| Legislative Library | Victoria, B.c. Serving the =< .s Tugsday, April 10, 1984" Patliment Buildings Vave-l24 Comp. Mada up of 134 boys, the St. Michael's school choir will be giving a concert performance at the REM Lee Progressive. ‘Northwest _ Theatre on Tuesday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be obtained at Sight and Sound and at Veritas School. Herald Staff Writer. TERRACE— Terrace. Council -. ' opened Moriday's meeting with the”. ‘| signiig’ of a proclamation: : that". .. prdelaimed the month of May as ~ “area, and-retum singing in concert at the REM Lee Theatre in Terrace 7:30 p.m. May Ist. If you have’ not-already’ ob- tained your tickets there are some at Sight &° d and Veritas ‘The choir is ‘134 boys in size, - _ They will fly from Toronto to . Vancouver, travel’ by bus via - Kelowna and Prince George to this: .Wia ferry: and. “was seven years ago in 1977 and the boys made a lasting impression on all whom they met. Their. concert . is comprised of 'songs which range from -the most delicate of religous. - works to rather rambunctios fun songs and is of professional caliber, The boys are of elementary to high school age and are grouped ‘in threé choirs, . St. Michael's School makes It a ‘Practige for their choir to tour _ varloua areas each year through + ¢reate aspecial event on that day. ~ «Alderman. .David | Gellately . proposed that the request for t proclamation be granted and that '. {he formation of: a committee be. -;. Feferred to the service club liason. . Waste School.’ Coat of the trip : would have come to $1,950." - ‘Terrace council will be meeting: “ with Mr, R. Condie, the architect. responeible> for the preliminary aos | St. Michael's school choir will be “Canada, U.S.A. and Europe to ‘enrich the experiences of . their students, The boys take with them - - their art and share it with others, They sing in concert halls and jn. liturgical. services, They -en- © courage others to give praise to their creator through musle, In’ ~ short, they help othera to grow-‘as:. they grow themselves. ee ' Instrumental and theoretical "-atudies complement their training, : While they all have a weekly piano ’ Teagan, many others ‘choose also to. - . Study the pipe organ, violin and guitar. Many recitals are held throughout their school year. All . graduates receive diplamas from Toronto's Royal: Conservatory of Music. From time to..time the . Conservatory. grants associate’ status to several students of the — school which is one of the highest , awards they: can receive. Admission for this year's concert . will be Adults $5.00 Students $4.00. and tickets are available at: the above mentioned places, Phone — 635-7047 for additional information, Terrace council adopted. the. recommendation of.a committee of ‘ the whole meeting held on March - 28, that the District of Terrace oppose the private airport licence "application by. the Snowy - Owl ‘Lodge. Council felt that the licence - te ant ' would not be in the best interests of: ‘to attend the 22nd B.C. Water and - _ the majority of Lakelse Lake users ; and that. it would aggravate an. . already overcrowded recreational In a report from the Recreation Committee, it was recommended ~ “that council commit to the un (dertaking of construction of: an with’ Mr. addition fo She Terrace Swimming: ee: flon fo 3 "whintpook iT Fdditlon. _ The Toa of Bi it - would be appréximately $175,000 to ~ $200,000 with approximate taigets =~... for fundraising being set for'three. ° - organizations. -The municipality - = plans’ and cost: information in ‘regards to the RCMPolice facility. . They wilt be meeting : - A’ requeat by but pector, Mr. G.W.° Cobb, that: he. and . “motion. ~ Proceeds |New P.C. ' “One of the “byRALPH RESCHKE. . ° Herald Staff Writer - TERRACE— Pete Weeber en- ‘tered the Progressive Con- servative cantidacy race for the ‘[Skeona riding. because he’s developed a “laste for polities, arid decision making process.” | « Weeber, 47,2 New. Hazelton ‘_ | realdent, won the nomination over... | $vo other candidates, Roy Webber 4 of, Prince Rupert, and John Mc- Nish, also of Prince Rupert, beating his closest rival by over 100 votes residents of the Skéeena riding today? ae jasues I'm yery concerned about is our renewable forestry and fisheries,’ says shape in these areas and it's about ‘| time proper management is im- Blemented.” » ~ The other industry, both sport fishing.: = * PWe're faced now with the drastic reduction in our . Pacific ~ | Meet and the sport fish industry is also’ in very poor condition,” contends Weeler, continuing that the tourist industry is bound to suffer if the fish are depleted in number and nét being caught. His approach to this geriqug problem would be an enhancement program, on a massive scale, Ho “] polnts out that at tha moment there . ig Just not enough werk being done in this area. He would lke to eee enhancement progrems carried has a hankering to be in on the . And what. are some of the con- cerns Mr. Weeber feels are facing ° natural resources, mainly ‘the’ Weeber.’ “We're in pretty bad r major concen Pete. Weeber has is with the, fishing commercial and ey | candidate ~ gut on all major and minor water systems. His feeling on the Kemano “Conipletion project is that he hopes} the project proves to. be a ‘possibility without detriment to the fisheries resource, He would " like tosee Alcan go ahead with the project if they can guarantee no loss in the fiah resource. He ‘thinks it is an exciting terprise company be¢omies | in- volved in work in’ fish” enhan- cement. SS On the topic: of native land claims, he, along with everyone else in B.C. would like to. see ‘the as possible, re He thinks that Ottawa is going to see a change and. that it would| benefit the Skeena riding. to.have | : somte representation. when ‘that time comes. = . “At che present: time: we have NDP leadership: in the Skeena riding, which translates to nothing in Ottawa,” says Weeber, “so I can imagine when that change takes place, minor opposition parties will decision maing process, -- - ° , Peter Weeber is married and ha seven children, He has been In-. . volved in politics on ‘the local level |. mills. began for a number of years and would like to continue his- work on a higher level. : : He ig presently working for B,C. ‘mber and is a member of the school board for School District sg, he is an alderman for New Haselton council, and is also vice: chairman for the regional district, . Brana, Prospect where .@. private en-|. engitecring committee for turthes won't allow i1?. Beat the hig quality used parts fram ~~ 635-2333 or WHY BUY NEW? . WHEN USEDWILL DO! Do you want parts to,tlx.up your éer but your budget 5.K.B. AUTO 3690 Duhan (lustoff Hwy. 16 E) h cost of.new parts'with ry aa: .4 . SALVAGE. 635-9095 4 Alderman: Ruth Hallock’ moved that approval be granted for the ' Fequest and after a brief discussion the request was:granted... . The: next item. tobe discussed | was a letter from Skeena M.P. Jim’ ’ Fulton. . The ‘letter stated that further developments have taken - Place in regards to the installation : «OF a Vertical ‘Axis Water Turbine . electric gendrator to be installed in the Skeena. The. mayor explained that the- ver neat Terrace. | bine ‘is a new innovation in’ .- @fergy production and that. .the . Division. -. of | ; Engineering of the National’ Research: Council is considering Terrace as a: pessible location for the unit, a . The matter: was referred to the Engineering Ltd to be allowed ty. ‘place a mobile’ office on the.’ premises’ of ‘Skeena: Rent-A-Car. land claims issue solved as quickly |) ytd: ae Stanted. ‘The reason for the: request was to enablé con- tinuation of the business: while.’ Hospital ‘day activities will go towards: providing much needed laboratory facilities for pediatric ". A letter from the Canada Mor- tgage and°-Housing Corporation stated that-the entire Terrace area has been designated as a new 1904 Rehabilitation’ area which is _ @ligible’ for the residential. : Tehabilitation assistance program | -Mechanical ‘new bullding ts under construction. . ~. bia Jetter from the Billy Barker Days Society in Quesnel, ™ the. ward & motion that the letter be. _ feceived as information and the : . Nest of council-agreed, beout on the frontlawns, twidding}] = their thumbs.” He feels that} =. Skeena would benefit more if it had . a representative that was in on the | | VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia pulp‘ and paper. 7 ‘Several’ firing up boilers today.’ for the first time Ini nearly io; weeks as workers retdmed to thelr jobs ‘after being.ordered by thé Labor’ Relations Board to end their week- long strike. resumed operations. But there was at least one trouble spot — Mae: milan Bloedel's Harmac pylp mill near Nanaimo where members of , the militant Pulp, Paper. and Woodworkers of Canada, Local 8, “had scheduled: a late morning meeting, * MacMillan Bloedel's decision to . cance] 69 local agreements at the . nil was one of the major reasons why the union and the Canadian At Weatern Forest Products in “ Woodtibre; 80 kilometres north of - ». Paperworkers Union on Monday | '. Fejected the industry's final offer, , after:midnight. [hos “We-had. no. problems © last’ ARRAP). A budget has been set aside by the Corporation that totals 0,000 with $75,000 in Torgiveable angst It was recommended that the ‘matter. be referred -to- the engineering ‘committee with - ‘Special attention paid to item six of the letter, - cole -* Ttem -six ‘dealt -with. a: basic resolution, requested by the cor Pe ay ear « poration, from council ‘that ef- from R.:John Morgan’. fe 2 fective budgetary controls’ be maintained to avoid ralsing public expectations to levels. beyond - which it would not be feasible to Respond, This request by: the corporation’ of Terrace council was made “because the program ls operating under ‘a restricted first year the. budgeti: . _ Soclety invited council andor city’. “ royalty to help Quesnél celebrate - .. the 11th Annual Billy Barker Days, ‘Alderman Ruth Hallock put for- - . The:matter will be reviewed by the engineering committee. . ‘The Skeena Junior . Girls Basketball.team