Toa aT ce ee Oat oe thousands of “flocked Lo. Lakelse Lake last : week-end in the first sunny days ‘sof the simmer realized that the j. beauty, the purity of Lakelse “Lake: is in real danger af ‘“destructful pollution. i Kilimat-Stikine - District: Board has placed a ‘. This Goqu Published every Wetlnesday at 3212 Kalum St, A member of Varified circulation. Terrace, B.C, A weekly paper published by Sterling Publications Ltd. Authorized as second class mall, Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash, return poslage guaranteed. Sports, “MARK HAMILTON - Circulation ELREEN TOOVEY Advertising PUBLISHER, GORDON W. HAMILTON EDITUR PAT O'DONAGHY KAREN LANGLEY NOTE OF CUPYRIGHT The Weruld retains fall, complete raed sole copyright in any advertisement produced jnd ar editorial or photographie coment prbkbhed in the. Morsld. Reproduction is not permitied without ihe writen permission of the Publisher, ' We wonder how many of the people who Perhaps the fact that the. Regional _ moratorium on all development ~on the Lake has not had the jimpael.that it should have on lhe general public, Nor did the “fact that the sanitary facilities =‘on he shore al the provincial park. were. closed. This , frightening reality is brought to light in’ a 197 page report completed a few weeks ago afler a year of research and -study by Mr. William F, Sin- clair, entitled ‘The Socio- - Hconomic Maintaining te quality of imporlance of ‘recreational, resources in “Northern British Columbia.” 5 report was jointly ‘published by the Federal - Fisheries and Marine Service, “Northern: Operations Branch, Pacific Region and the Kitimat- “Stikine Regiono! District. °> Mr, Sinclair-warns in this * teport thal our Lakelse Lake is : in danger af becoming poluted because of overuse and because! it is being used for sewage” disposal, fishing, swimming, ° boating and as a float plane base. In addition the lake is belng used for logging as can be seen by the ugly scars acrass from the Provincial. Park. Lakelse Lake is. the only warm water lake suitable for family recreation in -the nor- ihwest corner of B.C. and itis in danger of being destroyed by over and careless use. The lake, covering some §.2 square miles’ is shallow and is used extensively by citizens of Terrace, Klimat and Prince Rupert. Lo Mr. Sinclair opines In his report that it is only because the lake naturally exchanges its waters nearly twice every summer ar lhe recreational use of the lake could already be - over, Mr. Sinclair.said that a person could walk across the lake if-il were not that the lake flushes ilself some six times a year. a The purpose of Mr. Sinclair's report was to assess the economic and social im- portance af Lakelse Lake in an “area where the federal and provincial governments plana $925,000 ,000 development “WE USED ‘To CALL iT SPORT FISHING “NOW WE CALL IT ‘MERCY KILLING.” eum 2 Lakelse Lake | ; ‘scheme which would create 35,00 new jobs and bring over. 100,000, new cilizens inlo the area. oo Mr. Sinclair said in his report thal use of the lake has grown to the point where water skiers, boaters, cangeists, sport fishermen and swimmers -were seriously interfering with one. another and with. the lake’s spawning, areas, swans’ and ather waterfowl populations. He also observes in his report thal during the period of the sludy he had noted that much of the lake's shoreline and upland was privately owned, wilh several exlensive subdivisions being planned. Logging has been carried out in. the watershed, a high voltage transmission line was being proposed by B.C. Hydro to run down one of the lake's main tributaries and a mining company was carrying oul exploration for an open pit copper mine. . . When ail this is taken into consideration said Sinclair, -more peaple will simply destray the Lake and when Lakelsc Lake goes, that’s it as it is the anly family Jake in‘the area. ¢ Mr Sinclair states ‘that properly around the lake in- La THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. re The Four-Way | Test Of the things we think, say or do, 1. Is it the TRUTH? ~ is it FAIR to all + concerned? 2. Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? .. 3. 4. Willitbe BENEFICIAL to all concerned? cludes two’ private’ resort many private homes, summé> coltages, a public campsite and a public pienie area. a He reports “The. physical - well-being of Lakelse Lake is affected greatly by the number of cabins located around the perimeter of the lake and he warned that this is particularly so because all establishments located in the area dump raw sewage directly into the lake. The report goes .on wilh warning after warning and one must ponder at what chance does the lake have of surviving this generation. ‘It will be in- leresting to see what is done by the District of Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert to preserye this lake for this and jother generations and since this lake is under the jurisdiction of the Kitimat-3trikine Regional