“A Soe rh a a al 8 ee eR na Ae ".> The Development Centre pro- Your Christmas donation guide ~ Christmas is known as a time for giving and a number of local. organizations and _ businesses have’ organized ‘campaigns for those less for- _tunate. rrr sae ° The’ Salvation Army ex- “pects to‘deliver: approximate- ly 400 ‘Christmas hampers, an increase of 100 over last’ year, says Lieutenant Mike Hoeft. . Hoeft estimated that each hamper, depending on size of family, will average $70 for a ‘Christmas and other meals. ‘Donations of money, can- ined’ and dry foods. can be dropped off at the Salvation Army office, . located beside - its thrift store: at 4438 Lakelse, in cthe® “afternoons, The phone. number is 635-4368. ‘Monies collected from the: : Army’ s kettle campaign also gO:to year round ‘| ‘local relief efforts, The deadline ; for hamper applications ‘is Dec. 14. ae ah ; “The Golden ‘Rule Society “distributes: goody bags of ‘food on Christmas Eve. ' They're for the- ‘people who = fall cracks,’’ | through the says. Organizer Juanita Hatton who expects ° 200 deliveries: in this, her “22nd year of running the pro- gram, "\ She's’ selling tickets in the Skeena Mall for three dif- ferent raffles with a draw ' date of Dec, 21. kkk kkk Terrace Child vides: services for children - with learning disabilities. It raises 30 per cent of - what it needs locally. ‘- One way is through its an- nual Tree of Lights campaign _ whereby donations of $2 to - | + $50 are recognized by cal- | | oured lights on the tree. The tree goes up in the » Skeena Mall tomorrow until i “Dec, : . ._ ceremony takes plage Rec. 13 18." A. lighting up. at 7.30 p.m. Donations can be made in your name or on behalf of somebody else. wakkke * Skeena Broadcasters is once again accepting gifts under its ‘Christmas tree in the lobby of its building. Gift distribution is being handled by the Salvation: Ar- my for its hamper program and for the transition house and group homes run by the Ksan House Society. This year, organizers hope ’ for more gifts for teens and - for senior citizens. Gift sug- gestions can be picked up at the front desk or can be view- ed on Channel 10. ; Residents are asked to br- ‘ing gifts in as soon as possi- ble. They needn't be wrap- ped but if they are, a tag in- dicating the sex and age of the person for whom it is in- tendéd is appreciated, , i kok kkk : The Terrace and District (Credit Union is also accep- ting» monetary and canned food donations for the Salva- tion: Army hamper program, They can be dropped off at - the credit ‘union, on Lazelle Ave., during its business hours. — kKkkkkk KMart in the Skeena Mall _ has a needy children’s Christmas tree containing tags on which, are listed a - child’s first mame, sex, age ° and clothing size. > Pluck a tag, buy a gift at any location and bring it, wrapped, for registration to the store by Dec. 15. The names of the children were acquired from local ser- vice organizations. ‘ KakKkKKk Finning Tractor is taking donations from its employees and from customers toward gifts for the Skeena-Broad:~ casters tree. ‘The company will. ‘match, od the amount collected on’ the ” deadline date’ of Dec: “TS regular : ere bl . SALVATION ARMY Lieutenant Mike Hoeft gets a helping hand -“aS Skeena MLA Dave Parker and mayor Jack Talstra took part In the kick off of the Army's Christmas kettle campaign Satur- ‘day. Representatives from the Centennial Lions, the Elks, the Order of the Royal Purple, the Legion auxiliary, the Rotary” club and the Kinettes were among those to make the first donations. ‘Kettle cam paign kickoff x TERRACE — The private road Maintenance company in the area has been under a highways ministry order since mid- November to meet its snow clearing contract obligations. North Coast Road Maintenance was given the compliance order following the season’s first major snowfall over the Remembrance Day long. weekend, says district highways manager John Newhouse. > “"It’s.quite specific.and.quite serious.-In the .eyes-of the cone. . tractor, they are very concerned sion,’’ said Newhouse. Under contracts with the highways ministry, private road maintenance companies have obligations to clear and main- tain roads during the winter. Newhouse said the com- pliance order is the second of three steps through which con- tractors are told to perform to the standards of the contract. The first step are non- conformance reports which concern individual cir- cumstances such as-pot holes, default in which the ministry . gets somebody else to do the | Reguiar Quality, and there's been a lot of discus- GREAT GIFT IDEA 1991 CASH CALENDAR Win Over $26,000 in Prizes 365 Chances To Win | Approx 10lb. Bag bad : ‘Limit 1 With. . ALL PROCEEDS TO THE . Family Purchase . DA. R.E.M. LEE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | 1:987k9 @ Available at Sateway The..third -step .is..a. notice -of- work and then bills the contrac- t or. Newhouse did say the ministry has been generally pleased with the performance of North Coast in its winter road maintenance since the order was issued, “There is an improvement. There are a few things but they (the contractor) have done quite well,”’.said Newhouse, on the notice. and although it. can be removed, it can-be invok.:: ed again should, there. be..pro-...... He said there is no time limit blems. Nor th ‘Coast | Road - Local road company put on notice by ministry Maintenance general manager Mike Zylicz declined to ‘com-: ment specifically on the order as a result of the Remembrance Day weekend snowfall but did say every piece of equipment available was mobilized, “There was 62cm of rain and snowfall equivalent in 12 hours when the weather forecast was for 5-10cm,'* said Zylicz. “The crew performed admirably given the adverse weather con- ditions.’’ ing. or Carrots 6.¢C. Grown Canada No.1 \ Grade, .75/kg y “WE HONOUR ALL COMPETITORS COUPONS” ‘or Summer, Beer or Salami sausage ‘Sliced or Shaved “400 g. se ve i COOKED HAM 79. MINCEMEAT TARTS 2.99. ROAST \ Boneless, 5.03 /kg POINT BRISKET 2.28. 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