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Construction of 31 low ‘cost’

housing units in Terrace will .

m begin next week according to

Stan Barton,President of Sav-

Mor Builders Ltd.

The Company ‘reached

Mm agreement last week with
| Terrace municipal council on

regulations governing the new

_ sub-division.

‘Terrace municipality had
originally asked for a $.5 million
eash performance bond from
Barton’s company. Following
negotiations - the municipality
agreed to accept $27,000 cash as
guarantee that paved streets,
underground wiring, sewer,

water and electricity would be

installed according to plan.
Sav-Mor Builders Ltd. are
also required to post an

- additional $10,000 with the

municipality, or to guarantec
by caveat that no type of home
except that described on the

od Sav-Mor Mast Plan will

be built on the site.
The Company will now begin

Budget housing
finally approved

phase ore of developing the new

‘subdivision at the corner of -

Graham an Pear Streets in

‘Terrace, -one block south of

Mills Memorial Hospital.
- The plan calls for 31 units of

900 sq. feet each to be built ata ante

cost of $16,000. .. The’ no-

basement houses on 50-foot lots. ; na
will sell for approximately $800 Colt

down provided the purchaser is
eligible for a. $1,000 provincial
government home acquisition
grant. -

Barton says that he hopes the
homes will be ready for
occupancy by the end of July.

Dorothy Harton, secretary-
treasurer of Sav-Mor Builders

Ltd., said “what has taken so °

long is getting approval. of the
sub-division “ for low-cost
housing purposes.""

“We ‘were trying to build a
house the. average man. could ,
afford,” she said.
_ _ Mrs, Barton added that more |

than half the houses have ;

already been sold.

Clean ‘forests.
vital to economy

This week has been
designated National Forest
Week by the Minister of
Fisheries and Forestry, Jack
Davis.

"It is an annual observance
when Canadians reflect upon
the many benefits they enjoy
from their greatest renewable
resource,

National Forest Week _ will

. this. year: commemorate...the

union of the' forestry: and
fisheries. departments | with. -
other federal agencies involved |
in resource devlopment and.

" protection, he said ina written -

statement,

“This truly makes a turning .
point in the protection f the total,
forest environment. For many
decades, federal forestry»

LCB takes

empties

The liquor store is prepared to |
take back empty beer bottles
but would rather not because of
lack of space.

Harry Clegg, Manager of the
Terrace Liquor Store, told the
Herald that vendors throughout
the province have been
instructed to take back a

maximum of two dozen empty ~

battles a day.

Clegg said he was instructed
by W.A. Bruce, Chairman af the
Liquor Control Board, to accept.
a maximum of two dozen bottles
& day from each patron. over the
age of 19 years, _

Anyone wishing to, return
more’ than that nurnber of.
bottles must take them to a
bottle depot, said Clegg.

Liquor bottles are not covered _
by the B.C. Anti-Litter Act and —

there are-no plans for refunds
on such bottles. co

researchers have worked to
protect and improve the source

of raw material on which our |

greal forest industries depend -

the growing tree -- and to-

increase. its harvest and
utilization on a sustained-yield
basis"',, he added. . ‘Now’ they
are being joined by scientists in
water conservation, wildlife
management, sir quality

meteorology... While: these |
experts have at
cooperated — closely

fully coordinated under a single
authority,”
- "Given the need to protect the

forest environment as never -

before, while at the same time
continuing to harvest ils bounty

and. increase its recreational.

and other uses, the importance
of this consolidation cannot be
Davis said. ~

“We will be encouraging a
healthy respect for the forest by
the industries that contribute so
much to our standard of living.
We will also continue to
encourage grealer respect for
this natural playground on the

times aa
ea eWeek ‘breteet 9

particular projects their eltorts po
Mil now, for the first time, be —

part of the individual, by urging.

all citizens to take greater

precautions against forest
fires.” . .
Terrace

hosts Kitimat

Gym walls will shake next -

Thursday, (Mayl3) to. the
massed sounds of 150 voices and
instruments when . three
Terrace Schools host young.
Kitimat musicians in concert.
The Kildala Boys Choir, Kildala
Girls- Choir and the Kitimat
intermediate High School Band
are off on a three day tour of the
Skeena and Bulkley valleys. ;

hides. records

.. Terrace Municipal employees have refused to
show copies of two existing bylaws tothe press.
’ ,-On three occasions Herald editorial staff have
been denied the right to read municipal bylaws 584°
and 537 which were passed by Terrace council

: March 22, 1971.

The bylaws are believed to

- relate to transfers of certain

property, but since they are not

* open to insepction as required

by law, the actual content of the
legislation is unknown.

The latest refusal to make the
bylaws available for inspection
came Tuesday from Terrace

-municipal administrator Jack
Hardy, when Herald reporter
Rudy Haugeneder asked that

bylaws 584 and 587 be shown to .

him at the municipal hail,

“Hardy -told Haugeneder that
he could not see the dacuments
because “they're stili under
discussion.”

When Haugeneder’ insisted
upon reading the bylaws, Hardy
said “the matter has not been
closed . there is a possibility of
change to it’.

