A year this week — by Tod Strachan "CUSTOM TRANSIT STUDY LAUNCHED". That was a head- line with some promise a year ago this week. Many local residents had been pushing for something akin to a HandiDART system for months and a public meeting at City Hall with B.C. Transit offi- cials present might have the ball rolling. The transit representatives listened, offered some suggestions, and then went back to their Vancouver offices to see what kind ofa package they could produce. CANCELLATION OF A FEW PROJECTS resulted in some sur- plus cash for city hall a year ago this week but it didn’t take long to find somewhere to spend it. The cancellation of the Pear St. drain- age project due to an increase in the size of a similar project on Hall, and the Loen Ave. street upgrade (due to a negative vote on an LIP petition) and an adjustment to the Weber Ave. drainage project left the city with an extra $95,000. Already approved, though, was a $4,000 project to fence the east side of the Public Works yard. On the table were a new $6,500 com- puter for Public Works, a $10,868 paving and storm sewer project for Birch Ave. east of Pendrini (the city’s share was $5,000), a $9,500 study to search for alternatives to accessing Birch Hill, a $25,000 dust control paving project on Thomas between Straume and Labelle, and a $45,000 drainage project at the rear of the govern- ment Access Centre. While it looked like the dust problem on Thomas might be solved with pavement, though, - another solution for Hughes St. was being considered by the city. The Planning and Public Works committee had recommended that the street be closed for good and that was a recommendation that council would take seriously. A problem with a more elusive solution, though, was growing traffic safety concerns at the Halli- well/North Sparks intersection. The primary reason for the concern was the driveway to an apartment building parking lot only a few feet north of the intersection. Now, "Nobody knows who’s going to do what,” alderman Bob Cooper was quoted as saying. A four-way stop was suggested but council felt there might be a better solution. They just didn’t know what it was at the time. In other council news, the city’s regulation controlling the reproduc- tion of the Kermodei bear logo were hurting the tourism industry, according lo tourism and economic development officer Peter Monteith. Insisting that products using the logo be produced in Canada meant that a souvenir baseball cap, for example, whole- saled for $3.95 instead of only $1.25 and that was hurting retail. _ sales. . And finally, the twinning with some Japanese cliy was still.a ago topic of note but alderman Darryl Laurent may have put things into proper perspective. It might be great for tourism, but might also cost more than it was worth. The | Japanese, he explained, take the twinning seriously and that means several exchanges every year with city council, the Chamber of Com- merce, sports teams and school students. The only one to realize any financial gain at all might be an airline company as the benefici- ary of all the extra traffic. AROUND THE COMMUNITY, Riverboat Days was getting up 2 good head of sicam; the schedule had been published and window paintings depicting the riverboat era were beginning to appear. And there would be a very special event ‘that year, separate but at the same time a very important event. A Skeenaview reunion was ready to roll and could well mean record Riverboat Days crowds in town. HEADING THE REGIONAL NEWS was an announcement by then-Forest Minister Dave Parker that an 11-member B.C. Forest Resources Commission was to be formed. The commission would examine forestry issues and make recommendations to the ministry. There was a hitch, though. The commission would be under the direction of the ministry and it would be the ministry who decided just which issues the commission would review. Only time would tell how that arrangement would work. On the local level, the Kispigx Forest District was about to handle one issue on their own; the use of herbicides in our forests. This was to be done with a newly formed Brushing and Weeding Advisory Committee . that would represent everyone from industry to envi- ronmentalists. But the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine wasn’t convinced that this committee would really have any power and were waiting to see who was appointed before offering their support. oo But putting forestry issues aside, Lieutenant Governor David Lam left us with some hope for a brighter future. Speaking to the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce, Lam sald, “Terrace, to me, is like B.C. -- unique." He then added, "We are on the verge of an explosion of prosperity.” This "explosion", he predicted, would be triggered by a change from a resource extraction driven economy to one geared to tourism servicing and the development of new technologies. ON THE HEALTH SCENE, it was three down (almost); there was still one more contract to go. A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK The Terrace Review n ewspaper was expanding its premises. A year ago yesterday, the first concrete was poured for the new addition, which is now completed, fully operational and landscaped. Members of the B.C. Nurses’ Union were scheduled to vote in a week’s time and if that went well the Health Sciences Association, who had their contract tied to the nurses’, would be back in a stable environment as well. But there was one more to go. The International Union of Operat- ing Engineers was still negotiating with the Health Labour Relations Association and while the nurses’ were to say "yes" to a contract, the operating engineers might be saying "yes" to a strike. In Terrace this only involved four workers but if they went on strike the other — two unions would be obliged to honour their picket lines. Would it ever end? . SPORTS, THOUGH, ADDED A DIVERSION FROM THE REAL- ITIES OF LIFE. For the first time ever, a team from outside of Vancouver or Victoria won the junior provincial swim competition held on the lower mainland. And it — was the ’Points North’ crew of 53 northwest swimmers who won the honour of that first. Medals for Terrace competitors went to Billy Holland, Lisa Gardiner and Garth Coxford. In the world of softball and base- -| ball, the Terrace Minor Softball "Gold Cup’ ended with Prince Rupert taking the peewee boys’ division, Terrace Travel took the — peewee girls’ section and Smithers Calderwood Angels won the ban- tam girls’ division. At the same time, Terrace Minor Baseball’s junior Babe Ruth reps won the zone 8 championship in a four-- team playoff held in Houston, and the Terrace ladies Northern Motor Inn Stealers took second. in Haz- { | elton tournament. Of course sliding into home isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. There are some who prefer to kick the ball around rather than stand still and swing at it with a hardwood stick. | And in the good old game of soc- cer a year ago this week, the Terace oldtimers proved their. worth in a ‘six-tcam oldtimers tournament. They did have a little § help, though. Prince Rupert and Greenville failed to show and Hazelton and Kispiox arrived with half-rosters. A few scheduling changes, however, and the Terrace oldtimers were on the road to glory. Terrace’s John Yasinchuk laid claim to what appeared to be per- manent ownership of the North- west Seniors Golf Championship a year ago this week. He won the. prestigious 36-hole event in Prince Rupert for the third year in a row. AND AS A CLOSING NOTE, we should mention that the Terrace Review was making a matk of their own a year ago this week. It was in the form of concrete foot- ings for an addition. Business was good and we were running out of room so a year ago this week we began adding to the building. The new space would add to the effi- ciency of the editorial and produc- tion crews and that could only add up to an improved product. It was a worthwhile project... don’t you . think? 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