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“SECRET CORPORATION” MENTIONED

Greater Terra

By Brian Gregg

Terrace and Thornhils
may have to amalgamate
before secondary industry
can be attracted to the.
greater Terrace area, ac-
cording to Joe Banyay,
chairman of the Regional
District of Kitimat-Stikine
Board. .

The regional district
received a letter fom Hugh
Curtis, minister of
municipal affairs regarding
the ‘“‘problems of un-
controlled development of
the Thornhill area” at its
July 30 regular meeting:

Curtis said “I have been

* recently advised by my staff

that a zoning bylaw for
Thornhill has been prepared
and is being advanced for
the provincial cabinet's
early consideration with a
staff recommendation for
approval.

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. "] wish to commend the
regional district board for
enacting this bylaw which I
see as a first step towards
the formulation of
development policies for
Thornhill and, indeed, for all
of the greater Terrace area.
1 look forward lo learning
more about the planning
program for Terrace an
environs and would ‘hope
that this program would be
undertaken jointly by the
regional district and the
District of Terrace
“Although the growth
prospects af the Terrace
area are tied to develap-
ment of the region's
resources, [ am sure you
will agree that a community
planning process can be
iniliated that deals with
today’s problems while al
the same time is flexible
enough to cope with future
developments related to the

area's economic base. May I
also assure you that my
staff in the departments of
municipal affairs and
housing are available to
assist you and the District of
Terrace in planning for the
hornhill-Terrace area.”

The regional board said it
would be nice if the District
of Terrace, the regional
district and the provincial
government could agree
among themselves to make
the amalgamation of the two
communities their
“ultimate: goal.”

The regional district has
sought amalgamation in the
past but the former NDP
government postponed
plans for the union of the two
communities until Terrace
and Thornhill were able to
agree upon a common goal.
The former government

encouraged a new

representative to be elected

in Thornhill at: that time

with advice to the regional
district to begin looking at
methods which might
eventually arrive at the
amalgamation of the two
communities.

The regional district
board is now asking itself if
the provincial government
is leaking at more tangible
plans to unify greater
Terrace.

The population of Terrace
is approximately 12,000

- while the population of

Thornhill is approximately
6,000. Thornhill does not
have the basic services
which Terrace presently has
and Mayor Gordon Rowland
has gone on record as saying
he will not support
amalgamation of the two
communilies at the expense
of Terrace taxpayers.

Terrace, which is suf-
fering from its own financial
problems, would have to
provide the basic services ta
Thornhill if amalgamation
takes place. Rowland has
said this would mean
postponement of services
which the taxpayers of
Terrace. are
demanding.

Terrace officials appear
to be looking at_secondary
industry as one means of
giving the area a way out of
the economic decline it is
facing because of market
conditions in the forest
industry.

Regional district officials
appear to be looking at
amalgamation as a solution
to the problems resulting
from the
development of the Thor-
nhill area.

However, the * basic
problem undérlying the

Serving Terrace and area since July 11, 1908

presently .

uncontrolled .

establishment of secondary
industry in Terrace is fin-
ding a location to‘build on.
Thornhill is-the only area in
the greater Terrace area
which has land available
and a substantial industry
would provide enough of a
tax base to pay for the
development of Thornhill as

part of the Terrace
municipality.
SECRET
CORPORATION
During the July 30

regional district meeting
Perey Tate, representative
of the Nass, said the Nishga
were approached about a
“secret corporation”
starting up in Terrace and
were asked if they would be
interested in participating
on the board of directors of
such a corporation.

Tate said the Nishga could

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not get involved without
loosing their special Indian
status. He said if any
member of the Nishga band
were to become directors of
such a corporation he would
have to pay income tax and
if the band were to have
representatives on the
corporation board it would
have to pay income tax.

The Nishga were ap-
parently given a specified
time period to make their
decision before the cor-
poration excluded them and
because of the technical

oblems with the proposal,
isted above, they made no
decision about joining the
corporation.

