Tree Nursery Closing Its Doors TERRACE -- the Thornhill Program
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Tree nursery closing its doors TERRACE -- The Thornhill program. Johnson said the nursery's cold after being logged. That means they replant to what Seedlings going to a pariicular tre e nursery is closing, ending the "The annual seedling demand storage facility will keep operat- "The backlog isn't totally is needed to f'dl gaps not covered area are grown from seeds taken jobs of five full time people and has dropped from 300 million in ing as a marshalling point for see- caught up with but there has been by natural regeneration, reducing from that site to ensure com- seasonal employment for many the last two or so years to be- dlings U'ansported here from other much progress," said Johnson. the number of seedlings they patibility and survival. others. tween 220 and 240 million," said nurseries prior to being planted. Pacific Regeneration was also have to buy. Logging practices have also A decrease in demand for see- Johnson. ' And the company's consulting caught up in a change in provin- Local forest district official Bob changed in the past few years, dlings, a drop in their price and "Prices have also dropped, by office based at the nursery will cial government policy concern- Wilson said can wait between one leaning toward smaller cutblocks changing forest practices are the 30 per cent over three years and remain open. ing responsibility for replanting. year and six years to see if natural and away from large clear cuts reasons, said. Charlie Johnson, as a resultwe have to look at our Johnson said employees were That policy makes the province regeneration is taking place be- which further reduces the see- president of Pacific Regeneration overhead costs and operating ef- told of the closure in advance so respons~le for replanting areas fore going in to replant them- dling demand. Technologies which owns the ficiencies,"he said. they could make plans for jobs cut before 1987 and compa,_~es selves. Johnson said the Thoruhill nurs- nursery and five others in B.C. Johnson estimated annual oper- that might come open at other respons~ie for areas they cut "They're taking a harder look ery was always a risky proposi- Pacific Regeneration was ating costs of the Thornhill nurs- company nurseries or for other after 1987. at the numbers and are looking tion given the climate of the area. formed by Johnson and other ery at $500,000. occupations. The companies, in an effort to more carefully at fiatural "We don't get the growing forest service employees in 1988 Closure is to take place in the Part of the drop in demand save money, are now relying as regeneration," he said. days and there arc very severe when the provincial government spring of 1994, when a two-year comes from a finishing of a much as possible on natural Wilson said it does not matter outflow winds affecting the over- announced it was selling its nur- crop of seedlings planted this province-wide effort to replant regeneration of logged areas be- where a seedling is grown. wintering of trees," he said. series as part of a privatization year is shipped out. areas that had been left dormant fore buying seedlings. City traffic fines drop l';'. TERRACE -- Fewer traffic tick- Estimating 45 per cent of those ets are being issued this year and ticketed simply ignored it, people aren't paying the ones that Lafleur added, "We have almost are, says city permits director a zero recovery rate because wc Bob Lafleur. don't have time to chase them He projected $20,000 coming in down.' ' from fines this year, nearly four The reduced level of enforce- times what was collected last ment has not gone unnoticed in year. the community. Although a year-to-date total "We've had complaints fIom had not beencalculated yet, businesses over this summer Lafleur said there was no doubt about lack of enforcement on our revenue was "way down". street traffic (parking) by-laws," Nearly half of the fines remain he said. unpaid. Some homeowners with Lafleur said lack of manpower nuisance or unsightly premises is the reason. problems in their neighbourhood , t The city sta~d the year with had also expressed dissatisfaction two part-time~i!by-law enforce- with the situation. ment officers but that changed in "We're getting some valid the spring when Fern Sweeting complaints from people," Lafleur resigned and was not replaced. admitted. Remaining enforcement officer Suggesting the city needed a -Frank Bowsher doesn't have a lot ..... full time-by-law enforcement of- ' of time on the street once paper- ricer, he said it appeared from work and court appearances to