THE MISS TERRACE FASHION SHOW Saturday night brought all
this year’s candidates together, along with those of past years and
Miss Terrace 1989 Lyn Lagace. Shown here backstage, they're

DNESDAY, MAY 2, 1990
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Phone 635-7840
Fax 635-7269

getting ready for modelling and speaking to an audience. The next
event is the banquet and speak-offs, scheduled for the Terrace Inn
on the evening of May 12.

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Reserve

may get

transit service —

A bid for regular bus service
between the downtown core of
Terrace and the .Kitsumkalum
reserve is currently being
evaluated by B.C. Transit
planners. City administrator Bob
Hallsor met with transit repre-
sentatives in Terrace last week
and he says there is no indica-
tion yet whether the planners
consider the proposal viable, but
the transit planning department
is investigating a number of
possibilitics including
rescheduling the entire city
route in order to accommodate
Hwy. 16 West.

In a letter to city council
earlier this month, Kitsumkalum

chief councillor Cliff Bolton -

said that transit service between
Terrace and Kitsumkalum would
benefit everyone: the residents

. and many businesses and motels -

along the new route, the down-
town core and Kitsumkaium
residents as well as band owned
and operated businesses like the
Kalum Motel, the House of
Sim-oi-ghets, water taxi service
and river tours.
"We have petitioned both our
band residents and the other
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The nursing

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Regional district firms up
opposition to pulp offer

by Tod Strachan

Forest Minister Claude Richmond
has announced that public hearings
originally scheduled for this month
on Pulpwood Agreement 17 in the
Prince Rupert Forest Region and
PA 18 in the Cariboo Forest
Region have been put on hold and
will take place sometime this fall
instead. This is good news for the
directors of the Regional District
of Kitimat-Stikine, who have
opposed PA 17 from the start.
"I'm encouraged to sec they're
paying a little attention to public
concerns," director Pete Weeber

commented after hearing Rich-
mond’s announcement.

According to Richmond: "We
want to give the applicants more
time to respond to requests from
the British Columbia Forest Ser-
vice for more information on their
proposals." And, "We also want to
ensure that interested parties have
ample time to review the addi-
tional information before the pub-
lic hearing process." In a news
release, Richmond says the fall
hearings will be held in other
locations than just Smithers and
Prince George "to make them more
convenient for local residents to

participate". Lo

This postponement gives the
regional district more time to pre-
pare a brief for the pulpwood
licence hearings, Originally aiming
for the May 9 and 10 hearings in
Smithers, the regional district is at
the draft stage of their report. The
board has adopted the report in
principle, but they have now asked
adminstration to define some of
their opposition to the proposal in
more detail.

Once it is complete, they will be
submitting their brief to the minis-
try along with information on

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