R RACE. -— Strong sno }; forestry and fisheries in- ity”. wants ; Kemano. ne‘instead of building . Mee corridor on the ouncement t last week : é fter mepths of: specula-~ |} nas to the. planned location... the new line, Which the power -. to «build to. ransport surplus power from" : Hydro. Says it needs. the.1 new , ” i 287-kilovolt line so it: can. buy *: and: transfer to the. provincial .. -grid up ‘to 800 megawatts of |. ‘surplus - hydroelectric: power: |... :from*Alcan’s Kemano. comple- -' ‘tion project when it. -comes on: ine i in'1994, 0 gy “Project “ing the existing line — was made : because. most people at’ public meetings last year seemed to op- >, pose carving out a new right-of- |: y for another set of lines. : common corridor,”” he explain- bat -only one.that strongly favoured «the eastern route, It opposed the ! to’ side valleys in the western =mountains, and would remove a larger. amount of productive “forest land for the right-of-way. Gwilliam said the forestry study.’ ‘and subsequent lobbying by ‘the’ federal Department of deciding.factors. manager: “Mike ; “Gwilliam said the decision to go . -with the eastern route — Follow. _ <2? think the message we.got. - “Was: quite clear — keep it-in a. one of. the en- ° vironmental. studies carried out]. favoured the western route over “ = The. forestry study was the weslern route because the power - ‘line would reduce logging access Fisheries ‘and Oceans were the “They wre quite force with their arguments as were in- dividual : members “of ‘the Py what triggered our ultimate ine “has . ballooned tO increased prices, a decision to series:.of changes in the design of the support structure. of-way. cut adjacent to the. ex- sting one. But the new pian in- jolves using specialized pole systems to place the new Hine on the: existing. right-of-way for much © ‘of cits length, and to minimize the damage to fish habitatwhere. the line crosses salmon- bearing streams, ortions.of the new line will use: ‘the Standard wooden public,” he said, ‘And that's - decision — at some additional - He said the cost of the new to $28 ~ william attributed the change - ” use different conductors, and a "The original eastern route op- «| ion envisioned a separate right- BL. aM. Kitimat . Kitimat Substation ; y ro has chosen Route Afor its power. line from Ti : from-Alcan's Kemano Completion: Project. It generally. follows the existing | line. The route was chosen over another alternative, Route B, to lessen impacts on fish and. forestry values. ny “Tertace. ocean . sae vetepenns ere kk Pm vezee rv y) District * District Muncy ont eto Kiti mat. that'll ca ry electricity “ . in Terrace, - |< Kitimat’ :and ‘Smithers. .- ~ replaces’ Blaine Gaffrey who is ‘now: working at CHBC- TV in ' Kelownas-: - H- poles, that’ mark. the existing line,, while’ other “areas: will employ laller steel structures to bridge key creek crossings ‘and ‘ensure stability in marshy. ter- rain. Gwilliam said B.C. ‘Hydro has submitted its application to build: the line to the. B.C. Utilities Commission, and ex- pects approval prior to beginn- ing initial fieldwork this spring. Clearing is slated for - 1992, with. construction to take place in 1993 and 1994, vom “Once .the project is-approv- ed, we plan to work with DFO, fish: and wildlife, and forestry throughout the project to iron out some of the remaining details,’ Gwilliam said. The existing -Terrace-Kitimat line will have to be shut down’ for up to a day at a time at several stages of the construc- tion, he added.’ But he said that won't affect power service to either Terrace or Kitimat, because Kitimat will be supplied by Alcan, while Ter- race can still be supplied from Prince George, : TERRACE — Skeena Broad: : casters has a new news director. °- ‘ Roger Millions arrived” from “Millions has been in broad- > casting: since 1977, -working in “1+: Regina; * Albert, . “River, -Alberta, ; Millions says he likes smal ‘Saskatoon, Prince - ‘Calgary and High areas, “having been born : Waskada, Manitoba. That's. 4 a Still with broadcasting, - former Skeena Broadcasters “news: director and television * news anchorman Rick Webber * has. a new job. * He left here fast spring for a. |) radio anchor job in Kamloops. cael He's now anchoring the lale : night : CHBC-TV in Kelowna. television news -for kekkkwnk Orenda The prospectus marks the *? start of an environmental and “socio-economic review process “which involves public informa- ~ tion meetings and several stages Of reports. Orenda wants to use : cata “pirpuitie "agsatle “proximately “beleachin A New Westminster company - and’ one. owned. by ‘the’ - Moricetown band near Smithers — : —Ednionton: last. week to “take - .. Charge uf the company’s AM,. . -FM and television news services . ‘Prince, Rupert, ‘He © have become partners with West’ Fraser to build :a wood. ". manufacturing plant.” _ Forstar Trading is part.of the, - arrangement ‘with. West. Fraser | and Kyah Forest Products Ltd. through, a five-year timber sale. ; agreement with: the - provincial: government - ‘to’ cut’ 120,000; : cubie-tmetres. of wood a year in the Smithers area. It’ WL invest $1.1 million.” The: ‘plant, to” “be “called Forewest ° Wood Specialities. Inc., will ‘produce clear door, closet _and moulding cut: com- ponents and clear finger-jointed stock for Japanese markets. — [t will employ 27 people. 