nea

Did you know, in the last 10 years, B.C-s Children's Hospital

Poems give = shs=mua" aoe
bus riders | Baek by popular demand?!
cultural taste

POETRY IS intended to move a person’s soul, but a
new program by B.C. Transit has the words them-
selves in motion. -

Terrace is but one of many cities in B.C. now dis-
playing poems and other works of art by 16 con-
iemporary British Columbians on B.C. Transit buses.

The project’s goal is not only to encourage con-
iemporary art and culture, but to also inspire people -~
to get on the bus, says Farwest Bus Lines district , al CLUB!

manager Mike Docherty. His company manages the “ue *
transit system here. “. Want to feel ilke a miflion bucks?
“We're trying to tum the transit system around and >"> Come to Hanky's this weekend and
make it viable,’* said Docherty. =? you might just get the chance to
The transit system has already seen an increased win the big onefl! We will be giving
ridership from two years ago from an average of 14 away lottery tickets as spot prizes
passengers to 20 passengers per trip, explained

>” all weekend.

Docherty. . . oa
This fall will also see the introduction of anew | % FRIDAY, AUG. 15 &
safety program for children. hath (1P , .
The program was developed by BC Transit in con- | wget a ATURDAY; AUG. 1¢
junction with the RCMP and will allow children to : vs
flag down a bus and get the help they need — similar
to'a moving Block Parent.

A mascot developed for the program, McGruff the
detective dog, will be visiting schools this fall.

In another attempt to increase ridership, college stu-
dents will be able to buy cheaper semester bus
passes.

Also in the works is a seniors ride for free one day a
month and a name the bus contest planned for early
next year.

line | Join the many merchants of the Skee

coming | Mall as we bring to you our Annua

WORK WILL soon be un- 9 oS a
derway on extending the Foo. 2 > we - oe
city sewer system, to. 53 ere Oe r ihe arr e
properties on the southside.

City council recently ap- ff.
proved the project after a §..
petition of property owners .
revealed that more than 71° 9:
per cent of them were in ff.
favour of the project. — me

The sewer line will run -
from Brauns St. west along -.
Haugland Ave, to Skeena. -
St, then run both north and 7
south to the ends of Skeena... *!

Work will involve the in- ~~
stallation of some 1.5km of
sewer pipe and 14 man-
holes. A lift station will also
be built to aid the gravity-.:
fed system. -

The project is estimated
cast about $556,000 but city -
dizector of engineering Stew ‘ft
Christensen cautions that’s §
just a rough figure since the
system hasn’t been designed
yet.

“We've got the go
ahead,” he says. ‘“‘Now .
we've gol to get to work and ~
find the most economical
lift-station.””

The majority of the
projected cost will come--
from the city’s sewer
budget, but property owners.
will also shell out $15 per
foot of street frontage.

That works out to between
$1,000 and $6,500 per prop-
erty, with an average cost of
about $2,000,

But Christensen notes that
the new sewer system could
pay for itself for property
owners in the long run.

“Some of that land is very
low-lying,’”” he says. ‘It’s. §
not the easiest place to keep
septic tanks working.”’

Christensen also notes the
sewer will greatly increase
the properties’ potential-for
development and subdivi-
sion.

Once the system is in-
stalled, nearly all of the
south side will have sewer.

The other major areas
within the city that don’t
have sewer are on the
bench, such as north of:
McConnell and the north
end of Sparks Street.

THE POEM by B.C. poet Kate Braid displayed behind Mike Docherty of Farwest
Bus Lines is one of 16 poems being featured inside Terrace buses. It’s located
on Bus C614, a new state of the art vehicle with a natural gas engine.

‘MS FACT #8

We don’t know what -
causes multiple scleresis
but research is closer to

finding the answer. :

Multiple
Sclerosis

Society of Canada oe , “_ .
1-800-268-7582) Beeman —