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‘errace Child Development Centre program d
Konstantinos “Gus” Sfikas, proprietor of Gus

of whistling and beeping electronic video games and the soft collisions of snooker balls,
irector Maureen McGuire recently accepted a donation of $300 from
's Family Recreation Centre. The money was raised during Gus’s an-

TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, January 13, 1988

nual Christmas Turkey Shoot. Other beneficiaries of the Turkey Shoot were the Salvation Army, K'san House and

the Graham Avenue residence for disabled
Development Centre for his goodwill efforts.

children. Gus received a certificate of aporeciation from the Child

__Cardlocks under scrutiny |

The Planning and Public
Works: Committee of Terrace
Council is currently discussing
future approval of unmanned
-cardlock fuel dispensing outlets
with the Fire Chief, Superinten-
dant of Public Works and the
Building Inspector.

City Director Rob Greno said
the study was requested in the
face of continued demand for
this type of service, and he said
there are ‘‘a number of factors
worthy of note and which
should be addressed both from a
fire and from a safety point of
view”’.

Greno explained that cardlock
fuel outlets offer 24-hour service
through the use of a credit card,
at unmanned locations where
quite often the only person
around is a single customer with
little experience or knowledge of
the fuel or related delivery
.Greno said that- because
cardlock services are unmanned,
a thorough discussion is in order
prior to the granting of any fur-
ther approvals for cardlock
outlets.

_ “We want to look at the
possibility if in fact we aren’t
setting up any fire or safety pro-
-blems, If there was a leak, or
one of the units got damaged,
would they (the customer) be
able to report them, and are
there any fail-safe mechanisms
in the units?’’ asked Greno. .

‘He said that he isn’t against
the idea of cardlocks arid isn’t
aware of any. safety problems
with cardlocks in the province but
feels it is prudent to examine ex-
isting city by-laws to determine

if: there is any potential for a

problem in Terrace.
~.£We didn’t have enough in-.

- formation so we are poing to

look into the possible worst-case
scenarios and’ try to develop

‘some sort of a strategy, or at

‘least get a better handle on it,’’
he explained. ‘‘So before we let
any more in we wani to try to
make sure we’re prepared to
deal with them.”

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There are currently several
diesel and gasoline cardlocks in

the area, as well as a propane
outlet at ICG Liquid Gas Etd:*
and a ‘natural gas facility’ ‘at

Farwest Bus Lines. ..
Farwest Manager Ken Merry

said natural gas has a higher:

flash point than either gasoline

or propane and is far safer than -

either fuel. But he added that if
there were any problem, the
cardlock unit was equipped with
‘a “quick-couple’’ hose and there
are two shutoff devices inside
the unit itself,

**One is a one-way check valve
that will shut off immediately,
and there is also a shutoff at the
main tank. So even if the pump
was knocked over, all’ that
would be lost is what’s in the
line,”’ he explained.

He added, ‘‘In terms of safe-
ty, if you mistreat any fuel it will
kill you, But natural gas is the
safest. You can’t ignite it with a

cigarette.’

Merry said that’ all installa-

tions are controlled.and approv:

ved ‘by, the, Safety “Engineering.

‘Services. Division of ‘the “B.C.
Ministry of Labor, and had been
proven safe, He said he had no
concerns Over more installations

being installed in the area and

pointed out that, as far as his
operation was concerned, in the
event of any problem his phone
number as well as those of
several Terrace mechanics and
the Kitimat office, are on file
with the RCMP.

