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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 14, 1993 - Page A3

THE OPENING of the Terrace and District Chamber of Com-
merce's tourist information centra in the log building on the
highway Is one sure sign of the pending tourist influx fer the
summer. On the left is centre supervisor Lara Rolda getting

help with unpacking pamphlets from chamber manager Bob-
bie Phillips, The centre is open Mondays to Fridays from 10
am, to 2 p.m. before longer summer hours go in effect in ear-
ly May.

Still no word yet on plan
to help library expansion

TERRACE — Details are still
lacking on a provincial govern-
ment grant program that could
help out the planned library ¢x-
pansion.

The community grants program
is to replace the defunct GO B.C.
progam which used lottery
revenues but there’s no word on
whal kind of projects will qualify
or what level of assistance there
will be.

- The library board had applied.to,
GorE Cr itor” one-third” Of"

g

projected $1.8: million cost of the

expansion.

Voters in Terrace and the im-
mediate surrounding rural area
last year approved the borrowing
of the remaining $1.25 million for

the expansion.

GO B.C. was cancelled last
year when the government de-
cided to put half of the lottery
revenues into its general revenue
fund and half into special medical
spending:

“We're currently looking at op-
tions for the program to replace
GO B.C.,,”’ said Shirley Kerr of
the government services ministry.
rhe program is out. th
oieplate. in thie provéss “for

cision to be made,”? she said. Boas

“The commitments under GO
B.C, had exceeded what had been
allocated and we're fulfilling
those commitments now,’’ Kerr
added.

Any money for the community
grants will come out of general
revenue and won't be tied to iot-
tery income, Kerr added,

What is known is that the
amount of money available won’t
come near the levels of past ycars
under GO B.C,

The government has set aside
$32 million for its “community
grants program. in. this year’ &
budget bul two-thirds of that is to.
Anishroer: ‘coininitiné nis: ‘thaide: ‘un

der GO B.C. :

In 1990, $53: 2 million v was allo-
cated for GO. B.C, falling to
$33.4 million the next year when
the government decided to cancel
the program and shift the money

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City council and the library
board are now waiting for final
expansion cost eslimates when
detailed drawings are available,
Those should be ; Teady in several
weeks,

Only then will council and the
library board further evaluate the
proposal.

Although one plan calls for the
construction. of basement

; aol > cavating the “basement”

and sealing it off if it does not get
a provincial grant.

The basement would be com-
pleted after additional monies
were raised.

News in brief
Go! Go! Go! Go!

The GO B.C. provincial government program which used lat-
tery grants for community and other projects may have been
cancelled last year but it is fulfilling outstanding commit-
ments,

The Kitimat-Slikine regional district just last week received
the third and final installment of its $1 million GO B.C. grant
for the expansion and modernization of the MK Bay Marina
outside of Kitimat.

This cheque for $333,334 ends the commitment from the
lottery to the program begun more than three years ago.

The marina project has been completed, adding more
moorage space and other facilities for people plying the
waters south of Kitimat.

Skeena MLA Helmut Gicsbrecht said the improved
facilities will promote economic activity in the area.

Cassiar history rescued

THE UNIVERSITY of Northern BC. is now the proud
parent of 2,500 boxes of information covering the history of
Cassiar and its asbestos mince which closed just over a year
ago.

University officials hope the information will form the first
element of a research archive and institute for northern B.C.

**To a large extent, the history of norlhem B.C. is the his-
tory of one-company resource towns like Cassiar. The docu-
mentation gives us a marvellous opportunity to gain insights
into the development of the region,”’ said university history
department head Dr. Robin Fisher.

Cassiar closed last February when the provincial govern-
ment declined to give the debt-ridden Cassiar Mining Corpo-
ration a loan.

City gets sewer grant

The provincial government has given the city $49,328 to pay
for half of the cost of extending sewer lines under Munroe St.
and Dairy Ave, on the bench, says Skeena NDP MLA Helmut
Giesbrecht.

Most of the remaining half of the cost will be borne by.
people who will use the service through a Local Improvement
Program (LIP), said city administrator Bob Hallsor.

Provincial grants cover only 25 percent of the cost of such
projects but they can be increased if there is. a potential health
hazard. .

The clay soil in the area has caused problems for people
with septic tanks, said Hallsor.

“‘We’ve becn working on this for three years at least. I -
don’t see any problem with the LIP,”’ said Hallsor of the pro-
ject. .

| Say, where is ... ?
Confused about the number of new streets and avenues show-
ing up in the city and surrounding area?

The Terrace District Chamber of Commerce, city and’
regional district are taking care of that by publishing a new
street map. It'll replace one now in use that’s the size of a

+ placemat .and-which is now-outdated.+,-. ;

The new one; says’ chamber ‘manager “Bobbie. Phil ips, -%
‘contain information on the area and be of the fold out variety.

Advertising is being sold to support the costs of printing
30,000 copies. it should be ready in the next couple of
monihs.

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