ihe changing RCMP Happy 40th Flying fists The percentage of female RCMP officers here is greater than in most places/NEWS A13 Terrace Little Theatre. celebrates 7 - by restaging first play/COMMUNITY B1 Brian Gervais made short work of his opponents at the B.C. championships/SPORTS C1 ___ WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 24, 1993 Talstra mayor again IF JACK Talstra was rusty after being named mayor for two icrms by acclamation, it didn’t seem ta show Saturday night. term following his victory. over challengers Lynda. Bretfeld. ‘and Francisca Trigo. for Trige. Speaking aflerward, Talstra acknowledged ‘the close vote be- tween himself and Bretfeld: by describing it as a wake up call:. “The margin was very close it Talstra will return for a- fourth. The incumbent’ received 1,104 ; votes to Bretfeld’s 976 and 431 TERRACE ND sage. It was a good wake up call,’’ he said. Talstra’s victory margin this time was tighler than it was in 1985,. the first time he was elected by defeating then-mayor -: Helmut Giesbrecht, ; And Talstra couldn’t remember three ‘people, ever running before for mayor al the same time. . Talstra said he will ‘‘climinate financial waste as much as pos-_ ‘sible and be much more prudent with their dollar and really weigh - ’ _ the projects’? Issues such as the. library cx- He said there continual” ial ‘the vote. Talstra said the campaign marked the rise of lobby- groups interested in specific issues.’ Council’s challenge: will: be “ta balancing act of interest grolips to determine just how were going to proceed. with the dollars we have available,’ Talstra added: - wounding council and confilé t of interest issues had an | effect on “T think some more ‘op munication’ is needed s kinds of things are removed! ‘fom ~ Jack Talstra made me a bit nervous but that’s probably good for me, I think they wanted to send me a mes- 7” pansion, second sheet of ice and doubt,” said Tulatra: ss een space will be put f , n Pr edéed ie Cont'd Page A2™ he added, a A walk down memory lane ON STAGE Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. atthe f.E.M. Lee Theatre is Father of the Bride — Terrace Little Theatre's 40th anniversary production. Gordon Oates stars as Mr. Stanley Banks and Jennifer Kenney stars as the bride, Kay Banks, in this classic production first performed in Terrace by the Civic Centre Drama Association in 1953 In an old army drill hall near the where the curling rink stands today. See Page B7 for more on the play. Mushroom picker leery | of long term gov’t plans PINE MUSHROOM pickers Must make sure a government task force hears thelr point of view before deciding how to con- trol the mushroom industry, Says one local picker. Allan Grier, a recreational pick- er and a carpenter, is organizing a - group of pickers and buyers to represent their interests. The Pine Mushroom Task Force 7 was formed this year to inivesti- ” gate the mushroom industry and provide recommendations to cab- inct by : ‘Dext _Spring on how to regulate it. Giler Hopes an organized group of pickers could persuade the task force that a high level of govern-. ment intervention isn’t needed, - “We're - creating. - another bureaucracy in ‘an already’ over- bot ot *E governed society,” Grier said. He said pine mushroom picking is an cconomic boost for a tremendous number of north- westerners, particularly anyone unemployed of on welfare at that time oF year. “All the: money, gocs back into the locdl economy, he said, ad- ding that Imposing ‘fees or taxa- ‘tion on the industry. would reduce the economic benefits ‘and’ hurt > ° the pickers who need the money most the bureaucracy.’ Geus said she hopes” northiw pickers get involved. - "The t more. ¢ input fom differen a “she said, . : herbs. and craft malcrials to ; Christmas wreaths and landscap- * ing shrubs, *: We: want to have’ a voice in * “ity? Grior said. "We don’t: want it~ to just be a one-sided thing from _ ot other pickersand- buyers who Task force membér Nelly do” groups and concerned stakcholdezs the better,’? de Geus said. ‘*We need to address the is- sue from all sides.” - She. said the task force hasn’t yet determined ‘how interested groups will participate. “Nothing's act, in, stone yel, ” If succesiful, ‘the ‘recommenda- tions could’, be: a prototype for dealing with’ other .non-timber forest products from medicinal “Allan Grier is looking for any want-to' get invalyed. He can be ted at 635-3905 or else write. ta.3941. Mist St, Terrace, B. Gry ‘VEG IRD ; Allan Grier RD = 766 PLUS 5¢ 5s ger - VOL.6NO, 32 MARK OFF two days on your calendar later this week for a tour of Mills Memorial Hospital’s newly- installed CT scan device. The idea is to give local residents a choice of times fo view the device which cost more than $610,000. All of that money was raised by local residents, or- ganizations and businesses since the late 1980s, The first tour opportunity lakes place between 10 a.m. and 4p.m. Nov. 26 and alsa Two days to view the CT involves the hospital’s x-ray department and associated services. Nov, 27, between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., is set aside just for a tour of ihe CT device. The official ribbon cutting takes place 2 p.m. There’ll be many school tours going through the first day of the open house, ACT device gives a three- dimensional picture which is superior to the one- dimensional image of a standard x-ray. Food bank swamped DEMAND AT the Terrace Chur- ches Food Bank caughli organizers by surprise last week, leaving cupboards bare by the end, . At least 700 people showed up . -Nov. 15-18 to receive 379 bags of food. ‘A typical November would be in the 150 range,’’ said food bank organizer Terri Elkiw of the num- ber of bags usually distributed. “We were totally unprepared for this,’’ Elkiw said the demand was the highest she’s seen since being in- volved with the food bank. : “The shelves are bare. We had planned for 200. We have maybe 50 cans of soup.left and a few beans and that’s it,’ she added. There were 241 applications made for food. Single people receive one bag while families receive two. Families of more than five receive extra, The large demand has Elkiw worried about how much food the bank will have on hand in Janu- ary. aid Robriniy: when: