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Vol. 3, Issue No. &

Council
reviews
trucking
question

TERRACE — The issue
of loaded logging trucks
using Halliwell Ave. as a
through-road became the
subject of discussion again
at the most recent meeting
of city council, despite a

previous resolution to ap- .

ply an existing bylaw to
the situation.

A council decision Feb.
9 to allow the Bell Pole
Co, to haul logs frem its
Kitselas forest tenure via
N. Sparks St. and Halli-
well appears to have come
too late to be of any
benefit to the company. A
warming trend in the

- weather has broken up

bush roads in the logging
area and softened the road
base on Halliwell. Debate
at the Feb. 23 council
meeting revolved ‘around
the. possibility: that Bell
may wish-to use the route
during. the. summer in
order to meet the terms of
its timber license.

Ald, George Clark and

Doug Smith appeared to

‘be surprised by the con-

cept of a summer opera-
tion as previous delibera-

~ tion had addressed a pro-

posal for winter hauling.
“First summer, now
winter,’’ Smith remarked.
“This go-round is getting
ridiculous.”’

The. bylaw invoked to
control the hauling allows

the municipality to impose"

a load limit of 14,000 kilo-
grams on vehicles travel-
ling streets under city
jurisdiction by posting
signs. Clerk-Administra-
tor Bob Hallsor confirmed

that the signs are presently - |

in place on Halliwell. Vic
Jolliffe, a resident of the
bench area, stated in a

delegation to council that -

the Kitselas logging issue
dates back to 1977 when
Westar Timber filed a
harvesting plan for the
area with the Ministry of
Forests. The bylaw was
enacted, he said, the
following year.
Ald. Robert Cooper
said the bylaw had not

previously been used, and

he expressed apprehension
that it may not stand up in
court if challenged. Ald.
Mo Takhar added that
there is a history of
logging trucks using
municipal streets without
restriction, and he con-
tended that if council sets
limits on the use of
Halliwell, the same limits

_ will have to be imposed on:
_ Continued on page 24

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"TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, February 25, 1987

‘The King and Queen |

The fourth annual Senior Citizen's Sweetheart Dinner and Dance, sponsored by the Kinette

Club of Terrace, was a smashing success. Approximately 150 people attended the event and a

new King of Hearts was chosen. Joa Schulmelster, accompanied by his lovely Queen, Aurora
-. Schulmelster, were treated royally. Gifts given to the Queen Included a maple leaf jade pin, a
dish of bubble bath, a scarf and a $20 gift certificate for ladies’ wear. Tha King faceived a dinner

for two gift certificate, a Parker pen, a scart, a flight, bag and a book titled Chilkoot Pass.
my Photo by Daniate Borguist.

~ Legislative Library,
i Parliament Buildings,

Victoria, B,C.

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"50 CENTS

Program will

force region”
to unite —

TERRACE —. The
historic rivalry between
northwest |
and the political polariza-

tion characteristic of the

region will have to, be set
aside if the Community
Futures Program is going
to succeed here, according
to B.C. Community Fu-
tures manager Linda
Charles.

Charles addressed a
group of about. 40 local
people who paid a $50
registration fee to hear a
variety of experts discuss
methods of establishing
development capital to
fund new business. . ven-
tures in the Northwest at
the recent two-day. “‘Ac-
cess to Capital” workshop
held in. Terrace. .The
workshop- took nearly a
year to organize, with. the
work. being done by the

Tourism: and Economic.
Advisory. ‘Commission.

(TEAC) of Terrace and
the Terrace and District
Credit Union. '

‘The recent announce-
ment that the Kitimat-
Stikine region has been

approved for the: federal...

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Derek Hardacker (left), Terrace chariman for the Kinsmen Mothers’ March, recently accepted the largest donation to the fund-

ralsing drive — $600 from Dennis Lissimore, president of the Shames Mountain Ski Corp. The contribution was collected at the
rate of $1 per lift ticket on a recent Sunday at Kitsumkalum Mountain, and Supplemented through the efforts of Kinsmen can-
vassers working the ski crowd.

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governmént’s: new: Cot

munity Futures’ Program: a
arrived. as ‘a sudden and’

pleasantly surprising ©
‘kicker to TEAC’s lengthy
and often unrewarding ef-

forts in encouraging
economic development in
the Terrace area. :The

long-term program willin: - -

ject -a maximum $2.13

million into the Kitimat.

Stikine region over ‘the
next five years. Unlike
previous government-
funded employment crea-.
tion programs, however,

community consensus.

rather than bureaucratic

guidelines will be ‘the .
primary factor in deter-_
mining how the’ money is

used.

elements of the area as
possible, she said. The

committee will be given.a.
series of ° options from ©
.: ‘which to ‘choose, ‘and ©
+ “those options must have. ~
“+3 the . broadly-based and
‘united support of. the
‘gegion.
“One: of the options is
“1-‘-e@stablishing ‘a business —
1." dévelopment center, an
entity which would be
4) J eligible for up to $425,000 ~
> “in operating. funds over a-_
five-year . period: . The.

center would be set up as a-

by a board accountable to
the Community Futures
committee and the govern-

Itcould also take a more:
elaborate form as a center
for administering invest-

to a maximum total ‘of
$1.5 million over five
years, with the capability

sultants for providing ad-
vice and technical assis-

businesses. -
Other program. options
include assistance. for

unemployed workers who -
. wish to start business ven- -
tures, The assistance op-
tion would provide in- -

dividuals with conditional
grants and income of $180
per week for a year in
order to launch busi-
nesses, Relocation
assistance, job training
programs and other forms

of business and employ-:
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the ‘Community. Futures -
committee. The commit-
tee. should be madeup:of  ~
representatives fram.
throughout the region and -
from as many. different .
social and economic.

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