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Scout Guide Week begins this weekend and close to 600 local youths will be demonstrating thelr skills at a varle-
ty of events. Pictured above are just a few of those who will be taking part: left to right (rear) Pathfinder Debble

Legislative Library,
Parliament Buildings, 6
Victoria; B.C.

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Stainton, Rover Paul Flamming, Venturer Scott Peden; (front) Scout Robin Kilgren, Wolf Cub Ken McDames Jr.,

Mayor Jack Talstra, Beaver Jeffrey Bolingbroke, Guide Angela Smith and Brownie Erin Wilson.

: Plans: for the Okanagan
Skeena Group shopping center
development in downtown Ter-

‘pite speculation to that. effect

Nast week, and the city “isn’t

“releasing all the details just
yet..A preliminary, agreement,
‘worked out between’ council's.

‘race haven’t been finalized, des- -

© Committee of the Whole and.

a - Following a. suggestion by ‘Al.
+; derman ‘Ruth Hallock, -Terrace

-gity council has written: a letter.

“to Attorney General Bud Smith
= requesting a “‘workable solu-

“ tion” to Sunday shopping. Hal-
«lock .says she has been ap-

~= proached “by: a ‘‘couple’® of

small’ ‘businesses who were con-

: - provincial matter and there was
“little the city can do;
‘In. order to show the com-

with Sunday shopping -
but had to tell them that it was a.

Okanagan Skeena real estate
manager Bob ,Guy on Jan. 30,
was ratified by council Monday
night but it was: felt it would be

premature to release any details _
until ‘the ‘Okanagan Skeena

board of directors votes on the
terms. of the proposal later this
week. ‘

In a ‘related item, a $4,800

: Sunday shopping solution sought

referendum should - also be in-

cluded in the letter. The referen-
dum was taken during the 1987
municipal ‘election and resulted
in a vote of opposition by 2,093
votes to. 1,232,

- Hallock said the purpose of
‘her request was not to “em.

broil’? the city in dispute as was
the case during the referendum
but, to make the Attorney Gener-
al’s - -department aware of the
city’s position and at the same

: munity’s attitude towards Sun- . time to let Terrace residents
day shopping, . Hallock asked - know that any solution is up to
that. the. results, ofa 1987: aity the province, not the city.

t

traffic study. of Lakelse . and
Ottawa that was initiated due to

concerns with the Okanagan:
Skeena proposal to close Ottawa

St., was. awarded to N.D. Lea

Consultants Ltd, of Vancouver,

The first indication of change
at the site of the new shopping
center is a. closing out. sale

Development awaits board vote.

at the Furnittire Barn. The sign
on the. window states, ‘‘We" ve

lost our lease”, but manager
Dick Sharples says this is not
through any disagreement with
Okanagan Skeena. ‘‘We just
didn’t want to renew the lease."’
says Sharples, “and that was a
business decision,”

College may recruit
students from south

Northwest Community Col-
lege vice-chairman John Mor-
gan has come up with a novel
solution to the problem of un-
der-utilized cOllege facilities in
the area. If successful, Morgan’s
idea would replace Northwest

_ students heading south for col-
lege or university with lower.

mainland students who are un-
able to get into overcrowed in-

stitutions closer to home. And
‘according to college bursar

Geoff Harris, the idea has been

well: tecleved iby other posts

secondary institutions in the

province and there’s.a good
_chance it will catch on,

Harris explains that the con-
cept would involve putting a
‘‘total package’’ together that
would include tuition, room and
board, and recreational activi-
ties like skiing. Another possi-

bility, says Harris, would be to:
afrange group airfare to take

advantage of lower rates. Board
chairman Hans Wagner sees

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‘Index -

TalkoftheTown 5

Business Guide 12
Church Directory — 16 5
ClaassifiedAds © 19-22
. Gomics | oo 18
Coming Events -. 14
Crossword.
Dining Directory — 7
Editorlal . 4
Horoscope 18
Letters 6,14
Sports 8

WE DONE GOOD: For a.

list of Terrace entries who
won medals at the North-
ern B.C. Winter Games,
see page 19.

MINES MISUNDER-
STOOD: The president of
the Mining Association of
B.C. says his industry
doesn’t deserve its dirty
image... page 13.
HERITAGE WEEK, HEART
MONTH: Get reacquaint-
ed with the past, change
your lifestyle, there are
organizations here who
gen show you how... page

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