Page Alo. Te rrace | Slandard, Wednesday, 0 October 16, 1991 . TERRACE — The Skeena Valley Recycling Society and a food store are working on a plan. that could improve the transportation of recyclable thaterial down south. ‘It involves Overwaitea using the society’s warehouse here as a collection point. for its Ter- race,. Kitimat and Prince Rupert stores, - " Overwaites’ $ materia! and that.from the society could be sent south in one shipment, says Overwaitea recycling co- ordinator Grant Hawkins. Ivll_ solve the high cost of moving material by having large shipments instead of smaller ones, he said, ““Overwaitea doesn’t own its ‘ own trucks. Everything we ship, -we have to pay for,” added. He said Overwaitea is now working on the finer details of the plan, ‘*We want.to make sure first that what we want to do will make sense in the long term,'’- Hawkins continued. A key part of Overwaitea’ is plan, involves putting a com- bination. shredder-compactor - It’s wrecked TERRACE — More than $10,000 in vandalism this year has forced the forest service to all but close one of its recreation sites. All 10 picnic tables have been destroyed or damaged, toilets wrecked and trees cut at the Ex- stew site between here and Prince Rupert, says forest ser- vice spokesman, Bob Childs. “We're deactivating it. Maybe ina year or two, once ‘things have éalmed down, we'll go back in,”’ he said. Also planned is digging up the access road into the site, making it a walk-in area only. “We've had shotgun damage, ATV (all-terrain damage) to the beach, oil on the beach from blown transfer cases and lots of garbage,’’ said Childs. “It's pretty sad. Instead of ‘recreation, you can put a ‘w’ in ‘front to make it w-r-e-c-k-e-d,” he said. Exstew is not the only. recrea- tion site to be hit by vandals — total damage now exceeds $15,000 — this year but it is the worst, Childs continued. “We have only a_ limited amount of money each year. We've had little response to our - requests to report damage," he said. ‘Childs added. that damage to the recreation sites indicates that it is caused by more than just young people. Part of the deactivation plan includes capping the outdoor toilets at Exstew, - . And while the rains of last week may not be welcomed by a lot of people, it was good news to Childs because it hindered ac- cess to the site. Hawkins | eye oe ycling venture into its stores. _This'lt take any kind of , recyclable material — card- board, plastic, cans, etc. — and conyert it into compact and easily transportable portions. Overwaitea has already been. installing the shredder- arrangement it wants ‘with the recycling ‘society, in othér parts of the province,’ “One of the newest ones is with”. the™: Kinsmen club in Squamish. ‘What: we're doing is increasing the value of recyclable material to make it compactor in its other. B.C. stores. Hawkins said Overwaitea has struck the same kind of pooling Matrix 7. Winning Styles A winning style can take you anywhierc,..especially if you cater the Winning Styles Sweepstakes, Grand prize is a trip for two to Australia!.Ove 1,500 additional prizes. _ viable. We're working on systems that'll be. in the best in- terests of everyone,” he said. week kk 30 YEAR GUARANTEE! i. Plus with every full-size Matrix purchase, get instant Scratch- Off Cards good for, FREE Matrix Hair Care products. 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Lee Theatre TICKETS: Adults $18.00 Students & Seniors $12. 00 “AVAILABLE NOW AT ERWIN'S JEWELLERS — _SKEENA MALL : '' Sponsored by The Fabric Boutique & Skeena Beverages (Pepsi) _ by Alfred Uhry directed by Bill Millerd . October 1, 1991 4 An Open Letter to the People of Skeena This letter is being written to the people of Skeena to set aside the : misleading statements of the NDP, about the award of the Takla-Sustut: timber in the Prince George Timber Supply Area. The timber awarded was not and is not part of the Hazelton. timber supply area. The timber awarded was and is in the Prince George Timber Supply Area. The ‘timber was awarded toa group of equal partners which Included’ the. native bands in the Takla region and the local timber operators. They under- took to rebuild at their own cost the Dease Lake extension of the B. C.. : Railway. The NDP government abandoned the Dease Lake railway in 1973. We lost that railway at the same time the NDP signed away Kitimat's chances fora’ public port. These have been major setbacks for us in Skeena. The so-called loss of 100 jobs in Hazelton was not a resuit of a timber award. © Westar Timber built aa new mill to replace their old Hazelton Mill. Westar an- ff nounced they would close their old mill when the new mill was up and runn- - ing. All their employees at the old mill were offered jobs at the new mill. While people were being trained at the new mill, temporary employes were hired for the old mill. The employees at the old mill were laid off when ther new mill | training was finished. 7 Bids for the Takla-Sustut timber were received from: Hazelton, Smithers, | Houston, Prince George and the Takla group of residents and operators. The Chiet Forester recommended accepting bids which would get the highest stumpage payments. . | Cabinet considered the social as well as the economic impacts ‘ofall’ the. | bids. We considered the native peoples in the Takla together with the timber: operators who provide jobs there together with the rebuilding of the railroad. :. This all added up to the awarding to the Takla operators rather than to] Houston, Smithers and/or Hazelton operators. wy ‘ it is Cabinet's responsibility to make such difficult decisions for the: acod of the province. That Is how our parliamentary. system works. : - The: NDP say politicians should not be making, decisions. They’ ‘say cll ser" f _ vants should make ali the decisions. fo Why are the NDP seeking election? Don't they want the ‘osponsbily of of i: fice? _Skeena needs leadership. Someone who | makes earatul decisions based on? ~ peoples concerns as well as aco mic concerns Thank you to our corporate poor ee tins oe ac ag ty pee oR