. Vol. 3, Issue No. 19 — Charlene Wagner modetled for Bev’ 3 Head Shed during the an. ; nual Spring Hairshow sponsored by various salons In Terrace. - Photo by Danlete Berquist. . Sea story page 13. Teachers ponder _ ‘TERRACE — The Ter- race ‘District Teachers’ Association. (TDTA)* will — " meet today, May 13, to consider a proposal | for coordinatng their job ac- ‘tions in protest of Bill 20;. the . Teaching Profession . Act, with B.C, Federation ‘of Labour job. actions in opposition to new labor | legislation. - TDTA president John Eades said a weekend strategy session of the B:C. Teachers’ Federation ‘(BCTF) that he attended reaffirmed the action plan ratified. by a province- . wide vote of teachers last month: The plan includes withdrawal: of service and an’ instruction-only cam- paign, and Eades said the. further action Blementary- Secondary School walked out for half. of one day in protest. Stu-. ~ dent spokesperson Louis _ McLeod said the students - BCTF may consider coor-. . dinating future actions with those. of the B.C. Federation of Labour. The Fed recently called for a half-day, work stop- page throughout the pro- vince on May 20, but un-. ion locals in Terrace have not confirmed their level of: participation in the plan and specific informa- tion has not yet been avail- able from the Fed offices in Burnaby. - The instruction-only campaign is old hat for ~ students in School District - 88, who experienced the same sort of action last year during contract nego- - tiations. between the local board and the TDTA. The issues then were control of - class sizes, library staffing ‘and salary-related ques- tions. Classes in Terrace schools have been relative- ly quiet, but on April 30 Students at Kitwanga ‘ hold : Bill 20 responsible ‘for the problems, and he expressed the opinion that | parts of the law need _ Continued on page 24 The Mellayda, page 11. in conjunction with student at Thomhill Junior Second Concern voiced | over. legacy” plans TERRACE — City coun- cil’s evolving plans for the Terrace Expo legacy..pro- jects have aroused ‘the concern of at least two. members of the communi- ty who were present at a recent council meeting. . Dick: Ladouceur, pro- prietor of the Ironworks » Gym and Fitness Centre, expressed alarm during the May 11 meeting at the mushrooming budget for | expansion - -of the Terrace ‘swimming pool and recreation complex, a pro-. ject he perceives: as direct competition ; with his _, facility. ‘Ladouceur: has ‘brought . the: ‘same concerns to ~~ gouncil on previous occa- sions, but at the most re- cent’ meeting he said the Mike Rossiter (right) played the gangster who robbed the Royal - Bank many. years ago. Some say he even got away. Frahk ‘Donahue (left) was. the banker In the skit which was staged at~ "taxpayers budget figures for ‘the pool ~ the Terrace: Diamond. Jubilee ee Ball. See story ~~" Continued on-page 24 page 17. — Photo by Oaniele Berquist, ‘ vin ~ Outside | . “inside | . +g roe. BusinéssGuide 9 Entertainment 16 . Hi Prec. es ” Mey 4 a ry "6mm Church Directory 10 Horoscope — WT vied 4 -35 4 nl Giasalfied Ads rs carters 4,5, 10,15 ; , ming Events — - pinions _ 4 Maya 8 al Comics . 21 Sports 6 May 9 143° trace - Crossword 21 = Stork Report 11 May 10 ® 2 82mm Dining Directory 2 Talkofthe Town 5 sharpener Tamibiial — Counterattack, performed recently al the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. Dorothy Doell (centen, a Grade 10 lary School, was honored by the ‘group when they sang “Heppy Birthday” to her. See atory po - stra remarked,: _ they think. the - economy increase - TERRACE — ‘The: 1987- 88 municipal “budget. - scheduled for adoption by Terrace city ‘council | this week will raise’$141,000 more than last - year’s budget through local taxa- tion, but according ‘to council members the. brunt -of the 3,5 percent increase will be borne by industrial - venter- and commercial ° ‘prises. The city plans to take in and spend $10,085, 944 during the coming ‘fiscai ‘year, of which $4,436,381. will come from property taxes and special assess- ments. The average -in- crease for all classes of property will be.-six per- cent, ‘only to residential proper- : ty, _ The’ total the city will = collect from “residential * is actually $90,000 less than last year,. " but industry and business will pay'a total of about . $230,000 more, The situation for ine . : dividual property owners - this year is somewhat con- — fused owing to an overall. decrease of about 10 per- | cent in property ‘values: - throughout the ‘district. The values are set by the. B.C. Assessment Authori-. - ty, and Mayor Jack Tal- isn’t too good - around: here.’’ Although the tax rates .. are up this year, the dollar - amount paid by individual taxpayers will depend largely on the assessment - scale. On a home valued at’ $60,000 in 1986 that’s assessed at $50,000 this year, the total taxes levied from all sources will be | nearly identical. A home assessed at $60,000 this year will have $1,166.95 in: taxes levied against it, of which about $650 goes to: the city, $453 is applied to — schools, and the balance is distributed to the regional the" Municipal Finance Auth. ° district, hospital, ority and the B.C, Assess- ment Authority, On the expenditure side. of the budget there are no | surprises or dramatic changes in operating costs. Finance Committee chairman Bob Jackman noted with satisfaction that the city’s $175,000 deficit at the end of 1985 had become a $453,000 surplus by the end of the ~-Continuéd on page 24 : piles compared’ to | the | school district tax: hike of . 32 percent: which: ‘applies sf guess os nis .. Og PE de a a A : Soret a sy op Es we ae So FG We aR SRE (yew att eelg ane Sno me nee sem, ag Tae nye ie apa gg om me ee