Salvation Arm

y moves

operation to larger space

TERRACE WILL soon have a
permanent downtown soup kitchen
location thanks to a major shift of
operations by the Salvation Army.

lt has purchased the old Telus
building on Kalum and will make it
a location not only fora soup kitchen
but for its thrift store and church.

“We're going to service a fot
more people.” Captain David Moulty
on said.

The Army's thrift store is now in
rented space at the Keith Ave. Mall
“while its church building is ‘now in
the 4600 Block of Walsh.

The soup kitchen has been oper-
ating out of the carpenters’ hall on
Sparks, requiring a constant shift-
-ing of equipment when other groups
rented the hall. ;

Extensive renovations to the
Telus building are planned, with the
Army aiming to move in to the 7,300
square foot new location sometime
this spring.

- “All the operations the Army has
will be housed in the same building,”
Moulton said. “It’s’a great location
and I think certainly we'll be able to
serve a lot more people.”

. Moulton said there are also plans
fora series of support groups, which
will depend on more volunteers
‘ coming in.

The new building will also be
wheelchair accessible. he said, add-
ing some .people couldn’t. get into
the Walsh Ave. church because of
its Stairs.

“A lot of the elders couldn't do
it. A lot of them weren “Ccoming any
more.’

Moulton said

it will) mean, a

change for local people, especially |
Ones accustomed to going to the |

thrift store on Keith.

But he said the shift north of the
tracks is appropriate as many lowér-
income clients live in Kalum St. area.

City council approved a de-

velopment permit for the planned ~

_ $100,000 renovation Jan. 10.
On the recommendation of city

planner David Block, council agreed

~ to reduce the required number of.

parking stalls from, 16 to the seven

that are available at the rear of the

building. .
City staff justified the variance

because the Salvation Army is an in-”
ner. city church Whose members are -

often low income with no vehicles.
“That’s the type of clientele —
they just don’t have vehicles,” said

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CAPTAIN DAVID Moulton nof the Salvation Army, front, stands | in the old Telus building w with his volunteer
crew, who are renovating the space for the Army’s planned move there this spring.

development services director Mar-
vin Kwiatkowski.

The single busiest day will be
Sunday morning, he said, noting
there should be plenty of extra on-
street parking available downtown
at that time.

— Councillor David Hull said he
hopes the variance will apply only

to the Salvation Army, to ensure

"the property isn’t someday sold to a

business that would then 1 gel a, park-
ing break. _

“If the use changes it will require
another development permit, which
in theory should take care of it,”
Kwiatkowski assured him. |

Moulton said Coast Inn of the

Less rely on food bank i

THE TERRACE Churches Food
Bank distributed fewer bags of
food to fewer people in January
than it did in January of 2004.

Traditionally one of the higher
of the distribution months because
of heating bills, the food bank dis-

tributed 597 bags to 391 families,
down from the January 2004. count
of 704 bags to 466 families, says
food bank. treasurer Dennis Brew-
er. ;

economy is improving but we were
open the same week that the social
assistance cheques were sent oul so

Terrace Mohawk

Is Now...
Terrace Husky

“I'd like to say it is because the

that may have had anin fluence,” he -
said. eg

Brewer added that s some » pedple
may have been kept away during |
the Jan. 17-20-distribution period
because of bad weather.

He noted that demand went up
at the last: distribution’ period.«in
November, when 707 bags were

West owner Doug Barrett will al-
low the Salvation Army to use the
hotel’s private parking loton Kalum
St. for free Sundays.

Moulton said due to the scale of

the renovations required, the Salva- ’
tion Army will need the support of -

other businesses in town for dona-
tions in kind.

in January

been the target of three break ins
since last May.. -

Baby formula was stolenzin the —
third break in fate last year but what"

was taken was more than replaced

by formula’ donated by Sacred |

Heart Catholic Church members.
“ "They were collecting formula
anyway but [I think that once the

distributed compared to 680 in No- enews jof the theft] got out, they

vember 2003.

“IT do know we are getting quite
a few more single people.” Brewer
said.’ ¢

The food bank.operates out of a
building on Lazelle Ave. and has

‘{ncreased
Brewer.

”

their response,” .said

“We've been getting a very good
response this year from all-sorts of
places and people have been very
generous,” he said.

LIQUID

northivest,” ,
"It's a part time program so as to permit students who .
_ have “jobs to continue working.

Civil servants settle

FEDERAL CIVIL servants have accepted a contract
providing them with wage increases amounting to 10
per cent over four years.

Workers, including employees of the Human Re-

sources Development Canada office in Terrace and.

the local Fisheries and Oceans Canada office. went on
strike last October after first attempts to negotiate ; acon-
tract failed.

“The agreements provide fair and reasonable com-

pensation for the valuable work that federal” public ser-
vants perform across Canada every day while ensuring
that we continue to spend the tax dollars of all Canadi-
ans ina fiscally responsible way.” said federal Treasury
Board president and cabinet minister Reg Alcock.

The agreement provides for salary increases of 2

per cent starting in 2003, 2.25 per cent starting in 2004, .

2.4 per cent starting in 2005 and 2.5 5 per cent starting in
2006 for a total cumulative increase of 10 per cent over
four years.

Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada °

struck after working since June 2003 without a contract.
They were asking fora nine per cent increase over three
years.

Smooth road to Stewart
ADD THE road to Stewart as the next route the provin-
cial government wants to fix up.

rt Il be spending more than $3 million on 50kin of
road from the Bitter Creck bridge to the junction of
Hwy37A and the Meziadin Junction.

Crews will use: new asphalt and, add it to. existing
asphalt that will be removed‘and then rejuvenated. -

- Work is expected to start in the spring and be fin-
ished by the end of August.

Not only will the route be safer and. smoother, it.
means trucks can travel at 100 per cent of legal axle
weight during spring thaw periods.

Last year the province spent a similar amount of “

money.on Hwy37 itself leading north of Kitwanga to
the Meziadin Junction.

Big demand for course
UNIVERSITY OF Northern British Columbia (UNBC)
officials here expect a flood of applicants for a limited.
number of'spaces when registration opens fora master’s
of education in counselling degree program.” ‘es

Nearly 80 people have already told the universi-
ty they want to take the program, which'c
students, said UNBC area ‘director: Judith Lapadat’ last:
week. :

“There’s just such ¢ a need for, counsellors: ‘in the.
she said.

Lapadat said the program requires a lot of coordina:
tion with agencies that offer counselling because stu-
denis must do practicum work i in the field.

health ¢ care workers to social workers

” the counselling field to apply by the Feb. 15 deadline

can hold 20 .

The university last offered the program here in 1997 —

but it is ongoing at its main Prince George campus. |

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