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Emle Sande
You know what it's [ike
today, but it’s hard to
predict what It'll be like
tomorrow. I've never ssen
two winters exactly atike.
| have a picture showing
_ snow half way up my front
window on March 3rd.

Two winters we didn't:

have enough snow to
bother cleaning the road-

way. In 1947 | recall that.

Mrs. Emil Haugland pick-
-ed a rose on Christmas

Day. At four o’clock that -

same afternoon the
temperature dropped and
we had six weeks of the
darndest weather |’ ve ever
seen.

‘The Terrace Review
asked local oldtimers:

Are we in for a severe
winter this year?.

‘Bob Cooper

{in Terrace since 1927)

iNo., | don’t think go. It Is
“unusual” weather we
havein this area. In 1943 it
was mild like this. all
winter. In 1947 or 48 we
were In the Guinness
‘Book of World Records
for the highest snowfall!
for any 24-hour period.

You might say we experi: |

ence cyclical weather.

_ Floyd Frank
(he’s been here
since 1908)
Anyone who tries to
predict the weather in this
country is either a new-

_ comer or a ‘darned fool.
‘This Is an unusual coun-'

try. In 1925 there was not

a bit of snow. Red clover

‘blossoms were picked in

February. Then around -

1940 in Jan. it went down
40 30 below where we are,

:‘ and two miles away it was -
. 7

'. getting very little snow,
’ but that doesn’t mean we

below. We've been

won't get It!

_ Gerry Prosser
(been here since 1957)

Norman DesJardins
No. It’s golng to be a

Terrace Review — - Wednesday, November 23, i988 5.

Letter

A privilege to serve

To the Editor;

It has been an honour and a
privilege to have been able to
serve as an alderman for-the City
of Terrace for the past four

” years.

While much has been accom-
plished, much remains. The
challenges of the next few years

will, I'm sure, require .dedica-
‘tion, foresight and vigilance by

not only Mayor Talstra and his
Council but also by the :many
groups: and organizations
throughout the community
which contribute so greatly to

our quality of life.

To the successful candidates,
Mr. Cooper, Mr. Hull and my
very good friend Mr. Laurent,
my most sincere best wishes for
your upcoming term of office.

I would be remiss in: not
thanking the publisher and
staff .of the Review, particu-
larly Michael. Kelly and Tod
Strachan, for your fair and un-
biased reporting of Council ac-
tivities during my term. You are

a credit to the journalistic pro-

fession, Bob Jackman,

Terrace, B.C.

Regional district —
suspects speculation

The board of directors of the
Regional District of Kitimat-

Stikine has voiced concern that

land speculation by entrepre-
neurs in the Hwy. 37 corridor
may have been sparked by the
current mining boom and re-
lated promises of a highway
upgrade. When fully developed,
Hwy. 37 will provide a viable
and possibly more economical
access route between the Yukon
and Alaska and the rest of the
continent than the Alaska Hwy.
does at the present time, and
land values could skyrocket.

by Tod ‘Strachan |

The reason for the board’s
present concern is the receipt of
a land referral on an application
signed by Jeanette Holmes of
Iskut for 1.7 hectares of un-
surveyed crown land to develop
a proposed tourist resort. If ap-
proved, Holmes’ plans provide
for tourist accommodation, the
sale of aircraft fuel and the con-
struction of boat and float plane
docks.

What has caused regional
district directors to take another
look is the estimated cost of the
project: $62,250, which includes
a private residence valued at
$30,000 — almost 50 percent of
the total project. In proportion
to this, the tourism aspect of the
project is relatively small —
three 12x14 cabins with out-
houses, a central shower/kit-
chen facility, gas pumps,

a portable dock, parking lot,

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helicopter pad and boat launch

. which total only a little over

$12,000,

The balance of the total cost
includes items such as land clear-
ing, a storage shed, road access,
a septic system, legal survey,
utilities, diking and drainage, all
of which would be required for
any development, private or
commercial.

The board has tabled the
referral for a second month in a
row and will be taking another
look after they have received
more information on ‘the actual
intent of the developer.

Poet to read.
tomorrow.

Hope Andersen, noted
Jamaican-Canadian poet and
author of ‘‘Slips from Grace”’,
published by Coach House Press
of Toronto, will give a public
reading of his work at the Ter-
race Public Library tomorrow at
8 p.m.

Mr. Anderson’s reading is
sponsored by the Canada Coun-
cil and Northwest Community
College’s English department.
Terrace poet George Stanley will
join with Mr. Anderson in
reading from their collaborative
poem, “The ’80s’’. .

Admission is free, and all are
invited,

For further information, call
George Stanley at 635-6511.

good winter.

! really couldn’t say.
Overall, the 30 years that
I've been here there
seems to be less snow
-and milder winters than
before. -

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