TWO LONG-STANDING members of the RCMP officers move along Terrace RCMP detachment are leaving this spring. Staff Sgt. John Veldman will take up a post in Agassiz at the beginning of May, and Constable Kim Hall will be just down the street in Chil- liwack come the end of June. They’re both eagerly looking forward to their new postings, but it’s not without a certain amount of sadness that they say good-bye. “I’m going to miss this community very much,’ says Veldman, wo has been here since 1991 — his second posting here. “It's going to be tough to leave the ‘peopleand the or- ganizations I’m in- volved with, in- cluding the Chris- tian Reformed Church and the curling club,” Terrace is a ‘limited duration’ post, meaning members can only stay for about five years before being posted elsewhere. er He says Terrace — is one the best Const. Kim Hall places he’s been posted, comparing the town to Vernen and Creston. “You have to believe in a community and make it appealing,” he says. His oldest son and youngest daughter both graduated from high school here, and he says this a very good place to raise children. A 29-year veteran of the force, Veldman says Terrace is an RCMP friendly town and says it’s great for community support. ‘Terrace is very supportive of the RCMP and the crime prevention and victim services pro- gram,’ adds Hall, who has headed that program here for the last five years. “I can only hope that working at any future detachment is a good as it’s been working here,” she says, - She'll never forget ber first day on the job in Terrace. It was her first posting out of school, and she started work on Christmas Eve, 1990, “When I was told I was going to Terrace, the first thing I had to do was get out a map and try and find it,’’ says Hall, Both Veldman and Hall had wanted to be a police officer since childhood. *“*My dad was always really good friends with the commanding officer of the detachment at home in Kilamey, Manitoba,”’ Hall says. ‘And unbeknownst to them I'd sit up at night - and Listen to their stories, and it always sounded soexciting.”’ —. Now in the force, she says she has no regrets. ‘*Phere is no downfall to this job,”’ she says. Although she says her job involves hearing a lot of disturbing stories, it also allows many rewarding opportunities to help people. When she takes up her position in Chilliwack IF THIS ISN’T ENOUGH TO MAKE You BUY ONE, MAY WE DIRECT You TO THE FREE STUFF BELOW. As if there weren’t enough good reasons to get a‘97 Arctic Cat®, along comes an offer like this. 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Hall is looking forward io living closer to all the ammenities of the big city, while still maintaining a rural way of life. What are the biggest things she’s going to miss about Terrace? “My Terrace family, the people I’ve met her are going ta be hardest to give up,’” she says. When Veldman moves to Agassiz, he’ll'real- own detachment. The smal] farming community is just about two hours east of Vnacouver, and the 15 mem- ber detachment services an population of about 10,000 pe ople. Agassiz is home to the maximum security Kent institution, and the medium security Agas- siz Mountain prison. Veldman says the biggest challenge of his job is making the community a safe place far every- one. “We do provide a good service,’ “But our work is never done.’’ He says the image of the RCMP has changed drastically since he first entered the force. “We're at the forefront more now,”’ he says. * he Says. ize a lifelong dream — to be in chatge of his: ¢"And often’ Society is’ quicker ‘to ‘etiticizel”™ aba Replacements for Hall and Veldman have not been determined yet. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 6, 1996 - A3 News In Brief Kitlope is protected area THE KITLOPE RIVER valley south of Remano sill be jainuy managed by the province and Haisla natives. An announcement Friday said the area will be called the Kitlope Heritage Conservancy Protected Area. It’s not being called a park, but the Kitlope ‘‘will be managed within the meaning of the Park Act’’, the joint press release said, and wil] be protected as a con- servancy under the Environment and Land Use Act. It was not immediately clear what degree of recrea- tional access would be allowed. West Frascr Timber gave up its cutting rights to the 317,000 hectare watershed in 1994, ICBC manager charged THE FORMER MANAGER of the ICBC Terrace Claim Centre has been charged with 18 counts relating 10 theft and possession of stolen property in connection with financial irregularities at the local office, Roy Cleveland was charged with 11 counts of pos- session of stolen property and seven counts of theft un- der $5,000 in Terrace provincial court Friday. The mat- ler was put over to Mar, 15, Charges came after an investigation into alleged financial irregularities involving corporate purchasing and expenses. Gitanyow to begin talks GITANYOW NATIVES north of Kitwanga will soon begin formal treaty negotiations, The chiefs of eight houses of the Gitanyow (formerly Kilwancool) have signed a framework agreement to be- gin talks with the province and the federal government The agreement comes on the heels of the Nisga’a successfully reaching an agreement-in-principle to 1,930 square kilometres in the lower Nass Valley, The Gilanyow traditional territory is in the mid-Nass valley area, and their claim had overlapped toa huge extent with the Nisga’a. The Nisga’a, however, gave up their claim to 92 per cent of their traditional territory — including the dis- puted zone claimed by the Gitanyow, It took the Nisga’a five years to get from a frame- work agreement to an agreement-in-principle, Also expected later this month is an framework agreement to begin formal negotiations between the’ Tsimshian and the two senior governments. The Tsim- shian claim coastal villages around Prince Rupert, and claim the territory inland as far as Terrace and the Kit- sumkaluin vatley. Treaty effects probed THERE WILL be a socio-economic impact study inlo the effects of the Nisga’a avreement-in-principle on varthwest communities like Terrace. Aboriginal Affairs ministry spokesman Peter Smith said the ministry is figuring oul how ta do that now that the agreement-in-principle has been signed. Smith said they'll have to consult with the federal government and Nisga’a Tribal Council before a study can get underway, He saig.the study will likely be,done. over the-next six months == al the sanié time tost‘of the publié consul- lation will go on about the Nisga’a treaty. 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