TERRACE, ~~ A local angling “group says council should ‘emember. bigger is not better. when it plans developments for he city. “If we encourage a lot of people to locate here, we will be betting the kind of squalid ur- an sprawl which has ruined so ays ‘the northwest chapter of ““tthe Steelhead Society in a brief submitted to council last week. » The document is the society’s esponse to the recently released - tourism and economic develop- Jment. strategy which suggested “ways. the city could expand its industrial base. However, the ~ “society says, that would also br- “ing -increased population which > “gould threaten the quality of life. on which many residents regard as important. “While it concedes the current lack” of industry means a homeowners face a dispropor- tionately high :tax burden, the ‘society. suggests the cost is worth i it to maintain ‘‘a cleaner, Jess crowded and therefore freer ‘TERRACE — School District 88 will fare better than most B.C. school districts under the “provincial government’s new - system of financing education. “The school board will be - allowed to increase its budget by 6.67 per cent without holding a ‘school: tax referendum, secretary-treasurer Barry Piersdorff said. The province- wide average is an increase of 6s OL per cent. ' * Changes to the way education is-financed were announced a month. ago by education minister Tony Brummet who ‘said ‘school spending is out of ‘control and that there is a Sanger of a taxpayers’ revolt. ‘The figures handed down for “each. individial district show ‘this district will receive its pro- vincial grant based on a rate of $5,826.87 per student, much of. the lower mainland,” . environment.” It points to smoke pollution in Smithers and dioxin pro- blems and “acrid sulphurous air’' in Kitimat and Port Ed- ward as examples of the price ‘paid for industrialization. i Instead, it proposes concen- - trating on continued develop- ment of the tourist trade based -on the area's ‘‘excellent angling opportunities.” Pointing out angling injects an estimated $1 billion plus: into the ‘Alaskan . economy each year, the society recommends: the city “hire an economic analyst to- establish. the.current and future value of the Skeena sport fishery. : In keeping with its . environment-friendly ‘emphasis, the Steelhead Society also sug- * gests “council encourage ‘‘a renaissance in local agriculture (including) the fruit business.’’ **Terrace has plenty of fertile soil within its boundaries,’’ the brief points out, adding some local stores are already carrying regional produce whenever its available. Local. growers could - Better than average Piersdorff said. The average rate for the entire province is $5,259, That means the province will let the district. spend $30,282,243 in the 1990-91 budget year, Piersdorff added. ' If trustees decide to spend. more than that in the budget, they will have to get the residential taxpayers’ approval for the ex- tra expenditure in a school tax referendum. The northwest region’s school districts. receive more because of an economic adjust- ment to balance out geographical and other factors that make the per pupil costs or Pear said the Atlin- warea ‘school board's block is more than $13,000 per student. U.S. Grown. No. t Grade. 2.18 kg. \ cee FRESH ASPARAGUS 99. 214 to 2% Ibs. Average Weight Before Cooking. A -B.Q. CHICKEN HOT 4.99. _ TOMATO SAUCE Sunpic, 398 mL. Tin. f SPRITE Regular, Diet or Coke Classi¢. 2L. Bottle Plus . Deposit, — COKE OR. 1.98, Wie bring it all together * The good, the bad and the plain ugly also capitalize on the growing . demand for organically grown . food resulting from the public’s increasing dissatisfaction with imported produce which has been . “heavily Sprayed with pesticides.”” ‘The ‘society -says a revived . agriculture industry would offer diversity based on easily accessi- ble local and regional markets © and would be ‘‘a first step in weening us .away from the unhealthy and risky dependence - we have upon the forest in- dustry."” ‘Turning to ideas put forward in the city’s strategy document, the society rejects the idea of a road through the Telkwa Pass — “the fishery on the the upper reaches of the Copper River is already a fragile one’? — dismisses game farms as “charicatures of nature” and warns a steel mill would “destroy ail the fine things about Terrace while simultaneously undercutting any meaningful tourism development.” budget The adjustment also includes an extra amount for districts that have spent more than their allotment in the past to avoid cuts to services under the new system, he said, He also said the school district will have no idea what the effect will be on residential taxes until finance minister Mel Couvelier brings down the pro- vincial budget, which is said to contain tax relief measures for property owners. Trustees will meet March 27 to approve the new budget sub- mission, Piersdorff said. The deadline is March 30. “The demand for projects “and “programs is : ™ unpreéedetited,” ‘he-said of the school budgetting process. “The board has some very tough decisions to make.” commission. Senseless act DAMAGE TO newly seeded playing field at Copper Mountain Schaal took place last week: when a vehicle tore through the fragile turf. That's school principal Barry Eyjolfsan who says the van- dalism showed no respect to the school or its students. There's a $500 standing reward for infor- mation leading to the conviction of those who damage school properties. The field and an neighbouring adventure playground are a combined project of the school and of the recreation Car vandals | jsought TERRACE — Police are still trying to find the vandals who stole a B.C. Telephone com- pany car and torched it at the Thornhill dump, according to a B.C. Tel official. The burnt-out shell of the company-owned 1989 Chevelle was found at the dump Feb. 12, customer service manager Brooke Hodson said last week. He said the thieves stole it, from ‘the B.C, Tel lot on Lazelk F after hours. : - They apparently used an axe - to break open a lock box attach- ed to the car’s bumper and get You could win a trip i. Colouring Contest for Kids! Honolulu, Hawaii via Qantas Airlines. Pick up your entry form at Terrace Safeway. ~ AUSTRALIAN for a family of four to ROAST Whole. Bone-In. 2.82 kg. \.. PORK BUTT 29, the keys to the car, Hodson ex- plained. Keys were also taken from the boxes on two other vehicles in the lot. B.C. Tel has asked for in- creased police coverage, he said. The company has also changed locks on cars from which keys were stolen, and removed the keys from the lock boxes on the company’s other cars. “We didn’t want them mak- * ing’a' ‘repeat © per formanice,’’ Hodson said. The $52,000 car was gutted and has been written off. —s 1.54/100g. \. 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