City Hall Happenings vneee A special meeting of the District of Terrace Municipal Council took place in the Council Chambers on Monday, February 28 with the mayor and all aldermen present. Council has decided to purchase its vehicle in- surance through: a lotter conducted by ad. ministration in order to set the rotation of purchases from Terrace agents. The winner of the first slot who provided Autoplan Insurance for 1977-78 is the Co-operative Insurance Services. The second slot went to Paragon Insurance for 1978-79 followed by Wightman and Smith Ltd. for ‘the insurance for 1979-80 and Braid Insurance Agencies Ltd. will get the deal for the 1990-81 in- surance package. It was also approved that any new agencies established within the District of Terrace be added tothe list. . District The District of Terrace will host a- luncheon on March 5 for the Skeena Union Board of Health. Council has directed administration to ‘set up a meeting between the executive of the Terrace and Chamber of Commerce and members of Council. “In requesting the meeting hamber President, Mike Tindall indicates that the purpose of the meeting is primarily to allaw respective bodies to, coordinate activities for the field and avoid either stepping on each others toes or duplicating efforts. When questioned by Alderman Vic Jolliffe as to whether this meeting would be open to the press Mayor Rowland stated that the meeting was requested by the Chamber and it would be up to that body to decide. The Terrace Association for the Mentally Retarded was given permission to hold its annual Flowers of - Hope Campalgn for ‘funds during the week May 8 to 14. A memo to = all municipalities in regard to the movement of overwidth loads on provincial high- ‘ways has been turned over to committee for study and recommendations. The district has rented a booth measuring 12 feet by 16 feet in the Jaycees 1977 Trades Fair which takes place in the arena May 20 to 23 inclusive. Thecost is $192. Alderman Sharon ‘Biggs suggested that the booth reflect the community's 50th anniversary. ‘Following a meeting with Mr. R.H. Marshall, Director General of the Regional Economic Expansion Department the Municipal Industrial Development and Tourist Promotion Com- mittee has recommended that correspondence be directed to the Regional On the education scene Students in School District 88 will be tested along with students in the province - later this month under the Ministry of Education's Learning Assessment Program. Frank Hamilton, District Superintendent, explains the assessment testing as the third step in the core curriculum circle. Core, he says, is the agreement on - certain basic skilis and concepts. Curriculum outlines the guides which ensure the skills and con- cepts will be taught to pupils. Learning assessment is a survey of current objectives, in- structional practices and student learnings in selected areas of curricula, This is followed by in-service for teachers which is designed to plan out improved teaching strategies. Students in grades 8 and 12 will be tested in reading; students in grades 4, 8and 12 will be tested in mathematics. and .students. in grades 4, 8 and 12 will be tested in social studies. Hamilton says the in- dividual students will not be graded for the record but that the district will be graded on how its pupils are doing. If the district is low in dictionary skills and high in mathematics then there will be a shift to emphasize the low area. Teachers in the district - are presently preparing for the in-service workshops. Dave Phillips of Thornhill Jr. Secondary has travelled to Vancouver and has taken the English curriculum workshops. Ed DeVries of Caledonia, Doug Ingles of Caledonia and Walt McIntyre, district staff are planning to travel to Van- couver for math orientation. Ted Allen of Parkside School will go to Vancouver - for elementary science. These teachers will he responsible for holding in- service workshops for the northwest region, Terrace is the centre for the * workshops. The Schoo! board has not decided on a proposal by Gary Underhill of Hazelton Secondary to purchase a computer for that school. Underhill said there are 50 students in Hazelton who want to take computer sciences and they are faced with breakdowns in ter- minals which were rented at $500 a mouth, A terminal works for about three weeks before it breaks down, he said, and because it is not monitored full time it becomes im- possible to repair the problems. Frank Hamilton and Ted Wells, secretary-treasurer, will study the cost of in- stalling a computer in Hazelton before the board decides what action to take. The board approved a request from Bill Sturn, principal of Skeena, to send . the school’s basketball team to Prince George from March 4-5 to participate in the regional meet. The boys at Skepna won first place last weekend (see Sports section of this issue) and Hazelton Secondary won second place. Both teams will have the opportunity to go to the provincial finals from March 10 to 12 in Vancouver. John Field Elementary School in Hazelton