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~ Area athletes,top the

| events at first meet of.

track and field season.

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After’ séveral \ Visits to ‘the farm. and a a

. the dirt floorin one of the barns, among

“request,” ” “says Jim: Collins, the. “general : -

“terest is + protected but that responsibility
= doesn’ t come with: any powers to enforce: .

hearing in: Sept.- -2004,. the board found “other i items. The decision did indicate the - _manager | of the Forest Industry Review re

" “A PROVINCIAL. tribunal with ¢ $11-”

farm :.to adhere to. what it: calls. ‘normal:
“farm practices.

° ‘ince.

‘ (FIRB). is: responsible. for hearing ‘com-
“plaints: about odour, noise, dust or other .. .°
», disturbances’ stemming: from: agricultural
“and aquaculture operations.
Tei is. + SUP osed | to ensure e the public it in- a

its orders: and: that’s: a. problem for. the _
_/simillion™ budget ” has” ‘ho ‘authority to. “neighbours” of Daybreak” Fanms: ‘located :"'m
~ ‘enforce. an: order requiring a local“ “egg: on the bench.) >;

.The farm houses thousands of laying
“hens and ‘supplies eggs to ‘numerous. -BTO- 5

TheB. C. Farm Industry Review Board - cery stores and other outlets i in ‘the Prov- L
: “shows those changes | included installing .

“pit fans in one of: its bams'to help dry
“out, manure,” ‘implementing, a’ modified
manure management. program, filling in *

“Starting’ in 2002; “the: city began. Te-:
‘ceiving numerous complaints about the.”
“excessive number of flies i in and around,»

I ae : " Tagoons on ‘the:

tf ‘Something’ S fishy —

__KITLK’SHAN Grade 3 student Jordan Therrien points at small fish captured ina jar aby federal fi I fisheries office icer Mitch Drewes: Jordan a and
other Grade 3 students were at Herman’ Ss Hole at Herman Creek May 10 to release coho fry raised at the school. ane

_Daybreak Farms. was not adhering | to! nor-.
mal farm’ practices. |".
~The board issued ¢ a- ‘number of orders:
“asking the company ‘to make changes t to :
«bring ‘it into compliance, : ee
In the. board’s: written - decision, ‘it vo

: not to, have happened.”

property ~and replacing .

‘fly. problem neighbouring : homeowners .

-- complained of was not only the’ fault of ~
the farm as some neighbours had been.
dumping - ‘Compost * “materials ° over their

~.fences.on to the farm’s property. *

-But since. ‘the latest order was made i in

°May, 2005, the: ‘changes c ordered appear

“to to the farm: we have vointed out that they. °
“are.not ‘in ‘compliance with the order and”

Board. :
" “Basically they have not responded i in
a a satisfactory manner.”

.. tacted/in. writing and by. way. of. phone

_ Powers in our legislation,” says Collins.

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a | “

ATV thefts. s

By MARGARET SPEIRS’

. THIEVES have helped themselves to two ATVs

that local Shriners were raffling off to raise money
to send’sick children to hospital for treatment.
__» The two 2006 Arctic Cat 400s, one green and
one red, were stolen from a fenced yard at Queen-
-sway Mini Storage May 8.
Shriner Dave Parker said last week he. under-
‘stood that the culprits got in by cutting the fence

and then cutting the chains holding t the ATVs onto ©

a trailer. They then moved the machines out of the

compound by hand. woe he

‘Spirit bears officially unveiled —

“Tt's.a frustration to the Shriners but as far as” a
$8,500 each and, when the insurance premiums .

“are figured in, the total could be close to $20,000.

I’m concerned it’s a direct attack on helpless peo-
ple,” Parker said..

The Terrace Shriners pay for the hospital care .
_ of 11 children in the Terrace-Kitimat club district, :
‘said Parker.
“Every time we send a child to hospital — some .

go once a year ‘and some more. often — their. par-
ent or guardian goes with them and Shriners pay ;

~-for that,” said Parker. “We've got to fundraise all

year long.”
The ATV raffle is the local Shriners’ inajor

: fundraising campaign for the year.

mie ae

_ Means that you and I get. to pay for that.”

