. fices,

Permits
needed

FIRE SEASON officially be-
gan April 15 and that means
permits are required for all
lypes of outdoor burning ex-
cept campfires.

Class ‘A’ permits — for
most grass burning and all
open. burning for industrial
and. Jandclearing — are re-
quired year round,
: . But the arrival of fire season
Means permits are also needed
for Class ‘B’ burns, including
“mbbish- or minor yard clean
up debris, There is no charge
for these: ;
‘If the fire is to be within
_tunicipal. boundaries, a
permit can be taken out at the
loca] fire ball or municipal of-

’ . Permits for fires in outlying
areas can be obtained at the
forest service office on Keith

More comment needed _
into Thornhill’s future

THE COMMITTEE looking into
the future of Thornhill is having
troubles because it hasn't
received a lot of public comment.

And what comment it does have
is “‘really varied,” says Thornhill
regional district director Peggy
Julseth,

The committee is to choose one
of two options — amalgamation
with Terrace or incorporation as a
separate municipality.

Voters will be asked to approve
or tur down the chosen option
this November,

The option chosen is supposed
to be based in large part on the
assessment of public feeling, a

chance people will decide to
leave things the way they are, Jul-
scth suggests Thornhill has now
reached a population level where
change is necessary.

That population growth and ac-
companying demand for in-
creased services means . the
regional district is now being
asked to take on tasks for which
such bodies were never intended
— for example, the recently com-
missioned Thornhill water and
sewer masterplans.

Julseth recognizes there are
concems incorporation cr amal-
gamation will mean increased
taxes for Thornhill residents.

tough call when there is little
response from the public, said
Julseth.

She made the comment leading
into next Wednesday’s meeting
on Thorohill’s future,

However, she ~— maintains,

“There is a day coming when
they will probably surpass Ter-
race taxes for the services pro-
vided.”

Proposal would see bringing the
airport bench into the new ex-
panded community. It would not,
however, be part of an in-
corporated Thornhill meaning
“perfect land’’ in terms of future
development would be lost to the
community,

Having two Separate
municipalities on opposite sides
of the river also raises the pros-
pect of the two communities bat-
ting each other for . senior
government attention and grants,
“I would hate to see competition
between the two,” she adds.

Whatever option is taken to
teferendum and whatever way the
people vote, Julseth is clear on
one thing: ‘I would like to see
this settled,’”

Next Wednesday’s meeting
takes place at the RBM. Lee
Theatre beginning at 7 pm. Apart

The Terrace Standard Wednesday, April 19, 1995 - A7
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OKEENA VALLEY
FaKMERS MARKET

Skeena Valley Farmers Market
Will open for the

1995 SEASON

SATURDAY, MAY 6
By The George Little Park

Vending spaces are available,
for produce and regionally crafted goods.

If you want selling space, please attend
our spring meeting Thursday, April 20
7:00 pm At the amenity building 4616
Haugland Ave. in the new housing

Therefore she hopes peopte will
look beyond the immediate fig-
ures and recognize ‘‘there are
consequences 10 matter what we
do,”’ .

Taking the long term view is
particularly important in compar-
ing incorporation and amalgama-
tion, she says.

. Looked at in terms of the next
five years, she agrees incorpora-
tion may Jook like the more at-
tractive option,

But projecting forward 20 years
it’s not such an easy decision and
amalgamation is probably the bet-
ter choice.

Julseth notes the amalgamation

. Ave,
Obtaining a permit not only
‘avoids the possibility of a fine
— $75 — it could also save a
lot more money in the long
TUR,
- That’s because if an illegal
fire gets away and destroys
neighbouring property, the
burner might face a civil court
action and could also be liable
to cover fire fighting costs in
thé case of runaways,
However, if a permit has
been taken out and all the
Safety measures attached to it
followed, the chances of a
prosecution would be substan-
tially reduced.

Julseth hopes fora large turnout
for what will likely be the last
such public meeting on the issue.

Since. the first public meeting
Dec.. 1 Jast year, consultant
Eugene Lalonde has . produced
two draft reports which have ex-
amined the options open to
Thornhill: maintain the status
quo, incorporate as an indepen-
dent municipality or amalgamate °
with Terrace,

Julseth suggests a lack of un-
derstanding of people of the is-
sues as one reason for a lack of
public comment.

Copies of the latest report, she
points out, are available at both
the regional district offices and
public library.

While conceding there’s a

from the committee members and
Lalonde, also on hand will be

Derek Trimmer from the
Municipal Affaiss ministry in
Victoria.

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