a rene ciseniiens THERA BORD AG PERSE RI Fa TIGRIS Re FN en eae eae ee te ee ae be Pore LN EI - Pest influx battled TERRACE —- The city is in the midst of a crime wave — and- most residents don’t realize they're the criminals. At.the heart -of this: out- break of lawlessness are the thousands of tent caterpillars scarring’ fruit and other deciduous trees throughout the municipality. Their ‘accomplices are residents who do not take ac- tion to destroy the leaf- munching hordes, . Administrator Bob “Hallsor iast week confirmed a little-known clause of a city by-law makes it an offence for anyone to harbour tent ty. The -regulation requires residents. io eradicate ‘‘nox- jous and destructive pests,’’ he said, adding the striped strippers of trees fell under that. heading. Hallsor said he doesn’t think the 40-year old by-law has ever been enforced. _ “It’s there if there was a catastrophe,’ he explained. While the present invasion of the fuzzy fiends might be " causing local concern, he had seen infestations so severe “*the highway was slick with them.” * Far now, the city is doing what it can to remove the tents from trees on its own property and is relying on the pride residents take in the ap- pearance of their own yards to get them to do their bit, , kheeke This is the second con- secutive year large numbers of tent caterpillars have ap- peared in the Terrace area and district agriculturist Graeme Johnstone says worse is likely yet to come. Pointing out the moth lar- vae have been destroying poplar trees in the Prince George area for the past moving west too, it’s about as lar a as s Vanderhoof now,” caterpillars on their proper- . several years, he added, ‘‘It’s . And there's not much peo- ple can do about it either, - Although the most effec- tive step was to find and destroy the egg clusters while garden trees were still dor- mant, Johnstone said that wan't eliminate the eggs laid’ in numerous host trees found in surrounding bush areas. — All that can really be done. io reduce the number of caterpillars is to cut off their, protective tents and destroy those living inside. enters invading city Johnstone noted the crease in Development of the by clearing land has op up the country, allo windborne pests to travel further than in years past. More people also m .more gardens and that, in turn, means more foo _ available. tent caterpillar numbers is part of a general rise in pests witnessed in the northwest over the years. CAMPING OUT on young trees at the edge of Lanfear Hill, these tent caterpillars will soon crawl off to some protected place and spin their cocoon. Having areca Tmetamorphosized into ened heavy-bodied, hairy brown E | moths, the females will each fay up ta 400 bark-coloured eggs around pencil-sized branches. And next spring, the whole cycle will start again. in- eans” d is STORE HOURS: $am-9 om Jam -Opm, Qam-@pm ie Qem- 9pm iio Gar -O pm ee am-Gpm ie 10am: 8 pm Bae a SIRLOIN § TIP OR TOP ROUND : FRIDAY JUNE 7 COKE CLASSIC, DIET COKE, SPRITE, —— SPRITE, GINGER ALE OR DIET GINGER ALE Plus Deposit Terrace 5i Standard, Wednesday, JUNE 5, 1981 - Page, Ag "TERRACE — The aftermath of recent after-grad parties at the arena has led the city to reject a grad committee request to waive the rental charge and damage deposit at the facility for this year’s event. Asking for the price break at last week’s council meeting,. grad committee chairman Jason Krause said the students’ deci- sion to again hold an alcohol- free celebration showed a “high level of maturity and respon- sibility”. He also pointed out holding a dry event at the arena provided | a safe place for the grads to celebrate and avoided the “many problems that occur at smali, private parties,”’ But the $740 rental fee and $500 damage deposit levied by the city had forced ticket prices up to $15 per head last year. That was more than some students could afford and last year’s turnout of 180 was low compared to other years, said Krause. If the charges were waived, ticket prices could be reduced to a level all grads could afford, he _ Reduced rent pitch denied — said, : “When. students do not: ca tenda ‘dry’ after-grad, its main . purpose is defeated,” Krause added. Noting the $740 charge Was already a reduced rate, recrea- tion director Steve Scott told aldermen the amount’ wasn’t enough to cover the cast of clean-up after recent afler- grads. Pointing oul it had taken two people two days to restore order last’ year, Scott said that com- ' pared to half a day for a single employee. following the recent. RCMP bail. As a result, city employees were. not eager to draw after-grad clean up duty: Damage to doors, toilets and walls had also prompted the city to retain the entire 1990 damage deposit, he added, Some of the deposit was held back in each of the two previous years. . Council agreed with aldermen Rick King the normal charges should apply this year but, ifthe © 1991 grads proved the level of responsibility claimed, ‘the policy could be reviewed next time. ; . Parker leaning toward premier TERRACE — Skeena MLA Dave Parker is leaning toward Rita Johnston as his choice for the next leader of the Social Credit Party but won’t commit himself until all those who are running have declared. - “T’ve said before I don’t have any difficulty with Rita,’’ said Parker last week. “I'd like to see who else declares before I decide what way I’m going,’ he added, Parker, who supported former attorney-general Bud Smith in the last Social Credit leadership. campaign in 1986, said he expects all candidates to be declared before riding | association’ 5 begin choosing delegates for the July leadership convention this week. Riding associations have until the end of this month 10 chaose delegates for the convention. Skeena riding Social Credit Party members choose this weekend, They'll select 25 delegates, that's the base number given all riding associa- tions. That figure can increase depending upon the number of members belonging to a riding association. 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