Candidates Ready for Polls Saturday Aldermanic Race by Donna Vallieres Herald Staff Wdter There Are Seven Can- Didates for Three Seats On
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"! ?:'. ~7["I~IA b L[~,RAR~ :'Aal, i:A:.~g,~ r BI.D3S 'I r CTOR~,~ B C Candidates ready for polls Saturday Aldermanic race By Donna Vallieres Herald Staff Wdter There are seven can- didates for three seats on :2 Terrace municipal council. Aldermanic candidates are Gerry Duffus, Helmut Giesbreeht, John MacCormac,Doug Mumford, Lifly Neilsen, Alan Soutar and Jack Talstra. Giesbreeht, a teacher, and Talstra, a lawyer, are incumhant aldermen with two years ex- Ml~rience on council, while 1 umford, a security Gerry Duffus Helmut 6iesbrecht John MacCormac Doug Mumford guard is an incumbant Manager Teacher Lily Neilsen Alan Soutar Jack Talstra Painter Correctional Officer with •five months ex- Domestic Engineer "Do not loose your "Solutions usually have "We need a dedicated "Continue the fight." perience on council. Architect Lawyer vision." "Understand past "A bit of a Struggle." "A good sense of a financial base." community." mistakes." They are challenged by humor." A former alderman on Giesbrecht, an in- MacCormac promised There is a lack of Gerry Duffus, a Neflsen said she has Scutar, chairman of the "We've got to settle Terrace council, Duffus eumbant is offering his to try to correct the "lack overall development in manager, John Mac-. said he is approaching been seeing things library board, wants to down," Talstra said, and experience as an of. communication bet- town, no master plan for Cormac, a painter, LLqy happen in Terrace for the get on council to ensure establish some stability municipal council with a alderman on council for ween municipal govern- zoning, an unresolved Nielsen, a domestic "renewed enthusiasm." the past two years. past two ~.esrs that she at Terrace gets the kind to council. ment and provincial conflict between Terrace engineer, and Alan does not like. of library we need. An ineumbant, Talstra "In order to meet the government." and Thornhiil and a Soutar, an architect. • Most important to a Although the library has been working on the costs necessary to satisfy rivair~, between Terrace Warehouses in expansion is his main industrial development municipal council is the needs of the com- • He spoke out against and Kitlmat, according to maintaing people ser- f Isst~esocased appear to be- residential areas, im- goal, Soutar believes committee oneaunclland munity in services, we the provincial plan to Mumford. on basic con- proper dust control, spot council must establish believes that Terrace vices, such as paving, must continue to make phase out Skeenaview An incumbant alder- cerns, such as rezoning and en- sewage, drainage, water better use of tax dollars;" itself as a regional centre must start working Lodge and stated that man with five months development, rezoning, coui'nging "big business' and should benefit from toward developing as .a systems, policing and he said.."We may then council must take more experience, Mumford public works, and the to the detrement of the firefighting, Duffus said. free more funds for our the development of the regional centre. interest in senior lashed out at council for future of Terrace. taxpayer are some of entire region. A new zoning plan is essential services." government planning it's "high-handed these things. needed for Terrace, "I'm against Spending must - be within Terrace. manner" when dealing recreation being run by Elections will be held "My aspirations relate Taistra said• controlled, up to date with community groups this Saturday at Clarence "This town has been to projects and to steps "I would like to see a remote control," he policies and procedures Creation of a per- and individuals. stated, and promised that Michael school to running backwards," she ahead," he said. 'Tin real effort in town prepared and industrial manent job base, getting Mumferdh promised to determine who will hold said, promising that she firmly convinced my anning," he said. "Not council would meet and development planned the best deal for Terrace assist everyone in ~! discuss recreation issues the aldermanic seats on would look after "all the being on council would ig stuff, just some along with Kitimat and and maintaining services Terrace reach their goals next year's council. little things." help the library be built." basics." with the recreation the regional district, already in the community and encourage industry commission. Giesbreeht said. to develop here. ! ere other ......concerns. [ .... lil I II H Terrace School Board O • Elaine Johnson Lorna Romilly Johnson feels it is Romilly is concerned important to have local about the lack of corn- I I control over education, a munieation between the function which is school board and parents, I I MI I I 1 ~d~ .ed by school the school board and staff THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1977 20C VO U E 71 • and within the school I .................. .... .:,: .