2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 4, 1987 dismisses. @ anpesie TERRACE — The Mount Layton Hot Springs Resort has been given ap- proval. for its sewage system by the province's final authority, Director of Waste Management - Robert Ferguson. Ferguson recently issued his decision after chairing a formal hearing in Terrace Nov. 19, 1986, to consider appeals against the resort’s permit to discharge treated ef- fluent into Lakelse Lake. The appeals were lodged. by local residents Geoff. Appleton and Jim Williams, Kolbjorn and Christine Eide, and Walter McIntyre. The disposal of treated waste water from the lakeside development into Lakelse Lake has alarmed shoreline residents living in the vicinity of the hot springs. Fears have been expressed concerning possible contamination of the lake, which serves as a source of drinking water, with coliform bacteria and treatment chemicals, At the November hearing specific criticisms of the Waste Management per- mit terms were presented, with developer Bert Orleans responding and. cross-examining the ap- pellants. Ferguson also questioned the parties in- volved, and further testimony was given by various personnel from the Waste Management Branch. ‘In his decision, dated Jan. 12, 1987, Ferguson States the design and over- school District 88 promotes wheelchair awareness TERRACE — The School District 88 Awareness Week sponsored by both the Man-In-Motion Com- mittee and the Terrace Rotary Club left a great impression on the students of local schools. E.T. Kenney School was the ‘site of a wheelchair obstacle course held Wednesday, Feb, 25, The Grade 3 class in- structed by teacher Mary Browning experienced in a small way what it’s prob- ably like to be confined to a wheelchair. The students had a lot of fun but did find the obstacle course tough in the sense that it’s not easy getting around.in a wheel- chair on top of mats, for example. Last November the same class raised $235 for the Rick Hansen Fund for spinal cord research and rehabilitation, size capacity of the treat- ment plant are ‘‘more than adequate”’ to prevent significant pollution im- pact on the lake. He adds that the facility is built well above the highest recorded flood level, — If problems become evi- dent, Ferguson says, the construction of the plant allows for expansion and . additional treatment; he also states the outfall, as “suggested at the hearing by Appleton, could be ex- . tended further into the lake with a pipeline system. Third-party indepen- dent © monitoring cof ef- fluent quality is rejected in »the decision. . Ferguson - States, and action (by the Waste. “All information Management Branch) rel- ative to these respon-— sibilities is. subject to public scrutiny; hence, the _hecessity for third party” involvements is unfound- ed.'’- Under the terms of the permit Orleans is te- quired to take monthly samples from -various. stages of treatment opera- tion, have the samples analyzed by a specified laboratory procedure, and feport the results along the: Terrace resident Gil’ Payne of the B.C, Wildlife Association _ Stated recently the association will continue to press strongly for public hearings regarding the Mi. Kiappan caal mine pro- Ject north of Terrace. Appeal launched. against forest research project (# TERRACE —- A Ministry of Forests research project scheduled to begin this year on a small plot of second-growth wood land west of Terrace has drawn objections from the Kit- sumkalum Indian Band, according to band chief Cliff Bolton. The five-year project is proposed for a 7,5-hectare site at Salvus on the Skeena River about 40 kilometers west of Ter- race. It is designed to evaluate a number of techniques for brush con- trol in reforested areas by treating small plots of juvenile forest using manual and chemical methods of killing plant species that compete with commercially valuable coniferous trees. Bolton said the appeal will contest the use of the glyphosate-based _ herbi- cide Round Up in portions of the experimental plot because it will be used on part of a band member’s trapline. He pointed out that a federal forest ministry proposal to spray the unproven herbicide Garlon on islands in the Skeena River two years ago involved another por- tion of the same irapline. That project was suc- cessfully defeated. Bolton stated that in ad- dition to concerns about the effect on the trapline, the Kitsumkalum Band is opposed in principle to the use of chemical brush contro! in silviculture and favors alternate methods, with flow measitréments’ _ to the regional Waste |.- ' Management office. in | Smithers. Subsection 5 in . ‘appendix C-2 of the per- mit requires.; Orleans: to conduct a program - of - assessment to monitor the - effect of the effluent on f ‘receiving -environ- | ment”, meaning the lake itself. Orleans will be re-- quired to test ‘samples from five locations in the lake once every six. days during the summer for fecal coliform and once monthly for .phosporus. and orthophosphorus. compounds. Local resident Mel Bevan, president of the Council of Tsim- shian Natlons (CTN), recently announced that the federal government has accepted the CTN's comprehensive iand claim for negotiation. it is. the 17th such claim accepted in B.C. Local economy diversifies in divine manner TERRACE — Recent per- sistent rumors that two national retailers, 7-11 ‘stores and Windsor Plywood, are moving into Terrace have been denied by representatives, of both companies, but another _ |. business is setting up shop here with something a bit _ more, animated than-con- * venience foods or building - " materials. Al Whiteman, division ‘manager ‘for Windsor _ Plywood stated recently _ the company has examin- ed the Terrace area but presently has no plans to open an outlet here. Len Teskey, national real estate. manager for the parent company of 7-11 stores, said, ‘‘Terrace is a fine town, our developers have looked at it, but right now we have no-one there looking, and no one is go- ing there.”? _ Teskey “speculated the soonest 7-11 would con- sider locating in Terrace would be 1988, but he ad- ded, ‘‘If we were going to move in we wouldn’t an- nounce it because of the effect it might have on real estate values in the im- mediate vicinity.” More Divine Escorts, however, has received clearance for a business license and will begin its companion , rental. service in Terrace sometime dur- ing March. The Nanaimo- based organization’s manager, who identified herself as Karen, said in a telephone interview that Terrace was chosen as a: location because its cen- tral to the Northwest and new developments, such as the Shames Mountain ski resort, the Mount Layton Hot Springs and the recently discovered | ’ ‘business, J apanese fishing tours, are expected to attract out-of- town Visitors. Karen said the service will begin with three or four experienced female escorts from the Nanaimo and she in- dicated ‘that if demand justifies local people may be hired and male escorts may eventually form part of the service. Compan- ions will be offered for dinner dates, dancing and social events for a fee, The location for the business has not yet been selected, she said, but More Divine will be operating out of a house in an appropriately zoned part of town; a store-front location is not being con- ‘*We don’t want she sidered. to upset anyone,’’ said. BRET a, a. 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