Hardy added that he had dealt
with reporters before and would
offer no further comment.

He told ,Haugeneder: to take

the matter up with, ‘Mayor
Jolliffe.

inspector of Municipalities
James Baird told the Herald in
a telephone interview from
Victoria that he couldn't
understand the municipality's .
action,

“You have’a perfect right to
see them (the bylaws) and
demand a copy of each," said
Baird. :

According to the Municipal ©
Act, a bylaw becomes a public -

. document after first reading.

Consequently, it must be
made available for inspection
upon the request of any citizen |
or member of the press.

Twin river
charged

..Twinriver Timber Ltd. of
Terrace has been charged
under the Fisheries Act with
polluting the Zymagotitz
River,

. Twinriver will appear in
court May 11 to answer the
charges laid by Department of
Fisheries and Forestry officer
Morris Bogart.

It is alleged that the
company between January 1,
1971 and April 29, 1971,
permitted logging debris to be
dumped in a place from which
it is likely to be;carried into
waters frequented by, fish.

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The Chamber of Commerce
and the Chamber of Mines
cannot peacefully co-exist.

* The Chamber of Mines also
has problems with municipal
council, according to a
statement issued Monday by
R.H. ‘Bates, president of the |
Northern B.C. Chamber of
Mines.

that

Bates said public

statements made by a Terrace -

alderman and actions taken by
the, Terrace Chamber of
Commerce have forced the
Chamber of Mines to defend
itself publicly, -
‘ Bates alleged that an
application for a $400 grant
from the District of Terrace
was answered “through the -
local press in the form of a
seathing attack on why we
should operate under the
umbrella of the Terrace
Chamber of Commerce’.

The grant, which was

' intended to cover annual office

- gafety:

Mobile Homeowners

forced. to choose.

Hardy ‘said. that ; Terrace .

-Qccupants of mobile homes
must’ set their units ‘on
permanent foundations by early

1972 if they wish to live outside:

licenced trailer parks,"

In addition, all new building a ‘without a mu cipal permit,

meet the national buil ing code.”:

‘The -provinelal:, government.
has notified ‘regional districts | .
throughout British: -Columbia -
‘that it plans. to. implement: the -

code. -to eliminate — the.
construction - of ‘sub-standard .
housing...

When: introduced in the”
provincial ‘legislature - “the.

building. .code_.,-wilk © force...

contractors * and.’ private.
builders to adhere. to ‘minimal.
‘and’ ‘construction:
regulations as set ou: ‘in, the
national building Code,

Terrace ‘punieipal
administrator Jack Hardy: :
that) municipal’. legislation
restriotln mobile * homies

.“ptandards. poh
“a doubt whether : ‘any’ older”

trailer parks is already: in foree,

-The legislation, specifies that
_a mobile home cannot .be

located anywhere in the district ©

other-than in. trailer - “parks “The proviticial government has |

“grounds we a

A municipal: apokesraan said |
mobile: home:'sales company

that a number of ‘mobile homes

now on the market.do not: mest

«national + building, * code:

“mobile. home meets. the .code’s

“get:
fouridatlong: will be agsessed on.
the-aame: basis. as are. taxes. (On
conventional homes.
“Recent legislation. ‘in Victoria
‘allows ‘municipalities to levy. a
fee: on mobile homeg
tralter parks: be

Aocal

" municipality Is. ‘currently |
considering imposing -such.’a
“levy. ‘The fee would be based on: .
the floor area of a mobile home.

‘set the rate'at between 8 and 8%. |
‘cents a square foot -- which will |
coat the average. mobile’ home *

:awner about $§ a month,

LA spokesman ‘for a Tocal’

said the: proposed legislation
may providea sates boom In the:

: mobile home industry: °

* “We've been after this. type of
action for years," he sald, -

_“Onee mobile: homes. ‘meet. the
:, national ;

: specifications they: should : algo:
on. permanent:

“bullding code”.

‘qualify: for Central. Morigage ..*
and Housing Loans." ~~

Canadian: Mortgage ° “aaa |
wy Housing, Corporation provides:

‘low interest, low payment loans:

to people who‘ purchase homes. -]*.
eal. which .méet National: Hovalg,.
te Act Standards. ae en

rental and janitor facilities for
the Chamber of Mines, was
turned down: April 26 at a
Terrace Municipal. Council
Meeting.

Alderman Ev Clift said that
he felt. the Chamber of
Commere¢e ‘was the umbrella
under -which all industries”
should ‘operate, and- no
exceptions should be made.

‘Bates contends - that the
Chamber of. - Commerce
provides no umbrella for his
organization because its.
activities are too far-reaching
and specialized to he covered by
the general nature of Chamber
of Commerce activities.
: “The Norhtern Chamber of
Mines can attract more mining
firms to this region, Our
mineral display in the Terrace
Centennial Library has proven
to be of value to mining people
who wish to learn of the region’s
mineral wealth,” he said,

In a’ prepared - statement,

Bates detailed the history of the

dispute between the. two

chambers:

‘Initially, ‘the Chamber’ of
. Mines constructed an office in

the basement-of: the local -
> Nbrary.Rennovations cost $400’.
" oa and Bates considered that: the.

