TERRACE Northwest
natives are talking about how

‘they: can manage. the. fishery,
isays A spokesman for the Tsim--

‘Shian Tribal Council,

A session-on: between Tsitii-..

‘shian, _Nisga’a, Gitksan and.

‘Haida representatives last ‘week.

‘in Prince .Rupert re volved

--around ‘sharing and increasing

~Fish:stocks, said Art Sterritt.
‘The talks foliowed.a Feb. 11
‘signing of a treaty between nor-
‘thwest’ natives which put on
“paper principles natives say, they
have practised for thousands of

Ee years.

territories.
that | way..

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“Fish flow through all of our
We're. interlocked

resource use that’s laid. out in.

"the treaty,” said Sterritt.
_ “We've, traditionally shared ..
“the satmoni,. for instance. What

we have to do now is ensure the
needs of. all our people are
met,?* he’ said.

‘Sterritt:’ added. that any

. agreements: leading: from the
‘ treaty about fish will first con-.

céntrate on the food fishery and
then proceed to commercial: use.

And. although natives will
decide how they can catch fish

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and for what purpoie, “thee effort
doesn't ignore, other users of the

Tishery, he said.

“We're look at a ‘Stability of
the resource. Federal fisheries
has an obligation to take into

~ consideration’ our needs, there

- are priorities, but theré is. the
sports fishery and commercial
fishery also,” . Sterritt | con-
‘tinued,’

. He:said efforts will be made
to co-operate with the. federal
government.

‘*The-way it has been i is that
we're presented with’a-plan of
what we will catch. That's no

“department.

an tove HOU RS 6 Bo into the making of these ie. ike decoys bitttor Rick Wiebe the: finished produit :
akes the effort all worthwhile, Having whittled. wood. “for as long as ican remember,” he first

an carving decoys 18 years ago. Now his work can be found in many local:homes, He has -.

ui made. regular'appearances at area arts‘and crafts shows where a jewelry-trinket box in the shape
“of a Sleeping duck has proved particularly popular, Starting March 1; Wiebe will: be: conducting a =
: 6 Session. decay carving workshop which he hopes. will attract both experjenced. and novice a

mers. ‘Registration ¢ deadiine is. this Fry, and those. Interested should gontact the *eereation -

Docs. confirmed

TERRACE — Dates have been
‘gonfirmed for. the arrival-of two
-medical ‘specialists here; says
Terrace Regional Health Care

Society chief ‘executive officer
Michael: Leisinger.:

‘and: throat’
: “the arrival bea ive been

oming in: July fro.
¢ pediatric, Dr. :

Van Lierde will be based in

Terrace but cover. the nor, f
thwest. Ear, nose and throat :
services are now provided by.a ..

Vancouver physician” who
comes up here every six weeks,

~ Lelsinger. said. he. wad happy

tions again,”’

tions {t iad looke
year search for" anew home for —

Gitksan. have been hassled,
that’s not the way to go,” said
Sterritt.

He added that management
efforts will include ways to im-
Prove some runs of fish that are

‘now ‘depleted and to ensure

there is shating between native
“groups of surpluses in other
runs,

‘The unity treaty was signed
by Tepresentatives of the Haida,
the Tsimshian, the Haisla from
Kitamaat, the Nisga’a, the
Gitksan and the Wet'suwet’en
during a ceremony at the all-

District vetoes
Thornhill jail

TERRACE The B.C,
Buildings Corporation (BCBC)
is looking for a new correctional
centre location ‘following the
defeat by the Kitimat-Stikine
regional district. of a plan to
place it near Thornhill’s
Kirkaldy subdivision.

We're ‘looking at all the op-
said BCBC
spokesman Mike Robinson,

Directors voted by a nine-two
margin Saturday not ic proceed
with the rezoning by-law re-
quired to allow construction of
the facility. on undeveloped
Crown land. immediately nor-
theast of the residential area.

