Al0- The Terrace Siandard, Wednesday, June 23 1999 lt's time community paid for theatre, says Dr. Lee DR. ROBERT ELM. LEE, the man whom the school dis- trict’s theatre is named after, says it’s about time the com- munity helped pay for the theatre if it wants to use it. Lec, who was a Terrace general surgeon for years and who also spent 10 years as a school board member, was the main instigator in getting the education ministry to build the $750,000 free-standing theatre here in the seventics. Although he feels badiy that public use of the theatre has been curtailed unless the community incurs all costs for its use, he also has sympathy for the school board, “The community has to realize this theatre has been built entirely with department of education funds,” Lee said in a telephone interview from his home in Victoria. And its only fair that if the public wants to use the theatre, it should help cover all operating costs, he said. “The community has got this building scot free for 20 years,’” Lee stated. Barry Piersdorff, school board secretary treasurer, ex- plained that with scarce education dollars available the board simply can’t afford any costs related to community use of the theatre. Piersdorff said community use cost the board about $40,000 last year in operational costs. Currently, city council is jumping into accelerated talks with the school board to clear up the issue of public use by month's end. Council voted last week to send councillor Val George and mayor Jack Talstra to negotiate with the school district and come back to council with options by June 30, Informal talks had already been going on with trustee Roger Leclerc but George said the move makes those dis- cussions official, . “Let's just look at it and formally get on with the job of getting that theatre into community use by the fall,’? he Said. Councillor Olga Power said the quick response is needed because theatre manager Tom Walker’s job ends at the end of June and the school board normally does aot mect over the summer. . = manben cameras THE MAN after whom the Dr. R.E.M. Lee Theatre is named says it is time for the community to take a greater role in financing its operations. Now retired in Victoria, Lee was a school board member here and the main person responsible for having the theatre builtin the 1970s. The theatre is an important part of the city’s cultural in- frastructure, said councillor David Hull, adding prospec- live new residents and businesses look at a city’s arls and cultural opportunities alongside recreational facilities, and other services and infrastructure, “Our quality of life indicators are to some extent going downhbill,”’ Hull said. ; Karen Birkedal, president of the Terrace Concert Society, has been pressuring the school board for weeks to figure out who will manage the theatre once Walker is laid off — a savings of $40,000-$50,000. She has already lined up her first concert, Seruj, a celtic band, for September 24, but she’s worried there won’t be any Management structure in place by then. She wants to make sure the cordless microphones and the grand piano, which the community paid for and which are housed in the theatré, are taken care of properly. _ TSIMSHIAN TREATY NEGOTIATIONS OPEN SESSIONS Tsimshian Tribal Council, Canada, and British Columbia are continuing negotiations towards an Agreement-in-Principle under ihe British Columbia Treaty Process. The chief negotiators invite the public and the media to observe the following discussions, Lo. _... Tuesday, June 29, 1999 - 9 a.m, to 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ‘Kitsumkalum Hall ‘Terrace, B.C. Agenda items include: Klemtu Main Table Followup; Workplanning; Tsimshian Community Treaty mo Presentations by: Kitsumkalum and Kitselas First Nations - For more information, contact: | (250) 627-8782 Tsimshian Tribal Council | Federal Treaty Negotiation Office 1-800-665-9320 Province of B.C. - Jacque Pleasants (250) 387-1119 er BRITISH 2 COLUMBIA hitp:/ /www.aaf.gov,be.ca./aaf/ Parents protest music cuts THE PRESSURE is on. Music advocates have sent over 600 letters to the edu- cation ministry, government officials and school board staff urging them not to cut Grade 6 and 7 band pro- grams and the 9th block music option at Caledonia liext September. Parents are angry and frus- YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD B.C. 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