Out &
About

Golfing indoors

TWO GOLF SIMULATORS,
three batting cages, and a 40-seat
restauraut are all part of the plan
for a new recreation centre on
Hwy 16 West.

Norm Hebert says he and four
partners are beginning renova-
tions on 5,100 square ficet of
space in the back: portion of the
ald Kondola’s Furniture building.

They hope to have Mulligan’s
Home Run Recreation Centre
Lid, open by October.

Hebert says the fully interactive
goli’ simulator is the centrepiece
of the facility.

Players would stand in a 21-
foot-loug booth and hit a life ball
into a 10-by-13 projection screen
that gives a view down the
course.

He says the simulator computes
angle, speed and trajectory based
on where and how hard the ball
hits the screen.

The screen then shows an elec-
tronic version of the ball sailing
through the air and either landing
near the green, or perhaps
ricocheting off a tree or sploosh-
ing into the water.

It then gives the view from the
new position on the course,

“It's very, very high tech
stuff,’’ Hebert says.

It can simulate any golf course
— not just the ones that are
prepared,

‘"We can build the Skeena Val-
ley Golf Course on this screen if
people want it,”’ he said. ‘Evil be
great for people who want to keep
up their swing during the off sea-
son.”

The simulator can also hook up
to other simulators elsewhere, al-
lowing golfers to compete in real-
time with other players at
simulators in Ontario, for exam-
ple.

Building owner Dave
McKeown doesn’t have plans yet
for the front portion of the build-

ing.
New vet here

THERE’s a new vet in town,
but his face will be familliar to

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Mill
waste
found

EXCAVATION and founda-
tion work has begun at the
site of the new SAAN store
and Robin's Donuts location
on Greig Ave. between the
Co-op and the Sande Ovar-
pass. Progressive Ventures'
Dave McKeown — the gen-
eral contractor — says it's
hoped the stores will be
open by fall. Excavation was
complicated by the discovery
last week of wood waste
from an ald mill site on the
property, McKeown said it's
being hauled off site for anal-
ysis by Lapointe Engineer-
ing, of Kitimat.

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Taxpayers bag a
bargain on paving

THE CITY will pay a Jot less
for paving over the next three
years.

City council issued a three-
year contract for the city’s
paving projects to Terrace
Paving — the same company
that’s done the work for the
last several years.

But this year Terrace Paving
slashed its price to the city to
keep the business after council
decided to put the work out to
competitive bids.

The new pricing schedule
sets out increasing prices over
the next three years. But at the
end of the third year, the city
will still be paying less for its

Firm slashes
price to hold
city contract.

he city,”? Hull said. “It could
be the difference between
some LIP project going ahead
and not going ahead,’?

Terrace Paving was the only
bidder for the work, but other
firms had expressed interest,

Max Ewart, of Prince
George-based Pave and Save
Blacktop, said he saw Terrace
aS a preat opportunity but

City councillors changed the
wording of the tender to indi-
cate that a 150-tonne-per-hour
plant would be preferred but
nol required, :

But that dida’t satisly Ewart.

“[ won't bi junder these gif- g
cumstances-S~ it amoiiits “1 “to 3 i
the same thing,’’ he said.

Council had’ split. on the
original question of whether to
put the work out to tender or
award the contract directly to
Terrace Paving,

Ed Graydon, Ruth Hailock
and Rich McDaniel had op-
posed the tender call, backing
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Dr. David Farkvam has cording to director of — terms the city set out. out of business, eliminating lo-
retuned to town to work for Dr. engineering Stew Christensen. His main objection was to caljobs.
ete i a Medi vom “God bless fr ce enterprise,”’ the city’s requirement that the They were outvoted by Gor- “On approved ttedit. Sao dealar for dataila ** This oar i1 in addition

Bom an raised here, the 31.  “ommented city councillor and = successful bidder be capable don Hull, David Hull, Val paruepalng Toe dearatow oT oon some ewe Al
year-old Farkvam graduated from iance committee chairman of producing 150 tonnes of George and mayor Jack Tal-
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He was most recently im Sas- Move to go out to tender. petitors except Terrace the city believes in the princi-
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Bata expands forests

BATA SHOES is opening up a
new store in the Skeena Mall.

Athiete’s World is to open up
in the old Francine's location
within two weeks, says manger
Sona Kunar.

Athlete’s World is a division of
Bata and offers sports clothing
and high-end shoes, he said.

On board

16-37 Community Futures’
Wes Beeston has been elected
secretary-treasurer of the Com-
munity Futures Development As-
sociation of B.C,

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