Terrace Review —- Wednesday, December 4, 1991

ONE YEAR AGO
THIS WEEK...

Intersections were blocked,
motorists were stranded and the
east and west sections of Highway
16 were closed when 82.8 centi-
metres (32.6 inches) of snow fell
in one 24-hour period, Many
school children were hours late
getting home on the school buses
which, like many other vehicles,
were stranded on snow clogged
roads, unable io move. The storm
set a December record for amount
of snow in a 24-hour period and
dropped 100.6 centimetres (39.6
inches) of the white stuff before it
ended.

An unexpected cut in the RCMP
operating budget across Canada
was expected to have some impact
in the area. The officer-in-charge
of the Terrace detachment was
hoping service would not be cut,
but he expected that travel by
members to other jurisdictions to
testify in prosecutions could be
reduced.

The board of trustees for School
District 88 passed a resolution to
ask ‘the Minister of Education to
fill three vacant board seats by
appointment. The seats, which
comprised a third of the board,
were left vacant after there were

| Looking back...

not enough people nominated in
the election a few weeks previous.
The board chairman was unsure
how long it would take the minis-
ter.to make the appointments.

The first quarter of the Kitsum-
kalum day lodge was transported
from the old Kitsumkalum ski hill
to the Shames Mountain access
road for re-erection at the Shames
Mountain base area. It was hoped
that, weather permitting, the lodge
would be structurally sound and
ready for use on Shames Mountain
by Christmas.

TWO YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK...

Terrace city council was asking
Halliwell St. residents to approve a
Local Improvement Project for
upgrading the street between North
Thomas and North Sparks. After
many years of complaints by Halli-
well and area residents, council
wasn’t expecting much opposition
to the proposal to upgrade the
street to curb and gutter standards
the following year. The cost was
expected to be split between the
province, the city and the property
Owners.

City administration staff were in
the process of considering future
requirements and construction

in
Terrace
Court

The following convictions took place in Terrace adult

criminal court on the dates indicated according to information

provided by the court registry.

Tuesday, November 12

Robert Douglas Holmberg was
fined $300 for driving while
prohibited and given a onc-yeat
driver’s licence suspension in
addition to the original prohib-
ition.

David Andrew Forcier was
fined $200 for assault |

David Gerald Hall was. given a
one-year suspended jail sentence
for assault,

Thursday, November 14
Perry Charles McKay was
fined $800 and given a one-year
‘driver’s licence suspension for
driving with a blood alcohol
content over the legal limit.
Irvin Alfred Chief was fined
$300 and given a one-year
driver’s licence suspension for
impaired driving.
Sherrie-Lynn Parrish was fined
$1,000 and given a one-year
_driver’s licence suspension for

refusing to provide a breath

sample to a police officer.

Pierre Norman Desjardins was
given two concurrent one-year
suspended jail sentences and
ordered to perform 20 hours of
community service work for
assault.

| “Friday, November 15
Derek Edwatd Sayer was scn-
‘tenced to two months in jail and

given a one-year driver’s licence
suspension on each of two
counts of impaired driving. On a
third count Sayer was sentenced
to two months in jail, to be
served consecutive to the other
sentences, given a one-year
driver’s licence ‘suspension and
placed on probation for three
"years. oo

Michael Scott Parlby was
sentenced to seven days in jail,
fined $300 and placed on proba-
tion for three months for driving
while prohibited by a court
order.

James Pretulac was fined $100
for committing mischief.

Randall! James Rodger was
fined $400 and given a one-year
driver’s licence suspension for
impaired driving.

Monday, November 18
Isreal Marshall Draper was
given a six-month suspended jall
sentence and ordered to perform

30 hours of community service.

work for theft.

Wednesday, November 20

Walter Shostak was sentenced
to four months in jail and given
a one-year driver’s licence sus-
pension for driving with a blood
alcohol content over the legal
limit. -

costs of a new animal shelter. The
existing shelter was -20 years old
and the Public Works director of
engineering said that a proposal to
replace the building would prob-
ably be in front of council within
two years. The animal control
officer at the shelter said there was
not enough room to keep stray cals
and dogs, let aldne boarding pets,
which was a source of revenue that
helped to defray costs. He also
said in a new shelter layout could
be improved to better separate cals
and dogs.

THREE YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK...

The city engineering department
performed a smoke test of city
sewers to determine sources of
storm water infiltrating into city
sewers. The test consisted of in-
jecting high volumes of smoke
under low pressure into isolated
sections of the system. Areas
where the smoke escaped were
recorded. Five main problem areas
discovered were roof drains of
premises then occupied by the Co-
op, Northern Computer and Video
Stop, Avco Financial Services,

Rose’s Shop and a sidewalk "catch
basin" near the Pizza Hut and
several other businesses.

The engineering department rec-

‘ommended to council that the

businesses in question be required
to disconnect roof drains from the

- sewer system and reconnect them

to the siorm drainage system.

North Coast Road Maintenance.

Lid. took over the road and bridge
maintenance contract from the
Terrace District Highways office to
the fanfare of 20 centimetres of
snow. The combination of snow,
rain and freezing temperatures, in
that order, caused havoc on the
highways but a North Coast
spokesman said they did reasonab-
ly well as many of the company’s
employees were the same staff
who did the job with the Ministry
of Highways and had transferred to
over to North Coast.

