g Finally found a home “cTERRACE'S EMERGENCY SHELTER opens this week at ' 2814 Hall St, the former location of the K'san House shelter For: women. The shelter is operated by the K’san House Society. Pictured are the support workers who will work there: Paul MacKenzie, Monica Rauter, David Haizimsque, Leila Burton, Jim Pushie, Ron Young and Roy Attrill. MOTORISTS THROUGHOUT the city are getting pink-slipped ag part of the city’s snow plowing policy. ‘And. it’s also resulted in 10 ‘vehicles being towed after the first snow fall of the scason. Notices are, being placed under windshield wipers of vehicles parked on city streets telling owners it can be towed if it inler- feres with: raftic™ safety - or with snow clearing. ‘Winter: - parking. restrictions prohibit: leaving vehicles on any and all city streets any hour of the day. "We don't want to tow people “away,’’ city engincering director Stew Christensen said. City will tow While crews will try to be as co-operative as possible, Christensen said the time factor made it impossible for them to knock on every door and ask people to move their vehicle, “While he’s doing that, his ma- chine is not running down the street clearing snow,” Christensen said of equipment operators. ‘The city’s snow flect consists of one grader, a couple of loaders, two. sanding and one salt truck equipped with belly ploughs and two sidewalk machines. Christensen said a loader will be -leased to carry out an experi- mental snow clearing method in your vehicle plained, adding other city’s had used the method and been pleased with the results. “We'll test it this year and sce if it improves things,’’ he said. As for the priority list followed by snow clearing crews, he said the first targets were the hills ta the main bench and = mini- benches. Those done, the hospital, schools and bus routes would be next followed by the city’s main feeder streets, then the downtown core, Only then do they tum their at- tention to residential, streets with cul-de-sacs and alleys coming bottom of the list. night and 8 a.m. kkk kk Residents clearing their paths and driveways should remember lo throw the snow in their own yards. Engineering direclor Stew Christensen noted city by-laws prohibit pushing the snow on to the streel. Thal’s caused problems for drivers before. Christensen said some homeowners have pushed snow right across the street, creating a problem for those living opposite. “Some people don’t know when to stop,’”’ Christensen said, adding, ‘‘they might have @ very large driveway.” ' He also'réniinded the-owners: of” The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 22, 1993 - AS Hamper, goody bag information NEARLY A month of work concludes today and tomor- row with the distribution of hundreds of Christmas food hampers by the Salvation Amy. The completed hampers fill a large room at 4545 Lazelle Ave. that’s serving as the Salvation Army’s headquarters for the season. Bach contains enough food — including a turkey — for a Christmas meal. The time for picking up the hampers is 10 a.m. to 4 pm, each day, says Salva- tion Army Lieutenant Norm Hamelin. Each hamper also contains presents for chiidren and are matched with applications taken over the past three wecks, Hamelin said the Army had received more than 350 applications as of last Friday - afternoon. : That number includes more than 60 applications from single people. Those singles that wish to will be the Army’s guests at a Christmas Day dinner be- ginning 2 p.m. at the Ter- mace Inn. Those there will also get a hamper, “Tt won't have a turkey. It’s like a regular hamper, seeing as how we're taking the place of the food bank for this month,’ said Hamelin of the singles hampers, Single people not going to the dinner can pick up their hampers today and tomior- iow, Any food left over will be used to bolster the Terrace Churches . Food Bank’s stockpile for the January distribution period. And some will be kept in ‘jeserve for emergency use by the Army year round. “We hope people will come and pick up their ‘If not we can deliver,”” He said cash donations to help finance the hampers are coming in at a good pace, Based on that, Hamelin adds that the “goal of $27,000 for hampers should be reached, “The kettle activity doesn’t pick up until the lat- ter stages. There’s been a good response to the mail appeal,’’ Hamelin added. He said the effort this year has been aided by volunteers who have been taking. applications and wrapping presents. Schools, community groups and others have also ‘gathered food for the Army’s annual hamper campai. Kk kkk THE GOLDEN Rule Society has a new location for its Christmas goody bags. They will be handed out from @ building right beside the main school district of- fice on Kenney St The building contains the school district's special ser- vices programs. As in past years, the dis- tribution takes place Dec. 2A. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You should bring iden- tification. Before, the goody bags have been handed out from the annex to the alternate school on Lazelle Ave. kkk kk AND THER#’S still time to pick up a Special Edition Christmas Button at the Skeena Mall. You can get one for making a donation of a non- perishable food time to the Terrace - Churches Food Bank. The food can be dropped off ai the Skeena Mall’s business office. Buttons can be redeemed - at a Skeena Mall promotion the downjown core. Windrows built up in. the mid- mth .. being. pipet “dle of the down wntawa “stegels ate § hampers,” said Hamelin. © YF in January. 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