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On Wednesday,

brought to town by the Terrace Northmen Rugby Football Club. Ti

Bath Boutique, Penny's Athletic Wear and All Seasons Sports.

June 24 at 8 p.m. Doug and the Slugs will be performing In the Terrace Arena. The music entertainers are being
ckets are on sale at all Jeans North locations, Gemma Bed &

ng, but he said trustees

‘should be more. vigorous

in lobbying Victoria for a

“bettef system of financing
schools.

Q pointing the finger where
- it. belongs .- at Victoria,

‘After the way the econ-

. omy. has been devastated.

in this region, it’s unfair
‘and deplorable that

- homewoners should be hit.
like this,’* Ferguson said,

< said teachers and staff are

‘Another | ‘homeowner

not being - overpaid,. no
‘mew schools have been
~ built and the existing
‘schools are not being
- maintained properly, yet
. taxes continue to rise.

- is enough’.

‘It’s time to say ‘enough

~A third member ‘of the

“delegation: pointed out

that. public sector. wage

‘settiements are governed

by the “ability to pay”

principle and observed,
“““What about our ability

°

- .to pay?” in reference to

the . escalating property

” taxes.

defend us against Vic-
toria, the situation has ©

“We want this board to

become unbearable,’’ an-

' other man said.

_ District secretary-
treasurer Barry Piersdorff
told the board and dele-
gates their perception of a

trend toward greater local

funding was correct and it
is a province-wide phe-
nomenon. ‘‘There is a not-

able thrust to a transfer

from provincial. to local

funding," he said...
Piersdorff noted that

the board had made some

. hard decisions and signifi-

“We would like .
 to--see more: noise made:
about this, you should be |

‘The govern-°
-" ment is playing a game to -

bring hostility. against the |
teachers,” he said.

draft budget in an effort

to keep some semblance of |.

reasonable control ‘in the
local. property tax situa-

‘tion. ©

Board chairman Lavern
Hislop told the delegation _
the board will be :writing .

to the Minister of Educa-.-
tion in protest, and she re-’.
‘quested

the. support - of :
local taxpayers in the ef-
fort, asking them to lobby
the ministry by writing le let-
ters.

Hislop’s statement was |
confirmed by a resolution

of the board.

Belanger:
trial.
stayed

- TERRACE — A judge.
_ has ordered a judicial stay

of proceedings in. the trial
of four local brothers ‘ar-
rested more than a year

ago on ‘narcotics-related -

charges,

After .a- lengthy: in-
camera session with. the
prosecutor and. defense

lawyers the judge issued a -

statement in a sealed
envelope, and the trail in-
volving Kenneth, Daniel,
Reno and Bruno "Belanger
will not go forward. The
reasons for the judge’s
decision are not available.
Federal prosecutor Jef-
frey Arndt” stated that
after consulting with the
federal justice department

‘he has decided to appeal
the decision, Arndt saidhe .

has not been given the.
reasons for the stay of
proceedings and therefore
has been unable to formil-

‘late grounds for the ap.
peal

The Ministry of Edica-
tion received. another
‘round. of condemnation

over a letter on the agenda

from Education Minister
Tony Brummet. *

‘The letter concerned use
_ of the money saved by not
-paying teachers’ salaries
_on their April 28 one-day

study ‘session. Brummet

- gave trustees the choice of.
retaining the $42,000 sav-

ings in, the district-by ad-

. ding it ‘to the local Excel-
lence in Education: funds, -
or ‘‘crediting them back to
the taxpayers’’.

Trustee Francis Sabine
moved that a letter of pro-
" test, be ‘sent: to: Brummet.
« “F 6bject to the board be- .
ing told what to do with ©
that money,’’ Sabine said.

The motion got unani-
Mous support from other
board members, but. the
“trustees were. advised: by.
district administrators to

proceed: with depositing ~
the money into the Excel- _
lence. fund. Barry .Piers-"

dorff explained that ‘“‘cre-
’. diting (the money) back to

. the taxpayers’’ simply |

means ‘the Ministry . of.

Education.would keep all.

but - 10 percent of the.
money. -
The funds were accord-
ingly put in the district’s:
~ Bxcellence in Education

fund, and the board resol-

ved to express its: dissat-

‘isfaction in a letter to:
‘Brummet. -

BOARD COMMENDED -
‘BY TEACHERS

An arbitrator's decision
on teacher salaries in the -

district for: the coming
year was announced at the
* June 9 board meeting. —

Arbitrator Norman Fet-
terly made the award in

accordance with |
‘board’s most. recent. offer:
to teachers of a three per-
cent salary increase, with |
2.9 percent being applied
in’ rates for substitute

Board gets complaints — — ein

~cant cuts in the proposed .

teachers.

