, vend ta oy

TERRACE _ . The president of

a native ; group in northern: B.C.
says-it wats, ‘guaranteed con-

tracts for. jobs and ‘training. if.

there is to Be any development:

in: the - gold-rich’ Tskut- Valley

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“for benefi its fail.

He said the tribal council's
position includes’ its. develop-
ment company, the Tahltan Na-
tion Development Corporation,

being involved in road construc~.” :

‘tion into the Iskut,

Pat Btveria. of the Tahlian’
Tribal” Courictl said - the: Iskut

Valleysis in Its and claims.

Is: being
replaced ith industry and there
should be training for people'to
work, in this i resource, ’! he sai

a : al man haa.
‘been fined es 000 for: possessing
property he obtained through .

‘drug trafficking, |.
. Barry ‘Clayton Ross pleaded
‘guilty June's to the:charge, and .
was‘also ordered to serve.three
‘yeara. probation, "If unable to. .
“fine -he faces a nine-'
month sail term

“That, road, of more than
80km. leading into, the Iskut

pom, Bob. a Lake on.
; a

alm. $20

milli m:with the province and.

-minir mpanies operating’ i in
the: eet aheringin its. cost: and

Althsde h

return the truck and some of the
“money to. Ross, Amdt said
around $16,000, plus the $5,000
fine, is to be forfeited to federal
authoriiles,

Ross was charged under asec

-tlon of the Narcotie Control Act

hee makes It illegal to now
possess any property 7

* for. ony the proceeds’ of drug: -
trafficking or cultivation. “Re-.

havfficlent :
evidence: forced: the: ‘Crown: ‘to:

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means eompantes won't have to
rely on more ‘expensive air
transport and is expected'to in-

crease ‘exploration and develop-

ment: in the area..
Augers ‘committee made up

“of | ‘the: Tahltans, provincial

government, mining companies
and the Kitimat-Stikine: Tegional

district is beirig .established to.

develop guidelines for the oad

and its use.

“The: road means a lot to

resource developirient and not .

only-to mining,'’ said Etzerza,

‘Dease’ Take. as a model for

He said the tribal council will -
use'an: agreement it has with the .
Golden: Bear’ mine. outside of

negotiations with Iskut mining
companies, <. .

That agreement provides for.

20 per cent of the Golden Bear

workforce being Tahltan and ~
“includes. training ° and: ‘job.
development,

“There’s approximately 25 of

our people working-there now. '
They're. being . trained as. 1 the

resource is “develop
Etzerza. -
: reek * *

In the meantime, the provin—”
-cCial ‘minés ministry official. in
charge of the road project says.
work i is progressing on advertis- :
ing for -road design /and: ;

engineering studies:

Grad fashion

DRESSED IN style for graduation were Gene Dennis, who had
his hair done especially for the occasion, and Boyd Louie.

New jail site
search leaving |
city boundary

TERRACE — The search for
land for a new correctional cen-
tre is moving outside city limits
because government negotiators

can't find a suitable property in
town,

District corrections director
Rob Watts last week confirmed
officials are now looking at land
outside city limits but neat
town,

Trouble negotiating with
private land-owners and public

opposition to:locating the Jail.
near residential areas in the city
., has plagued ‘negotiators “since
‘the search began more than a

year ago,
“I'd say we've pretty much
run out of options in town,”

“Watts said. “‘If there's nothing

to be had one has to start modi-
fying priorities.”

The project's original list of
priorities required the new jail
be within a certain distance of
RCMP, the hospital and other
city facilities. Watts said some
of those would have to be com-
promised if an out-of-town site
is selected.

“What we're doing is. we're
broadening the net a bit,’ he
said. “We're almost back at the
very beginning,”

The move came after negotia-
tions for a site on Keith Avenue
west of the B.C. Hydro building
apparently fell apart. Watts said
the 5$3-acre parcel — described
as ‘ideal’? by solicitor-general

Deadlines

TERRACE — The July | long
weekend coming up means early
deadlines are in effect at The
Terrace Standard.

The deadline for display and
classified advertising is 5 p.m.,
Thursday, June 28,

The deadline for written sub- -

missions Js'also'5 p,m., Thurs-
day, June 28. Our office is clos-
ed this coming Monday and
opens again. Tuesday at 8 a.m.

July 1--has.two names —
Dominion Day and Canada Day
as it kn

Russ Fraser ~ appears to be be-
ing sold to someone else. --

That site was pursuéd after
homeowners on the bench’ per-
suaded negotiators it would: be
politically impossible to locate
the new correctional centre
there.

Fraser’: first hinted last week
the correctional centre could be
located outside city limits,

He called one proposed site
‘“non-controversial’”’ and that

evel: If-a-site outside town was

picked, ‘the: staff would live

here, ‘work héré, pay taxés here.

and be part of the community
s0 from that point of view it
hasn’t moved out of Terrace.”
A move of the correctional
centre outside town could cost
the city as much as $10,000 a
year in grants, city treasurer
Keith Norman said, That’s how
much the city gets from the pro-
vince in Lieu of taxes for the ex-
isting jail property on Hwy16.
Watts said. he also recently
toured a potential site at Miller
Bay near Prince Rupert, which
has been touted by a Prince
Rupert business. organization,
"We made it clear our first
preference is Terrace,” he said,

_**but ultimately we're looking at

all alternatives,”’

Choosing a site outside tawn
could mean a@ smaller site, Watts
added, because with no nearby
homes the centre wouldn’t need
a treed buffer strip around it.

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