B16 Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 19, 1990

| Looking back...

he next-to-last week of
; the year has a history of
being an active time in
the community. In 1988, debate on
pedestrian safety topped the list.
City council’s Finance Committee
met with an RCMP representative
to discuss the matter and came up
with a few recommendations for
city council. a
First, a pedestrian-driver aware-
ness program should be imple-
mented. That should be backed by
RCMP patrols, the committee said,
particularly at three Lakelse Ave.
crosswalks — one in the middle of
the 4600 block, one at the Sparks
St. intersection, and the other
between McDonald’s and the
Skeena Mall. And there was one
other recommendation: that a traf-
fic study should be carried out to
identify existing hazards and re-
commend corrective measures.
Another concern that year had
more to do with wildlife and
human traffic than it did with
vehicle traffic. The issue was
Phase Il of the Christy Park deve-
lopment, and McConnell St. resi-
dents noted habitat, parking and
the number of people that would
be attracted by two more soccer
fields as their primary concerns.
The previous year, the city was
preparing for its Diamond Jubilee,
examining a proposal for a Vic-
tim’s Assistance Program and
considering a $600 a month K’San
House funding request. City coun-
cil also offered support to School
District 88 proposal for a 5200
block McConnell Ave. primary-
elementary school and they were
_ considering cost-sharing a $20,000
E.T. Kenney playground upgrade.
Pavement was on the agenda in
1987, There were requests from
4600 block Dairy Ave. residents
and from the Tuck Ave. seniors
complex. At the same time, how-
ever, city council upheld policy
and rejected a local driver's
pothole claim for two ruined tires.
During the same week city hall

received two tenders for a new fire
truck; $192,296 from Anderson
Engineering of Langley and
$198,461 from Hub Fire Engines
of Abbotsford.

Last year’s city news was more
community-oriented. A group of
determined seniors took on Canada
Post on behalf of everyone in the
area. Their goal was to change the
corporation’s mind on placing
"Superboxes", a phenomenon that
Canada Post was _ introducing
nation wide, at Twin River Estates

Another great community project
hosted by the Terrace Musicians
Association a year ago this week
was the "Entertainment Extrava-
ganza" at the Royal Canadian
Legion. Proceeds from this event
purchased two Teleguard emer-
gency alert systems for deserving
individuals in the area who needed
independence and peace of mind.

round the region, The
board of directors of the
Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine took aim at Minis-
ter of State Terry Huberts two
years ago this week after he
announced a 10-member Regional
Advisory Council for the North
Coast Region. Huberts told the
board in a letter that he had taken
great care to ensure "equal repre-
sentation", but the board was still
offended — Huberts didn’t include
anyone from the regional district.
Other news in 1988 included the
announcement of another new
fishing lodge, this one five miles
west of town. Around the same
time, Environment Minister Bruce
Strachan released a discussion
paper on proposals for regulating
the use of some of B.C.’s most
important sport fishing rivers.

Another issue of regional signifi-
cance came from the regional
district board when director Les
Watmough described the Ministry
of Crown Lands as the "Crown

Dave Parker,
M.L.A. for Skeena,
and his staff
would like to wish
everyone the very best
this holiday season
and invite all

constituents to an
Open House
Dec. 22, 1990
from 2 - 4 p.m. at the
Skeena Constituency Office
Ze 4663 Lazelle Ave. Terrace.

2g is

The B.C. Access Centre was the scene of an exercise in giving and receiving at this time last year
as students from E.T. Kenney primary helped trim the centre's tree and later got rewards fram a

familiar Christmas figure.

Land Real Estate Company".
According to Watmough, the
ministry was selling off land with
little regard for the buyer or the
intended use, and he noted they
were setting up offices in Japan
and Hong Kong. "It’s B.C. land,"
he said, "and the sale of crown
land is accelerating. That’s what
scares me. Soon the province will
be owned by others."

And in Thornhill, it looked like a
local developer had finally found a
Suitable location for a new first-
rate mobile home park. The 100-
site park at the intersection of
Empire and Paquette was sent to
public hearing by the regional

board, and board discussion indi-

cated the location was much better
suited to this type of development
than an earlier Krumm Road pro-
posal they had declined.

Last year, the volume of regional
news was less, but the significance
of these siories for future develop-

" ‘ment was of great importance. The

regional district was eyeing a
Ministry of Environment fund with
over $3 million for the develop-
ment of sewage systems; perhaps
Thomhill.. And the regional
board voted to buy non-disposable
coffee cups ~- styrofoam was
harmful to the environment — and
look for a source of recycled paper
for their thousands of annual
memos and reports... cutting too
many trees can harm the environ-
ment as well.

“his week in. 1987, CBC

radio still. topped the

i. business news. The oppo- . .
- sition to. their intemal reorganiza-
tion was s erowing, For. thie Nort. ;

fa

west, the closing of CFPR in
Prince Rupert was.viewed as noth-
ing short of a disaster. In 1988
Cominco won the lead story with
their announcement of a decision

to invest $50 million in the Snip |

gold and silver property; they were
going to build a full scale gold and
mill camp in 1989. And last year
Newhawk said they had spent
$11.5 million in exploration in
1989 and the results from this
program would be one consider-
ation in their feasibility study of
the Sulphurets project being pre-
pared by Cominco Engincering
Services.

On the local business scene,
16-37 Community Futures
officially opened their Business
Development Centre a year week
ago this week. The centre was one
of four options in the Canadian
Job Strategy geared to helping
individuals and businesses.
Management described their busi-
hess with one word: "Brisk."

On the health scene, it was two
years ago this week that the Ter-
race Health Care Society
announced a logo contest for their
newly formed group. And a year

ago this week the regional hospital ©

district endorsed a B.C. Coalition
of for the Disabled idea for photo
ID cards for disabled residents.

In education, it was three years
ago this week the Interior Univer-
sity Society began spreading the
word in our area of the need for
establishing a northern ‘university

‘itt the. Province. At this point,
neither: city council nor’ the:

regional board. had. taken a position
on the’ proposal.

- Two years ago, Northwest Com-
munity College indicated a pos-
sible move towards expansion.
They had just committed $20,000
in seed money to begin the estab-
lishment of what they hoped would
become a large-scale international
education program. The college
would begin actively recruiting
Students from overseas, it wags
announced, with particular empha-
sis on Hong Kong.

At the same time, some students
at the college were working on an
international program of a different
sort; Adult Basic Education stu-
dents collected 200,000 pennies
($2,000) to be donated to victims
of the Armenian earthquake.

The big education news of
December, 1988, though, involved
something called a teachers’ strike.
Two years ago this week a 14-hour
negotiating session left both sides

of the battle feeling more optimis-

tic, but neither would venture to
Say if schools would reopen in
January or not. In 1989, it was

NWCC instructors at the table but.
‘they managed to resolve the issues

prior to Christmas. It wasn't billed

a3 a major victory, but it was at
least a settlement,

week, the competition was on
for senior secondary zone
finals. In Karate, Kitimat’s Rassa-
mee Ling was named Canadian
female karate athlete of the year.

| n basketball a year ago this

; And in bowling, Terrace girls and
. Kitimat boys were the winners of

the zone-seven BC. ‘Winter Games |