Prov, Library, Perlodicails Devartment, Victoria, ‘OL. LVI, No, 39 Wednesday, April 20, 1966 10c a Copy, $3.00 a Year —~-Press Run 2,950 BEN A BEAUTIFUL SKEENA to the new house of worship fen a firm foundation at the corner of medicated on April 13 (story on page meteeple enhance the exterior beauty of this iding. Architect Alexander Inselberg plans pmuch time and labor assisting the contractor, T, K, Construction Company. WATER AND SEWER FIRST 5-Year Works Plan Unwrapped Tuesday Municipal Council and a small public gallery heard Administrator John Pousette outline q five-year development program on Tuesday night. The plan is designed to answer the community needs up to 1970. It was completed by Mr. Pousette, with the assistance of the Municipal Works Department, Willis & Cunliffe Con- sulting Engineers, .the provin- cial Deparment of Municipal Affairs and numerous mem- bers of Municipal Couneil and staff, ‘ Hf the plan is adopted as a de- velopment guide for Municipal Council, Terrace will see the end { & of its basic development by 1970 and will then be able to progress in an orderly manner, according to Mr, Pousette, The Five Year Plan calls for an approximate overall expenditure’ Of $4,573,879 and covers yearly Projects in water, sewer, equip- | i ment, drainage, grading, paving | i and major road development, It envisages the completion of |} all peripheral water and sewer services by 1968 provided work ‘ean begin this year. Water instala- tions will claim about $908,522 of the $44 million budget, and sewer 9 Terrace Christian Reformed Church, erected Sparks Street and Straume Avenue, was officially four). Attractive wall of local rock and the quaint fine structure, finished in stucco and cedar extensive landscaping as the finishing touch that stands a tribute to the Pastor and congregation who gave VALLEY settin JOHN POUSETTE 4 ... outlines In making his Presentation, Pou- olumbia Cellulose Sette predicted a 60 per cent popu- lation inerease for Terrace during the'next five years, He also envis- instalations swallow up $1,046,907. Municipal equipment has been set up for $165,000 over the five year period. Administrator Pouset- Two Initiative Bylaws Readied By Council — the ela oa chat al phases of Cost “of dralnage projects ‘over Preliminary clearance was given | borrowing of $490,000 for the pur-| the five year period ts estimated to two major works bylaws Tues-|/pose of providing a supplemen-|2t $502,750 and bringing Munici- day night at a regular meeting of |tary water supply for Terrace. It| Pal roads to grade will take about Municipal Council. The bylaws will| calls for the construction of an|99!5,700. Paviag is expected to how go to the Inspector of Muni-| infiltration gallery on the Skeena cipalities and, subject to his ap-|River at the northeast corner of proval, will then be advertised in| Little’s Island; the construction of nnounces New Posts The election of Paul M, Mar hall as deputy chairman of columbia © Cellulose Company, Limited and John G. W. Meln- Hyre as president has been an: pbunced by M. W. MacKenzio, chairman of the Board, miscellaneous expenditures are listed for major projects such as cost approximately $634,000 and |. ages a 50 per cent increase in as- sessed values and a 40 per cent in- crease in revenue. _He stated that in: order to get ‘ihe. MaXimilin: service for the: mi--- nimum cost, Terrace must be able to borrow money over a longer period of time. The District Muni- cipality borrowing power current- continued on page 2 see “FIVE YEAR PLAN" Mr. Marshall was previously president of the company and r. Mcintyre was executive vice- president, operations. Both officers will be located iocal news media — first stages|a water Pump well and pump in the Initiative Plan. house to accommodate Pumping A thirty-day protest period | units and complete with auxiliary will follow the advertising of the bower, and controls and space for bylaw and it is during this period | chlorination and fluoridation that taxpayers wishing to voice the proposed Greig Avenue under. pass, Blakeburn Lowest Minister Announces | Increased Grants mt the head office of the com- pany in Vancouver, B.C, -In_ addressing the annual con- vention. of the British Columbia Parent-Teacher Association at Kel- equipment, It also calls for the installation of a 200,000-gallon water storage protest may do so. The first bylaw is labelled as On New School Humber 396 and_aithorizes_the|tank as well as certain remedial |, Blakeburn Engineering Ltd, of /0WNa the Honourable Leslie R. Melting Pot... aYHORNHILLERS are just about ready to do the Fire Protection mprovement District bit. Mem- bers of the Thornhill Ratepayers’ Bissociation will call on all resi- ments Saturday morning to get eir votes on the issue. Every roperty owner is asked to have mre legal description of his prop- mcty available for ballot author- mation. —mp=-= SERRACE GAL, Norma Kerby s0n an honorable mention in the Minual B.C, Youth Science Fair Id in Vancouver during Easter eek, Norma was the topper in he Terrace Science Fair held Bre earlier this year. Her entry evolved an extensive experiment M plant biology. 