Sra Ree ee ial ie TE ee Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 So gt ley pelts oi Legislative Library, | Parliament Buildings, v Bs eat a pacino nb oy ie WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1989 Vol. 5, Issue No. 34 Phone 635-7840 Fax 635-7269 | Frank ‘Oberle, the Federai Minister of State for. “Forestry, was In .Terrace last week and met with several local organizations and _officlals, among them Mayor dank - Talstra. - the Ministry of Education to answer questions about changes . : being implemented in the prov- _ince’s school system. is back in _ Service after a summer break. " The information line is pri- marily intended to answer con- cerns of parents about changes like dual-entry kindergarten and ungrade primary classes. Those ‘changes will be tried. out. in pilot projects starting next month:in four schools in School District 88, one of them Thorn- hill Primary. Anyone seeking information on the new system can call 1-800-663-7614 on Mondays and ‘Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. between now and Sept. 13. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council has announced two new. appointments, to the Board of Northwest ‘Com- munity College. ~ is a well-known local - busi- “nessman, the co-owner and president of Northern Drugs . Ltd. with retail stores in five - communities in the north- _ west. Krause is also a senator of the British Columbia Pharmaceutical Society. His appointment fills the vacancy created by John Morgan, . who recently moved to Larry Krause named _ to board of NWCC has béen general manager of Larry Krause, pharmacist, Rupert for 10 years and also has. her own computer Prince George with his fami- ly. . Nancy: Wilson, registered nurse and mother of nine, Eidsvik Associates Chartered Accountants of Prince business. She will replace William. Smith of | Prince Rupert who resigned from the Board in June, 1989. Further appoiritments are expected to be announced shortly. - Terrace RCMP first in Canada to use new law TERRACE — The local RCMP detachment has become the first in Canada to successfully prose- cute under a recently enacted section of the Criminal ‘Code that allows seizing assets of criminals that have been obtained through crime. Terrace residents Joseph Emil Therrien and Patricia Ann Smart were each sentenced on Nov. 28, 1988 to 18 months in jail for conspiracy to traffic in narcotics. Under Section 354(1) of the . Criminal Code, the government also seized $4,000 in cash, a 1985 Mercury Cougar automobile and a 1982.Chrysler New Yorker. Cst. Martin, a General Investigation Services and Drug Section officer for the Terrace detach- ment said yesterday the period during which Ther- - rien and Smart would have been allowed to appeal "ments remains to be resolved, the decision has now elapsed, and the assets seized will revert to the Crown, with the two cars going up for auction. Martin noted that the new section ‘applies to goods obtained from the proceeds of any type of crime, not just drug trafficking. He said the test used is the existence of any assets that can’t be ac- counted for through normal means of acquisition, like a legitimate income, by the accused. — The investigation that resulted in this conviction took a year, and the local detachment was assisted ‘by the Prince Rupert RCMP subdivision. Martin said the question of how the assets are divided up between federal and provincial govern- " Oberle says FRDA still breathing — B.. TERRACE = Who said the sec- | Sond generation Forest Resource. Development | Agreement ; (RDA Il) is .dead?:Not: Frank Oberle, federal ‘Minist of State for Science and Technology ‘and a ——— =—— 7 7 Minister of State for Forestry. Education line re-opens A toll-free line established by. He said during an interview in Terrace last week that a feder- al/provincial agreement for FRDA II is near — all that’s required is for the two parties to come to an agreement on the cost-sharing ratio. The FRDA I cost sharing ‘ratio was 50/50 but it expires Mar. 31, 1990. As far as FRDA II is. concerned, Oberle will only say, ‘“We will contribute a fair - share ‘of it.” But he does drop a: hint ‘that indicates the’ federal government may not be willing to pay half, “Keep in mind that the prov- ‘ince has the principle responsi- ' bility-(for forestry) and. derive the ‘greatest benefit,” says Oberle. He. points out also that. the province recently changed its forest policies and has significantly increased their revenue from forest harvesting. “Three hundred and twenty - million in export taxes alone,”’ he says. ‘‘But we are willing to share in the cost.”’ Oberle says the new agree- ment, $1 billion over 10 years, may not be quite as rich on an’ are annual basis as FRDA:I —'$100:" - million annually. compared to $140. million: — ‘but it will ‘be much more focused over a great- er period of time and will pro-— duce more long-lasting results. . Oberle says that the basic concept for the FRDA program | is sustainable yield but. there is much more that needs to be - done in the forest industry than just cultivate trees. The whole industry from the tree to.a final product, whether it be paper or a chest of drawers, has to be fine tuned. continued on page 2 The “A” Team — in Japanese karate that is. This group was in Terrace last week, just before Northwest karate clubs made a spectacular showing in a world karate tournament in Vancouver. They are (left to right) team member Reiichi Fukuoka, team captain Hiroshi Tanaka, Terrace’s chief karate Instructor David Akutagawa, “A” Team coach Tsuyoshi Chitose, who is also the world's chief Instructor (the youngest ever) for Chito-Ryu karate, Ryuichi Nakamura and Tatsumi Takasu. For story, see page 24.