eure for *89- 90 ochosen” its .new « executive. for made at'a meeting last month. “Federal. Business © Develop- ent Bank manager Phil Hartl vill. serve as president, Wayne Pp from. Pacific Northern Gas vill’ be “ vice-président,. ‘Terry hosen- as secretary, and the . George “Mostad, ” Wayne = Braid, Dave Hull and Dennis “The new executive members - _ later on in the year, _ Theft from vehicles up. : In December — “OTERRACE- — — Instances of theft from: vehicles: during the month . of ‘December hit-a four-year -shigh in-1988 according j to figures : “RCMP. detachment, The, “Lock It or Lose It’ ‘campaign; started by Terrace “RCMP in 1985, ran from Dec, | ~ 10 to 31. During that time-Auxil-. -iary Constables checked 2,606 - _ Barked vehicles and found that - one out of every four was. not locked. Printed notices - left on the vehicles apparently had some effect on the owners. Cst. Ewen. ‘Harvie said that at the beginning Of the campaign 31. percent of the vehicles checked were not -locked; and in the end the in- secure vehicle proportion went down to 18 percent. Of the 356 thefts from vehi- _ cles that were reported’ during * 1988, 28 occurred in December, The figures for December ‘of - ‘previous years were 15 in 1987, 22 in 1986 and 17 in 1985. 7 ‘Harvie called December 1988 “a chigh theft month’®, with eight -percent.of the year’s thefts from vehicles occurring before and _ during the Christmas holidays. The driving public.was appar- ently not as theft-conscious dur- ing the 1988 campaign as they + were during the same period in 1987, Last December Auxiliary Constables.found 25 percent of Checked vehicles insecure; in 7 1987 the figure was 20 percent. The Terrace Rotary’ Club has | "1989-90. The announcement was. 00k of Skeena Cellulose was . - Fisher. were chosen as directors. } o wall assume. their functions after ~an official installation ceremony ae ‘released last week by’ the local at Sy ere Construction of the Fire. Satety House, a volunteer project started by Terrace firefighters, is moving smoothly — . it should be ready for use in the spring. The project.has become a community effort, with a great number of the ‘parts and materials donated or purchased at reduced prices. Northwest Community College has donated the «labor, and above college welding students are turning over the newly constructed frame so the wheels and hitch . -¢an be installed. Tha frame Is now in the carpentry shop to have the house built on top. Anyone who wants to a -. support the project can make a donation to the Fire Safety House account at the Canadian {mperial BankofCom-- merce, Terrace branch. Youth council to strike regional committee Tina Thomas, a Grade 11 Caledonia Senior Secondary stu-. ~ dent, and Nadina Shaffer, a- 1988: Caledonia graduate now attending the University of Vic- . toria, have. been appointed . ‘as the North Coast representatives - to the B.C. Youth Advisory ‘Council, > by Tod Strachan ‘Thomas and Shaffer will be holding a meeting at NWCC on. Feb. 11 to set up a regional com- _ mittee for the purpose of ‘strengthening the link between the council and the region, evaluate proposals under the Youth Grants Program and pro- vide local ‘input into the pro- -vincial. Youth Advisory Council network as well as the. office of the - North Coast Minister of State. Shaffer says they: are looking . for a wide range of representa- tion on ‘their ‘North Coast com- mittee :and “membership isn’t Necessarily ‘restricted to youth. Under. the program, -youth is defined as being people between the ages of 15 and 24 years. Shaffer. says that. typical might — include council representa- members students? - _ tives, volunteers from the social service sector, youth agency rep- resentatives such as community. groups, s service clubs or church- - es, .cultural, groups and. Youth Grant recipients. | She adds that the committee must represent a regional view and, as far as possible, represent the variety of ethnic and cultural views in the region, the concerns of different age ‘groups and also ARE YOU GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR COMPUTER? OIF NOT. - CALL 635-3444 AND ASK FOR RAINER. - ONE-on-ONE Training in Most Business Applications ON-SITE Software Troubleshooting ACCOUNTING Software ‘Installation & Conversions: in major packages Including ACCPAC, BEDFORD, & NEW VIEWS + GENERAL COMPUTER CONSULTING and SYSTEMS SETUP RAINER GIANNELIA SYSTEMS, P.O. BOX 621, TERRACE BC, veo 455 (604). 635-3444. 7 Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. +n, COLD BEER and WINE S . 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