her past term ‘‘really
interesting’? and also because
“education is in a time of transi-
tion’? — and this transition is
something she wants to be a part
of. Also, she says she has tried
to better board-teacher relations
and this is something she: wants
to continue to do. ‘‘I’ve learned
eriough now to be much better at
it,” she says. .
Edna says her primary interest
is to make sure that the board

works well in serving the com- °

munity by keeping the public in-
‘formed as much as possible and
by keeping up with current
trends in education.
- Eva M. Daniels (new ‘can-
didate): Eva moved to Terrace in
1958 and has worked as a
teacher and learning assistant
for 13 years and held a position
_as the supervisor of primary in-
struction for 10 years. Although
she has never. served the com-
munity as an elected official, she
has been an executive member. of
the Catholic Women’s League
for five years and a ‘‘Brown
Owl” in the guiding movement
for 11 years. oe
In her capacity as an
educator, Eva was on the ex-
ecutive of the Principal-Vice
Principal’s Association during
the 1984-85 school term, a
member of the Advisory Com-
mittee to Early Childhood
- Education at Northwest Com-
munity College from 1962 to

1985, and has also been an ex-.

ecutive member of the Terrace
- District Teachers’ Association.
Eva says she is seeking elec-
tion as a trustee because she has
always been involved in educa-
tion and she now feels it is time
to give something back to the
community. And with her
educational ._ background, she
says, ‘I feel I have the ex-
perience and expertise to be a
good decision maker.’’ If
elected, Eva says she is ‘‘very in-
terested’’ in the newly published
Royal Commission on Educa-
tion and would like to be involv-
ed in the decision making and
implementation of the ‘‘good’’
recommendations in that report.
Laverne Hislop (incumbent):
Laverne has been a Terrace resi-
dent for 37 years. A busy
homemaker, she has also found
time to serve the community as a
school trustee for the past eight
years, five of those as board
chairman. She has also been an
‘avid supporter of the Pacific
Northwest Music Festival for the
past 20 years and a volunteer for
the Evangelical Free Church,
. where she is a member of the
Women’s Missionary Society
and has spent many hours cook-
ing at. children’s and family
camps.
Laverne says that during her
time as a trustee she has enjoyed
the ‘‘education’’ part of the job.
She explains that her interest is
due to the fact her own children
have already been through the
local school system and her
‘grandchildren are now there as
well, -
She describes the job of being
a school trustee as ‘‘chal-
lenging’’ and ‘Srewarding’’ but
for her own part says, ‘‘Some
‘things have not yet been com-
-pleted.’? She explains that work
has begun on the new Hazelton
school but local schools, par-

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ticularly Skeena, need upgrading

or replacement ‘as well. Also, |

Laverne. says she wanis a part in
implementing the French. Im-
mersion Program at. the secon-
dary level and wants to see more
emphasis on arts and music in
our local schools. And as one
final project, she adds that she
would like to see the ski program
re-introduced, ‘‘when we get a
ski hill’,

Francis Sabine (incumbent):
Francis has lived in Terrace for
the past 11 years and is currently
employed _as-a :counsellor at

Northwest Community College. -

He has been a school trustee for
the past two years, is presently a
member of both the Terrace and
Terrace/Thornhill Advisory
Parks and Recreation Commis-
sions, and has served on the Ter-
raceview Lodge Society board
for three years prior to its
amalgamation, As a volunteer,
Francis has been a member of
the Centennial Lions for two

‘years, a member of the K’san

House Society for two years and
served as the treasurer of the
Kermode Friendship Society in
1978.

Francis says he is seeking re-
election because, ‘‘I feel I have
some unfinished business.” He
says that now he has served one

term as a trustee, he has enough ©

knowledge to continue the job in
a meaningful way and he doesn’t
want to leave with a teachers
contract still in ‘‘limbo’’.

‘*This is of vital interest to the
whole community,’’ he says,
‘‘and I feel my point. of view
could be useful.”’

Francis says he has two
primary goals: first, to find ways
to encourage the board to carry
the French Immersion Program
into the secondary level, which
he says would be consistent with
the federal and provincial in-
itiatives towards multicultural-
ism; second, to be a part of the
board during the review of the

‘Royal Commission on Educa-

lion report. ‘‘There are some
really exciting recommendations
in that report that will actually
change the school system as we
know it,’’ he says. ‘“‘There are
some really good things there.’’

