TERRACE — A recent gather- ing at the Terrace/Kitimat Air-. port Flying Club. allowed local residents the opportunity to bid farewell to a piece of Northwest history. _- Ly The DC-3 aircraft, formerly known as ‘‘Our Lady’? received a new name as a result. of CIJFW’s “Name That Plane’’ contest.. Thomas Wardrope of Prince Rupert was the winner of a trip to Vancouver courtesy of — ~ Canadian Airlines International Atter the ceremonies to bid the “Spirit of the Skeena” plane farewell on its voyage to the Cloverdale Historic Transpor- and the Sandman Inn. _ tation Museum, the airport fire crew thrilled spectators by holding a fire drill. The team set approximately 1,000 gallons of fuel on fire and extinguished it using state-of-the-art firefighting equipment. - Wardrope came up with the name “Spirit of the Skeena’’ Study a Co which was chosen from some | continued from page 1 . " : : : — ~ , A “bon voyage”’ ceremony Sheone ence ed "Spirit aie said the responsibility for any This view was: supported by ty administration. ‘took place and several features 2Walting its fate. The aircraft is now study on a rural-trucking route Doug Smith who said, “There The other two companies con- of the 3 | Situated at the Cloverdale Historic rene : plane were presented a5 Transportation M was the responsibility of the are-many residents concerned tacted were Reid, Collins and looked on at the was sontin poco ene, Plane Ministry of Forests, Ministry of about the trucking on Hallivell peor" looked rootored an places to the facility to be . ; - ing . a atbed restored and then di - Highways, Regional District and and even though it’s outside our precion iNd ood Group Ine ve ant reads for tanner tion of B.C. history * ved sseper private enterprise — not the City jurisdiction if nobody is going to _ . oa oe 7 of Terrace. do anything then we'll have to = Bob Jackman also opposed pick up the ball. We know there § the study and argued that Dover has been support for this route § Road was beginning to develop and in order to make a decision | as a residential area and diver- think this study is important.” ting logging traffic to that route Ruth Hallock agreed with was, “‘short sighted and would Takhar and Smith and said that # only have to be addressed even though it ‘irked’ her to later’’. - . spend money outside of Terrace, The opposition voiced by “it would serve the city well’’, Cooper and Jackman was count- “We keep getting arguments red by Mo Takhar, however, from ‘people in favor of the _*.Who said the argument of logg- Steinhoe connection and we ~“‘ing traffic on Halliwell Ave. had ‘don’t have any argument at all,’’ already been a point of discus- she said. . “sion for over six months and Thomson and Assoc. were council was still no closer to any ‘selected after three forestry con- firm stand, sulting firms were contacted by “If the study is done then ‘the. city following a June 29 maybe we'll find that the meeting with logging represen- Steinhoe isn’t feasible and at tatives interested in access to-the least we'll know then,” said Kitselas area. Thomson and Takhar. “If the city can solve Assoc. was favored because they the problem with four or five have a-branch office in Smithers thousand dollars then I think it’s and sent a representative to Ter- a really good investment’’. race to discuss the study with ci- Paving continued from page 1! ject five years ago and suggested $1.96 over 2 20 year period. that a similar formula may be Toa property owner with 150 oe Leasing | beg : = - _ Purchase Option oe oo All Makes of | : CARS & TRUCKS _ 1987 PONTIAC. N EW _