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And the need to move quick-
ly, says Neves, is currently being.
demonstrated by their depen-
dence on the use of school gyms.
Neves explains that they have us-
ed the Clarence Michiel gym-
nasium for 18 years but it has
always created difficulty because |
of the need to set-up and take-
down equipment for every. ses-
sion. This has made it imprac-
tical to-use. some of their larger
pieces of equipment, and with

160 members between the ages”

of three and 18 and more on’a
waiting list, they have simply
out-grown it. They need a per-
manent gymnasium of their own
if they are to offer the type of
training required for-more ad-
vanced competition. |

‘ But she adds that the current

‘ Jabor dispute has added to their
problem and she says.it indicates

the real need for a home of their
own. According to Neves, they
haven’t had access to a training
‘facility since late last month and
this could be.a disadvantage to
the club’s gymnasts. She ex-
plains that the Northern B.C.
Winter Games are coming up in
early February and the B.C.
Winter Games are scheduled
for a month later.’ Local gym-
nasts ‘are losing muscle tone

‘through the lack of practice.

‘Also, the Bronze Merit meet that

-was to be held in Terrace on Jan.

22. has ‘been postponed | in-

‘definitely due to the lack of

gymnasium facilities. -

Unable to use the Clarence.

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Michiel gym, ‘the club has rented

the Thornhill Community Hall. .

Neves says the Terrace Arena
banquet room would have been.

preferable for its location, but a -

lack of storage space eliminated -

that option. An additional bur-

denis the cost of $50 for truck
rental to move their equipment

to Thornhill, and rental for. the

community hall is going to cost
the club about.$116 per week.
Neves says that if the project
is allowed" to gO ahead, they
won't be. alone in building the.
facility. She says the Terrace
Youth Society is interested in the
project as well as the boxing
club, who have been given a
boxing ring by the city’s recrea-
tion department, but has no
place to set it up. She adds that
the Blueback Swim Club has

_also recently expressed an in-

terest in this type of a training
facility.

~ She says that the basic concept
for the project has not changed
since she. described it to council
last October. The cement block
structure would consist of a
70-by-100 foot gymnasium, an-

other 50-by-50 foot gym; change .

and storage rooms on the main
floor; a utilities area and boxing
‘gym in the basement; and on the
second floor, an office, kitchen
and 40-by-50 foot banquet
room, which she says would pro-
vide the income to maintain the
project. She added that with this
facility, and their present
coaching staff who are being

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assisted. by a national level gym-.
nastics coach, they. would: have
the capability. of sending local
gymnasts to the national, and .

‘possibly even the international
level.

Current plans call for a three-
phase development. The first
would cost about $800, 000.

. The increase will.see the mayor's:

$16,430 and. ‘that : ‘of: aldermen.

rise: from $5,789 to. $7, 162.. ‘AC
cording to: Finance Committee b
chairman. ‘Danny Sheridan, this -
is. the first. increase in. ‘indem- | +
_ nities in several: years and” only:

brings the Terrace indemnity: up
to. the provincial average . of
other. communities : of similar
size. He says the indemnity i in-

‘crease means an-increase in the.

annual budget of $11,402.
Sheridan. says the restraint: of

council in past years may. have
been a mistake as it only results

in a much: larger increase at
some ‘point in the future. He
points out that the role of Mayor.
involves : several . office days

-every week .in order..to sign

‘cheques and documents, arrange
agendas, ‘oversee council,

spond to the media. and’ handle

residents’ concerns as well as at-
tending various functions both
in and out of. town. At the same

time, while city aldermen have
: less’: responsibility and spend

somewhat less ‘time on city

Terrace city. ‘council fas: ap
- proved atinerease in ‘council in-- j
demnities of about 35° percent. oO

Sheridan said that: he Mal

. salary,increase from’ $12,130:to : extensive: “research *

between. ‘B: 1000. and -

-Taunities,. Sheridan says ae ie

communities. with populitions
15, 000"

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" per,capita cost varies steniicant, ® mo
ly and was also'a part of his con-
: sideration. Vancouver,” with” a

mayoi’s ‘wage of $61,262. and:
aldermen at $26,955,.. costs. 14:
cents per-capita, where. Telkwa
with wages of $5, 000 and $2, 400
costs.$5.79, ”

- When’ examining “other: ‘com-
munities, Sheridan. says: he-

‘found mayors” indemnities that

ranged from only $10, 284 in
Sidney to over. $26,000 in
Dawson Creek and Abbotsford.

- Aldermanic. indemnities ranged

from $4, 116 in Sidney to over,
$7,000 in several — other B. C.

communities. i

Sheridan says everyone should -
have the opportunity. to sit on
city council and financial’ mat
ters should not compromise. that
right.

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