Hewitt,

-) Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 8, 1986

Expo:legacy — where the money’s gone

As Terrace continues
to wait patiently for a
ruling on its Expo
Legacy Fund applica-
tion, here’s a look at suc-
cessful applications from
other parts of B.C. The
information was obtain-
ed by the Terrace Review
from the office of Jim
the MLA for
Boundary-Similkameen

who is responsible for-

examining the applica-
tions and disbursing the

money. The most recent

data available is from
July 23; a representative
from Hewitt’s office
stated the cabinet shuffle
on August 1 that moved
Hewitt from the Educa-
tion portfolio to the
Ministry of Agriculture
and Fisheries has delayed

’ further processing, and

no significant grants
have been approved
since then.

The approved applica-
tions are presented here
in accordance with the
B.C. electoral map, by
constituencies:

Boundary-Simil-
kameen - Jim Hewitt’s
home turf received a
total of $1,987,000 in
grants toward an aquatic
complex in Grand Forks,
a recreation facility in
Osoyoos, an expansion
of Penticton's Peach
Bowl and a community
theatre for Summerland.

Cariboo
Minister Alex Fraser’s
riding got $145,790 for a
curling rink in Likely, a
tourist information cen-
tre at 100 Mile House,
and community grounds
improvements in Tatla

_ Lake.

Central Fraser Valley -
represented by ex-
Minister of Municipal
Affairs Bill Ritchie, an
exhibition park will be
built at Abbotsford with
a grant of $1,150,000.

Chilliwack - this Social
Credit riding received

- Highway

$965,000 to build an
agricultural and _his-
torical facility at
Agassiz, restore the old |
CPR station in the same
community, and build a
recreation complex in
Chilliwack.

Dewdney - libraries
will be provided for
Maple Ridge and Pitt
Meadows and a sports
park will be built in Mis-
sion with $1,138,000 for
Environment and Park
Minister Austin Pelton’s

riding.
Kamloops - - Cariboo
College will get a playing

field with the help of
$500,000 in the riding of
Claude Richmond,
Minister of Social Ser-
vice and Housing. .

Kootenay - Labor
Minister Terry Segarty’s
riding got $426,500 for a
recreation complex in
Fernie.

Langley - represented
by Social Credit member
Bob McClelland, the
municipality of Langley
received $1,200,000 for a
new aquatic center.

Mackenzie - a south
coastal riding which in-
cludes the Sunshine
Coast, represented by

-NDP member Don Lock

stead, received $150,000
for a golf course at
Pender Harbour.
Nelson-Creston - NDP
member Lorne Nicol
son’s riding got $100,000
for a community audi-
torium in Creston.
North Peace River
-Education Minister
Tony Brummett’s riding
received $1,528,000 for a
community theater in
Fort Nelson, a cultural
center in Fort St. John,
and equestrian grounds
for Hudson’s Hope.
Okanagan South - a
community hall in
Peachland will be built

with $450,000 in ex-
Premier Bill Bennett's
riding.

Omineca - Jack

Terrace Association for Community Living needs ad-
vacates for handicapped people living in Terrace. For
more information please phone Janice at 635-9322 or

Carol-Ann at 635-3940.

Kermode Knit Wits, a club for all persons interested in
furthering machine knitting. Regular monthly meetings
will be held on the 2nd Tuesday at noon and the 4th
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. For further information call
Audrey 638-1335, Jan 635-7517 or Nancy 635-5319,

Everyone welcome.

Terrace & District
Community Services Society

Annual General Meeting
October 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Terrace Public Library basement.

Membership is $2.00 and
is available at 4530 Lakelse Ave.

For information call:
635-3178
Lorna Copeland

10/15¢

Kempf , Minister of

Forests: and Lands, .

represents this riding
which: got. a total of
$736,393 - for five
separate applications.
Projects will be a com-
munity hall in Fort
Fraser,. a ski lodge for
Fort St. James, a tourist
information center for
Granisle, a recreation
park for Houston, and a
community park for
Telkwa.

Prince George North -
ex-Forest Minister Jack
Heinrich’s home riding
received $420,000 for an
expansion of the recrea-
tion center in Mackenzie
and a new community
center for Reid Lake.

Prince George South -
represented by Bruce
Strachan, a Social Credit

member; the Giscombe
Portage Historical Socie-
ty will build an historic

farm in Prince George -

with a grant of $250,000.

Rossland-Trail - NDP
member Chris D’Arcy’s
riding got $400,000 for a
library in Castlegar and
an athletic park in Trail.

Shuswap-Revelstoke
-the Revelstoke Legacy
Plaza, a community hall
in Pritchard, a wharf
project in Salmon Arm,
and a cultural and
heritage’ center in
Sicamous were approved
for grants totalling
$816,000 in Social Credit
member Cliff Michael’s

riding. .
Skeena - Terrace’s
riding, represented by

NDP House Leader
Frank Howard, received

$335,000 for a communi-
ty recreation complex in
Smithers.

Victoria - the City of
Victoria, represented by
NDP members Robin
Blencoe and Gordon
Hanson, got a whopping
$7,275,000 for a conven-
tion center.

Yale-Lillooet - Social
Credit member Tom
Waterland’s riding
received a total. of
$54,660 fora recreation
center in Cache Creek
and a.community park in
Merritt.

In terms of dollars-to-
population ratio, each
NDP constituent has

received an average of

$34.15 and each Social

. Credit constituent has

received $14.32. If the
$7 million grant to Vic-

toria’ is removed, the
NDP figure drops to
$6.14. Total funds

distributed as of July 23 =

came to $20,027,784.

Eligible constituencies
which have received no
legacy money as of July
23 were the NDP ridings
of Alberni, Comox,
Cowichan-Malahat,
Esquimalt-Port Ren-
frew, Nanaimo, North
Island and Okanagan
North; the Social Credit
ridings of Atlin, Colum-
bia River, Oak Bay- |
Gordon Head, Saanich
‘and the Islands, and
South Peace; Prince
Rupert, the only riding

‘represented by a Pro--

gressive Conservative
member, has also receiv-
ed no grants.

AD effective MLA
— ofthe solution.

An MLA’s job is to represent his riding, To do
this properly, he must have an effective dialogue

with the provincial government. —
Or, at the very least, he must be
on “speaking terms” with
Victoria. After all, local concerns

must be heard.

Dave Parker is committed to
establishing a new working
relationship with government.
His conceptis simple enough: just.
some very straight forward
talking on some very pressing
issues. But without the usual

“politics” and bickering.

As itis now, Skeena Riding has more than its fair
share of urgent, but as yet unresolved, issues. (The
impact of change on the forest industry, port service
for Kitimat, Native land claims, new initiatives for
tourism and highways upgrading, to name a few.) In