B16 Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 14, 1990

A year

ago

this week —

kylink Airlines was still
S front page news a ycar
ago this week. A former
director of maintenance for Sky-
link Airlines told the commissioner
for a Civil Aviation Tribunal hear-
ing in Vancouver that Rafael Zur,
the airline’s owner, put profit
ahead of safety in running Skylink.

According to Stephen Rybak, a
- public affairs officer for Transport
Canada in Vancouver, Charles
Torrey told the tribunal that Zur
maintained his aircraft only to
absolute minimum safety standards
and on occasion sent them into the
air with the knowledge that com-
ponents would "time expire" —
become technically unsafe in terms
of maintenance schedules — dur-
ing the course of the flight.

In the meantime, the examination
of the engines, propellers and
associated parts from the ill-fated
Skylink Metroliner IH that crashed
near the Terrace airport on Sept.
26 had begun in Ottawa. Accord-
‘ing to a representative of the Cana-
dian Aviation Safety Board, the
procedure was automatic in almost
all air accidents and would take
three to four days. The mechanical
data would be compared with
information from the flight data
recorder, voice recorder and eye
witness accounts of the crash to
determine the probable cause of
the accident.

public meeting at cily
A hall a year ago this week

seemed to confirm the
fact that our transit system was in
for a major overhaul. Mayor Jack
Talstra surveyed the audience
following a presentation by B.C.
Transit representatives Sandy Fore-
man and Graeme Masterton and
stated, "I don’t see any dissenters
in the crowd."

The system described would
provide a much-improved service
for many residents and still main-
tain one full-size bus to meet the
demand of 70 to 80 school stu-
dents on the morning and after-
noon runs. On the agenda were
hourly runs, more stops, more
shelters and a HandiDART bus.

In the business world, the first
annual Home-Based Business Fair
and Sale attracted a lot of atten-
tion. There was something for
nearly everyone, from books and
food to model railroads and iron
bedsteads.

Repap Enterprises won national

recognition for “becoming
Canada’s largest integrated world
scale producer of high quality
coated paper products". Repap, the
parent company of Skeena Cellu-
lose, received the prestigious gold
medal at the annual Canada
Awards for Business Excellence
dinner in Ottawa.

The Kitimat-Stikine Regional
District-Kitamaat Village joint MK
Bay Marina project received a
$707,670 GO B.C. shot in the arm
a year ago this week, and A.L.
Sims & Sons Lid, of Prince
George won a $3,147,548 contract
for the construction of the Esker

Overhead and approaches to be

built’ on Highway 16, 32 kilo-

metres west of Terrace.

The marina and highway upgrade
might help the tourism industry
here, but a Community Tourism
Action workshop in Terrace a year
ago this week identified a whole
lot more that could be done.
Among their recommendations
were establishment of a marketable
theme, developing a marketing
plan, educating the communily as
to the benefits of tourism, improv-
ing the standard of service in the
hospitality industry, establishing a
local customs service, negotiating
an agreement with Air Alaska, and
the completion of Shames Moun-
tain ski facility.

munity College had just

submitted a five-year capital
plan to Victoria. It only included a
few renovation and maintenance
projects, no major projects, but that
was something the board of
trustees hoped to correct the fol-
lowing year. One of the ideas put
forth for future development was
an On-campus gymnasium.

There was cause for optimism for
proponents of a northern univer-
sity. Prince George South MLA
Bruce Strachan had been given the
post of Minister of Advanced
Eduction. In the minds of some,
his predecessor, Vancouver. Island
MLA Stan Hagen, had lost interest
once he had appointed the Imple-
mentation Planning Group;
Strachan’s appointment was seen
as a positive move. Ron East of
the Interior University Society said
the very fact that Premier Bill
Vander Zalm had appointed a
northem MLA to advanced educa-
tion indicated a measure of sup-

