Parents and friends of the young players
watched, hoping to see top performances

from their own sons or friends. It was all
for the Portland Winter Hawks Scouts.

by Sharon Bray

Trivia Question: What
term meaning ‘‘blue rib-
bon”’ denotes gastrono-
mic excellence. Keep read-
ing for the answer.

It’s been a busy couple
of weeks at the T.R.
Public Library. Prepara-
tions for the T.R. Days -
Blue Ribbon Fair, are well
under way. The Blue Rib-
bon Fair is a Horticul-
tural and Craft Exhibi-
tion, exhibiting the handi-
crafts, needlework, art,
photography, baking and
garden products of T.R.
residents of all ages.

There are categories for
everyone covering all as-
pects of crafts, baking and

gardening for all age
levels. There will also be a
“Chili Contest, Friday,
August 19 at 7 p.m., so if
you have a family recipe
(that everyone raves
about), enter it. The only
rule here being that it
must be homemade, no
canned chili accepted.

If you have an entry for
which there is no cate-
gory, just let us know and
we will make one for you.

There are always new
ideas.
During the vacation

months, parents are often
looking for ways to help
their children while away
the summer hours. The
Public Library is having a

The 11th South Peace Scouting Movement would like
to thank the boys, parents and leaders for the success
of the Parent-Appreciation Bonfire and Move-up

Ceremony.

Special thanks extended to Elsie Howie, Old Dutch
Chips, Vern Shaw (Coke Rep.), Royal Canadian
Legion, SuperValu and the Lions Club for the use of
the Flatbed Creek Campground.

‘‘Card Shark Summer
Reading Club,’’ and
there’s still time to join.

Each child receives a
Card Shark Reading Kit
and membership card.
The deep blue ocean is
hanging on the wall in the
library, and for every five
books read by a child, a
fish with his/her name is
added to the waves.

There will be a ‘‘Book
Blast’? wind up party at
the library for all mem-
bers, Friday, September 2.
All members will have
their names entered in a
draw with two lucky win-
ners. In addition, all club
members will receive an
award for participating.

The fun at the ‘*‘Book
Blast’’ will be our Balloon
Launch. Each member
will receive a tag to fill
out, and each tag will be
put into a balloon, filled
with helium, donated by
the United Steel Workers
and launched at the
‘*Book Blast.’’

The club is open to all
school age children. The
purpose of the club is to
encourage children to read
over the summer, and to
attract children who are
reluctant to read. But
most of all, it’s to have

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Trivia answer - Cordon

Blue!

August 23:
August 30:
September 06:
September 13:
September 20:
September 27:

October 04:

Film 3 -

Tumbler Ridge Counselling Services

“FOCUS ON THE FAMILY”

Tumbler Ridge Counselling Services is holding a series of film presentations on

“Focus On The Family” by Dr. James C. Dobson. To be held in Room 5 of the
Community Centre at 8:00 p.m.

The dates for these presentations are Tuesdays
Film 1 - The strong-willed child

Film 2 - Shaping the will without breaking the spirit

Christian fathering

Film 4 - Preparing for adolescence: The origins of self-doubt
Film 5 - Preparing for adolescence: Peer pressure and sexuality

Film 6 - What wives wish their husbands knew about women:
The lonely housewife

Film 7 - What wives wish their husbands knew about women:

Money, sex, and children

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Council notes

The regular meeting of
Council was called to
order by Mayor Mike
Caisley. Donna Brimmage
was not in attendance and
Bobbie Calverley has re-

signed.
John Blades from
North East Cable ad-

dressed Council to update
them on the new channels
that would be coming on
line on September 1. The
channels include the
Youth Network, YTV, the
Community Channel, and
WXYZ, ABC from De-
troit. The fourth channel
is yet to be decided.

Mark Olsen, on behalf
of the Tumbler Ridge
Library, addressed Coun-
cil regarding a proposed
bulletin board in the Li-
brary. Marg Rose spoke
on behalf of the radio
station and Nancy Per-
kins for the Weekly Re-
cord.

Olsen said the bulletin
would be designed to
allow it to be run simi-
lar to the classified sec-

tion in the newspaper,
with charges.
Rose said the radio

station had no problem
with the bulletin board.

