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Bi2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 14, 1990

A year |
ago this

week —

Plans for - the Okanagan

-Skeena.Group downtown shop-
ping center hadn’t been for- -

malized a year ago this week,

-but on Feb. 13, 1989, council did
tatify a preliminary agreement

worked out on Jan. 30 by
Okanagan Skeena real estate
manager Bob Guy and the Com-
mittee of the Whole. The project
was still a bit of a mystery,

though. At the time they ratified

the agreement, council said they
couldn’t release any further
details until it had been accepted
by the Okanagan Skeena board
of directors as well.

Even with this lack of real in-
formation, though, there were
indications that things were
moving ahead and it seemed that
the announcement for a start
date on the new shopping center
was imminent, Or so everyone
thought. It was a year ago this
week that a sign appeared in the
front window of the Furniture
Barn that stated, ‘‘We’ve lost
our lease.’? The Furniture Barn

~was located in a building on the

Okanagan Skeena property.
Furniture Barn manager Dick
Sharples told the Terrace
Review, however, it had nothing
to do with Okanagan Skeena or
their plans for a new shopping
center. ‘“We just didn’t want to
renew the lease,”’ he said, ‘‘and
that was a business decision.”’
Still, the city did have the
gears of progress in motion in
anticipation of the project. At
the same Feb, 13 meeting, coun-
cil awarded a $4,800 contract
related to the Okanagan Skeena
development to N.D. Lea Con-
sultants Ltd. of Vancouver. It

_ was said that completion of the

project would require the
closure of Ottawa St. and Lea’s
job was to complete a traffic
study of Lakelse and Ottawa to
determine the ramifications of
that closure. Lea, apparently,
was also to take a look at the
overall traffic picture in our
downtown core.

A workable solution
for Sunday
With the Okanagan Skeena
project looking pretty well as-
sured, the city has a more press-
ing business matter to address.
Specifically, Sunday shopping.
Alderman Ruth Hallock said she

- had been approached by a

“‘couple’’? of the smaller
businesses in town who were
concerned about the effects of
larger stores opening on Sun-
_days and consequently council
wrote. a letter to Attorney
-General Bud Smith asking for a
‘workable solution’’. Accord-
ing to Hallock, it was a provin-
cial matter and there was little

' that the city could do.

. Hallock said the purpose of

_ her request was not only to make

the Attorney General’s depart-
ment aware of the city’s posi-
tion, but also to make it clear to

‘Jocal residents that any solution
‘was a provincial problem and
. “mot a matter that could be dealt
with locally. She expressed con-

cern that if this fact was not

‘made clear to local residents, the

At around —10 Celsius it was cold outside, but Terrace
area residents proved a year ago this week that in the
Northwest there are a lot of warm hearts. The Skeena

Valley Snowmobile Association's Snowarama

children’s fund last year.

‘89. col-
. jected over $10,000 for the B.C. Llons Society crippled -

city could once again become.
embroiled in dispute similar to
that which existed prior to the
referendum.

In order to add a little weight
to the letter, Hallock also asked
that the results of the 1987

referendum be included. The.

referendum, taken during the
fall election, ended with 1,232
votes in favor of Sunday shop-
ping and 2,093 opposed.
Mobile facilities
’ and potpourri

There was more happening in|
the city a year ago this week than.

shopping center fever and the

Sunday shopping debate. Or- -
Skeenaview .

ganizers of the
employees’ reunion were well in-
to putting their project together
and local Jaycees were busy try-
ing to round up a few more local
beauties for their Miss Terrace
1989 pageant. At the same time,
other local volunteers were busy
sorting out the final details for
Heritage Week and Scout/Guide
Week celebrations. .

City council, though, had

other little details to keep them.

occupied, one of those being the
lack of facilities at Christy Park.
The question of whether there
should even be any facilities, in
fact, was still up in the air.

Alderman Dave Hull came up

with a suggestion though that
was quickly endorsed by Ruth
Hallock as a ‘“‘marvelous idea”’.
Hull’s idea was to build a ser-
viced cement pad at every park
in town. That way, when a ma-
jor event was taking place at any

park in town, a fully serviced -

Atco-type trailer could be mov-
ed in to accommodate the
crowd. Alderman Danny
Sheridan also endorsed the idea
and suggested that the city

should talk to School District 88.

and the regional district as well
and negotiate a cost-shared pro-

ject. The Public Works Commit- °

tee was asked to explore ‘the idea
further.

Alcan’s happy, mining’s: not

Alcan was boasting record
profits a year ago this week and
as a result announced a 40 per-

cent increase in the quarterly.

dividend. to shareholders and. -

proposed a three-for-two divi-

sion of common shares:as well. #iuam

This was the fifth quarterly divi-.

dend increase for Alcan share- §

holders in five years. A company.
spokesman said a_ positive

‘economy. was responsible for

their good fortune and predicted
the share division would attract
new investors. Nothing could
happen on the share division
proposal, however, until after
the Alcan annual general

. meeting scheduled for May 9,

But while -Alcan executives
were smiling, mining executives

-were not. Money wasn’t their
concern, though, it was ther ge

public image. Mining Associa-
tion of B.C. president Tom
Waterland: told a local Chamber

of Commerce meeting that even -

though he was an environmen--
talist at heart he was fed up with

special interest groups lobbying | :
for total preservation of .

mineral-rich areas. Waterland

defended the industry, saying 7g
. that, contrary to popular belief, —
the mining industry only affects . @
one-fortieth. of one percent of | IRAE
the. province’s land area, and |
_ where they do operate they’re

one of the most-highly regulated
industries in the world.
_ “People living in places like.

the. West. End. of . Vancouver |

want the government to preserve
areas. like the Stikine River so
they can use them,’’ Waterland

told Chamber members. ‘But. §
they don’t want the people who .
live up here to use those areas to -
generate wealth.”” He conceded -
there. were ‘‘some’’ technical. &
problems, such as acid mine’ @

drainage, but stated the industry

‘was. addressing those problems. :
on their own. ‘People see us as

being destructive, but we are re-
sponsible citizens,’’ said
Waterland, and.concluded, ‘‘It’s

‘up to you to help people. see us

accurately.”

‘AS: Waterland. pleaded for
‘gréater public understanding ‘the -
government was proceding with |

steps to open the Iskut Valley to’

greater mining activity, It was a
year ago this week that Minister. im
of Energy, Mines and Petroleum 2
Jack . Davis, am- em

. continued on.page B13 -

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