News In Brief No thanks THE APPOINTMENT of a new fire chief has turned out to bea false alarm. Jus! two wecks ago the city announced it was hiring Smithers chief Les Schumacher to replace Bob Beckett, He was due to slart May 16. But last week city admin- istrator Bob Hallsor said Schumacher had withdrawn “for personal reasons.’” Town of Smithers officials say Schumacher never did tender his resignation. Speaking to The Interior News in Smithers, Schumacher said he simply changed his mind and would have missed Smithers. Schumacher said money had nothing to do with his deci- sion as he would have made more than his current salary of $58,700 a year if he took the Terrace job. Council is now consider- ing whether to advertise the position again or to re- examine the list of candi- dates who applied last time. Three injured THREE PEOPLE were in- jured and taken to Mills Memorial Hospital April 14 after a logging truck and a pick up truck collided on the Cedar Creek Bridge, 72km north of Terrace on the way to the Nass Valley. Extensive damage was done to the pickup, said Ter- race RCMP Staff Sergeant John Veldman and there’s an indication speed was a factor. No tickels have been written or charges laid and ing. the investigation is continu- . the LOAD OF bread being brought in by Eric Simmons of the Salvation Army went fast during the food bank's final distribution period of the season last week, The bank experienced an unprecedented demand for its services. More than G00 bags of food were given out in March alone. Natives to figure in tree ASSISTANCE TO native forestry enterprises as outlined in the province’s new Forest Renewal Plan could figure in land claims settlements, says Premier Mike Harcourt, “trl form part of the twin goals for the aboriginal people of self sufficiency and self govern- ment,’’ he said of the plan to boost native forestry participation as part of the five-year, $2 billion renewal plan. Harcourt said the government - will turn native communities away from being dependent upon welfare fo ones which earn in- come from resource development. He said the treaty making pro- cess now underway between na- onda started with Import Car ofthe Year, “then weofereda great drive-away ial andnow, ontop tives and the federal and provin- cial governments will draw resources from a variety of areas to help conclude settlements. ‘Some of those resources could be from the forest renewal plan,”’ Harcourt continued, The federal and provincial governments have agreed to di- vide the cosi of negotiated settle- ments. Under their agreement, B.C. will put -up the land and between 10 and 25 per cent of any cash setilement while Canada will pro- vide the remaining portion of any cash settlement. The forest renewal plan in- volves putting more people to work planting. and then taking me to lumber pes. care of trees. Also promised is the clean up of land damaged by logging and en- courage of value added wood en- terprises. The overall ‘plan is to increase the value from forestry and to provide jobs for forestry workers should timber shortages affect their employment. The plan is to be financed by increasing stumpage rates to pro- vide up to $600 million a year. Some of that will make up for government revenues ‘ost be- cause silviculture payments will now be tax deductible. The plan concedes that stumpage rales will vary accord- ' MOTOR . TREND’S ‘| ‘04 4, import : Car Year. Tou B.C as where THE el bi ‘Terrace Honda Sales" 4838 Highway 16 West, Terrace, B.C, Call Collect 638-8171 The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 20, 1994 - A3 Many need food bank THE TERRACE Churches Food Bank completed its busiest season ever last week when more than 400 bags of food were distrib- uled, The number of bags distributed continued to set records over amounts given out last season, said food bank organizer Terri Elkiw, “There were 413 bags of food. Thal’s less than March when we distributed 620 but it was higher than any month last year,’’ she said, The April distribution went to more than 1,200 people, said ~ Elkiw. “It shows if anything the need has increased,’’ she said, The record setting began in No- vember 1993, the first month of the current season, when 379 bags of food were given out. That figure rose to 500 in Janu- ary and hit 500 again in February. The demand left the food bank short after the November distribu- tion but community and church groups rallied around, said Elkiw. In good years, the government will bank what it doesn’t spend to use the money in Jean years when stumpage rates drop. Harcourt said $50 million is to be used to boost the size of the forest service to handle the plan and increased responsibilities of the new Forest Practices Cade. Harcourt said he wanted the - money under the forest renewal plan to go toward planting lands now lying fallow of any use. And while the policy of letting recently logged lands have a chance to regenerate themselves naturally will continue, Harcourt said the new trees will need a hand by thinning, spacing and fertilizing t them. : an WG odie bon For a limited time only! DRIVE-AWAY FOR ONLY. Dealer #9662 “We have a fairly long list of thank yous to send out. The response was very gratifying,” she added, April is the final month of the food bank’s distribution and for now it has no money in the bank and a limited supply of food left over. The latter will be forwarded to the Salvation Army for its use. The Army in return helped the food bank for the January distrib- ution when it delivered food left over from its December Christ- mas hemper effort, Elkiw said the bank ran short of some items last week and didn’t buy potatoes because it didn’t have enough cash. And although the food bank is closed until next fall, it’ll have to re-open at a new location. That's because the house it has used for several years is schedul- ed to be removed to make room for parking and access to the new Evangelical Free Church. Elkiw said the food bank is looking for a central location. plan But what won’t happen, said Harcourt, is using money from the plan to subsidize businesses interested in value added produc- ts. “This has to be entrepreneur based. Those businesses will have to have access to capital and lines of credit based on the market,’ he said, “IT don’t mean grants and giveaways. I don’t believe in that stuff,’’ said Harcourt. Instead, he said the province will put money into research and development, work out eastern banks to listen more closely to plans of B.C. companies and to find more markets in Asia. ALH EST ChE re mre eet Included in the §298 lease outlined here. 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