Perkins, speaking for
the Weekly Record, said
that the Record felt it was
inappropriate for the
Library, a public facility,
to be in competition ‘with
private enterprise.

The final analysis was
that Council had no con-
trol over what. the _ li-
brary wanted to do with
respect to the bulletin
board. However, Alder-
man Fox said that he
would like to see a com-
munity bulletin board, but
he was not in favor of it
being a paying proposi-
tion. He would rather see
it aS a community ser-
vice.

Consultant Brian John-
son addressed Council
with the final data on the
survey results and the con-
clusions formed from the
feasibility study on the
pool. His conclusion was
that, although the pool
would be a great expense,
the social benefits would
override the costs.

Council passed a mo-
tion that the Tumbler
Ridge Pool feasibility

study be accepted, in prin-
ciple.

A second motion was
passed to retain Vic
Davies Architects Ltd. for
architectural services for
phase 1 of the Tumbler
Ridge Indoor Pool for a
maximum fixed fee of
$8,500 plus disbursements.

Information regarding
federal funding that is
available for private

woodlot management was
sent to the Economic De-
velopment Committee.

Council discussed the
CRTC hearing for tele-
phone communications,
to be held in Vancouver in
late August. It was agreed
that Alderman Davies,
who has shown great in-
terest in this area, would
attend these meetings.

Davies will present
briefs stating Council’s
views on the extended area
of service proposals. He
will also attempt to have
the 1992 proposed date
for changeover from
Tumbler Ridge’s present
mechanical switching sys-
tem to the electronic digi-
tal system moved up. The
concern with this late date
for the changeover is that
the new electronic system
is needed to upgrade the
call-fh system and the re-
laying of calls that come
into the ambulance dis-
patch.

A motion was passed by
Council that Mayor Cais-
ley would attend the Mu-
nicipal Insurance Associ-
ation of B.C. meeting as
the voting delegate. Ad-
ministrator Bob Miles was
designated as alternate
and Alderman Southard
as second alternative.

A copy of the press
release announcing the
$350,000 airport runway
grant was received. South-
ard suggested that staff be
directed to send thank you
letters to both Stephen
Rogers, former minister,
and Neil Vant, the new
Minister of Transporta-
tion and Highways.
Southard added _ that
Tumbler Ridge received
10 per cent of the allotted
grant funds this year, and
were most fortunate in
receiving the funds.

In answer to Davies’
questions, Southard said

that work on the airport
runway would begin once
the actual funds were re-
ceived.

The Chamber of Com-
merce sent a letter to
Council, thanking Greg
Wiens and his staff for the
superb job they did in-
stalling the utilities and
landscaping for the Tour-
ist Information Centre.

In commenting on the
recent public hearing of
Northland Utilities,
Davies, who attended the
meetings, said that North-
land had clearly stated
that they plan to be here in
Tumbler Ridge for a long
time. He added he was
pleased with the positive
response from Northland.

The new rates that have
been approved for the pri-
vate sector will be $4.525
per gigajoule.

Council received a letter
from the Ministry of
Forests and Lands saying
they did not have a plan
for the Wapiti Forest
area. Council had earlier
requested a plan after the
Ministry had refused to
keep out a small section of
the forest area for wild-
life and recreation.

Alderman Southard
was appalled at the res-
ponse, saying that she

couldn’t believe they did
not have a plan for the
area. She was equally sur-

prised that they would
even admit to such a
thing.

It was decided to set up
meetings with both the
Ministries of Forests and
the Environment to deal
with this.

A motion was carried to
accept the resignation of

Alderman Bobbie Cal-
verley
Bylaw #181, a bylaw

authorizing the expendi-
ture of monies in the
Capital Works, Machi-
nery and Equipment Re-
serve Fund, received three
readings. This is for the
purchase of a 1988 .936F
Caterpillar Loader, a 1988
GMC 1/2 ton 4X4, and a
1988 Haul All #12 RB
mounted on a 1988 Ford
Cab and Chassis.

Bylaw #182, a bylaw to
provide exemption of cer-

tain lands within the
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