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~ people smay leave “Clase. ta. paul “a-million dollars” in the
ity during: ‘their three-day- stay’ :
all starts’ Thursday - ‘#vening.”
Winter Gaivies get, under:
“water. polo at: the. Terrace pool ‘Thursday, with't

“The Northern: B.
. Proper beginning’

around.

“First of all 1 think tl .be'a very positive thing for the,
community, particularly this year, since there have béen'so_
many bad thing! happening in. Terrace recently,” Praill

Serving the
Progressive
Northwest

offers a

" By KEITH ALFORD:
Herald Staff Writer

THORNHILL— Jim Culp,

“director of Regional District

of Kitimat Stikine, saya the
lack ‘of money spent by the
regional distriet’s economic
development : *. commission
t:year doesn't reflect the
amount. of work done.’ -
proof: tie’ offers. -a

_ deyelapment ~ ‘plan for I
Thornhill completed: by the: ;
CO MARTEMIO NT TaN year

‘Some «-RDKS -, members
criticized others at the. last

“meeting because at year's ©

end’ ‘there was still $60,000
left in the EDC's ‘budget,

According to the Thornhill
plan, one or -more major
tourism centers should be
located in the’ greater
Terrace-Thornhill area. A
riverside park on. Highway.

-_. 16Eastis to be encouraged.

The plan. Says. “more

. Specifically {or Thornhill,
ihe community grounds or :f;

other park location could be .
the site for a heritage
village. ” a

- The plan for proposed

development also includes a |.

B.C, Ferry. connection to
Kitimat. and — the
development of the Lakelée

- hotsprings.

While the report Says the

“~ existing land base ‘in

. extensive

Thornhill’ does: not permit
industrial
development,

commercial development of

-Thornhill's core. area.

. Cottage industries are also

to be encouraged. .

Not ‘before: “Wexhaustive’
wind and alr quality studies _
are ‘completed”- would: an

: -aluminum smelter ‘in the

* secondary:

area be considered; ° bul
aluminum

, Manufacturing, a “small”
- steel reduction plant, and

- the production of. spécialty
-wood products are looked

lipon favorably.

Like * many other

’ commentaries on the area,

the plan’ notes. "B.C,
Timber's singular reliance
upon the. U.S. market .
contributes to the economic’ .
instability of the ‘Terrace

- .

“Many important i issues 7
are-of mutial interest for -

Terrace and Thornhill, " the .

study: states, “parochial |
altitudes should - be
avoided. " a

‘The report encourages the
joint development af a

gewer system for Thornhill +}

‘and Terrace. This, it says,
is: essential for the future
expansion of Thornhill.

a ** Sports Editor + Cee:
: “TERRACE. It could prove to be a finahelal
the depressed host community, and many hope
. the'divisions present in, the town's political ‘pa; che.
t's: ‘alsa the largest: ‘event: of its ‘kind “ints —
* perhaps in North America, ‘and chances'ate 90: ‘per cent ‘af’;
peaple living south ‘of 100 Mile House have nev

Victoria, 3, C.
V8vV. 4

, “ut
le to Terrace,

: me

“LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY =|.
PARLIMENT BUILDINGS 1

er even heard :

fo . ty
Friday.. morning’: at’ 25. different: ‘sites,”. of: a shot in the arm.

Which will hold 32 ‘separate Sports, Most: sports ‘have’ dif. =.
" ferent age and ender divisions ‘which will pustt’ the: ‘total.
number of evénts close to-50.. ; oh

The ambitious undertaking has been several years ‘tn the
planning and host commnlttes chairmas Tony Praill hopes it
will be a “hell ofa. shot in the arm” for Terrace, all the’ way .

~ ‘Games may have on & ¢o1
recent years by a -miich- -publicized ‘disputé
teachers and school board anda fore recent divis

‘More important than
“hoped-for- healing effec

newly-elected. city: -eouncil that

“hard feeling within Terrace.

