24 Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 27, 1986 - _ TERRACE —- The B.C. government’s lengthy delay in answering northwest applications for Expo legacy grants . has forced many of the proposed projects to be rescheduled for 1987. The lack of action by Jim Hewitt, minister responsible for doling out the funds, resulted in ‘a recent call. by the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District board for hard information .regarding allocations. of the grants Regional District calls for investigation of Expo legacy grants district administration was instructed by vote of the board to obtain a list of allocations to date. Terrace’s application to the fund was sent out in mid-December of last year, and municipal of- ficials recently con- firmed that no answer. has yet been received. If approved the grant will be used to partially finance expansion of the city's. swimming pool by ing a whirlpool, aie it Bool, steam bath and ex- ‘or: moved ‘that a letter be written to the Expo legacy committee re- questing the current status of applications to the fund from northwest communities. expressed curiosity regarding awards to ‘ other areas of B.C., and Corbeil suggested that the priorities for process- ing the applications could be politically motivated, noting that he had not seen any delays in responses to the tidings of cabinet ministers. The regional School year begins | — TERRACE — Instruc- tion in School District 88 will convene September 2 with an estimated enrol- ment of 5100 students under the guidance of 304 full-time equivalent teachers. The summer has brought a windfall of provincial money to the district’ through the Ex- cellence in Education program, but a lengthy disagreement over con- tract terms between the school board and the Terrace & District Teachers’ Association (TDTA) wili continue to affect student activities as the new year begins. Superintendent Frank Hamilton stated. in a re- cent interview that the district received.::about half of the $1.4 million application to the Ex- cellence fund. Of that total, $350,000 came Hazelton ° director Alice Maitland © - ercise room, in addition to construction of a band shell in Lower Little Park next to the Centen- nial Library. ‘Total cost would be ravided by’ the legacy. grant: with the re- mainder.raiséd through community involvement. and loans. As the con- struction season is nearly over for this year, however, Terrace’s legacy projects will have to be put off until next year even if the funds come through. i Education provided for classroom computer ‘technology, safety pro- - grams for laboratories and shops, books and materials to implement the Ministry’s new cur- ricula, and professional upgrading for teachers. Hamilton said that the new computer hardware will not appear in local classrooms immediately. “We're doing studies ‘right now in order to assess the market and determine what’s available. We want to make certain we get what we want.”’ The last round of negotiations between the school board and the TDTA on June 25 con- tained some indications of progress but did -not result in an agreement. The board's final pro- from the Ministry of ,.posal.for a staged class Education for “reducing impact on residential taxpayers’’ to cover teacher salary increments and grid increases for the period from January 1985 to June 1986. An additional $30,000 was granted under a capital: expenditure proposal to pay for an architectural evaluation of Skeena Junior Secondary School and Hazelton Secondary School. The balance, $334,500, were funds from Excellence in -size-eeeduction program over five years was re- jected by the TDTA ex- ecutive on the basis that the language was inexact and the time period unacceptably long. When talks resume this year, the issues of library staffing and grid salary increases will be on the table in addition to the question of overcrowded classes. Hamilton stated that no date has been set for resumption of negotiations. dter slides, a wading. - City threatened with court action TERRACE — A local arcade owner has threatened to take legal action against the city if a bylaw to limit the age of his customers is enacted, Konstantinos Sfikas, proprietor of the Terrace Recreation Cen- tre, has retained a Rich- mond legal firm to challenge restrictive legislation under the Canadian Charter of Rights. Sfikas’ business re- Daim continued from page 1 implementing the new system. The final recom- mendation calls for design studies of a new dam this winter and a construction tender in ‘the spring of 1987. Earlier this year the Water Management Branch ordered the District of Terrace to make modifications to the Deep Creek dam cently received public at-. tention due to a series of .. drug-related arrests near the premises on. Greig. Ave, Inspector Ron Evans, officer in charge of the Terrace RCMP detachment, subsequent- ly drafted a bylaw pro- posal for council which would prohibit children under 16 years of age from entering arcades. unless accompanied by a parent or adult guardian. The bylaw is still in the ptopdial stage, and it- thas.not yet been ratified _by council. In, a letter. received by council at the August 25 meeting, Joel Altman, Sfikas’ attorney, states that ‘Sour client has operated a video arcade for eight to 10. years without any problems” and that “‘imposing age restrictions on patrons of video arcades will be challenged by our client on the basis of ‘diserimai- : ‘ S nation'by virtue of age’ — . under the Charter. of -~ Rights and the Municipal - _Charter. - . - Council voted to re- ceive the letter for infor- mation, Alderman Ruth Hallock observed that ‘age restrictions have been successfully applied ‘to a number of social _privileges such as sale of liquor and the issuing of driving licenses. which would involve in- creasing the height of the structure to bring it within provincial flood control guidelines. At that time, Alderman Bob Jackman indicated that the cost of such improve- ments was in the order of $300,000 - $400,000. Council’s reaction to this setback was not im- mediately apparent be- cause, on a. motion by Alderman Robert Cooper, discussion of the matter took place in- camera, excluding both the public and the press. Aldermen George Clark and Ruth Hallock ques- tioned the move, but both eventually agreed to it on the assumption that Cooper’s suggestion was credibly motivated. Mayor Jack Talstra is absent on holiday leave, and the August 25 meeting was chaired by acting mayor Bob Jackman, Summer Wear Cotton duck, a canvas-like material, gets its name from the Danish word '‘doek,’' which means “summerwear for sailors,” return TERRACE- TORONTO from?4 1 7 TERRACE- VANCOUVER from® I 09 return Call your Travel Agent or Canadian Pacific at: 635-7111 (T errace) 692-4761 (Kitimat) Conditions: Seats may be limited and not available on all flights. Advance purchase and other conditions will apply. 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