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On target

WORK IS moving along on the new section of Ottawa St. bet-
ween Lakelse and Greig. That's Ted Bedard holding a survey-
ing slick sc an accurate measurement for placement of curb
and gutter sections can be taken. Next up is paving of the
section.

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TERRACE — The Royal Bank
branch lere has a new manager.

Dave" “Wilson comes to the:

branch here from one in
Sechelt.

Born in B.C., Wilson has
spent 23 years with the Royal
‘Bank on the lower mainland or
on Vancouver Island.

The branch here has the
equivalent of 28 full time
employees.

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A provincial government ef-
fort to make changes to the In-
dustrial Relations Act makes a
visit here April 27.

John Baigent, Vince Ready
and Tom Roper come here as
part of an 1L-coammunity tour.

They were hired by the pro-
vincial government ta assemble
the suggestions.

-If you‘are interested in mak-
ing a presentation-to the com-
mittee, call 638-3272. 0 -*

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Lazelle Mini Storage is ad-
ding to the number of its
storage units.

Continued demand is respon-

sible for the construction of 44

units on top of the 126 already
there now, says co-owner Kathy
Gration,

The addition is being done us-

ing tilt up walls. These are con- .

crete, are poured on site and
then raised into place.

Gration said a‘.completion

date of the beginning of June is
planned.
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Parking meter revenue at the
airport is slowly climbing, says
facility manager Darryl
Laurent.

The two ticket dispensers are
bringing in close to $700 a week,
he says.

That’s much better than was

the case when they were in-

troduced last fall.

Eventually, Laurent wants to
realize $70,000 a year from the
dispensers.

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The affairs of Star Stationery
are being wound up.

The store closed earlier this
year. it’s not expected to re-
open.

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There are some renovations
going on in the B.C. Hydro
building,

The work is to prepare more
office space for the B.C. Forest
Service, already a tenet in the

building, and to get ready for.

new office furniture, says
Hydro official Susan Henyecz,"
‘ "That new furniture comes in
the form of sophisticated work
stations providing adequate
storage space and lighting for
each employee.

The furniture there now will
be sold as a total package, not
piece by piece.

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You are not alone during tax
time. °

Revenue Canada processes
more than 1.8 million returns
each week at the peak of the tax
filing time.

Across the country, Revenue
Canada offices handle more
than 50,000 phone calls a day
during the filing season.

And, more than 13 million
taxpayers receive a refund.
That's about 67 per cent of
those who filed.

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On a typical Canadian work
day, 7.4-million people or 38 per
cent of the population aged 15
and over takes to roads to get to
work, reports Statistics Canada.

Excluding weekends, a full 48
per. cent of the population age
{S and over were commuters.

And on the weekends, 16 per.

cent of the adult population
commuted on a Saturday and 14
per cent on a Sunday.’

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Ex-provincial forests minister
Claude Richmond has a new
job.

He's working with a new
group called the Western En-
vironment and Development
Taskforce which represents the
forest industry and those work-
ing in it.

As such, Richmond is atten-
ding the United Nations Con-
ference on the Environment and
Development in Brazil
June. ..

It'll be one of the few groups

of its kind at the conference. -

this,

Phone hustle returns

Watch out for these guys

TERRACE — A local business
is warning others against deal-
ing with some companies that
offer prizes.

Jackie Rioux of the Terrace
Carpet Doctor said phone calls

she’s been getting lately are’

similar to a bad experience she
suffered last year. —

“‘They all say the same thing:
Congratulations you’re on our
list of prize winners. You've
won a fur coat, a satellite dish,”’
said Rioux.

But the real intent is to get the

local business to give the caller a
credit card number in return for
some kind of merchandise.

“They make it sound so good
— pens, fridge magnets and key
chains,’” said Rioux. ‘‘Often
you don’t get the product or it is
of such inferior quality.””

Last summer, Rioux’s com-
pany spent $400 on pens that
were nowhere near the kind pro-
mised on the phone by the
seller. And, a promise of a prize
of a satellite dish turned into a
request for another $200,

we work at it, we can find a way to
bring stability to our working forests and
protect our priceless environmental heritage.

It will take goodwill at the table. It will take
openness, respect, creativity and patience. And a
process that is fair and balanced.

_ That’s why the government of British
Columbia has set up the Commission on
Resources and Environment — CORE.

Over the next few months CORE will be
asking British Columbians to participate in an’
open public process with specific deadlines for

One of the phone calls last
week informed Rioux. she had
better start packing her bags
because she won a trip ta
Hawaii. ,

“The way they. explain it.
You want'to order'somelhing,”’
said Rioux.

Yet when Rioux told the
ealler she didn’t have a com-
pany credit card, the caller
quickly hung up.

And while Rioux has been
fielding calls, she’s been making
some of her own to. better

businesses bureaus in Van-
couver and Montreal.

Although they say: soliciting.
over the phone -is ‘legal, Rioux
doesn’t want -local : businesses

falling victim to’ what she calls
“credit tard’scams.”: ”

“I you-give. somebody your

_eredit’ card ‘number over. the

phone, it’s hard to reverse it,’’
Those companies most

’ recently phoning Rioux are Ex-

ecutive Advantage International
and Gifting House. They are in
Quebec.

making recommendations about where to log

and what to protect.

CORE is your chance to help shape British
Columbia’s future. Shouldn’t you be involved?
More information on-CORE and the choices
we face is available in a special publication, .
Focus On Resources & Our Environment.”
Watch for it in your mailbox.

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It’s time to find
common ground.

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