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About

What’s up

with airport?
THOSE CURIOUS about
the challenges facing the
airport have a chance to-
morrow ta listen to and
question its manager, Rick
Reed,

Taxes, providing fire
fighting services and the
impact of AirBC pulling
out of Terrace are just
three matters. facing the
Terrace Kitimat Airport
Society which now con-
“trols the facility.

The Junch begins at the
BI Steak and Seafood Grill
at 11:45 a.m. tomorrow,
Call the chamber office at
. 635-2053 to book a space.

- Booths

available

IN CONTRAST to pre-
vious years, there is still
space for rent at the an-
nual chamber trade show
in April.
“Chamber manager Bob-
_ bie Phillips last week said
‘five booth spaces of the 82
available remain unrented.
- “It’s abit unusual,”
said Phillips of the re-
‘maining vacant spots.
The trade show takes

~ “place April 28-30 al the

Terrace arena,
‘Bus guy

transfers

MANAGER OF Terrace’s
Farwest Bus Lines Mike
Docherty has been hired
to run the public bus ser-
vice in Kelowna, B.C.
Beginaing April 1,
Docherty will be in charge
of Kelowna’s bus line,
which includes 45 regular:

buses, 15° HandiDart buses

and 125 emplayces.

“costs for a lot
chighway haulé@ AO Said.

TERRACE STANDARD

USINESS REVIEW

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LOGGING TRUCK drivers
on fixed rate contracts say
they’re being hard hit by
increases in diesel fuel
prices even though costs
here may be lower than
elsewhere in the country,

Diesel has climbed here
from abcut 40 cents per
litre several months ago to
nearly 36 cents.

That’s a nearly 40 per
cent increase in a substan-
tial part of the average
trucker’s overhead.

“The operators are defi-
nitely feeling the pinch,”
said Bill Sauer of the
Northwest Loggers Asso-
ciation,

Fuel typically makes up
about 15 per cent of a re-
gular log hauler’s costs,
and up to 35 per cent of

Niger’ distance

The average truck is fa-

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BROCK RUCHOTZKE fuels up at the Co-op card lock, Diesel price hikes have
added hundreds of dollars to the daily fuel bill for the average rig.

Diesel price hikes
sting local truckers

cing $1,000 more a month
in costs from six months
ago purely because of the
fuel hike, he said.

“It has upped our opera-
ting costs,” Sauer said.

Some operators in other
areas are protected be-
cause. they have a fuel
clause in contracts that
pegs rates to the price of
fuel,

Logging truck drivers
here don’t have that, Sauer
said.

Since the rates logging
truck drivers are paid is
fixed — they haven’t seen
an increase from Skeena
Cellulose since 1996 — any
dramatic fuel cost increase
comes out of an owner-
operator’s wages or a
firm’s profits.

-: Negotiations for new
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have been rocky at times,

YOU BE THE JUDGE

The Dishonest Banker

Jan stared bleakly ot the pile of files on her

BY CLAIRE BERNSTEIN

desk. “This workload is iahumant” she sighed, as
Marilyn stuck her head in the door. “Hi, Jan! |
wish | could be a bank service manager and just
sit around all day. Sign these, will you?”

Jon grabbed her pen. “Hey Marilyn, what do
you say we go far lunch?”

"Sorry. I'm going with Crystal,”

Jon clesed her eyes, fighting back tears. “I
hove no friends. Everything | om, everything | do
feels so pointless.” Jon passed by the corner store
after work, still depressed, She walked in for some
milk. And a little company.

“Hey Jan, care to try your luck al our new
video lottery?”

“I'm aol big on lotteries, Phil.”

“Two bucks gives you a shol at 3.2 million...”

“No, really....then again. 3.2 million? Maybe
just one try.” Jan lost. But it felt goad to play,

“Better luck next time, Jan.”

“No way, Phill” Bul Jan was back ihe next
day. "Maybe just one more Iry. Is itso bad to want
to Reel good, if just far a moment?”

. Seon, Jan was playing the lottery every day.
Then twice a day, And losing every time.

“My luck will change, | know it.” But Jan was
out of conirol, The gambling rush was addictive.