was successful in its application to the board to send 10 giris from grades 6 and 7 to . Kamloops to participate in - an elementary basketball tournament. The district's only cost will be to sponsor the teachers salary in the event that the tournament is held during’ schooi time. Kiti K’Shan Primary School was successtul in its application to the board to send classes to Casey Cove on Digby Island. The cove is part of the Prince Rupert School Board operations and the students will make the — trip between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m, on June J, 2 and a. The trip will cost the district the use of the school bus and . driver for three days. G.R. Straker, principal of the school, explained the trips are designed to allow: pupils to develop a com- parison of their own area of residence and that of the coastal environment of Prince Rupert; to help the ‘pupils to develop an un- derstanding of the oc- cupations and industries of these two environments; to develop in the pupils an understanding of the ecological interdependence of plants, animals, soil, water, minerals and people; and to develop in the pupils knowledge about, un- derstanding of and ap- preciation of natural resources. Conrad Bork, a parent from Thornhill, requested the board to hold a summer. schoo! for students who need extra work. He said -two ‘weeks would be all that would be required and the * TERRACE ANSWERING BUREAU _ 4603-D Park Avenue, Terrace, B.C. 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Copies of correspondence from Seefire Products which is trying to establish an agent in Terrace for the manufacture of a com- bination fireplace-stove has -been sent. to appropriate businesses in the Terrace area and ‘to the Terrace Development Corporation for their information. . Regional. + pin designed by the latter. Mr. Jolliffe felt that as a city employee was the designer the design should belong to the district, However council was of the opinion that the design was developed by Hartman on his own time and that the design rightfully belonged to him and voted to pay the $10. In. addition it was directed that the die for the pin be obtained from Flagg and Company. ~ The Pianning and Public Works Committee remains indecisive in regard to the boycott of the district's garbage collection by many Terrace businessmen, The committee did discuss the problem at length at its last meeting but the only progress made was to request further information from administration in the form of a table of rates comparing present rates with those which would result from . considering operatinn of the utility under 1 methods such as both segments self-supporting, utility as a whole self- supporting, subsidized segments and utility as a whole subsidized. Council has approved a recommendation that tenders be recalled for Chesterfield Suite 2 pc. Contemporary Brocade Fabric MLP $999 95. canctrwcceevrsccnesaseaeiseronesspene A147 Pair Love Seats - Avante Styling. Nylon Fabric MLP BBB.00. .ccccwecssncscnncrsenensessens C 5256 Sofa & Love Seat Brown Velvet ‘MLP $749.95. .6.. E 1134 Chesterfield Suite 2 pe. Colonial Nylon Flora! Fabric MLP S1V79. 95 case aserssonccavvuneegescsanss r Chesterfield Suite 2 pe. Colonial Nylon Floral Fabric aM, clearing of the sanitary landfill site area and operation of the landfill on a contract basis for a two- year period, with tender documents to stipulate that contracts could be let either individually for the clearing and the operation together. Quotations were received last November 30, 1976 but council never acted on them requiring the retendering. In regards to the di Giovanni iand use contract no progress seems to have been made as the committee decided that administration would take the subject under advisement and submit a further draft land use contract for discussion by the committee. THE HERALD, Wednesday, March 2, 1977. Mr. di Giovanni was apparently not advised of the further delay as he was in attendance on Monday expecting the matter to be acted on at the meeting. The Committee of the Whole has been discussing the Municipal Policing Agreement with a delegation of the R.C.M.P. No report was made as the Committee of the Whole indicated that there are no recommendations as the discussions were of an in- formative nature only. Council has failed in its efforts to have a recreation consultant stationed in Terrace. Sam _ Bawif, Minister of Recreation and Conservation, has advised PAGE A7 that the new consultant will be placed in Prince George at this time with a view to re-assigning one of the two in Prince George to Smithers after a trial period. Administration has written Mr. E. Hainstock of Branch 13, Royal Canadian Legion asking if that organization intends . to coordinate Canada Week activities this year. The city tplanner, Mr. J. McNairnay, has been directed to attend a provincial conference for ” elected officials and staff on management growth by local government in B.C. at the Airport Hyatt House, Vancouver, March 25 to 27. 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