Terrace Review -— Wednesday, April 13, 1988 21 ~ Region getting ready for zone. drama festival _ Players, directors, technicians and all the other Auman components it takes to put together a first-class theater festival are getting set around the region for the P Skeena Zone Drama Festival taking place in Terrace r April 28 to 30. . : Theater companies from Terrace, Smithers, Kitimat : and Prince Rupert will be staging productions here to compete for the privilege of representing the Northwest in the drama section of the B.C. Festival of the Arts in al il Tekan ee eee ee Ti Se, Th er ee Kimberly May 25 to 29. Local representatives released the following schedule of productions this week. All events take place in the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. Showcase 1 — Thursday, April 28 7:30 p.m, — Beware the Quickly Who, On Cue Players, - Kitimat , . INTERMISSION 9:10 p.m. -—- Mothers and Fathers, Act II, Terrace Little Theatre 9:45 p.m. — Public Adjudication Showcase 2 — Friday, April 29 7:30 p.m. a Cubistique, Bulkley Valley Players, Smithers INTERMISSION 8:45 p.m. — Melancholy Elephants, Harbour Theatre, Prince . Rupert — . _ INTERMISSION *45 p.m. —. The Teaser’s Taxi, Harbour Theatre, Prince - ~ Rupert 10:15 p.m. — Public Adjudication oo 7:30 p.m. — Showcase 3 — Saturday, April 30 The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer, Terrace Little Theatre INTERMISSION 8:00 p.m. — Triplet, Terrace Little Theatre . . INTERMISSION $:40 p.m. — Coffee Break, Harbour Theatre, Prince Rupert 9:10 p.m. — Interlude, featuring dramatic monologues | selected from the recent Pacific Northwest Music Festival for your enjoyment during the final _ judging of the plays. 9:30 p.m. — Public Adjudication _ 10:00 p.m. — Awards presentation Next week is Young Authors’ Week In Terrace, as proclaimed by Alderman Ooug Smith acting on behalf of Mayor Jack Talstra. Three of the primary organizers for activities are (left to right) Gillian Campbell, children’s librarian at the Terrace Public Library, Lynn Turner, teacher-librarian at Copper Mountain Elementary School and coordinator Diane Welsmiller. Events planned for the week include visits to local schools by prominent authors. Committee won’t hear grievances According to B.C. Forests Minister Dave Parker, anyone wishing to raise issues regarding “up front’? money or difficulty in negotiating a profitable con- tract because of higher stumpage rates at the Select Standing Committee on Forests and _ Lands will be disappointed. Parker said the committee, which meets today in Prince Rupert, will be addressing one issue only —- the concept of a standard forest contract for every -forest contractor in the _ province. _ Parker says the committee is only concerned with tree farm licencees and forest licencees and contracts they hold with in- dependent contractors, and the desirability of including an ar- bitration process either in the contract or through legislation. *‘There are some contractors Kitsumkalum plan boat ~ faunch on Kalum River ay genrenainin tee _ Terrace City Council has sent a Kitsumkalum Band Council proposal to build a new boat launch facility across the river from Fisherman’s Park to the Planning and Public Works Committee for further study. But Alderman Bob Cooper isn’t sure they can make any com- ment or participate in the pro- ject because the ramp would be outside city boundaries. . Kitsumkalum Chief Coun- cillor Cliff Bolton told the city by letter that the band council is - developing a parcel of land on the Kalum River opposite Log homes — continued from page 18 Lussier cuts his logs in the winter because the sap is at its lowest at this time. If he can’t cut in the winter months, he ‘rings’? the trees (cuts a band out of the bark, the complete circumference of the trunk), to allow the sap to run out of the tree base rather than filling the trunk. The reason for this is that if the tree is too wet when it is felled, excessive shrinkage can ‘occur after construction is com- pleted. Some allowance is made above doors and windows for _ shrinkage of the logs, ‘Pierre chooses the trees himself and generally uses sound Fisherman’s ‘Park between Highway 16 and the CNR tracks. The development is planned to provide overnight parking, boat launch facilities and trailer and vehicle parking. ‘In order to provide good facilities at a reasonable fee the band council is requesting sup- port from the city by way of a contribution towards this pro- ject,”’ wrote Bolton. He suggested. that the city could either cover the cost of concrete pads and concrete boat. ramp, or simply make a cash contribution to go towards that cost. ° Fisherman’s Park has been in jeopardy for the past year after CNR announced a rent increase of 800 percent, boosting the city’s cost from $150 per year to $1,350 per year. The city decided to abandon the park after unsuc- cessful attempts to re-negotiate the rent with CN, but after a show of public support council since decided to try to find a way to save the park. spruce, hemlock and pine in this area. It’s hard to get good, straight, solid cedar here, although most people assume it’s the only wood that can be used for log building. Each log cut is 14 to 16 inches in diameter at the butt. They're peeled just before they’re used to keep their color and to protect the log. Lussier peels all his logs by hand with a drawknife. Machine peeling can cause scars in the logs. Lussier. usually hires one full- time and.two part-time helpers for.a major log construction job. He uses the tight-fit or scribe-fit method of fitting the logs, one on top of the next (all- lateral grooves and notches). Fibreglass insulation is placed between all logs and in all joints. The old way was to chink the logs with moss on the inside and mud outside, or oakum inside and mortar outside, Lussier pre- drills holes for wiring. He builds frame gables with a natural log roof structure. Lussier has taught two‘ on the coast who feel they are being unfairly dealt with, and they have really pushed for these hearings,’’ he explained. ‘There's also a segment that says it isn’t mecessary but it’s just to try to put an issue to bed. Other ministers haven’t seen fit to deal. with it, they just kept shrugging it off, but we’re deal- ‘ing with it.’ Parker said Small Business Enterprise Program timber sales Sarah Eltis is one of the authors who will be in Terrace this week as part of - are competitive but they're not subsidizing larger companies. He did admit, however, that there may be a few instances in the province where someone tries to take advantage of the system. “If people have con- cerns about improper practices on the small business program they should document it and deliver it to the District Manager. That’s what they’re there for,”’ Parker said. Young Authors’ Week. Ellis is a prominent authority on children’s {lterature and author of The Baby Project. From April 19 - 22 she will meet - with students from E.T. Kenney, Thornhill Elementary, Copper Mountain, — Kitl K’Shan and Clarence Michiel Schools. ‘Logging — continued trom page 1 ed “‘those having an interest in property there’’. Cooper iden- tified those as Bill Penner, the Kitselas Indian Band, the Minis- try of Highways, the Ministry of Forests and CNR. Sheridan then objected that Cooper's list didn’t include the residents of Halliwell Ave. and weekend log-building courses in North Sparks St., who live on Terrace (with 14 and 12 students the hauling route. But he was respectively). He says he would told by Cooper, ‘That would be be willing to doit again if thein- 3 different meeting.” terest is there, “ . Bell Pole's current proposal involves using Halliwell and North Sparks to haul 14 truck loads per day for 90 days (ap- proximately 45,000 cubic meters) from Dec. 1, 1988, to Mar, 31, 1989. The company said they would comply with all city restrictions during the hauling period, and when the job is complete their logging activity would be finish- ed in the Kitselas area for three years.