Se SN tad TERRACE _ Page Ato ~ -Tarrace Standard Wednesday, ily 17, 1991 Boaters are misusing the VHF radio marine distress: channel, say members of the federal Department of Communications. And other: emergency chan- nels are also being blocked, says ~ Bob = Lukie, ‘the department's _ public affairs officer’ for the B.C./Yukon region. Channel 16 is internationally recognized as a marine distress channel, but Lukie says that it is : often occupied by-.non- emergency calls and: by, unlicenced users. - ‘Pleasure boaters are using it — for: chit-chat, and we've had a’ few incidents where distress | traffic: ‘was.tied up for several minutes,’ he explained. TERRACE. - — The city ‘and school district are calling in out- side help to salve a dispute over whether: portable classrooms meet building code standards, City. “permit - director Bob Lafleur. says: they don’t and therefore won't issue a permit to” install two trailers - at ‘Caledonia Senior Secondary schoal, Fhe school district disagrees. The district’ wants to use the portables for its planned Young Mums program, One would be used:as a classroom for school- age. mothers. while the other would serve as a daycare centre for their children. ‘A city by-law prohibits locating a trailer on any proper- ty unless it is in a designated trailer: park. - Council can, ° however, issue a temporary per- | mit of up to six months if it feels the circumstances warrant, -“Lhave no problem with the program,/’Lafleur told a plan- . They're needed TERRACE — The need for portable classrooms at local schools is inevitable so long as the province’s current set - of rules on new construction re- mains unchanged, says School District 88's secretary-treasurer. Barry. Piersdorff explained the capacity of. any individual school has ta be exceeded by at least 50 students before the education ministry would ap- prove an expansion, The only immediate solution to overcrowding was installa- tion of portable classrooms, he said, Even when the school’s enrol- ment hit that magic number and Victoria gave the go-ahead for expansion, the portables were still needed during the ‘drag time’’ that follows, Piersdorff added. He said the process of getting plans approved, having the pro- ject tendered and construction can take up to two years. The schoal district has three. portables at both Kiti K’shan. and. Uplands Elementary schools and one at E.T. Kenney Primary. . THE POWER IN ENGINEERING. ‘Harry Eberts "Marine radio abuse seen -as worry to government — He added that the situation is worsening as radios become cheaper — they’re under $300 — and. sold: in mail. order catalogues, which do not pro- vide customers with tegulations. Every boat musi have: so- meone on board who -knows when and how to use the ap- propriate calling procedures,. and how to respond to them, he Ze. said. ning and public works commit- tee meeting held two weeks ago. “But I have substantial pro- blems with the health and safety _ concerns,” Maintaining factory-built trailers failed to meet the regulations'set down in the B.C. Building Code, he said they did not conform to snow-load regulations, were unventilated, uninsulated, and, in the event of a fire, ‘‘they’re gone in five minutes.’’ Describing the trailers as “‘deathtraps’’, Lafleur said if he approved their installation and . there was a subsequent fatality, “I’m going to be the one stan- ding in court explaining why [ allowed it,’’ School officials said those criticisms were not valid for the portables used in the district. Maintenance superintendent insisted thé district: portables were built to code, were of:2x4 construction, ~ ; that. information: this. week - The department offers a free course on marine radio- telephone operations through the Department of Communica- tions. inspectors, which has .a field office in Prince Rupert. | ‘Lukie'said the department is also offering a special deal to. fishermen who don” want their df. portable classrooms © had proper insulation; con- formed to snow. load re- quirements and were. equipped with fire and security alarms, Lafleur replied that = schdol district used a code for trailers, and not the more stringent’ B iC, Building Code, : Having been told by commit- tee chairman Ruth Hallock to go away and “sort it out’’, the two sides met again last week only to run into the same pro- blems over interpretation, Therefore, Lafleur said, it had been agreed to ask for ‘‘written clarification” from both the Building Standards branch and the B.C. Architects Institute, Based on their replies, a deci- sion will be made on whether the portables in question con- form to code and, if not, what needs to be done to make them do so. Lafleur said he hoped to have Aas se Kermode Friendship Society Requsteoed with Revenue Conodu as 0 “chatitebie oreeniza tion” E3913 Kelum Surett, Terrace, B.C. ¥8G 2N? Phone 635-4906 01 635-4907 KERMODE’ S ALCOHOL & DRUG PROGRAM IS HOSTING A ONE WEEK WORKSHOP “THE RISING SPIRIT” August 12 - 16, 1991 COST: - Workshop 8:30 - 4: 30, Monday to Thureday Monday. August 12, & Tuesday, August t3 “Tuesday P.M. in the community tent located “THME: Registration at 8.a.m. PLACE: - 8:30 + 2:00 P.M. Friday Upstairs at the Kermode Centre. - “| beside arena SPEAKERS: - Lee Brown, Chief Leonard George The workshop will end with a potluck tunch $150.00 for professionals No cost to elders, students or laypersons | - Deadline for ragistration Is July 26; 1991. 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