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WEDNESDAY, January 15, 1992,
Vol. 8, Issue No. 3 wo,

Phone. 635-7840
Fax 635-7269 .

Sarina the @ communes of Terrace, Thornhill Usk, , Cedarvae, Kitwange, Meztedin, Stewart and the Nass Valley.

75 cente plus. GST.

THAT-A-WAY, The supervisor of this demolition

job seems to be pointing the way to the dump. A
city order declared the burned-out structure in-
‘the 4500 block Greig to he a nuisance and itwas —

ipped down in less than a day early this week.
The fire that gutted the building, which used to 9.
house a second-hand store, occurred in October
anda demolition order was issued last week. |

Vandalism reward fund

| makes frst budget round

-TERRACE — — Following a brief

address by Terrace and ‘District
Chamber of Commerce represen-

| tative George Clark Monday

night, the city has agreed to

earmark $10,000 in the first

draft of the city’s 1992 budget

to help begin a program that

would offer rewards for turning

In vandals. ©

For the - allocation to go
through, the mortey must first
survive the test against. other
priority budget ‘items: through

council’s budget - deliberations,
but it is being taken as att indi-
cation that the city is willing to.

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During his address, Clark told
council that the Chamber of
Commerce would match’ the
city’s .contribution arid they
would then form a. soclety to set
up a: TIPS line and pay out
rewards to people offer informa:
tion leading to the conviction of
a vandal, Eventually, once. the.
bugs are worked out of the sys- .
tem, Clark added, they would be

- offering rewards for other critnes

such as break and enter,

Clark also pointed ‘out that as
rewards were. paid out, the fund -
itself would remain intact and in.
the city’s hands. Only. the aniual ’

fi PRUNE 8 onthe deposit. would. je

‘used as reward money;

Although: the” concept “was

accepted by city council, some
city aldermen didn’t seem sure if
the vandalism problem in Ter-
“race was serious enough to
bother. Ruth Hallock for one,
said, "Vandalism is not a large
‘problem. Every year we have a
budget come through (for van-
‘dalism) but use very little of it...
With the exception of bus shel-

- ters." Others agreed.

- According: to the year-end
‘policing reports, however, there

were 546 teported acts of van- —

' = - Continued on page 24

1 West Fraser
fapplies to
Green Plan —

TERRACE — One of the-city’s'

major. industries is seeking sup-
port to convert its “million-hec-
tare timber tenure into a public
participation resource project.

Skeena Sawmills. has sent
letters to-26 groups in the area

| asking for their involvement in

making: Tree: Farm Licence:41 a

“Model. Forest. under a provision
of the federal  government’s

Green Plan issued in 1990. The

‘letter is’ an invitation for the

groups to respond to a draft
concept proposing the formation
of a committee to establish

guidelines for managing specific

aspects of West Fraser-Euro-

can’s use of land within the

TFL.

vincial and federal government

| agencies, the Haisla Nation,
fishing, trapping and wildlife.
associations, unions and cham--

bers of commerce. Also’ invited
to sit on the committee are Al-

‘can, -Enso (parent company of

Eurocan), Conservation Interna-
— Continued on page 24

Copper smelters, timber
tenures, and more inside

The groups include local, pro-.

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