26 Terrace Review —— Wednesday, December 11, 1991

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The RCMP.

Compiled by Diana English

ONE YEAR AGO
THIS WEEK...

Record rains following a major
snowfall caused severe flooding
problems in many areas. Families
from Copperside Estates and
Kalum Lake Drive needed to be
temporarily relocated and some
Lakelse Lake residents were iso-
lated behind a washout on First

Avenue. As well, several roads and .

highways around the area were
shut down for varying lengths of

time due to flooding, mud slides

and instability.
Native land claims and environ-

-mental concerns were among the

obstacles Orenda Forest Products

-was facing in their proposal to

build a pulp and paper plant near
Meziadin Junction. Some of the
other hurdles Orenda was contend-
ing with were the situation of
logging camps and suggestions
from both the Terrace city council
and the Regional District of Kiti-

_ mat-Stikine board to use recycled

paper instead of kraft pulp from
Prince Rupert. The regional district
board were reserving any decisions
on the proposed pulp mill pending

‘receipt of more information on the

proposed plant.

With only a few weeks left in the
year, Tertace city council voted to
allocate an additional $70,000 into
the 1990 snow removal budget.
The move came after severe snow
storms in December ate up most of
the 1990 budget. The additional

funds would ensure snow removal &

to the end of the year, with any
surplus dollars to be transferred to
the 1991 budget, or other areas.

A recommendation by the
RCMP to remove. the "Right Turn
Only" sign at the Eby Street exit
of the Skeena Mall was put on
hold by Terrace city council until
they could sce the results of a
current downtown traffic study.
suggested that
although they requested the sign be
posted when the mali was first
built, construction of new busi-
nesses along Lakelse Avenue was
causing additional traffic along that
street, making it more difficult to
tum left onto Lakelse from the
main mall entrance.

They felt it could be safer to

make that left turn onto Eby»

Street,

TWO YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK...
-- The Kitimat-Stikine Regional
District board approved plans for
‘the construction of a gymnasium

complex on the Thornhill Com-

munity Grounds by the Terrace
Peaks Gymnastics Club. They also

- offered their support for a lottery

grant application made by the club,

asking the regional district admin-

istration to draft any necessary
legal documents required. Plans
were for the complex to be built in
two or three stages, depending on
funding available, with construc-
tion expected to start the following
spring.

_ ‘Tertace city council approved a

- Tourism and Economic Develop-

frient Committee recommendation

coficeming Big Bertha, the bright

yellow logging tower located on
Highway 16 near the Dudley Little
Bridge. City members and local
individuals familiar with the old
spar were to “endeavour to restore
Big Bertha to authenticity". They
would also investigate the possibil-
ity of setting up a display to dem-
onstrate the evolution of logging in
the area. .

A Canada Mortgage and Housing
release showed Terrace with a
vacancy fate of 0.6 percent,
dropping from 3.7 shown the pre-
vious year.

THREE YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK...

Local architects Soutar and Asso-
ciates submitted their $879,000
proposal for the public library
expansion project. The plans
included upgrading of the present
facility and the addition of 5,644
square feet to the back of the
building. Also in the plans were a
stairwell from the lobby to the
lower floor for better access to the
mecting room, a new art gallery,
an outdoor display and reading
area, expanded storage, and more
library work space. Upgrading to
meet National Building Code stan-
dards was included in the expan-
sion costs. .

Pedestrian safety on Lakelse
Avenue was being looked into by
the city after an elderly resident
using the Sparks Street crosswalk
was struck by a vehicle. Even
though a traffic study was being

done as part of the approval pro-

~-eess for the Skeena Okanagan

Group shopping centre develop-
ment, Terrace aldermen felt there
was a problem with crosswalks on
Lakelse Avenue that needed to be
addressed immediately. The prob-
Jem was being looked into by the
Public Works. Committee and the
Finance Committee, who would
also be working with the RCMP.
The Terrace District Teachers’
Association was threatening strike
action if no contract settlement was
reached before the end of the
Christmas break. Teachers had
been told not to return to work
after the break unless there was an
agreement on the contract, and to
prepare their students for a pro-
longed absence from school.

