' “Classified Ads 24, YOUR HOMETOWN LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER Vol. 4, Issue No. 25 this week’s ‘PIONEER:PASSES: Ciarence ‘Michiel, a prominent figure in Terrace's history, died last week... page 4.0 RISING STAR: Jeff Sharples talks about his future pros- -pects with NHL's Detroit Red Wings... page 9. .- , FRENGH BENCHED: Schoo! | District 88 won’t go ahead with: secondary French Im- mersion this-year.... page 5. ‘BusinessGuide © 1 ‘Church Directory:... ..:18 25, 26 .. Coming Events | -Comles') Crossword - ‘Dining Directory Editorial: oo Entertalnment | Horoscopes. Letters =~ Sports. ve oes Talkofthe Town: ....- Weather, ©... beh, (NNONNAOS Terrace Review t ee ————— ae ee _—aee :. Legislative Library, . e i | Parliament Buildings, . Victoria, B.C. TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, June 22, 1988 It was a long time coming and took a lot of hard work by dedicated people, but the bandshell in George Little memorial Park was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Sunday. Jim Ryan, the prime mover behind the project, earned a hug from City Freeman Vesta. Douglas. Other credits for the project are on page 27. Derick Kennedy photo. Regional _-yav 1X4 50 CENTS District wants explanation from Dave Parker A motion that would have re- quested Dave Parker to cither withdraw the decision on the Sustut-Takla timber license or resign as Minister of Forests was defeated at the weekend meeting of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District board. A second mo- tion, requesting a meeting with Parker as soon as possible to ex- plain the decision, was passed by the board. The Sustut-Takla decision, announced by Parker last month after a meeting of Cabinet, of- fers a 400,000 cubic meter per year forest license for 20 years to two companies from Prince George. The license area is located about 150 kilometers north of Hazelton. The announcement was dev- asting for the community of Hazelton, where Westar Timber ‘promptly stated it would shut ‘down a sawmill and put 115 peo- _ Terraceview construction award recommended TERRACE — The Building Committee of the Terrace. Health Care Society has rec- ommended that the contract to build the extended care wing at Terraceview Lodge be awarded to Kermodei Construction Ltd. of Terrace. The recommenda- tion will be sent to the Facilities Planning Division of the Ministry of Health, and if ap- proved at that level, the project will proceed.. Kermodei Construction is the apparent winner with a bid of $697,345 while Terrace H & H A new trend began in grad sign-painting last week wnen Cale or bridges. First prize went to Walter Yeo Fernando Barbosa (above) for G RCMP, Peter Wightman from the ‘at $719,756, Builders came in a close second | only $22,411 higher. Other bids came from Wayne Watson Construction of Prince George who said they could complete the project for $743,893; Norcan Construction of Prince George with a bid of $818,000; Tendev Construction of Surrey who said it would cost $896,400 and Bud’s Truck and Equipment of Terrace who put -in the high bid of $1,136,000. Mo Takhar, a member of the Building Committee, said he wasn’t sure he agreed with the decision but added the ministry representative from Victoria, Collin Millard, had assured the committee that Kermodei Con- struction would be required to build according to approved specifications and would have to post a performance bond as a - guarantee, _ The reason for Takhar’s con- cern is that the addition is a ma- jor project and Kermodei is a relatively new firm. He pointed out that H & H Builders’ bid was only about $22,000 higher — , second went to Kare rad 88 with a Kermode Paw des Ministry of Highways and Rick Webber of CFTK. three percent — and they have a proven track record. “I per- sonally feel it should go to H & H,”’ said Takhar. ‘‘These are good people, they’ve been around for years and their per- ‘formance is good.’’ However, the other members felt that with a bond for a guarantee to successful com- pletion, Kermodei’s price was the best and this could be an op- portunity for a new local com- pany to begin setting a track rec- ord of their own. donia students palnted plywood rather than cliffs n Brodie and'Leanne Saline, and third was won by ign. The judges were Const. Ewen Harvie of the ple out of work, The defeated motion at the regional district meeting, held Saturday in Telegraph Creek, went down by a weighted vote of 13-6. The margin of individual votes however, was much closer: 5-4, The motion was put for- ward by Area E director Les Watmough and seconded by Area D director Daniel Pakula. It stated that Parker had failed to fulfill his obligations as Minister of State for the North Coast Development Region, as MLA for Skeena, and as Minister of Forests in the Sustut- Takla decision. That position was supported by Area A direc- tor Harry Nyce and Village of Hazelton director Alice Maitland. Voting in opposition to the motion were Kitimat directors Bev Rodrigo and John Lesage, District of New Hazelton direc- tor Pete Weeber, Terrace alter- nate Sandy Sandhals, and Ter- - | race director and board chair- man Jack Talstra. Three direc- tors’ .were ‘absent from the meeting, The succesful motion, to meet with Parker in order to get an explanation of the decision, was put forward by Rodrigo and seconded by Maitland. Regional district adminis- trator Bob Marcellin said the staff is currently in the process of arranging the meeting. Judges picked TERRACE — A committee of the Terrace Jaycees announced Monday the names of the judg- ing panel that will select the next Miss Terrace. Jaycee spokesman James Gilham said this year’s judges will be Doug and Maxine Inglis, Bob and Debbie Park, Rick and Barb Terlesky,, and Bobbie Phillips. Gilham said the panel will face a challenging task in choos- ing a winner from among the 14 contestants, Remaining events in the pageant are a fashion show this Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Terrace Hotel, a banquet and dance at the Terrace Arena July 9, and the crowning of Miss Terrace July 16 at the R.E.M. ‘Lee Theatre. awe * mw ve.