District Board If they make any atlempt-to save this important resaurce, ‘ The Herald will be publishing further. detalls of ‘this very important’ report from week lo week in.the future so that the citizeis canat leastsee whata. — lake lhey hadin =’ beautiful case no ene bothers and- the. _lake ceases lo exlst aS a means, © ~ : of healthy family recreation”. —- Bill Smiley _ . . IT’S BEEN - A LONG, LONG TIME by Bill, Smiley This column is going to be a little tough ‘to write. No, there-hasn't been a death in the family, Not quite." But I wasn’t too sure | wasn't going ta. bleed to death (through the eyes) when | tottered out of bed at seven this morning just two hours. after tottering - into bed. : a It was all that reading. My brotherinda w, Jack Buell, brought along on a. visit some ofd hight school foat- ball: pictures, and. we- spent most of the night,. barely: stopping fer foad and drink deciphering tie names under the photos. . There we were, in. the Jate 1930's, looking so young and sweet and innocent -it, would make your eyes water. One picture was headed: / Undeteated Champions -of Lausrk County. That wus a great year, | reckon, Come an, now. low many of you have ever been on a team of Undefeuted Champions af anything? We walked and Jaughed a lot as we identified long- forgotten faces and our wives Brief Expresses Concern About Rezoning Bid — ws Re: Public Hearing on proposed Zoning Amendment By-Law Project No, ADP-02- 4022, ‘The land being Block 29 and 30 except the assigned parce] “A (6449-1), District Lol362, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 967 being 3704 and 3714 Thomas Street respectively from Rural (Ai) to Single Family Residential (Ri). First of all 1 would like to draw to the attention of the members of Cauncil the _ following peculiarities with regards lo this, Zoning Hearing: arprkh) Lis: belag, heard al 7:00 -Oldjock in the evening qn Ihe. élh of duly.1974, one hour before the - Polls close, on the day of the . Federal Election. _. (2) Although the Hearing is being held tonigt! for the Public to atlend, the and in question has, in ihe fas! three weeks, seen bullecaers and alher equi, ie. work'ng to install such items as .waler lines, cereale diversion of water-ways, and preliminary construction of roads. The-legal surveys have all been done and the Laols posted. . Ii would net be unreasonable to suppose that either this _Meeling this evening is a farce, or have the developers obtained some commitment - from Council thal their request for re- zoning. would ge through regardless of public opinion. _-THuItered away contemptu- ously: in the background. They -thought we were be- having. like a couple of schaolboys. We were: Right in the middle of “the front row, halding the . ball, was Les Douglas, quarter: back and team captain, He wasn't a big guy, but he was solid bone, muscle and grit. He could always claw his way that extra five inches fara touchdown, through six hundred pounds of enemy flesh, ee He was a great hockey . player, too, Make it to pro- fessional. But he was born twenty years loo suon, There were just too many great hockey players in thase days, and he didn't quite make the NIEL, though he lead the American Hockey League in scoring for several seasons. Today, he'd he knocking off _ about $60,000 a year. Flanking him in the photo were Bob White and Tom Harper. Tom could run with - the ball like a rabbit. with six guys shooting at hin. Bob White was my best friend. through high school. He wasn't huge, cither, but avin we needed a few yards, there was no question of article published on June Lith, 1973, in a local newspaper, of which I am the author; it concerns the land up for re- zoning this evening. ‘You will note that this land appears on the Municipal Zoning Map as “Rural Park'' - this article gives further details of* the background, hawever, olher details that appear to be per- tinent at this time are:, thal if the Cauncil does not protect the Drainage Ditch or Creek thal runs through this property, and allow for deepening and widening - the-lomes tobe “Yocated In this~area‘and Jn fact, T submit to you a copy of an all ‘homes in‘:the “Horseshoe area, could be faced with severe flooding. Some of the Lots back righ to the very edge of the Ditch. ——- Assuming thal Council has not taken this into consideration because numerous visits to the Municipal Hall have resulted in being shown 2 pholostal of a plan of two rectangular pieces of land with the numbers 29 and 30 on, wilh a red outline - No other information is available from municipal staff, and they appear not to have been brought into the picture as to what is happening” in the land development field. in Terrace, -I find this peculiar when, a8 | have mentioned, the developer has already Installed the water lines and other wha would get the ball. Bob would take a plunge at anything the size of a dough- nut bole, and always. conte ~ up wilh the necessary yards. We all hated