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ithe following day, a recreation committee meeting was eld, I chaired, Mayor Helmut Giesbrecht was present “with - 4Glenn Thomsen, ‘chairman 0 the Terrace parks and

Secreation advisory commission and Director Jim Culp of the Regional District of . itimat-Stikine, regular farticipants at these meetings. ©

Zook part in our deliberations: Commissioner Bob Park, Sommissioner Gary Baker, ' ‘Mamie. Kerby, ‘Terrace

: erraceview Society, and: ‘two: staff erbons and a reporter

{park and we intend to carry out this provision. We also discussed with Bob Marcellin of the regional {district the renewing of the contract through which the

ional district contributes to the cost of running local . -

recreation facilities, Because the people of Thornhill and pay into our budget, withdraw” but some aldermen did not.

ithe community) are also willing to. work with us-as the’

donation of time and energy ta the + people of thearea. : ; - ”, -Best wishes, Marguerite Clarkson

. . . . " . oO \ . To the Editor, -"..- \ In reply to Mr. Homburg’s letter published Jan; 18 i in the. ‘errace Herald... . || Mr. Homburg's assumption’ that last year’ s council had rot taken any action on the pornography. i issue is incorrect. y records show that the porn issue was first raised in 1991

against a particular. store owner. The mayor, at that time - - . (Dave) Maroney, informed council it was a federal

_In 1992 a group -

bed chang council with over 1,000 signatures. The mayor -

iter and protests: were. ignored.

d changed, now Mr. Giesbrecht, we ‘also had Alderman Clarkson on council, A cominittee meeting was held with wo senior RCMP. present, ‘the matter was thoroughly- ussed and we camie to the conclusion that there was a perious problem, All the stores dealing in pornography ere written, and Terrace council took the matter up with

e North Central Municipal Association, and further took it

D the Union ‘of B.C. ‘Municipalities (UBCM); Terrace cil members spoke in support to have the government hange the laws and the resolution was passed by 1200

delegates at the Septémber 1982 meeting i in Vancouver, The" P ommendation has now been passed on to the provincial .

government for ‘action, and 1 have no doubt that the laws

will be changed pe far as the dealers In pornography are —

poncerned. .

One further point, I appeared before council asit seemed .

an opportune time, I asked Alderman Down if he. would be repared to show some leadership in this matter and CEASE . and desist in the celling of porno material.. His reply was -

ords.to the effect.that he was not going to have anyone elling him howto run-his business. ..

I would siiggest that just as a council cannot ‘afford to. ;

gore a petition with over 1,000 signatures, nor can a sinessmani.

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oy Yours sincerely,

Vic Jolliife ©

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¥. “Committee system dies” the Advertiser fiéadline réad._ ell, reports of the death) are greatly exaggerated. Infact,

7 As well as the regular members, the following persons

Heritage and - Museum, Society, -John “MacCormac, success, we've gat success."

= ial -inilially.coyered. buyers ofnew homes’

"ploneer village. Our eereatica Master Plan suggests ‘ Shat. there be community input on the. development: of any

Area C (Lakelse Lake) use ou arena, pool and library, they . The Advertiser may run fieadlines saying “Aldermen Some of us are willing to work and want to work. Obviously members af:

recreation committee meeting showed. My thanks gooutto | the Terrace Parks and. Recreation Commission for its.

- the current year. which ends March 31 —

general Jail population whieh will Inerdase by 32 per cent:

VANCOUVER: (CP) — - Earning biotite in. the: 19808 will depend ‘on’ overcoming: ‘a ‘fear of yisk, better’. ‘com-

~ munication, and: diversification,” Grant: MacL ren, an . president of Woodward Stores ‘Lid, said Tuesday. °° T

“We need to, build”a larger base of investors’ in. this:

country,” he told the Investment Funds Institute of Canada. é at also need an industrial base that is inore diversified,

in the past, and the directors ‘and managers: who are’

‘Possibly as an ‘investor in other compantes.

“- VANCOUVER (CP) — "Recovery: for: BC’ 3. tor

products industry will begin in 1983, but the upturn. will: be

‘¢meven and it will not be until next ° year ‘that operating

“¢onditions for the lumber, pulp and” paper’ sectors show consistent improvement. —

‘This is one of the main conclusions reached in an ‘aniiyeie ,

“and forecast of the Canadian lumber and plywood industry prepared ‘by Widman: Minagenient: Lid., , forest industry “ consultants i in. Vancouver. Ou ot

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OTTAWA (cP) — The Canadian Homeownership Stimulation Plan has already exceeded jts advance: billing and is on the way to becoming the ‘most Popular federal housing program of recent years: ..