ICG Branch Manager, Tom
Purssell said that the propane
unit is equipped with approved
automatic shut-downs, with a
back-up system, and that it has
been proven to be fail-safe, In
the event of any problem, he
said, that his staff could respond
to an emergency call within a
matter of of minutes,

Development group zeroes
in on fish, radio and
medicine at meeting

Members of the North Coast
Regional Development Group
discussed the GATT (General
Agreement on Tariffs and

Trade) ruling, CBC’s redistribu-

tion of staff and also identified
forestry and medical concerns as
their primary targets for region-
al development during their Jan.
9 meeting in Prince Rupert.
According to Regional Devel-
opment Officer Bob Thompson,
Minister of Agriculture and
Fisheries John Savage and a
representative of the Ministry of
Economic Development, Bar-
bara Johnston, met with the
group to give an update on re-
cent events and discuss the
government’s position on the
GATT issue, which could have a

dramatic effect on the North ©

Coast fishing industry.
Thompson said the group
then met with Prince Rupert

MLA Dan Miller and represen-
tatives of the fishing industry to
further discuss the regional im-
pact of the GATT ruling.

He said the group asked that
the Minister of State urge the
provincial government to over-

turn the GATT ruling, or if that ©

were not feasible, to take any

necessary action to reduce or .

nullify the economic impact of
the ruling.

Although Minister of State
Dave Parker was unable to at-
tend the meeting Parker siad in
an earlier interview that the
GATT tuling affects only the

“west coast of Canada because

the action had been initiated by
the Alaska fishery to protest a
Canadian policy — that B.C.
caught fish must be processed in
B.C, before they are exported,

‘‘The GATT issue really needs -

continued on page 23

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Legislative Library,
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Victoria, B.C,

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city fuel contract

The Terrace Co-op has been
awarded the 1988 city fuel con-
tract. After corrections were
made to the Co-op tender by city
officials, their bid came in
$5,240 below their nearest com-
petitor, Petro-Can,

When the tenders were first
reviewed by council on Dec. 29,
it appeared that the Petro-Can
bid of $59,028 was the ‘best
choice when compared to the
four other bids, the highest of
which was the $71,376 submis-
sion made by the Terrace Co-op.

However, a final decision on
the contract was tabled at the
December meeting after Alder-
man Boh Jackman pointed out
that the Co-op appeared to have
made an error in their calcula-
tions. Jackman suggested that
the Co-op may have added the
provincial sales tax to their bid
twice and he believed they
should have the opportunity to
correct their error before a final
decision was made.

On _ reviewing the corrected
Co-op bid at Monday’s meeting,
council found that their quote of

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42.84 cents per litre for regular
gasoline was only .004 cents
higher than Petro-Can's but
there was a substantial saving to
the city in their.quoted price for

‘ diesel fuel —- 38:28 cents per litre

compared to Petro-Can’s 38:58
certs per litre. The total savings
came to $5,240 for the city’s
estimated 1988 requirement of
30,000 litres of gasoline and
120,000 litres of diesel fuel.

City Treasurer Keith Norman
and Superintendent of Public
Works Stew Christensen both
noted, ‘‘the Co-op submission
was poorly prepared’’ and ‘“‘the
tender form did not have a
signature’. Before making their
decision, Mayor Jack Talstra
suggested to council that correc-
ting the error on the Co-op
tender after it had been submit-
ted could” affect all future
tendering situations.

However, a motion by Bob
Cooper to accept the original
lowest bid, Petro-Can’s, was
defeated following a lengthy
debate and the corrected Co-op
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50 CENTS

Bent tender gets

Narinder and Kuidip Gill are the proud parents of the 1988 New Year's
baby. Still to be named, the healthy, 6 pound 7 ounce (2900 grams) boy was
born two weeks early at 11:38 a.m. Jan. 3. The closest rivals for the first
baby of the new year were two boys, one born at 10:30 a.m. and the other at
7:54 a.m. on Dec. 31. The Gill's have two other children, a three year old
boy and a five year old girl.

Inside
Business Guide 16
Church Directory 10
Classified Ads ‘21
Coming Events - 18
Comics 20
Crossword 20
Dining Directory - - 2
Entertainment 7
Horoscope ; 16
Letters 45
Opinions 4°
Sports a 8
Stork 6
TalkofthaTown 5

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