2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, De mber 28, 19

The year in Review —

“The B.C, Midget Hockey tri-

ple ‘AAA” provincial champi-
onships brought top teams from -

around the province to Terrace.

The Caledonia Kermode girls’ -

basketball team finished fourth
in the province, with team star
Michelle Hendry chosen as the
double ‘‘AA’’ tournament’s
Most Valuable Player.

AirBC announced it would be
the third airline to offer daily
scheduled service between Ter-
race and Vancouver.

Terrace council gave final ap-
proval to an anti-smoking by-
law.

The city ordered an assess-
ment of the old provincial police
building at the corner of Kalum
and Lakelse to determine its
value as a heritage building.
Although there was broad com-
munity support for preserving
the building, no one quite knew
how to go about it, The preser-
vation project was eventually
abandoned, the building is still
standing, but demolition ap-
pears to be its fate.

April

‘A contest sponsored by the
board of School District 88 for
suggestions to give the district a
name more representative than
Terrace’? ended. Examination
of entries was tabled through
several subsequent meetings,
and at this point it’s still called
the Terrace district.

The Skeena Zone Drama Fes-
tival was held in Terrace over
three days. A Terrace Little
Theatre production of a 14th
Century play, The Crea-
tion and Fall of Lucifer, was
chosen by the adjudicator to
represent the zone at the provin-
cial festival.

Two itinerant Mormon mis-
sionaries gave up their seats ona
Skylink : flight allowing young
David Milton of Kitwancool and
his father to fly to Vancouver
for a-kidney transplant. David
had been waiting for months on
dialysis when the call came, but
all flights were booked.

The Skeena Valley Golf Club
held ‘the grand opening for its
new clubhouse.

The battle over whether log
hauling should be permitted on
Halliwell Ave. and North
Sparks St. again vanished into
city council’s committee system.

Tenders were opened for the

city’s proposed expansion pro--

ject for the swimming pool.
Silence descended:on city hall as
it was announced that the lowest
bid was more than $300,000
higher than the estimates. The

architect . was consulted about
Modifications.
Shawnee Love, a Caledonia

‘Senior Secondary. School.-grad-

uate, got a $20,000 scholarship
to attend university in Japan.

The Terrace Jaycees held an-
other successful Trades Fair.

School District 88 announced
that ‘property. taxes will go up
despite the fact that.the district's
budget is going down.

The city announced new tax
rates with a heavier emphasis on
industrial assessments,

The local building boom con-
tinued unabated, permits being

valued at nearly $5 million with —

seven months left in the year.
The province’s Privatization
Working Group dropped in and
sold five sets of $500 packages
detailing the procedure for con-
tractors interested in taking over
local highways operations, Later
in the year the Group narrowed
proposals to two bidders, and in
December North Coast Road
Maintenance, a division of Ken-

tron, got the contract.

Bargaining teams for School
District 88 and the Terrace Dis-
trict Teachers’ Association con-
tinued to agree on nothing, a
trend that lasted until the expir-
ing moments of the year.

The Skeena Seniors Housing
Society was formed and began
looking for somé: land to buy.
Representatives say they’re in’
negotiations now, but they won’t
say\with whom or where the

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The Tertace : Community.
Band won a bronze medal : in’

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Dec. 28, 1988 to Jan. 9, 1989

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national competition.

June
Elks (the benevolent and pro-

-tective species) from all over

B.C. descended on Terrace for

the club’s annual conyention,

Five days of activity culminated
with the selection of local resi-
dent Noel Martel as B.C. presi-
dent of the organization.

The Performing Arts Shell in
George Little Park opened with
12 hours of non-stop entertain-
ment.

The Terrace Northmen rugby
club offered to buy the disused

Muses’ residence at Mills Me-

morial Hospital and move it to
Christy Park to provide a club-
house and change rooms for the
playing field development. They
didn’t get permission to move
the building, and they didn’t get
the building either.