’ #7 think it’s a. ‘great success, alded obviously by’ a

‘lowering of interest “ rates," Housing : “Minister. ‘Romeo

LeBlanc said in an interview Tuesday.

Statistics - from: Canada Mortgage’ and Housing” Corp’ . show 136,628 homebuyers took ‘advantage of tax-irée grants

of $3,000 under’ the ‘plan last year’ “and - many ‘more ap- ‘plications are still in the works.- The total coat to taxpayers from grants apptived ‘through.

Dee: 31 is estimated at +00. ® million and it's conceivable that hundreds of millions # more may. be needed before the

; plan winds up at the end of. this. year Hees - LeBlanc’ won't:speculate about ihe ti final ‘bill, but tie said”

the money is being well spent helping’ people buy. homes and creating more work-for buildeys and! tradesmen. .. at

" “Some officials of the department of finance. are : chewing their fingernails, and my. answer to ‘that is: lt. .you want

Th g homequyiership plan, arinouneed in the

‘of existing homes who could corhe ip Wwiltia pata of” 10 per cent... an

Federal statisties show that 88,663 of the grants approved " "in 1962 went to buyers of exiating | hones and 47,983 went. to » buyers of new homes. . 7 : ;

“Finance Minister Mare Lalonde’ ahnoinositih ‘in; ‘October te .that the plan would be extended to- cover ‘buyers of new

-homes. begun’ before May 1, First-time: buyers ‘of older

“homes lost their chance to qualify for the grants as of Jan. 1. Almost from the beginning, the homeownership- plan was

the runaway, favorite of the four new federal housing’.

Homeowner:

~ VICTORIA (OP) — British Columbia motorists who ‘don't

- bother paying traffic violation fines could discover, the

amount owing is added to the cost of their vehicle i insurance - policy, .

That’s if they don't fina themselves i in jail, when the . Motor Vehictes Act returns to a: fine system from a demerit points system...

More than 2;000. people ‘will ‘be. “Jailed ‘this year ‘for si.

- defaulting on fines, and the number is expected to increase:. ”. _ dramatically after the. actis changed, probably t next spring,

The government expects to collect an additional $14. million once’ the changes are: implemented, _ Attorney General Allan Willlams-said Tuesday.”

- One proposal in a $17 000 study of the act suggests adding

- unpaid fines to a'motorist’s vehicle lingurance premium if

the fines are. not paid by ‘the time: the policy. must be :

_ renewed, Williams said. ot For drivers who do not buy the compulsory government - . delayed ; at least-un

insurance, the fine would be added to the driver's licence

- fee, and the insurance: or the licence would not be renewed —

until the fines pre ‘paid. so “The changes to the Motor Vehicles Act also provide for sentences.of up to 30 days-for- defaulting on the new fines.

" ‘The Motor Vehicles Branch spends $900,000 to $400,000 on °.

computers to keep track of the séntences imposed under the °’ ac, ard will spend an estimated $200,000 a year to keep it *:" up. The branch is not involved In the collection of fines,

The: Corrections Branch predicts. there will “be 2,100 sentenced admissions to jail for defaulting on’a fine during - ~ 523 more-than in 1981-2. ” ‘

OF the $6.7. million in finies still outstanding an of Dee. 17, a 1 million was considered overdue, - s

~The 33-per-cent ‘increase. is cause ‘mainly by police and

courts getting tough on motor vehicle offenders, the state of the economy and a general toughening by the state against any Jawbreaker, sald Gregory Muirhead, ‘éenlor research analyst with the Corrections Bratch, , |!’ & He predicts that 41.2 per cent of all sentériced admissions .

will be motor-vetiicle related, adding that from April to \ : DecembeF, 40.6 per cent of admissions were in jail for ‘ motor-vehicle related offences, fompared with 32, ti] | per cent ‘In ‘1981-82, ele, oA :

The: number’ of detaulters: is: ‘growing faster’ than the overall, Muirhead said, and motor-vehicle-related ad-—

" misgions account for 67 ber cent of the growth in. total 2

sentence admissions, Williams said the problem of collecting ihe new fines wil not be dealt ‘with until the spring,

. “We will consider how we hav to ole those rine when

_ Involved in building that base miist take a. more diversified, - approach. to ‘their responsibilities,” <-.'” For Woodward's, diversification | means a8 moviog into suc eae reas - a8 -financial ‘services, and: the® manufacturing anid “y ;

Laren sa : ron ‘at ‘present: levels for. the’ ‘rest of 1983, ‘he sald. ee h

= five years.”