port.
: hosted their first meet of
the year. Tina Holland
was the top 10-and-under girl at
the meet, eight-year-old Garth
Coxford earned two silvers in the
10-year-old boys’ category. In the
11-to-12-year-old bracket Aimee
Peacock earned five golds and
three silvers and Jocelyn Coxford
took a gold. Cory Holland moved
up one category to the 13-and-14-
year-old group to find enough
competition. He took five golds
and three silvers. And Kelly Pearce
turned in two first-place finishes
and five seconds in the girls’ 13-
to-14-year-old division while her
teammate Denise Vanderlee con-
sistently placed in the top four.
Terrace elementary schools
turned the month of November into
volleyball month with an inter-
school league. This could prove to
be a good training ground for
secondary volleyball teams and
even beyond, as was discovered by
the Wolves, the Grande Prairie,
Alberta, Regional College mens’
eam. They needed some talent and
to their delight found the "Terrace
Connection". They picked up first-
year players Garret Hidber, Grant
Lavadrey, twins Mark and Bruce
Kneid, Ben Foote, and a team
manager as well, Cheryl Blanes.
From the Grande Prairie Herald
‘Tribune: "Not the first high school

I neducation, Northwest Com-

he Blueback Swim Club

Snow stopped a lot of things a year ago this week, but not Grace and Annie Wittkowsi. It was

the first of many snowfalls for the winter of 1989-90.

athletes from that particular B.C.
town to come to the GPRC after
high school, —— badminton player
Surinder Dhaliwal and women’s
volleyballers Lisa Dams and
Monica Rauter were here last
year."

The Terrace bowlaspiel was
mainly a Terrace event, but Joe’s
Auto of Prince Rupert did take the
*A’ event. Terrace’s Having Fun
Yet was the ’A’ runnerup. Terrace
Travellers won the ’B’ event,
followed by One-Brick-Short-of-a-
Load of Terrace. The two top spots
in the ’C’ event also went to Ter-
race teams, Mountainview
Accounting and SKB Salvage, and
likewise in ’C’ event with
Mailloux Logging and Terrace
Lanes.

In curling, the Terrace annual
Cash Bonspiel was won by the

Rob Brise rink of Smithers for the §

third year in a row. For Brise, it
meant $1,600 in cash and an
update in his record book which
would be amended to read four
wins in five outings with a total
earning of over $7,000. Ron
Townley of Terrace won $1,100
for placing runnerup, and third and
fourth place went
Rupert’s Ken Bazansky and Hous-
ton’s Bob Baase.

nd how about the
A weather? A severe storm
carrying winds up to 120

kilometres per hour a year ago this
week knocked out electricity in
parts of Terrace and other com-

- munities as far cast as Burns Lake.

To be more exact, this event ac-
tually occurred on Nov. 7 and B.C.
Hydro area manager Roy Staveley
told the Terrace Review two days
later that the damage around Ter-
race alone would probably total
between $10,000 and $15,000. —

to Prince’

S

i by Robert Q. Smith General Manager

SUNDAY BUFFET BRUNCH |

For a tabulous feast, join us Sundays between 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. as we present our very popular Sunday

buffet brunch. Enjoy a wonderful selection of breakfast If
and lunch items, as well as salads and dessert. All you |§

can eat for $10.95 adults, $7.95 seniors and $5.95 for
children.

EARLY MORNING BREAKFAST

Our restaurant opens at 6 a.m. for breakfast. We
feature a new menu that is sure to please. Whether it’s
a hearty logger’s breakfast or a weight-watcher
special, you’ll enjoy the food at the Terrace Inn.

Breakfast. is served from 6 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. ]]

weekdays and until 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

FASHION SHOW

Thursday, November 15, Join us for a special fashion
show in Augie’s Lounge. Rose's Ladies’ Fashions will
be showing the latest fall and winter styles beginning
at 8 p.m. There is no charge. All attending will receive a

10 percent discount voucher for Rose’s Ladies’
Fashions in Terrace.

NEW YEAR’S EVE

The Terrace Inn features two parties for New Year's
Eve. Our Gala Celebration will take place in the new
Skeena Ballroom and Includes a great prime rib dinner
and dancing to Dan's Musical Varieties. Tickets are
$60 per couple. Or you can go wild in Gigi’s Pub where
we’ll feature the live music of “Diamond Back” and a
baron of beef buffet, all for only $20 per person. New
Year's Eve tickets are on sale now at the front desk of
the Terrace Inn.

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