Community College Graduation Ceremonies Commit-

_ tee opened a can of wornis for city council. After . 7 extensive discussion a motion was passed that the _— graduating committee could rent the tent for $500,

_and the entire tent rental policy was sent. to the “appropriate committee" for reconsideration: .

- "TWO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK..;

Don Matthews of the Ontario-based contracting o firm D.R. Matthews and Associates was hired by the

Shames Mountain Ski Corporation to put the Shames Mountain ski concept into action. He affirmed that there would definitely be skiing at

Shames the coming winter and locals would be -

_ pleased .with what they found. According to _ Matthews some people might not be impressed with the first phase of the project but it would be the quality of skiing that attracted people, and. not the amenities...

of Terrace and Hans Wagner of Kitimat to the interim Board of Governors for the University of

Northern British Columbia... Some local residents

were continuing to press council for action to get rid of the man-made pond on Heek, Brook.’ Council, however, was atill investigating the situation.

' THREE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

‘The Ministry of Environment amended: the city’s

Sanitary Landfill Permit, requiring the city to

restrict the hours of public access to the dump and.

employ a full-time attendant during operating hours,

The changes were in response to complaints about deliberately set fires at the site. Council was taking _ the matter to the Committee of the Whole for further

discussion... Northwest Community College received _

a 13.6% funding 4 increase for the 1988/90 budget.

FOUR YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Gus Sfikas, owner of an old building on the |

‘corner of Kalum St. and Greig Ave., had the building

demolished after it was determined that the building ©

did not qualify as a heritage site. The 70-year old building had most recently housed the Sternwheeler Restaurant, and previous to that had been a Chinese restaurant, a branch of the Royal Bank and probably a hardware store. Sfikas was looking for tenants for a retail and business centre in.the 4500 Greig Ave. he was thinking about building.

_— ~ Compiled by Diana English .

The northwest was‘ assured regional - representation with the appointment of J oyce Krause.

The a Hepes Gang Centre for Seniors offers the following [ activities: Tuesdays: 10 a.m., sewing and quilting; 7:30 p.m.,

‘| eribbagé and bridge. Wednesdays: 1 p.m., carpet bowling; Fri. days: 2 p.m., bingo. First Saturday of every month: 8 to 11 a.m, pancake breakfast. Monday through Friday every week: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., lunch. Second Thursday of every month: 2 p.m, general meeting of the 8.C,0.A.P.0., Branch 73. For further information, contact the Happy Gang Centre, 3226 Kalum St.,

; at 635-9090.

Terrace Review — April 16, 1992.

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; COURT JEST

_, On Nov, 26, “1991 the Kitimat:Stikine Regional - District's Economic Development Comimiission wrote

a letter to forest minister’ Dan. ‘Miller, ‘The letter asked for a review and_reversal of the decision made

by the formier Social Credit administration, on the

award of the 400,000 cubic metre per year Sustut-

Takia forest licence.

~The decision had taken away cutting rights that

belonged historically to the Northwest and planted

them firmly with a congortium of Prince George forest companies. The. basic reasoning behind the | move, the Socred administration said, was to save Prince George jobs. °

Hazelton. regional district director ‘Alice ‘Maitland found the 1991 resolution for review of the-decision

_ easy to support. The Village of Hazelton collected

money from various sources, including the regional

district, and paid $15,000 in legal fees to challenge —

the Sustut decision in court. In November, though; the village still hadn’t heard the judge's decision, even though the deadline for submissions set by the | judge was Aug. 9,

On March 18, 1992, Miller penned and mailed

‘his reply to the Economic Development Commission. _It was received March 25. "As you may know," writes -

‘Miller, "the award of the two forest licences has been challenged before the courts; but no ruling, has been rendered. While that is the status, I am. very reluc-

. tant to offer any retrospective commentary on the

merits of the licence awards." _ “It’s very funny low the world tums," Thornhill director Les Watmough was heard to say after reading Miller's letter at the March meeting of the regional district board. The court challenge -was launched only after the Socreds refused to change their decision. Following that, though, came an election and the players changed. The New Demo- crats might see things differently. Thus the letter to Miller... Who can’t make a decision because the matter is presently before the courts. Without the court challenge, says Watmough, "He ‘might have made a decision." " On March 28, Maitland was asked about the court decision. “It hasn’t come down yet," she said.

"We wrote the judge last week... We paid for it.

Where is -it?" As of this. Weel her question remained unanswered. The eastern portion of the licence is already

| being logged, but all indicatioris are that the insect

infested western. section is still intact, leaving the wood-starved Hazelton and Kitwanga sawmills just a few kilometres of unbuilt logging road and one bridge away from standing timber seemingly - des- tined for Prince George.