Meconan ‘that. ‘are completely. tnfamilfar to-it,. geet “

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7 ‘ apple. tomorrow, moming. ha at 2 he co cca oF

; y bilizing un uti ; that happens people will be reluctant to pend mich: Toney. » But when the vavina ia ‘soe will last for four or

~’ "The company ‘recently reported : a logs from: ‘operations for

it is unlikely that any turnaround ‘will: oceur itil the fourth.

quarter of 1883 at the earliest,”:the firm said. “This factor, - together ‘with the inability of the sawmills. to sell: all. their - . | ‘weod chips, will delay the industry's, fi full: recovery until.

m- + an ever-growing t number, of interest, groin ‘and. it'will'be . ake decisio solatica, 7

‘lAmerican. consumer," Wie : pointed out, however, that! B.C.

vily. tito. afew: cing “and: those: ‘industries: to-be drninated. ‘hy a''few large corporations.” ,, ;

itability. in. the: 9B0e will rest. ‘upon: ‘being able:

alance’market forcea by being wisely: diversified | to: industries that will support each other during econoinile -

i Corpopate decision -malding will entail the involve en a

ao. the 90 weeks ended Get, 30, 1982, of $3.8 million,’ against net - Tespons ‘ahd involveme

ie éarnings of #4 millon in the htett selmedinirae 1681. i) aren ee foe AL Woodward’a we ya diiberaiely tel ou our. mplo; ees about

” hie financial state, of the. canipany and w we :

thon, a vital Invent af the Os. wad flee co BY system.

“For this reson, the petition by certain U. Ss. producers! io - .

‘secure: tariff restricHions j no economic sense tor-eltt i

ainst Canadian lumber" ‘inakes - the ‘Canadian: producer or the dmgn ‘said: The consulting firin Jumber producers: haye ily, at a disadvantage: ‘on

“been“placed, at least temporar

“labor costa as compared with producers in eastern Canal

and the US.

programs s developed by the Liberals after the 1960 election. The Canada Rental Supply Plan, which provides interest-. free second mortgages.to builders :of: dpartments;" finally.

"seems to be Betting on track after a slow start. In date: i961

and early. 1982:

New apartment ‘Projects with’ a ‘total af. 10, 668 uintts hid: -been approved through Dec, aL at a cost of: ‘roughly. $120" million,

Ottawa has: wel aside $350 million. for: the rental plan in’

hopes of getting 30,000 new apaitment units built.‘To date, "the average ‘subsidy : ‘for a singlé urlt has been: nearly.

. $11,000, considerably higher than the original estimate ‘of $7,500 a “unit. : wo eee oo a

Under the Canada Home. Renovatioa Plan, the federal -

* government had committed $4 million for. 38,451

homeawners through the end of last year. The average grant works out to $1,664, |

_ ‘The program provides assistance ‘of up (6 $3,000 to. cover

-.30 per cent. of the; cost of major fiome’ im) mprovements by

a "qualified: tradesmen. in. areas of high : unemployment

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A total of 9, 187 grants were approved th through Dee. a al a ‘total cost to taxpayers: of $16.6 million. The. average grant ‘during’ 1982 was. $1,701... ; .

: The mortgage’ “plan helps homeowners! who would

“he otherwise be paying more than 30 per cent of- family Ineome on,

) sing after’ ‘yenewing their mortgages.» The original plan. was mainly a way. for homeowners e-

loans. The’ “revised plan allows direct ‘assistance of up to ': $3,000 a ‘year: ‘ta help homeowners keep ‘thelr “monthly “payments down to reasonable levels. .

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we move solidly into the fine concept as onposed to painte, ” he said.:.

. “Treasury Board is considering the’ matter now,

Williams said “that tacking :fines: onto; the dngurance’ ”

.. premiums: is, “one of a range of options that we have; and r

° wouldn't: want-to speculate that's what might'be done,” -

.Cited in the study. as.a

precedent. is the - collection uf ‘transit: tax

ty] B. c. Hydro through: electricity bills. ae

“Leak discovered.

Lh Gen, James ° Abrahamson, diractor’ of ‘the: shuttle. program, said the alt 8 five-day maiden mission will. be mid-March and possibly much. longer:

if one‘ or ‘more engines must’ be replaced.” a Finding the problem is going tp be a “real detective bb,

_arid one that will be-difficult,” Abrahamson said,

‘The hydrogen. leak detected Tuesday was: Not the. same ‘order. of magnitude as it. was the: first ime, ue - similar teat fring Dec. 18, he said. >

» Chalte r.was originally: supposed io. ropa ia iniate January. a a

: if let: a s00d mark YOu. a * sould. be looking ata ery. nice -

‘CAE CANAVERAL, Fla, (AP) =A tiny, Hydrogen ‘Teak. which reappeared during a test firing Tuesday of the space . ‘shuttlé Challenger’ ‘$s main engines | may sel back the entire.” shuttle’ program, pificials say.) i. /

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-yaaye my friend.: < : = I suppose I've become’ a pessimist in ihe. past few monte, _

*" them,” Maybe women should start bearing ams,

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The labor: agreement signéd , in 1981 granted average

Hourly Wage rates to B.C, wotkers'which are 10 to 30'per ‘ _ cent’ ‘higher than jin other: producing regions ’ of North.