Parker believes: the quads., are - worth b abou

- The theft caused Shriners to miss one- week of

‘selling raffle tickets, time that’s valuable because ©
~~ the lottery branch locks organizations | into a@ spe-. :
cific’ timetable to sell tickets. . es aa

“Fortunately we had storage insurance,”, Parker .

‘said. “We’re'continuing on with the raffle. Wein- -

sured them (ATVs) through ICBC and et just

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y + than its approved number of 25, says its administrator:
- And patient traffic ‘is’ at the‘point Mills officials are now
“using two figures — the. 25 approved one.and 30, called: the
~ Moperating” number, which then determines staffing levels, ~~
_. says Rowena Holoien who administers Mills and other health
- care facilities in the area for the Northern Health Authority...

"Officials have been keeping close.track of the bed count
‘numbers, and now that it has a solid set of figures ‘as of. the ">
Il detidé-if.the approved :number.:

‘drive — a

SEVEN colourful guests now grace the streets of Terrace.

: The. city and the.B.C. Lions, Society officially unveiled
seven spirit bear sculptures in front of about 50 people at city
hall May 12 before they were installed in various locations

’ around the city. The sculptures are life-size fiberglass rep-
licas of Kermode bears that weigh about 120 pounds. Each.

has a unique name and design.
_ “All of them have a different look to them but they ; aré all
~ beautiful pieces. Everyone has different ideas and focuses,”

_ said Joe Mandur Jr., a local artist who designed three of the

bears including the one in the Terrace library.

Although each design process varied, most of the sculp-

tures took a long time to complete and the process was mul-
tifaceted, Mandur Jr. said: .

“T listen to the sponsors, to what ‘they want,” he said.
“Then I go home and sleep on it and come up with an.an-
swer”

One of the bears he designed, “Gone Fishing,’ has a fish

- ints paws and is iridescent black. "
“When the sun lights it up,. it’s like magic,” said the art- :
- ist’s mother, Teresa Mandur. © . fe
The bear took up to three months to design and 40 hours
‘to paint its 30 coats. Mandur: Jr. also had to order the. fish fs

piece from California.

The artist’s second bear unveiled that day, “All Spruced
- Up.” had a white foundation and was.covered in a mosaic of {&
. logging photos from Terrace’ 8 ‘past contributed [by more than -
- 30.people. . a
"The Spirit Bears in n the City public art campaign j is part
of the B.C. Lions Society drive to raise honey for children .
with disabilities. -

Companies and individuals sponsored the sculptures and
they will be auctioned off in October.

Other spirit bears in the city were designed by: Warren -
Adams, Tamara Skubovius, James Grant, Dyan Myhr, Lynn
Christiansen, Roxanne Ridler and Lynne Nordstrom. —

“\

: ers in os said olen It sa struggle for smaller hospitals . .
hard to fill-as it a

‘loien added.“

- Other coping ‘methods could include sending patients, to oP
‘other hospitals. “There are a million decisions that would g0

‘on in such a situation,” said Holoien." -

-. ‘Health care officials say that no more than 18 per cent of ~
hospital beds should be. ‘occupied on average over ‘the course: o
,Of a year an

“Tf you are funnitig at: 100 per cent ‘all the time: you have yee
"said

“no flexibility and that’ s what youa are feally looking for,”
“Holoien. .”-. > ;,

- Yet achieving that: 7s per “Gent. ‘occupancy ‘level would we
mean increasing the official bed count'at Mills to at Teast 40 moe

fo meet the current usage rate of around 30 beds. a
The admitting demand i is also putting. a strain on: the. ho
pital’s budget as the money it ison past what’s. allocated for

‘CITY ‘COUNCILLOR Brad Pollard listens as Jacquie Munson gives him background. 7
.on the Northern Motor. Inn’ Ss Spint Bear in the City. :

‘Collins: says. the. farm: ‘has | been con- eee

calls half a dozen times in the past year...’
“Unfortunately, 2 and I choose that word ~
“carefully, we don’t have. “enforcement: a

na.  She'said ‘there are even, times: ‘when: oe ae :
i occupany ¢ count nt past that unofficial new w eally of of 30 to.as s high Sewn

- is high. If we don’t have the’ ‘staff then. we ie to look® maid. eee
* other strategies and that could meana night in the ER; ” Ho- me a