. A2-The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 21, 2006 “From: front - Cameras to catch criminals the ready supply of large rocks and crumbling concrete curbing i inav ‘acant " lot beside his store. He believes vandals in the area use _ debris from the lot to damage the store. -The/mural. on the east facing wall of “the store has been chipped and scraped, “while exterior lights and his metal aw- ning have been dented and damaged. , The city’s director of development services Marvin Kwiatkoski says ‘the city, is encouraging owners ‘of such lots to rid properties of large rocks and - From front HIV rate is rising in Terrace — The © illness ‘is also a Dr. Bowering thinks peo- modify landscaping to’ ‘eliminate the supply of small rocks. And though the- city’s nuisance by- law can-be, applied to owners. of lots from which vandalism arises, it can only be applied with documented proof . such as video surveillance, or first hand witnesses. “If we have hard evidence: we can. enforce the bylaw and we've done that . before,” Kwiatkowski says. .,Terrace’s new RCMP Inspector “Dave Fenson told city council June 12 a unit across from that the community of Dawson Creek, . Where he has transferred from, has had ‘ good success with using video surveil- lance. , 4 He says many businesses there use camera facing window panes which are - often broken. Facing outside, perpetra- _ tors are often captured on tape.» “We've had some great success with identifying people in “the video,” Insp. Fenson says, adding with new digital technology the quality of the i images is very good. the ‘court “ needle’ exchange.” Harison : . spread by sharing crack pipes - or: needles, ‘through “unpro- » tected sex with multiple part- , _ Ners or sex, trade workers or | “by being exposed to.another: person's blood some. other , way. such asa fight or crash. driver of the recent outreak _. here arid ‘are ‘encouraging ~other users to seek: testing. . “two or: three. new, cases a fee ” week,” Bowering explained. “For people involved with... “intravenous drugs when we © went through the (patient’s) » “What we saw-in Prince | - George was we would see | ple will be surprised to learn just “how prevalent needle: drug use is in Terrace, add- ‘ing it is not concentrated in one social demographic. The .Terrace needle ex- | change located in the health. Health care workers here ” ¢ are zeroing in on rising in-- “ .”. fravenous “drug use as the. . From front. Credit t union seeks building : Northern Savings - itself.” is the product of a number. “Of mergers of smaller credit. - “unions, the. first of. which” took place in the 1940s. ‘Its previous largest merg- er took place in 1987 when’ “house on Kalum St. “tributed 10,000 needles last public health . ; current: year, says nursing. manager Carol Har- rison.. |" “There. seems to be an increasing demand for the — rar ‘thanager ‘of © Northern. ‘Savings - branch -here, will become the man- ager of the merged. opera- tions in Terrace. . Ken Earl, who was sec- onded from Northern Sav- dis- the says. vIt’s difficult to trace how many people use’ the “ex- . change because one person ” may gather up needles from: many people and distribute _ clean 0 ones they pick up. . ‘and District location;is leav-: ing to take a carpentry course : at Northwest . Community. College. Chris Lloyd, now © at the Terrace and . District Credit Union, is to be the in= -formation technology man- .’ contact list we found new the’ Prince «Rupert Fisher- man’s Credit Union and the Kaien Island Consumers Credit Union merged and the > current name was adopted. Tony DeViveiros, - the cases.” vagtl » With rates of HIV infec ., Gon nising in Terrace, it also “appears, ‘intravenous drug “use. is. also on the rise here.’ Writer wins award |- A. TERRACE STANDARD reporter has won a national . award for'articles written'in 20055" = se Sarah ‘A. Zimmerman’ s’first place. finish inthe Canadian ‘Community Newspapers Association’s business writing cat-° - _.egory. for newspapers of under 10,000 circulation was “for a.. - series of articles.concerning the purchase. in February 2005 * ‘of the closed New. Skeena:Forest Products sawmill by lo-- - cally-owned Terrace Lumber Company. and the efforts lead- : -- ing up to its re-opening in August 2005. . “When a business story brings a lump into a seasoned journalist's throat, you know you have a winner,” wrote. competition judge Lois Tuffin. ‘ “Sarah A. Zimmerman’s stellar coverage of the reopening, "Of a sawmill'cleaily ‘showéd-how ‘the’ ‘community: embyaced! sis iy | Property: Tax Notices have been mailed ‘and | are due Jul | up, we will accept post dated cheques dated PUENTE ce tenes a V the men who resuscitated the! mill? The business writing category was s sponsored by.CN. A graduate of the University of Alberta, Zimmerman be-’ gan working at The Terrace Standard as its sports reporter in _,2000. She is now: the paper’s senior reporter. The Canadian Community - Newspapers . Association is "the national voice of the community press in Canada, and represents more than 700 English-language community newspapers, with a combined circulation of more than 12 “million copies per week. « = oY OF TERRACE 2006 PROPERTY TAXES. 4, 2 rior to 4:30 ‘pam. Payments can be made at City Hall, 3215 Eby Street, Terrace, B.C. between 8: 30 a.m: & 4:30 p:m., Monday to Friday by using ‘Interac, cash or cheque. To avoid. the line- July 4; 2006. Remember to claim your Home: ‘Owner Grant if eligible, whether or not you are making a payment. ‘Taxes must be date stamped at City Hall by 4:30 p.m. on July 4, 2006 or a 10% ypenalty will be charged. 7 fF you have any questions, please. call’ City Hall at 635-6311. Henckel B Knife & B Gadget P Sale Celebrating a7 5 Years! 7° ZWILLING q) J.A. HENCKELS | WE SHIP FOR A $5 CHARGE