Tate was curious if the
board had.heard anything
about the corporation but its
existence is a_ mystery,
according to other board
members.

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Curtis plans Terrace
visit in October

A letter from Hugh Curtis,
minister of municipal af-
fairs and housing, informed
the Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine Board
Friday he plans to visit the
Terrace-Kitimat area from
October ist to 2nd.

Curtis was replying to a
request from the board
asking him to meet.with it.
“Tam, al -this . time,
preparing to make ex-
tensive visits throughout the

“~“yrovince and my executive

assistant,, Tom Dykes, -is
currently preparing an
itinerary,” he said. 7. .

Curtis said he is looking
forward to-a most in-
formative and constructive
visit and Dykes will be in
contact with the board in the
next few weeks. to indicate
the more specific aspects of
the visit.

The board agreed to
support the Child
Development Centres in
Terrace and Kitimat by
the provincial
government to take on’ the
responsibility of funding the
centres.

Director Paul Monaghan
said he realized the value of
the centres but funding was
not the responsibility of
either the municipalities or
the regional district. His
statement was in response
to a delegation from the
Terrace Child Development
Centre requesting a grant

* from the regional district.

Monaghan and © Director
Frank Armitage moved and
seconded that the ad-
ministration obtain the
necessary background
information from the
Terrace and Kitimat Child

Development Centres and —

that a brief be prepared and
submitted to the minister of
health urging him to supply

the necessary assistance in.

such matters as these
centres are very critical to
this region. — .

Monaghan and Director
John Sarich moved and
seconded the administration
negotiate with the District of.

_ Terrace in an attempt to get

the cost sharing formula far
therecreation and cemetary

functions changed to a more
equitable formula.

The following is a report
from Don Pearson,
manager of Custom Sports
Centre Ltd. which is in
-charge of the operation of
the M.K. Bay Marina in
Kitimat.” - ;

_M. K. Bay Marina was
officially opened on June 27
with the .marina now func-

«tional. We shave a fair

a v

amount‘af-construction left: -:

todo and maintenance will
be a continuing thing, due to

tidal: action .on all. water,

facilities. : :
As mentioned in my
operational report the

breakwater repair decision
must be made and if we are
to avoid sterm damage | feel
this is of urgency. ;

Parking lot excavation is
coming along fine, with the
seaway now finished. The
railway will be out next
project with all of these
projects inside of money
already requested and
passed. Electrical work is
coming along fine.

The marina is being used
by quite a number of outside
boaters with Prince George
people coming in every day.

Management of this type
of marina facility is new to
us wilh many. of our
operational problems
caused by the facility being
government owned and a

ood percentage of the users

ere feel that any price is
just too much and. we are
forever having to lay down
the law and explain that we
‘have their licence numbers

and they must pay. Our |

business in town is as you
want, you purchase and out
here it seems Lo be‘a matter
of how much you can get
away without paying,
and it seems that a good
many people are of the
opinion that Custom Sports
Centre is setting these high
- prices. I feel that the rates
_are not high but we are
having trouble with some of
our uptown customers and
are ata loss of a way to
explain to people that the
channel now has a proper
marina at a cost.

_receive good policing.”

> Paul Monaghan and:

Director Frank Armitage

moved and seconded that be
the regional district erect a ]
sign at M.K. Bay Marina ;

stating that it is a public
marina owned by
regional district
operated by Custam Sports
Centre... - .

RCMP are planning to
move the Telegraph Creek
detachment from: that: tow
‘to Dease Lake, according: to
‘a letter. from B.D," Cliffe,
officer in. charge of ad-

the .
but :

7, AUGUST 4, 1976

ministration and personnel BE

‘Victoria.
Cliffe says ‘‘the
formation that we received
indicated that Dease Lake
would be the centre of ex-
pansion and the logical
place for the detachment.
“As you, are no doubt

in

aware there are many areas [%

in the province similar to
Telegraph Creek which

would like an RCMP detach- |

ment, Unfortunately we
neither have sufficient funds
or manpower and_ it
becomes a matter of selling
priorities.

