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by Daniele Berquist

The Terrace Fire De-
partment responded to 4
number of calls this past
week, reported fire chief
Clifford Best.

Fire fighters were call-
ed to a chimney fire on

Friday, Jan. 3, at the.

5100 block on Mills
Avenue, There were no
damages reported, said
Best, and the fire was out
by the time the . fire
department arrived.

A small blaze at the
Skeena Hotel was re-
ported on Monday, Jan.
5. The fire chief said it

_was a windy day and so-

meone had discarded a
cigarette butt which was
probably blown against

Firefighters
respond to calls

the wall where it ignited.
On Jan. 6 the fire

department was called to.
the Terraceview Hospi-

tal. Best reported it was a
false alarm.

Extensive smoke
damage resulted after a
fire started in a garbage

' container under some

cupbords at the Wood-

‘green Apartments Mon-

day, Jan. 6, said Best.

A fire on the 4500
block on Olson Avenue
at a residence caused ap-
proximately $500 dam-
age, said Best. An elec-
trical panel caught fire
igniting a bag of dog
food. The panel had to
be replaced.

Residents to

discuss

fire protection

On Sunday, Jan. 19,

residents of Lakelse

Lake and surrounding
area will gather at 11:30
a.m. in Ole’s Place, at
the lake, to discuss the
possibility of fire protec-
tion improvements for
the region.

Roger Lamotte, Lak-
else Lake resident, said
he has ‘‘dug up”’ infor-
mation on the costs
which would have to be
absorbed by homeown-
ers in the area if fire pro-
tection was an acceptable
option.

There is no fire protec-
tion at all in the Lakelse
area at the moment,
Lamotte said. As a
result, residents pay high
insurance costs.

Fire protection would
reduce insurance rates

for dwellings by approx- .

imately 40 percent,
Lamotte explained.
Local residents will be
given an opportunity to
voice their opinions at
the meeting and be in-
formed of the amount of
tax they would have to
pay for the introduction

. of fire-fighting services.

Depending on the re-
sponse, Lamotte said,

the issue will either be
dropped or taken to a

TRIVIA

Peasants who live along a 30-
mile stretch of road in China
widened the roadbed in just one
week, says National Geograph-
ic. Al its peak, the project invely-
ed 200,000 laborers who were ~
each paid five yuan ($1.75) a day
and a portion of the wood from
the treescutdown.

Why Popcorn Pops.
Popcorn kernels contain a dif-
ferent type of starch from othér
corns; this is why popcorn pops
and other corns do not.

“Roger Lamotte.

referendum later on fora
vote of approval.

He said the project
would probably not get
off the ground for
another year, even if ap-
proval were given, as a
number of operating
details would have to be
worked out.

Lamotte said a core

group of volunteer fire-
fighters would have to be
organized to man the sta-
tion, He explained that a
fire hall, situated near

Lakelse Lake, had been
built about five years
ago.

The station is equip-
ped with a pumper truck
which was donated by
Alcan.

- Lamotte said informa-
tion from the scheduled
meeting would be sub-
mitted to representatives
of the Regional District
of Kitimat-Stikine
(RDKS) for its input.

Three guest speakers
will attend the meeting to
provide participants with
information they may re-
quire. Art Hoviand,
Thornhill fire chief;

Doug McLeod, Terrace
insurance agent; and
Bob Marcellin, assistant
adminstrator for the
RDKS will be. in atten-
dance.

Terrace Firefightera took boards off an outside wall of the Skeena Hotal racently to extinguish a small blaze.

Terrace woman killed

TERRACE—A 34-
year-old Terrace woman,
was killed as a result ofa
motor vehicle accident
shortly before 10 a.m. on
Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Franson lost control
of the car she was driving
on the airport hill on
Highway 37 near Krumm

Road, Terrace RCMP

said.
The car collided witha

south-bound pickup
truck driven by Terrace
resident, Mary Blakey.

Franson was pro-
nounced dead at the
scene, but Blakey was
not injured.

RCMP report driving
conditions at the time
were hazardous due to
an overnight snow and
rainfall.

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