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offences.

TERRACE — The process -
which will lead to residents be- ~
ing ticketed’. and. fined for

flouting local by-laws took

another step forward last week’:

with the identifying of the 17in-
fractions the city will be target
‘ting.

street and traffic, noisé control,

nuisance, smoking regulation,
animal control, bisiness licence
and building - regulations by-
laws are all included on the hit-
‘list..-

Items covered by the current

Illegal parkers are ‘the prime |. |

target with nine separate _of-
‘fences being named. These in-
clude parking “‘contrary. to
signage -regulations, _ within
4.5m of a fire hydrant, on a
crosswalk or facing’the wrong
way, Offenders will face a $25
fine.

Other ‘offences included in
the ticketing by-law - include
smoking in a prohibited. area (a
$25 fine), allowing an animal to
run at large ($35)-and keeping
an. unlicenced ‘dog or “poultry,
pigeons or, doves ($50).

egal parked’ a are the.
prime‘target with ‘nine
separate offences being ;
named,

‘Stifter panaltiés ire proposed
“for. ‘making © excessive ‘nolse,

keeping ‘untidy’. premises’ and
building - without: a permit —
$100.each —. while operating a
business without ‘a licencé car-
ries the highest fine of $200.

Once the city has received ap-

proval for the proposed fines
from the province’s Chief
Justice, the new regulations will
require only final adoption by
council before by-law enforce-
ment officer Fern Sweeting can
start issuing tickets. ‘
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Contrary to ‘public percep-
tion, parking next to a yellow
painted curb is not an offence in
Terrace. However, that is about
to. change,

Administrator Bob Hallsor -

explained the omission had been

spotied when the city’s traffic -
‘by-law, was reviewed in prepar-

ing the ticketing regulations,

That will be put right when
the necessary by-law amend-
ment is adopted at the next
council meeting. The offence
will carry a $25 fine.

Close,

: TERRACE. — Although he says
the idea of a forestry schoot

here has merit, advanced educa-

tion” sinister. Bruce Strachan
“last: “week: didn't : endorse

establishing it-as: part of a pro-
posed: northern. university.

. Strachan said there were good

: reasons to have forestry schools

in other parts of the provirice as

well,

“He. made: the: comments in
‘response: to'a suggestion from
local forester Rod Arnold that a

forestry school here made sense:
because of the needed for Peo-

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who: want satellite campuses set :-
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place: to study: 53.degree latitude

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countries and’ Russi mo said
Strachan.: wes :

If forestry schools were set up.
at the Satellite campuses, he! sug

Fish vendor charged |

TERRACE — A local seafood”
vendor has been charged with
several offences after 6,730
pounds of fish were seized from

his home last July. < ~..
Jose Da Costa is charged. with,
without.’

back to Tuy 13, 1909 3 when the

casses, were ‘confiscated and
destroyed, he said.
Da Costa's home
business. li Tce. Was: juspended-
a week ‘later; A ly. memo says:
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spector declared “an: unaccep-
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ple trained to work'i in northwest

all-in

gested it would bea ‘good idea

for” “'students attending the»
university in: Prince George’’ to’
, Spend one year. at-a- nor-.

thwestern. facility.

“Strachan said the decision on
_Where components’ of the —
university were located was not -

“his'to make. .

‘’That would be made. by a .
university ‘president, and a
“university board of governors,’ iF
“he: explained::.‘No doubt it is -
Y something the university would

consider,’ ae

Bruce Strachan

TERRACE — School district
representatives, expect to get
word today from education

minister Tony Brummet on how:
much money the province will
provide for the sweeping |

changes to the education system
set to begin this fall,

Local trustees say the. éduca-
tion ministry's Year 2000
changes will cost money to put
in place, and they don't yet
know how much the province
will pay, and how. much will be
left to local taxpayers.-

School board chairman Edna
Cooper and secretary-treasurer
Barry Piersdorff are meeting to-
day with Brummet. and
representatives of other school
boards in Vancouver. Brummet
is expected to announce changes
to the way the province finances
education and ‘to tell districts
how much it will pay for the
changes the ministry has
ordered.

