ON MANY FRONTS

-_ TERRACE — It’s been a
successful. year for -the:~
Muks-Kum-Ol Housing ©

Society, who have met
their allocation of 10 units
and are looking forward
to further progress in the
approaching fiscal year,
The Society was formed
last year in an effort to
provide for the housing
needs of native Indian
families living off-reserve.
Society spokesman Ray
Jones said a survey last
year revealed 50 families
in Terrace in need of hous-
ing assistance. _
Jones said another

survey will be conducted -

this year, and he added the
Society has had positive
indications from Canada
Mortgage and Housing
Corporation (CMHC)
that further allocations
will. be available for the
1987-88 fiscal year. He
said the Society expects to'
meet soon’ with CMHC
representatives to
establish a budget. .

“We'll continue to
work in the hope of even-
tually alleviating the local
shortage of housing,’’

Jones said.

HOUSING ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM LOOKS AT
THORNHILL ©

Shirtey Kimery, manager for the Terrace Employment Develop-
ment Branch, is now relocated in the Canada Empioyment
. Centre. Kimery and other staff members are currently cenduc-

Thornhill residents may

become eligible for a
- recently announced low-
income. housing assistance.
program administered by.

CMHC.

Called the Rural and
Native Housing Program,
it is directed at individuals
and families living in
substandard housing who
are unable to afford mort-
gage payments for better
accommodation. The pro-
gram. would subsidize
mortgage costs down to 25
percent of the gross in-
come of families that meet

. qualifications,

Murdock. McDonald,
CMHC senior officer for
the program in Prince

‘ George, cautioned in an

interview that he will have

to meet with local govern-
“ment representatives
- before

_ determining
whether the program is
appropriate for the area.
He said discussions with
local officials are the first
stage in assessment.

McDonald. said the

delivery agency for the.

program is the United
Natives Nations; the pro- -
gram, however, is.
available to both native
and non-native residents
within the limits of fund-
ing allocations. He added
that part of his function is
to encourage the develop.
ment of

that can administer the
various programs
available through CMHC
and other agencies, -

RESIDENTIAL .
_ CONSTRUCTION
RUNNING HIGH

Recent reports from the
Terrace city building in-
Spector reveal a minor
boom in house construc-

tion, with six new starts |
registered during March.”
Totals for the year to date.

indicate six ‘new houses
and a six-plex with 4 com-
bined assessed value of

‘community. _
based housing societies

| ‘Smoking —

$719, 705.

Building permits issued
- for all types of construc-

tion came to a total value
of $709,955, bringing the
’ total for this’ year ‘to

$1,0 077,125.

The first three months, .
of 1986 saw. $629,100. in.

building activity, and the .

same - period in 1985

~tegistered $160,310.

WCB chairman visit.

TERRACE “WCB

Chairman Jim. ‘Nielsen

will be in Terrace on

April 23 to visit the

Workers’ Compensa-
- tion Board office. *°

; Nielsen says, bd | want
to visit the WCB area
offices to get a first-_

Some » difficulty is an-

ticipated in enforcing a |

total ban of smoking. on
campus, but at @ meeting
in February the NWCC

board voted to make the

end of this year a target

date for the abolition of

tobacco at NWCC., °

Photographs by Daniele Berquist

Vinee Hestenfeld (left) and Vi Gellenbeck, program officers at the Terrace Employment Develop-
ment Branch, are now working from thelr new location at the Canada Employment Centre
situated on Lazelle Avenue In Terrace.

{Ing business as usual from the new premises.

_ 1987 Terrace Junior Chamber of Commerce | ,
“PACIFIC NORTHWEST 16th. ANNUAL REVISED TRADES FAIR - FLOOR PLAN |

86 [Aa a5.| A |

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“system works. -I

u Pp... from page, $ . -

hand look at why our
- think
B.C,'s “compensation:
system is one of the.

~ best in.Canada, but I...

want to see how we're.

operating in different: . .
parts of. the province
and how we can im-. .

prove our service.” °.- 0°

: continued from page 2.

On April 1 the ‘sale of
cigarettes in the college
cafeteria was discon-
tinued.

Honored —

continued from page 11
many ‘volunteers’ and em- -
ployees in Terrace .which
make possible the quality
of life’ enjoyed here. The

positive aspects are largely —

dependent on all” those

people who are willing: to
put out an extra effort for. ~

their city,

to support the “motion
without assurance. that
further problems will-not
arise from the action and
put forward a tabling mo-
tion, seconded by Ald.
Doug Smith.

The .:motion passed,
with Jackman. recording
opposition. -

Al Astro Guard .

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