Robinson said this was the
third site B.C,B.C, had ‘‘active-
ly puree and one of. 36 loca-
at.in.a two-

the facility, now located in an
old motel. on Hwyi6 headitig
west of Terrace.

Meanwhile,
residents’ spokesman Jeanette
Anderson had some advice for
BCBC —: next time, talk to the
residents first,

“If they would go directly to
the residents and get some input
from them, it would save a lot
of problems for a lot of
people,’’ she suggested,

That view was echoed by
fellow petitioner Allan Grier, ‘*]
think it wasn’t handled properly
from the start,”’ he said, adding
BCBC and the regional district
should have approached the
residents months ago when the
site was first earmarked,

“We don’t want to see any

will
TERRACE — Reports that
there won't be a Miss Terrace
pageant this year aren’t true,
says the chairman of last year's
organizing committee.

“It’s on, but it'll be held
closer to Riverboat Days as it
was in past years and not in
May as it was last year,” said
Jay Cee Don Suttis. ,

He expects an organizing
committee meeting to be held
soon but doesn’t yet know if the
Jay Cees will again act as the of-
ficial sponsoring body for the
pageant. .

“What will take place first is
an organizing meeting to decide
what should take place n next,”
said Suttis.

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n fisn share tal

‘good, If you look at the way the

native basketball tournament in
Prince Rupert. ;

It called for native groups to
continue their own political
sysiem but also to work
together on matters of common
interest.

*‘We shall assist each other to
reaffirm our continuing
hereditary title and give expres-
sion to and rights; and to
defence these against any ero-
sion through external forces,”
says one section,

The treaty is also regarded as
a statement to the federal and
provincial governments that

kes

they won't be able to treat Jand
claims negotiations of one
group separately from others.

In particular, Sterritt said the
treaty recognizes that there are
some territories shared between
native groups and so shouldn't
be considered as overlaps dur-
ing negotiations with the
governments.

Not signing but interested in
becoming part of the treaty are
the Carrier-Sekani between
Burns Lake and Prince George
and the Takltan and Taku-
Tlingit in northern B.C.

Jeanette Anderson a

‘residents ‘have to go ‘through
what we’ve had to go through,’”
Anderson added.

Earlier she had left board
members in no doubt about the
feelings of Kirkaldy residents.
“We simply don’t want the
facility near our area,’’ she em-
phasized.

Noting concerns about the
noise that would be generated
by the centre's wood-cutting
operations, she said most
residents had chosen to live in
the neighbourhood because it
was a quiet one. ‘This is a
residential area and we don't
want it becoming an industrial
area,’” she added.

Outlining the site plan for the
new centre, Robinson told the
board the 2.5 acre treed area in
the southeast corner of the pro-

Terrace pageant
go ahead

Miss Terrace represents the
city at the Miss PNE pageant
each August in Vancouver as
well as attending various local
and out-of-town events.

Rumours of the pageant's
demise probably took hold
because last year, when the
event was held in May, meetings
and activities had already
started by this time, said Suttis.

**There’s interest. [t’s a mat-
ter of putting it all together,’
said Suttis indicating that he’s
had phone calls from potential
contestants and sponsors.

Suttis estimated that it takes
60 to 80 people to put on the
pageant.

_ Mike Robinson

perty would remain untouched

-as a buffer zone. A 10m wide
strip of trees would also be left
around the remainder of the
site,

District corrections director
Rob Watts, pointed out the
wood operations ran only 8
a.m. to4p.m., Monday-Friday,
no more than three chain saws
would be used at any one time
and the grapple loader was run
only occasionally, ‘I really em-
phasize it's a minimum amount
of noise,’’ he added.

However, convinced a public
hearing would only confirm the
overwhelming neighbourhood
Opposition seen at a Feb, 7
public meeting called by
residents, the board decided
there was little point in pro-
ceeding with the rezoning.

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Parks for all,
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