DOUG SMITH came back to Terrace to ac weekend's Applause ‘96 telethon put on b TLT telethon received good community support i TERRACE residents came out in force to support the Terrace Little Theatre's first-ever telethon, held last Saturday. “Support from the community was above and beyond what we expected,” said Mavis Hamilton, one of the organizers of the telethon. Just over $78,000 was pledged on Saturday to support the theatre group in their quest to raise money for a new building, One of the largest donations came from Ray Lovstad. He donated $25,000 in crane and operator time for the new building. And another $20,000 came from Terrace Little Theatre bingo revenue raised over the past year. “I was very pleased with the quality of the show, and with the response from the community,” said TLT president Gordon Oates. “Whenever you go into a project like this, you always have questions about how the conimunity will respond,” he said. The audience turn-out was excellent. Some families-even stuck around for the entire event, ° “IT had no idea what to expect,” said Oates. “I was. somewhat shocked to see that level of support out there.” - Members of the theatre group will be meeting over the next few months to deter- mine where they will go from here. It will likely be another two years before the community can expect to see work begin on the theatre. And to help keep the theatre group on target, Oates.is asking for those people who pledged money during the telethon to send. it in: Those who Haven’t sent their pledges in should mail them to the Terrace Little Theatre, 3625 Kalum St, V8G 2P4, Te TN et t as emcee for last Theatre Society, Here he talks to some children who made 2 dona- y the Terrace Little tion towards the grand total. LOCAL TALENT was out in force to support the-Ap- plause ‘96 telethon, Above is Natasha Wakaruk sing- ing, “I've Got No Strings" from Pinnochio. 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Wayne Mullins at the Labour Relations Board in Vancouver says the union challenged four of the people Slumberlodge management claimed were cligible to vote; and management challenged one per- son on the unioan’s employee list. ; A hearing at the LRB on April 9 will rule on the chal lenges, and Mullins says if need be, the hallots will be opened after that date. Dangerous drivers DESPITE airbags, ABS brakes and supposedly safer cars, We're slill getting into more accidents. ICBC recently released its statistics for 1994 and the numbers don’t look good. During 1994, 97,157 reportable traffic accidents in B.C. occurred. Of those 60,984 were property damage only collisions, up 3.9 per cent from 1993. Personal injury collisions increased 2.9 per cent to 33,337 in 1994, And fatal collisions increased by 3.6 per cent from 442 in ‘93 to 458 in ‘94, Fatally injured victims rose from 512 to 534 in ‘94, And you can’t blame these numbers soley on the in- creasing numbers of drivers in B.C, The amount of licenced drivers climbed to 2.6 per cent while the num- ber of licenced vehicles rose by 2.2 per cent. Within Terrace city lirnits, there were 291 traffic col- lisions, and another 241 outside city limits. Three- hundred and sixty of those accidents caused properly damage and 165 caused personal injurics. There were also seven fatal accidents, all of which occurred outside city limits. Nine people were killed. There were also a total of 27 hit and run collisions around the Terrace area. Twenty-two of those caused property damage and five of those caused personal in- jury, but none were fatal Green plan for Stewart STEWART MAYOR Andy Burton and officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans have signed the Port of Stewart Environmental Management Pian. It’s a joint initiative which, among other things, is to provide a shoreline habitat classification for the Bear River estuary and gencral environmental project design guidelines for developers. Implementation of this plan completes one of the main objectives of the Stewart Port Development Com- mittee. Chair David White says il was clear from the offset that the Port of Stewart needed a detailed system for balancing environmental and economic development. Stewart mayor Burton said knowing what areas are environmentally sensitive and are needed for fish habitat will make it easier for future port developments. CRIME! 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