Local restaurant ae: honors long- -time Terrace Review Ww Wednesday, April L, 1987 resident of Terrace - TERRACE — Today on the third: anniversary of the Quarterdeck restaur- ant, the owners Tom and Dory Keitch will unveil a new menu and a newly. created dish in honor of 83 year old Terrace resident May Pringle. by Philip Musselman The restaurant. 1s located at 4639 Lazelle, in the building where Paddy’s Fish and Chips once stood. ‘‘We bought the space from the pre- vious owners,’’ said Tom Keitch. ‘We didn’t know ‘the man, but the location seemed promising to us.” - The Keitches are happy with. the work they do, and are quite proud of the service they provide. ‘‘We like to serve people, we | have been in the hospital-. ity industry for many years, and it’s a nice feel-" _Cross- Country — trail network - proposal heard TERRACE — Terrace council has given its sup- port to a plan for building a network of cross- country ski trails in an area south of Lakelse Lake. ; Terry Brown, represent- ing the Kitimat Cross- Country Ski Club, told council March 30 that the club will be approaching the Ministry of Forests to develop a series of. trails running west of Highway -37 from Onion Lake to go -past the Clearwater Lakes area. Brown pointed. out the area has consistently good snow conditions, is conveniently located for users. from both. Terrace and Kitimat, is easily ac- cessible, presents ‘good skiing terrain, and is in proximity to the resort - development at the Mount Layton Hot Springs. No promises | continued from page 23 Terrace Child Develop- ment Centre, said she will receive notification of the -Centre’s budget for the coming year from the Ministry of Health April 9, Dediluke said Gee had indicated a desire to pro- vide a better level of therapy services in the northwest region but made no promises with respect to funding. Dediluke said she will be attending the Family Focus conference in Kelowna during mid- April, along with an undetermined number of local parents. The con- ference will identify issues for the Ministry of Health relating to special needs children and their families, and the Ministry will use the information to develop a five-year plan for delivery of services. Although the con- ference is directed at parents rather than pro- . ' fessionals, Gee said at the Terrace meeting that no tranportation assistance will be -provided | for parents to attend, Brown said the area in. question is) under the - jurisdiction . of . the Ministry of Forests, and he indicated’ the Ministry has a recreational budget which’ could provide full funding for building and ongoing maintenance of the development. The plan presented by: Brown consisted of two trail loops of 15 and 25 . kilometers length. He also mentioned that a portion of the finished trail net- work could be lit for even- - ing skiing because of easy access to hydroelectric lines by Highway 37. In addition to providing ‘recreation opportunities _ for local skiers, he said, the Onion Lake proposal would also be the only’ provincially-significant ‘development of its kind west of Burns Lake and has the potential for at- tracting large-scale com- -- petitions. Brown cited a precedent for Miristry of Forests — funding for such projects in the 100 Mile House area, where a large ski trail network was built ata | cost of $67,000. He’ ex- pressed. the intention to © approach the Terrace dis- trict forest service office for approval to begin con- struction next summer, with.a completion date to provide use by the winter of 1988-89, After one final assurance to Ald. Ruth Hallock that no costs would be involved for the city, council agreed to support the proposal. Mayor Jack. Talstra noted that the Kitimat- Stikine Regional District board had. endorsed the project at their meeting in Stewart March 28. we kee COUNTERATIACK 1987 m ROADCHECKS ~ APAIL 13TH- MAY 4TH rangement that amalga- ing to work: in this busi- - ness,’’ said Dory Keitch. The restaurant is some- times confused with the . previous existence of Pad- dy’s but, there is no rela- tion : between the two -businesses except the building and the serving of seafood, | The Quarterdeck has a large variety of dishes to choose from, and-some of the restaurant’s customers even request putting toge- ther their own: dish: to “ satisfy their tastes. The third - anniversary has also brought on a new dish that Tom created in ~ honor of 83 year old May Pringle; the entree will be. called the May