The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 21, 1998 - Alt “We Work For You” FARK DONARUE INSURANCE AGENCY LTD Is 11 minutes too long? Firefighter issue left hanging “That’s not a great fire response time,’’ he says. ‘If this was within the city limits you, as a taxpayer, wouldn’t accept il.”’ . The City of Terrace has purchased the air- port’s specialized fire trucks from Transport Canada for a nominal fee. But Smith points out there's a big difference between owning the tricks and being able to use them. ‘Right now they're just in storage,”’ he says. “Tt will cost money if we want to keep them their chambers of commerce. Terrace’s economic development officer Ken Veldman says the authority will likely be creat- ed within the next two weeks, The directors’ jab will be to make sure the airport is run efficiently and safely, using money earned from things like landing fees, hanger rentals, and terminal fees. Veldman says the group will likely do some sort of cost-benefit analysis to decide how much fire protection the airport can afford. IT WILL BE up to a new airport authority to decide if 11 minutes is too long to respond to a plane crash, That’s how long it took Terrace and Thornhill firefighters to get to the airport last week on a practice drill, The municipal firefighters are now the only ones Who wiil respond to a crash or fire at the airport. The four firefighters who used to work - there are gone — the federal government last Employee Benefits Representatives Frank Donahue Frank Donahue - Broker __month declared them unnecessary. It’s all part _ fueled and maintained.” “That could range from having four full-time Paula Peinsznski - BBA of the Canadian government's plan to get out of Smith also says he would like to see money _ firemen lo nothing,”’ he says. ; the airport business entirely. available to train Terrace firefighters to use the Another option will be to pay the city lo have A ‘ \ Terrace fire chief Randy Smith says the specialized airport equipment. a couple of its firefighters drive up to the airport s , response time was quicker than the expected 15 Waether or not that happens win ultimately be for regularly scheduled jet ees. Chief smith Paula Peinszrski . minutes, and he was very pleased with how his Up to the new airport authority. The independent says he’s ‘cautiously optimistic’? something . ' firefighters performed, me authority is to be made up of a seven-member can be worked out. ole 114 Skeena Mal Terrace But he also says 11 minutes really isn’t fast board of directors appointed by the regional dis- “Between nothing and what we had before h 635-2387 Fax: 635-6532 enough. lrict, City of Terrace, District of Kitimat and there should bea middle ground,”” he says. email: frankdonahueins@asg.net mT Good ICBC news here part of reaso THERE’S SOME good’ news in local ICBC statistics, says the crown corporation’s local manager. Far fewer injury claims were filed by people who weren't at fault for the past six months of 1997 com- pared to the same period the year before, said Paul MeNicholls, “We had only 143° of these claims for the last six months of 1997 while there 215 for the past six months n rates remain frozen has also dropped. - What hasn’t dropped in ‘numbers is the amount of “In a way it was a one- stop effort in that a person would only have to come to million claim mark this year and that’s something we should all remember,” he Pedophile postpones parole hearing date A NOTORIOUS Terrace sex offender won't get another shot at parole for nearly two years, girls under 14. . Kevin Roland Oatway, formerly known Willoughby became eligible for full : ’ as Robert Roland Willoughby, cancetled parole in 1991. Lease from 1998 Mazda Protegé SE Plus ' his latest parole hearing, scheduled to go Terrace provincial court Judge Paul S Lease from $169 per month/24 months, ahead this month. Lawrence, who originally sentenced $2,500 down or purchase from $15,913 The National Parole Board has scheduled _ a new parole review for Oatway for De- cember 1999, Oatway postponed two other parole review dates in the last year, in April and October. Prisoners can decline parole reviews, but | the parole board must schedule new hear- ings within two years. Oatway has been in prison for 11 years for his sex crimes against young children here in the 1970s and early 1980s. Oatway was sentenced to life imprison- ment on three counts of having sex with Oatway, at that time warned parole officials to exercise extreme caution as he had been diagnosed a fixated bisexual pedophile at “very high” risk to reoffend. Multiple sclerosis usually strikes people aged 20 to 40, in the prime of their lives, Multiple Sclerosis Soclaty of Canada 1-800-268-7582 for new drivers and cameras at intersections to nab those ae ’ who run red lights. 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