Aner ee ih oe Bie, ie Se Bie ee ee ae a ee er ' ae ve a i i a a ie a Page Al0 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 16, 1990 ‘Nuclear medicine contract given TERRACE — Construction of a nuclear medicine facility at Mills. Memorial Hospital will start as soon as possible now _ that a contract has been let, says its administrator, Construction had been . postponed because a first set of bids came in over what had been budgeted, said. Michael Leis- inger. | He said the mechanical. por- tion of the construction work was then: retendered with new prices coming in below the $300,000 that had been set. aside. First bids were $30,000 over that amount. _ The. completed centre is to of- fer advanced testing using radioactive isotopes to detect il- iness and growths, and conduct brain and lung scans. The nor- thwest is the only region of the province not to have such a facility. _ It'll be located within the hospital by moving some other services around and by tenovating floor space. “Ideally we'd like to be open the first week of July. Whether that's’ realistic or not given delivery of equipment and other factors, we don't know. It’s a date we're working toward,’ said Leisinger. When completed around $500,000 ‘worth of equipment . will be put in place. Seaward Construction of Sur- rey is the contractor, The same company built the extension at the swimming pool. Robbers sought TERRACE — Police across the Northwest are on the lookout for armed robbers who struck at the Northern Motor Inn in the early morning hours last Friday. Two masked men entered the hotel’s office, pulled out a firearm and tied up the night clerk before fleeing with less than $500, Terrace RCMP Cpl. Don Woodhouse said. “They were after more, but that was all they could get,” Woodhouse added. Roadblocks were set up across northwestern B.C., he said, and alihough no suspects were caught, police are follow- ing a number of leads. He described the two as young adult white males, He said investigators have virtually no description and no lab or fingerprint evidence to go on, “We have no getaway vehicle or description or anything. We don't have a suspect."’ There were no injuries or shots fired, and the clerk was able to get free after a short time. The incident happened just before 3. a.m. May 11. “There were no witnesses, but there were a couple of suspicious vehicles in the area,” _ Woodhouse said. Impaired numbers TERRACE — Terrace RCMP checked more than 2,700 vehicles in during their three- week-long . Spring Counterat- tack road blitz. Thirteen drivers were charged with ‘impaired driving during the April 13 to May 4 campaign against drinking and driving. RCMP said another 15 drivers were. issued 24-hour | suspen- sions; A total of 264 written warn- ings. were handed out for a variety of vehicle infractions, police. said, and 728 charges — were: laid: for various motor vehicle offences. » During the Counterattack period; 19 people died’ in two separate: atal collisions, and eight were. injured. 1 Bucktell BC/ NO falnchecks will be BEDDING PLANTS “ANNUALS & VEGETABLES FLOWERING HANGING BASKETS PORKY PINE PEAT POTTING SOIL. Reg. 14.99 4.00 - . :