_ Terrace
getting
new air
service >

TERRACE — An airline com.

Vol. 3, Issue No. 43

. pany that. has been operating a
Cargo service between Terrace
and Vancouver for several mon-_

ths has applied for and received ||.
a license to begin’ carrying ©

passengers. .
Skylink of Richmond expects
to start the new service in late

- November or: early December,

according to airline spokesman
Rafael Zur. mo
Zur said in an interview Mon-

day that Skylink is presently :
finalizing the purchase of the

19-passenger Metro-liner ‘air-
craft that will be used on the
route, The service, he said, will

“begin with a morning and after-

noon daily flight, one direct and
one with a stop in Smithers,
“‘It’s a very sensitive: market
‘up -there,’? Zur commented.
**We’ve spoken to a lot of peo-
ple in the last six months,. and
we've concluded they don’t real-
ly care about jet service, what.

they want is flight frequency, 1...

- There’s not enough traffic: for - ‘Terrace resident ‘Olivia Marques sai

high ‘flight frequency with a
large aircraft, like the type
Canadian ‘Airlines International
is using.’ a

continued on page 23 ~

Victoria, B.C.
V8V 1X4

Legislative Library,
Parliament Buildings,

Talstra unchallenged

With nominations for city

: | council, school board and re-
“<> |. gional district board now closed,
| Campaigning for office is about.

to begin. ae
On the city scene, the mayor’s

Position was uncontested and

Jack Talstra was returned for

d this five-and-a-half pound pine

mushroom is the largest one ever seen by one of the local mushroom buyers.

Unfortunately for Marques,

however, the phenomenal fungus had opened |
and rated only a number five on the buyer's scale. Tha mushroom-picking

Season is nearly over in tha Northwest, but it's been a boom year for pine

mushrooms with thousands of dollars being Injected into the regional

economy. -

_ Free workshop this week

on economic development _

_TERRACE — ‘‘Marketing Your
Community”, a free public
Seminar and workshop, is in-
tended to give local merchants
and community organizations
some down-to-earth advice and
techniques on economic
development methods for the
community as a whole.

_ The seminar will take place
Nov. 2 in the Skeena Rooms of
the Terrace Hotel from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m., and it will be conducted
by Bill Gibson.

Gibson has been billed as
“Canada’s Number One Busi-
ness Speaker’, and he has
presented the seminar in more

- Withdrawal

TERRACE — There are two
sides to the coin, and according
to Acting Mayor Ruth Hallock
Terrace council didn’t opt out of
the regional Economic Develop-
ment Commission without 2 lot
of very careful consideration.
“It’s not that we're dissat-
isfied to any great degree -with
the return on our membership in
the regional district Economic
Development Commission,’’
said Hallock. “‘It’s just that we
have only so many dollars to
allocate to economic develop-
ment on an annual basis and we
at this stage feel that the $21,000

AeTyel OSG SE EeTALS hs

than 20 other B.C, communities.

. Some of the topics Gibson. will
cover include advertising and
marketing techniques,. team
work in. the commercial sector,
effective use of volunteer time,
and facts on cash flows and
spending habits within com-

_ munities, Gibson says his objec-

tives are to encourage greater in-
terest among residents in their

collective economic future, to

promote affirmative action
through sound marketing
strategies, and to help create a
positive self-image in the com-
munity,

The seminar is being provided

prompted

~ by budget limits

we pay into the Economic
Development Commission
might be better spent through
the development of our own
economic development depart-
ment,

‘Hallock said that she under-
stood the criticism voiced by the

regional board, but she added,

‘the wolf is at the door for us,
we have to get some: stable
economic development going.”

**Whatever is good for Ter-
race is bound to be good for the
region, but that works two ways

and that’s why I’m willing to let.

continued on page 29

_ as part of the “Initiatives North-

_west”’ program subscribed to by

‘several Northwest communities

and the Kitimat-Stikine
Regional District. The program
‘is jointly sponsored by the B.C.

Ministry of Economic Develop-

ment, Pacific'Northern Gas and

- B.C. Tel.