FOUR YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK...

The Thornhill Nursery was in the
process of being appraised, prior to
the governments call for proposals
for the purchase and future oper-

ation of the nursery. According to
the Minister of Forests and Lands,
nursery employees would have the
option of submitting bid proposals
of their own. The employees were
told that they would receive free
consulting assistance and a busi-
ness management seminar to assist
them in preparing a business plan.

George Petty, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Repap,
parent company to Terrace-based
Skeena Cellulose Inc. was in town
speaking on free trade. Petty said
if a free trade agreement were
established Repap could be in a
position to make a commitment for
the construction of a new pulp mill
and “value added" coated paper
manufacturing plant in Prince
Rupert. Petty said that if the com-
pany didn’t get access to those
markets through something like the
Free Trade Agreement, it would be
difficult to justify the improve-
ments. In reference to open com-
petition in the U.S, under a free
trade agreement, Petty said it was
a splendid opportunity and it was
important the country move for-
ward in a unified manner.

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~ Decembrists — events in history —

Compiled by Tom Taggart -- special to the Terrace Review
Mississippi: Rosa Parks declines to give up her seat on the bus (1955).

Canada: Audrey McLaughlin takes over New Democratic Party (1989).
Japan pays $13 million for her first Cosmonaut’s ticket to ride (1990).

2,500 people gassed to death at Bhopal, India by Union Carbide (1984).

Killer fog/smog envelopes London, 4,000 people die in four days (1952).
Syria: Druze shoot down two jet warplanes and eight U.S. Marines (1983)

France: Auguste Valliant flips bomb into Chamber of Deputies (1893).
Jerusalem falls to Christian soldiers for first time in 8 18 years (1917).
Dec. 11: ‘Birth of Emily Dickinson (1830) and Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (1918). Be
‘Birth of the astrologist Nostradamus (1503), and astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546),
Russia: “Decembrist” uprising against Tsarist government aborts (1825).
Amundsen, Hanssen, Wisting, Hassel and Bjaaland find South Pole (19! 1).
Mars: Space capsule from USSR softlands on ‘The Red Planet” (1971).
Boston Tea Party incites revolutionary fervor in the Colonies (1773).
Napoleon throws over Josephine (1809); Nazis attack at Ardennes (1944).
Aeroplane carrying Wilbur and Orville Wright flies for 12 seconds (1903).
Toronto: Santa Claus and six elves arrested for promoting war toys (1988).
Panama: USA beats up another little guy on the block (1989). oe aera
Scotland: PanAm hit as payback for U.S. Navy zealotry in Persian Gulf (1988).
WINTER SOLSTICE/FULL MOON/ oe
St. Didymus Judas Thomas Day ((EVENT OF THE MONTH))).
Birth of Peter Kropotkin (1842) and Jane Fonda (1937). - .
Christian Knights of the First Crusade arrive in Constantinople (1096).
Lynette “Squeaky” Frommi takes a short walk in the snow (1987).
Canadian Reginald Fesseden transmits first radio broadcast (1906).
CHRISTMAS DAY (Christian Holiday); birth of Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840). ©
Italy: Mount Etna waxes nostalgic for her younger days of fame (1985).
Romania: President Ceausescu makes final payment on IMF loan (1989),
BOXING DAY, Canada, Finland, England, et al. ee
Birth of Kepler (1571), Pasteur (1822) and Dietrich (1904); Beatles dissolved (1970) .
US. film director Sam Peckinpah goes to his rest (1984). my
USA: Police arrest Emma Snodgrass for wearing men’s trousers in public (1851).
First battle of Wounded Knee, South Dakota goes to the Yanks (1890).
Russian “elite” poison, shoot, stab, mutilate and drown Gregori Rasputin (1916).
Tracy Ullman takes centre stage (1959). .

Dec. 1:

WORLD AIDS DAY (since 1989).
Dec. 2:

HANUKKAH, 1991 (Jewish Holy Week).
Dec, 3:
. ‘f .  Mary.Robinson becomes President of Ireland (1990).
: ~  .1, Progresso, Texas: Virgin Mary appears on wa
Dec, 4:

Coup d’etat in Chad (1990).
Dec. 5: Call of the Magic Flute: Death of the Freemason,
Dec. 6:
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Dec. 8:

BODHI DAY (Buddhist Holy Day).
Dec. 9:
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ll of Trevino’s Auto Parts (1990). |

Wolfgang Mozart, age 35 (1791). —
Prophecy Fulfilled (Proverbs 31:7): U.S. repeals prohibition laws (1933).
SAINT NICHOLAS DAY (patron saint of children, Russia, sailors...).

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Munitions ship explosion kills 1,963 people (1917).

Montreal: Anti-feminist with assault weapon murders 14 women (1989).

Tora! Tora! Tora! Japanese military surprise attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1941). -
Cincinnati: 145-year overdue library book returned (1968), fine waived.

Great earthquake (6.9 Richter) kills 30,000 people in Armenia, USSR (1988).

Birth and death, resp., of the poets Horace (65BC) and Lennon (1980)