’ s Just press f YOUNG JEREMY Vandenbroek isn't sure what to make of Constable Kim Hall taking his fingerprints. Jeremy was just one of many children at the Co-op Saturday taking part in a child identification program, Parents also irmly received a photograph and a booklet in which te record personal Information. They are to be used in case of an emergency involving the child. were local Kinsmen, On hand with the ROMP Woman faces bankruptcy - herself in. However. they could “not consider this” situgtton-so" in" A THORNHILL woman says she’s going into bankruptcy be- cause she can’t afford to pay back UI benefits. Marge Samareo’s troubles be- gan nearly a year ago when she left a job, citing stress from her job and difficulty with a manager. Samarco already had an exist- ing claim and began to receive UI benefits until unemployment offi- _ clals turned down her reasons for leaving and cut her off, Her. reasons weren’t accepted under new rules, They tightened up conditions under which people can voluntarily quit work and reccive benefits. Samarco look the decision to a ihree-member appeal board but it found in favour of the uncmploy- ment insurance commission. “The board was sympathetic to ihe situation the appellant found tolerable as to justify quitting al the time she did,” the board wrote in aJuly 1993 decision. By then the commission determined it had incorrectly paid Samarco just over $1,500 and asked for the money back. That Left Samarca . frustrated, saying the unemployment insur- ance commission was at fault in the first place for paying benefils they then wanted returned, “T followed all the right chan- nels and did what I had to do,’’ said Samarco. ‘‘They should have not paid me, It is their fault and I should not have to repay it.”’ In addition to having to pay back the UI money, Samarce lost her car because she couldn’t keep up the financing payments, Fortunately, Samarco found a job in Thombill within walking distance of her home. «That employer received, al the “end. of Janvary“acletter-from the The boys at Terrace Chrysler are proud to welcome the all new 1995 Neon. So come down today, say hello to Neon, and see whatall the excitement is about! _ The Automobile Of The Year I's the unexpected things that helped induce the editors of “Automobile Magazine” to name the all new 1995 Neon the Automobile of the Year. Things like the Neon stand-out cab-forward design; its numerous safety standards, including driver and front passenger air bags, its generous five- passenger room: and, of course, its sports-car-like handling and its best- unemployment insurance com- mission saying it was taking 20 per cent of Samarco’s net pay to cover the overpayment, "In January they took $197. In February they took $154. With what's icfi, ’'m way below wel- fare levels. I can’t live on that and am just going to have to declare personal bankruptcy. I have to,’ said Samarco last week, Even paying $25 a pay period would be too much, she con- tinued, “Tjust don’t think it’s fair they are doing ihis on my low wage. And I know if it’s happening to me, it’s happening to othcrs,’’ said Samarco. A commission official said Fed- eral privacy regulations prevent discussion of individual cases, But the official did say Samarco can apply to have the 20 per cent -Tepayment schedule reduced to fit ~ “her, financial situation. * mo Tne Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 16, 1994 - Aa News In Brief Provincial budget next week PROVINCIAL TAXPAYERS will sce what Premier Mike Har- court’s promise last week of no new taxes or lax hikes means March 22. That's the date when the provincial government’s budget for the 1994-95 fiscal year is released in the legislature, Harcourt told British Columbians last week that government spending is under control and that the deficit is being cut. But the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is worried that while there might be no more government tax hikes, fees, premiums and trans- fers from government-owned enterprises could go up. Air travellers on the rise MORE PEOPLE flew in and out of the Terrace-Kitimat airport in 1993 than did in 1992, zeports airport manager Darryl Laurent. The 3.8 per cent increase works out to 86,700 people for 1993. “Tt was a bit lower than our projections, but it was still an in- crease which not all airports could claim,’’ said Laurent. The 1993 figure is still a far cry from the record year of 1990 in which 104,600 pcople flew in and out. The airport recently completed a major expansion, giving it the facilities to handle 500 arriving and departing passengers an hour. There are three scheduled airlines flying into the airport — Cana- dian Airlines, Air B.C, and Central Mountain Airlines of Smithers. New food bank home sought THE TERRACE Churches Food Bank is looking fora new home. Tt now uses a former home on Sparks Si, owned by the Evangeli- cal Free Church but that'll be torn down to make room for parking spaces and access. The parking plan is part of a development which has so far resulicd in new premises for the church. Food bank spokesman Terri Elkiw said there is no immediate rush to [cave the building but she does expect the food bank to be in a new location for the fall. The food distribution period this week is the last of ihe season. The food bank closes over the spring and summer months and opens in November for a ncw season. Weather affects landings JANUARY WASN’T the best month for landings by passenger jets at the Terrace-Kitimat airport, indicate airport statistics. Of 200 scheduled landings by Canadian Airlines and Air B.C.’s jets, only 142 took place, That works out to 71 per cent, far below the average of 96 per cent, said airport manager Darryl Laurent. ‘‘It’s pretty poor, even by our standards.”’ February’s weather was much better — of 202 scheduled flights into here, there were 184 landings, That makes for an average of 91 per cent. Highways work to start EXPECT PERIODIC delays for the next six to seven months on two Hwy16 projects in Gitsequecla and just east of the village. One project involves replacing the concrete deck and guard rails of the Kitsegucla River Bridge with a wider deck and a sidewalk fence. Work will also take place on the approaches to the bridge. The second one is the construction of an overpass and pedestrian walkway over the highway to connect the two sides of the village. Highways officials.say most of the, delays will take place from the bridge project because traffic‘will be Yéstficted ‘to single lane, WINDOW COVERINGS Ans K\ \\ \ gyn a \ NN D, W =~ W WE . Horizontals 1-800-665-1657