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proximately, 120 acres of

Exparkland yet very.few people
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realize

The, Terrace Advisory
wReereation Committee feels.

a, jthis problem could be solved
nif all of Terrace’s 16 parks

: were identified as su

and

igiven a higher. priority by:
1: council, The group is touring |
local parks Wednesday :and

‘Thursday. .

_ For example,:seven acres
near the pumphouse has
been ‘designated parkland.
The conimittee feels it is‘an

[nexcellent site with the ravine

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jbut there. are no signs

“and creek running through it
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park, Also, a road was

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Seniors are getting closer .
having their own place

ie a ‘Herald Stall Writer '

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:s Terrace senior citizens are

‘onthe move,

FOr the past three years the
old -age pensioners club,
Branch 723, has been in the

of bullding a new

senior citizens drop-in

. center. The building, located

ou 3226 Kalum, is over half--
Way completed and the club

‘the end of the summer:

th fo have it in operation

vilewe never could have
“Hdtten this far without the
‘help of: the community,

they've just been fabulous.

Parks aplenty,

“ap-,.

_a natural setting,”’ Don

'We received $12,000 worth of
“work, ‘free of charge,” sald
‘Jake Greveling, chairman of
thillding committee...

1 4In total various groups in-

lwownh have volunteered over
20 free days of work, The
‘Shurittipality also helped out
Hy giving them a lease on the
lottor a dollar a year.

“the” senior

orate eae Ne

citizens,

_<" Sprout’said

The hearing ‘is
reached. yet. :<:

obtain: various jobs. . -.

i * Using another example, she
mining: cami any or ‘a -lo compan offer “ae-
n individual and not to make "como PADS. aging company may .

Still underway and no decision:has been
all women should:have equal opportunity to

said she has observed mat'a .

commodation to men only. This is-usual‘in isolated areas

-where the compatiy

a will not consider hiring women, she said.
“. Sprout said If someone is refused a job because there is not

accommodation for her, then that person can appeal to the

human rights board.

on promotions.

The Handicapped person who has --been discriminated
against will also be supported by the humaz riglits board, ° market the landlord becomes. very
_said Sprout. She said disabled people may find they have .
een refused jobs, not Feceived equal pay and are missing out

bd Se

e ofthe parks that the Terrace Recreation Advisory Committee saw at Its two-evening tour Wednesday night. It *
Parks Is in a wild and unkempt state. 7 :

ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAYS

sewage-line and no attempt
was made to return the area
to it’s natura! state once the
road was no longer used.
“They've made a'mess of.

Dunster, the committee.
chairman. - -
“With a little bit of work it
could be a really nice place, -
a few trails, a smali picnic
site, right in the middle of
town, it would be great,”
said David’ Gellately, a
member of the committee.
The situation {s similar for
other parks in town.
Riverside has neglected
tennis ‘courts which pose
some danger to the public.
Little Canyon park is
inaccessible because of ‘the
rail. road tracks running
through it. .
- Apile of dirt or gravel and

however, had a lot of work to.
do themselves. They had to
come up with two thirds of |
the total cost before being
éligible to apply for a
Canada Works grant.*
Through their- efforts they
managed to raise $54,000 in

pledges and cheques which

was enough to meet the
grant’s requirements.

While canvassing for
donations the.old age pen-
sioners club received a
favorable response from the
public, . .

“Many felt it was needed,”
said Greveling,

+ ‘The club currently has a
room in thearena which they

use as a drop-in cenier.
Members feel the new
building ie a real necessity.

“Some of us can't climb

. the stairs or the hill to the .

arena and the room is get-
ting too small for our
group," sald Gladys Clifford

prioritie

some vandalism. charac- |

‘terize many of the town’s
parks. In some parks up to
50 per cent of playground

_ equipment has been broken.

“Someone has been using
the parks for dumping and
‘it’s destroying the natural
setting, it’s got to be stopped
along with vandalism,” said
Gellately. 7 ; :

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The committee feels that
one way to stop these
problems is to identify what

‘areas. are . designated

parkland. .

“Maybe, if the public knew
‘it. was &.

irk, they would
take more interest .and
pressure council to give

‘more priority to these

areas,” said-Dunster. ‘Also

with more concern maybe ~

( ~ POLICE NEWS
{__ POLICE NE\

There was a two-car ac-

cident in Kitimat ati:15a.m. |

‘Thursday, the. Kitimat
_RCMP report.

The accident occured at -

the. corner of Kuldo and

%

’ president of the club:

“The new place. is more
central, senior citizens will
really benefit from it, it'll be
a place where they can talk
and visit with each other,”
she added. ‘

The drop-in center once in
operation will host a variety
of activities such as arts and
crafts, square ‘dancing,
yoga, exercise ‘programs,
ping-pong, and 4 coffee bar.
The center will be staffed
during the day. ;

“489 many plans still have

to be finalized. We hope that’

it will be used by all the
seriior citizens in the
district,” sald Clifford,

The old age pensioners .
club is active in other events,

as well, Card nights, potluck
suppers, bingos, raffles are
just some of the events they
ofganize. They meet the
second Thursday of every
month.

