Talstra,
| regional district

« TERRACE MAYOR Jack

-:Talstra has been returned
’ as chair of another elected

body, the Kitimat-Stikine

~ Regional District.

Talstra, who was.contest-

- ed by Harry Nyce, the direc-
.tor for the Nass Valley and
' Meziadin electoral area, en-
': ters his fourth straight year

as the head of the regional
government.
He also held the position

=. from 1988 to 1991.

Nyce, meanwhile, beat .

“out Stewart director Craig

Caruso in the election for.

vice-chair.
‘He — replaces

ts

* Joann

’ Monaghan of Kitimat, who

had either been chair or
vice-chair since 1994,

Nyce is no. stranger to’

the executive, having served
as chair between 2002 and

“Tears”

A PRINCE GEORGE song-
writer has put out an original

“CD containing sofgs ‘about

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the Highway of Tears.
Proceeds from the work
of Ray Bessette. go to the

‘segional initiatives aimed at
preventing more disappear-.
‘ ances and murders of women -

‘along the stretch of Hwy16
between Prince George and
Prince Rupert. : :
It’s been dubbed the as
the “Highway of Tears” in

resporise to the missinig and —

murdered women.
‘Specifically, work is un-

derway to reduce the number —

2003 and as vice-chair for
the nine years prior to that.

The other change at the .
December meetings was the

representation from the Dis-

trict of Kitimat. .
Gerd Gottschling wa:

elected to replace Monaghan

and he joins Linda Campbell

as Kitimat directors.
Monaghan, along with

Bob Corliss, is now'an alter-°

nate from Kitimat.

The - regional district's.

board of: directors is com-

‘posed of seven municipal
_ councillors or mayors, ap-

pointed annually from their
respective municipal coun-

cils, and five directors7elect-.

ed from rural electoral areas
for three-year terms.
Regional district direc-
tors and the chair receive sti-
pends for their attendance at

'D is released —

_ of women who hitchhike.

That’s because a num-
ber of the women who have
gone missing were last seen
hitchhiking.

The proceeds from
Besette’s sales will go to
putting up no-hitchhiking
signs and raising awareness
among residents.

Bessette first performed
one .of the songs this past
spring at a Prince George
symposium held to discuss
the cases of disappearing
and murdered women.

At least nine women have
gone missing in the past 30

. the monthly meetings...

- tors get $400 per month.

_ Chipman from Terrace who

2005. *

_ initiative and the governing

Harry Nyce —

-Talstra, as chair, ‘earns .
$535 per month, while Nyce
and the remaining 10 direc-

This is in addition to any -
other stipends they may get.

years between Prince George
and Prince Rupert.
‘The -last was Tamara

went missing in the fall of.
“Ray has the. full support
of the Highway of Tears

body. He has signed a con-
tribution agreement so we
know exactly how funds.are
allocated,” said-Tears co-or-
dinator Lisa Krebs. ~ ;

‘The CD costs $10 and the
500 copies made’ are only
available at Prince George
locations for the time being.

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