TERRACE -- the Kitimat Preferred Shares in Shames In- Regional District Direqtors
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Shames ski debt resurfaces L TERRACE -- The Kitimat preferred shares in Shames in- regional district direqtors. rescheduling of the payments to That's because the regional dis- cancelled nearly $100,000~in ac, Stikine Regional District could stead of common shares. Other options are:. give the company more time, to trictsurrendered first place in the cumulated inlerest... ~~ soon be back in the ski hill bust' Shames •failed to pay the first * Keep the status quo. The wiping out the debt altogether, as line of Shames creditors to the The present arrangement calls HESS, requested by the company earlier provincial and federal govern- The provincial government has $35,000interestpayment due Jan. regional district would continue for interest payments each year 1 on the $345,000: it owes the trying to collect payments from this year. ments in order for Shames to get. until 1996 when Shames is sup- shot down a proposed debt,rer, regional district for the Kitsum' Shames, including the $35,000. Regional district board a low-interest $502,000 federal- posed to begin making payments shares swap between the regionai kalum ski eqfiipment it bought in The company has indicated it chairman Ray Brady said the provincialloan. on the principal. Those payments ministry of municipal affliirs has district and Shames Mountain Ski 1986. cannot make any payment at would last until the year 2005. Corporation. indicated the regional district If the payment schedule is But Victoria indicated it might Taking shares in Shames and pr(~sent. should get a preferred position if redrawn it will be the fifth time Shames has made payments on approve such a. swap if the erasing the debt is one of three • Renegotiate the debt. Such a it negotiates a debt-for-shares the dealhasbeenrenegotiated. its fedcral'provinciai loan and its regional district received options now being considered by " deal could mean anything from a swap. In 1990, the regional district Crown lands lease. Back to school fo.r students, strikers TERRACE -- Picket lines canoe pL,t~ in Ju~, 1994, they al~o "We could lulv© ~ this aaree- down and ~¢hools reopened a~an receive a series of aero~-tho- merit th.r~ mo~ ago,"s~ udd. Monday followl~ suc~sful bo~ pay Incrr,as~ totalling 55 "They mm;~ substsntild move- modlaitoa by Labour Relatlo~ cents an i~ur. ment tn the final hours of media. Board m~ator Irene Houl&n. The ~ goal of the union tlon," school dls~ct s~¢~tmy. The deal hammex-..a out Sundqy which represents the s~h~ls' treasurer ~ Pienaot'ff aftemooa by school board negotI- remrles ~ Is m ~ pay equity nlets and ~pte~nmtlw~ of with CUI~ loom 2861, the union t'CS~l~"""~ the new two.yc~t CIYPE local 2831 Is to be ratified that repreaenl~ the higher pala contr~t will lacveue school dk. by both sld~ ~ week. school m~Int~nance wodmm tau ~,, by $I.®,O0O. The agreement ending tl~ "We'v© cut the dlfforcne¢ bml- ,~hool Dtsti~ 88 saved an w~k-lo~ s¢llOOls strike ceme e~ cally In half wlth tl~ agl~- estlmai~l $330,000 over the the NDP government In Vlctorh moat,"/m~rson ~ld. "So lt'~ a cout~ of the one-week strike. was prelxulng to tnvol~ back-tu,- good step in the right dit~tion." "If them ls a savtn8 it.should 'work leglsl~a. The agreement also shortem the go fight. Im01c in tl~ classroom, Work~ta get pay hikee of ~.0 pay grid by one increment and possibly in II~ form ot compu~rs per cent effe~ve July 1, l~9'Z provldcs job de.~Tlpllon ot other technelosy," says school and 0.5 per cent effective Jan. 1 Anderson said blamed the s~b- board trm~..o Wayne Braid, i " 1993. Sl(U'fin8 ,.~t, 1, 1993 aria boma~ of ll~ board for ddvtng continuing unlil the contract ex, the union to ,trlke. Gov't approves spending/i iiii!ii!! for an emergency shelter TERRACE -- A permanent homeless woman Daisy Wesley in the community, might.come Up emergency hostel for the home- --and the community's response with.': ...... .......less,.co~!l(Lb~..in<~pl.aeejbefom.thc.-.,to>.her~',.d¢~ath!,.~..spu.~,, th( .... (..