A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 30, 1997

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Former resident killed

A FORMER Terrace resident who moved to Victoria two
years ago was killed last week by her husband, who then
shot himself.

Patty Lavery was a well-known resident who worked at
ihe TBC Teletheatre betting office in the Coast Inn of the
West lounge from 1994-1995,

She then moved to Victoria where she worked atthe late: :

theatre betling office inthe Cherry Bank Hotel. Last week
she was shot by | her husband, who then tumed the gun on
himself.

On Sunday, a memorial was held for Lavery: at the Cherry
Bank and the fifth race at Hastings Park horse 1 Tacing track
in Vancouver was dedicated to her. -

Lavery’s picture was displayed on the Teletheatre betting
network across the province and Hastings Park held a
moment of silence in her honour.

Photo radar turned down

CITY COUNCILORS have changed their minds again on
having photo radar within city boundaries.

When it was first presented to councilors, the majority
were against photo radar. Then they-changed their minds to
support it. But at Monday night’s council meeting the final
vote went against photo radar. ;

Councilors David Hull and Tim Down voted in favour,
while the rest voted against. Linda Hawes, initially in
favour, changed her mind on the issue. Ron Vanderlee, who
favoured photo radar, was on holidays.

However, the city’s debate may be for nothing in the long
tun. The attorney general can still impose photo radar on
. municipalities, but that hasn’t happened yet.

Miss Terrace crowned

NATALIE ZAVAGLIA is the new Miss Terrace. She was
- crowned Saturday night at a ceremony in the REM Lee
. Theatre. .
In addition to the title, Zavaglia was gtiven the Riverboat
* Days Award and the Chamber of Commerce award. She
- was also named Miss Personality, Miss Talent and Miss
- Effective Speaking,

-  Gurji Taggar was given the title of First Princess.

Lola Ventura was voted the Most Improved by
. Toastmasters. She also won the Judges’ Award and the
‘ Vesta Douglas Award for her community work.

Tourism could suffer

- THE SUSPENSION of Alaskan ferry service out of
- Prince Rupert will deliver a devastating blow to local tour-
- ism, say tourist-based businesses in Smithers.

Smithers and area is a popular overnight spot for travelers
. headed toward or leaving Prince Rupert. Business owners
- are not only worried about immediate effects, they’te con-
- cemed a backlash could extend into next year, resulting in

: fewer U.S. tourists,

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SKEENA CELLULOSE
has cut close to one of every
five of its office and
management jobs.
Forty-three out of 265
jobs at its Vancouver head

_office, Prince Rupert pulp

mill, Terrace sawmill and
two other sawmills are
gone, says company vice
president Rudy Schwartz.

But their disappearance
isn’t directly tied to the
company’s financial posi-
tion that has caused it to
close down all of its
operations.

“This is a permanent
reduction, When we are
back, there won’t be rehir-
ing. This is a re-structuring
that started awhile ago,”
said Schwartz.

He did acknowledge that
some people are leaving the
company for other jobs
because of ‘its uncertain
future.

And other people are tak-
ing their holidays.

“When those people on
vacation do retum, we'll
have to look at what hap-
pens then,” said Schwartz.

One option under consid-
eration is job sharing, wher-
eby employees work part
time and collect employ-
ment insurance when not
working,

Last week’s cuts have
dropped the number of peo-
ple in the head office from
41 to 30, from 105 to 90 in
Prince Rupert and from 119
to 102 at its solid wood divi-
sion, including the Terrace
solid wood regional office. .

MLA says recallers
will face opposition

SKEENA NDP MLA Hel-
mut Giesbrecht isn’t taking
a recall movement against
him personally.

But he isn’t going to shy
away from what might be
nasty fight.

“Pm not going to get
paranoid about it, but I’m
not going to sit and do noth-
ing,’’ said Giesbrecht last
week.

“VIL respond to whatever
happens. Whatever they get,
they’ll have to fight for it.”

Giesbrecht views the
recall legislation as some-
thing to remove MLAs con-
sidered guilty of gross mis-
conduct.

‘*Just because somebody
disagrees with an MLA, is
not a reason,” he said.

And he says recall
pioponents here are more
focussed on an anti-

From front

Toni has a new

Only Angelika and Peter
will feed and care for Toni,
She'll bond with them, ex-
plains Angelika, but that
doesn’t necessarily mean
she’ll think of all humans as
parent figures.

Other strange humans, just
like other strange bears if

Toni were in the wild,
would be viewed 45
dangerous, explained
Angelika.

She and Peter tag the
bears they release and

they’ve never had any com-

government posture than
against him,

“T guess there’s some
political anger, people aren’t
over the NDP being elected
to a second term of office,”
said Giesbrecht in hinting
thal provincial Reformers
are playing a lead role in
recall.

And he dismissed the
view point that he’s
responsible for the Skeena
Cellulose disaster, labelled
as one area in which recall
could find support.

“That's a stretch,’’ said
Giesbrecht in adding the
banks and their managers
might be a better recall
target.

He described Active
Citizens of B.C., one of the
recall backers, as a group
nobody knows much about.