Pringle "1904 and is bound to be a delightful surprise. to diners in the: establish- ment. Parker assigned te to. 3 7 Tile fy} tyil “Tom. and Dory Keltch, owners of the Quarterdeck. Restaurant have announced a new menu, and anew dish to celebrate their third anniversary this month. mM ajor cabinet f TERRACE — Terrace has gained a resident cabinet -minister and lost.a school trustee. © Skeena MLA Dave Par- . ker was’ appointed Minis- ‘ter of Forests and Lands _by Premier Bill Vander Zalm March 30. In an in- _terview shortly after the Parker ped down from the forests portfolio early in March announcement, said he. was “somewhat”’ surprised at receiving | the high profile. cabinet _ assignment and declined to make specific com- ments on his plans for the ministry. “As parliamentary sec: | retary I was not Privy to all the internal. workings of the ‘ministry;” Parker said. with all staff." - " Parker indicated his two top priorities will be ad- ministrative reorganiza- tion of the forest service ‘. and reviewing the delivery of silviculture programs. - ‘The restructuring project began late last year as a result of a new cabinet ar- i. “In ‘the next few. days I will have to meet - mated the formerly separ- ate operations of lands and forests into a single ministry. A review of the effectiveness of refor- estation practices was also: . in progress under the prev- ious’ minister, Jack Kempf. . ‘Kempf, ‘the veteran MLA for Omineca, step- pending an investigation of alleged financial ir- regularities in the minis- try. Parker’s appointment - as forests minister coincid- ed with an announcement that Kempf would not be returning to-the cabinet. - In a statement issued by Premier Vander Zalm af- ter completion ‘of the -Comptroller-General’s report, Vander Zalm said Kempf did not meet appropriate standards of accountability ‘‘in certain significant financial mat- ters'’. Those matters were stated to be outstanding travel advances, the use of airline bonus points, the staff, divestiture of bus- iness interests, and consti- tuency expenses. Immediately after ‘the announcement” Kempf ‘walked into the legislature | and crossed the floor of the House to sit as an in- dependent rather than re- turning to the government ‘back benches. He report- edly expressed severe — ‘disappointment with the Social. Credit caucus for ‘not supporting him in the face of what he termed “frivolous”? accusations. — 7 Parker’s former posi- tion of Parliamentary: ' Secretary- will be taken over by Cowichan-Mala- hat MLA Graham Bruce. Immediately after being: appointed to the cabinet post, Parker resigned his seat as a trustee on. the board of School District 88. ‘I could have con- | tinued in the position as -an MLA,”’ he said but in-- dicated the demands on his time as Minister of Forests and Lands. will Manuel Macedo ‘ett, with his wite Elvira from Portugal, took thelr oath of Canadian citizenship in Terrace recently along with 19 other candidates representing nine different countries: Scotland, Switzerland, Vietnam, United States of America, England, Portugal, ‘Netherlands and Scotland. _adminstration of . office indla, Photo by Daniele Berquist. -affected by ‘measures in the budget. - Taxation rates on residen- - tial and recreational rural ost preclude. remaining on n the. board. In addition, Prem- ier Vander Zalm- recently. a announced that. cabinet. ministers: will not. be per-. mitted to retain civic of-. fices in his. government. .- A by-election will be re-": quired to fill the vacant. trustee position for Ter-.: race on School District 88° board. — : Parker said he plans to be in the constituency. next on April 11. Taxes _ continued from page 23 -The increase “in small’ business tax rates, applied © to corporate income under | $200,000, from eight .to- eleven percent is exactly. what it appears to be because the. corporation tax is not calculated from federal. rates, McAlpine. said. Consumers . will get some relief from a sales tax rate lower by one per- -cent, he said. -Restaurant owners will have their lives” made simpler by the ~ removal of the tax on. ‘restaurant meals over. $7, _ Property owners will be’ several properties will increase from $1.40 to $1.70 per thousand. dollars assessed. value. In addition ‘the minimum tax payable will go up from $200 to $350, and low-income land owners who qualify for the supplementary home owners grant will have to pay a minimum $100 in taxes instead of the. previous nominal $1 rate.