City Council

Four candidates are seeking
election to three, two-year
terms.

Bob Cooper (incumbent): Bob
is a logging contractor who has
been a Terrace resident since
1927. With the exception of one
year, he has been a city alder-
man since 1976 and in the past
also served eight years as a
member of the Regional District
board of directors, four of those
as chairman. He has been a

member of many local service .

clubs and is a charter member of
the Terrace Jaycees. Other local
groups include the Curling Club,
‘the Terrace Flying Club and
Branch 13 of the Royal Cana-
dian Legion.

Bob says he is. seeking re-
election because he has ‘‘been
there for a while” and has ‘‘a
fair amount of experience’’. He

explains that with his experience. |
as a logging contractor he has a

“good handle’ on public works
and is familiar with the
machinery, road costs and the
type of procedures-that should

equipment that should be pur-
chased, .- Uti a oe

Bob. says that. his fondest -

dream is to’ see the local in-

‘frastructure upgraded to a

reasonable level. He explains

. that Terrace is a member of the

Federation of Canadian
Municipalities who have been
lobbying for a federal-provincial
agreement to upgrade municipal
infrastructure and that with the
next annual meeting being held

in Vancouver, ‘‘we have an op- -

portunity to get a better idea
how we fit into that plan’’. In
the meantime, he says, Terrace
must continue to upgrade ser-
vices by using the Local Im-
provement Program to do small

neighborhood projects such as

upgrading streets and water and
sewer lines.

David Hull (new candidate):
David was born and raised jin
Terrace and is presently the
manager of the Terrace branch
of Acklands Ltd. He has never
served as an elected official but
has been active in the communi-
ty. He is a member of the Rotary
Club, the Terrace Northmen
Rugby Club tour chairman, a
member of the Lutheran Church
council and participates in a
number of local sporting ac-
tivities.

David says that he has con-

e used as well as the type of

templated running for office for
a number of years but this is the
: year he’s decided to act because

he feels that he can add ‘‘some

fresh life’’ to city council and in-

troduce some new ideas for the

‘betterment of the community.

‘I’ve spent my life here and I
think it’s time to put something
back,”’ he says.

_ He says that he has no specific
agenda at the moment other
than ‘‘the betterment of Ter-
race’’,.

‘I want to give my time and
talents to the city and I think we
can look forward to a positive
direction in the future,’’ he says.

Bob Jackman (incumbent):
Bob moved to Terrace in the
spring of 1981 and is presently
working as a business consul-
tant. He has served as a city
alderman for four years and
during that time has been chair-
man of the Finance Committee
for three years, a member of the
Planning and Public Works
Committee for three years and a
member of the Planning and
Economic Development Com-
mittee for three years.

As a volunteer, he is a five-
year member of the Kinsmen
club and served as president in
1978, was the chairman of the
Union Board of Health in 1987,
was a member of the Ter-
raceview Lodge Society for two

years, was a member of the Ter-
race and District Credit Union
Board of Directors from 1982 to

1984 and is presently the
treasurer for the Kermode

Friendship Society,

Bob says he is running for re-
election -because he is satisfied
with the approach of the present
city council, but at the same time
is concerned with ‘‘where the
community is going’’. He ex-
plains that there is a ‘‘great
potential’? for Terrace and he
wants to continue contributing
to its growth, He adds that while.
council has made some ‘‘major
improvements”? over the last
three to four years there is still
room for improvement and he
would like to see a council which
is more open and responsive to»
the city — a council which can
help “if someone wants to get
something done’’,

Darry] Laurent (new can-
didate): As the manager of the
Terrace/Kitimat Airport, Darryl
is attending the National Airport
Managers Convention in Ed-
monton this week and was
unavailable for an interview. He
has been a member of the com-
munity for a number of years
and has been active as both a
volunteer and advisor. A more
detailed profile will appear in
next week’s Terrace Review.

The Terrace Firefighters’ Fire Safety House project got another funding boost last week
with a donation of $500 from the Northern Motor Inn. Manager Gail Munson presented the
cheque to Ray Tremblay, who noted that with contributions of cash and materials, the pro-
ject is now halfway to belng realized.

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