” cost could be written off against
. ‘rent...

“But® ‘they’ “were ‘evicted ‘for

ot to wy rent of about $300

@ year ~ $25.4 month:
“When compared with the
* vent of $128-a-year paid by the

«Terrace Chamber of Commerce ”
for arr ‘above-ground office in. obtaitied .by | the Thornhill .
“Committee -

: thes game! bullding,. some
discrepancy exists,” say Bates.

your. forest st environment, harvest its hoanty & and prederve your: God given:playground:

4 ber of Mines
omeless, unwanted —

The Chamber .of Mines
moved tea trailer office which
‘was rent free. | Later, they
arranged to share an office with
-the Chamber of Commerce in
the. Terrace Public Library...

. Bates says the arrangement
was made ina meeting between
liimself, Mayor Jolliffe and
Chamber of Commerce
president J.T. MacKay.

“At tha time it was agreed
that we share half the Chamber
of Commerce office in return

for paying half the rent - $74 a.

year,” said Bates. .

. But the office was apparently
too small te house both
associations. Chamber of
Mines was confined to a space
measuring 4 feet by & feet.

In. return, Chamber of
Commerce demanded that their
‘office mate pay half the
telephone bill although they had
-been refused a separate

telephone line.

They also demanded that
Chamber of Mines pay half the
utility bill and half the Chamber
of ‘Commerce secretary’ 5

, salary. - .
Bates considered:the demand

unreasgnable since they had no
need for secretarial services.
He ignored the demand,

The Chamber of Mines then
received an eviction notice for
failing to pay rent

. That's when they moved back
into their trailer and applied to
municipal council for a grant to
set up a separate office.

When the grant was turned
down, Bates decided to take the
Chamber's case’ to the public
because “we are dealing with
mineral resources which

‘ properly belong to the public

and should be developed with
public participation’ he said.

Workers vote

keep CLAC

An inter-union organization
clash was settled Friday at the
Coleel Pohle Lumber Mill in
Terrace,

Workers voted 64.5 per cent to
allow the Christian Labor
Asseciation of Canada to
continue to represent them in
collective bargaining in a labor
department supervised vote. OF -
the 152 ballots cast, 98 workers
voted to retain CLAC and 48
‘favore

spoiled, . .

Both the CLAC and ‘the

International Woodworkers. of.

’ America’ Local 1-17 were

involved in the certification
battle at the local mill,

The CLAC had been the
workers’ bargaining agent for
some time when the IWA signed
a majority af the workers into
their union with a resulting
clash of interests,

‘After the IWA gained a
majority membership it appliéd
to the labor relations board for
certification,

sthe TWA,” Six hallots:

that a representative vole be
taken at the mill to decide which
union would represent the
workers

Following the vote, industrial
relations officers forwarded
results to Victoria for a final.
decision.

A spokesman for the mill said
« “CLAC has been the bargaining
agent for the workers and will
continue to be so,”

Bands. } .
come home:

-Let’s all be out to meet thera
when they come. |
«-A publle reception. ia
‘planned Saturday night at the
airport’ For 200 Terrace
musicians and vocalists whi
competed in the B.C. Band
and Choir Championships a
the University of British
Columbia this week, -
.. They will arrive at Terrace}

aeeaeee cia *

Pm.

airport at approximately 1¢ 10: 30

“Construction. began on.
Thornhill’s Centennial project -
a. :coininuinity hall - Tuesday: ©

A bulldozer cleared a strip of
erown: leased. land adjoining
Lion’s, ‘Park, kicking _ off.
construction 4 the project
approximately $20,000.

An. initial $8,500° centennial :

“grant: towards the project was

Centennial:
followin an. earlier survey a

around 40. |

~ WEATHER |

Forecast for May' ‘sto a.

‘Mostly: cloudy ‘Thursday with a. few: ‘clmidy periods in ‘thie
afternoon, Friday should be mostly.cloudy with a few periods of -
light rain, A clearing trend should set in by the Weekend and the
[skies should be sunny with a few cloudy wp etdods,

‘Highs .for: the: forecast perlod in..the ‘mid.

ae

0's with the: lows :

way: to help pay for the project.

: ‘Thornhill residents
help themselves.

-Thornhill - residents which |

showed an urgent need for a
community centre. . .

The single: storey structure
complete with basement will be

Tabor: Primarily by. volunteer

The balance of meney needed
to pay for the 30 foot by 48 foct

structure will be sought through

various: fund raising ‘methods,

Acarraffle, sponsored bythe . 7
Thornhill

ratepayers
association, is-currently under

The ‘centennial - ‘committee

~ hopes. constriction , of: the 7

community hall “will be

the firat objective is to. have ‘the

completed this. year, although -

Labor relations 'then-ordered ~

: ed Bergen, . y digs through, garbage
relieve auti-pollution petitions which were dumped in garbage
by. local: maintenance: man; Bergen had pian ied

petition bearing about 500: signatares

to prevent

councll next week, He recovered only ¢

ely:

were thrown away, -

peat in an‘ attempt to! persnida
Gibbs ¢o stop polluting residen ui with eke