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On patrol

DON’T BE alarmed to see a Coast Guard boat sidle up to yours this summer. Wayne Wyle will be making
courtesy examinations of boats on Lakelse lake and the Skeena river as part of the Responsible Recreational
Boating Program. The coast guards will only advise boaters on proper safety gear, but as of April of next year,
the officers will be authorized to issue tickets to boaters not properly registered or equipped. An approved
lifejacket for each person on board and a hand-held bailer or pump are only a few of the minimum require-
ments for smaller vessels, You can get your Safe Boating Guide from most sporting good stores around town.

Noise, vandalism force
removal of bus shelter

COMPLAINTS ABOUT noise and vandalism ala bus stop
in Thornhill have prompted the regional district to remove
a Sheller there.

The bus stop was removed three weeks ago at the request
of neighbours who said it had become a gathering place for
rowdy teenagers.

“We had eight to 10 youths in that bus stop just about
every night until 3 a.m.,’’ says Judy Knott, manager of the
Pine Park trailer court. Knott lives very close to the bus
stop and says the noise would keep her up at night.

“They would talk and shout for hours. I'd like to meet
their parents and find out why they weren’t home.”

Roger Tooms of the regional district says the bus stop
has been removed temporarily, though it could be put back
for the winter.

-£'T talked to some of the regular users and they said they -

could do without it if they had to,’? Tooms says, “‘But let’s +

face it, removing the shelter won't chase the punks away. I

don’t think it was a magnet for them. They’ll still be
around,” ae

Tooms points out that.bus shelters in Thornhill are often
targets for young vandals. He is hesitant to say the area has
a vandalism problem, but he admils it suffers from quite a
bit of that crime.

‘We (the regional district) bave a shed near the corner of
Paquette and Century thal we used to use for storage,” he
says. ‘‘But we've had to soak so much money into repairs
it simply isn’t worth it anymore.”

But Knott says she thinks some youths arc doing much
more than just breaking things. “Stuff is always being
stolen,” she says. ‘And I’m sure most of it is by juve-
niles.” '

Knott points out that early in June a neighbour’s boat’

motor was stolen, after the boat was pushed out of the
driveway and down the street. Another neighbour recently

had a lawn tractor stolen.

New road a challenge to build

AVALANCHE EXPERTS "We'd like to avoid

Poor pul

IT LOOKS as if poor wood
markets will prevent a Nass
Valley company from tak-
ing Cull advantage of a new
road for now,

Nisga’a Economic Enter-
prises had hoped to log
areas it can now gain access
to through a 5km stretch of
road heading eas! from Kin-
colith at the mouth of the
Nass River.

But continuing’ poor pulp’
markets mean it would be
too expensive to start taking
out wood, said Arthur Mer-
cer, general manager of
Nisga’a Economic Enter-
Prises.

The Skm piece will
eventually hook up into a
23km portion now being

rices to blame

Foor pulp prices tO Dialite
Nass logging hold

planned by the highways
ministry, providing a land
connection between Kin-
colith and the rest of the
Nass Valley.

“The global market has to
be improved first,’ said
Mercer of the chances of
logging taking place.

Skeena Cellulose’s shut-
down has also had an affect,
Mercer added.

‘A road connecting Kin-

colith with the rest of the
Nass Valley has long been a
dream for valley residents.

-Access to Kincolith is naw
limited to aircraft or boats,
making it difficult to get in
and out of the village.

Its construction became a
reality in 1995 when the

THANKS

% Terrace Speedway would tike to thank the following

federal government. said it
would kick in one-third of
the cost lo a maximum $15
million.

The Nisga’a Tribal Coun-
cil has‘ committed itself to
approximately $5 million in

cash or through construction

costs through NEE.

That leaves the province
to pick up the rest of the
estimated $30 million tab.
“NEE expects’ to’ finance its:
portion through logging and
other resource -revenues

made available because’ of

road access.

Mercer ‘said the road con-
nection is but one picce of a
larger infrastructure plan re-
quired for the Nass Valley
to develop a viable econom-

ic base. ;

for their support of the 30th Anniversary Re-union
Celebrations being held during the Riverboat Days :
. weekend. Their generosity has enabled the Terrace
Speedway to host the first re-union in the club's

“he a9 yess thirty year history.
Alcan Smelters, Kitimat
Canada Safeway
a Central Gifts
Finish Line Racing Products, Williams Lake :

Fountain Tire, Terrace

Jim's Engine's, Prince George
Kal Tire, British Columbia
Molson Canadian, British Columbia

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Northern Motor Inn

Scotties U-Brew
Shadez of Hair
Sight & Sound

& Safety Training/ Hire A Logger

Terrace Cooperative Association

Overwaitea Foods
Twin City Meats

Toppers Rentals and Sales

were in the Nass Valley last
week checking the route for
a road to connect Kincolith
with the rest of the valley.
They're looking at pos-
sible slide areas and how
those will affect the 23km
project stretching from
Greenville along the Nass
River to Kincolith at the
mouth of the river.
‘Their work is but one
facet facing highways min-
istry officials in what's
being regarded as a major
enginecring and environ-

potential avalanche tracks
and where we can’t, we'll
be looking at some pro-
lective structures,”’ says
highways geotechnical
engineer Frank Maximchuk.

Those protective struc-
tures could include berms
along the road to deflect
avalanches,

Surveyors are also on the
route, making their way
along the 23 kilometre
stretch, Iti join up with a
newly-finished Skm road
leading east from Kincolith
which was built by Nisga’a

Economic Enterprises.

The ministry section is
going through the provincial
environmental assessment
review.

An initial application for a
project submission was re-
quested in late spring and
review officials have now
asked for a detailed road de-
sign.

“They want us to elabora-
te on some of the informa-
tion we had provided,” said
highways project manage-
ment technician Greg Ross.

That requirement for a
final design won’! affect the

struction start, he added,
“The final design will
determine other environ-
niental impacts and it’s
work we would be doing
anyway,” Ross continued.
The road work is to cost
an estimated $30 million
and some portions could
cost up to $1.1 million a
kilometre because of the ter-
rain involved and from en-
vironmental considerations.
Designers are contemplal-
ing a route ihat’ll involve ei-

ther culling into steep
hillsides or on the Nass
River bed itself.

mental challenge.

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