And he wondered at the

plaints of the bears harass-
ing humans. Toni will be
gradually weaned away
from human contact and
will released back into the
Terrace arca next spring,
The Northen Lights
Animal Shelter picks up the
full tab of caring for the
bears and relocating them,
That’s about $250-300
worth of food over the
winter (bears in captivity
don’t hibernate) and an ex-
pensive helicopter ride
when it comes time to

Helmut Giesbrecht

credibility of the Canadian
Taxpayers Federation,
saying that while it attacks
the government on financial
matters, it won't disclose its
donors.

home

release the bears,

“It’s an expensive un-
dertaking and we don’t get
any help from the govem-
ment,’’ she says. “A bag of
milk doesn’t last very long
when you've got a hungry
little bear cub,”’

In addition to bears, the
shelter takes in many types
of mammalian wildlife. If
you'd like to make a dona-
tion to the shelter, mail it to
RR2, Smithers, B.C., VOJ
2N0.

Unlike terminations else-
where, these people aren’t
getling severance packages,
said Schwartz.

Skeena Cellulosé is under
creditor protection and such
packages are forbidden for
employees of companies in
that situation.

Those who would other-
wise pet severance packages
instead have the amount
added to the list of outstand-
ing, unsecured creditors.

In the meantime, the plan-
er at the Terrace mill is
scheduled to shut down
Aug. 12, putting as many as
70 more people out of work.

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ONE OF THE two banks
which now owns Skeena
Cellulose says its being
flexible with customers hurt
by the company shutdown.

Art Robin, the Royal
Bank’s northern manager,
also said bank employees
have taken some heat
because the banks have
become the reluctant
owners of the company and
ate now calling the shots on
a restructuring deal.

“There’s been a little bit
of pressure and harsh talk at
the local level in terms of

the banks themselves,” he
said. “But people who are
aware of what’s going on
understand it can’t keep
going on the way it is,” he
said.

Waiving payments, and
extending or changing pay-
ment terms are among the
methods they’re using to
assist clients with mort-
gages or loans affected by
the shutdown,

“There’s no point in being
unreasonable,” said Robin.
“You have to let time pass
and see what happens.
There’s no use in panicking
at the outset.”

He added that the compa-
ny takes similar measures
with customers at times
when large groups of
employees go on strike.

“We're not treating it thal
differently from a strike
period in terms of our regu-
lar clients,” Robin added.

The Royal and the
Toronto-Dominion Bank
became reluctant owners of
Skeena Cellulose when its
parent, Repap, walked away
from the debt-ridden com-
pany this spring.

The two banks were owed
more than $480 million.

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STOPPERS

Terrace Crime Stoppers are asking for your
assistance in a string of ‘theft from motor vehicles,’
which occurred between the 3500 block of Thomas
St.., and the 4900 block of Scott ave., Terrace BC.

Sometime between 2:15am and 6: 00, unknown
culprits(s) enterred a series of vehicles parked at
residences in this neighborhood, stealing various
items.

From a vehicle parked at 3508 Thomas St., the
culprits(s) stole the folowing items:

ASony Discman compact disc player,

A Terry Clark compact disc,

. a Braveheart compact disc,

And a set of Bushnell binoculars.

Tha value of this theft being approximatley $240.

In a second incident, a vehicle parked at 4928
Scott Ave., was enterred and from it the following
items were stolen:

an Alpine pull-out cassette deck car stereo,
valued at approx. $400.

a pair of sunglasses by Ray-ban, valued at $100.

If you have any information about these thefts or
any similar incidents, or if you know the identity of
the person or persons responsible for either of
these thefts, ‘Crime Stoppers’ would like to hear
from you.

Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of
up to $1,000.00 for information leading to
an arrest and charges being laid against an
individual in this or other unsolved crime. if
you have any information call Crime
Stoppers at 635-Tips that’s 635-8477.
Callers will not be required to reveal their
identity nor testify in court.

Call 635-TiIPS

We would like to thank the following for their assistance in raising money for
. Amy. Ross # and for’ heir help at the July 20 benefit concett.. :

Effective Fitness Avo Finance Snowy Ow! Retailers
Scotia Bank Sidewalkers — Glass Slipper.

Coast Inn of the West Coast Inn Beer & Wine Store White Spot Restaurant
Terrace Interiors All Star Shoe Repair Bank of Montreal

Mr. Mikes Northern White Scoop Shop + McDonalds

Terrace Mohawk Elkers Auto Supply Canadian Pizza
Central Flowers Central Gifts Shadez of Hair

Nyce Lady Dress & Bridal Misty River Books Terrace Builders
Images Speedee Printers Your Decor

Cinaway Impressions All Seasons Sports _ Erwin Jewellers
Safeway Overwaitea Class Act Consignments
Organic Health Food Ebony's Fabric Land

North Coast Angler End of the Rall Colour Works

Jeans North Mantique's Home Hardware
Kermode Plumbing & Heating ‘Trim Line ~~ Work Wear World
Anka’s Restaurant Telkwa Roofing __ Tymoschuk

Petro-Tec T-Berry & Friends ~ Clear Cuts

Aqua Clear Kal Tire Wayside Grocery -

Off Road Specialties North Coast Equipment Rich with Colour

Coast Mountain Electric Bandstra Transport Qonjin Enterprises
Moonlighter Custom Al-C’s Glass - Big River Distributors
Bear Country Inn Ed Dobler Contracting Cromarty Catering
Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 13 — Ladies Auxiliar, Br. 13. Sight & Sound

Carol Schmidt Coast Inn Beer & Wine Jackie Pimlot

Noise Reduction Odessy ~ Low Budget Blues Band
Borderline The Reason Ely & Amy

Hoods in the Woods Bardea ‘Dance Express

The Jazz Poachers -Harold Armstrong & Co. Rictus Grin and In Step.
Terrace Standard Skeena Broadcasters

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