7 WO kkk There- are 6,951: practising © lawyersin B.C., indicate figures from the provincial govern- _ ment. . Considering that the pro- vince's population is now’ 2.1 million, ‘that’s one lawyer for every 446 people, submits | = a pproval paper - TERRACE — Orenda Forest “Products has filed a formal document asking for govern- i, ment approvals to construct a . $365 million pulp and paper Bb mill. south of Meziadin. tonnes of magazine quality stock a year, Orenda will use fibre from a forest licence it already has in the area, Ivll- also have to: buy fibre from kraft pulp mills because its grinding process for its own pulp won't produce fibres of sufficient length to provide pro- per bonding for the kind of | paper Orenda wants to produce.. The company now has ap- 130 people Z pmec es for tse &,¢mployed in the fogging end of ‘duct, doing aay with chlorine se in traditional kraft pulp mill “operations. -[t-says the hydrogen peroxide ‘process, developed by a Finnish “company, will mean a zero li- uid effluent production. The paper mill portion of the . facility would produce 173,000 Safeway ponders site TERRACE — Safeway is look- ing at a number of locations here, including land just across the street from its current store, for future expansion, says the company’s spokesman. Don Bell said it has had discussions with Okanagan- Skeena Group, the owners of a large parcel of land on the other side of Ottawa St. “But we're looking at a number of options. We're con- its” forest | licence and _- says - another 143: jobs will be ‘added when the mill goes into produc: tion. : ‘Copies of the prospectuis are available at the library, ; ’ The filing follows a review of an earlier prospectus by govern ment agencies. stantly looking al ways to im- prove service and not only in Terrace,” said Bell. **Terrace is one of those areas in which we would like to make improvements," he added. Bell said it was too early to say when any kind of change could take place. Safeway is about to start a major project in Prince Rupert which sees the closure of one ci- ty street and construction of a large store, How’ ‘harsh: and critical a’ ‘few: words.can be when they e‘bare on the.page without pany: ‘background information ‘to,cushion their: effect. nhs jam referring tothe article. the the, ; ‘Standard which quoted me he ing: -we. — the hers," Hf board and ad-- - istrict: 88 — are still work- ng: in/-the. “old ways” and are-not coming to grips. with | aw.to adjust’ to what we will e doing inthe future.’ : “This comment was part of. ‘interview that Thad with ~ TS: ‘about my percep: f: what. the ‘school . listrict: ‘would, be facing ‘in’ s fae and what, as hale epol i\'effort to, bring us into. edu ec.19 The Terrace | of the . -Standard's Ve & 12 ri use a oe ei are puts: f ng forth’ a sincere. and sut-,./: results, Students are more in- quisitive, more confident, more gregarious, more ac- tive, more demanding | ‘and ‘noisier! - - What iy was trying: to com- municate was.the reality of ~ the problems, we face and the pressing ,need| to challenge some of ihe “old ways'! such long: established * ‘com : : munication ‘patterns that. are no longer appropriate, union contracts ‘that protect “past “practices,” budget” priorities that, ‘should. be: be changed “and: other: structures ‘within “the system,. that we. ‘don't: even notice because ¥ we areso’ ‘used to them, that’ are block-. Ang, the way,to progtess How then, will. we.come to,’ grips. with the new. ways? ror think: ‘the | most; important.” step, of all is to recognize that - we are restricting ourselves if, 7 t No criticism intended _ LETTERS _ TO THE TERRACE STANDARD — 911 needed here Dear Sir: . Why don’t we have an emergency ‘'911’" phone number in thg,Terrace area? Asa mother. of two young children, I feel that this ser- -., wiee is imperative to every community, © | The user-friendly simplici- - ty-of this system has already ) proven itself to be a life- ~.gaver.: In: Terrace, however, - when “gil is dialed — & “. yecorded, message will in- ., form. you to “hang up and ‘dial the emergency agency direct or dial O for assistance'’, It’s a response that a child or panicking per- soh may not be able to deal with, ; If "911" saved one person it would: be worth whatever little extra I had 10 pay on my phone bill. ‘So, 1991 begins, ‘perhaps implementing “On” | should: be our new year’s — rea ny as it is mine, Diana Penner,, Tettace, B. Cc. more trusting, more aware ‘andirespectful of each others “yoles‘and needs arid we will ‘apart, 80. that we ave tO eliminate the barriers: & Dear Sir: There is a subject that a lot of people are mumbling and grumbling about, bul they are reluctant to say anything oul loud. The Shames Mountain ski hill is now open and I wish the corporation well in its endeavours, but it must be public money has been poured into support fer that private enterprise. - The road to the mountain ate up $4.9 million of that . That concept is contrary to. Bil sensible financial dealings ’ and to the rules that apply to” _ all other government depart-’. ‘Ski road cost. draws comment: noted that a greal amount of ‘absolute neccesity of every resulted in the Dr. R.E.M. ‘money and it is mot yet, finished. The shame of that: is the fact that the road was. ’ -funded by a blank cheque.: ments, The road was built’ with all equipment paid by". [| the hour, no matter. how ~ ee much or how. little was ae, . the protlem™ that an. part of If the province wants to. spend tax money it should consider spending it on ser- vices vital to tax payers, not on private companies engag: ed in recreation< . The hospital. board would surely enjoy a blank govern- ment cheque, but they have to prove, at great length, the nickel they, spend. This has Lee Foundation having to” raise community: dollars. for . the C.T, scanner 50 needed i in” our local hospital. : The Queensway Drive sec- tion of Thornhill with, its’ health concerns related to a lack of a sewer system would make good use of a governh- ment blank cheque instead of . what we got, an. MLA who | scems to. be more a. part of | the solution, © ¥OpTs, truly, Gail Murtay, j BC Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 9, 1991 — Page AB.