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Gulf calls

_ public meeting
on Klappan —

coal project §f

TERRACE — The Stage
II report on the sacio-
economic-.impact of the
Mount Klappan anthracite
coal projéct will be the
subject ‘of a public
meeting to take place in
. Terrace May 6.
_ Gulf Canada represen-
tative Alan Johnson said
the May 6 meeting will be
followed by another about
_ a month later. The discus-
sions are intended to ad-
dress public concerns
_ about the regional effects
‘of Gulfs proposed mine
‘development 300 kilome-
’ ters north of Terrace.
Seven years of explora-
tion and assessment have
shown the Mount Klappan
property to be a world-
class deposit of easily-

accessible, high-grade an-

thracite coal. If Gulf's
proposed development
goes ahead, the mine will
“ ‘produce 1.5 million tons
‘of coal annually and
-‘employ a permanent
workforce of 750

employees, most of whom -

would live in surrounding
‘communities and com-
mute to the mine site.
‘Concerns have been ex-
pressed in the region

regarding the potential im- —

pact on the environment
around the mine, which is
located near the head-
waters of rivers tributary
to the Stikine, Nass and
- Skeena Rivers, The area
supports a large and

varied wildlife population, .
f

- economy.

and hunting, fishing and.
guide-outfitting are prom-
inent factors in the local

Particular attention has
been concentrated on a
decision to be made re-
garding the source of
power for the mine plant.
Environmentalists favor

B.C. Hydro’s proposal to. :

service the mine with a 138

kilovolt power. line, but - §
-Gulf has suggested it may

use reject coal from the
mine to fuel a 30
megawatt generator on the
site,

Johnson said no deci- ©

sion has been made,. but
he indicated the coal
generator is more econom-
ically attractive to Gulf
than the B.C. Hydro

scheme. If the. Mount.
- Klappan mine were to

become part of a larger,
cost-shared. hydro net-

work. in the northwest ..
electricity: would be: a-

more feasible power
source, Johnson said,
Gulf’s Stage II report
will be available soon at
the Terrace Public
Library. The public
meeting is scheduled for
May 6 in the downstairs

room of the Bavarian Inn .

at 8 p.m, Gulf will be
represented by Bob Mor-
rison, -

Don’t miss
the Terrace
Trades Fair

The Terrace Child Developmen

said Margaret Dediluke, program directo

stitution.

t Centre recently received a donation of special educational toys from th
rfor the centre. The toys are used for instructional purposes by Instructors at the local in-

e Vancouver Foundation,

Photo by Danlele Berquist. .

Smoking regulation underway |

TERRACE — City ad-
ministration is in the pro-
cess of drafting a bylaw to
restrict tobacco smoking
in public areas of the
municipality. . .

After receiving a report .

on the results of a recent
survey, Terrace city coun-
cil voted April 13 to
authorize preparation of
the bylaw. A total of 92

responses were returned

from distribution of a
seven-part. questionnaire.

sent out last month. The .

overwhelming majority of

-the respondents, 92° per-.

cent, favored a smoking
regulation bylaw.
The strongest areas of

‘response called - for

‘statutory designation of
no-smoking areas in all

| - restaurants in the city (84
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percent), prohibition of

‘any smoking in retail .

stores (84 percent), and_
the prohibition of smok-
ing in public buildings (72
percent). a,

The report on the
survey, prepared by coun-
cil secretary Denise Fisher, .
notes that ‘‘public.
buildings’’ are defined as.

buildings. owned and

operated by government
agencies, including pro-

- yincial .and federal. ser-
“yices, Schools will not ‘be
‘included in the bylaw

because the school ‘board
is‘expected to develop its
own smoking regulation.

policy. ne
‘Council directed the ad- .

ministrator to . use. . the
survey results and. bylaws.
presently in force in other

- communities as guidelines
for preparing the Terrace
_tegulations. wo

-zones’’,

DECISION LEFT
TO STAFF

‘Staff ‘members in a
number of Terrace schools

have elected to declare.

their schools ‘“‘no smoking
The School
District 88 board policy
committee has been
wrestling with. the issue of
an overall policy for the

The minutes of a policy

committee :‘meeting March -
24 recommend, however, -

that decisions on smoking
be left to individual
schools. The recommen-
dation indicates the com-
mittee members are
““pleased with the manner

"in which school staffs are.

handling the matter of
smoking in schools. It was
felt that making a policy

at this time would be inap- —

propriate.’’

Reports from sources in
some of the district’s
schools suggest a- certain

degree of division, and
even antagonism, among

personnel over the issue.

‘One staff member’ in-

dicated policy direction
from the board that would
apply. across the district

-would be helpful in solv-

ing the problem. School
administrators. contacted
about the reports declined
to comment.

COLLEGE SETS GOAL

The three-stage pro-

posal for eliminating

smoking at Northwest
Community College
(NWCC) is currently in its
second stage, with

‘designated smoking areas

on stairway landings and a

few other parts of. the

campus,

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