7 —mp—= im TIP of the hat this week to mrrace's Auxiliary Police Force, mese men give up their spare- mie hours to assist in the pol- g of our community and they a first rate job. Last Saturday mht in the old logging town, mugs were so quiet you could miost hear the music from the Mm tle of the Bands, way over 6n melse Avenue. 1,100 teenagers mk part in the unique music ge ival and they proved up just Mpll healthy teenagers prove up mpps! q np UPATIONAL Students of meena Secondary School will Peterson, Minister of Education, announced the amount of govern- ment grants authorized by order- in-council to be paid to each school district for the calendar year 1966 in respect of operating expenses, ‘The ‘estimates of the province provide $88 M for grants to school districts in 1966-67, an increase of $3.3°M over last year. However, Mr."'Péterson stated that to fur. ther lessen the burden of local taxation for school purposes in 1966 the provincial government Terrace is low bidder at $429,080 for construction of the E, T. Ken- ney Primary School, in School Dis- trict No. 53. Other firms bidding were: Dezell Construction Co., $434,708; Basa- rab Construction Co., $434,739, and Canwest Construction Co,, at $448,- 247, work at the Spring Creek dam, re- placement of old wood stave water mains and installation of feeder mains. The second bylaw (No, 397) calls for the borrowing of $394,000 for the extension of the Sewage Col- lection system in Terrace, It pin- points the extension of the Keith Estates collection system, the re- tontinued on page 9 tee INITIATIVE BYLAWS stage the first in a series of car Washes on Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 pm, at the Terrace Coop and Totem BA. Funds earned will help finance a new handi- crafts program at the school. —mp— A NEW industry for Terrace bit the dust last week when the partners planning the project {f Architects are Briggs Greenwell Associates, 1591 - 4th Ave, Pr, George. . Srass-eating geesé away, We are 7. =p fe ‘BILLING AND COOING hasnt found they required more land for off-street parking purposes. Yeah, man — that's the law! When they tried to purchase the . adjacent land to meet the need, the property owner jacked the price sky high so It was game over for the business proposition. —iTip— PEOPLE UP on the Bench are complaining about a goose snap- per that has such a loud report it is searing the leaves off the trees — to say nothing of dis- turhing afternoon nappers. Don't ask us what a goose snapper is — we just called it that for want of a more authentic name, In any case it’s-some kind of cannon-like gimmick for frightening the not sure about the geesa but the residents up there are getting ready to leave! .: us changed much in 2,000 years, The ancient Greek girls used to sit and listen to a lyre all evening sion, Glen Westover, AWARDS WERE RECEIVED here recently when T. H. Reeves (centre), manager of Skeena Forest Products in Terrace, made two presentations on behalf of the B.C, Safety. Council. Dave~Hansen, forester (left) accepted Gg Bronze | Award of Merit on behalf of the company's Logging Divt-:"| 18 chairman of the plant safety “COs. mittee (right), accepted a Bronze behalf of the Planer and Kilns Division. is Aword of, Marit on: Day catl which: ‘ca | levy. dete ‘proy has passed a special warrant pro- viding an additional $2 M, making a total increase over last year of {$10.3 M. In addition to this the 10 per cent increase in the home owner grant will provide $33.6 M to he applied to local school taxes, an ingrease of $4.1 M over 1965, Fur. ther the province will pay an ad: ditional §.$ M for teachers super- anauation on behalf of school dis = | ork ets in 1966. In total the province Providing $14.7 M more for ed- ucation in 1966 than was provided in, 1965. 7 The education finance formula Provides that for each school dis- teict-“the “provincial . government ; f full cost of a basic edu- gram beyond the am-unt m be raised by a basic termined annually by the LieutenpantGovernor in Council. ¢ public schools act provides that this basie levy: cannot exceed niills, and further provides that al. basic “grants shall not continued on page 12 NISTER ANNOUNCES”