scliuealy ex? cept for the sports, but Bob White was bright. Today,. ned be guing (uv college ant becoming an engineer, or something equally useless. But in those days, there was - fo way. No students’ loans, no grants, and. dang: few affluent parents. If you. got a job in a factory, you were . lucky.” Lo Last time !saw Bob was in London, England, during the war. It'was in the lobby of the damaus, or infamous, Strand Palace. He was check- “dug outs [ was checking in. Hello and goodbye. He had completed one tour of oper- ations on, bombers and was about to begin his second, On which: he: was killed. Beside Bob in the picture was Johnny Hogg. A nice. . guy, who was forced by his _ parents to maintain a much higher: standard “of intellec- tual and. cultural life than the «test “af us~ poolroum bunts, He-played the viu}ia. tle passed his subjects. Ue was a cleandiving, good-luck- ing lad. just the type you'd | want fur-yourself, ' though he had ‘a distressing habit of dropping crucial punts. As 1 heard it later, they found Johuny: lying in-a rubber dinghy in the Medi- teragnean. Dead. He'd been shot down, wounded, para- — services; and I suggest thal there must be- same plans: of these services available at City Hall, and that these should be on view to the public in connection with this Hearing. We have heard in the last nine months that the District of Terrace has hired Stanley & Associates 1o do a further Planning Study of this area - this is the third study in as many years - I suggest that their findings be made public! I would appear that the only people thal know of the contents of his Report would be: (1) The abe at findings of this Report: This Reporl is pertinent to this Re- Zoning Hearing and, in- eldentally, is being paid for by the. District of Terrace tax- payers and should be public information as it will confirm . whether our sewer facilities are over-loaded or nol. ; Itis of concern to myself as a laxpayer, and 1 am sure to others, to hear that the Municipal officials are ap- pearling (o. the Provincial Government for funds to install a Storm Sewer down Eby Sireel to the River, and one questions whether ‘this is a seheme to divert the Horseshoe Drainage Ditch that runs through this “Rural Park" that is up for re- ‘zoning and change the course 59 as to go through the Residential WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1974 -chuted, got into the dinghy, and died. : ar Then there was Les Murris,. - “a bay with a errible home : fifeya terrible birthmark: and: a personality “to: go with both: But-he -was--algo.as-... terrible, terrifying tackler, who could hit a fancy-dancy halfback so hard that the guy didn't’ know he'd been amputated at the knees until he tried to stand up. And Norm Davis. He had the speed of a gazelle, and the grace of a gnu. He didn't come back from the war either. . _ There were quite a few more, but Old Jack, my brother-in-law and myself, didn’t belabour the trggie ~ ‘theme. We laughed until .we were purple in. the’ face at all the’ things we had got away with, not all the things that had got away with: so many of us. It was also nice to see, -our coaches, Rarl Fleming, teacher, such a handsome- young man Tcan't believe we called hint “Old Flem.” J.C. Cosgrove, 248 pounds of science teacher wld could - wipe two recalcitrant’ stu- dents off tlieir stools ‘with - ane hand as easily as [could -. - wipe the dust of f the window sill, if such’ a silly. thing * ever occurred fo’ me. : As you can see, this has. been a hard colutiin to write. And ‘probably a mighty dif ' ficult une to ready)“: The Argyle Syndicate eee area of Eby Street, ripping up- the paved roads and generally destroying the assets -of the laxpayers, and- thereby. in- creasing our taxes to enable this developer to subdivide . their land, which, incidentally, when . purchased was already zoned as “Rural Park’. - . _ 1 ask, Mr. Chairman, that serious consideralion be given this brief. Tnote that the previous time I appeared before you, when the District of Terrace.. was proposing to destroy the Park ‘on Telrault Streel lo creaje sireicena Loli, thats although oY that: Héaringyou specifically , asked my name and [ spelled it oul for you; when the Minutes of the Meeting were adopled .no mention af my submission lo -you was - recorded | in: those Minutes of that Public Hearing. I am, ‘therefore, taking ‘the precaution. of giving. you a ‘written submission this lime so . thal there may be a permanent record kept. me JT request that you read the accompanying newspaper article as part of this sub- mission, the points made in it are still valid, although il was wrillen aver a year ago. | ‘ Sincerely, Vie Jolliffe we 4623 Hillcrest Ave. “: ‘Terrace, BC. 1HALLIWELL” Mc. vane. 5 ene CONNELL ier ee ee eo ee coe ee Ir be ited ss , My Hy (LE alee r eaten = Cree et. or cea ‘ ees ree te veley “ALY beers deaen eee z uae eh a fi } ‘ By aa ee be mes ee ne rrr ae a nee ee Pe ee eee eee eee ed ne beapeyhe to.