Tickets are available free of
charge from City Hall or the
Terrace and District Chamber of
Commerce,

Narthwest Community College

another term as mayor by ac-
clamation. However, there are
four hopefuls for the three
available. aldermanic, positions.
Ruth Hallock and Mo Takhar

will be challenged by former
school trustee Danny Sheridan
and former mayor and alderman
Helmut Giesbrecht, © --. -
Running for. seats.on the
board of School District 88 are
Robert Branning, George Ko-
zak, John Pousette.and incum-
bent Barbara Ross for two trus-

Duncan Etches, Kathleen. Lud-
wig and Joan Sanka for one seat
in Hazelton. Incumbent Kirsten
Chapman of Stewart was return-
ed by acclamation. :

are both seeking. re-election:and*

tee positions in. Terrace, and

| civic election —

'. Seeking office for. regional. -
district electoral area ‘A’, the
Nass Valley, Alice Arm and-
Meziadin, are Samuel: Munroe, ~
Harry Nyce and incumbent Per-

cy Tait. In electoral area ‘B’,

Hazelton, Colin Chasteauneuf,
Fred Roisum and Vernon Ste-.

phens will campaign for direct-

orships. In area ‘C’; rural Ter-.
race with the exception. of

Thornhill, Gordon . Robinson

‘won by. acclamation, In: area. |
*D’, Iskut and Telegraph Creek, ~
Gordon Franke and Daniel Pak- |

ula are seeking the seat. presently

amas oee ey

‘gps je

* ewe thee

held by Joe Murphy, In area:‘E?,._

Thornhill, board chairman Les-

Watmough was returned by ac- ~ :

clamation.

The advanced poll will be held
Nov. 13 in Terrace and Hazelton
‘municipal offices and the Kit-

wanga school, and Nov..5 in the -

New Hazelton municipal office.

‘The hospital poll will be held on

Nov. 20 throughout the region,

with the election being held on.

Nov. 21.

TERRACE — Both sides are tee, described the agreement as

claiming victory in an agreement
initialed last weekend that per-
suaded teachers in School Dis-
trict 88 not to walk off the job
on Monday. Lot

Teachers were prepared to

strike if an agreement wasn’t
signed that would guarantee cur-
rent contract provisions until: a
“hew contract is negotiated next
year. Terrace District Teachers’
Association (TDTA) president
Heimut Giesbrecht.said in an in-
terview Oct. 27) that -the final
agreement doesn’t differ sub-
Stantially from the ‘‘bridging
agreement” initially proposed
‘by the TDTA. ‘‘It’s an extension
of benefits and conditions of
employment until a new contract
is in place,’? he said. ‘We're
quite pleased,”’

Trustee Edna Cooper, head of
the board’s negotiating commit-

The Govemor General's Award for academic excellence this year went to
business administration student Jorunn

Hampton (left), who was presented with the medallion last week by college
chairperson Judy Jephson. In a brief céremony at the college's Terrace cam-
Pus, several other awards and bursaries were given out. For more pictures,

$06 page 17...

SIS EAT UT LY RA oe oe capt POS Eo BEL

STEN SEE La a) RUAN ME RETA TR aE ete Oe eR ORE eign at teen pres re8 ra

being ‘‘very. steady and. clear’’.
With regard to a previous stand-
off over the implementation of
new disciplinary procedures
after June 30 of next year,

Cooper said, ‘‘There will be no ~

fuss at all about that.’”
 Giesbrecht said the TDTA ex-
ecutive is recommending accep-

tance to the membership. in a —

vote scheduled to take place this
week in Terrace, Hazelton and
Stewart. The agreement requires
membership.ratification in order
to become official.

Giesbrecht said’ the TDTA’s
next project is -an enlistment
drive to certify the association as

a union. He said he expects the

drive to take about two weeks,
with a vote on the issue some-

time around the end of
November. -
Outside

Date HI Lo Prec.
Oct. 19 10 1 nil
Oct. 20 12 =6«4 -2 mm rain
Oct. 21 10 61 nil
Oct. 22 a0 fil
Oct. 23 a4 3.2 mm raln
Oct. 24 B 45 3.6 mm tain
Oct. 25 8 4 | .1,8mm rain

Forecast: Mainly cloudy condi-
tions throughout the week with
sunny periods until Thursday;
heavier rain for latter part of the
week. Highs to 8. Lows to 2. .

Inside

Business Guide 12
Church Directory 10
Classified Ads 21
Coming Events 14
Comics 20
Crossword 20
Dining Diractory 2
Entertainment . 6
Horoscope 16
Letters 5,6
gpinions 4
ports —iy. 8
Stok = 8
. Talk of the Town 5

. . oo a . 1 od
ar ane teers ot Semen nn he sg iene

re er "ape eg ey Core ne, Saye ope

ge kn ir