28° Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 29, 1989 Terrace | city council |. committee and agency referrals _ The following items were re- ferred by Terrace city council at their Nov. 27 public meeting to - committee or some other agency for further study and a recom- mendation. Council committee . meetings aré normally open to the public and you may attend if . interested. For more informa- ~ tion, phone deputy adminis- trator Denise Fisher at 635-6311. Finance, Personnel and Ad- ministration Committee, Tues- day at 12 noon — A request from RCMP Officer in Charge Larry Yeske for five new polic- ing positions. If approved, this item would have to be included in the 1990 city budget. Planning and Public Works Committee, Wednesday at 1 p.m. — 1. A request from Clint and Dawn Marshall for exemp- tion from the cost of installing a new water line on Marshall St. According to the Marshalls, they have been connected to the city water system since 1981 and shouldn’t therefore be assessed — $1,386 as a part of the cost of ex- tending the line to two other Marshall St. properties. 2. A let- ter from Minister of Environ- ment John Reynolds outlining the province’s five-year, $150 million partnership program with local governments and in- dustry. The program is designed’ to ensure public and industry co- operation in reducing the amount of municipal sold waste. produced in B.C. by 50 percent in the next 10 years. One pos- sibility to be examined is a waste recycling program for Terrace. Community and Recreation Services Committee, Thursday at 4 p.m. — 1. A letter from R.G. Stavely of B.C. Hydro de- scribing the results of a ‘‘walk- through energy audit’’ of the arena and swimming pool. Ac- cording. to Stavely, a few changes in lighting and the ice compressor could result in an- ‘nual savings of $9,393 — 16.3 percent of the recreation depart- ment’s annual hydro bill at the present time. 2. The minutes of the Nov. 16 meeting of the Ter- race Advisory Parks and Recrea- tion Commission. One recom- mendation is that the city fur- ther. develop the Ferry Island campground next year and in- clude in that development shower facilities and flush toilets. _ | | her- referrals include a re- quest by John Basaraba to sub- divide. his property at 4903 Graham Ave. According to city. planner Marvin Kamenz, the Agricultural Land Commission -fpust review the application for - gubdivision before the city can Proclamation: 4g Alzheimer. Awareness Month, January, 1990, Multicultural Day at Centennial Christian School recent- ly focused on the dress and customs of nations around the world. Everyone was above are just a few of the stud dressed for the occasion and. the left are: Fraser De Walle, Selina Spyksma, Amanda Talstra, Daniel Benson, Geoff Glasspell, Christine Vander Ploeg, Ryan Orr and Liza Vande Velde. ants who took part. From © Elsie Whitlow — memories of a pioneer The poor run of sockeye on the Skeena River this year prompted many discussions about enhancing fisheries in the area, including the use of fish hatcheries. by Nancy Orr One of Terrace’s earliest pioneers, Elizabeth Whitlow, more familiarly known as Aunt Elsie, and now 98 years of age, was reminded of her early days on the Skeena, and that the idea of hatcheries is not new: to the rivershed. . According to Aunt Elsie, at the turn of the century, in 1900, the federal government was operating a fish hatchery at Trout River, which was the local name for what is now Lakelse River. ; Elsie’s father, Charles Durham, came to the Skeena area as a lineman for the Government Telegraph Office. “My. family settled at ‘Big’ Kitsalas in August, 1903, and the hatchery was in operation then,”’ said Elsie. The family learned about the hatchery that autumn when the manager, Arthur Pretty, made a visit to the Telegraph office where they were staying until a cabin was constructed on the ranch her father had pre- empted. ‘If I remember correctly,”’ said Elsie, ‘‘it (the hatchery) was situated on the west side of the river at the mouth of Cold Water Creek, approximately two miles down from the Lake. It was a large two-storied building composed of saw- milled lumber.”’ Later, she learned that Bruce Johnstone (father of Lloyd johnstone of Lakelse Lake) had been in charge of the hatchery in - 1906, before he and his partner had become involved in land around the Lakelse Hotsprings. They built the first Hot Springs Hotel about 1910, according to Aunt Elsie, and the speculation at that time was that the railway would be. going through to Kitimat. In 1909, Elsie married Frank Whitlow and their daughter, Violet, was born in 1910. They -moved to Aldermere for a few years, before returning to Kitselas. ; ; - Aunt Elsie resumed her nar- rative: “In 1914, my husband was employed as Forestry Ranger. On many of his trips around the district between Terrace and the Lake, I accompanied him. We ‘had quarters at the old Thornhill . cabin in Terrace and the Ranger’s cabin on the Lake, at about the point where Bob- Cooper’s cabin is now, at Fulton’s Point. “During the summer, Frank and I were often guests of Bruce and Mrs. Johnstone (May), who were most hospitable. We had as many good hot baths as we wished there in the eight-by- continued on page 29