Incumbents
returned

to city
council

‘TERRACE — On Nov. 15

Terrace voters decided
against any change in the
people representing them
in the municipal govern-
ment. From a field of four
candidates all three in-
-cumbent aldermen were —
returned to civic office.
Doug Smith, who won a
seat on council in a sum-
mer byelection, led the
polls with 1,246 votes.
Bob Jackman followed
with 1,022 votes, and
Robert Cooper was next
with 983 votes. Graham
Geeraert, the only new
contender on the slate,
finished with 812 votes.
Returning officer Mur-
do Macdonald stated a
total of 1,686 ballots were
cast for a voter turnout of
about 25 percent. Mac-
donald said the low in-
terest was characteristic of
elections not involving a
mayoralty race, and he ad-
ded that the actual percen-
tage of eligible voters may
have been considerably
higher because the local
voters list hasn’t been up-
dated for several years.

In the coming year Ter-
race council will be con-
fronted by several issues
critical to local govern-
ment, some that are pro-
vincial and regional in
scope, others that are uni-
que to Terrace.

A phenomenon that
continues to make scrap
paper out of municipal
budgets throughout B.C.
is industrial tax assess-
ment appeals; a recent tax
rebate to Westar Timber
for $26,000 of its
municipal taxes for 1983
had to be taken out of the
1986 budget, and the
assessment authority deci-
sion on that year is ex-
pected to set precedent for
appeals presently being
heard for the 1984 and
1985 tax years. Other in-
dustrial property owners
within the district are also
appealing, and Terrace
council has expressed an
intent to meet with coun-
cils from Power River
(which lost $1 million in
one crack to MacMillan
Bloedel) and other UBCM
members in order to de-
velop a proposal for the
Ministry of Municipal Af-
fairs that would allow
local governments to
establish annual budgets
without having the rug
ripped out from under
them by the assessment
authority.

Another trend with
ominous implications for
municipal treasuries is the
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A wide varlety of homemade crafts were displayed during the A

Es tes

rts and Crafts Fair held at the
Skeena Mall on the weekend. Dianne Sickels (left) of Terrace, with friend Marja Klle, sold a
variety of homemade goods.

Fl

The Terrace Junior Precision .,

team will be competing next: "er,

year In town. They practise
twice a week, with a dream of
someday entering great com-
petitions. See story page 11.

4

Local rasident Paul Nichol
has lived In the Terrace area
for 22 years and has spent

a ning years as a member of

the Canadian Diabetes
Association. In the past,
Nichol has volunteered to

# canvass In Terrace for the

worthy cause. See story page

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New voices
join district
school board

TERRACE — Local
voters in School District
88 have returned one in-
cumbent school trustee to
office and elected two new
members to the board.
Returning officer Elaine
Johnson reported unof-
ficial figures indicating the
three winning candidates
out of a slate of seven are
Edna Cooper with 1,123
votes, incumbent and

board chairman Laverne
Hislop with 1965 votes,
and Francis Sabine with
975 votes. Defeated can-
didates

were George

Stanley with 838 votes,
Wallace Schmidt with 763
votes, Bev Mackie with
435 votes, and Barbara
Ross with 415 votes.
Johnson stated a total
of 2,079 ballots were cast
in the Nov. 15 election
representing about 20 per-
cent of eligible voters, a
turnout that Johnson
characterized as ‘‘low’’.
The newly-elected
trustees will join mid-term
board members Nancy
Orr, Dave Parker, Kirsten
Chapman and Ian Ander-

continued on page 23

Rotary Club to hold
Radio and TV auction

TERRACE — The 26th annual Terrace Rotary Club
Radio and Television Auction will take place on
Wednesday, Dec. 3 and Thursday, Dec. 4.

Last year there were over 360 items worth $30,000 up
for auction. This year, according to Rotary vice presi-
dent Mark Twyford, the list of items should be equally

The auction is a good way to get early Christmas
shopping done, Twyford suggested. The goods are
delivered to the door of successful bidders in Terrace

‘A majority of Terrace merchants participate in the
auction,’’ Twyford explained, “and there is a great deal
of helpful goods that could be great bargains for the

Money from the auction is used to aid community
groups. The Rotary Club chooses projects and
distributes the money for programs.

The phone number for auction bidding will be
635-1986, and the event will air on CFTK radio and

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Outside

Date Hi Lo Prec,
Nov. 10 6 8 36cm
Nov. 11 0 4 1.6 om
Nov. 12 2 4 tem
Nov. 13 2 4 1.2 em
Nay. 14 14 8 em
Nov. 15 3°:-t) 2.8mm
Nov. 16 3°41 #O&mm
Forecast: Mainly

cloudy with showers of
mixed rain and snow.
Expected afternoon
highs of 3, with over.
night tows down to -2.

Inside

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Goming Evenis 8
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Crossword 21
Dining Directory 10
Entertainment 14
Horoscope 20
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Talk ofthe Town 5