sreig. Houiden,. a

: Molliea ran aaa onoeed at ¢ TDTA's ‘recent annual gen-

ulden was born and edu- “cated -in. Terrace, took. his ¢ ‘Bachelor. o of Arts degree at UBC,

ee teacher. at - | . Skeena. Junior. Secondary Sento ‘has: ‘been elected Presi- .

in ‘history. He. returned to Ter-

« race in.1978. to: teach:at Skeena,” . ; “returned. to- university. for a. .

‘teaching certificate, and has’

‘been working in School District _ 88 since 1980.

In an interview... .Monday Houlden’ said his primary con- cern as TDTA president centers

~ City to investigate — buying Ferry Island

: ‘TERRACE _ City: council agreed last week with a motion “made by alderman Bob Cooper _ and will be seeking ownership of _ Ferry Island. Cooper says the island is pres- " ently leased by the city from the _ provincial government: on a 30- year renewable lease at a cost of $25 per year, But he says the problem with this arrangement

Pay up for. municipal personnel

Terrace city council has ap-

pr oved a:wage package that will:

£give most city. employees-at, the ‘management level'a five pement _ sincrease — but for some it will “Ibe even more. The confidential * secretary’s annual pdyrate rose ~to $28,875 from $27,000 effec- “tive Jan. 1 and will go up. - another $1,000 on July 1 — a 6.1 percent increase, but less than the’ 9,1 percent pay hike. _ given last year. And the Superin- ~ tendent of Parks and Recreation _jumped to an annual rate of ” $47,250 on Jan. 1 and will go to $48,431 on July 1 — an increase -of 8.4 percent, more than the 7.7 ‘percent received. the ‘previous year, The Deputy Clerk/Personnel _ Director rose to $34,178 Jan. 1 and will go to an even $37,000 July 1 while the Parks and Facilities Manager rose to $41,790 on Jan. 1 and will go to $42,782 July. Other wages being paid to city management person- nel as of Jan. 1 are the Adminis-

trator at $62,454, the Treasurer. - ,

at $53,372, Director of Engi- neering $54,863, Director of Op- ‘erations $49,612, Water and Sewer Branch Head $42,782, and the Court Liaison Officer $36,382.

Paton the back .

_ Terrace District Museum So- “ciety volunteers got a ‘‘pat on the back’? recently from mayor Jack Talstra, The occasion was the presentation of the B.C. Recreation and Parks Associa- tion Pat-on-the-Back Award.

_The award'is offered annually .

during Volunteer Week to an

individual or group in every community of the province, rec-

" ognizing their contribution to the quality of life in their area. Accepting the award on behalf of the society were Norma Ker-

by, Mamiie Kerby, Thelma Lind- |

strom, Aileen Frank,. Colleen Sande, and Dick Green.

is that the lease is conditional, the city needs government per- mission for anything they want to do, and there is no guarantee

that the government won't . ers important that are coming

change the conditions of the lease or take the land back for their own use at some point in the future.

Cooper says the current use of

Ferry Island as a campsite and wilderness area began when

' his wife, Edna Cooper, was

elected to city council in 1968. A short time later, the city. made application to the government to have the island designated as a recreational reserve. There was no access to the island at that

‘time, says Cooper, but about 10

years later the Dudley G. Little bridge..was built. and- the . city,

“and then. went to the University. . of Toronto to obtain’ a Masters

‘Greig t Houlden to take office “July: Tt.

around the fact that- it will be another - ‘contract -bargaining

"year. Although, the TDTA and

School District: 88 just signed an agreement in. March, the bat.-.

_ gaining period took up nearly a

. year of the time ‘covered by the « _ Fesulting contract. .

... "The challenge will be for the “TDTA and the board to resolve the contract amicably by the end of the (1989-90) school year,’’ he said. Bargaining begins in the spring of. 1990. Houlden was one of the TDTA negotiators in

the last. session,

Other issues Houlden consid-

up over the next year include the

-implementation of the Royal Commission recommendations

and changes to the School Act. The latter are scheduled for debate in the legislature during July, while teachers are on sum- mer holidays. ‘‘The timing is not. fortuitous,’’ he remarked. A major concern in that area, he

said, is a set of proposals to

allow contracting out of teach- ing work to uncertified person- nel.

Houlden assumes the position July 1. Outgoing president Hel-

after leasing the island from the y-mut.Giesbrecht will become the -

“governineit> ‘began fo develop

the campsite.

‘But over the past 10 years of, its development the city -has had” the same problem — seeking the” goverment’s permission for- everything they want to do.

Some of the ideas Cooper says"

would work on the island are to develop the campsite into a full- service facility, a nursery, nature. trails and an interpretive center.

