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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989

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Welcome to Terrace, Skylar,

The most anticipated event of any new year is

: the arrival of the first baby. And this year’s

award for the family with the best timing goes to
Bob and Joanne. Howard ‘Of Meziadin, who

. welcomed 8 Ib. 9 oz, Skylar Howard into the

world at 2:50 P- m.-on Jan. 1. This was far better

- than last year’ s performance in which everyone

was held in suspense: until 11:38 a.m. Jan, 3
when Narinder Gill gave birth to a 6 Ib. 7 oz.
baby boy. Skylar is also a welcomed’ to the

‘Howard family by his one-year-old brother,

Kyle.
The last arrival for 1988 was 8 7 Ib.7 02. baby

boy born to the Tait family at 3:37 a.m. on Dec.
29. The runnerup in the New Year's race was a 6 —
Ib. 9 02. girl born to the Henwood family which
-atrived at 6:10 p.m. Jan. 1 — just 3 hours and 10

minutes after the Howard baby. Lo
“The Howards received a variety of gifts from

_ VCR tape rental.. Also, .a

we hope you like it here

Terry Kendell of. the Welcome Wagon. From the

_. Terrace Co-op, a gift set; Shoppers Drug Mart,.

assorted Life Brand baby toiletries; Canada
Safeway, a package of disposable diapers; Over-
waitea, a $20 gift certificate; Erwin’s Jewellers, a

- Royal Doulton bunnykins mug; Grace Fell

Florist, a flower arrangement; Central Flowers,
a puzzle; Our Baby Impressions, a hand and foot
bronze impression kit; and Video Stop, otie free
silver piggy bank was
presented by the MMH Auxiliary and an infant
Love seat was presented by Dr. Hoy on behalf of
the District Medical Society and the B.C.

‘Medical Association,

_ The Howards offer a sincere and very special

‘thank you to Dr. W.L. Redpath and RN Peggi
McCleary, the MMH staff, and the Welcome

Wagon for helping to make the arrival of their

second child a happy and memorable event. _.

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Legislative Library,
Parliament Buildings,
Victoria, B.C.

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Gymnastic club reveals
major building plan

Last October, Erica Neves of
the Terrace Peaks) Gymnstics
Club approached council with a

proposal for a gymnasium com-.

plex that would house their club
as’ well .as local boxers and
anyone else who was interested |
in participating. Preliminary
estimates placed the value of the
project at $500,000, and alll that
was required, she told city coun-

-cil, was a piece of land. Since

that time, the club has been busy

‘working with Terrace architect

Alex Inselberg and. have come
up with a firm proposal for the
complex and: an estimated value
of $1.3 million, one third of
which has been applied for

| under the Go B.C. program.

by Tod Strachan
- Monday night ‘council adop-

' ted a recommendation from the

Community and Recreation Ser-

_ vices Committee, and: the’ city
‘Row supports the projectin prin” ‘dressed’ “by the’ Ministry. of |
‘Education, -.says- Caledonia. vice

ciple but with the following con-
‘ditions: a lease agreement:can:be.
made on an 1 acceptable site, the
club demonstrates their ability
to raise sufficient funds, and
assures council of their ability to
meet long-term maintenance and
operational costs,

In discussing the matter, Ald.
Dave Hull told council that,
with the exception of the gym-
nastics club, the project has
‘fairly limited use’’ but ‘‘we
didn’t want to discourage
them’’, He explained that there
was concern that if the club
didn't demonstrate their ability
to successfully complete and
operate the project, the city
would “inherit” the project
‘sometime down the road”’. At
the same time, he pointed out
that the Superintendent of Parks
and Recreation had indicated
that a large enough parcel of
city-owned land — about one

"hectare — is available.

In an earlier interview, Neves
indicated that the club is ready
and there is a need to move
quickly. She’ said the project is

‘well planned and, in addition. to.
Go B.C., they will begin running _

bingos at the Lucky Dollar

.Bingo Palace’ every second:

Saturday beginning Jan. -14. A~

‘drive for business and corporate:
sponsorship. is already being or-
. ganized. Also, she says, they are

looking into the possibility of :

government-sponsored work

programs to cut costs.

continued on page 24

Stu dents .

and the -
strike |

TERRACE — Concerns. ¢ that. :

Grade 12 Caledonia Senior. Sec-

ondary students may fall: victim |
‘to the current labor dispute in _
. the school. district:are: being ad-. ..

principal Marc Frey.

by Tod Strachan
. Grade 12 Caledonia students

traditionally write government -
exams the third week of January, .

and the time between the
Christmas break and exams are
spent covering new material as
well as doing a considerable

amount of review. Government _

exams are scheduled to begin on
Jan. 25, however, and some past

graduates of Caledonia say the .

review work is “extremely im-.
portant’ and teachers " have
always. done a good job of pre-
paring students for government
exams.

But Frey says the ministry has
come up with two solutions.
First, if the dispute is settled
before Jan. 25, Caledonia
students will write the provincial
‘exams as scheduled, But when
they’re marked, he says the
amount of instructional time

missed will be taken into ac-

continued on page 2

Index

Business Guide 12
Church Directory 16
Classified Ads 19:22
Comics
Coming Events

# Crossword
Dining Directory

Editorial

Horoscope
Letters

Sports .

_ Talk of the Town,

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IT’S LEGAL: Terrace district teachers took thelr second —
strike vote in as many months... page 3°

FLY BY NIGHT: The Northwest now has a 24- hour air
ambulance service... page 19

FUN AND FRIENDSHIP: Team photos of the young
players Involved in the atom-hockey Friendship tourna:

. ment... pages 9 and 10

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