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( weaTHert

approximately $2,000
damages said the RCMP.

A’ Kitlmat man was
‘charged ‘under the Motor
Vehicle Act. , -

A single-car ‘accident
occured In Kitimat at 2:15.
a.m. ‘Thursday said | the
RCMP. . .

‘No one was injured, sald
the police, but there was
approximately §3,500
‘damage. SO

A person has been charged
under the Motor Vehicle Act,
Police did not release the
‘name.

Hot, dry weather was
forecast for areas of Canada
ravaged by immense’ forest
fires, Environment Canada
_ Temperatures were e@x-
pected to soar to a blistering
33 degrees Celsius in nor-
thwestern Ontario, where
forest fires forced the
evacuation of thousands of
residents,

however, showers and
temperatures from 14 to 6
degrees were predicted for
Vancouver and Victoria. .
Yellowknife was to
cloudy and Whitehorse
sunny. a

‘. these areas,” sald Dunster.

- Just to get people involved in
oe .. "" * this matter, get them to

Columbia. There were no-

injuries. but it resulted in

Aweek |
to: think

“of June 1-7; 1980 as ‘Red
., Cross Waler Safety Week” in

In British Columbia,.

. part of the recreational

be residents, we are in strong

She outlined a situation which she sald happens in Van-
couver and she is sure happens: in this area,
She said a native Indian will be refused a room ina hotel or
service ina restaurant, this is done by telling the Indian the
hotel: or restaurant is full, when in. fact ‘it isn't.
_ Hotels will also give certain types of rooms, the worst ones,
to Indians, she said. - , ‘

“* Perrace has a low vacancy rate and Sprout says ina tight

choosy and this oflen
results: in discrimination in age, sex and race.
_ Under the human rights code as it presently exists, it does
“fat pcotect a parent from being refused accommodation, she
However,

no one can be dented an apartment because of

aking sexual comments and jokes and leering she said.-It_ “sex ‘or marital status she said, unless it is for shared ac-
means making the situation uncomfortable for the woman in commodation. - ee

_ By CARLA WILSON
Herald Stafl Writer
Caledonia High. School
graduation is coming wp in
June and the students. are
hoping it will be more suc-
cessful than last years grad.
At the grad last year police
_set up a road block on the
way ta the grad party at
Thornhill Community Center
and confiscated liquor from
students, sald Julie Lorette,:
the organizer of the 1980 grad’
celebration and a member of
the grad-committee.
The students believed that
if they rode a certain bus to
the 1979 grad party, instead
of driving they’ would be

with them. However, when
they were on their way the
_ bus.was stopped by the road
block and the liquor was
confiscated. '
Lorette believes the
confusion was caused by the
one’ policeman assuring
_ students their: liquor would

superiors.

_ many students rode the bus
back into town, after the
police searched it. Then they

- picked. up more liquor and

uv drave.guizip the-pqll them,

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4 ekeegeeney ternne Pioet
_ No drinking and driving ts
‘Lorette’s aim. This year she

es :

pnota by Gail Dering? “to make sure there will no be

deaths , because drunk
students, drove their cars.
= The graduation committee
is presently trying to work
something out With the

> . _— /: . RCMP to’come up with a
S 4% e ro em solution to this problem. .
aw fT! ' _. .“This year students are -

’ really ‘hesitant - about
listening “to the police
The committee feels: that pecause tney won liven they
most of the areas set aside pore they'll have to stick
for parks are good sites, they to," said Lorette
would just like council to The RCMP has expressed
give more attention to these. its interest in working out a
‘ees es . solution with the students
‘I don't want'to see a soft and the grad committee is
ballfield In every park in waiting for a call from Larry

town or have benches In all a '
‘of them. Some parks are. York, who is responsible for

* there'll be less vandalism.” -

allowed to take their ‘liquor ,

_ be allowed, when in fact he -
was not speaking for his .

Lorette said last year ~

" is in charge of the Counter-
Attack committee and wants

public relations for. the
Terrace police. |
Lorette said. she’s heard

-have a “blitz” night on the
evening of their graduation,
on, June 20., She said this

‘means extra- policemen on

duty, the batmobile out and
more road blocks. © |
So far the students are
‘ hoping to. rent the Lakelse
Hotel banquet.room, for the
evening from 12 p.m. to 4
Pe
The students arrange their
graduation party themselves
said Lorette and the teachers

aj Students looking for
realistic grad answer —

“can not be involved in any

school event which brings in

ma - liquor.
the RCMP are planning to. ;

. Loretta feels she is being
realistic when she admits
there will be students
drinking at their grad. It is

’ traditional and she wants to

work around it and prevent.
any lives being lost:

- So the ‘grad committee is

" Jooking into its options and

waiting to hear from the
RCMP. and. find out how
much they are willing to co-
operate ‘with the students

_ this year. .

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“put at least let the public
‘know so they can have some
‘dput' as to how to develop

“The important thing is

channel their interests or
concerns about parkland
development through the
committee,” added Dunster.

safety in
the water

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