A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 25, 1994 Location alread icked out Detox centre need seen A LOCAL social worker has suc- ceeded In establishing a steering commitice to examine setting un adetox centre in town. Jim Pushie, who works for the Ksan House Socicty’s emergency shelter, drew more than 20 north- west municipal politicians and others together for a dinner meet- ing May 16. Tt was held at Gim’s Restaurant, a building that’s for sale which, with renovations, would made a good location, suggests Pushie. “All I did was shake the beehive — put an idea out there,’’ he said after the meeting last week. Pushic estimates the purchase and renovation of the Gim’s building could take $850,000. “Irs a high goal, but in three years il could take three times as much if you talk about construc- lion and buying land,’’ he added. Pushie said the lack of a detox centre in the northwest works against those with abuse prob- lems. *I see this as a start, a place where people can spend the first couple of days before going on to other treatment,’’ he said, “Right now a person with an alcohol problem can end up in the psych ward and thal’s.not a place for them. They are not mentally il — they have an illness of al- cohol and drugs,’’ Pushie added. - He said there’s lots of room in the Gim’s building for various services connected to alcohol and drug abuse. He’s now working on setting a date for a meeting of the 14- member steering commiltec. **More than half of the mem- bers come from Terrace and that shows the level of concern here,”” Pushie said. oo a Fashion Statement With Your Windows 30% otf vertical and horizontal Blinds *off list price Offar Expires May 31/94 - = Includes Installation For a FREE Consultation Call LINK WINDOW COVERINGS 635-4444 THANK YOU The Niega’a Terrace Local Sports Committee would like to extend many, many thanks to the following for all the time you volunteered in KSAN SOCIETY worker Jim Pushie stands with wife Susan O'Soup outside of Gim's Restaurant. Pushie thinks it will make an ideal location for a detox centre. He spent last week convinc- ing area politicians of the need, Hydro-electric company needs government money A DEASE Lake company is get- ting anxious about money it necds (0 finance a smali hydro electric project. Herbert Henyu, president of the Tahltan Nation Development Pro- ject, said the company needs $2.5 million from the provincial government so it can start work on installing a3 megawatt gener: - ator. But negotiations with the pro- vince are hard going, said Henyu. “They’te willing to lend us money, but they want royalties,” he said, The corporation will use ihe provincial money as an equity base ta secure an additional $9 million. Henyu said the corporation needs the provincial moncy soon so it can start work on an access bridge to the generator location. An official from the employ- ment and investment ministry confirmed that negotiations are underway with the corporation. Tim Gallagher said the ministry is trying to put together a deal that involves the federal govern- ment. “They have money from an in- frastructure program we think should apply here,”’ he said. The corporation has already finalized an agreement with B.C. Hydro to sell it power over a 20- year period beginning Jan. 1, 1996, The first 3 megawatts should be sufficient to serve Dease Lake and there’s a provision to double the amount that can be generated. This power will replace that now produced by expensive diesel generators owned by B.C. Hydro. Dease Lake residenls pay what anybody else would for power and the difference is made up by B.C, Hydro. The new power will still be ex- pensive but not nearly as much as that produced by the diesel gener- ators. The Dease Lake project comes under the Independent Power Project plan of B.C. Hydro which encourages the development of smal] generating operations. Tahitian Nation Development Corporation (TNDC) is a con- struction contractor owned by the Iskut and Tahltan bands and the Tahitan Tribal Council. Located in the high country just north of the Grand Canyon of the Stikine and 16 kilometers south of Dease Lake, the hydro project will tap water from the Hluey Lakes. It involves two earthen dams, an underground pipeline, two canals, a head pond, penstock, power house, and 16 kilomtres of transmission line to Dease Lake. Lines to Iskut and Telegraph t t 7 BO CHONG CORPORATIONS PRESET a > [ G5} TUESDAY, JUNE 7 “ 6:00 p.m. at the TERRACE INN “! Dinner and Refreshments will be servedi” 18 B,C. Purchasing § Y Crown Corporations 5 and . iThes a. public sector .Gommnission purchase materials from outside a purchasers are " N\A... actively. speki ng-. "B.C. valuéd in the ~ hundteds! of millicns--i--~ _.of dattars _ Cemay| \_ IBC, supplid ts fiom outside the fowerm inland. | for supply: services. Creck will be added later. Waler piped to the power house will be discharged by canal into the Tanzilla River, which drains into the Stikine. When completed the project will provide jobs and economic development for Dease Lake and area. 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Utilities Commission, This series answers questions received by KCP information centres and our new S00 line. Will water diversion for KCP endanger the salmon runs at Hell’s Gate? KCP will have zo effect on fish passage at Hell’s Gate at any time of the year. The first fishways there were built in the 1940s and positioned to” operate during the high water flow period in July. ; Recently, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has installed additional low-level fishways at Hell's Gate to accommodate increasing returns of salmon in the late fall when the river is dropping naturally. ‘At '° thattime of year, KCP will reduce the water Jevel at Hell’s Gate by only about one inch. ; As DFO scientists testified at the B.C. Utilities Commission hearings into KCP, fishways are now operable under all foreseeable conditions, including _ KCP flows, at times of salmon migration. The effect of KCP on the level of the Fraser River where it is joined by the Nechako at Prince George will be less than three per cent as a year-round average. Further downstream, the Fraser will be affected even less: at Hope, for example, the flow reduction will be under one per cent. The Kitimat Information Centre The Kitimat Information Centre is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to4 p.m. Drop by the office and we will be happy to discuss any questions you may have about Kemano Completion. Another way to get the facts We have opened a toll-free line so that people throughout the province can find out more about KCP. The number is 1-800-942-5226 (or |-800-94ALCAN). But don’t forget that face-to-face discussion is often more productive, and that Alcan employees at our regional information centres will be pleased to answer your questions any time you call or visit. Kemano Completion Project KITIMAT INFORMATION CENTRE 224 City Centre Kitimat, B.C. 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