‘Ameri. ca, ’ “BC, producers should be Offered a catch-up period. of

; stable” wage coéts to; assist” the. industry. to return :to.

‘profitability and full -employtient,” ” Widman said, ° oe

; Canada: the Soviet Union aad Seandinavie are the only * regions: in the world in which significant surpluses of sait- wood. lumber exist, but’ all ‘Will experience growing: shots tages of wood fibre the future which could reduce {helt export capabilities: .: Pe es

For the firat time,‘ Widnian sald, | the Canadian lumber .

industry is approaching the limits of its ability to expand. . Conservation and intensive reforestation. must. be --in- creasingly. practised’ and. producers must also leant & utilize’ wood fibre to a fat greater extent. Soe “B.C, has accounted for .abbut-70 per. cent, of Canada's softwood lumber production. since “1970. However,: there seems to be little possibility of further appreciable ‘growth - in ‘coastal: “production, ~ otherthan’ through. improved

- technology ; while the spectacular growth in the Interior. is: :

slowing down and future development will be much ‘mofe ate. . . . Arg i ie firm fersoe et by 1h00.Ganadaxopldihaveshe - cae tp ihe ‘% eet. ease its vie yinberproduatien temntxtuch se , almost 90 per cent’ higher’ than 17's

rsed utp. a 7 ey

The study projects U S. housing starts at 1 450, 000 in 1983;

up 32 per cent from last year. Starts should reach 1,750,000 in 1964 and.t 850,000, in 1985. “But,” said Widman, “many. . people tend to exaggerate the importance of housing starts aa a guide to lumber -sonstimption.” mo

defer some of .the interest payments on their” mortgage RS

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“There i be a more apparent direct correlation between 7: the increase in pronography and the increase in abortion he-said:*" ovér the next few years as Fapabecome morecomman..

- People who are pro-life are. going to find their battle * ‘tough as’ the. women’s groups ‘who are against. porn. - believe'the: women against.rape that’ the new ‘vdgue fea, industry. «the largest: industry in America today - is going to bring out every pervet. who, thinks that raping a woman is macho: : For the average man on the street this, may: seem ludicrous but.we must remember that: people, who Suppo) rt -- pornography aré not normal. people. we

‘Now that 1 have inclted the anger of every normal petton “who is. ‘out: there watching pornography...

- The. world does not want to consider that wher, we Fela » the moral standards of soclety it'gets worse, “Ina Net "that. doéa' not respect the human’ body sexually should ‘we: ° -really ‘be-that shocked that the latest fad in Ametich'ié _ paitting’polzon on ‘pills and Threatening to do the same.to, drinking | water.’ America has become a ‘madhouse ‘and whether the pro-porn people want to accept itor not ‘their’ _ nasty habits are just as responsible for the problem as the - - alientation our society seems to thrive dn.

. [suppose what offends the average porri lover. i is: thal he:

ao “or she would never think of Boing out and raping: someone | ~ after wateRing a dirty movie. . ‘loving lifestyle is threatened. They rant and rave atiout |

‘They feel their ‘freedom

these women’s; groups wha die being absolutely “atupi in

_ their Fight. agdinst'a little kinky sex,

‘Personally I don't think gither the prolife groups or the anti-pornography groupe aré goliig to make much headway. [think our society wants itd poiton whether it corned in €he’ "+ form of dirty movies or whatever. I think that the society is ‘going to have to collapse and ein a state of decay like'the

re any change will come abdul, |

A Christian irlend of th jie approached éeveral: porn merchants in: town

ell is forever, he-shid. How long is forever?’ Good lucky” fote the protesting metthant-realized he' wasn't. hebig _, attacked for his position on pornograpliy (“ILI don’t sell: it: " someone else will.') my friend was. gone. ‘They thay not’

t ‘ja the responsibility of the management of. these large bea. corporations. to deliberately diversify, 4a

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me opinion did the only thing - :

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“and reminded them that while they are cashing in ona sure. : < thing they are also placing. eir/eternal soul-in jeopardy.’

~-believe it-now. but red hot video is going: to seem like W

‘+ Sesame Street plenic compared’ to their eterna destiny,

‘Lfrankly do not see conditions getting better, People. want: ‘these vices. They-want the’ option.of abortion, “They want * their pornography. ‘So let's give it to-them and let them: suffer the consequences. Eventually it. will all catch > ta to:

“Probably, next anyway. Good tuck. sandlith Fee ee has" ,

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