Vloose no match for vehicles DRIVERS travelling area high- ways should keep a sharp cye out for moase, - Conservation officer James Hii- gemann said there have been more than 40 incidents of vehicles hitting moose in he past month. Lo Noting ihat figure covers Kitimat to the Exchamsiks River west of Terrace, he said the ‘‘hat spots” have becn around Onion Lake and the Exstew River. “They're taking a beating,’’ Hilgemann said of the local moose population, adding another 18 animals have fallen victim to trains —- compared to ‘‘just a couple’? during the entire 93- 04 winter, He noted moose mortality on the rail. lines between Prince George and Prince Rupert aver- aged 250-300 per year. The figure was on the Jower end of that range last winter. The problem is the amount of slow makes the cleared routes of- fered by highways and rail lines more attractive to the moose. Although the collisions are bad _ hicks,” news for the moose involved, there is asilverlining,.. ‘We've got a guy who salvages most of -the~ train -kills,”’- Hil- gemann explained, The salvaged meat is then dis- tributed lo needy families on a list provided by Social Services. Some meat also gocs to people who are, for medical reasons, un- able to eat beef, he added. Apart from the deaths on area transportation routes, Hilgemann said two moose which recently | fell through the river ice below Old Remo had to be destroyed. “They were stuck up to their he said, And a moose calf which turned up on Graham Ave. on the city’s southside had to be put down after il slipped on an icy sidewalk - and ‘‘popped’’ a shoulder. “Tt was hard to have to destroy it but there was no choice. It was in a Jot of pain and on only three legs,’’ Hilgemann added, Because the calf was first tran- quilized, the meat could not bé tumed over for for human con- sumption, Your eyes werent playing any tricks JF YOU thought you saw a moose strolling through downtown about 10 days ago, your cyes weren't playing tricks on YoU, “There was one seen in the backyard of our office,’* says conservation officer James Hil- gzemann. , There’ were more sightings Tuesday, Jan. 3, this time at Clarence Michicl and Centennial Christian schools. Hilgemann said il was probably the same adult moose, suggesting it was maving through town on the way to the bench. He said they spend a lot of time at the Skeena, putting the cily in the middle of their transit route. While there may be a comic side to the idea of moose wander- ing around downtown, Hil- gemann warmed they are not to be taken lightly. “They can be just as dangerous as a bear if they’re comered,” he emphasized, adding children es- pecially shoukd be made aware of that danger. “They should avoid it and tell somcone right away,’’ be said. EEK Ata ET The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 11, 1995 - Ag ELECTRICIAN JASON Wall wires a portion of the library expansion project. Library paint offer gets gently denied THE CITY has turned down a suggestion by the Skcena “Valley Rotary Club that it might volunteer labour to paint the in- Side of the library expansion, Although the city welcomed the suggestion, tight time lines and the complexity of what’s required worked against the concept, says city administra- tor Bob Hallsor. ‘We're going to need that painting done right away. Ideally, the inside should be painted be- fore the carpet goes in,’’ he said. Interior painting was one of the items removed from the project’s consiruction — budget in order for the expenses to match the amount allocated for construction. —- But Hallsor said the city may very well have to find some way of paying for the painting. ‘*]l just may have to be done and we may have to provide for it in the 1995 (cily) capital budget,” he said. The cily has put the painting out to tender and has set this Friday as the deadline for bids. © ‘Colin Adam of Adam Engineer. ing, the company which is over- secing Ihe project, said three . painting contractors have already . expressed an interest. Construction may be at the point where painting could start as soon as lomorrow, he said. “We're hoping for a quick de- cision (on the tender). A delay of only a day or two isn’t bad,’”’ Adam added. Hallsor said the city has written the Skeena Valley Rotary Club inviting it to make another kind of contribution to the expansion. One assist might be painting the art gallery and other arcas in the lower portion of the library. That also isn’t covered wnder ‘the construction budget, News In Briet Food bank on this week THE TERRACE CHUR- CHES Food Bank opened this week with cnough supplies to fill 600 bags. “We have enough money in our account and we had a gaod amount of food come in as donations, but there's certainly no excess," said food bank organizer Terri Mahoney, The food bank operates four consecutive days once a month during the winter sea- son. Jt docsn’t operate in De- cember in light of the Salva- tion Amy’s Christmas hamper program. The food bank docs. receive a boost wilh surplus food gathered by the Salvation Army over the Christmas periad. On average cach . family receives two bags of food,. said Mahoney. Donations ‘} usually come in the form of non perishable items while cash donations are used to buy perishables. Tomorrow is the last day for (he January distribution peri- od. 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