press- ure in the right places and all - this came to nothing. Since then a lot of the kids have grown up and-I’m sure their hope for an arena have faded, net only then, but what about the kids right now who will soon be grown up loo and no arena yét? They soon will loose all faith too just because those - people who tried to run- this ~ project sure made an awful me- ss of the whole thi: g because they took a. “kids go to meu’ attitude aver the past years. What a crime and a shame for the City of Terrace. * When this project first .was talked about moving the hariger some pedpie started to howl about he cost of moving the building to the new location, W- hat if it would have taken a few thousand dollars to do so? It would have been cheaperthan the $400,000 project whit is being proposed hy City Codineil at the present time. , _It is easy enough to say, “We " Gan collect the heeded furids for wf an arena, but will they?" ’ There is a lot of people who are fed up and mad as to how’ this project has been handled in the past. We had better watch out taxpayers. 1 have a feeling we are bing handed a tiger by the tail which could create .a problem to hang onto. I see by Tuesday’s Herald's glaring headlines “Wraps being taken off Arena Plans," - Whatis the public supposed to do, cheer? Well this is not funny when I fead all the things they are going to do add te the arena and thal it would take 20 years to complete. oh , This Is studpid when we are planning on having just an open air ice sheeet to skate on. It is - far better if all the extras were | left off and provide a roof for the rink right from the start. What I mean is build this building just large enough for now to include change rooms, .concession - counter and seats for the public. I forsee another blunder by having an open air. ice sheet. _. Has everybody: forgot how it~ will and can snow all ‘winter: long? This means ‘a ‘cleaning _until your daughters are 19 i ‘years old. | uh e Wont EM POR SM RM Ee Renee > . crew will have to be kept on a le paying basis all times, which ° "-méaris more money needlessly wasted and that much less for 4 the arena itself... JO Just take a lobk as to what ha ia “happened to our ice sheet. they | tried to maintain in the past. 3m The kids couldn't skate half the : time. Just some more money : wasted. Is the thing the town is - offering to kids forthe future? I don’t call this sort of thing ' good management. All this has | ‘accomplished is wasted time < land money in the past which | could ave been used towards the arenas re ie a a + Talk about pulling a boo-boo- This sure is the joke of the year when the townhiredamanfrom ij the east to tell us whether @ Terrace needed-.an arena or ‘ not. All that‘has done for us we paid some joker a couple of ; thousarid dollars just to say © "we needed an arena. More money has gone down the drain - wich would: have been. of help: . to pay for. some material tol | the arena building. oy If this is a good sample of m- anagement then we better get ‘ somebody who is capable of running the project. i At the rate things are going, ‘ the people of Terrace will need f twice $100,000 and still not have + anything. Just mark my word, - ‘ "you will seé. ‘Vm sure there are many /' people who will not agree with im me. 1 don't expect them todo so. [am Ibelieveitishightiméweare i doing some looking and- some i : straigh. thinking..J think some 4 people had their owfi way. too judgement. 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