responses to a recent city survey deal with disputed tickets and that a lot of people felt'the same other by-law enforcement duties way. are taken into account. By-law enforcement'will be dis- • There's also little time to col- cussed at the city's think tank ses- lect unpaid fines. sion this weekend. ntic work ./.,. Sewer solution IEFIGHI"'~'~'¢:: ERS USED almost every piece of e cluipment at. happened,wil~n' het:carmet two racing pi i~isposal to t~ee a 24-year-old Terrace woman trapped in ~ east on I_akeise Ave. Police say they ~e: •:~hiole aftei" a head.0n collision last Tuesday. The crash :,:: ' laid this week. ~.... ~,' Se, vote in pipeline for Queensway TERRACE m Another load evenly and not be unfair to Loca I.reel C hers referendum could be in store for anyone," he said. Thomhill residents as early as He said construction is expected Christmas -- this time to decide to begin sometime next spring if whether to go ahead with a new the referendum passes. over f,ve extra $3-million sewer system for the If approved, the sower system The union has not yet Queensway ares. would finally put an end to the TERRACE m A few extra usually short school year. Lambright says the union does responded with a s/dary increase Les Watmough, Thoruhill's sewage woes of area residents, minutes in the classroom each But at the same time Victoria not recognize the calendar set by demand. director on the board of the particularly those living on Bob- day h~'s~i0c~!te'a.chers angry. requked districts to operate with the board, which she says was de- the same minimum number of cided "unilaterally" last spring Several non-monetary items Kitimat.Stikine Regional District, sein Crescent. The ichool,'l~rd added anex- Residents there have been hours of instruction a year. without the union's agreement. have alresdybeen signed off, said says a date for the referendum tra/'f~/~.iminu ~ a dayat most desperate for a solution since Because theschool year has al- Cox said one solution to the dis- Terrace trustee Stew Christensen. should be set within two weeks. schooff!folmeet~ education minis- health ministry officials cracked ready been extended to June 29, pute, if an arbitrator rules in "We're moving along very The type of sewer system has try requirements foYithe 1992-93 down on homes with failed septic the district cannot add extra days. favour of the teachers, might be well," he said. "We have very been decided, he says. It will be a schooi!y~:i.::i'. '~ amicable negotiations and I think low pressure combination pump systems last January. • ",TI~e.y,"vcgone' the very quiet So in order to meet that require- to simply cut two days out of ei- we've made quite a bit of prog- and gravity feed system. Health hazard warning/signs route, of adding these on to each ment, said Cox, the district has ther Christmas vacation or spring Individual homes will still have were posted in the area, and the school, changing the bell times," had to add extra minutes to each break and make those regular ress." Lambright said major issues septic tanks, but instead of pump- health ministry threatened to take said Terrace District Teachers day to make up for the difference. school days. still to be dealt with include the ing out to a septic field, they'll residents to court if action wasn't U~iofi president Cathy Lambright Lambright said teachers take The current contract requires school calendar, class sizes and pump out to the sewer line. taken. last week ...... the position that the new~gcho61 ' secondary. school teachers to "We know it works," Wat- In March the provincial govern- The union is grieving the move timetables might apply to~ .......stu- work 27.5'hours per week and re- mainstreaming -- the inclusion of mongh says. "It's not totally ex- ment issued a final offer of a 75 to add the extra minutes. It con- dents, but don't apply to the quires elementary schoolteachers handicapped children in regular perimental -- it's been done in per cent subsidy. tends the district must negotiate teachers unless it's negotiated at to work 25 hours per week. classes. other places." The Thornhill sewage problems any such move and pay the the bargaining table. Teachers say that without ade- quate support, mains~eaming What hasn't been decided yet is again put the Kitimat-Stikine teachers for the extra minutes. "We're in a Catch-22 sitation," Contract negotiations between how the tax burden for paying for Regional District on the pro- School district director of in- said Cox. "We have to comply the TDTU and the school board causes an increased workload and the system will be spread among vince's list of waste discharges struction Harold Cox, said the with the law.