| 4N IGLOO, IT iS WELL ATTENDED EACH SUNDAY By ESKIMOS,

TERRACE — The city the B.C. Municipal ‘Act
a government is preparing against six properties
* to invoke Section 936 0 of identified as public.

aA Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 13, 1986

Property owners blame insurance firr

“nuisances. | The - law

allows the municipality:
to order the removal of

4622 Graham — Extensive fire damage

5024 Graham — Already razed.

Nurses at Mills Memorial Hospital recently held ¢ a noon-hour rally in front of the hospital
to call attention to the ongoing contract negotiations betwaen the B.C. Nurses’ Union
and the Health Labor Relations Association. Members of other local labor organizations
attended the demonstration in support of the nurses' position.

THE NUMBER
OF MEN WHO
HAVE BEEN ON
THE MOON? 12.

BM AMERICA'S TOUGHEST
BR MAXIMUM «SECURITY PRISON
HE'S RECEIVED iS IN MARION, ILLINOIS...

B OVER 1,000 U.S. PENITENTIARY.

AWARDS FOR IT REPLACED ALCATRAZ

PROFESSIONAL AND
HUMANITARIAN ENDEAVORs, Pp A WHICH OPENED IN 1934

BEA AND WAS CLOSED IN ‘63,
AND HAS BEEN HONORED A
BY 9 PRESIDENTS. HE ° 17 Costs ABOUT $35,000
HAS DONE OVER /,000 YEAR TO KEEP A
RACIO PROGRAMS PRISOMER AT MARION,
AND HAS BEEN IN EMMONGD PEOPLE
OVER 48S TV D THERE,
SHOWS PLUS 2/5 ARE GUARDS.
ESCAPE IS VERY

Fea RE aS
ST. JUDE'S CHURCH IN NORTHERN CANADA IS BUILT LIKE

d

dangerous structures, or,
in the case of noncom-

pliance, to proceed with.
the removal at the

owner’s expense. The
owners of the properties
in question were given
the opportunity to ad-

! dress Terrace council ata
if public meeting held Avg.

11.

Council’s action’ was
initiated by complaints
from the. public with
regard to. children. play-

ing in’ burned-out
buildings. In addition to

four fire-damaged

houses on Graham Ave.,

Greig Ave. and Kalum

- §t., two vacant lots with
open concrete works
were also identified as
public hazards.

George Vogel, owner -

of the house at 3627
Kalum St. which. was
gutted by fire in January

that he is still in the pro-
cess of settling with his
insurance company. Un-
til an agreement is reach-
ed, he said, the building
cannot be demolished or

that he has been under
pressure from other
sources to do something
with the damaged struc-
ture, but he said that at
the present time the only
thing he can do-is secure
the house by closing up

cluded by suggesting that

er than the _ property
~ owners for resolution of

the problem. -

Ald. Mo Takhar, rep-
resenting Kewal- Bal,
owner of a fire-damaged
house at 4622 Graham

Ave., stated that Bal is’

facing similar difficulties
with his insurance com-
pany. The fire occurred
in January of this year,
and in March the ground
level entrances were

boarded up, but shortly |

afterward the boarding
disappeared. “I guess
somebody needed a
couple of sheets of
plywood,’’ Takhar
remarked. .

Building inspector Gill
Cobb informed council

of this year, told council.

renovated. Vogel stated ©

the entrances. Vogel cone .

council approach, the in-
+> surance companies rath-

that Diana Wood, owner:

of a burned’ house. at.
5024 Graham Ave., had
‘taken caré of the struc-

ture by having it razed to:
the ground, Cobb stated.
“that the owners of a fire--

damaged house at 4942

“Greig Ave., ‘and the.
‘ Royal Canadian Legion.
Branch 13, owners.of a

vacant lot with open

foundation. works, at’
4718 Park Ave., were |
both. informed. of ..the,
meeting — by. registered”

mail. Neither party was
represented at the hear-
ing.

The vacant lot at 4714
Park Ave., adjacent to
the Legion property, was
also’ on the: list. Jim

- ‘Williamson, representing
Eltesco .Ltd., ‘owners of .

the lot, objected to coun-

cil that:a registered letter”

informing him of the
hearing. was the’ first
notification he had
received about the mat-
ter. Williamson ques-

“totied: ‘the. clastification. |

of his “-property as

hazardous, saying that it
‘is ‘occupied only by ‘a.
grove of fruit trees and a
well-worn public foot-:
path. Gill Cobb: explain- |

ed that the boundary be-...

tween the Legion lot.and _
the Eltesco lot could hot’.
be clearly determined by;
visual-inspection, and he-
said that there was some
question regarding ‘the

infringement of the open.”

“foundation onto Eltes-.—
co’s lot. |
stated that the company.’
would not be averse. to:

removing any concrete
and levelling the ‘lot if. :

ordered by couneil't to do: "
80. oe a

- Couticil concluded: tt the
hearing by. referring: ‘the
accumulated: ‘informa-
tion to the Planning :
Committee, ‘and a sec-
ond hearing ‘may be
scheduled for a ‘future
date.

‘City official resigns

TERRACE — The city
will soon be searching
for a. new superintendent
to head the Parks and
Recreation Department.
Al MeNiven has resigned
from the position effec-
tive Aug. 22 in order to
take up a new job as
director of Parks and
Recreation — in “Vernon,

B.C.

working in Terrace, bit
I'm looking forward to
the sunshine.” - ti,

At is not clear whether
MeNiven’s. other’ posi-
tion of assistant adminis-
trator will be filled in the
immediate future.

Court .

Terrace ‘council re- -

ceived the information in

an - administrative

Memorandum at the
Aug. 11 council meeting.

Ald. George. Clark, 2

long-term member of the
‘Parks, Recreation. and

Library Committee, ex-
pressed regret that he
will no longer be work-
ing with McNiven, ‘The
Parks and Recreation
Department has become
a very low-profile opera-
tion within the city
government, largely

-because it has run: so

smoothly,” Clark com-

mented. When asked for
parting remarks, MeNiv-

en: said, “It's been nice

On Friday, ‘uly 18 ‘in
Terrace Provincial Court
Gilbert Hachey was
found guilty of theft and

_ was. jailed for 90 days in-
termittent.
. fee np
In Terrace ‘Provincial
Court Rita Cruzelle was
jailed for 3 months con-
current for false pretense
where the offence of
theft was committed,
Ce
In Terrace Provincial
Court: on. Wednesday,
July 23 James Olson was
found guilty of commit-
ting an offense under the
Iricome Tax Act and was.
fined $4000. .

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