A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 14, 1999 squawking black birds, other birds. droppings, freed from these pests.’’ the request lo go far, by the idea. Man urges city to gun down ravens ONE LOCAL man wants the City of Terrace to start shooting ravens {o control the population of the Thomas St, resident Bill Homburg, who says he's a bird watcher and a bird lover, claims the ravens are becoming more numerous each year and cat the eggs of He noted they’re a nuisance, ripping into garbage bags and making a mess with nesting twigs and their “Ravens should be kept under control by the city,’” Homburg says in a letter to the city. ‘I recommend that many get shot by the city and that our town will be City councillor David Hull said he’s not expecling He noted aboriginal people in the area include the raven among their clan crests and would not be thrilled SCI crews are back in the bush IMPROVING weather has scen road building crews hit the bush for Skeena Cel- lulose. Company spokesman Don McDonald estimated 70 to 100 «workers with con- Wactors are now building roads now that a cold, wet spring has given way to warmer, drier weather, Another 250 Loggers will be called in when the raads ate built, he added, Most of the roadwork is in the Hazeltons and Nass areas so far, he said. The road-building is the beginning of a more aggres- sive logging scason this year needed to bnild up a chip supply for October’s planned restart of SCI’s B line at its Prince Rupert pulp mil, The company is sticking to its earlier statements that renewed logging will put 350 people back to work be- tween Terrace and Smithers. That’s about a 17 per cent increase in the amount of people the company and its contractors now employ in’ the interior. “We'll really sec the im- pact this winter and next year,"’ predicted woodlands MATCH THE ' MERCHANT CONTEST | ! ~ MATCH THE | ' MERCHANT CONTEST 1 = a 8 = TERRACE VOLUNTEER BUREAU vice-president Dan Tuomi. Reopening the second pulp line will also put £50 pulp workers back to work in Prince Rupert, McDonald estimates about 50 to 60 of those people will be new employees because some of those who were laid off last year left the area for other employment. In Terrace, SCI either directly or through its log- ging contractors has 1,025 people now at work, 630 people at work at Carnaby, 200 in Smithers and 145 at Gitwangak/Kitwanga. Reopening the second pulp fine is made possible by the provincia! goyern- ment’s decision in late May fo release $110 million for capital expenditures promised in the 1998 restructuring, The province also boosted the company’s operating line of credit by another $50 million. Tax bite eases this month PAYCHEQUES FOR the average person should be a title fatter beginning this month thanks to some federal income tax decreases, a They were announced as part of the feder-_ al budget in Jan. 1, But because new tax tables and computer software take time to prepare, they’! begin to take hold as‘of July 1, That’s also convenient because July 1 is the middle of the year. Monthly deduction increases can simply be doubled over the next six months to come up with what had been the case if deductions began Jan. 1. For example, the personal exemption March and are retroactive to deduction rose from $6,456 to $6793.50 as of Jan. 1, 1999, But the amount will be re- corded as $7131 for monthly deductions up to Dee, 31, As well, the federal income tax surcharge of three per cent, which affected each and every person who pays federal income taxes, was wiped out as of Jan. 1, This reduction will be doubled as of July 1 to take into account the six-month period beginning July 1. And since the rate payable is dipping be- cause of the increase in the personal ex- emption, this also means less provincial tax because itis a percentage of the federal dol- lar amount. ; Local lawyer becomes new northwest judge THE AREA’S new Raised on Vancouver Is- circuit. Supreme Court of B.C. jus- lice comes from Terrace. Mr. Justice Douglas Hal- fyard, Q.C., was appointed July 2 to fill the vacancy created when the sitting judge there, Mr. Justice Robert Errico, resigned. Halfyard will be based in Prince Rupert, the tradi- tional home location for the area’s Supreme Court jus- lice, but he’Il also hear cases in the Terrace and Smithers courls as part of a regular circuit. land, Hallyard gradualed from the UBC law school in 1972 and was called to the Bar the following year. He's practised criminal and civil law in the north- west for 20 years. His firm, until his appointment, was Halfyard and Wright, Halfyard will be officially swom in July 15 in Van- couver. Part of his duties requires him to spend a least six weeks of the year hearing cases outside of his normal Lloyd Mackenzie, 4 retired Supreme Court jus- tice who now acts as its in- formation officer, said the system of choosing justices has changed over the years. Where it once may have been considered a political appointment, lawyers must now apply te a committee which then examines candi- dates for suitability, said Mackenzie. Halfyard’s salary will be approximately $150,000 a year. From front Fish friend gets thank-you lime the food chain was in place and it now teems with fish. “My technology is all natural. There’s nothing artificial,” says Schillinger. Schillinger’s work over the years has brought him into contact with countless provincial and federal environmental and fisheries officials, He’s forged close working relationships with some and has alsa become known as a critic of government policies. Al times it seemed as if Schillinger spent as much time locking horns with govem- ment officials as he did on his technology. But seeing the manual in print, thanks toa government grant, makes it all worthwhile, he says. ‘*This way my technology can be used by a wide varicty of people,’’ says Schillinger. “The more it is used, the more productive the fish population will be.’ Schillinger’s efforts were recently rewarded with a certificate of appreciation by the provincial environment ministry. 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