Vol, 4, Issue No. 1

The first official.flag for Terrace was. presented to the city at the Diamond Jubilee celebrations Dec. 27 by Safety
Bear and members of the local RCMP detachment on behalf of the Diamond Jubiles Committee. Pictured above

with the flag (left to right) are Const. Jane Andrew,

Const. Roger Bagi.

Sot. Richard Boyle, Mayor Jack Talstra, Const. Foss Genge and

Postmaster powerless to

solve air mail problem_.

TERRACE — It. really isn’t as .

bad as it seems, said Terrace
Postmaster Dale Walker when
asked about complaints of poor
mail carrier service by Canadian
Airlines International late last
month. However, he didn’t say
that the CAI delivery perfor-
mance was acceptable either,
with mail being ‘bumped’
more frequently now than when
the area was seryiced by two
‘airlines, and blaméd: the Van-
couver CAI office for. the. pro-

Little wind damage

TERRACE — The recent wind
activity in Terrace has caused
some. discomfort for local
residents and businesses, but it
does not come without warning
and is not considered a major
dilemma. —

by Philip Musselman —

According to Terrace
weatherman George Blakey,
these winds are not unusual at
this time of year. In fact the con-
‘ditions may not last too much
longer. The winds, caused by
Arctic air passing through the
‘region, should begin to settle
“down Thursday. The break
down of this. Arctic air should
- Mean a return to the usual local

shower activity by the weekend. ©

. According to Tom Dithur-
bide, subforeman lineman for
Terrace B.C. Hydro, the winds
have caused a few problems, in-
cluding a broken pole on Pa-
quette Avenue. Ninety percent
of the problems occurring were
due to trees falling over lines.
Exceptional events included the
incident on Paquette Avenue
and another which cut power to
outside of Terrace because a
piece of industrial plastic from
the site of the Skeena Cellulose
project got caught in the wind
and wrapped itself around lines,

blem.

‘Walker said that weather can
be an uncontrollable factor in
Terrace that could affect the
delivery capability of CAI, and
he therefore had ‘‘no com-
plaints’? regarding CAI staff at
the Terrace Airport.

“Mail is being bumped {by

(CAI) in Vancouver and it’s up to

our Vancouver office to deal
with it,’’ said Walker, and add-
ed that he has to accept CAI ser-
Vice:at. its. present level. All he

shorting them out.

According to Dithurbide, this
year the winds have only caused
mild damage compared to recent
years.

Outside |
Date HI Lo
Cec. 28 24

Prec.
* trace of mixed
. rain and snow
. Dec. 29 2 -1 : ni
Dac. 30 1-7. nil
Dac. 31 7 -10 nil
Jan. 1 10 -13 : nil
Jan. 2 10-13. nil
Jan. 3 8 12 nil -

Forecast: Conit'nuing clear, |
cold and windy conditions.
-Clouding over Thursday with
snow Thursday night and Fri-
day. Cloudy with showers and |
mild temperatures over the
weekend.

Inside

Business Guide
Church Directory -
Classified Ads
Coming Events
Comics
Crossword

Dining Directory
Entertainment
Horoscope |
Letters

Opinions

Sports

Stork . ;
Talk of the Town -

can do, he said, is report. éach in in-
cident to the Vancouver. Post -
Office.

According to Walker,. ‘CAI
can ‘‘bump”’ mail to make more

room for cargo and luggage on ~

any flight they choose: without
losing money on their contract
with Canada Post.

“They get paid by weight per
airmile,’’? he said, ‘and don’t
lose money because they just put
it on the next flight and get paid.
the regular rate.”

Walker said Priority Post is
his greatest concern because it is
a guaranteed two-day service.

‘People spend good money
for the service because they are

- in a hurry, delivery of the item is

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TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, January 6, 1988

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50 CENTS

Council seesaws
on auto purchase ©

TERRACE — Late last fall, SO-
meone in city hall sat down and
calculated it would be cheaper to
purchase twO economy cars
rather than pay a car allowance
to city officials and employees
using their own vehicles.

by Tod Strachan

Council examined the. pro-
posal, agreed that it made sense
and would save the city money,
and asked city administration to
request tenders from local car
dealers for two, two-door
economy cars.

Administration did their work
and returned the following list
of bids: Hyundai Excell
$8,677.00, Nissan Micra
$8,898.20, Renault Alliance
$9,170.29, Ford Escort
$9,521.03, Dodge Colt
$9,752.00. Along with the list of
tenders was a recommendation
from Stew Christensen, Superin-
tendent of Public Works, that
said, ‘‘Due to the fact the second
bidder is only $311 more, and

that the dealership is within the.

‘city limits, council may wish to
consider the purchase of the
“Nissan Micra.”

ose guncil” examined : this infor-
“mation, agreed that it was cor- -

rect -city policy to purchase,
wherever possible, within the ci-
ty limits and a motion was made
to accept the recommendation.

However, Alderman Ruth
Hallock wasn’t convinced of the
durability of import cars and
asked that the matter go back to
committee to consider the pur-
chase of Canadian-built over im-
port. Council examined that ©
proposal and agreed it wouldn’t
. hurt to have another look.

Prior to its next meeting,
council received a !.tter- from ~
Leo DeJong of Thornhill Mo-
tors Ltd. which pointed out,
“While not actually located in
Terrace; our firm does own pro-

ent

perty in Terrace and several of

our employees also pay taxes in .

your city.”

DeJong added, “I would also” oat

like to question why we were

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asked to tender on this vehicle if

we were not eligible because of
our business location.”
Also, in response to Hallock’s

question of Canadian versus im~

port, DeJong informed council
that, ‘‘To my knowledge there
isn’t a sub-compact vehicle
available that can claim total
Canadian manufacture. Mitsu-

bishi and Isusu are two of the —

biggest suppliers of components
in most of the sub-compacts.’’
However, he added, ‘‘Hyundai
will be produced in Canada by
Canadians in the very near
future.’’
For council, this created a
dilemma. According to Bob
Cooper it has been city policy.
for some time to “Buy Terrace”’
and if someone chose to locate
their business in Thornhill that
was their own personal choice.

Danny Sheridan suggested

that Terrace should be making a
move towards amalgamation.
‘(They feel like they are a part of
Terrace, I think this council
should ‘move towards amalga-

mation,” he said.’ wae

Another memo added to the
dilemma, City Director of Oper-
ations John Colongard had poll-
ed staff and management and

determined that if there was no

significant increase in price, a
four-door model was preferrable
to a two-door and a cail to
Nissan Motors had indicated an
additional cost of only $400.
This brought up the question
of whether administration

should ask for new tenders from
_ all dealers — a move that ad-

ministration felt they couldn't
make.

Council has referred the mat-

ter to the Planning and Public
Works Committee for further
consideration and recommenda-
tion.

Christmas vacatlon.

Putting the kids on nice w«« whan the firet real
what a lot of parents did. with thelr home:

cold apel of winter finally arrived In Terrace fast week, that's exactly
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