B16 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 17, 1991

[ Looking back...

L ooking back at the issues around town, it was this week in

1988 when the $84,225 landscaping contract for the Beautifica-
tion Society’s arena hill project was awarded to Jack Hoekstra
Landscaping. It would be complete, we were told, by the end of June.
The same week a year later, the city was involved in landscaping of
a different kind. It took a crane to return the cenotaph in front of city
hall to it’s rightful place. A motorist driving at a high rate of speed had
missed the turn onto Eby a few weeks earlier and, besides scarring up
the lawn a little, moved the concrete monolith about one meter due
west.

Other stories from 1989: a carelessly tossed cigarette, assisted by a
brisk wind, was blamed for a fire that burned a one-metre diameter hole
~ in the shake roof over the swimming pool. City council was considering
a “city sales tax", how serious they were we weren't sure. They said
they could enforce the city’s parking bylaw, and they were quite serious
about that.

Peter Monteith was hired as the city’s economic development officer;
perhaps a city sales tax would be one of the first things he would be’
asked to investigate. And residents living near the 4900 block Park had
something to cheer about... we thought. Northcoast Road Maintenance
announced plans to move the highways maintenance yard from their
neighbourhood out to Thornhill.

A year ago this week, we were one step closer to a community-
convention centre, but the library expansion seemed to be lost. A
delegation of city administrative staff had recently toured a number of
B.C. and Washington centres to get an idea of what we needed in the
way of a community-convention centre, and the next step, we were told,
would be a series of mectings with local community organizations to
determine if what they found was what we really wanted.

As for the library expansion, it seemed to be out of the political
picture. And at the same time, Thornhil! politician Les Watmough was
in the exploratory stages of a more down to earth project, a sewage

system for Thornhill, particularly needed in the Queensway-Bobsien -

Crescent area,

Other local issues a year ago this week included council’s decision to
put up a "No Left Turn" sign in the east bound lane of Lakelse at
Emerson, a city clean-up campaign modeled on the North Coast Road
Maintenance program in which student groups could earn money by

picking up litter, and a request from animal control officer Frank °

Bowsher for a couple of bench area lock-ups where he could stash stray
horses. —

round the region, it was 1988 when. the regional board was
A hearing opposition to the Mount Layton Hot Springs golf

course proposal. There were those who believed the south end
of Lakelse Lake should be a wildlife sanctuary and the board asked
administration to take a look at land use in that area.

In the world of economic development, Skeena Cellulose announced
their new mill "Starship" was scheduled for a mid-May launching. The
Kitsumkalum Band Council was mid-stream in a project of their own:
a campsite and boat launch were already being developed on the reserve
foreshore, and that was only the beginning.

Future development included shrubbery, picnic tables, fire pits, an old-
fashioned hand operated water pump, and eventually more campsites.
Down the road were an airport craft store, a water taxi, river tours,
playgrounds, heritage video displays and hiking trails.

In 1989, the general manager of the Prince Rupert Port Corporation,
Bob Tytaneck, addressed the local Chamber of Commerce. His message
— the port was healthy and growing — and what it meant to Terrace
was a "significant" number of jobs associated with rail and trucking that
eamed and spent about $6.5 million a year in Tertace.

And a year ago this week, Irwin Stege of Stege Logging in Hazelton
offered a different view of the world, He predicted a new sawmill
would be in operation at the old Rim Sawmill site soon. Its size would
depend on the government’s decision about timber awards under the
proposed Pulpwood Agreement 17. Stege had applied for a 300,000
cubic metre timber licence, prior to the announcement of PA 17, that
was partly within PA 17 boundaries. .

District 88 board of trustees ratified a facilities-use policy that

none of the trustees appeared entirely happy with. The major effect
of the 15-point policy was to clamp-down on community uses such as
dances and banquets that were considered incompatible with the primary
purpose of school gymnasiums: student athletic activities.

In education, the year 1990 might be recorded in history as "the year
of the condom". At the heart of the debate was the question of whether
School District 88 should install dispensing machines in district schools?
Trustees said they were dealing with the issue... in-camera. Some
students said they weren’t dealing with it at all... they were afraid of the
issue. The board announced a public meeting would be held May 15.

I n education, following a lengthy debate in 1988, the School

It was this week in 1988 that the Skeena Valley Golf and Country
Club hetd their ribbon cutting for their long-awaited clubhouse, the
beginning of a fresh era of development, we were told. In 1989, the
Peaks Gymnastics Club kicked off brick sales for their long-awaited
project, a gymnasium they could call their own. And lavish praise was
heaped on Caledonia athietes. With one success stacked on another, the

question was being asked, "Are Caledonia athletes the best in B.C.?" —

It’s a long drive from Stewart, and a police officer driving down to a court session in Terrace
needs alittle company on the trip... or maybe this sheepdog Is up on.charges, Elther way, parked
in the Terrace courthouse parking lot last week, this big fellow didn't look too worried.

Terrace Motors Toyota

"Canada’s oldest Toyota dealership"

Come and see these fine vehicles
on display in the Skeena Mall
April 19, 20 & 21

This isn’t ordinary 4WD*. Previa’s full time
AWD is always on, always ready for road =
hazards or winter’s worst weather. You'll O 4
never know it’s 4WD because there’s nothing
to pull, push or switch. Probably never know
when it got your family out of trouble!

Awarded best van for 1991
Automotive Journalist Association of Canada

Celica. A proven winner in the sport coupe
field. Now featuring a dynamite sound AM
stereo-FM stereo cassette and compact disc
player 10 speakers with 220 watts. The most
‘advanced system available. Bring a cassette
or a disc.

Yes, you’re right — it js Tercel —
but a Tercel like none you've ever
known! For 1991, Toyota an-
nounces a new edition — new in
performance too, with electronic
fuel injuection now standard ona
more powerful 1.5 litre engine.
And new in spirit, as “basic” CP) Terrace Motors Toyota
transportation now leaves the
Tercel LE's vocabulary for good. 4912 Hwy 16 W.

Terrace phone 635-6558 Di. #5957

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