A14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 19, 2001 From front ‘We will not take no for an answer’ there,” says Ken Houlden, spokesman for affected contractors. “On the 31st, the TD reached out and grabbed whatever it could.” Contractors are now left holding cheques that can- not be cashed, “There are some very angry people who feel they've been lied to and cheated,” Houlden said. “Once again a hand has reached across from east- ern Canada and picked their pockets - only the colours are TD green this time instead of Repap purple.” That anger reached the boiling point Saturday. Terrace Pre-cut owner Mo Takhar says he won't | release SCI lumber being dried in his kilns until he’s paid. “T'll go to jail before I load that lumber,” said Takhar, whose business employs 30 workers. Some contractors are also urging other citizens to boycott the bank. “Tye closed all my ac- counts at the TD bank,” said Mario Da Costa, of Da Costa Logging. School rebuild delayed By JENNIFER LANG THE SCHOOL district is hoping to go out to tender on the Skeena replace- ment school this month. The project suffered a delay over the summer while some additional changes to the design were made, maintenance super- intendent Robert Gilfillan said. “We haven’t been able to get to working drawings yet,” he said. Gilfillan had hoped to include teachers in order to make minor adjustments in the final design on how specific classrooms will be constructed in the new ju- nior high school. Instead, Gilfillan and the project’s architects went over the final revi- sions in July. The adjustments were necessary before working drawings could be comple- ted, he said. The final plan won’t look much different from the one staff and the pub- lic had a chance to look at earlier this year, when Skeena had the plans on view. “It’s litthe things,” he said. For example, some classroom equipment will be making the move from Skeena to the new school. That equipment had to be included in the final design plan in order to come up with accurate budget figures. Depending on the weather, construction may not begin until spring. News that the province has halted construction on $9 millian NWCC campus in Prince Rupert pending a core services review hasn't worried school district offi- cials that a similar freeze could be announced for the Skeena replacement pro- ject. “I have tremendous faith,” Skeena Junior Sec- ondary’s principal Rob Greenwoed said. “If there was any change in plans, we would have received notice by now,” School district se- cretary treasurer Marcel George said. He’s confident the Lib- erals will honour the finan- cial approval given to the project by the NDP in the final hours of their man- date. - But he admitted the new government has the power to change that, if it so chooses. “Victoria can very well decide ‘to stop any con- yet.” - “Anyone who wants to assist us could pull their accounts out of the TD bank,” TD Bank officials have refused all requests for comment on Skeena Cel- lulose, saying they never comment on matters invol- ving a client. Some loggers want a bank official to come up and answer to them. “Et want to talk to the TD, because they’ve got my money,” said Houlden, who is alsa vice-president of the Northwest Loggers Association. Houlden, who suggested time be given for the gov- ernment and the bank to pay up before taking ac- tion, also vowed he will “zo and extract from that yard ihe value of wood that I'm owed.” - A total of $20 million is owed unsecured creditors - which include large credi- tors like PNG. Skeena MLA Roger Harris estimates around $2 million of that is owed to Terrace area contractors. Contractors stress they're not looking for SCI to be bailed out, kept BRYAN HALBAUER parked his two loaders in front of the TD bank Saturday. JEFF NAGEL PHOTO open, or even protected from bankruptcy. They just want to be paid money they were promised. Harris pledged to fight to have any proceeds from a sale of SCI used to first pay off the contretors. But some loggers and even the MLA weren’l confident, that would be happen as it would require the Liberal government agreeing to do that and not use the money to help re- coup the taxpayers’ losses on SCI. One logger asked Harris his sense of his support among other MLAs on Skeena Cellulose. “It’s not broad,” he re- plied, noting many other parts of the province have | their own crises, “We have the support of the three guys in the north.” Houlden also says pay- ment of SCI payroll che- ques wasn’t required under the bankruptcy protection provisions. These cheques: were paid, he noted, and so should the contractors bills. “Give us the damn money.” Houlden said. “We will not take no for an answer,” ~SOCCER- BUY.COM 615-5582 A 4660 Lakoise Ave. | ge | Thank You Betty Campbell would like to thank all those who came out and voted. Your support ; was greatly appreciated. — 2° Willpower. On sale right now at Weight Watchers. Funny thing about willpower: you have a lot more of it on a full stomach than an empty one, That’s why Winning Points is so effective: you get co eat che foods you ‘tn like, so you stay satisfied, scay with the program, and lase. It's that LINING CoINTS simple. 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