The Terrace Slander, Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - AB
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MLA hails CN Rail deal

THE: APPROVAL of: the province’ s deal to sell: BC 5 ee
-Rail's. operations to CN Rail is being applauded. is, .
one that-will transform thé north..: poe
- Regulator’. with: the -federal Competition Bureau ae
gave” the. final. vokay to the: billion- dollar deal. Fri- _
day. ‘ 7 os
~Skeena MEA’ Roger. “Harris said’ it. will translate.
_ into’ $32: million’ worth: of: investment to. help start ay.
container port'at-Prince’Rupert. *: . ot
~~ That includes ‘$15. million (CN: is‘ to spend xe
-panding tunnels ‘and. improving: il acceéss lines, he’ -
said, and’ $17 million’ the province has’ earmarked :
© for: work on the container:termiiial... :
““This- is.one of the, key. pieces: of the: puzzle t ta
finally. let:communities right across. the north. rede-
. fine themselves ina’ way that: builds good strong .
. family-based jabs.” Harris said. :

- Thieves raid
_ flower pots

/ Millennium n pathway Neto =

By JENNIFER. LANG - "sponsible for alering: and. oe
a “THIEVES. HAVE. Appear. to . “and, mowing ‘the -lawa. val, a

. Have reached anew low.i in’ these: sites, - originally, cre-.:

i wore oo ated “by. sociely.. volunteers:
“Last week. someone: “who. also. maintain them.
‘stole ‘séveral ‘flowering’ : “Society: ‘président. Chris:
planis: froma planter at ‘the. Hansen: ‘said: the ‘Bridge: :
. Bridgeview. ‘project,--the “view. ‘project: ‘wasn't the’

“Greater. Terrace’ Beautifi- ‘society's only landscaping”
 eation © Society's: project ‘targeted by vandals. .
oa - dancbonping effort. ve over the grads weekend:
“The site, ocated ° at’ ror Several ‘of. the “story. |.
- paltout ‘overlooking ‘the * boards. off the Grand:Trunk
“Old Skeena: Bridge; was |. Pathway: have:-2 ‘also. been mk
ae “also vandalized. someone: vandalized. ; “
"walked: off with. a, shrub:.. "She -said. meéne 2 has

and scrawled cpratic ‘on™ written: graffiti: on a num.”
the benches. * - ober of::the: storyboards, :

‘But it's: the: theft oft a’, which’ ouiline thousands of *
few towering geraniums, ~ years: of local history.” a
_ several ‘large | sun-yellow. /-. Sadly,’one of them’ ‘has TR.
~ marigolds and a:clutch ‘of been entirely. “removed. of
-. dusty “miller, plants’ that! from: ‘its pedestal, "0...
the" ‘nvost shocking... - Hansen said ‘the society.
; The’ culprit. used ‘a ato a still: figuring’ out how: to

> vel: ‘or other gardén imple-": respond: to the recent spate

“ment lo, remove. the. ‘larger: . of. vandalism. :
plans: ‘froma “found,*ce-" “We have. st dents who -

