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ON AMS EEE RPS lind

. Clamp down on unsightly
* disclosed part of town, demand that escalators or elevators be installed In all new comm

property, build a fountain in George Little Memorial Park and a Civic Centre at an un-

ercial buildings, enforce

the No Smoking Bylaw, bulid a second railway overpass and leave Terrace’s Sanitary Landfill just the way itis —
unlocked. That’s what this group of Terrace teens would like to do if they ever get elected to city council. Pic-

: “tured above are the Grade 11 Caledonia Social Studies students who participated In the Local Government
"Awareness Week “Mock Council”. With Mayor Linda Cuddeford (front center) are Elizabeth Mendes, Justin Lane,
Jordan Bujtas, Monica Sousa, clerk/administrator Greg Doeleman, Hrinder Takhar and Garolle Michaud.

“TERRACE — The board of
~. School District 88-adopted sev- .
> eral policy.proposals at its April

: public meeting. .

ote ei te ee

- The board spelled out specific

. procedures for parents who have
“concerns about their children’s

: instruction, discipline or activity

“programs, The initial stage will.
~ be discussions with the teacher,

followed, if necessary, by dis-
. cussion with the principal. If the

. concern remains the parent will
_ be directed to-contact the
--guperintendent of schools in

- writing,

- . Regulations were ratified re-
: garding homework. The board
. states that homework assign-
. ments have to have positive ob-

*

jectives, cannot involve re-
sources not readily available to
the pupil, must take into ac-
count the maturity and instruc-
tional level of the pupil, need to

be clearly defined and have

followup. Teachers are also in-
structed to consider the total

‘workload of the pupil, and the

board set maximums. on the
amount of time students should
be expected to devote to
homework. Primary students
are to be assigned no homework,
elementary school students can
be given up to 30 minutes per
day, the junior high school limit
was set at one and one half
hours, and seniors can be as-
signed up to two hours.

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‘A volunteer group of concerned citizens, businesses

and community and government organizations have
_ organized a Thornhill spring clean-up campaign.
_ Homeowners are requested to join in by cleaning up
.. their yards and boulevards.

‘|. Free curb side pick up for all types of discarded and un-
- wanted waste materials will occur on Sunday, May 7
and Saturday, May 13. Please try to have waste
materials in bags or cartons wherever possible to

assist In pick up.

PITCH IN AND HELP A NEIGHBOUR
oe OR CLEAN UP
THAT VACANT NEIGHBOURHOOD LOT

_ The. removal of derelict vehicles must be made by prior

_ arrangement.

- Assistance for seniors can also be made by prior ar-

_ fangement. .

Individuals requiring information, assistance or want-
|. Ing to become a volunteer should contact Charlle Meek
|. at 638-1565 or 636-7251. ee

START NOW |

a NOTICE
~/> THORNHILL SPRING:
CLEAN-UP

May 1 to May 13, 1989
TAKE PRIDE — PITCH IN

Pesticide and fertilizer appli-
cations on school grounds are
now subject to detailed policy
procedures. An annual spraying

program must be prepared by

maintenance staff and approved
by the superintendent; : applica-
tors must be licensed; advisory
signs will be posted on the spray-
ing site 48 hours before and after
the application, and the same
notification will be given to the

* regional district or city parks

and recreation department,
school staff, parents and
students; information on the
chemicals will be provided to the

rd ratifies policy proposals

regional district, parks ; and

recreation department and, on-

request, parents; and the ap-
plications will only be permitted
when school won’t be in session
for at least 48 hours afterward.

“Students who “are absent or
late coming to school will have
to provide a written excuse from
a parent or guardian. Validity of
the excuse will be determined by
the principal.

A series of guidelines to pre-
pare the district for an earth-
quake and deal with the after-
math if one happens here were
also adopted.

her way home from church
Sunday morning when she de-
cided to stop off at the E.T.
Kenney playground.: She
climbed the steps of the slide
and sat down at the top, poised
with anticipation of the fun
ahead. She pushed off, felt the
thrill of the ride... But there was
another youngster behind her
who pushed off only a fraction
of a second behind her. The
second child managed to gain
more speed than Charity and the
two landed together at the bot-
tom. Charity’s leg was broken.

Her mother rushed her to
Mills Memorjal emergency,

-been the only accident at E.T.
Kenney playground that week-

ture Playground, seriously cut-
‘ ting his face. es
_ These two
Rhonda Turley, Charity’s moth-
er, concerned about the safety
of the playground and the lack

of supervision on weekday eve- |

nings and weekends. She says

she phoned the School District.

88 board office the following
Monday and was told the play-
ground was supervised during
school hours only and after-
hours were the responsibility of
the parent. ,
Turley doesn’t take issue with
this response, but she says she’s
worried. ‘Safety is my real con-
cern,’” she says. ‘‘The height of
the slide and the number of kids

playing there... Kids are going

to get hurt.’’ But she says that
there’s not much anyone can do
—- unless parents keep an eye on
their kids.

CITY OF TERRACE
NOTICE OF ‘INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH
A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 656 of the Municipal Act that Council of the
City of Terrace intends to proceed with the construction of certain works herinafter
described as a Local Improvement under the Initiatives Plan. os

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK

Upgrading (as required) and application of a nine (9) Metre wide strip of asphalt pave-
ment with integral asphalt curbing. -

(south of Graham)

Total Taxable Commuted Cost per foot
Cost Frontage (pert ’ 20 yrsJ10 yrs. .
POHLE AVENUE per foot
(west of Kenney) $21,803.55 764.78 ft. $28.61 $3.83 $5.06
PEAR STREET $69,678.88 2,675.27 ft. $26.05 $3.49 $4.61

accordingly.

YOU HAVENT! WETAKE IT!

to be specially charged under thi

Further notice is hereby given that a copy of this notice has been mailed to the owner(s) |
of the parcels of land liable to be specially charged for the cost of said works, and
unless within one (a) month of the date of the publication of this notice, a majority of the
owners representing at least one half of the value of the parcels which are liable to be
specially charged, petition the Council of the City of Terrace not to proceed with it, the
work may be undertaken as a Local Improvement.

Petitions shall be lodged with the Clerk-Administrator, and shali be deemed to be

presented to the Council when so lodged, of which every owner of a parcel of land liable
s Programme is liable to. take notice and be governed

E.R. Hallsor »
Clerk-Administrator

where she was told this hadn't . .

end. On Saturday, a young boy ~
. fell off a walkway on the Adven-

incidents have

ITY OF TERRACE

| Playground
~ safety
s,| questioned —

- Young Charity Turley was on |