The Terrace Health Society’s —

building committee recommend-

ed that the $1 million contract |

for construction of an extended

care wing at the Terraceview .
Lodge be awarded to Kermodei

Construction, the low bidder on

the project. Their recommenda: ©

tion was overturned by the

‘board of the society, The Minis-

try of Health the’ reversed the
board’s decision and told them
to award it to Kermodei ~

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* Terrace pioneer Clarence Mic
at chiel died at the age of 81...

duly

“The Shames ‘Mountain . Ski
Corporation got confirmation

of a $502,000 low-interest:
government loan to help them ©

develop the resort.

Terrace city planner Rob
Greno left for -a new job in
Whitehorse. The planning posi-
tion is still vacant.

Terrace successfully hosted
the provincial bantam girls’ soft-
ball tournament, so successfully
that ail four girls’ divisions may
play their finals here in 1989.

.Skeena MLA Dave Parker
was relieved of his duties as
Minister of State for the North-
coast: development region. .He
was replaced by Terry Huberts,
MLA for Saanich and the
Islands, minister responsible for

demic group | that had ‘even gone me r
through: the: school by Principal

Cedarvale. The developer, Sev-

en Sisters Ventures, said later
in the year they had reached an’ —
agreement in principle for land -

use with the Gitksan
Wet’suwet’an Tribal Council.
The Terrace Little Theatre got

a new name: it’s now the McColl '
Playhouse, but its still the same.

cozy building.
The Skeena Valley Triathlon
- drew arecord number of entries.
Bert Orleans’ plans to build
an 18-hole golf course at the
south end of Lakelse Lake flew

into. the rough and still haven't

emerged.

Laura Huhn was chosen to

succeed. Charlotte. Schoeps as
Miss Terrace. |
Visitors and locals partied to a
shorter, more intense Riverboat
Days. .
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Weather report — December 19-25

Date Hl Low
Dac, 19 ~4
Dec. 20 -4
Dec. 21 ~T
Dac. 22 -5.
Dec. 23 -7
Dec. 24 -5
Dec, 25 =7

Forecast:

Prec..
24cm snow
trace

1.8 om snow
2.4m snow
0.4.6m snow
nil -

nil

Wintery weather continuing vith some

moderation of temperatures Wednesday and Thursday,
and cooling again toward the weekend.

ARIES | .
Mar. 21-Apr.19

June 21-July 22
; added bonus,

LEO . Careless diet
July 23-Aug. 22
; shape up.
VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22 |

LIBRA
Sept. 23-Oct.22

SCORPIO
Oct. 23-Nov.21
change. .

SAGITTARIUS
Nov. 22-Dec. 21

-  tonths,
CAPRICORN Step right in

Dec, 22-Jan. 19

AQUARIUS
Jan, 20-Feb. 13 |
PISCES
Feb. 19-Mar, 20

; sional nature.

Forecast Period:

The new year seems to be fullof i promise for busi-
ness success, and prominence in community af-

Distant places beckon. It may be time to unwind
with some vacation time in thesun belt.

Youcan benefit from monetary transactions and
improve the financial outlook in partnership deal-

Fairs.
TAURUS
Apr. 20-May 20
GEMINI —
May 21-June20
oo _ ings. Moreisbetter.
CANCER

A formal alliance with a long time partner will
probably mean a change of environment—an

holidays is understandable, but now it’s time to

Your enthusiastic approach.to pleasurable ac-

gltivilies may be costly, but who’s counting when
“you re having fun?

‘Your idea of post- -holiday clean up involves a

complete refurbishing of living quarters—what-

ever pleases you!

Look forward toa busy time on the job, Facing
up to everyday challenges will be a welcome

Outline a new budget for 1989. Beas practical as
youcan, and expect a real surprise | in the coming

maniier and appearance send out a message of
confident authority.

Be wary of propositions that sound too good t to .
be true. It’s hard to fool the intuitive Aquarian.

There's no let up from the hectic holiday pace,
as you move right along into meetings of a profes- .

1/1/89 -1/7/89

and health practices through the

and go for what you want, Your

_. Plans were: announced: for a:
“multi-million dollar lodge: “ahd: . -
hiking trail development near -

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