2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 21, 1987

day ahead
at civic polls |

In exactly ‘one month, the »

Busy

_ Voters -will be asked’ to’ vote

7 Nov, “21 civic election will decide
the fate of four city seats, five .
* regional district directors, four

school board positions — plus

. two referendums.
Of thei issues to be decided this.

fall, the swimming pool expan-

’ sion will ask voters for approval

to allow the city.to borrow up to

$350,000 towards the estimated -

$500,000 cost of adding on to

building a- new hot tub and
wading -pool in the existing
building, and ‘repairing and _.in-

sulating the ceiling.

Also to be included: on- the

‘allow:. all

the existing weight lifting room,

s’”’ or “no” to the. question,
0 you agree with and approve

of the: Holiday Shopping.

Regulation: By-law which: will

toria Day, Dominion Day, B.C.

Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving |
‘Day, Remembrance Day, Christ-

mas Day and: Boxing Day: |

. On the city scene, four seats 7
are up for grabs, including the
-Mayor’s position, —

retail .- - businesses - .
“to. be open -on Sundays: and»
_holidays?”’
In addition to Sunday, the ©
‘term, ‘‘holiday’’ includes New
Year's Day, Good Friday, -Vic-'

Ste

ballot: will be the more con- ~
troversial business of Sunday
shopping, which has spurred
Kitimat City Council to add the
Same question to. their ballot in
anticipation of unfair sompeti-”
tion,

Mayor Jack Talstra and Ald.
Ruth Hallock have both said
that they will .be seeking re- . Et
election, while Ald. Mo Takhar * =
remains undecided and George:
Clark says he’s had’ enough.

School District 88 positions

Jim Davis (center), design manager for the Skeena Cellulose “Project Starship” sawmill in Terrace, recently took 27
_ fepresentatives of forest product customers from the United Kingdom on a tour of both the old and new mills. Davis

said the purchasers are constantly on the look-out for the best materials and they were pleased with what they saw in
etrace. ;

|

Lottery money to finance ©

- downtown revam

Terrace City Council ap-
plauds the provincial govern-
. ment announcement of a renew-
ed Downtown Revitalization
Program, but has expressed con-
_ cern over the government's deci-
sion to use B.C. Lottery funds
Tather than provincial revenue.
_ Premier Vander Zalm joined
‘Municipal Affairs Minister Rita

tary Elwood Veitch. in making
athe announcement at

month’s Union of B.C. Muni-
cipalities Convention, saying,
“By using lottery funds, we are

able to make an‘ ongoing com--

mitment to a very worthwhile
cause.’’ ;
According to Vander Zalm,

the new, fully funded Down.
town Revitalization Program -

would utilize $10 million from
the lotteries fund to spark local
economic development through-
out the province by renewing
downtown cores.

last -

“It will help create a new
awareness, within’ municipal
governments and local business
communities, of the potential to
work together:’ sto make a dif-
ference in the local economy,”
said Vander Zalm.

He said that the new program
will incorporate many of the

vin} 1t4 - same concepts contained in the
Johnston and Provincial Secré-

previous. five-year. downtown.

revitalization. program but’ will

operate with a revolving furtd
established with money: from

_provincial lotteries revenues, A

new society will be established
to “maintain a. continuing pro- -
vincial commitment to the con-,
cept’’,

The program will be further

enhanced by the introduction of

Business Improvement Area
legislation expected in the next
sitting of .the legislature.
According to. Vander Zalm, the

‘legislation will allow local coun-

Fire season ends

by Erle Holt,
Operations Manager,
Forest District
TERRACE — The 1987 fire
season officially ended. on

_ Oct. 15.

A total of 46 fires were
_ reported and actioned in the
Kalum Forest District during the
1987 fire season, The total
number of fires this year was
considerably lower than the 1986
fire season, when 84 fires were
reported and actioned. The total
number of fires this year was
also less than the 10-year
average of 55 fires per year.
Due to the cold, wet weather
during the months of April, May
and June, the 1987 fire season
got off to a very slow start with
only six fires being reported. Ju-
ly and August were unusually
hot-and dry and it was during
this period that the majority of
fires were reported. Thirty-seven
fires were reported during these

- two months, and 17 of these

were caused by a lightning storm
that passed through the district
in the middle of July. In the lat-
ter part of the season, from
‘Sept. through Oct. 15, only
three fires were reported.
None of the 46 fires that oc-
curred developed into a major

size, although: several fires had-

the potential to ‘become major
fires. This was mainly due to a
quick reporting. of fires followed
up by aggressive initial attack.
Less than 20 hectares were burn-
ed by wild fire this fire season.

The Kalum District had a very
successful prescribed burning
program this year. Ideal burning

conditions in the early part of
September enabled both forest .

service and forest industry to
successfully complete 5,000 hec-
tares of prescribed burning. This
was the largest prescribed burn-
ing program that has been
undertaken in the district. Pre-
scribed burning creates plant-
able spots, reduces bush com-
petition, reduces fire hazard,
reduces insects and disease, and
releases nutrients for new seed-
lings,

“With fire season ending on
Oct. 15, burning permits will not
be required until April 15, 1988.

As a final note on the 1987
fire season, forest service staff in
the Kalum District would like to
thank the general public for
their co-operation throughout
the fire season.

cils and merchants ‘‘to establish
a pool of funds for coordinated
marketing, promotion and
management of the revitalized
area’”’,

Municipal Affairs Minister
Rita Johnston added, “The
Downtown Revitalization Pro-
gram has already made a sig-
nificant, impact in terms of job
creation, new ‘busineses and
‘sales.in our downtown.cores.”’

““We have reviewed the pro-
gram, improved it, fueled it, and

D program |

are embarking on a new course
with this initiative,’’

_ City council has asked Ad-
ministrator Bob Hallsor to write
to the. provincial government
supporting the program but ex-
pressing concern. that lottery
funds are intended to. support

sports and recreational ac- ;

tivities, some of which may go
without funding due to the gov-

-ernment’s decision to extract $10

million for the Downtown

Revitalization Program.

a

include.those presently occupied

by trustees Nancy Orr and Bar- |

bara Ross of Terrace, Jim
Angus of the Hazelton-
Kitwanga area and Kirsten
Chapman of Stewart. Kitimat-
Stikine Regional District direc-
torships open will be those
presently filled by Chairman Les

Watmough who represents the |

Thornhill area, Gordon Robin-
son representing rural Terrace
and Kitimat, Sheila Ryan of
Hazelton, Percy Tait represent-

ing the Nass Valley and Joseph —

Murphy of Telegraph Creek.

- Nominations for all positions
close at noon on Oct. 26.. City
nominations will be taken in
council chambers at City Hall.
Terrace school board trustee

continued on page 7

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