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‘When the first phase of the

7 project. i is completed this fall it will provide 30 pre-sold condo- -

:.* Minium units. The average cost ee each unit was about $55,000,

‘During. the ceremony, about

-50 people listened as Talstra ~ commended the society for their

Coalition

~. There was, a small but én- - thusiastic .turn-out for the

Skeena Protection Coalition’s meeting last Wednesday evening

. inthe Terrace library,

” by Kaeleen Bruce

“ Although the coalition is con-

cerned with a broad range of e1i- vironmental issues affecting. .our area, its members have decided

“to focus on recycling. This is "seen as a means of” raising en- vironmental awareness in the community as well as dealing: with the specific problem of

waste disposal.

Recycling programs in other communities have reduced the total volume of the waste stream

| 2 by.15 to 25 percent over a one to - five year period, it was reported.

In this province, the volume of

“solid waste produced annually ~. totals more than 2,13 million _ tons. It was felt by those present.

that it is time something was

done in our community.

. Thé- Terrace landfill site will be. full in a few years and the

. choice of suitable new sites is : limited.

: Coalition member Maureen

| ‘Bostock pointed out that we live . sin an environmentally sensitive +-area because of run-off prob- .. lems. She expressed the belief ~ that reducing landfilled volumes " will result in less leaching of tox- _ins into rivers and streams and ‘reduced. pollution of .fish. and wildlife. (In past weeks, the Terrace: ‘Review has reported the dis- ' satisfaction of residents living -.- Hear the Terrace landfill site,

particularly with regard to burn-

‘ing practices. It was hoped that ~Teducing landfill might lessen

"this problem.

«The coalition is working ‘ ona. “recycling proposal to be . presented to the municipal coun- ell, and they hope-to have the : proposal completed sometime in

~~ late summer, Information about fecycling initiatives in other

communities was discussed and

- beats further examination, — it as decided.

““Blue box’? recycling pro-

a grams have been successful in “thay towns and cities, A similar

Serna sven aap nba Tart a

golden shovel treatment

oe The rain held. off just. long. _ ough last Thursday afternoon. - ‘toe ‘permit Tony Pauls, the driv-. dig’ force behind’ ‘the seniors -

. ‘affordable housing concept ‘in:

a Terrace, Fred Berghauser, presi-.

_ . dent “of: the Skeena Seniors Af-

-. fordable.. Housing. Society, and.

- mayor, Jack Talstra-to’ partici- _ pate in the sociéty’s official sod- - _. ‘turning ceremony on their prop- _ . -erty at the corner of Lakelse, and a “Apsley. ~

determination i in getting the-pro-

Ject going with their own time. and. money. “I ‘think it’s just~ exceptional,’ he said. ‘*We’ve

been looking fora number of

years for something that would.

anchor the east end of town and

I think this is it.”

In closing, Talstra joked about the project’s' proximity ‘to the Royal Canadian’ Legion, ‘to

which Berghauser responded. by. saying “a ‘tunnel had alfeady —

been suggested’’, It’s not true of

course, but the humor reflected.

the good feelings spawned by

‘the project.

Getting down to serious busi- ness, Berghauser said, ‘‘This didn’t come easy.’’ He ex- plained that planning the project

to draft proposal

scheme may be the solution for

our community, it was said. This

‘involves giving individual households. blue plastic con-. ’ tainers to sort garbage before

curbside pickup.

_. In Canada, newsprint, paper

products, _ steel, ‘metals, aluminum, glass and ‘plastics are just some of the

non-ferrous

materials ‘currently being re- cycled. ‘ Lack- of -a: ready market for

these materials has been an - obstacle for many communities..

Bostock pointed out that Ter-

‘race is lucky because it already has a viable marketing outlet for.

recyclable goods. — The operator of North Coast Metal Recycling, Harry Sharyk, was present at the meeting and said that the operation could handle the entire volume of re- cyclable materials produced

locally. He expressed support ©

for the concept of curbside pick- up. | . ’ It was pointed out that organ- ized collection of. - recyclable goods would increase volume, ensuring the long-term viability of the’ operation as well as possibly allowing an increase in the number of people employed. However, since shipping costs are high, a subsidy would be re- quired for high-volume/low- value products such as glass and newsprint.

The coalition believes it has community support and that

most people will participate in a

recycling program as long as it is first organized clearly for them. A majority of the people who

‘took the time to fill out a survey

at the Skeena Protection Coali- . .tion’s display table in the Skeena . Mall last month indicated en- |.

thusiasm for a recycling pro- gram.

The coalition hopes more peo- ple will become involved in the recycling project. The Skeena Protection Coalition meets the second. Wednesday of each month in the basement of the Terrace Public Library at 7 p.m. The next, meeting is scheduled for July 12. All interested members of the. public are welcome. ;

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began a little over a year ago and

‘it was a-long struggle. “‘We ‘dropped it at one time,’’: said ‘Berghauser, ‘‘but. we picked’ it

up again and here we are to- day. ” "Project. coordinator ‘Dennis

Palmu of Impact Construction ‘Ltd. followed Berghauser, and

after a brief description of the project made a major announce- ment — the old Army H-Hut on the property won’t be torn down as ‘was originally planned — it will be renovated and become an on-site recreational facility. According to Palmu, the south wing of the H-Hut would contain a kitchen, walk-in cooler and a banquet room which would seat up to 100 to 150 people. The other half of this wing already contains sever-

_al small rooms which will be

used for extra storage by the

- residents. He said the center of

the H will contain a woodwork- ing shop while the north wing | will.a house a recreational facili- ty, including carpet bowling, ds well as a craft room. .

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r errace Review — Wednesday, June 21, 1989 oe

Manning a gold-plated shovel kindly lent by Kalum District - forest manager Gerry Dodd, Tony Pauls, the originator of

the affordable housing concept in Terrace, and Fred

‘Berghauser, president of the Skeena Seniors’ Affordable

Housing Society, were helped by mayor Jack Talstra in the society's official sod-turning ceremony last Thursday after- noon.. ’

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