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and around Thornhill.

Balloons

_ MESSAGES FROM Copper Mountain Schoo! students went
up in ballaons last week in hapes those who found the floating
‘orbs, once they returned to earth, would write back, The ef-
fort was helped along by clearing skies and winds wafting in

_ City racks up
larger surplus

“TERRACE — Although there
care still some minor ad-
»justments to be made, figures

tTeleased by the city show it

. “:recorded a surplus of more than
~ +$630,000 on its 1989 budget.

“Revenues for the past year
“came.in $222,000 over projec-
--tions with return on investments
“showing -the biggest gain at
$122,400 more than anticipated.
_<: Treasurer Keith Norman at-

tributed the improved invest-

kes and’ thé ‘gréater ‘flex-
“ibility, offered by the pooled in-
. -vestment fund program the city
. Joined last year.
au “We just worked hard at it
‘ ‘last year and tried to maximize
~ (the investments). It certainly
‘paid off,’’ he added.
. <¢£-The remainder of the surplus
~~ .comes from lower than expected
expenditures totalling $410,000
-. oc. fs $170,000 less transfers to the
_» general capital fund, $65,000
= from / general government ser-
"vices, $62,000 in the recrea-
» tional/cultural budget and
‘$68,000 on economic develop-
“ment and planning,
“With some of the 1989 wind:
: all. having been transferred to
. this year’s budget, the city’s
“i¢urrent’ accumulated surplus
s tands at_ $563,000.
== Explaining the large carry-
over, finance committee chair-
-“man Danny Sheridan said coun-
-tcil's “rule of thumb" was to
“maintain a surplus of at least
~~ ¥$350-400,000. That policy, he
-= added, was actively encouraged
aby the municipal affairs
ninistry.
“Describing the bankroll as a
buffer”? against a ‘‘worst-case
cenario,”’ he said it allowed the
ity to. cover any unexpected,
large expenditure — such as a
1ajor sewer repair — which
ould not be delayed until the

TERRACE — A 65-year-old
errace man with a history of
ental illness was found- guilty
t'week of sexually assaulting
“six-year-old girl
~ backyard last spring.
«County court Judge R. T. Er-
Tico sentenced George Harry
~- sLeason Feb, 15 to six months in
-prison and three years proba-
‘tion. The probation order car-
es with it stringent conditions
stay away from children.
_A neighbour told the court he.

‘ing: from'a shed in Leason's
: ackyard on May 4; 1989. He
ered into the shed; he sald,
d discovered ‘Leason on top

‘shed.
“His body w: was puimping and
inding against her,’’ the
eighbour testified. He said he
‘abbed: Leason, threw “him
ainst the wall-of the shed, 0 and
escued: ‘the gitl.” ots!

performance to interest.

in his.

heard moaning and crying com- -

Of the child on \ the floor of the ;
‘motives,’ Errico ruled.

Danny Sheridan

following year.
The 1990 budget also includes

_a further buffer for small scale

items through provision on
$115,000 in the general govern-
ment services portion as “‘un-
budgeted’? and ‘‘contingency’’
funds.

Sheridan said aldermen could
transfer this money to any of
the individual departmental
budgets to take advantage of a
specific opportunity or cover
small cost over-runs.

As an example of the former,
he pointed out the prolonged
good weather of last summer
had given the public works
department time to carry out
more patching work than
originally thought possible. The
contingency fund had provided
the money to meet the
associated expense. |

Similarly, that money could
also be used to cover extra costs
incurred when road improve-
ment projects ran into dif-
ficulties such as-adverse subsoil
conditions. ‘‘There’s all those
unforseen things that can hap-
pen,’” Sheridan said.

Offender jailed

noted the girl wasn't physically
hurt and both Leason and the
girl were fully clothed. He ac-
cused the witness of being fool-
ed by appearances and suspec-

‘ting the worst.

“I knew of George and
what's happened in the past,”
the: man: responded.

years old — going into the back
shed with George. It just didn’t

. Took right.”

Crown prosecutor David
Warner said the case was pro-

ven beyond a reasonable doubt

—- and Judge Errico agreed.
‘*There is no other suggested

reason for the positioning of the...

two. or of! Mr. Leason’s:

was performing motions with

‘his hips, and these were sexual:

motions with. respect . to the
child,”’

"Warner called for a short ;
prison term due to Leason’s _

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TERRACE — The city is
withholding payment for gravel
it has bought from the Kit-

sumkalum band until the latter ’

pays for city sewer services,
The sewer bill dates back to
an agreement signed last year
whereby the city system was ex-
tended down Hwyl6 to the

bal

nd duel

village,

City administrator Bob

Hallsor said he has the gravel
cheque ready but won't send it -
until the sewer payment arrives, -

He said the money the city §&
owes for Kitsumkalum gravel is
more than what the band owes
for sewer services.

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