A few months loler, Jon was out of cash.
Then she went through all of her credit cards. Jan’s
mind raced in desperation. “There’s so much
money here in the bank Who's gaing to nolice
i a

Jan went to the bank's computer. With furtive
glonces at the door, she quickly did the unthink-

BASED ON
ACTUAL COURT
CASES

able, “Mrs. Heller hasn't touched her mutual
funds in Wwo years. She'll never miss o measly
$100.” Jan gambled away the $100, But it was-
n't enough.

She kept.laking from the bank. $110,000
over 18 months, Jan stole $54,000 in the last
month alone.

When the bonk finally discovered the miss-
ing cash, Jan admitled everything. She pleaded
guilty to embezzlement. The judge gave her an
18 month conditional sentence ta be served in
the community. “| order you to stop gambling,
get treatment and perform community service.
You must also have « job or pursue studies. And
start paying the money back to the bank.”

The Crown appected the sentence. “It’s too
lenient, Your Honour, The Courts always send
serious embozzlers to jail unless there are trul
exceptional circumstances. Besides, Jan will
never be able to pay the money back.”

Jon pleaded for mercy. "Your Honour, |
hove a severe gambling adclictian ond serious
psychological problems. | have no prior criminal
record and | co-operated fully after | was caught.
I'm sa sorry about this. And I'm Irying to pay
back the money, Please don’t send me to jaill’”

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Then look below for the decision.

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YOU! BE THE JUDGE - DECISION

“Nine months imprisonment!" Judge Henry ruled. “Jan betrayed her position of ust. Her actions
were planned and sophisticated, involving numerous accounts. She knew her actions were wrong. Her
sentence just also act as a deterrent. I’m giving a relatively short jall term because Jan is trying hard to
make restitution and she has been diligently obeying her original canditional sentence for nine months
alreacly,"" a
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from the province of Alberta, If you have a similar problem, please contact Wright & Mardiros. Claire
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Re/Max of Terrace wishes to congratulate the only four realtors in
Terrace to receive an MLS award for 1999, John Evans, Sheila Love,
Suzanne Gleason and Gordie Olson were among 66 realtors who
were honored by the BC Northern Real Estate Board at the annual
particularly last summer general meeting held in Prince George on March 10th, 2000. Only
when SCI tried but failed the top 16% of the membership qualified for this award.

to simply impose a rate re re

decrease on the truckers.

As difficult as the fuel
increases have been, it
could get a lot worse,

Sauer says Terrace ap-
pears to have the cheapest
fuel in the province right
now,

That’s apparently be-
cause a string of new gas
stations opening up here in
recent years have tured
Terrace into a strongly
competitive market.

Sauer said he’s told
that’s held gas and diesel
here well below the prices
many other part of the pro-
vince are experincing.

If that ends suddenly,
he said, diesel could shoot
up four or five more cents
a litre atid regular gasoline’
could rise even more,

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T31-LUNG of 1-B00-465-LUNG

Terrace Little Theatre

in association with

ECCW/NWA

At the Terrace Arena

3320 Kalum Street, Terrace, BC
Saturday, April 15, 2000

Bell Time - 8:00 p.m.

Featuring

-ECCW Heavyweight Title Match
Greg “The Hammer” Valentine

Former WWF Intercontinental Champion x =e
VS
Juggernaut “eg 4
ECCW Heavyweight Champion M4 ‘oy a

Also featuring

HARDCORE TITLE MATCH
Gorgeous Michelle Starr (Champion) ys Leatherface

NWA WORLD JUNIOR TITLE
“Tornado” Tony Kozina (Champion) vs Disco Fury
and —

“Mr Showtime” Chance Beckett vs Spyder

Ticket are available at

UNIGLOBE COURTESY TRAVEL

4718A Lazelle Avenue, Terrace, B.C.
Advance Tickets: $12.00 Tickets at Door: $15.00

See eee UR ea a ee a ee

2 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO BE GIVEN AWAY |
b NAM Entry forms to be handed in al The Terrace Standard, 3210 Clinton Si, |
E .
Contest closes 5:00 pm
ADDRESS April 10, 2000. Win
| PHONE will ba noted. ‘
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