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: “TERRACE Too much of the
_»$ehool board's business is done
_ behind closed doors ‘and ‘that
: Takes: pedple suspicious, says
“the board’s chairman,
ae Cooper says moving the
al:

ear of the’ unknown.

The public needs to be more
- liar, with what the board
. does; 9); sh : Ff

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suspicion. If .it appears

a

man three months ago, Cooper -

s board | toward .a more:

big secret then people “

When ‘she was elected ‘chair-

- Ceeed sessions

announced her intention to

shake. up. the committée struic-:
ture and hinted: then she would.

_ take steps to open up the board.
‘Her new system: is now in

“the addition of a committee-of-

: the-whole 1 meeting, so the entire ©

board: ‘now: ’ -meets :twice \-a
month. “The other four standing
-“committees. ’ ‘are. education,
_.. finance’ and’ facilities, policy,

Land: ‘personnel .and ‘contract

; ave closed’ meetings, people -

- don’t really understand what we °
| when’ there’s Iystery,:

management... Pg,

. Although some trustees. fi nd
it difficult: to’ ‘charige, - Cooper
said she stiil plans to open some

“the public. this year, particularly
the ‘new: committee-of-the-
whole mesting. :

place and the main difference is”

: of thé‘cOmmittee. meetings to;

But Cooper doubted the
school board could ever be as
open. as Terrace city council —
which holds all of its meetings
in public. Council doors are
closed; only when - ‘personnel
matters and, :wage and: property
negotiations aré being discuss-
ed: Only the school board’s full
monthly meeting. is ‘open to the

public.’

She said the difference bet-
ween. the two bodies is that
_school board decisions tend to
‘involve ‘people more. directly
than city decisions.

“We are ‘dealing with people
and. they’. are - - dealing with.
things,’ Cooper explained.
“It’s not as:cut-and-dried, For
us it’s more people-related and

Edna Cooper

more sensitive.’®

Some sensitive issues — such
as the recornmendation ‘to in-

. Stall condom machines in high

school washrooms — get blown
out of proportion in public, she
said, .**Essues” ‘get distorted
because of people’: s emotions,
and then it takes -more
precedence than it deserves."”

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Housing | bid made. today

TERRACE — Officials-of the

Terrace Health Care Society are

- in Victoria today. looking for.

" provincial government ‘money

to build a $2 million housing.
complex here.

The planned 40-unit  con-
dominum style project is for
people who while able to live by.
‘themselves, may: need a certain.
level of care, says-society chief:
cutive officer, Michael Leis-.

Its location on4, 6 acres es adja-.
nt to the Terraceview Lodge. °
‘intermediate and extended care.
facility adds to the concept
because residents will have easy.
ccess ‘ta: food, recreation and
health care facilities: of the
lodge, | he said,

“There is a current and grow-
ing: need for housing of this:
kind,’* said Leisinger in reférr-
ing to a ‘consultant's report
which: said at least 40. and
perhaps as many as 100 units

"The “kind of ‘housing envision-.
a--als0” ‘cost efficient “and -

i oul ‘appeal to the provincial

intermediate . care.

‘although. it is ‘meant for older |)
people; other age groups won’ te

needed int the Terrace area.. _

dvernment because it - is :
eheape then providing more ~.

people who don't ‘eldetls

yet need that kind of support,
said Leisinger. —
“We're looking at a cost per

_ day of $20-$22, That’s com-

pared to intermediate care at
.Terraceview — the only choice
now in town — of $90 a day,"" ;
he said. :

Offering this kind of housing

pletely independent .living and ©
living in an intermediate care
‘facility, also means. the health

\; eare society will be able to delay.

‘construction of more expensive’
cate: facilities, Leisinger added. .

children.

Leisinger said. the society of-
ficials meeting today with
health minister John Janzen,
social services and housing
minister Peter Dueck and
Skeena MLA ‘Dave Parker are
asking for a capital grant or a

. “loan guarantee...
to fill the gap between com.’ - eu mn

. The society is also looking for

Bl architect and has asked four

firms for.-design ideas before
making’ a choice, Jt wants to
Start construction as soon aS

~ Possible;
That -$20-$22. per day - cost’ p=

Michael Leisinger

they: really are there. to help
by soccasionally : giving
would-be: drunk it

RR - Terrace
offi cers. are: ‘proving: °

Hofsprings plan
back in the works

. TERRACE — Bert Orleans has
reopened negotiations with the
provincial lands branch in an ef-
fort to add nearly 100ha to his
current holdings at Mount
Layton Hotsprings.

Confirming the branch had
now received from Orleans a
revised development plan for
the land in question, regional
director Jim Yardley added,
“That was one of the re-
quirements we specified we
needed to have before we could
review his appeal,”

In March of last year the
-brancli tices “coWnz.:the *
developer's application -to puir-

chase 153ha to the south of his |

resort, instead approving. only
73.4ha of the parcel.

At that time, Orleans asked
the branch to increase the ap-
proved area by a further 21:5ha

and was told to prochice a
development plan which proved
the need for the additional
acreage.

Yardley said the next step was
to carry out a study to assess the
environmental. impact of the
proposed development, in par-
ticular to establish what the im-
plications were for fish habitat
in the area. As with the original
application, construction of a
golf course is “a major compo-
nent?” of the new plan, he add-
ed. |
The lands branch. has. asked
“fhe provincial fish’ and “Wi Wildlife”
branch and the federal Depart-
ment of Fisheries and Oceans to
provide the terms of reference
for such a study. Yardley ex-
pected that information to be
relayed to Orleans in the near
future.

Reward offered

TERRACE — The Terrace Rod
and Gun-Club has offered a
reward for information leading
to the charging and conviction
of those responsible for moose
poaching in the area.

The reward comes from a
trust established last year when
reports of grizzly bear cubs be-
ing killed and left at the Thor-

_ hill dump were reported.

-Club president Terry Morris
said the trust now stands at ap-
proximately $500 and donations

Future
clouded

TERRACE — Plans by Skeena
Sawmills to shift its logging
operations from the Terrace
area south to Kitimat has city
council worried about a possible
closure of the company’s mill
here.

Those worries are taking
Mayor Jack Talsira to Victoria
March‘13 to ask for help.

Although the mill has just
starting planning for a new ven-
ture in Kitimat and its effect on
Terrace ‘is not yet known,
Talstra said council is develop-
ing a '‘game plan’’.

For more on the Juture of the
Skeena Sawmills operation,
turn to page AS.

are welcome at the Royal Bank.

Since the start of the year
there have been an estimated 25
moose killed illegally along the
Kalum and Nass valley roads
that have been reported to con-
servation officers.

Morris said that all informa-.
tion will be treated in con-
fidence.

Rewards will be apid only
upon the recommendation of.
the ‘provincial conservation of-
fice.

would’ be provided ‘through.
‘various : government , programs:
while: residents will’ pay: an:
estimated $300 a month: or:30:

per cent. ‘of : their: ‘income, he: -

said.:

There will be one, ‘two and.

three bedroom units and

be exchided; Leisinger, ‘added,

nore: Aypes of health care ser

“The health care society views: es
‘the 40-unit ‘project as the first #2
“stage of what will eventually be

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