‘smoke detec:

day night...:

-. The device helped t a family of
three escape a house fire at their

haart

4630 Scot}. Ave. home, preven-.
ting near-certain- ‘deatlis; “fire

chief Bob Beckett said,

: ‘The family of three was sleep- a

ing Upstairs when | the®-fire
Started in: the downstairs Iaun-
dry room around 2 a.m. -

: “They, were. lucky. to get. out ..

alive,”” Beckett.- said. “The
smoke ‘detector: was” “the” only

Airport sale bids opened

TERRACE — ‘Federal officials -

are expected to decide this week

if they'll take the highest bid of
those submitted to. purchase the .
Woodcack nirport. - :
: At $61 »957, the’ highest bid i is:
“not far off. from where we -
think it should be,” said Public:

Works Canada spokesman Joe
Gormley last week.

- The lowest of the six bids sub-
mitted was for $10,050.

Built during the Second -
World War, the Woodcock air- ~

port saw limited Service before
the war's. end. -

tor Saved: three lives Test Thore 7
“Sy bedide: the ‘bedrooms, : Beckett’

"thing that javed their lives? a
~ Without. the smoke. detector .

said the three -would have
‘woken up too late, ‘They
would have run into 4 wall of |
hot smoke and it would have
“been game over.!” y

"mechanical failures -".

‘He said residents should take
note of the house fire here and
the one that killed a' 10-year-old |
girl in Kitimat. <‘We should use.
‘these two incidents ° as A

“We're nat under obligation’
to take the highest bid,”’ said
Gormley. ‘We. could negotiate
with the -highest bidder ‘to. get.

. the price up to what we feel is’

appropriate.’ mo, "

The federal government
could also re-tender the airport .
or list it with a real estate com-
pany, he added.

‘Located’ beside the rallway

“tracks on the west side of the

Skeena River this side of. Kit:'
wanga, the facility was put up

for: sale earlier this year after

Disaster group
notes first year

TERRACE — A. volunteer
disaster services group next
week nates its first anniversary
of. being called upon.

Five families forced: to
evacuate due to flooding Dec. 7,

1990 were helped by the Terrace _

Emergency: Social Services
Group: ;

It was formed to provide a
co-ordinating group that draws
together a variety of services in
case ofa disaster. eed

The group consists of 10 co-

‘ordinators::and «10. alternates -

‘who. then. organize sub-
committees of specific services,
‘Said: group’ spokesman : Anne
Anson. ce ae

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r home for the holidays! _

Those services include lodg-
ing, food, clothing, financial
assistance, providing a recep-
tion area, counselling, taking
inquiries and registering ‘those
affected by a disaster, she said.

Since that Dec. 7, 1990 call
out, the group has responded
twice to emergencies.

The most recent took place
this Thanksgiving’ when 50
families were assisted for
periods: ranging from one night
_ to five‘days,

The group is asked to pravide
services~at- the! request of ‘the
provincial emergency program.

Volunteer inquiries can be |

made to Pam Dow at 635-5468
or to Anne Anson at 798-2250.

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‘Beckett said it’s believed the ~ gifts ‘at’ upconting “Christmas
fire started accidentally,’ due to. parties’. to

local "governments didn’t’ ‘ex
press an interest in its purchase.::"

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