Page A6 -- Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Aprit 29, 1992

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BRIEFS.

Surprise

They never thought they'd
see the day.

Kitimat-Stikine regional
district directors were caught
by. surprise when a group
they gave money to gave
some of it back.

A $3,100 grant to the
North by Northwest Tourism
Association to help pay fora
Yukon circle tour brochure
wasil't completely usedand
$1,550 is going back to the
regional district. —

‘They've comé in at half
the cost and don’t want the
rest of the’ money,’’ noted
director Pete Weeber.
‘*That’s: a refreshing
change.” -

Pitching in

WNeighbourhoad _ residents
have joined forces with the
city to clean up parkland bet-
ween Gair and Dairy Aves.

Richard Krupop wrote to
in February com-
plaining about the number of

| immature pine trees littering

the city-owned lot, the result
of snowstorm last December.

| Apart from making it dif-

ficult to walk through the’
lot, he pointed out the debris
created a fire hazard.

The city has now agreed to
provide refreshments and
chainsaw gas and oil for the
neighbourhood volunteer
work party which will do the
actual work.

Emphasizing it would bea
one-time pilot project, coun-
cil said it was conditional on

liability and fire department
approval being obtained for
any burning.

On the. move

Dease Lake is to become
the new provincial govern-
ment headquarters for the
north,

now in Cassiar but, with the
pending closure of the town

because, Af the, ming shut-.

way to move. xt renee
B.C.. Buildings Corpora-

ment crown corporation that
acts as the landiord for all
provincial offices, is looking
at the feasibility of construc-

Lake.

Budget climbs

The provincial aboriginal
affairs ministry’s budget ‘is

year,

Figures in the provincial
budget indicate planned ex-
penditures of $12,499 million
compared to the $7,752
allocated last year.

And most of that increase
is being devoted to the grow-
ing business of dealing with
native issues in the province.

The ministry was given
$6.44 million for that last
year but will receive $9,732
‘rilllion this year..

the city being free of any

A number of services are

ting’ a “building in Dease

going up 60 per cent this

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_ Water search is
not going well

TERRACE — Still coming up
dry in its attempts to find an
adequate underground source
of drinking water, the cily is
now waiting for expert opinion
on what to do next.

Following failures at the
Christy Park, C.D, Adams
Park and Kerr (Rotary) Park
test holes, operations manager
John Colongard said two fur-
ther drillings were carried out.

The first was a 70ft. deep pro- |
be adjacent to the Skeena River ’
‘pumphouse at the south end of:

Kalum St. That had shown
“some promise in the long
term’’ as far as changes to the
water intake there was concern-
ed, but offered no immediate
relief to the water supply pro-
blem.

The other test was carried out
close to the spring next to
Parkside Elementary school.
Colongard said that turned up
only clay and mud, confirming

the spring water originated on

the bench above and surfaced

on- meeting the impervious clay:

layer at the base of the escarp-
ment.

The geo-technical engineer
hired by the city is now re-
examining the geology of the
area to determine whether [ur-
ther tests should be carried out
and, if so, where. His recom-

down there, plans are under; J-.,..

tion, the provincial govern- |.”

Daege Tucks on

mendations are expected this
week.

The search for water reflects
concern that low snow packs in
the Deep Creek watershed could
mean the city will be unabie to
draw water from that source
beyond early June, depending
on rainfall,

Once that happens, it will be
completely dependent on water
pumped:from the Skeena River,
but the pumps can only handle
16 million: litres of water daily,
“about two-thirds the demand on
hot summer days.

In drawing up this year’s city
budget, council . set
$400,000 to cover. the cost of
locating and tapping an -alter-
nate water supply, To date,
close to one-quarter of that
amount has been spent.

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flyer the prices for the Wheel

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been transposed.

We apologize for any Inconve-

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CORRECTION

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following correction should be
made: The illustration of rear bag
gas mower priced at $239.97
was incorrect.

We apologize for any inconve-
nience this may have caused.

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