en TERRACE — Bell Pole Co, “wants: to. install a natural gas ‘afterburner to better reduce ‘smoke from its local operation, : says spokesman Clint Budden. - 1tv’ll raise the stack — : ‘temperature in its” beehive: »- burner: so .more waste is. con- : fumed, he said. ‘The. ‘company has twice ‘been "3 ‘fined ‘this-winter for exceeding : ‘its’ air. emissions permit. Ite eee “TERRACE ~~ The city of Ter- race has been charged by the en- ‘vironment ministry after a fire - smouldered at the dump. for early a month. ‘ - The.city.has 30 days to either “dispute the ‘ticket issued - last “week or pay the $100 fine, district ‘conservation: officer ‘Peter Kalina said Friday, The charge is for! failing to comply with a condition of the “city’s waste management permit --for operating its landfill site, he -said.. The permit requires cer- ‘tain articles — includitig rubber = not be burned at the dump. “'The charges came as a result Of the investigation into the tire .. fire at the dump on the 27th and “28th of January,” Kalina €x- plained. The city is responsible for any ‘environmental violations at the _ dump because it is the holder of .the waste management permit, “Any future violations could result in mandatory court ap- ipearances and fines of up to $1 million," Kalina added. Meanwhile the city and en- ‘vironment ministry officials are negotiating changes to the dump permit that would require ‘the city to have a dump atten- ‘dant. at the landfill, site at all -times. t , Christian. school kee gms. TERRACE ust one: “year “after venturing into secondary school levels with Grade 8, Centennial Christian School will add a Grade $ class this fall. *“We need a minimum of 14 students. We have 17 in Grade 8 right now and expect we'll haye enough,” said principal Frank ‘Voogd, The addition is the latest. growth in the school which now has 171 students, almost double the number when it moved into new quarters in 1989. | . Voogd predicted: the school "'geeded the permit on Dec. 12 and Jan. 28, according to the environment ministry. The silo burner Bell Pole uses to incinerate cedar wood: waste is more effective than regular “beehive burners, according to “Terry: Roberts, the environment ". ministry’s. waste ‘Management branch ‘regional ‘Manager. But - sin the winter months, it can’t handle all the snow: and ice on the cedar bark that feeds the. burner. “Tt just does - not burn’ without a lot of help,”’ Roberts said. “Works fine in the. sum- mer when there's not as much moisture, but in the winter it’s just not as effective,” . Budden said the company. has - spent more than $100,000 trying :’ ‘to- correct ‘the’ problem;: in-*: _ cluding replacing its old beehive © “burner about two years ago. He says he's confident adding “a natural gas afterburner ‘will clear up the winter. smoke pro- blem. The company had also been considering burying wood -waste in a landfill site. “We decided against the . landfill option,’’ he ‘said, ‘mainly because of the poten- ‘tial liability problem.”' . Budden said the company would rather find a better way” : of inciierating the bark “than dumping it, ard possibly facing future environmental: prosecu- tion if wood-preserving chemicals- slowly leach out of ‘the landfill'into area streams, ‘The company. ‘doesn’t yet know how much the project will cost, but Budden said he expects the improvements to the burner to be complete by this summer. Getting close to E.T, KENNEY student Brent Van Halderen gets a close up look at the pelt fram a male wolf during a tour of an exhibit put _up by the environment ministry. The exhibit and others were Skeena Mall. nature part of an environmental awareness display last week at the ‘could offer: senior ‘secondary grades in five to 10 years, He attributed some of the growth to the new quarters but also said there has been an in- creasing interest in the kind of education the schoo! provides. “Next year, with the number of inquiries about kindergarten and with Grade 9, we'll have 190 to 195 students,’ he said. The school is run by the Ter- race Calvin Christian School Society and began offering classes in 1967. It’s sponsoring body is the ‘Christian. Reformed Church, from where the school has historically drawn the greatest number of its students. But that's changing with growth to the point that only 30 per cent of the students now come from that church, said Yoogd. © The rise in student numbers has already lead to an addition to the new school — a four- classroom project completed last year. More students have also ps.growing meant an increase in the kind of services the school provides as it is now buying equipment need- ed for higher grade levels, ‘“‘We keep in close contact with Skeena (Junior Secondary School) to make sure our students are equipped to con- tinue their education,” said Voogd. There’s also been an increase in the number of teachers — to 10 this year. Another teacher has already been hired for the Grade 9 class.. Frank Voogd Taking Of and you are 2 the reason for our success! ate ertbent apna dede tees | Fly to Vancouver "Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 27,1991 — Page Ag TERRACE -- A local chicken farmer is appealing environ-: ment ministry orders to fix the drainage problem that causes the formation of a pond on the bench near Orde Road. The pond has been a source of controversy since the drown- ing death a year ago of a six- year-old boy who fell through ice on the pond. : Farmer Stan Kinkead main- tains a 10-inch pipe he has in- stalled will keep the pond from forming in the ravine. “His position is that what he has done is sufficient,’’ says Wilf Dreher, the environment ministry’s regional water management branch head. ‘*And we have said it ism’t.”” Dreher issued an order in January that Kinkead install a larger culvert, or else an open ditch to drain the pond, The order required he: provide detailed plans by Feb, 28 and finish any work by Apr. 30. Kinkead has appealed the order to officials in Victoria, and Dreher said a process of written submissions is now underway between all interested parties. “My guess is that this is going to go into April or May,’’. Dreher said. Society _ moving | offices TERRACE — A local com- munity services group is movi zits, ‘Quarters. ~ 4 ” Ksan House Society is is thov- ing down Kalum from its pre- sent location to the old RCMP building on the corner of Kalum and Lakelse. Society executive director Carol Sabo said last week she expects to have the building renovated and occupied by June. It'll be the home of the socie- ty's administrative office and of its sexual assault centre. The society also operates a transition house and the Osborne group home.