“For your information
with the relocation of the
detachment to Dease Lake
and as we are attempting to
eliminate all one-man
detachments, an additional
position was programmed
for Dease Lake on April 1,
1976. I expect that the
second position will. be
staffed in the near future. In
view of this I feel. that
Telegraph Creek will still

The loss of the RCMP
presence in Telegraph
Creek has posed a problem
for the residents. The wife of
the RCMP officer has
always been the govern-
ment agent and with no
RCMP present in the future
there will be no government
agent,

The board decided to
write to Victoria regarding
this matter and to ask for a
resident of Telegraph Creek
to be appointed government
agent.

B.C. Hydro estimates
customer bills |

B.C. Hydro has bepun
sending, oul estimated hills
to residential and com-
mercial customers.

This provedure bids bean
hecessilated by the strike

and lockout of a number of

employees arising out of the
contract’ dispute between
Hydro und the Office and
Technical Employees!
Union, ‘ ‘

Consum ptions and
amounts shown on bills have

been estimated through a’

computer process, based on
previdus scasonal
sumption patterns.

IL is recognized. that such

fuctors as customers going
an yacation or adding new
appliances will influence the
umount of electricity or gas
used. However, adjustments
will be made on customers’

con-:

bills at the next meter
reading to reconcile actual
consumption with the
estimates.

“It is our experience that
the vast. majority of our
customers prefer to kee
their accounts up to date,”
said J.E. Turner, Hydro
customer accounts
manager.

in-

During the Shriners annual meeti
selberg, Terrace president (left);

‘Kitimat were on hand to

TERRACE, B.C.

ng at Lakelse Lake Sunday Alex In-
Ed Cooke, 1976 Potentate from Pen-
ticton (centre) and Bill) Richkam, from the Terrace Club but a resident of

remind residents the Shriners are always

looking for needy persons who are burned or handicapped. Shriners have

spent between $15,000 an

burned.

d $25,000 in one year to treat people who are

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- Bennett plans

~ times.

COMP,

Asa result of the Propased. .
phasing out of sulphite pulp
production in Prince Rupert
a committee has been

ee en ree ey

formed to study the effects:

on the community's
economy because of the loss
of the CanCel mill.

Lakelse Lake director, -
John Sarich, urged the
board to encourage the
committee to study the
effects on the Terrace area
when the pulp production is.
phased

Sarich said the loss of th
pulp mill will have a similar.
effect on the Terrace
economy as it will in Prince
Rupert, because some local.
logging operations rely on:
the mill for their survival...

The regional district will -
write to Premier Bill”
Bennett requesting 4

similar study be carried cut
for the Terrace area.

PARK AVENUE.

Terrace meeting

Premier Bill Bennett has
announced he plans to hold a
cabinet meeting in Terrace
this fall to discuss the
unemployment situation of

the northwest.

Terrace may be hit by
hard times but the com-
munity spiril is slill very
much alive and the people
here are not worried about
the high unemployment
rate, according to Alderman
Gerry Duffus.

Duffus recently told ‘the
Province newspaper
“Premier Bennett is right
when he says unem-
ployment is running about
30 percent, This has been the,
case for the past two years.”
“But it seems [ am the
only person in town who gets
depressed over the hard

“This is a happy town and
no one appears to be suf-
fering or worrying despite
the setbacks.”

He says he does not know
where the money is coming
from even with $15,000 a
month in welfare payments.

“Our stampede, sports
day and First of July beer
garden were all well at-
tended and there have been
capacity, crowds at all our
hockey games. ,

“Is an amazing town.
The people still have the
pioneer spirit.”

Duffus said he doesn’t

. Know what the future will

bring.

“If the demand for lumber
products continues at the
present depressed level,
things could get a lot worse.

“All building has stopped
and the carpenters are
probably the worst hit.”

