B12 | Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 24, 1990 »

A year ago this week —

The teachers’ strike was still a hot issue a year ago this week, but other events pushed the topic off the front page. Phase IL of the Christy Park youth soc- cer field development was given a conditional go-ahead by city council. After more than a year of presentations, negotiations, opposition and support, council said the construction of two more fields could proceed, pro- vided a suitable development agreement could be arranged. The only opposition to the mo- tion was the recorded vote of alderman Dave Hull.

Also on the recreation scene, ‘in spite of opposition from ‘directors Les Watmough and Gordon Robinson, the regional district strengthened its support for the Onion Lake cross- country ski trails proposal. Part of this new support was the result of a letter from Northwest Trappers’ Association president Otto Lindstrom giving the pro- ject. conditional support. Ac- cording to Lindstrom, they had reached a consensus at their December general meeting, but he added that ‘‘it’s only fair and reasonable’ that the cost of compensation, either in cash or alternate trapline assignments, should be borne jointly by the ski club and the Ministry of Forests.

Education, though, hadn’t been pushed out of the limelight. Mediator Vince Ready had en- tered the picture and, for a while, the process of negotiation seemed to gain a little speed. On Jan. 23, however, after three days of non-stop bargaining, the negotiations ceased. The follow- ing day board vice-chairman Lavern Hislop said they had given the TDTA their ‘‘final of- fer’? and it was not negotiable. TDTA president Helmut Gies- brecht said they had only re- ceived the offer verbally from Ready, though, and they were still waiting for clarification in writing. Issues still to be settled at that point were salaries, class size, professional development, benefits, TDTA membership

‘and substitute teachers.

In the meantime, students were carrying on a debate of their own. It was a year ago this week that Grade 12 students at Caledonia high school began writing government exams, but while the question of their dilemma had been temporarily overshadowed by academic endeavors, there was still quict murmuring in the halls. When

_asked if the inconvenience of the dispute would result in long term

improvements to the quality of ©

education here, one student ‘said, ‘“‘No. The only thing it could improve is class size,”’ while another said, ‘‘If they get what they want right away it might help, but. waiting around will decrease the benefits.”

". Potholes, butts and bears.

" ‘Many coffee shop debates in Terrace a year. ago. this. week, __ though, were not about teachers oF r school: ‘trustees. Many people

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were more interested in pot- holes, smoking and a now- famous bear. That bear, of course, could only be our famed Kermode. The one illegally kill- ed and turned over to Bornite Mountain Taxidermy for mounting. Bornite proprietor Peter Martinson did the right thing and turned the misguided hunter in, but he did more... he suggested the bear be turned over to the city to replace the dusty, deflated speciman they had. He even offered to mount the bear at no cost to the city if he were allowed to attach a brass plate acknowledging his work.

The city administrator, though, saw things in a different way. Bornite did stand to benefit through the advertising carried on the brass plate, and the job of mounting the bear should be of- fered to all taxidermists in the area. You can’t put-out a tender ona job that is free, however, so instead names were drawn from ‘ta hat’’, The winner as you might remember was Bornite’s rival, Britton Taxidermy, and that now-famous hat draw began many months of heated debate.

A year ago this week, though, council finally decided to end the matter. Following a Finance Committee recommendation,

they decided they should honor -

administration’s commitment to Britton and let him proceed with mounting the bear. This left a rather cool Bornite Mountain out in the cold, however, and a year ago this week council was told by Bornite that the matter wasn’t over yet. It just might end up in court.

Workers at the Public Works

Department were busy contem- plating their potholes a year ago this week. Three city residents had just lost around a hundred dollars worth of rubber and rims each in pothole encounters and | the complaints were running thick and heavy. ‘‘It shook the heck out of us,’’ one driver com- plained, but director of opera- tions John Colongard said they were doing the best they could. A two-man crew was out at 9 p.m. the night the damage oc- curred and used up 1,500 ‘ pounds of patching materia!

It wasn’t all that cold a year ago this week. Temperatures hung around the zero mark, but it snowed... a total of 43 inches for the week. The worst day

was Jan. 19 when 16 inches fell.

from Hwy. 16 onto Tetrault and concerns related to home oc- cupations. |

‘On the Community and Rec- reation Committee list were monitoring progress on the pool expansion project, Christy Park’s drainage problem and adjacent resident complaints in general, another lock at rec- reational user fees and discus-

sion on a full service tourist .

facility for Ferry Island. Finance, Personnel and Ad- ministration were delegated the job of dealing with the ongoing (stuffed) Kermode bear pro- blem, assessing whether to hire a computer analyst to review the

before they were done. Because « city system, and — closely

the potholes were filled with water though, said Colongard at

related to the Kermode bear — reviewing the city’s policy on ac-

the time, ‘‘They’re almost im- cepting gifts. The Tourism and possible to find.’’ Some Terrace Economic Development Com- drivers disagreed with that state- mittee was given only one item: ment, though, as they sank in a complete review of the city’ s

despair on our city streets.

And there was little con-

solation for these drivers .

council’s committee priority lists a year ago this week. Not .a single pothole was named and the only paving job was on east The Planning and Public Words Committee were given five main priorities to.con- sider in 1989: a traffic study . related to the Okanagan-Skeena. shopping center project, traffic . safety at Hwy. 16. and Kenney St., cost sharing on the Halliwell upgrade,’ the turning “ radius:

Halliwell.

- tourism function.

The Committee of the Whole ‘

was given a list. of more regional as well as’ local issues. These “ were a review of the Interior University proposal and the pos- sibility of offering land for its development; scrutiny of the city’s economic planning, and development- plans: and the

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