im soon ee EERIE Ts LALO SE TM IEP RANT a PTET E+ ERO CN VIINGIAL LIBRARY WARLIANENT BLDSS3 VICTORTA BC oe. Candidates ready for polls Saturday Aldermanic race Gerry Duffus Manager “Do not loose your vision.” A former alderman on Terrace council, Duffus said he is approaching municipal council with a “renewed. enthusiasm.” Most important to a municipal council is maintaing people ser- vices, such as paving, sewage, drainage, water systems, policing and firefighting, Duffus said. "lm against recreation being run by remote control,” he Stated, and promised that council would meet and discuss recreation issues recreation with the ‘ commission, Terrace Helmut Giesbrecht Teacher “Solutions usually have a financial base.” Giesbrechi, an in- cumbant is offering his experience as an alderman on council for the past two years, “In order to meet the costs necessary to satisfy the needs of the com- munity in services, we must continue to make better use of tax dollars,” he sald. ‘We may then free more funds for our essential services.” Spending must - be controlled, up to date policies and procedures prepared and industrial development planned along with Kitimat and the regional district, Giesbrechi said. 20¢ John MacCormac Painter “We need a dedicated community.” MacCormac promised to try to correct the “lack of- communication bet- ween municipal govern- ment and provincial government.” - He spoke out against the provincial plan to hase out Skeenaview ge and stated that council must take more interest in senior government planning Within Terrace. Creation of a per- manent job base, getting the best deal for Terrace and maintaining services already in the community are other concerns. daily herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1977 Doug Mumford Correctional Officer - “Continue the fight.’ There is a lack of overall development in town, no master plan for zoning, an unresolved conflict between Terrace and Thornhill and a rivalry between Terrace and Kitimat, according to Mumford. An incumbant alder- man with five months experience, Mumford lashed out at council for it’s ‘‘high-handed manner” Ww hy dealing with community groups and individuals. Mumford promised to assist everyone in Terrace reach their goals and encourage industry to develop here. VOLUME 71 NO.137 Alice Chen-Wing ' Homemaker “People centred planning.” chen-Wing said he is concerned about the small amount of in- formation people get about the regional district. “People don't even know it’s there,” she said, Area Cis a very diverse area, Chen-Wing stated, with some particular concerns such as fire protection at Spring Creek and the concern of the people of Kitimaat Village about an oil port. In planning, decisions should be made with people in mind Cloudy with a few snow flurries, clearing towards the end of the day. The high today will he zero, the overnight low, -7 degrees and the outlook far tomorrow is clear and cold. Corby King Manager “More avenues local imput.” for King is concerned that many areas in area C are not getting enough representation at the regional level. He is also concerned with, the welfare of the entire northern region which is relevant to all areas within the district. “T want to share with people the responsibility of making decisions,” he said, “but you have to have facts and in- formation.” He stated he planned to keep in close contact with the people of area C, Allan McColt Notary Public “A very important level,”’ Municipal, provincial and federal governments have overlapping func- tions, McColl said, but the regional district is very important right now. One of his concerns is that Lakelse Lake remain . -a recreational area, “We don't want to turn it into another Thor- nhill.”’ he said. “I want to find out what their functions are and relate that to the people who pay the bill,” McColl concluded. "School Board and . Regional District Two seats are up for grabs on the Terrace school hoard this term, and three contenders are vying for them. Jack Cook, incumbant thrustee and chairman of the board, Elaine Johnson, incumbant, and newcomer Lorna Romilly are the three candidates. Major topics in the school board elections are the quality of education in the district and what taxpayers could expect in terms of in- creases in costs. Cook is a_ store manager, Johnson is a homemaker, and Romilly is an administrator. Our apologies to Jack Cook whose picture is not included in the line-up. Regional District Kitimat-Stikine Regional District elec- tions will be highlighted this year by the election of a director from elec- toral area C, one of the largest areas within the district encompassing the pulation from arvale to Lava Lake to Kitimat Village to Hartley Bay, including. the area around Terrace and Thornhill. The director's seat was vacated by John Sarich, current director who decided against running, Instead candidates Alice Chen-Wing, a homemaker, Corby King, a store manager and Allan “Bud” McColl, a notary public are trying for election. All three, expressed concern over the fact the regional board is a powerful body but one that is little known to the electors. Diptheria in local throats The Skeena Health Unit would like to draw the attention of the public to recent isolations of the Diptheria organism in several childrens’ throats in the Terrace area, In one or two cases this has been associated with mild illness. The Health Unit would like to remind the public that Diptheria can be a serious illness and proper and up to date immunization is the only real protection against this disease. We therefore request parents to review their own and their children's immunications. The Health Unit will be of assistance in this matter and will arrange times for immunization to suit each individual. Please telephone 633- 6307. By Donna Vallieres Herald Stalf Writer There are seven can- didates for three seats on Terracemunicipal council. Aldermanic candidates are Gerr Duffus, Helmut Giesbrecht, John MacCormac, Doug Mumford, Lifly Neilsen, Alan Soutar and Jack Talstra. Giesbrecht, a teacher, and Talstra, a lawyer, are incumbant aldermen with two years ex- perience on council, while Mumford, a_ security guard fs an incumbant with five months ex- perience on council. They are challenged by Gerry Duffus, a manager, John Cormac, a painter, Lifly Nielsen, a domestic engineer, and Alan Soutar, an architect. Issues appear to he- focused on basic con- cerns, such as development, rezoning, ublic works, and the ture of Terrace. Elections will be held this Saturday at Clarence Michael schocl to determine who will hold the aldermanie seats on next year’s council. Mac-- Lily Neilsen Domestic Engineer “Understand past mistakes," Neilsen said she has been seeing things happen in Terrace for the Rast two years that she not like. Warehouses in residential areas, im- proper dust control, spot rezoning oan ‘en couraging “big business’ to the detrement of the taxpayer are some of these things. ming cat ckwards," she said, promising that she would look after “all the little things.” School Board ’ Elaine Johnson Johnson feels it is important to have local control over education, a function which is provided by school Johnson said it is also important for parents to have input into their children’s education, and this can be done through the school board. “ft think the taxpayer is burdened already,” she said when speaking of the high cost of education. “The board has got to spend as effectively as possible.” Jack Cook Manager “Take a long hard look at education.’ Cook, an incumbant trustee and chairman of the school board, said trustees are going to have to carefully watch the finances of the district. After many years of building schools, hiring more and more teachers and organizing the district, Cook feels it is time to improve the quality of education in the istrict. Cook believes his lon experience on the boar il continue to he helpful. New tourist snares VICTORIA (CP) — Travel Industry Minister Grace McCarthy has launched another campaign to attract tourists from the United States to British Columbia—this time using the lower Canadian dollar as the lure. McCarthy said in a news release Wednesday that the service in- dustries will be asked to place a red, white and lue sticker in their windows which reads: Friendship Exchange, We Guarantee Your U:S. Dollar is worth $1.10 in Canada, “When they see that sign, they will know they are in the right place, in the right town, at the right time and at the right price ” She did not say what would happen to the stickers if the Canadian dollar falls below the 10- cent level or rises above Lorna Romilly Romilly is concerned about the lack of com- munication between the school board and parents, the school board and staff and within the school _,.Anv incumbant, trustee, board Fad, . . ‘She “described the school: board as a “hierarchial structure” responsible for the “general apathy surrounding education.” Parents should be encouraged to work with teachers and get involved with their children’s education through the formation of parents advisory committees which would make recommendations to the schools board. . Alan Soutar Architect “A bit of a Struggle.” Soutar, chairman of the library board, wants to get on council to ensure that Terrace gets the kind of library we need. Although ‘the library expansion is his main goal, Soutar believes council must establish itself as a regional centre and should benefit from the development of the entire region. “My aspirations relate to projects and to steps ahead,” he said. “I'm firmly convinced my being on council would help the library be built.”” Elaine Johnaon Homemaker “The best education possible.” Jack Talstra Lawyer “A good sense of humor.” “We've got to setile down,”’ Talstra said, and establish some stability to council. An incumbant, Talstra has been wor on the industrial development committee on council and believes that Terrace must start worl toward developing as a regional centre. A new zoning plan is needed for Terrace, Talstra said. - “T would like to see a real effort in town lanning,’’ he said. “Not ig stuff, just some basics.” Lorna Romilly Administrator “Tack, of munication.” com- SPEC stall still up in the air by Ann Dunsmuir Herald Staff Writer Kitimat District Council will meet with the City Centre Merchants’ Association and a representative for the landlord, Lehndorff Property Management Ltd. to discuss public use of the City Centre Mall. The ecision was sparked by a request for clarification of the publie’s right of access to the mall and use of space inside for displays by SPEC member Susan Rotmiller. The Scientific Pollution an Environmental Control Society (SPEC) was refused permission to operate an information on the Mall 5 by the association on the grounds that the societ was politically oriented. Rotmiller pointed out that in the view of most Kitimat residents, the miall functtions as a town square where people can meet and exchange ' opinions and information. She said SPEC had been discriminated against by the association and was denies equality with other service groups such as the Cancer Society and Tamatik, a Kitimat women’s group, who were pemitted to use the mall on Organization Day, Nov, 5. Mayor George Thom said that the district had no jurisdiction over the November part of the mall used for displays. These areas are private property paid for and maintained by the tenants. According to the district’s agreement with the landlaord, the public has a right of access to the mall until 9 p.m. week days and 6 p.m. Sundays because the mall covers a city sidewalk and sewer. The district, however controls only the area, about six feet in width, accuppied by the original sidewalk, Council seemed ready to wash its hands of the problem until alderman Lee Ellis spoke up on behalf of SPEC, Ellis said that she could not “support the mer- chants’ position in discriminating against a particular group.” “There is mass con- fusion in town over the mall and council is partly responsible because it has refused to negotiate the problem of public access," Ellis said. She recommended that council] disucss the problem with the mer- chants’ association nd possibly renegotiate the district's aggreement with the landlord, “The leases in not set in concrete like the ten commandments,” Ellis sald. Her motion carried and a meeting will arranged to discuss the problegiies. In other business, council approved a by- law which will change the term of office for the November 1979 election to one year instead of 0. This will make the entire council ac- countable to the elec- torate every two years, beginning in 1880, The by-law will be adopted after discussion with the school board and regional district council which at present hold. elections on the same date as Kitimat Municipal council. The change to be- ennual electiions will save the municipality appriximately $2,750 in election expenses in odd numbered years when couneil does not ran for office. Thé change may also enerate more public interest in elec- tions and counter the trend poor voter turn-out shown since 1973. Less than 50 per cent of eligible voters have gone to the polls in the last four elections. In 1976 only 43 per cent of 4751 electors thered to vote. In other business, council approved the appointment of Mark Anthonly Fell ag treasurerk-collector for the district of Kitimat. Ursula Louise Pritchard was also approved as be deputy treasurer- co. lector and license inspector.