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| Lookin ooking back... prime concern for Terrace city council two years ago this A week was traffic safety. A year ago snow, taxes and emer- gency services dominated discussion in council chambers. we In 1989, the RCMP said Sande Overpass should be bypassed, _ Industrial traffic, pedestrians and the proximity of traffic lights at the north end of the overpass and Highway 16 and Eby St. were noted as specific concerms.

Alderman Mo Takhar said the city had considered a second overpass

"a few years ago", but according to mayor Jack Talstra, "It got lost in committee and hasn’t resurfaced yet." And with that bit of insight, the matter was sent to committee,

And there were other traffic concerns. Downtown parking was a problem. But, hoped alderman Ruth Hallock, a pending traffic study of the downtown core would "give us an idea of what’s happening”.

Keith Ave. was a problem, and alderman Dave Hull Suggested the addition of sidewalks, traffic lights and one-way streets to solve it, One-

7 way streets leading off Keith would include Tetrault, Sparks, Hall and yo Evergreen, and the traffic light would be relocated to the intersection of _ Kalum (a two-way street) and Keith, offering a sale, efficient access j route from the south.

Other council-related items a year ago this week included an ongoing investigation into the cause of the collapse of a 60x80 foot Public Works storage shed, complaints from Kalum Lake Drive residents who “in —

: suid ning hour afer the lend eta ee etal Property in a A transfusion of funds occurred during a recent B.C. Heart and Stroke Foundation public 7 of council in convincing the provincial ambulance service that our fia awareness show in the Skeena Mall. Regional director Betty Campbell (centre) accepted a fire department should be designated as first responders. donation of $1,000 ralsed by the combined efforts of the Terrace Elks Lodge and the Order of the

Royal Purple. February Is heart month, and the local branch set up displays and canvassed for

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round the community in 1988, the Terrace Public Library funds as part of the effort to increase research and healthy lifestyles.

board of directors was in an optimistic frame of mind. Follow-

ing a productive term by chairman Ken Beddie, Willy Schneider took the helm during a period of continuing growth and challenge. The library had loaned 150,000 items the previous year, up 10,000 from the year before, and the challenge wasn’t attracting business — it was coping with the demand they already had.

A year later, Schneider was re-clected chairman and the challenge continued. "Our library is now in its 22nd year," said Schneider, "and we are beginning to look at the tum of the century." With that, he made reference to the fact that the future of a planned library expansion was in city council hands, and added, “We hope that a decision will be reached which will enable us to serve Terrace and the surrounding areas even more effectively in coming years." wo a

That same year, a meeting of about 80 seniors suggested that an “affordable housing" project would begin in May. And a year ago this week the Terrace Health Care Society was in Victoria lobbying for another housing project, the supportive housing at Terraceview Lodge. Society representatives met with our MLA as well as the ministers of Health and Social Services to discuss the concept and its future in the

_ community.

At the same time the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre was "in a state of shock" over a federal announcement that all women’s centres in Canada would have their core funding cut. In the face of adversity, however, organizers vowed to continue providing much needed community services.

egional concems in 1988 included electoral boundary changes R to make all riding populations consistent regardless of their remoteness or physical size. The proposed change was opposed

in this area and throughout the north. In 1989, the regional district had a busy week that included three

public hearings on rezoning applications. Approved was a fishing lodge on a 30-acre site about five miles west of Terrace, and a pared-down version of another phase of development at Mount Layton Hot Springs which would include a gas bar and RV park. Declined was a proposal for a "first class" mobile home park in downtown Thomhill.

In the business world, It was this week in 1988 that the province was going to challenge the Sunday shopping court decision, the regional

- district called for a moratorium on the development of any more fishing

lodges, Mount Layton Hot Springs was officially opened with a gaggle of local and provincial politicians, and Terrace city council voiced their support for the B.C. Government Employees Union’s opposition to

privatization of road maintenance.

In 1989, MLA Dave Parker presided over a ceremony officially marking the North Coast Road Maintenance takeover of highways maintenance, and the Okanagan Skeena Group ratified an agreement with the city, saying a new downtown shopping centre would be under construction by April.

And a year ago this week, five forest companies applied for the right to harvest 623,000 cubic meters of pulp-quality forest stands in the Prince Rupert Forest Region over a 25-year period.

Our final offering comes from the up-and-down world of education a year ago this week. Northwest Community College students were optimistic. The student association re-introduced a couple of old ideas — a student union building and a gymnasium — and the college board of trustees didn’t give an outright "No".

At about the same time, however, the staff and trustees of School District 88, were experiencing confusion. The had just received block funding information from Victoria and it was unclear how il related to

the previous year’s funding. The Ministry of Education had thrown

some new items in and tossed some old standards out.

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