~.TI~.e deadtine,[Or,,:t~~l[ snowMes. ' government to act, Anderson llke!ylmarouad::ltmO!8;>h~itl~. '' More than $100,000 has been said. That meal seems to be greatest, approved for the creation of a Wesley, 52, died Nov. 28, 1992 he added, when a large number of hostel for men and women in Ter- beneath a tarp on a vacant lot she transients are in the area, often race, says social services ministry and husband Alex called home. during,, periods of seasonal area manager Bill Anderson. "When the whole issue arose in employment. He won't disclose the exact December around Daisy Wes- AndersOn says the search for a, budget for the project because .the ley's death, one of the things that suitable site for the hostel could mimstry is issuing a call for bids became very clear for us was that be tough because any building this week. there was a gap in the existing that would bc used must meet The shelter would accom- services for a married couple to stringent government regulations modate seven to 10 people, and stay together in this sort of situa- for community Care facilities. the project could also include tion,"Andcrsonsaid. He said them could be addi- construction of a building, Daisy Wesley had stayed a tional capital money available, depending on whether the suc- short time at the Ksan House for over and above the budget for the Fireballer cessful bidder finds a suitable ex- women, hut loft to rejoin Alex on hosters operating costs ' to WIND UPS are winding down as the local minor baseball season fast comes to a close. It's isting building. the Streets. construct: a building if the su'c- doubtless all too soon for enthusiastic young players like Nick Kinney, above. He pitches for "We clearly can't go into an- Anderson said the requirements cossful proposal comes from a • Don Hull and Sons in the Bambino division. You can catch his team in action this evening other winter with nothing in for the hostel set out in the call non-profit group. when theytake On Wilkinson's at Elks Park, 6:15 p.m. They'll also be on•the diamond for the place," Anderson said. "There for proposals are not very The Daisy Wesley Housing final innings of the '93 campaign. That sign-off game, Friday, June 11, will find Overwaitea will be something in place before specific. Committee, a group of local batters trying to hammer one of Kinney's speedy deliveries into the beyond. next winter." "We want to see what kinds of volunteers who formed after her The tragic death last winter of ideas organizations or individuals death, are submitting a proposal. I i Mill makes wood..p:itch Crowd ',(l Kitselas TERRACE ' Euroean wan' to its cmTent level. :. is availablcon the n0rth cOast and Wedeene) mill will use the high election on Friday spend $12.5 million to rebuild the Miller turned down the r~lUeSt, suitable for the Asian market," value log whtle the Terrace mill closed Wedeene mill in Prince saying he expected Eurocan to he added. " will continue to use the middle of TERRACE -- It'll be a the band council's offices on Rupert. first provide the same number of The estimated $12.5 million the road to lower end log. It will crowded field when elections Queemway. By doing so, it hopes to free up jobs in Prince Rupert that existed conversion expenditure ' Would remain as a mill for the North for the Kitselas band council They also organized a peti- wood from the coast and use it at when the Wedcene mill ran under basically gut the,Wedc~ne mill of American domestic market," are held this Friday. tion calling for the removal of Skeem Sawmills here. its previous owners; i:' " • • its .eXisting- equipment and Start MacNicol continued. There are six people running chief councillor Wright and Euroean bought the :We,deene That th~n causedEur6can to ex- over, MacNieol Said.: -- Forests minister Dan Miller, for the position of chief coun- Brian Seymour, a councillor mill ' and ~accompanying,:iforest amine what it could do with the.. : Company. officials are present- during a recent visit to Terrace, elliot, including current chief and band manager. councillor Ralph Wright. Also running for chief coun- licence two years ago with the' Wedeeno mill. " " ins the planto regional forest ser- said he was happy with what understanding itwouldopen the vice officials' this week. Eurocan officials had laid out and Among those opposing him cillor am Andrew Bevan, Deb- "In genemll we,re:looking at mill by last fall, MacNicol (~ailed the plan a was looking forward to more are former chief councillor bie Moore and Ray Seymour head rig,type mi,'!lto 'produce a That didn't happen'and :Eur0ean good way of matching, the right details. Mel Bevan and Ron Nyee. Sr. • value added end` prgduct,,for ex- then asked forests minisicr Dan equipment with the right kind of The key, he said, was to ensure Nyce last year lead a pretest There are 15 people running port to the Asian m~irket," com- Miller for permissionto truck the Wood. that a wood licorice on the north against the Kitscias band coun- for the three council seats. pany spokesman Brace MacNicol wood from the licence, to • its "The weed profileto feed this coast produce jobs for people cil, saying it misspent $3 rail- Current councillors Wilfred said last week.