2
“Terrace really needs this now," Pr;

things. have gone wrong here lately"
positive e event. Hopefully that positive feel

2a major.
‘objective is -to foster

“(cPy ~

the divisio

Of Wayside Grocery in tl ‘the hospital ,
¥ make from inthe actual: Sports than.

i” to be neré: reling for.
rtant right. now:"": ;

be a chance for peopl

des Tasifare-and that’s a welcome _ ,
. “What's important is that we'll see some: in-":
affic generatedahtough town and that’ i help all :

Mace to pull logether and fx same

. in. town now.’

re Imut Giesbrechl sees the games as a
and financial help but doesn’ t see the ex-

ae

motels, and restaurants,

tg a while,:
be an rn linproved external Ee

popyehow, and if wean get -
py ehade- an accomplishment.

tended fiesta of i ga ies that tebe ethers’ are predicting.
-‘ItH. be ‘a. morale: Iooster if nothing else," Glesbrecht —

said: “3'm sure it'll: take geome att the: strain: off some local

but’l don't Bee ‘any Tong term: ban

any “There, have been a, ‘lot of peopie involved and ‘that’s a
very positive. thing. % Most ‘of the community. has’ gotten .
i involved | in itone way. ot. ‘another, event with the billets, but:
the good ‘thing: about the Games is. ‘that. it's been divorced ;
4. fpom™ the political: end of thirigs iri town. eae ae et
“Tai sure i'l]: take everyone's sind off their. rouble for ener
ut that’s about ic! 3. las
‘Giesbrecht ¢ also sees the immense toarlsia benefits far. the ‘
area ‘in a bit different, light than-some othera:
“Well, it's not the bést.time to come to Terrace ‘right now, —
"the town isn't at its most beautiful. It we gota sprinkling of
_ snow that’ ‘would: change ‘things, though.
- “The: effects. of that. ‘(tourists)’ would. be very. “hard to

+ guage.'] think it'll help, but the effects will be very subtle

for.a while yet."

Giesbrecht, “extended ; ‘congratulations to the Games
organizers. on a job well done... '
The mayor will be down ‘south. for ‘a Northern Develop-

‘ment Conference meeting and may be unable to attend the ©
opening ceremonies, He ‘said the conference schedule was :
. inflexible bat must be attended. : :

o ‘the historic Kalum Lake Hotel was bullt around 1920- by George
-. Cobb and his public works crew... It was situated at the south end’
- of Kalum Lake at the site known as Cobb's Landing. ‘The bullding
in the early twenties was used primarlly as a Road House for the
pole cutters, mining men and forestry peopte travelling by barge
to the north end of, the Lake. Later In the twentles George Cobb,

+

who-v was a. bachelor, sold the bultding + to Mir. and Mrs. Dix who
then ran it as the Kalum Lake Hotel.
of Terrace as a recreational resort and by the travelling public-as .

a way siatlon on the telegraph fine. See letters to: the Editar on

page 2 for ‘more detalls.

‘lt was used by the residents - 7

- province’

Record | unemployment haunts: premiers

‘ gwurr CURRENT, ‘Sask. °

‘ today: of. angry farmers
‘denionstrating against

‘ federal.plans to change the’
» Crow freight rates on grain.
 _ Jign. Wright of Rockhaven,

: Sask.,. a National Farmers
- Union." national :. ‘board
‘member, : said the Py union

‘members: wanted ‘to ‘meet
with. the, “premiers | “tO.

‘determine’ exactly-‘what
- stand they .were taking’ on

the federal proposals: ’:

. "A: lot lof people don't

* understand what that'drain

‘of capttal ott of the West is

going to mean," Weight told .

reporters;

-, The foir ‘western:
‘premiers: walked é a: gauntlet

ile said it ‘was nat | too. Tate .

‘to. change. federal: plans. °

“The Crow Isn't. dead and.

gone: - This atl hasé to. go

thtough Parliament," :
The ‘premiers. exchanged
greelings. * with * the ~

demonstrators on. their- way
‘into the: ‘high school: where
they. are meeting, and later *
” sald they ‘would not meet

formally with: the’ farmers. ©

matters: ‘were: ty: take ‘first.

 phice at the one-day session :
as. the Manitoba govern: :

ment presents proposals. to *
alleviate, “unemployment,

. Other’. ‘agenda items --
mattled by.the premiers at a

“private meeting before’ the”

‘The. economy and. fiscal “

‘seasonally:
av “viinem ployment -
- |. climbed ‘slightly to 10.7 per
et cent ‘in. Manitoba, 7.3 per
“een in: Baskatchewan, 10.6.
oper, cént-in Alberta.and 14.7
1 per cent ‘in B.C.In Alberta,
: ‘for. exainple, after hovering
“around: three “per
Years, lhe unemployment:

conference began: included

Canada's:,.. international
competitive position ; in
World . trade | and” capital

“projects. wy

|, The "premiers “were

“haimited by. record. unem-" |

* ploynient. and ‘gombined

~ 1982-89" yudget - deficits of
almost! $5--billion: as, they
“ prepared to ‘talk about the

ecohomy. - -:

British Columbia Preinier
Bill Bénnett: summed up the.
‘mood when ‘he lold: repor-

ters, on his’ way. frito: a

_ ‘Tuesday - night reception:

“AM T-want to do-is go into
my.office in: phe moming. .