Cooper said last week the
amount of money the province
sets aside will be a key to deter-
mining how much local school
taxes will go up in the school
board’s upcoming budget,
which is to be completed and
sent to Victoria by March 15.

School District 8B has com-
mitted to starting the primary
program — = which replaces
kindergarten to grade 4 with a
continuous learning system _
in September. :

Local tax hikes will also de-
pend on the result-of upcoming
contract negotiations between
the ‘school district and. the
teachers, Cooper said. Teachers
are demanding smaller class
sizes, higher wages and more
training days to. help: teachers
cope with the changes,

_ program,

She said the government has
promised money - help

districts handle the changes. AN
don’t think the: implementation 7
of the Year 2000 changes is g0-  -:
ing to fall’on the:: local

taxpayer,'’ she said, “That is

not a local taxpayer: respon- ‘
If ‘he government.

sibility.
doesn’t give us enough, we'll

just have to slow the process. Jon me

down or cut something ‘else.”? |.

Apart from the direct costs of
starting the new primary pro-
gram, like new books and sup-
plies, Cooper said the school
district will find itself paying for
some indirect costs, ”

“If we're forced down to
much lower class sizes, we're
going to be either buying por-
tables or building new. schools, ”
Cooper said,’

*"Unless the provincial
government is giving some fair:
ly clear-cut . guarantees. ‘about
‘the availability of funding, the
board is going to have to’ make
some very tough’ decisions,”
Terrace District -Teachers
Association..spokesman Greig
Houlden predicted. -

Superintendent | Frank
Hamilton said the board hopes
the ministry will increase the
range of school district expenses
it will share, ‘Otherwise we
have to pick up all extra ex-
penses at 100 per cent,”’ he said.
“Because the more: money the
district needs to implement the
the more non-
shareable dollars will come
from the local taxpayer,”

Cooper said tax increases will
also be affected by inflation and
last year's school district tax ‘in-
crease, 60 per cent of which falls
on this calendar year.

MP Fulton jumps

into refund fray

TERRACE — Lakelse Lake
residents who claimed the nor-
thern tax benefit when filing
their income tax returns for the
past two years did so “‘in good
faith’’ and are now being sub-
jected to *‘shabby treatment”’
by Revenue ‘Canada, says
Skeena MP Jim Fulton.

He dismissed a claim from
revenve minister Otto Jelinek
that taxpayers received proper
notice that the term Lakelse ap-
plied to an abandoned CN
whistlestop between Terrace
and Kitimat and not to Lakelse
Lake.

People living on the east side
of lake have received notices
from Revenue Canada inform-
ing them they are not eligible
for the benefit, demanding
repayment of refunds originally
issued and for interest.

Residents say they sought
clarification prior to filing and
were told by taxation officials
that they were eligible,

In his letter, Jelinek said of-
ficials at a .temporary tax
assistance centre set up in Ter-
race. last February were aware
of the Lakelse situation, He also
pointed out a- department of-
ficial had been interviewed for
local radio and television on
Feb, 21, 19897"

“‘He is trying to claim that a
radio interview was adequate
notification. That is sheer puf-
fery,'* said Fulton, adding he
had. yet, to- find a Lakelse resi-

* dent who heard the interview.

The MP described the sieua-
tion as.a reversal of what occur-

red at Cassiar when that com-
munity was not included on the
list of eligible places for two
years,

In that case, Fulton said,
Revenue Canada had admitted
the omission of Cassiar was an
error and allowed the claims to
go through. Suggesting — the
same should apply in the case of
Lakelse, he said, ‘He (Jelinek)
can’t have it both ways.”’

Noting the ‘“‘legal map of
B.C.” referred to the communi-
ty on the east side of the lake as
Lakelse and that was also the.
name used by area residents,
Fulton pointed out Revenue
Canada’s own officials: were us-
ing that place name in sending
out notices of disqualification.

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