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MR, E PERSSVU , m oe Terrace Bay Public Librart _ TERRACE B/Y & Vol. 13 No. 21 Serving The District May 21, 1970 COUNCIL QUOTES | The first item of business on Terrace Bay Council "agenda was the reading of correspondence. The 'Terrace Bay Girl Guides asked permission to hold ~a Cookie Day on May 21st. This was approved. A. Boutilier submitted a bid for repairing and re- _ placing curbing around the town. The Ontario Municipal Board has set Wednesday, June 3rd, at 10 a.m., for a hearing in connection with determination of adjustment of assets and liabilities of the predecessor boards now comprising the Lake Superior Board of Education. This hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of the Township _of Schreiber. A letter of thanks was read from the Department of Municipal Affairs, Thunder Bay Assessment Depart ' ment, for the use of the municipal office for training _ of area enumerators. The Thunder Bay Fire Aid Association issued an iP invitation to the local Fire Department to attend a | meeting and social at Kakabeka Falls, on May 30th-. | Six Terrace Bay Volunteer Firemen will attend. Confirmation of 1970 Residential Tax Reduction " was received from the Department of Muricipal | Affairs. 1970 basic tax reduction will be $54.20 "as compared to $56.00 in 1969. _ The Terrace Bay High School sent Council a note of thanks for the donation of the Ball hut, which they will use for storage purposes. The Northwestern Ontario Development Council announced the date of the Mid-year Conference as June 18th, to be held at the Prince Arthur Hotel, Thunder Bay. As a Director of this council, Reeve '> Cavanaugh will attend. i A letter to the Honourable John Yuremko, Minister of Social and Family Services, 3 eeeee cont'd page 4 EFFLUENT STORY TOLD IN THUNDER BAY Last week Mr. John Ferrier, Kimberly-Clark Pulp and Paper Company Limited Mill Manager in Terrace Bay addressed the Kiwanis Club of Thunder Bay, presenting in detail the Effluent Story of the Mill. i His illustrated talk, while primarily dealing with pollution control here, did point out to his audience there are two sides to every story and that not all mills abuse their environment to gain profit. He said " | would venture to say that any pulp mill in Ontario built within the last 25 years has to some , extent taken the pollution problem into account in their planning and | can make the flat out statement that Kimberly-Clark at Terrace Bay did just this and '| did it well". He concluded his speech by saying " We could sum up our present plans to continue keeping up with or ahead of the stringent demands of government regulating bodies by: (1) Greatly improving air emission within the next few years. (2) Installing in-plant improvements designed to keep suspended solids out of the effluent entirely, (3) Researching some methods of improved control over the odours and colour of our drainage canal. Being fully aware of our responsibilities in this area we will continue to give these projects high priorities. Not long ago Life Magazine seubdetud a poll in 'Re United States enquiring as to what the citizens of that country wanted most. 95% of those respond- ing had at the head of their list green grass, trees and fresh air. | too want to go on record as person- ally wanting green grass, trees and fresh air and | speak also, | think, for all people living in the continued page 11 eceevecee