, De gps ol. 6, ‘Issue No. 14

Sunday

O-op opts for

openin

‘The date isn’t yet official, but the Terrace Co-op’s
long-standing seige on Sunday Shopping is over. "It’s no

longer a moral or religious issue," says board chairman Pat
Sheichuk. "It’s simply business."

_ by Tod Strachan

_ Sheichuk confirmed carly this
week that April 22 has been set as
a tentative date for the Co-op’s
first Sunday opening but added
that all the details hadn’t yet been
finalized and the actual date has
yet to be confirmed.

The Terrace Co-op has been a

—Bowering t
both health jobs

by Tod Strachan -

Dr. David Bowering will get both
jobs -- chief medical health officer
and director of the Skeena Health
‘Unit -— if the Skeena Union Board
of Health goes along with the
recommendations of their execut-
ive.

. Board chairman John Lesage told
_the Terrace Review Monday morn-
ing that a compromise had been
reached with Bowering at a special
meeting held in the Health Unit
last Saturday morning. From that

‘compromise, he says, the executive
has made five recommendations
that will be considered by the

hold-out on the Sunday shopping

issue since two-thirds of the voters -

rejected the idea in a November
1987 referendum. At the same
time, however, their major compe-
tition -- K-Mart, Overwaitea and
Safeway -- used a B.C. Supreme
Court decision, calling the Sunday

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board at their May 5 meeting.
These recommendations state that
Bowering be comfirmed as the
board’s choice for the position of
medical health  officer-director
subject to: a review of his adminis-
trative performance in six months;.
that they withdraw their request to
the Ministry of Health to find a
manager for the Skeena Health
Unit; that Bowering report details
of the operation of the health unit
to the board “in a timely manner";
that Skeena Health Unit staff
attend regular board meetings; and
that requests for money are only

be dealt with by the board after a
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continues. |

Accident near lake
kills local

Eleven-year-old Phillip Medrick Robinson of Terrace died as the
result of injuries received in a single vehicle accident on Old
Lakelse.Lake Road Jest Saturday afternoon. According to RCMP’
Cst. S.D: Armstrong, the driver and two other passengers were
treated for minor injuries at Mills Memoria! Hospital and released.
| The pickup truck in which they and Robinson were riding went

off the road near the Sockeye Creck bridge and was totally

destroyed at about 2:10 p.m. The Sockey Creek bridge is located
- about five kilometers south of Thornhill on Old Lakelse Lake
Road, An ‘RCMP investigation into the cause of the accident

youth

_ Phone 635-7840
Fax 635-7269 .

IS THIS A STATEMENT? Skeena MLA Dave Parker, known for his opposition to
smoking, had an apparently accidental collision with a tobacco display at the grand
opening of the newly-renovated Terrace Co-op. food floor Sunday evening.

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