Vol. 4, Issue No. 17

YOUR HOMETOWN LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER
TERRACE, B.C,, WEDNESDAY, April 27, 1988

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50 CENTS

Dust control
rises again

TERRACE — A Public Works
Committee recommendation for
municipal council to repeal
bylaws allowing the city to bar-
ricade. a section of North
Thomas St. near Cole Ave. for
summer dust control was
defeated Monday evening when
Mayor Jack Talstra cast the tie-
breaking vote. This means the
cement barricades can be put in
place anytime, but the decision
may not stand and the debate on
dust control continues.

The: committee made the
recommendation after being ap-
proached by RCMP Inspector
Larry Yeske, Fire Chief Cliff
Best and Ambulance Services
representative Mike Dwyer.

Yeske and Dwyer both said the -

barriers could mean a delay in
responding to an emergency,
while Best described access
problems in responding to brush
fires. .

Prior to making. their deci-
sion, council was approached by
Labelle Ave. resident Amanda
Checkley, who described the

. dust problem and traffic hazards
--near her home caused by a piece

of gravel road — North Thomas
St. — with no homes and there-
fore no hope of being upgraded.

Checkley told council that the
road “‘should never be open”’,
and she argued that there is no
reason why emergency vehicles
can’t respond to calls-from the
neighborhood by using Eby St.,

‘and then Soucie or Tuck.

Council responded by tell-
ing Checkley that RCMP com-

- plaints include dirt bikers who

use the gap between cement bar-
Tiers aS an escape route from
pursuing RCMP.

Checkley countered by saying
a decision should be made one
way or another, and the bar-

ricades shouldn’t be placed or
removed with every complaint.
However, she said if the decision
was to leave the road open the
city would have to correct the
dust problem and do something
about traffic she said is
dangerous because of poor
visibility.

In the lengthy debate that
followed Checkley’s complaints
Ruth Hallock said she had
always supported the closure but
this was the first time the city
had been approached by all
three emergency groups. Their
arguments, she said, for keeping
the road open are convincing.

Bob Jackman also agreed with
leaving the road open, saying
that if closures continue the city

continued on page 23

Blocks lost, letter misinterpreted -

TERRACE — The city has de-
cided to advise the Kitsumkalum
Band Council that their request
for financial assistance in con-
structing a boat ramp has been
denied. However, Alderman
Danny Sheridan says the deci-

sion is an error and he will be in-

vestigating.

According to Sheridan, a let-
ter written to the city by the!
Band Council left the impression
that they were seeking financial
aid for their project, but he said
council had misinterpreted the
letter. 7

He said he had discussed the
matter with Chief Councillor
Cliff Bolton and the request
referred to two large concrete
blocks which were once part of
the Expo & sign on Highway 16.
The blocks were given to the city

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The 1988-89 board members for the Terrace Public Library took office on Saturday. They are (back row, left to right)
Don’ Brown, Eleanor. Muehle, chairman Willy Schnelder, librarian Ed Currall, George Clark,(front row) Jeannie
Dlewold, vice-chairman Judy Chrysler, Ella George, treasurer and Nirmal Parmar. Absent from the photo are cor-
responding secretary Mardy Lorimer and city council reprasantative Ruth Hallock.

after the promotional display
was dismantled. _
Sheridan ‘said the” blocks
would make an_ ideal boat
launch ramp and he could see no
objection to giving them to the
Kitsumkalum Band. He pointed
out that Bolton was a member of
the Terrace Economic Advisory
Commission and the Band’s
campsite and boat launch would
enhance tourism in the area.

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Park and had been cemented Forecast: Sunny skies today
and tomorrow.
cloud by the end of the week
bringing a chance of rain.
Afternoon highs of 16 - 18 and

overnight lows 0 - 3.

fixture, while another said the

were still in storage. CO
- Sheridan said he intends to
find out which story is true and,

THIS WEEKEND IN TERRACE

R.E.M. Lee Theatre April 28, 29 and 30 at
7:30 p.m. Tickets at Sight and Sound.

if the blocks haven't been used, .
bring the matter back to council. Inside .
, | Business Guide 2
Church Directory 10
Classified Ads 21, 22, 23
Coming Events 14
The Skeena Zone Drama Festival: Comes 20
Dining Directory 2
Entertainment 2
Horoscope. 16 |
The Terrace Jaycees 17th annual Trades Spore 4
Talk of the Town 5

Fair: Terrace Arena April 29, 30 and May 1.

Salvation Army hosts —

feast of atonement

_ for Douglas victims

CANYON CITY — The social

structure of this Nass Valley In-

dian village has been badly
shaken, but its spiritual founda-
tions — Nisga’a traditional be-
liefs and Christianity ~~ have a
good chance of remaining strong
and intact. -

by Michael Kelly

This past Saturday, April 23,
the Salvation Army, at the urg-
ing of the Nisga’a Tribal Coun-
cil, held a ‘‘cleansing feast’’ for
the victims of William Gareth
Douglas, the pedophile who
wore a Salvation Army uniform
and sexually terrorized an entire
generation of Canyon City’s

young manhood during the late

1960's.

The cleansing feast is a
Nisga’a tradition which they say
dates from time immemorial, a
ceremonial method of public
apology that can resolve any.
manner of wrongdoing from
spoken insults to murder. The
feast is laid on by one who has
committed a wrongful deed, the
victims speak of their anguish,
and if the apology is accepted
the matter is considered to be at
an end and the people involved
can get on with their lives.

At five o’clock on the after-
noon of April 23, the people
began to arrive at the communi-
ty hall high on a slope overlook-
ing Canyon City, the Nass

River, and the expanse of lava

beds beyond that extend to a dis-
tant range of mountains,

As a single drum pounded,
each arrival was announced by
name, and after an hour the
places in the hall were filled.

More than 200 Nisga’a from all

the communities along the Nass
River had come as witnesses. At
the head table, which stretched
almost the entire length of the
hall, four uniformed Salvation
Army representatives sat in the
center, flanked on either side by
the hereditary chiefs and elders
of the Nisga’a nation. At a long
table extending outward at a
right angle from the head table
sat the Douglas victims, most of
them now men in their thirties,

continued on page 19

Terrace businessman Bob Park was honored recently by city council for
his contributions to the community in serving for several years on the
council’s Tourism and Economic Advisory Commission.

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