“What's next? Meters on Little Park swings?”

Rec fee hikes slammed

Dear Sir:
In my 24 years of living in Ter-
race, I have never had the urge

_ before to voice my opinion on

city council’s actions or its mem-

~ bers, until now.

The proposed 38 per cent rate

hikes faced by users of the swim-

- ming pool

and - arena are
reprehensible,

-In comparing costs that our user

--groups.currently pay, I -find-that .
we are already paying consider-

" ably higher usage feces than all of

- our neighbouring communities,
.. To increase these already high
_-rates by a ridiculous amount is

- nothing less than scandalous.

Are the pool and arena so mis-
managed that we have to pay so
much more than most other com-

“munities? Or is this a devious

plan by counci! to eliminate
people from waiting lists that ex-

CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD

The Mail Bag

ist within the various users
groups?

When 50 children are forced to
quit playing hockey because they
can’! afford it, will council then
say that there is need lo expand
our recreational facilities?

In the same paper,
found $65,000 in a budget surplus
to help cover the cost overruns on
the library project.

This wouldn’t have happened if
the project had been properly
monitored by the city. Don’t
people hired by the city have to
post performance bonds?

Second ice sheet

pricing doubted

Dear Sir;

' Tce users should be ecstatic, The
chipman has the answer for a sec-
ond sheet of ice.

“Plans and building for one mil-
lion dollars is a better bargain
than a bag of Old Dutch. What a

_ score! At this price we can afford
. two ice surfaces and meet the fair
' haired realtor’s quote of two mil-
lion dollars. One Hull of a deal

Buy one, get one free,

. The Brass Puck Award should |

be given to these construction ex-

IL
wi

| perts. (Sorry, gold is reserved for
: federal politicians.)
Taxpayers should latch onto

these super deals. Bargains arrive
in the cold darkness of winter, but
often evaporate in the sunlight of
spring and summer.

Just a Few words of caution. Be-
fore council selects the chip
scheme they might consider a
couple of ultrasounds. Ice users
and taxpayers could then examine
the contents of these 100 and 200
gram bags.

Hopefully they are not just full
of stale air or hot deals that
woosh away on exposure, leaving

the ice user hungry and homeless,

_ AHonda Owner,
Royce Condie

Cleaning up words

: Dear Sir:

: During the 1930s and the 1940s
we had Hitkr, Himmler and
Mengele. They had extermination
camps and electrified barbed

Well, things aren’t much dif-
* “ferent in the 1990s. They go by
many different names and use

~ Optim
Health ry

politically correct sanitized words
such as Women’s Health Clinics
and protective bubbles - straight
cut of the ministry of truth.

While Hider, Himmler and
Mengele rot in hell, we carry on
with their work.

J.R. Walker
Terrace, B.C,

council

mum

If the city is committed to user
pay of our facilities, then why are
there no user fees for the library?
What's next, coin meters on the
swings in Litile Park?

Recreational facilities, like hos-
pitals, schools, cemeteries and
fire and police protection, are part
of what makes a cily 4 com-
munity, you can’t pick and
choose which services you will
and won’t pay for depending on
which ones you or your family
use or don’t use,

I would rather have our youth

introduced to healihy, affordable
lifestyles than letting them sit idle
and getting involved in roving
gangs or vandals.

Do we want swimming pools or
pool halls, onanized pangs or
organized games.

What money we ‘‘save’’ on
recreation we will inevitably pay
in increased police costs down
the road.

Let’s make. the right choices,
while we still can,

Jack Beck,
Terrace, B.C.

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