FOUR YEARS AGO

THIS WEEK... |
Over 30 concerned residents

packed council chambers to protest

a zoning request for a proposed
trailer park in the 4600 block
McConnell Avenue. The property
owner had asked the city to rezone
the property to allow construction
of a 50-pad trailer court and the
sale of an additional 10 pads as
private lots. The protesting resi-
dents presented two petitions to
council with a total of 197 names,
apparently representing 135 house-
holds in the surrounding neigh-
bourhood. A spokesman for the
residents said the proposed
rezoning was in contradiction to
the 1979 Terrace Municipal Plan
which designated the property as a
community park.

ARIES
Mar. 21-Apr. 19

TAURUS
Apr. 20-May 20

GEMINI
May 21-June 26

CANCER
June 21-July 22

LEO
July 23-Aug. 22

VirGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22

LIBRA
Sept. 23-Oct. 22
whelm you.

SCORPIO
Oc. 23-Nov. 21

SAGITTARIUS
Nov. 22-Dec. 21
difficult.

CAPRICORN
Dec. 22-Jan. 19
AQUARIUS
Jan. 20-Feb. 18

PISCES
Feb. 19-Msr. 20

Take time off for yourseif. This busy season
demands much and you would be wise to slow
down for a day or two.

Your opinion is valued. Be careful not to over-
emphasize problems in the work place. Someone
needs your guidance.

The accent is on teamwork. Leave the decision-
-making to others. Pull up your sleeves and
prepare to work hard.

Look ahead and become involved in extra-
-curricular activities. Knowledge gained from
them will be invaluable.

Shopping expedition is underway. Finances
make it difficult. Do not overdo the Christmas
spirit, but beware of Scrooge.

Lean on your faith heavily, It will get you
through a very trying period. The good days will
return, eventually.

Important correspondence is hidden from you.
Reply promptly or financial obligations will over-

Romance seems questionable at this time. Do .
not be too hasty in evaluating a relationship; do
not procrastinate, either.

Plan now to re-evaluate your finances by year’s
end. Plan ahead and next year will not be as

Spend time with those you really care about.
Tis the season for love.

Good fortune may be yours if you are willing
to travel. Avoid socializing too much and attend
to matters at home.

The very young deserve your attention, too.
They depend on you. Do not overlook them.
They need more than ‘‘toys’’.

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TELEGRAPH CREEK AIRSTRIP

An airstrip is an important
item for a remote community —
emergency medevac capability
and convenience are the primary
advantages — and few are more
remote than Telegraph Creek.
The 100-kilometre drive to
Dease Lake takes two hours or
more — in the summer — and
the first 30 kilometres are an
authentic cliff hanger. —

There is an airstrip at Tele-
graph Creek, but it’s an airstrip
with all the usual rural prob-
lems. No one wants to mow the
hay in the summer, there are a
few stray cows to get in the way
of the airplanes, and in the win-
ter the Ministry of Highways
road maintenance contractor says

. it’s not his job to plow snow.

Airstrip problems at Telegraph
Creek have been studied... and
studied... and studied... and now
it’s being studied once more.
With up to $15,000 from the
Ministry of Transportation and
Highways, Urban Systems Ltd.
of Richmond will do an engin-
eering study, demand analysis,
and draw up a land use plan for
the Regional District of Kitimat-
Stikine. ;

Not everyone on the regional
district board is happy with

TO-BE STUDIED ONCE AGAIN

another study. According to
Kitimat director Ray ‘Brady,
"The people at Telegraph Creek,
the users, know what needs to be
done. The $15,000 would be
better spent on doing something
instead of studying it to death."

There were a few nods of
approval around the table at the

“October board meeting. Most

regional directors already know,
for instance, that $15,000 is
more than enough to put up 4
fence to keep those stray cows
out. But as chairman Jack Tal-
stra pointed out, the Ministry of
Highways bureaucracy needs the
new study before they can come
up with the money to build
things like fences.

In a way, however, the dis-
cussion was pointless. The direc-
tors had already approved the
study via a phone poll and
Urban Systems was already on
the job. And that was good,
according to Telegraph Creek
director Dave Brocklebank. He
explained that the Telegraph
Creek Community Association
had formed a committee to over-
see the airstrip and the new
study should prove more useful
than dusting the cobwebs off an
old one.

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