eer Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 16, 1992 — Paga AS TERRACE — A Thornhill couple: lost their home and business Sept. 10 when a fire destroyed their Dobbic St. residence. Claudette and Gene Sandecki escaped with little more than their clothes, some insurance papers and some money alter a blaze spread from a nearby workshop to their home. Destroyed in the blaze was Claudette Sandecki’s Pioneer Upholstery business. The fire broke out in the workshop just after 8:30 pan. Sept. 10, minutes afler Claudette Sandecki parked her SHELL OF one part of Gene and Claudette Sandecki's Doi- bie St. home is all that's left following a Sept. 10 evening fire. pa victim to Th bike there and went into the home ta have coffee wilh Gene in the kitchen. _ “T was getting up to get my glasses — to read The Pro- vinee, I think — when I heard this crackling sound, some- thing like hail,’ she said. ‘and then I noticed a red glow in the window.” The fire spread from the workshap to the house when windows in the former broke because of the heat and: the flaines shot through. “Tt was all over in about five minutes. There was nothing The building also contained the Pioneer Upholstery b The Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department is investigating. Home and business fall ornhill fire “anybody could do,”’ said Sandecki. Members of the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department were practising at their hall ihat night and responded quickly. But they arrived only to find the. house engulfed, said fire chief Art Hoving. “We had water on it in three minutes, I’d say. The back of the house was fully involved when we arrived,’ he said, Work material such as paint thinners and vinyl in the Pioncer Upholstery section of the home added to the fire’s in- teusity, Hoving added, The chief credited = the Sandeckis with leaving the home immediately, “They did the right thing by getting out right away. It was the only thing they could do and it was the right thing,’’ be said. Hoving is now looking into the cause of the blaze. There was no heat source in the workshop but there was electricily. “It's always a possibility you can’t rule out,” Hoving said of electricity being a fac- tor in the blaze. “463-3141, News in brief Referendum phone numbers THE FEDERAL government has set up its awn toll-free telc- phone number should you require information on the proposed changes to the constitution. That number is 1-800-561-1188 and is manned by operators who speak both official languages. a They'll mail to you any number of documents and information packages pertaining to the changes. The most.common is what is called the Charlottetown Accord, That's the text of the changes agreed to by the federal government and nine provincial govern- “nents this summer Expect the nwiling to take two weeks, But if you want a quicker response, try Skeena MP Jim Fulton’s Terrace office. The phone munber is 638-1818. . The provincial. government. also has a-toll-free number, 1-800- to order information on its position on the changes. This number is different from. the onc originally putin place. A provincial official warns that this phone number is simply to ask for informalion, not lo pose arguments for or against the Oct. 26 referendum or to express an opinion, For that, phone Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrecht: His Terrace office can be reached at 635-4146, Your vote for health IF YOU haven’t already taken out a membership you won't be able to vote for new board members at tomorrow’s Terrace Regional Health Care Socicty’s annual general meeting. But if you area member and haven’t yet renewed, you have a chance lo do so — and to vole — prior to the mecting’s start. SS Do, There’ il be a table in the Dolly Varden Room of the Terrace Inn accepting renewals, says sociely chicf executive officer Michacl Leisinger. The cost is $2. The deadline was Aug. 17 to take Guta membership in order to vote at the meeting. A major item on the agenda this year is filling four spots coming open on the sacicty’s 17-member board of directors. The four spots.coming open are. now held by current chairman Alex Houlden, vice chairman Bob Wood, Lael McKeown and Bob Walsh. Houlden can’t run again for a year because he’s had three consecutive terms on the board and Wood is resigning because of other business pursuits, said Leisinger. The absence of Houlden and Wood on the new board of directors will pose a challenge as new people fill those posi- tions, he said. : Those remaining on the board, and elected by sociely mem- bers, are Betly Stewart, Glenn Thomsen, Wilma Costain, Ray Jones and Kelly Murphy. '. 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