n: what from the church thig spring; bit”
. Jorganizers ‘ Phi last location that. fell through because: jt :
‘available, the Food for The couldn't be ‘guaranteed it would
; 45 have the space five days i a week,
‘Kingadded, _ The church is ‘donating ‘the

Scheduled to. operas ome | use’ of its -facillties’ for a: two-
. “daysto’ Fridays, «the. ‘Ukdtehén month trial and won't be asking
: opens at 8 a.m. and closes at"1° for any-rent. And. the Kermode
putt, The Jast hour is Teserved _ Friendship Centre’, has” offered
. for adults: once all students, han assistance ly
~; been feds So ‘ Financing
5 antiepovetty society ‘but’ it- will
also. fonrte okie for business and

medicine:"*; and King in noting
that: children‘ who : don’t. have

_ to learn,

at many: 8S
100 when ‘a: day: wil use’ the -

“miunity’s young peop

the mphaiis:will bé
“SMe. “like _preve

bat eee

a ee eee

mei

* Slates

(; i Stewart if
and salt ecaine oh

eats" vin, “its” Sack
je have been known’ to
“sacrifice a few Jéws.'" °°”
“Buchs = the publisher’ ‘ofthe ff
“Stewart: ‘Signal Newspaper. —: ff
Teceived the note Oct, 28: Fuchs
and her. husband are Jewish,

Miller had béen invoived ina” :
_. dispute with F Fuchs, who refused
0 include his chutch In. th:

; wh threat.to ae .
rio injury to Felici- ~
: "additional

enough food can't be. expected

first, on. establishing’ the,

kitchen’ 5 -sredivis? ag. needed

part of the commutttt

school hot: lunch | Programs, -.

Yet King acknowledged that
given the state of the _govern-
ment’s: finances, it might be a
year.or.so before money comes

available, . .

. dates back. to when a: ‘soup kit-
early 1980s. ee

TERRACE —The city has
come down with an amended
budget which shows its ac-
, cumulated surplus is once:
“again going to grow this year, :
_.: The original 1991 budget,
. brought down in. May, called
+ for the.city to usé just under’
” $100,000 of the’ surplus _ ace.
: cumulated in recent-years. ~
_ Although substantial, that’
figure was less than a sixth of
the $651,000 the city stashed
away at the end.of 1990.
- ” But the revised budget.— it

takes. account: of : actual

“Tevenues and ‘expenditures to
date and projections ‘to the
“year end — shows the city,
won't have to use ; any of its

sprplus..
2 Iafste dit

cumulated surplus “ nearly.

|. $750,000:

The city has also: ‘been able
to transfer $32, 000 more than.
planned into its general capital
fund. :

Orie reasa is: ‘that the city
has spent less'than anticipated, :

Although: expenditures on-
general administration are
projected to come. in: (523,000

i) ates “ap-
Proaching the ‘provincial
government for. financial help
as.@ follow up. to’ ‘statements
already made about instituting

The name Food for Thought

chen operated i in Terrace 4 in the

580, ‘000, chaklag thé” and

jet surplus —

The > public works
department. will spend
$77,000. less than an-
ticipated, RCMP costs
are down $52,000 and

- Barbage collection and
disposal showed’ a
‘$20,000 saving.

, over budget, that j is more than .
Offset by savings elsewhere.
The Public works ~ depast-
ment will. spend $77,000 less
than anticipated, RCMP casts
: $52,000, garbage
collection ‘and disposal showed —
a $20,000. : ‘saving and ‘the
_Fecreation, department costs |
_ were: down $17,000,_..:.. aks
‘Engineering ‘director’ “Stew”
“Christensen said the change in
the public works department
figure reflected reduced expen-
ditures - in . its _maintenance

savings came from the pave-
“ment patching portion ofthe
budget because of the difficul-
ty’ the city ‘had in obtaining
asphalt this year.

TERRACE _ ‘Cigarettes for
$25 a carton?
If the offer sounds too good

to be true, that’s because it pro-

’ bably is. . ;
Chuck Hart — who operates
Border Bandit Sporting Goods,

out of Hyder, Alaska — cis
advertising the deal with a

poster in at least one Terrace.

bar.
It Says: “Canadian tobacco

north... No tax and further dis-
counts for quantity buyers.” - -
But one Revenue - Canada

may get a surprise when they
order their $25-a-carton cigs.
Prince Rupert customs

g- superintendent Larry Enders

Chea per smokes
offer to good |
to be believed -

says if Hart. is mailing the
cigarettes from Hyder, they're
automatically. processed

through Canadian customs.

“The package would arrive
‘with a customs bill attached for
all the duty ‘and. taxes ap-
plicable,” he said. “So it's pro-
bably not the bargain it would

- appear to be.”’

He said roughly $25 in duties

» and taxes would be charged, br-
cheaper than anyone in the ‘i

inging the real cost of Hart's

“egarette cartons to nearly $50.
“* Hart bas so far refused re-
‘quests for aninterview.
customs officer says customers

A similar. offer was floated

last spring when a Bellingham
‘ company tried to advertise mail-

order cigarettes in the northwest
for $30 a carton.

- tions.
budget... . a i, ‘
' He explained most of the

For example, ‘several. large
patching jobs had to.be aban-,
doned because the. pay ra
company contracted by the cis;
ty had been too busy to o Bet te to
them. . os ol

The RCMP’ savings . ‘result
from council having put aside
more money in anticipation of.
a change ‘in the cost-sharing
formula with. ‘the Federal
‘government.

~ Oteawa's ‘original demiands
would have seen the, city’s.
share of policing costs increase
significantly, But ‘the: federal’
government: “eventually.

_Telented and agreed'to no cost
. increase: for the current year, .

On ‘the revenue: ‘side, the

leat where: the. ‘final.
~ figure::-is.- expected. to be
_ $48,000 below. * original projec;

brought in: "$16, 500 less than’
expected while penalty and in-
terest revenue from late pay-
ment of taxes was $12,000
below projections.

The city will pull-i in $25,000
more than expected on its in-.
vestments and an extra
$31,000 from the province and
regional district, It also. drew
$77,000 from its land acquisi-
tion fund which was not in thie
original budget. ees