The - Terrace District
‘Teachers’
(TDTA), like other teach- -

Association

ers’ associations through-
out B. c., declined to par-

ticipate in the arbitration

process.” After the. award
was announced TDTA
:president John: Eades

_ thanked the board for its. J
fairness in dealing with the -
~oneé-sided. process, and he -

noted the board could

have followed -the example —
of. the Skeena-Queen -
‘Charlotte. district and -

reduced. its offer to zero,
in which case the ar-
bitrator would have no

- choice’ but: to. make the :

award..

Stet ae

fessional. “manner -
operating under ‘the dif.
ficulties that have ‘become

‘a commonplace feature in |
. the educdtion system over

the past two. years. =~
‘The board ‘accepted in

"principle an offer from the
-TDTA to participate in a:
joint orientation program |

for the 40 new teachers ex-

pected in Scliool’ District
88 for next year.

‘The school year appears
to’ have ended on a note of -

mutual ‘respect. and coop-
‘eration, but unless there is

an unexpected change in

the. provincial . govern-

ment’s approach to public
- education school ‘will
return to. session in
September under the same

- stresses that have charac- |

terized the ‘previous two

the |

- Bades also thanked the, ~

Slugs coming _
to Terrace >

Slugs” ‘later; Day ‘had oe

- After four gold albums, .

a half: dozen videos: and
close to 8 years of count-
less dances,’ concerts and

club. dates across Canada,

Doug & The ‘Slugs still

defy categorization. ‘Their:
‘special blend of showman-_

ship and Slugmusic moves

with ease from country |
fair to political conven-_

tion,-from football game
‘tO major concert, delight- .
ing new audiences at every _

turn.

st

This versatility stems a,

from Doug & The Slugs’

leader and‘founder, Doug ©
‘Bennett,’
man/cartoonist Wwho--':
lucky. for us--decided ‘in.

‘a former. ad.

the late 1970s to turn ; his :

witty ways to music, Five |

created a” not-so-quiet

‘revolution on the: Van-
couver music scene. Self-. -
‘promoted... theme: dances '-
soon. gave way: to’ sell-out ..
‘club dates and a burgeon- -

ing following, all of which
culminated in the .1979 .
release of their now classic
first’: single: “Too Bad".

‘In Court

“On Thursday;: May 28 ae

in Terrace. ‘Provincial

Court. William Paul: was

fined: $50 for an-offence ©
under. the ‘Motor | Vehicle .
Act oo _

ee *

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF
KITIMAT—STIKINE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING |
| AND SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED

REGULATIONS:

- pursuant to Sections 957 and 769 of
a the ‘Municipal Act. - |

. Notice ig hereby. oiveti ‘that a "Public Heating will be neta an
Wednesday, June 24, 1987, at Thornhill Community Centre
commencing at 7:30 p.m., to recelve representation from all persons
who daam-thelr interasts.to be affected by the following: proposed

bylaws:

Ve

- THORNHILL OFFICIAL SETTLEMENT PLAN BYLAW No. 132,
1979, FOR ELECTORAL AREA ‘E’ OF THE REGIONAL
DISTRICT OF KITIMAT-SUIINE ‘se DMENT BYLAW No.

956, 1987;

dn general terms,. the. purpase of this bitaw is to redesignate
“on Schedule A-of the ‘‘Thornhill Official Settlement Plan... -
_ Bytaw No: 132, 1979, for Electoral Area’ ‘E’ of tha Ragional
"’. District of Kitimat—Stikine"’ those portions of Remainder —
’ District Lot 373, R5CD shown-on the sketch below from the
; “Residential” to the “Industral” designation. : 7

. REGIONAL DISTRICT OF. KITIMAT—STIKINE ELECTORAL.

BYLAW No, 256, 1987...

_ AREA 'E’-Z0NING BYLAW No. al 1983, AMENOMENT

in general terms, the. purpose af this bylaw is to ‘edesignate
on Schedule ‘A’ of the “Regional District of Kitimat—Stikine~

_ Electoral Area ‘E' Zoning Bylaw No. 194, '1983'' those. por-
tlons on Remainder. District Lot 373, ASCD shown .on the |
sketch below from the Ri {single family residential) zone to

the Mi (ian jncustri 2 zone.

oe
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THE TOHED ARSA
Peaqion oF REMAMUER.
PeistTeecr Loy 375, Ktep
_ CEPEREEO To tn THE MOTE
TANT. 15 Vere. SUBJECT oF
L- . ALTERATION op THe OYiAWS

1s The |,

The above mentioned bylaws may may be examined at the:
. Regional District of Kitimat—Stlkine offices,
Sulte 9 - + 4644 Lazelle Avenue,
‘Terrace, B.C. - °
between tha hours of 8:30 a.m. and 42:00 noon and 1 00 pms and
4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, ap statutory hotaays, commencing

on n May 25, 1987.

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