However, Chamber of
Commerce president Ted
Taylor agrees with Premier
Bennett that something

should he done to get the
economy moving tm the.
area. :
“We are all too apathetic
about development, _
especially the town council.
“There are a number af
byproducts of the Sumber’
industry that could be:
manufactured here but it is
a matter of
someone up here.
“There has been na at-
tempt to bring in new
dustry.”

. Taylor said Terrace will 7

be affected by the provincial -
government’s decision to
close the CanCel pulp mill in
Prince Rupert, 95 miles to
the west, but says that is
necessary to convert it to a
kraft mill.

Taylor said retail trade in

_ Terrace has been depressed

for two years.

“Motels and hotels are
also suffering because there
are no executives coming
into town. There has been no
mining exploration and, like
everywhere else, tourism is

down.

“But we still have three
big resources — clean
water, pure air and pic-
turesque mountains.”

Manpower manager
James R. Switzer said there
isnot much that can be dene
for the areauntilthe mining
and forestry industries get
back on their feet. oo

He said the construction of:
an Alaska-Canada pipeline
would certainly provide
many short-term benefits:
but a return to a healthy
economy depends primarily.
on a healthy. lumber in-,;
dusiry. ° \ a

‘It costs ‘more {6
manufacture lumber heré
and when the industry is
depressed we are the first to
be hit and the last to
recover,” Switzer said. +.

Kincolith wharf repair approval |

Iona
Member of Parliament for
Skeena, announced that a
contract worth $227,577 has

en awarded to Fraser
River Pile Driving Co. Ltd.
to repalr the government
wharf in Kincolith.

“The successful firm
submitted the lowest of five
bids for the contract”,
explained Mrs. Cam-
pagnolo. “The highest bid
was $278,650",

It is expected that the
repairs will be com leted: by
mid-December of this year.
The wharf, which is badly in
need of repair, is currently
the only means of access to
“Kineolith, an isolated
village at the mouth of the
Nass River. All supplies for

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Campagnolo,

the village, including fuel,
must be brought in over this
wharf.

“{ am pleased that the
federal government has
proceeded with this im-

rtant project’ said the
keena M.P., “and ho
that it will soon be possible
to go ahead with con-
struction of a proper road
and ‘bridge from the wharf
to the village”.
_ ‘the wharf repair contract
is administered by the
Federal Department of
Public Works, and the
project manager is Mr.A.
Marr of that Department's
Regional Office in Van-
couver.

Fraser River Pile Driving

Co. Ltd., ‘of New West-

4

minster, B.C.,° has been
awarded a contract worth
$227,577 to repair the wharf
at Kincolith, B.C., it was
announced recently by the
Honourable C.M. drury,
Minister of Public Works.
The successful firm
submitted the lowest of five
bids received in response to
ublic advertisement. The
ighest bid was $276,650.

The repairs should be
completed by mid-
December. They are being
done to provide safe loading
of freight and passengers

_ for this isolated communit

on the Nass River; all fuel,
building supplies and
groceries must come over
this wharf.

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Bennett last weekend with ¢

shutdown be found so

Terrace area.

development department
situation. ,

Jack Talstra
Municipality

‘Council concerned
- over :
CanCel closure

The following telegram was sent to Premier Bill *:

Skeena MP; Cyril Shelfor
Phillips, minister of economic development and Peter -:
Lester, Mayor of Prince Rupert. ad

The Municipal Council of Terrace expresses grave
concern regarding the proposed October shutdown of <
the Canadian Cellulose sulphite mill at Prince Rupert. -

Municipal Council asks that alternatives to absolute -

slowdown in Terrace woods operations be averted.
Municipal Council seeks premier's assurances that ..
shutdown will. not adversely effect employment in

To this end representatives of Terrace Council
would be willing to meet with yourself and economic

Deputy Mayor

opies to Iona Campagnolo, |.
. Skeena MLA; Don >”

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that possible economic ©

to discuss this urgent

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