Deputy chief leaving town TERRACE is losing its deputy fire chief at the end of the month. Fred Burrows has held that position for the past two _ years but May 2 is his last day on the job here before becoming deputy fire chief for the Fort St. John fire de- partment. “It’s a real loss for the city. Fred’s energy is just boundless and he has a real love for the fire service,” - says fire chief Randy Smith, “He's always looking for ways to do his job better. Fort St. John got a good deal there.” ....Burrows has mixed feelings about his departure. He, his two children and his wife have become a part of the .. Terrace community and have made lasting friendships here says, “More than 60 people gathered at a local pub April 15 for a surprise farewell party for Burrows. Police, officers, firefighters, paramedics and City councillors: ‘were among the people who went to give ~ Burrows their good wishes before his departure. Presented wiih a gift, Burrows was visibly moved, The.call to Fort St. John, a city of 18,000 people, is a good opportunity, he says. _». The fire department there serves the city, surrounding areas and the city’s airport. _ “It's quite. vibrant,” Burrows says of the northeastern | eity. | ‘posting and expects to be doing less fire inspection work. ... Burrows started his fire fighting career in his home + «town of Courtenay. In 1985 he joined the Expo ‘86 fire - and’ safety division. In 1989 he was hired by Transport Canada to work for the airports-based crash and fire reseue which saw him ‘posted in Port Hardy. ' Burrows transferred to Terrace in 1994 and was hired "as a career member at the Terrace Fire Department me years later. He was named deputy fire chief in 1. No decision has been made whether or not a new de- puty fire chief will be hired after Burrows leaves, “Any time the city has positions come open we do a thorough review of the operation and the position to see if any cost savings can be made,” says Smith. “This is no different.” ‘ Greens give new name to the area ENVIRONMENTAL groups have invented new names for several regions — including this one ~ as part of a "new campaign to slow down logging in B.C. ’ Sections of the Nass, Skeena, Iskut and Stikine wa- tersheds are part of the rare and endangered “Inland - Rainforests" according to the group ForestEthics. = ‘Old growth forests in the area, which also includes “parts of southeast B.C., must be protected to halt » plunging population Sof moliiitiin calfeih the group ar- gues, 7 “In Inland Rainforests, trees grow up to 1,500 years “old and.up to 40 feet in circumference,” says a new re- Be Pott by ForestEthics. “Only 9.2 per cent of the Interior Cedar-Hemlock zone is protected, and more than half the forest types "= found in this zone have less than four per cent protec- tion.” It’s also targeting the “Rainshadow” area near Lil- looet, the. “Central Plateau” region around Prince _ George and Williams Lake and the . . The same activists used a similar strategy in their “highly successful campaign to preserve what they dub- bed the “Gréat Bear Rainforest.” That led to a 2001 deal “to log differently on the central coast. : Activists. are warning the province to reduce the rate of logging within six months and preserve more protec- “ted areas or else face a renewed campaign against B:C. “forest products in international markets. “The groups are also taking aim at industry-backed for- est-standard certification systems, which they say certify destruction of endangered species habitat. Environmental groups tout the Forest Stewardship Council as the only certification system they support. | Local Authors Will Be Here Saturday, April 26 » 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Brenda Silsbe Robert Stanley Abe Bourdan Yvonne Moen Terrace Regional Historical Society Terrace Writer's Gultd And Many More! tiver Books | SNDS is offering assistance for youth to participate in sports, recreation and fine arts in Urban Terrace. “Our objective is to provide opportunities for mental, physical, emotional and spiritual (life balance) growth of Aboriginal youth.” FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ARNIE (250) 635-6044 Or Toll Free: 4-800-721-1633 THIS PROGRAM RUNS ON A YEAR-ROUND BASIS T's OFF to Fort St. John in May for Terrace deputy fire chief Fred Burrows. He'll be that city department's deputy chief. Burrows arrived in Terrace in 1994 - to work at the airport's fire department and moved on over to the city in 1997. , Call . & P.O. Box 711 3 : Terrace, B.C. 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