~An:(ineumbant ~llltt~._ ~.b~a.rd.. School Board Johnson said it is also :~l~e :' d~cribed the and '- important for parents to school board as a Regional District have input into their "hierarchlal structure" Two seats are up for children's education, and responsible for the this can be done through "general apathy grabs on the Terrace surrounding education." Regional District school beard this term, the school board. and three contenders are "I think the tax..pa~er is Parents should be vying for them. burdened already, she encouraged to work with Jack Cook, incumbant said when speaking of the teachers and get involved thrustee and chairman of high cost of education. with their children's the beard, Elaine "The board has got to education through the Johnson, incumhant, and spend as effectively as formation of parents Elaine Johnson possible." advisory committees Lorna Romiily newcomer Lorna Romiily Homemaker Administrator Jack Cook which would make are the three candidates. recommendations to the "The best education "Lack of com- Major topics in the Manager possible." munication." school board elections "Take a long hard look schools board. are the quality of at education." education in the district and what taxpayers could Cook, an incumbant expect in terms of in- trustee and chairman of creases in costs. the school'board, said Cook is a store trustees are going to have manager, Johnson is a to carefully watch the homemaker, and Romiily finances of the district. SPEC stall st;ill is an administrator. After many years of Our apologies to Jack Cook whose picture is not more and more teachers included in the lln~up. and organizing the up in the air Regional District district, Cook feels it is by Ann Dmsmuir part of the mail used for In other business, Kitimat-Stikine time to improve the Herald Staff WHter displays. These areas are council approved a by- Regional District elec- quality of education in the Kitimat District private property paid for law which will change the tions will be highlighted district. Council willmeetwiththe and maintained by the term of office for this year by the election Cook believes his long City Centre Merchants' tenants. November 1979 election Alice Chen-Wing Corby King Allan MeCo, of a director from elec- experience on the board Association and a According to the to one year instead of Homemaker Manager Notary Public toral area C, one of the will continue to be representative for the district's agreement with two. "People centred "More avenues for "A very important largest areas within the helpful, landlord, Lehndorff the landlaord, the public This will make the planning." local imput." level." district encompassing the Property Management has a right of access to entire council ac- population from Ne"" Ltd. to discuss public use the malluntil 9 p.m. week countable to the elec- Cedervale to Lava Lake of the City Centre Mall. days and 6 p.m. Sundays rotate every two years, to Kitimat Village to The decision was because the mall covers a beginning in 1980. ~"hen-Wing said he is King is concerned that Municipal, provincial Hartley Bay, including T tourist sparked by a request for city sidewalk and sewer. The by-law will he concerned about the many areas in area C are and federal governments the area around Terrace clarification of the The district, however adopted after discussion small amount of in- not getting enough have overlapping func- and Thornhill. public's right of access to controls only the area, with the school board and formation people get representation at the tions, McCallsaid, but the The director's seat was the regional s~are8 the mail and use of spsce about six feet in width, regional district council about regional level, regional district is very vacated by John Sarich, inside for displays by occuppiedby the original which at present hold district. He is also concerned important right now. current director who "People don't even with, the welfare of the VICTORIA (CP) -- SPEC member Susan sidewalk• elections on the same entire northern region One of his concerns is decided against running. Travel Industry Minister Rotmiller. Council seemed ready date as Kithnat know it's there," she Instead candidates Grace McCarthy has The Scientific Pollution to wash its hands of the Municipal council. said. which is relevant to all that Lakelse Lake remain. Alice Chen-Wing, a launched another and Environmental problem until alderman The change to be- Area C is a very diverse areas within the district, a recreational area. homemaker, Corby King, campaign to attract Control Society (SPEC) Lee Ellis spoke up on ennual electiions will area, Chen-Wing stated, a store manager and tourists from the United was refused permission behalf of SPEC. save the municipality with some particular "I want to share with "We don't want to turn' Allan "Bud" McColi, a States to British to operate an information Ellis said that she could appriximately $2,750 in concerns such as fire people the responsibility it into another Thor- notary public are trying Columbia--this time booth on the Mall not "support the met- election expenses in odd protection at Spring of making decisions," he nhill." he said.