“cia kat

Hot Saturday for
local firefighters

_- June 3 was a hectic day for
_. Terrace firefighters, who put

‘ out four fires and answered |
two false alarms.. -

Arson has been determined
as the cause of a fire that in-
flicted about $1,000 damage to.
a vacant house at 3315 Sparks
‘St. at 8 a.m. Assistant fire
chief Per Halvorsen said three

separate fires in the interior of
the building were lit with

matches. The investigation is
now in the hands of the
RCMP.

Firefighters were also called
out to extinguish a minor kitch-
en fire at 4832 Scott Ave. and

_two separate bush fires in the

Agar Park area,

Two false alarms were turned
in, one of those being at the

R.E.M. Lee Theatre.

~ UBC president to
address Cal grads |

The’ latest information from
Caledonia Senior Secondary
School. indicates that the
Graduating. Class of 1989 may

equal or possibly even surpass:
the performance of the Class of |

"88. To date, the. following
students have been offered en-
trance scholarships: Jeff Tup-
per, a Dean’s Scholarship for
$9,000 and a Canada Scholar-

7 ship of $8,000 for a total of
$17,000 .from Simor Fraser

~ University, or, a $12,000 UBC

Scholarship and a Canada —

Scholarship of $8,000 for a total
. of $20,000 from the University
of B.C,;
$12,500 T.S.
_ Scholarship from the University
_ of Victoria; Chloe Asti-Rose, a
$9,000 Déan’s Scholarship from
’ Simon Fraser University; and

Tina Thomas and Nina Parr -
who have each been offered

$1,500 Entrance Scholarships by
the University of Victoria.

* Caledonia also reports that.

final arrangements have been
. made for Graduation exercises.
The official Grad 89 sign paint-
ing took place in front of the
school at noon yesterday and
that event was also the official
_ beginning of an awareness cam-
paign against drinking and driv-
ing — several | graduating
students posed beside a wrecked
car placed there by ICBC.

Tomorrow at noon the Grads

will hear RCMP Constable

Ewen Harvie describe the virtues

of a safe and happy graduation
— free from graffiti, accident or
death,

The big night, Graduation
1989, will take place in the

R.E .M. Lee Theatre on the eve-
ning of June 23. UBC President,
_Dr. David Strangway, will be the -

main speaker of the evening.

Janet Lennox, a
é¢Pherson

- Legislative Library,
Parliament Buildings,
: Victoria, B.C.
V8ViX4

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989

Vol. 5, Issue No. 23

Phone 635-7840.
Fax 635-7269.

RCMP suspect arson In a set of fires that broke out in this vacant house at 3315 Sparks St.
shortly aftet 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Terrace firefighters were on the scene guickly and
damage was held to a minimum.

lee comer hort

There’s a lot more coming, but here Dr,
R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation secretary
Norm Carelius displays some of the celebrity
items they have received to date for their
Celebrity Auction which takes place on June
24: an autographed campaign poster from
Ed Broadbent, an autographed photo of
Bob Hope, a John Turner scarf from John
Turner himself, and a tie from Prime
Minister Brian Mulroney with a letter verify-
ing its origin.
~ Since this picture was taken, Carelius has
received a phone call from Vancouver

businessman Jimmy Pattison, who was in
New York on his way to London at the time,

-and the former Expo ’86 chairman will be

sending an autographed copy of the Expo
'86 souvenir publication. Local donations
are starting to appear as well — Spee Dee
Printers has donated an executive brief case
and Hazelton artist, Bill Visserman, one of
his original water colors,

Tickets for the Celebrity Auction are
available at the Inn of the West and the Mills
Memorial Hospital administration office.

EXTREME
HAZARD

Restrictions could be placed
on public access and camping in
local forests ifthe recent streak
of hot, dry weather continues.

Erle Holt, fire protection offi-
cer for the Kalum District office
of the B.C. Forest Service in
Terrace, said yesterday that in-
dustrial operations like logging
will be confined to early-shift
work — dawn to 1:30 p.m. —
until the fire danger moderates.

The fire hazard throughout
the Kalum District is rated as
high to extreme, and Holt says
it’s been a demanding season for
protection so far. The district
has recorded 32 blazes since
April 15; last year there were 35
for the entire season.

With one exception, Holt
said, the fires have been small
and easily controlled. The larg-
est blaze is currently being bat-
tled by a crew of 50-60 fire-
fighters at Ritchie Creek in the
Bell-Irving River vailey at the
north end of the district. Holt
says it’s a stubborn fire that’s
“spotty and all over the place”.

In the Prince Rupert Forest
Region 75 fires have burned 729-
hectares of forest so far this
year. In the corresponding peri-
od of 1988, 31 fires had been
reported over an area of 353
hectares. —

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