Terrace Librarian Ed Curell looks over the renovations The Herald, Monday, October 1, 1979, Page 7 TERRACE LIBRARY New look here By ERLEEN COMEAU Herald Staff Weiter The Terrace Public Library is currently undergoing a complete face liit and under the ‘watchful direction of Ed Curell, the recently appolnted librarian. Expansion of the library commenced in the fall of 1978 and was completed April, 1979 , said Curell. Presently renovations are taking place to re- establish the childrens section and a new audio section, including the replacement of carpet and furniture, The expansion and renovations were planned in keeping with the original design of the library, featuring sky light windows and wood surroundings, Curell said. “It is certainly turning into a remarkably nice library," stated Curell. The new carpet and furniture compliments the roomy atmosphere created by the expertly chosen interior decor which is quite the con- trary to the previously cluttered and closed in areas. “The furniture was donated by the Kinsmen as well as the ampliphier and record player,” said Curell. ‘ A listening area is planned for the previous reference area complete with headphone sets, he said. . A separate room has been designated to house Terrace community reference material and is aecordingly named the History of Terrace room. Curell added that a special area is set aside for young adults in need of reference material and caters to the needs of these young people for their studia. Curell also remarked on the landscaping gsating “it is fantastic and everything is ex- traordinary about the job the district has done.” Curell has just com- pleted his studies at UBC and is eager to tackle the enormous tasks before him. He emcludad, “our biggest problem is that there is really not enough hours in the day." — The tentative date set for the grand opening of the library is Oct. 27. i MN PRR ACK-AETIMAT daily h erald SECOND SECTION » YY New mothers have program By ERLEEN COMEAU Herald Staff Writer Preinatal programs for expectant mothers are ail proving popular with many of today’s young parents but it is still the special at risk mothers, says the nursing staff of the Skeena Health Centre, that don’t attend the classes, Although many ex- pectant parents willing partake in perinatal programs. offered by the Skeena Health Unit, the fear of not reaching expectant mothers at special risk still exists, said Mary Spoke, senior mirse. Until now, liaison with the three Terrace _ the risk of physician clinies has been sporadic, Spoke said. | Nurses are now assigned to each of the ~ three clinics in an effort to enlist the help of local doctors to encourage their patients to attend the clagses, she said. The mother is not receiving special in- formation and programs designed to ensure a healthy baby is born, is most certainly runni being in danger, said ke Early Bird classes are offered by the Health Centre on Wednesday evening of each week. The prenatal class is held Thursday evenings. Slash burning is now underway Preseribed burning ac- tivity increased throughout the Prince Rupert Forest Reglon over the weekend and early last week due to improved weather con- ditions, according to forest service officials, ‘It's been pretty slow, but we're getting a lot done,’ said Fire Suppression Co- ordinator Arnold Amonson in Prince Rupert Tuesday, “We had the best weather conditions in the eastern par's of the region, s0 we've burning in Smithers, Burns Lake and Houston,” he said. “We're wrapping it up in Rurns Lake, just about finished in Houston and we're doing some burning today in Smithers," In additlon, he said, carefully controlled prescribed burns are now underway in the Kitimat ' Ranger District where weather conditions had finally improved. More than 50 per cent of the prescribed burns scheduled for the region this autumn have now’ been completed, he said. ‘In all, 938 hectares of ‘logging debris and siash “ were burned off in 14 separate flres in the Burns Lake ranger district, 92 per cent of the area to be burned in that district. In Smithers, 1,195 hectares were cleared in 10 burns, 52 per cent af the area to be _ cleared, In the Houston district, 1,360 hectares, 82 per-cent of ‘the area to be cleared, were burned off in 18 fires, Successful prescribed burning requires special weather conditions — dry enough that the slash will burnand wet enough that the forest won't. Prescribed burns, an important part of forest management in. British Columbla, are carrled out to reduce fire hazard caused by logging debris, to prepare the ground for reforestation and, sometimes, to wipe out insect pesta and diseases which may have infested the slash, . Once the decision is made to carry out a prescribed burn, industry or forest service crews fall any trees or snags left standing in the area to be burned. They then prepare fireguards If nesoagary. a Next, fires are started, either by. crews on the ground or with hellcopler- borne ignition devices, Crewe always stand by to ensure the fires remain under contral. Lea gets a new position Prince Rupert MLA Graham Lea was elected Chairman of the NDP Caucus in Victoria. Lea replaced Karen Sanford, stepped for Comox, Who a wn after ig held the position for seven yeara. “With Frank Howard aa the new House Leader and myself aa Chairman (of Caucus) the north will be _well represented on the executive of Caucus,” Lea said, “We will be in a position to help set the direction Caucus takes,” he said, Lea will be responsible for setting agenda, reporting to the NDP provincial executive, will act as liaison with people who wish to address Caucus, will be in - charge of Caucus - ad- ministration and will ensure the party's business runs smoothly both In and out of the House. Lea said he is iooking forward to the chailenge of his new position within the party. ng e@ baby's life _ _PICKTHE DRIVER 0’S GOING ’ ou can’t, can you? Neither can we. And that, in a nutshell, is the biggest problem automobile insurance companies like ours have faced for years. Who pays how much? The traditional solution seemed logical enough: calculate the number of accidents each group was likely to be involved in-young and old, male and female, single and married, where they live-and charge all members of icle use. The trouble was, each group contaitied good drivers and bad drivers. The systcin simply lumped them together. that group the same premium, depending upon ve It was based on probabilities, not individual abilities. That's going to change. The Provincial Government has challenged the entire auto insurance industry in British Columbia to come up with a new and non-discriminatory rating system. 1.C.B.C’s answer Is Fundamental Auto Insurance Rating. We call it FA.LR. Because it is fair. The program will start to be phased in on March 1, 1980, First priority will be given to removing age, sex and marital status as factors in determining insurance _ premiums. Those changes will be made in the first two years. Geographic inequalities will start levelling out in 1980 and will be eliminated by 1985. By March ], 1982 the basic idea will be in place: everyone will be innocent until proven guilty; everyone will be a safe driver until proven unsafe; everyone will be entitled to a base premium until they lose that right. But if everyone enjoys these rights, they must also share the responsi- bilities. That's why the new F A.LR. program includes a DriverAccident Premium. The implementation of this Accident Premium will place the ptincipal responsibility on the driver who causes accidents. Obviously, any program that sets a fair base premium is going to cost money. So who'll make up the difference? The bulk of the ill eventually come from those who are responsible for accidents. They’ll pay higher premiums. And the more accidents they have, the more frequently they have them, the higher their premiums can go. mone Isn’t that the way it should be? That's EA.LR. ‘ Insurance Corporation of British Columbia HAVE