Government
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Construction

AT LASTI Building comittee chairman George Clark (right) and
other library board members had reason to smile last week when
they received official confirmation from Skeena MLA Helmut
Giesbrecht (left) of a $200,000 BC 21 grant. That approval was

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the signal for work to begin on the long-awaited project. Clark
paid tribute to library staff who he pointed out had put up with far
from perfect working conditions including leaks and even sec-
tions of the ceiling falling down,

Library board ponders ways
to raise share of project cost

APPROXIMATELY $10,000 per
board member.

That's how much money the li-
brary board has to raise over the
next two years to meet its end of
ihe-expansion project.

When. it. became: clear the
provincial government was not
going to come up will the: full
$583,000 BC 21 grant applied
for, the © elly, ” Kitimat-Stikine
regional district and board struck
a deal to cover the shortfall,

That required the board to raise
$87,000 cither in cash or kind.
The. latter could include getting
materials..that are. currently in-
cluded in
donated or discounted.

the contraci price .

Librarian Ed Curell said the
board met last Thursday to start
working on ideas to meet its obli-
gation.

Suggestions ranged from hav-
ing a donation box in the library
to running a bingo to an adopt-a-
book program.

Curell said the latter had been
used successfully by other librar-
ies including Kitimat.

Although he had yet to check
the details, he understood the pro-
gram involved producing a list of
books purchased and their cost.

Library patrons then made a
donation to cover the cost of a

specific. book on thatlish. 0. wu...

Their support would be recag-

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would love to have. Everything from pens sets
to personal and business computers.

nized by having their name
stamped inside the book.

The board would also be look-
ing into what grants mighi be
available from various founda-
tions.

And it would be making direct
appeals to local businesses and
corporations for either cash or
donations of materials.

Another possibility is bringing
in high-profile authors as guest
speakers at a money-raising
event.

‘We're just at the infant

stage,”’ Curell said, adding the

details would be finalized at fu-

ture meetings. : a
Meanwhile, with Skeena MLA

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Helmut Giesbrecht having last
week officially confirmed the
$200,000 BC 21 grant, work has
begun on the project.

City administrator Bob Hallsor
said the approximately $1.5 mil-
lion contract has now been signed
with general contractor Wayne
Watson Construction of Prince
George.

The tentative completion date is
Nov. 30 this year but Hallsor sug-
gested it might come in earlier
than thai.

As for the task facing the li-
brary board, he noted the $87,000
figure looked less intimidating if

spread over the library’s member- |

ship of more than 10,000,

News In Brief

Rights being reviewed

THE PROVINCIAL government's human rights adviser is coming:
to Terrace June 22 as part of a provincial tour.

UBC law professor Bill Black was hired by the government to
gather comment which could lead to changes in provincial human
rights legislation.

“The goal is not to propose reforms that look good on paper, but
to make sure the system works in practice,’ said Black at the time
of his hiring.

The June 22 meeting takes place from 7-9 p.m. in Room 213 of
the main administration building at Northwest Community College.

Those in attendance are encouraged to be their opinions on what
is right and what is wrong with the current human rights legislatlon.

Aid to Rwanada needed

LOCAL MEMBERS of World Vision Canada, an international
Christian relic£ agency, are joining in a campaign to raise money for
refugees from Rwanda. ;

World Vision is one of the organizations seeking to help hundreds
of thousands of people who have fled to neighbouring countries to
avoid the civil war in Rwanada. It has people in refugee camps in
(hose neighbouring countries.

World Vision notes that a $20 gift will provide three blankets, $40
will supply five cooking pots and $60 will help to build emergency
shelter,

The B.C. address for World Vision Canada is 12-3318 Oak Street,
Victoria, B.C, V8X 1R1. Donations can be made by cheque or Visa
and Mastereard. The toll-free number is 1-800-268-1650.

Air tickets unclaimed

THE TERRACE-KITIMAT Airshow Society will ask Air B.C.
what if wants to do with two unclaimed tickets donated by the com-.
pany for the society’s May 3 airshow.

There were two draws, one for each ticket, the evening of the.air-
show but atlempts to locate the winners have been unsucessfui, says
society member Andrew Webber.

“We'll be contacting Air B.C. to see what they want to do. It may
be that we can raffle the tickets off and use the moncy for the next
airshow,” said Webber,

The airshow was the first in 20 years, drawing more than 6,000
people to see a number of acts, including the armed forces’ Snow-
birds.

Pub plan goes to a vote

A PROPOSED 20-seat outdoor patio at the Thornhill Neighbour-
hood Pub will have to gain the support of area residents.

Kitimat-Stikine regional district directors decided May 28 to re-
quire a poll of the pub’s neighbours to determine whether the idea is
acceptable. .

The Thornhill Advisory Planning Commission had recommended,
the regional district approve the idea with no objections, provided a
25-foot setback from the road is maintained and the fence surround-
ing the patio be bolstered.

The patio would be locaied on the north side of the building.

A referendum held when the pub was originally built showed 69 |
per cent of voters were in favour of the pub’s construction. A 60 per
cent vote was required.

With 31 per cent opposed at that time, regional district directors.
felt more residents might oppose, an additional patio development.

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BUFFET
Sunday, June 19

The Terrace Inn is
giving a Portable
Dual Cassette
Player

to one lucky Dad.
Draw to be held June 19.

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635-6630