will be receiving Kermode. Bear pins aid a Cer- ‘tificate of Merit from council in -“honour‘of winning the B.C. Junior expenses be denied. Alderman Soutar seconded the motion. The motion carried. —_ In another item, ‘Richards Cleaners Ltd. was awarded the coverall. cleaning contract for a one year period beginning May 1, 1984 and ending April 30, 1985. Richards. Cleaners was chosen over Time Cleaners because they - included. zipper repairs in their _ $1.65-coverall cost of maintenance. Time Cleaners did not include this service in their cost. for cleaning. Acting on the recommendation from Clerk-Administrator Bob Hallsor, that council not approve _ another five yearlease with the Womens Resource: Center in connection with the property located behind the Public Works: . Yard,. council agreed with the recommendation and has decided not to renew the lease once it ex- ’ pires‘on April 1, 1986. The district will use the property togrow turf to upgrade playing fields in the area. The turf is also needed to complete major projects such as the arena hillside, ‘Two'new high-pressure sodium lights will be installed on North Sparka Street beside the Terraceview Lodge and the Heritage Villege at a cost of $4,034 with B.C. Hydro providing a grant of $1,168. would provide approximately — $50,000 while the Rotary club would . provide $70,000. B.C. Lotteries would provide another $30,000 to complete the project...’ The project would be slated for construction in 1985, ° The first-draft of the 1994 budget was discussed briefly, with Alderman Alan Soutar stating that, - because the local economy has not improved over the previous year, be cannot see tax increases to the citizens as the answer in developing the new budget. He listed a number of capital expense projects. that will be coming up inthe coming year, such - as $2.5 million for the RCMP building referendum, $1.5 million for the sewage plant referendum, $75,000: for the Deep Creek water improvement project, and. an unknown cost for the new com- pater being installed in City Hall. and the library. .: ; Mayor. Helmut Giesbrecht . countered that the draft before council] is simply a provisional budget, set forth simply to allow council te begin with developing a budget for the coming year. He. also stated that council Is not making any decisions at the moment and that the budget is just there to present the administration staff with a direction in which to work towards, ., The only council member not to. attend Monday evenings meeting was George Clark. unions return to work Vancouver, work resumed shortly Dight,”?. said: mill manager Stan Smart. “Everybody that we called came in * “ It will take most pulp mills about _ 48hours to get into f . - Most of, the 20 mills, shutdowns. - get into full production ' since Feb, 2 whes the companies” locked out thelr 12,700 Workers, - Union leaders agreed’ Monday night to abide by the labor ‘board ruling made earlier in the day. “We respect the board, and the mills are now going to start," Art Gruntman of the Canadian Paperworkers Union told reporters after a. meeting of union bargainers Monday night, . “We will be taking a vote on the companies’ last offer, and that vote will be conducted between the 18th and 25th of April, and there will be a recommendation from this caucus to reject It." Oo Labor board chairman, Stephen Kelleher}. ¢lting the “almost total refusal” of the pulp workers to comply “with ~— back-lo-work provisions of special provincial legislation passed last week, ruled that work at the 20 mills must resume, . . The stoppage had begun as a management lockout Feb. 2, but the 14 forest companies ended the lockout April 2 in compliance with ' the Pulp and Paper Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, which became law the following day. WENT ON STRIKE The unions, without a contract since last June, promptly replaced their Locked Out placards with On Strike notices. Jim Sloan of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada called the Social Credit government's legislation — which provides for 4 government-im posed settlement — the most repressive antl-union act since the 1830s. Sis Labor Minister Bob McClelland said Monday he and his officials had been working to prepare a contract, but did not say when this might be presented to the legislature, whose approval would - be needed. en vos Gruntman said the legislation. which he said was designed to get the industry off the hook, was “absolute total coercion” and made meaningful bargaining impossible, “You haye to appreciate, they have taken away our bargaining rights, and not only that they are prepared to impose an agreement without the right to strike, and there is no limit — that legislation could be around for the next five, i0 years," Gruntman said, The smell of functioning pulp mills will be welcome In any one- industry towns where thé the two- month closure has crippled local economies. “There's . been |; devastating damage done to these communities and we've got to get that damage corrected quickly,"+ \ gaid McClelland. a i cata”