B16 Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 23, 1991 | Looking back... — And in 1990 a coupic of stories here is a lot going on in ; our community at this . Mm time of year. Looking back, we note the promotion of such worthwhile causes as the Kinsmen Mother’s March, Alzheimer Awareness Month, Minor Hockey Week and Cold Turkey Day. There afe probably a ‘few other events of note in January, but the headlines tend to overshadow their importance. — ~ [n 1988 it was the transportation of logs from the Kitselas area using North Sparks St. and Halli- well Ave. This week in 1988, alderman Ruth. Hallock said re- strictions placed on loaded logging trucks usirig- North Sparks were unenforceable and moved that _ Halliwell should be designated as an arterial route open to all traffic. _. Hallock was supported by Bob - Cooper and Bob Jackman, but : . ‘opposed .by. Mo ‘Takhar, Danny . Sheridan ‘and. Doug Smith. This _.. left -the ‘deciding vote to mayor '’* Jack Talstra; he defeated’ the motion. The following year Christy Park led the news. In spite of opposition from more than a dozen McCon- nell Ave. and other area residents, Phase II of the Youth Soccer deve- lopment was approved by council. headed the list. First, the estab- lishment of a University of North- em B.C. forestry campus in Ter- race that had been proposed by local forester Rod Amold was receiving support from almost every quarter, on this particular week in 1990 from the Northwest Community College board of trustees. And it was officially announced that United Buy and Sell Furniture Warehouse was coming to town. . Other news coming from council in recent years includes a 1989 story in which taxidermist Peter Martinson told city atderman that a lawyer was taking care of his interests in the Kermode bear fiasco; the city had awarded the contract to mount the bear which Martinson had found for them, to Britton Taxidermy. Also in 1989 were the usual round of pothole damage claims we knew the city would decline to acknowledge, and a call from alderman Dave Hull for greater awareness of the city’s no-smoking bylaw to improve enforcement, In 1990, downtown parking regula- tions were being examined in preparation for a new parking bylaw and ticketing authority. 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In 1989 a group called the Seniors Housing Society was feeling more optimistic since they had put a deposit on an undis- closed piece of land; a bid for a nine acre piece of crown land behind the ‘court house had failed - to materialize a few months earlier. And in 1990 the Fire Safety House was nearing comple- tion and there was talk of another drug awareness FoosBall and pool tournament at Danny’s Pool Hall. 6 during this week in 1988 that former Salvation Army captain William Gareth Douglas was found guilty on 12 counts of gross indecency. Seven of his sexual abuse victims were residents of Canyon City. It was announced during this week in 1989 that a pedestrian safety cam- paign would soon be underway... n the legal scene, it was we’re still waiting for it to begin. — In 1990, 41 drivers were ticketed for vehicle defects in a two-day blitz, and the second house fire-in two months in the 3300 block Sparks was under investigation. In regional matters over the past three years, it was 1988 when the Kitimat-Stikine Regional. District board, ali but Kitimat directors that is, voiced their opposition to a Kitimat proposal for a highway The Terrace Public Library was becoming concerned at this time _ last year about the increasing rate of theft involving its collection of videotapes and compact discs. Security measures were under discussion. construction industry in 1989. It totalled $11.5 million inside city limits, and although this was only from Houston to Kitimat that would bypass Hazelton, Kitwanga and Terrace. In 1989 we were preparing on public hearings on further Mt. Layion Hot Springs development, a trailer park in Thornhill and one more fishing lodge on the shores of the Skeena, And in 1990 the Region 8 Tourism Task Force was noted for the lack of public en- thusiasm it managed to generate... only 12 people bothered to showed up. In 1988 Terrace businessman Bob Wilkinson was named Busi- nessman of the Year, Terrace Air was talking about expansion and an eight passenger Metroliner II, the regional district board was demanding more information of the privatization of liquor stores, and a BCGEU representative was warn- ing potential buyers of those same liquor stores. "It’s a myth that you can buy a liquor store and get rich," said union technical services director Gary Steeves. On the business scene in 1989, it was announced by attorney general Bud Smith that the Sunday shop- ping section of the Holiday Shop- ping Act was gone and wouldn’t be replaced, and we were told a Business Enterprise Centre was coming to town. And in 1990 we ran a story on the continued growth of our local a million or so above the previous two years it was a huge increase after the dismal showings of $4.7 million in 1986 and $2.1 million in 1985 In health care, we were told a year ago this week that there would be no cancer clinic in the north. Two were being built in southem cities instead, But in Terrace, we would be getting better diagnostic tools... namely nuclear medicine. O January of 1988 was Family Life; parents were told they would soon be able to view a video that had been made for the program. But there were other things happening that year too. A few Skeena students were working on an impressive reflector telescope and thal same school’s drama club had revived a 1987 play due to its popularity, "Glimpses: The Teenage Years", In 1989, the school. board issued what they called their "final offer" to local teachers. The two sides weren't talking, however, and there were still a number of issues to be resolved. And in the shadow of this conflict, questionably prepared Caledonia students were writing government exams. In other educational matters in 1989, northem university sup- ne focus in education in porters were calling for a letter writing blitz, NWCC Adult Basic Education received a thank-you from Russia for their earthquake relief fund raising efforts, the NWCC board offered support for a certified Forestry Technicians Program, and Pacific Northwest Music Festival representatives were calling for a better school band program in the area. The quality of the present program, they said, was deteriorating. And how about sports a year ago this week? Local minor hockey players were hot... Rep teams won three of four weekend games. Our Midgets swamped Kitimat 9-2 but lost their second game 5-4 and our Bantams hosted Burns Lake and defeated them twice. In junior high basketball, the Skeena Tsimpseans lost to the Prince Rupert Ravens 68-47 in the final of a weekend tournament, and at the senior high level the Kermode boys and girls each gave up one but won two in a Kitimat tournament. Final standings when it was all over had the Kermode boys in second place and the girls in third. And then there’s the weather. In 1988 temperatures ranged between -5°C and +4°C with mixed rain and snow. On the two messiest days, we got 43.8 millimetres of rain and 16.54 centimetres of snow on Jan. 19, 19.8 millimetres of rain and 26.4 centimetres of snow on Jan. 24. Conditions were quite similar in 1989, and in 1990 the Alcan Mara- thon was under threat of cancella- tion. It had been scheduled for Feb. 10 at the Onion Lake ski trail development but snow conditions even in January were far from acceptable.