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TERRACE BAY PUBLIC LIBRARY Terrace Ba Schreiber Wednesday, September 24, 1986 y Vol. 41, No. 38 Serving Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Rossport 35° TB Chamber of Commerce starts membership drive The Terrace Bay Chamber of Commerce is alive and well and about to undergo a membership drive, Chamber President Mike Moore ex- plained this week. The drive will officially start dur- ing the week of Oct. 1 to 7, though some businesses have already been approached, Moore noted. Members of the Chamber's exec- utive Council will be approaching local businesses with a Chamber in- formation package during that week. The Chamber was revived earler this year after disbanding in the late 1970s. Moore was a member of the Chamber at that time, and he was the driving force to bring it back after the idea for a new Chamber was sug- gested by Terrace Bay Police Chief Russ Phillips. Moore explained that he met with Terrace Bay Council at a meeting held last week to discuss the Chamber. The Council told Moore that they would like to meet with the Chamber executive members on a regular basis. "It will be a brainstorming session with them, and it is also to keep them informed," he said. As for the possibility of an area Chamber which would include Ross- port and Schreiber, Moore said this is still being discussed and is, in fact, the main reason why the Chamber has - not been incorporated yet as The Ter- race Bay Chamber. "'T spoke to Reeve Mike Cosgrove last week about this,' Moore said. '*My impression was that he would like to see a joint Chamber rather than two separate Chambers in both towns, and this has been our attitude as well." Moore said a united front will make things easier when dealing with area issues. "We want to have both towns work towards some sort of common goal," he added. The problem is, there has been some talk of a Schreiber Chamber Bryson' leaving Terry Bryson, Terrace Bay Recreation Co-ordinator for four years, is call- ing it quits. He has accepted a position as Recreation Consultant with the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation in Sault Ste. Marie. His last day on the job in Terrace Bay will be October 10. He admitted that accep- ting the Ministry job was a "difficult decision." His official resignation was given to Terrace Bay Council on Sept. 22. Bryson originally came to. Terrace Bay from Chapleau, his hometown. forming, Moore admitted. He also pointed out that the Terrace Bay Chamber's resources do not really allow for an area-wide membership blitz at this time. "'We will be accepting Schreiber members,"' he said. "But the onus will be on them to contact us." He added that the direction the Chamber should take regarding any expansion in coverage area may become more apparent over a period of time. He also said he doesn't want the continued on page 2 By Conrad Felber Kimberly-Clark officials at the pulp mill in Terrace Bay are hoping for the Ministry of the Environment to issue a new environmental control order for the mill, as the company recently admitted it won't be able to meet one of the requirements of the existing control order before that part of the order expires at the end of October. Ata press conference held on Sept. 15 in Terrace Bay, David Fikis, K-C Director of Environmental Control, gave a presentation on what the com- pany has done to meet the Ministry's control order. Also present at the meeting were K-C of Canada President Jack Lav- allet, Director of Industrial Relations Al Chisholm, Terrace Bay Reeve Ollie Chapman, and UPIU Local 665 President Don Lavigne. Fikis pointed out that K-C has made a commitment to environment- al control from the day the mill open- ed, with a system of lagoons used at Moberly Bay since 1948. The com- pany also conducted a voluntary en- vironmental impact assessment in 1974 when the Terrace Bay mill was expanded. A control order was issued at that time by the Ministry to control the mill's liquid effluent and to reduce toxicity levels. It is those toxicity levels which are giving K-C the most trouble. New Format is switching over from its seven- column page format to what is known as the modular agate system aid a five-column format, effective with this week's issue. The change may be subtle, but it does create a wider col- plus a more attractive publication. Aside from the aesthetic improve- ments, this alteration is also being made as part of a standardization in all North American newspapers. We would welcome any comments you might have on this new format. The Terrace Bay-Schreiber News | umn and therefore easier reading, . Conrad Felber, Managing Editor 2 =a Bus a safety A bus safety program was conducted on Sept. 18 in Terrace Bay and Schreiber by the Lake Superior Board of Education for its public school students. Grade 1 and Senior Kindergarten pupils at Schreiber Public School were taught the finer points of the program, including how to actually get on a school bus, by Schreiber OPP Constable Don Ander- son. This is the third year for the program in the area. K--C M mill asking for new environmental control order _ "We were to comply with the federal toxicity requirements by Oct. 31, 1986," Fikis explained. "This and the water study are the only items left on the control order with which we have not complied." Company officials sat down with Ministry of the Environment rep- resentatives in July of 1985 to review the progress made, and it was at that time that the Ministry was told the company would not be able to meet the toxicity requirements._ "*Since then we have had ongoing discussions with them," Fikis said. "We're trying for a solution that will be equitable to all." He complained that the required toxicity tests involving live fish do not present a "real world" situation and don't really have anything to do with the environment, though he also add- ed that K-C has done its best to meet the toxicity requirements anyway. ""We've come a long way, and on- ly have a little bit more (to go)," he noted. '"But it's a major effort to get to that level." Toxicity levels in the mill's effluent have been reduced 70 per cent since the implementation of the Ministry control order. Fikis pointed out that the toxicity David Fikis levels are a problem right across Canada and are still under review by the government as it is possible that the levels are unrealistic. '"These problems are not unique to Terrace Bay," he said. *'This is hap- pening at every bleach kraft pulp mill (in) North America."' In what is really a Catch-22 for the company, it has used a water reuse program to reduce its total volume of effluent by half, but by removing so much water from the effluent, the toxicity levels went up due to the dilu- tion factor. Fikis admitted that the mill could reach the toxicity requirements by just using more water in its effluent, but the federal government won't _ allow that, while at the same time no allowances are made for the reuse im- provement either. Two die in crash Two Kimberly-Clark employees died in a helicopter crash on their way to Terrace Bay from Longlac on Sept. 18, according to a spokesman with the Longlac OPP detachment. Sgt. L. Neville told the News that the helicopter pilot, William Barry Davis of Longlac, and his passenger, Brian Neal of Wisconsin, were both killed in the crash, which is still under investigation by the Civil Aviation Safety Board. Davis was 48 years old, and Neal was 35. The helicopter left Longlac at 6 a.m. on the day in question and was reported overdue shortly afterwards in Terrace Bay. A search was then started, and the wreckage was found in a forest 21 kilometres south of Longlac and west of the Catlonit Road at 12:30 p.m. the same day. Both men were declared dead at the scene, Sgt. Neville explained. One K-C source indicated that Neal had come to Longlac regarding the possible sale of the helicopter.