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> By JENNIFER LANG
THE SKIES over Terrace
could remain dark and si-
lent during Riverboat Days
~ unless new sponsors can
be found for the fireworks
display.

Thousands of local resi-
dents line the two bridges
to watch the sky light up
during the Riverboat Days
fireworks display at Ferry

“Island.

Along with the parade
and music in the park, it’s
one of the more popular
events at the cily’s sum-
mer festival,

The Riverboat Days

Pedestrian access to cet better

ity cou

Society recently learned
fireworks display sponsor,
the city of Terrace, may
be forced to withdraw its
financial support this year
due to budget cuts.

Meanwhile, unless new
sponsors are found, the
fireworks display will be
cancelled this year, River-
boat Days society member
Phyllis Hull said,

“In our part of the
world, fa fireworks display
is] a pretty rare commod-
ity,” Hull said. “I's one of
only a handful that take
place in the northwest dur-
ing the year.”

Overpass side

IT’S GOING to be easier
‘soon for pedestrians to use
the Sande Overpass.

Transportation ministry
official Don Ramsay said
a sidewalk will be added
to the east side of the
overpass for better pedes-
trian usage back and forth
for people approaching it
from the east.

“The west side side-
walk is fine, but it is the
eastside which we want ta
pay attention to,” Ramsay
said.

He said it was still too
early to determine start
and completion periods as
well as the project cost.

The issue of proper pe-
destrian access over the
railway tracks which di-
‘vide the city has been an
issue from time to time.

It’s been fuelled by CN
worries of people being in-
jured or killed in attempt-
ing to cross the train tracks
themselves.

CN has been fencing off
the rail lines and has con-
ducted public information

Local businesses and
community organizations
are now being asked to
pledge their support.

Some donations have
already come in, but Hull
said the community is
feeling the pinch of the
economic downturn.

“The interest is there,
the support is there,” Hull
said, “But we're con-
cerned about the dollars.”

The Riverboat Days
Society will know by mid-
July if it will be possible
to go ahead with the fire-
works display.

The city has traditional-

ly ‘given -the society a
$5,000 grant thal paid for
the fireworks used in the
festive display.

Everything else — from
designing and putting on
the show to ordering the
fireworks - is done on a
volunteer basis by staff at
the Terrace Fire Depart-
ment.

At a recent budget
meeting, cily councillors
recommended putting this
year’s $5,000 grant request
from the Riverboat Days
Society on hold.

Mayor Jack Talstra
cautioned last week the

‘douse fireworks

matter is still under re-
view.

He said a final decision
won't be made until the
first week of July, when
property taxes are due.

The cily has planned to
cul back spending by redu-
cing services and public
works projects in order to
deal with an anticipated
drop in tax revenue this
year, Talstra said.

To find out how you can
help save the Riverboat
Days fireworks display,
call society president Kar-
lene Clark at 635-2061 or
at 635-4997,

LONG STANDING issues of pedestrian access over
the Sande Overpass coufd scon reach a resolution

walk coming

es

with a provincial transportation ministry plan to build

aes is

a sidewalk on the east side of the overpass.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - A3

News In Brief

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Pia Fy ig.

Karen rushed out of the shower to answer the
doorbell. “I'M COMING!"

It was Mike, her ex boyfriend, peering over 12
large pizzas. “I need your halp.”

Karen frowned.

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my car broke down.. Can | borrow yours? | know [
haven't bean very reliable but | am a good driver."

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“| naad one mora thing, Karen...”

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“Mikel My hair's wet!"

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In tha car, Mike gazed at her. “You look so beau-
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. Mike turned on tha radio. “Your favourite classi-
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Karen smiled,

Suddenly, she screamed. “WATCH OUTII"

Adear was slanding on the road.

Mike swerved expartiy, holding his arm out to
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. dark country road.
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“| think so..." Karen was shaking. “What about
the dear?"

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But the car was totaled.

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insurance is for."

A police officer arrivad on the scene. “What
happened?" : :

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explained.

“Can | have your license please?” The officer
asked Mike. — . ”

After doing a chack, the cop relurned. “Your
license was suspended.”

“What?l" Mike sald.

Karan was furious, “Nothing's changed. I'm
through with you.”

Karan's insurance company was no more
accommodating. "We're not paying since Mike's
license was suspended," :

Karen marched to court to sue Mike. “Your
Honour, Mike drove negligantly, And by driving
with a suspended license, he acted illagally which
made It Impossible for me to make an Insurance
claim. Ha owes mie."

Mike argued back. “Your Honour, | wasn’t negll-
genl. { couldn't avoid hitting that deer. And 4 never
received notica cf my suspension because ij
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Heat wave? Not quite

THOSE DAYS in a row of hot weather two weeks
ago may have seemed like it was a heat wave, but
they didn’t qualify for the designation.

It takes three days in a row of 32-plus degree
temperalures to make the grade, says Environment
Canada weather official Bill Miller,

Still, it was warm enough in Terrace to appear
as if it were a heat wave. It was 25.5 degrees on
June 12, 30,3 degrees on June 13 and 31.8 degrees
on June 14 as we enjoyed a strong ridge of high
pressure, says Miller.

The records for those days go back to 1969 when
it was 33,9 degrees on June 12 that year, 33.3 on
June 13 and 32.8 on June 14.

Some Hwy16 communities did hit record highs
for the June 12-14 period of this year. That list in-
cludes Burns Lake, Smithers and Prince Rupert .

Road probed —

THE TRANSPORTA-
TION ministry will
spend $500,000 this
year on figuring out a
long term solution to a
preblem which has re-
duced a partion of road
along Kalum Lake to
single lane traffic for
years now.

The section began
sliding toward the lake
in the early 1980s in
what officials call the
Stanley Slide.

“What we are spend-
ing will net completety
correct the situation,”
said transportation
ministry official Don
Ramsay. “A lot of that will be spent on geotechni-
cal drilling to study the formation there to under-
stand what is happening. The main reason that it
hasn’t been fixed is that it keeps on moving.”

While the one-lane portion has not been the
scene of a lot of accidents, it is something that
must be addressed, Ramsay added. And it also
makes sense given that the ministry is spending
more than $50 million on a multi-year project to
improve the Nisga’a Highway north of Kalum Lake
into and in the Nass Valley, he said,

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