‘The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 1, 1993 - Page AS

_ Buses get a smooth
ride from residents

The local bus system may not
be. used’ by most residents, but
. those who do are generally happy

with iy >

_ ‘Those are the findings of a sur-
“vey being carried out by Farwest

“Bus Lines; the company deliver-
“ing the service, :

oi bom iga “Buck “has been knacking |." <->
on doors’since the beginning of -

- July’ finding out who’ rides © the

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End Of Summer
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ing more bus shelters. :
The survey. has also revealed Putters -
~ the unpopularily of the system’s . 9
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Esti er peeson EEREE Steves
never they see it,
“ne vehicle is almost emply. uissatestansenractresseens 2090 OFf Z purchase over $100

Concerned. their tax dollars are
being spent on a barely uscd bus,
“they would prefer to see smaller

“ones being fully utilized.
'_ However, she points out, a bus
“that size is necessary to handle
the number of secondary school
students living on the south side
- and the bench who attend Skeena
Jr, and Caledonia Sr. Secondary.

- schools,

Although the majority of resi-
dents use their own vehicles to
_ .get around, Buck found there are
those, especially college students,
for whom the buses are the. only

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; SURVEY SAYS! Lisa Buck (above) has spent the past two

- means of transport. "months going house-to-house throughout Terrace and Thomhill

_ ~ They were also the group which asking people what they think of the local bus service. Despite
had most often expressed adesire same criticisms and suggestions for improvements, she says ee

_ forevening services.; people on the whole were positive in their comments.

- © Universally popular with those
“who use it was the HandiDart

~ vehicle. That. offers a door-to-

_ © door service for registered seniors a
* and the disabled. , ns

~ Buck “points: out that even the

- temporarily disabled -- people
“with a broken leg for example --
“gan book the service if their doc- —

; torconfirms theneed.
a -Once the survey-has.been com-_ 3
"© pleted, likély within:the next few - 9
. days, the hundreds upon hundreds
--of responses will be handed over
to B.C, Transit" ;
‘In her travels all over Thomhill
and Terrace, Buck says she found -
“people were pleased they were
* being asked for their opinion.
In fact, where residents had
been out. when she toured their. :
| “area, they had phoned Farwest to
‘make sure their voice was heard.
Buck said she’d enjoyed doing
“the ‘survey, adding some people
_ had even invited her in for coffee
~and'cookies!

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Bee : TERRACE — Just under
Pos $150,000 in penalties for wrongly
“2. eollecting unemployment insur-

ance in the northwest were as-

~. sessed for the three. months
~~ ending June 30,, - Dye

“The amount, compared to the

$43.2, million in total payments
"for the period, is about standard, Jf
: says-Canada Employment Centre
“investigator Sherlyn Thomas.

- Also found were overpayments
"of $242,000,°

‘The area. covered takes in ©

Kitimat, Houston, _. Smithers,

- .. Hazelton, Granisle and Stewart.

“. Thomas~ said most of what is
” uncovered comes from matching ..
of various computer methods.

' Those found deliberately com- - f
” mitting fraud pay 100, per cent of
the amount for: the first offence,

200 per cent. of the second and
~- 300 per cent for the third offence.
Serious ‘casts can“ result in

. erlminal prosecution. .
"Thomas said most - overpay- —

"ments are the result of unintended
“enon. ee
' “She added that people. ‘who’ ”

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~ voluntarily’ come: forward. will. J.

. have to repay ‘but won't face. P N
penalties or prosecution. © ot Sas si
“Neatly $1.5 million in, tnom- aa | . eI ( ars
ployment insurance overpay: ee : ey eee
ments and penalties were 72> 9] CLOSED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER6 “= LEBEN

corded in the year ending March
” ee “WE RESERVE THE RIGHT Prices in effect

seme | “Se YWeoolw onthn Thursday Sept. 2 to

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Anonymous’ letters and phone. | Sonny HO Rain CHECKS Sunday Sept. 5

. calls also. provide: tips suspected.
fraud and abute-cases