ment. planter . but decided “dome out on our work bees”
“to: leave ‘a ring ‘of. theless = they were: just. disgusted
“Showy. lobelia, plants: sben that’ pedple would do this,”
hing te - “Hansen said. | :
Presumably, whoever: is: -¥We've = got. so, "few.
‘responsible intended. ta _re-. people. to: do! the work this.
- Plant the’ stolen blooms. in “year hs ae oe
his or her own garden Shie urged the coimmun-
“The, planter is one Of ‘ity ‘to help. police “the .
“nearly. 200 circular cement » beabtification : society's
‘containers’ “maintained > ‘hy «landscaping projects, 0",
Mann Enterprises: for: the’, -. “We heed. ‘the, commun. -
City: of Terrace” that. beau “ity's. . support; People. just.
‘tify. ‘downtown. " “need - to: keep . their eyes
St sca sharie,”. compa- “and ears open.”?
J ahy- representative Naranjan ‘Mann,. meanwhile, te.
“Singh: Mann said." -oeently, received: a thank’
=" MT his-is ‘ai new: thing,’ “you: letter ‘from ihe beauti-
he. added. They’ ve. taken fication society for his. ef
“the: dintyeven.!”" forts: no
* He’ 5 asking anyone: who a Hansen. ‘noted vandal-
“may. have ‘seen: something" ism, is an Ongoing problem
oto notify:the RCMP.’ 'for.asmall ‘number of. the -.
:.°. The: flower’ theft ° took - Gity’ s-cement: planters. _-
place: during the: evening “Mr. Mann: said’ Kalum
of Tune'28,. : “ Street. is. the worst. — they ¢
Mann. “also: “wants: “the: just: take’the tops off. the |
~ public to Know’ that: they.-- marigolds." 7 ‘
- should report anything sus-.

~ Quake shakes. region

A POWERFUL. “earthquake. ‘centred in southeast,
; Alaska north. ofthe: Queen Charlotte: Aslands’ was.”
-felt-here last. week.”
The magnitude - 6.1. quake. sirtick at 2:49, a.m,
“June 28... *
“Federal seismlogists said: itwas’ ‘strongly felt on
the northern Queen: Charlotte” Islands, ‘in southeast “[- -
~ Alaska and. in. Stewart, Prince. © Rupert Terrace and:
7 Kitimat. - : ;

- Burglar surrenders”

A MAN turned” himself in, to. police afler‘a: break’ ;
and’ enter from a. residence on the. 4900 block “of
. Walsh ‘Avenue ‘last: month. :
The 19-year-old burglar. entered through: ‘the bale
ony of the-third- “storey apartment. and-stole several iS
: items between 9-a.m. and’6. p am:"on June. 21, ;
“2 The: break-and-enter: victim: recovered: the. stolén :
items from, two different laces. :

Lake. danger sign n-urged :
POLICE AND. other authorities want to erectia sign |
~ warning swimmers -of- treacherous currents. where :-
- Willianis Creek flows in Gruchy' 8. Beach at La- ;
| -kelse Lake. - ey
The: impetus for-a: warning sign’ ‘cathe. following
“the death. June 25 of a T4- year-old, Terrace. boy. wha
~- drowned. al ‘the: location while swimming... i
“He was ‘swimming “10- 15. feet from shore and
"there was -a. heavy current.and ‘he went under," said 7
RCMP: Constable: Kelly: Martin.» ’ Ped .
She said a drop off: at. the! loéatio adds: ta: ‘the
dangerous nature of éurrents there where the waters: |
~ from Williams: ‘Creek flow ‘into. the lake, - - o
The: boy: was. with. other people. but. was, swim." :
~ ming by himself;: Martin said. : -
_ She’s ‘already had conversations with. piovicia!
parks people about a sign... ;
“I'm not, an. expert on ‘the: wording: of: the sign,

“This is- a new. . GREEN- THUMBED thieves, have struck the, flower pots, at the Bridgeview. rest -[. but will try and get the ball rolling,” Martin: .

: : -Picious ‘taking. place at any. ooking the Sh vie TET Os et ane td reat “h added; .
. - f, Greater’ ‘Terrace’ The ve. “spot overlooking the Skeena River an ‘the ‘ald ridgé: That's Naranjan Sing an ie DR rhe bay eteeeeaee U
Beautification «Society's ana ‘the - “aire -"Manii with one of the pots that was. targétéd"As' well, vandals have defaced] fer th. boy ‘S amil y _ $0 suppor putting, Ai “
landscaping projects. i . several of the history. storyboards on the Grand Trunk Millennium Pathway. It “sign at the Poeation, i, a
His: company is re- even,’ ee : has Terrace Beautification Society officials upset. JENNIFER LANG PHOTO — —cmemmemamind

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