” and look at the statistics and

see that British Columbians.
‘- are ei ”, ’

“December,. ; “the
adjusted
rates

cent for

“sfate’: ‘llimbed, “stegiilly” tn

ee.

‘

effectively ‘In

However, the West’s x

jobless: ‘rate was-below the «
national. ‘devel. Canada’ Ss -
seasonally-adiusted. —\ine-"
‘mployment rate was -12.8

percent .in-December.

~ Bult opinions on tlie eve of: ”
the-closed, one-day meeting

differed ‘slightly...

> Bennett’ and | Saskat-
- ghewan. Premier Grant

Devine stressed that
Canada must compeje more
the In-
iernational marketplace.
: STE we're’ going to have
prosperity that!s where it's

going lo be,"-Bennelt said. —
He‘and Devine -em-
” phasized the importance to

the.-"West of a: good’ tran-

bid hie would tell the other

. premiers their farmers and’

other commodity Producers

should have a greater say in -

we operation of West Const

maiberta, Premier. ‘Péter
Lougheed has préssed the -

Same poinis in the past.

On Tuesday.
however,
reiterated his position that

recovery.

“unemployment is
primary « concern,

sportaiion system..Bennett ©

Ct

night, |
Lougheed=

” requires.
restoration of, consumer and
investor. confidence.

"Canada.-will -havé.a- faster
- recovery. -by . lowering In- —

_teregl rates, even -if that

‘means @ slight reduction in.
- thé-value of the dollar.

That was'a key element of
the national recovery plan

. endorsed by all the coun-
try’s, premiers at: thelr -

meeling in. Hallfax last

August and. Lougheed -said -
* he wanted to see. If his
western colleagues. still

endorsed that plan. * -

Manitoba
Howard ~Pawley
the:
‘He

Premier -
said. -
‘developing.

pledged: again the Manitoba

government ‘would: put
every spare dollar into job-

creation In the coming year.
Pawley also sald the state
of the western power grid
would be reviewed bul: he
offered ‘little hope. the
Manitoba-based = hydroel-

éctric project would ‘get a_

green light here. He said he
was looking mostly for signs
of support. -

” Alberta was to have been
the major customer for

. electrielty through the grid

but im the last year has
shown more interes! in
its own
hydroelectric potential.’

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: Volume 77. No.22:

ambitious

. By DON SCHAFFER
’ Bports Editor

Games should be one of the.
- best events in the nine-year
history of , the Games,
according to. organizers,
"and it's certainly one of the:
most ambitious. °
Over 2500 competitors will

be in Terrace: during the

‘three-day run of the Games,

"The Northern B.C, Winter =

and that added tomorethan .

_ 800 officials and coaches for
_ the: various sports - Heat &
"greater influx ef population

‘into: ‘feeraoe-than-for- any.

other single event.

And, although the Prince
. George Winter Games of-a
couple of years ago chad
more competitors total, the

- Terrace games will have
more sports and events than . .

any other beforé. - -

The Northern B.C. Winter
Games is the only regional
games, held’ within
in. Canada,
according to Tony Praill,
host committee chairman. -
Others, Praill said, include
people from a large region,
such as the games held in
the Northwest Territories
and the Yukon, but the’
NBCWG are truly regional
and contained within the
_ political boundary .as well.

The Prince’ George
NBCWG held in. 1960 were
the largest games ever held
in Canada, with more
athletes attending there
than. even Montreal
Olympics held in‘1976..

Originaily, the Terrace
Games were. to have He
sports . and © games
represented, but two had to
be eliminated because, of 8
lack, of entrants. Only 13
entries were received for 15
weightlifting classes and
‘only: nine -people were
interested in snowshoding,
so they-were dropped...

Bob Dahl, events co

ordinator for the Games, -.
, Said that those deletions

were not unexpected, :
. “IE you look back at the

record for those sports,
‘well, in Quesnel last year

there were only six people in
weightlif

As for all the other sports,
Dahl ssys that they are
looking fine.

“I think everything’ B
going pretty good. Most of

the draws.are done, except

_ for theones where a weighin

- |g necessary, and the new

grooming machine up at the
‘ski hill. is apparently.

keeping the slopes in good
‘shape, ‘so if they have no -

more rain there won't be
any problems.” *

_ Asked if he thought the
‘ Games committee had been
ovérambitious. with their

See
- ‘Games’
‘page 3

et