Sreeitifcaae ated et nee a TOS The maiden voyage of the city’s $35,000 tent was Committee free of charge as a trial run for city staff and the committee designated it’s use to the Riverboat Days Slo-Pitch tournament. Everyone came out awinner, including the local Big Brothers st $500 for their group by manning the barbecues. The and Sisters organization who made at lea tant looks something like a miniature Sadd end was not installed to give a more open atmosphere. a success, It was set up for the Riverboat Days le Dome but for the purpose of this event the exposed - Discount rentals for city tent considered If you saw something that looked like Calgary’s Saddle Dome at Riverside Park during the River- boat Days Slo-pitch tournament, it was actually the city’s recently purchased $35,000 tent. The tent is available for rentals through the Recreation Department, but on this’ occasion its use was donated to the Riverboat Days Committee free of charge to give city staff an oppor- tunity to find out how to set the tent up. The Riverboat Days Committee offered the tent to the Slo-Pitch tournament for their beer garden, and that was probably a good choice considering the fact that Terrace Big Brothers and Sisters were working in the beer garden to raise some money for their own organization. But is the fact that it was offered free to a ball club a Ul frauds bring in fines of $53,000 During April, May and June the investigation and control unit of the Terrace Canada Employment Centre. examined 458 of the 4,400 UI claimants in their territory covering Smithers, Houston, Hazelton, Kitwanga, Terrace and Kitimat. Unit officer John Jack said 152 claims were found to be fraudulent, resulting in $53,072 in penalties. Combined claim abuse and errors uncovered in investigations allowed the CEIC to recover $205,071 in overpayments. During the same three-month period $10,703,486 was paid out in benefits in the region. precedent setter? City council is ever-cautious of setting precedents that might cause a problem at some point down the toad, but when they were pre- sented with a request from the Terrace Inn Mens’ Slo-Pitch team Monday night fora reduced rental rate on the tent they were appa- rently unaware of the recent free rental and "regrettably" denied the request. Council members felt that given the size and cost of the tent the rental schedule they had set up was reasonable. The tent is 20 feet high, 60 feet wide and 80 feet long, and when the purchase was first announced last May alderman Danny Sheridan said it had room for up to 800 people. Guests of the Riverboat Days beer garden, however, might agree that 400 to 500 could be seated with much greater comfort. But according to Bob Dempster and. Ritchie Mallet of the Terrace Inn Slo-Pitch team, the $1,100 rental fee they have been asked to pay for the three-day Larry Swan- EAST WEST... | PPUEUT TC TTC O COT TCO LOLOL. 2 Tote te Go North...(ern) to where entertainment is at it’s BEST!! son Memorial Tournament on the Labour Day weekend is too high. "If this is added to our cost of renting chairs, park user fees, permits, and umpires you Can see it adds up to quite a bit for one organization to cover solely through the profits of a beer gar- den," they point out in a letter to council. As it stands, however, the Ter- race Inn team will have to pay the full rental fee if they want to use the tent... but there is some hope of a partial refund in the future. Council has said they will review their rental policy and if they can come up with a better long-term rental deal and still cover the cost of maintaining the tent. The Ter- race Inn Slo-Pitch team could receive a partial refund after their tournament. As one city alderman pointed out, it doesn’t matter if the tent is set up for three days or a single day, it still costs the same for city staff to set it up and take it down. : oF NORTHERN MOTOR S|INN= RESTAURANT: LOUNGE PUB - COLD BEER STORE % x x x « x x * * * * * + * x * * * x * x x - 1 + x +e * * * 3086 Hwy. 16 East 635-6375 x x x x * «x vy Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 15, 1990 Ald © ‘Kin Hut parties prompt examination The Terrace Kinsmen Club has a few money problems with their newly renovated Kin Hut in Skeenaview Park. First, there have been a few complaints of loud parties from their Halliwell and Sparks St. neighbours. RCMP Insp. Larry Yeske says he can solve that problem by not issuing any more liquor permits for events at the Kin Hut that are going to jast later than 10 p.m., but this threatens the income of the Kins- men, who have already spent around $50,000 to renovate the building. The second financial problem for the Kinsmen, who are now faced with the possibility of reduced revenues, is the fact they have now been told by the B.C. Assessment Authority they will have to pay property taxes — not just on the building, but on Skeenaview Park. The Kinsmen leased Skeenaview Park (the area southwest of the Halliwell/Sparks intersection ex- cluding Heritage Park and Terrace- view Lodge) from the city on Nov. 14, 1985 for $1 per year. It was a five-year lease renewable every five years for a period of 99 years, and the Kinsmen planned to reno- vate the existing building, con- struct a play ground (the existing play ground is only the first instal- ment), and build tennis courts and a softball field. Faced with this dilemma, the Kinsmen Club presented the city with a request for tax exemption on the property, but this didn’t get far with city council Monday night. First, it was a late request — the tax exemption bylaw is all but approved — and second, no other service club in town is exempted from taxes on city owned property. So why the Kins- men? Short of a flat refusal, how- ever, council did send the request to the Finance Committee for a quick review and tabled the final reading of the bylaw pending that committee’s findings. This means the Kinsmen will have to wait at least two weeks for a reply. Just so the Kinsmen don’t have to sweat it out for two wecks, the Terrace Review has checked out their lease with the city. The Finance committee recommenda- tion is a foregone conclusion: the Kinsmen don’t have to pay taxes and they can party all they like. According to deputy administra- tor Denise Fisher, the lease states that the lessee (the city) shall pay all taxes on the property and build- ings and requires the Kinsmen, whether they like it or not, to make the building available to the public for "social activities". The entire block is zoned R2, says Fisher, which allows an operation like the Kin Hut to do business and use the building for the pur- poses of fund raising events such as public meetings, bingos and social activities. It appears then that the problems facing the Kinsmen Club aren’t theirs at all, but the city’s. Past Kinsmen president Brad O’ Morrow sees things a little differently, however. He says they are sensi- tive to the needs of their neigh- bours and are looking for ways to either control or eliminate any noise or activities that are disrup- tive to the peace of the neigh- pourhood. He says they’re willing to nego- tiate hours of operation with the city, although it doesn’t appear they really have to, and have decided they will change the sign- ing on a door facing Halliwell so it is an emergency exit only. Keeping that door closed, he explains, will eliminate much of the problem. perience. mi] tact: SOCIAL SERVICES TRAINING PROGRAM The College of New Caledonia is accepting applica- tions for the Soclal Services (Developmentally Disabl- ed Specialty). This certificate program prepares students to work with mentally handicapped _In- dividuals in a variety of settings. There are six courses and one practicum. All courses are in a distance education (correspondence) format and can be com- bined with full-time employment. Applicants who are not currently employed in this fleld should have working with mentally handicapped children or adults as-a career goal. 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