Cooper says there are few com- munities in the province who are

fortunate enough to have an.

area such as Ferry Island within

‘minutes of the downtown core, and with the security of owner-.

ship, the city could: begin mak- ing some plans for future devel-

Opment.

Riverbo: oat Race

association’ S. past president and

. TDTA -répresentative to the ~

. er

B.C. Teadhets? Federation.

“Terrace Review — - Wednesday, May 41, ‘1680 3

r Two. of Skeena Broad-

received top awards recently _at the British Columbia ' Association of Broadcasters

_ convention,

Terrace-based CJFW-FM got top; B.C. honors for ‘Canadian. -talent develop- ; ment, atid CFTK television “took the award for best

- ereative work.

- Prince Rupert resident Foster Husoy has left the board of Northwest Com- munity College. The Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training has appointed - another Rupert resident, Gail Bergen, as his replacement.

strip 80 kilometers northwest of Stewart claimed another ‘victim earlier this month when a DC-3 cargo airplane ’ owned by Central Mountain . Air of Smithers burst into

runway, About 30 minutes

‘after the aircraft had landed

on a. flight from Wrangell,

- Alaska, one of the engines

caught fire. Cause of the blaze is unknown.

Last year a Bristol

freighter aircraft operated by

_ Terrace-based TransProvin-

cial Air Lines crashed while

| landing at- Bronson Creek

| due to a freak gust of wind.

7 casters” “Terrace operations |

annual radio and television .

_ B.C. They’ll stop at the Ter-

The Bronson Creek air-— _ crash of a float plane east of

Other passengers.

flames while’ parked on the.

. Milligan and his wife Penny

NEV IS IN" BRIEF -

No injuries occurred in either accident, —

The crew from CBC’s dai-. ly noontime current affairs” TV program “Midday” will- be in Terrace briefly on June 14; The hosts and technical people will be riding. VIA Rail’s Skeena train from Prince Rupert to Smithers © and producing a feature - piece on life-in northwestern

race stationette at 12:30 p.m. for about 20 minutes. Visiting hosts will be Valerie Pringle and Ralph | Benmergui,. known to CBC . radio audiences as the host of - “Prime Time’? and “The Entertainers’’.

A Prince Rupert man miraculously survived the.

Stewart May 23 that killed the aircraft’s pilot and two Jorge Phillips, 24, sustained a broken arm and head cuts . when the Beaver airplane crashed during a take-off at- tempt from Fred Wright Lake and was rescued 24 hours later by a CFB Comox search-and-rescue operation. Killed in the crash were pilot and guide-outfitter Bob

of Prince Rupert and John Cherry of Clinton, an. employee of the guiding operation.

Crowded court dockets ‘mean RCMP overtime bills for city

Overbooking and guilty pleas

“in ‘Terrace’s courts are costing

the city money, says Insp. Larry Yeske, Officer-in-Charge of the local RCMP detachment.

In his monthly report to coun-_ cil, Yeske advised that 174.75 hours of overtime had been logged by RCMP officers during April, and the city’s share of two-thirds of the total bill comes

TERRACE ROTARY RIVERBOAT RACE

AUG. 7, 1989 COPPER RIVER FLATS —

: 1st Prize: $2000.00 . and Prize: Weekend Trip for 2 to Vancouver

+ including accommodation (Century Plaza Hotel Terrace Travel Canadian Alrlines International Ltd.) 3rd Prize: Gas Barbeque

Tickets: $3.00 each or Two for $5.00 Available From Any Rotary Member

to $2,247.87. And of this over- time charge, $2,154.46 was for members appearing in court who were not required to give evidence.

The primary reason for not having to give evidence, says Yeske, are persons charged with an offence who change their plea to guilty once the officer’s presence is known. He says there

are other cases where the. ac- cused fails to appear and also.a number of occasions when too many court cases are set for one © time and all are unable to com- mence on the stated date.

As far as the number of crimes being committed in the area, Yeske says that to the end of April there has been a slight increase,

Donations: For

receipts will be issued. Welcome:

Conservative Association.”

Youth Organization; . Organization; Senior Organization. Send Items for discussion to: Skeena Federal Progressive Conservative Association Executive P.O. Box 354, Terrace, B.C. V8G 4B wie

te Phone: 635-4441

NOTICE OF FEDERAL MEETING

SKEENA FEDERAL PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Place: Terrace Hotel, “Skeena Room”. Date: Saturday, June 3rd; 1989

Time: 1:30 p.m. afternoon

Reason: Election of Directors

Selection: Delegates for “Nations General — Meeting at Nations Capital” — Dates: August 23 - 27, 1989

Guest Speaker: Will Be Announced. “Skeena Federal Progressive

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