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Library hits
gas price wall

THE LIBRARY doesn’t want to keep paying the art gall-
ery’s share of skyrocketing natural gas costs, says library
board chairman Dave Warner.

The gallery, which occupies the basement of the li-
brary, should be paying for about a quarter of the li-.
brary’s gas bill, he says.

“We simply cannot afford to ignore this inequity any
longer,” Warner said in a letter to city council.

He admits the paliery has no.extra money to contri-
bute to the library’s gas casts, which are expecied to be
$13,000 higher than last year.

He says the board would like the city to give a grant
to the art gallery which would then help cover costs such
as gas, electricity and garbage removal that are now
paid entirely from the library budget. ,

It’s the latest attempt by the library to have the city
increase its budget. ;

The library had sought a $35,000 increase in its bud-
get to $609,300. Council approved a much smaller in-
crease and ordered it to draw from a reserve account in-
stead to pay its gas bills this year.

“We're just looking for ways to help pay for our share
of the increasing cost of utilities,” Warner said.

The library has already doubled overdue fines and
taken other measures to contain costs.

It has also received other help in the form of a $6,500
increase in its annual grant from the province.

But Warner said that’s not enough and if the library
runs out of money to pay gas bills, it may be forced to
reduce costs in other ways.

He said that could involve eating into the acquisitions
budget by buying fewer books, or reducing the library’s
hours by a couple of hours a day.

“We really don’t want lo do that,” Warner added.
“That affects service to the public.”

Students wanted
for essay contest

TERRACE AREA students have'an opportunity to win a
helicopter tour of the area through an essay contest
sponsored by a local committee overseeing the declara-
tion of this city as the province’s forestry capital for
2001. ,

The contest, open to Grades 5 - 7 students, involves
them writing about the importance of forestry to their fa-
mily.

“The essays can be about employment in the forestry
industry, the family’s history in the forest industry, en-
joying the woods or using forest products,” says Peggy
McDougalt who has spearheaded the forestry capital de-
signation for Terrace,

Each essay should not be longer than 500 words and
they should be handed in to teachers no later than April
25, Winning entries will be published in The Terrace
Standard’s national forest week supplement on May 9.

The 30-minute helicopter tour is being provided by

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SPRING BREAK meant putting up more firewood for one local family. Queens-
way resident Jim Cutler and his son took advantage of some timber that had
been fallen along Queensway Dr. to protect the power line right of way there.
They spent a good part of the cay bucking it up for firewood. Although many
natural gas users are doing the same thing because of high gas prices, Cutler

isn't.among them. He. says' he never did switch to gas but using his woodstove

Nine-year ald Eddie ran into his big sister's
room in tears. “Deirdre! Mom and Dad are fight:
ing again. Listen.”

“You don’t even try to understand me!”

“That's because you make no sense!”

Deirdra tried to console Eddie. “I'm sure
they'll wark it out."

An hour later, there were no signs of a truce.

“You have to do something, Deirdre,”
pleaded Eddie. “They're gonna kill each other.”

Deirdre thought hard. “Let's try mediation,
like we co at school.”

They poked their heads out the door.

You BE THE JUDGE

BY CLAIRE BERNSTEIN

Will My Parents Ever Grow UP?

BASED ON
ACTUAL COURT
CASES
Deirdre ‘and Eddie svpt
door. Joan lived Just a few blocks away.
Thalr feuding parents didn't even notice.
“"m teaving and I'm taking the kids!”
“I'm sure they'd ratherbe with me!”
“Let's just ask them. Deirdre! Eddie!”
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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 28, 2001 - A3
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News In Brief
Offenders targeted

THE PROVINCIAL government is setting up a sex
offender registry to keep tabs on convicted sex of-
fenders electronically.

Offenders will be required to report regularly to
community corrections registry officers. Location
information will be shared with police and other
law enforcement agencies.

“It enhances our ability to monitar sex offenders
and to investigate sexual assaults and other
crimes, and builds on existing resources,” said Oak
Bay police chief Ben Anderson of the B.C. Asso-
ciation of Chiefs of Police.

A computer-based monitoring system is to be in
place by next January while a secand phase per-
mitting mandatory registration, if need be, should
be in place by the end of 2002.

Workers settle
THE PROVINCIAL government has settled one
potential trouble spot just weeks before an election
is called — more than 30,000 members of the B.C.
Government and Service Employees’ Union have
tatified a three-year collective agreement.

It calls for a wage increase of 70 cents an hour
(equalling 3.2 per cent of the average wage) tlic
first year, 2.5 per cent in the second year and a ,
cast of living adjustment in the third year.

Just over 11,000 workers will get more money
than that as their pay has been judged to have fall-
en behind current market rates.

There are also improved health and welfare
benefits, leave provisions and more rights for aux-
iliary workers, There is also enhanced severance,

Free up that lumber

SKEENA ALLIANCE MP Andy Burton wants the
federal government to back the free trade of soft-
wood Jumber when the softwood treaty between
Canada and the United States ends April 1.

“There is a broad
consensus for a re-
turn to free trade in
softwood lumber,”
said Burton in the
House of Commons
March 22.

The treaty permits
Canadian miils to
export a maximum
amount of lumber to
the United States
without it becoming
subject to a tariff,

American produ-
cers for years have
wanted some kind of
financial charge
placed against Cana-
i) dian mills, saying
they can churn out
lumber cheaper because they are being subsidized. |

Andy Burton

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Deirdre called out tentatively. “Mom,
Dad...maybe we can help you talk if out instead
of fighting,”

“Stay out of this, kids. We're not fighting.
We're just having a discussion."

Suddenly, a plate went flying,

Deirdre grabbed Eddie. “Duck! They're
throwing things.”

_Back [In the room, the kids listened
helplessly.

“You're a pig!”

“You disgust me!”

Eddie slarted crying. “If they split up, what'll
happen to us? Where will we live? Will we have
to choose between them?"

Deirdre tried to be strong. “lll make sure
you're okay, Eddie. Hey, why don't we call aunt
Joan for help?” '

Joan was very understanding. “I'm so sorry
you have to five with that fighting. Come over
whenaver you need some peace.”

After hanging up, Deirdre announced. “Well,
{ need peace right naw. Let's go."

Deirdre’s bed. “Gone to aunt Joan's. Can't
take the fighting.”

The parents looked at each other. “Laak
what wa'va done...we've sent our children
away with our squabbling.”

They sat, deep in thought and full of regret.

But it didn't last.

“Maybe if you didn't get so hysterical...”

“Me? You're the irrational one here..."

The parents split up and continued their
fight in court.

. The mother argued calmly for once. “Your,

Honour, please. give me custody. I'm more
involved in my kids’ lives. | work part time so
I'm available to handie their needs."

The father fought hard. “Give ME custody,
Your Honour. | have to work full time to support

the family but i'm the better parent, She drinks —

a lot."

The mother stood up. “He drinks even
more and he’s a control treak.”

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YOU! BE THE FUDGE - DECISIDN: “Mom gets the kids three weeks out of the month and Dad gets them
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