Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 27, 1991 — Page AQ FIELDS —_ ee TERRACE — A service . that’s become popular in the _ big cities is being introduced here. The idea is that people who are too busy to do their own shopping or errands can hire someone to do those tasks for them. - ““Et’s something I could en- joy and a way of getting to know the community,” ex- plains Alice Skoglund-Ewart of. her Surrogate Shopping and Delivery business, . Her service extends: frdin} - ing .birthday or anniversary! gifts to paying,bills, - “I know that working peo- ple nowadays have limited time, especially ‘with two people in a family working,” said Skoglund-Ewart. ’ (She's had two customers ‘| already, one hired her to do food shopping and the other to run errands, ‘ Skoglund-Ewart charges NEW KIND of industry in the area is a personal shopping ser- vice by Alice Skoglund-Ewart, She'll do your shopping, do your errands and buy birthday or anniversary gifts. At your service . dojng:food shopping.tp; bux! : 4 $15 an hour for in-town ser- _ vices and more if people live in the rural area. She's also been bonded, ‘I've prepared a shopping list for food so that .people have only to check off the items they want,'’ said Skoglund-Ewart. — Her personal shopping ser- vice cails for a client to fill out a card listing a person's age, sex, size, hair colour, eye colour, likes and dislikes, j She'll ne eee approaching © birthdays an anniversaries ‘and’ ‘notify clients of theiz approach, _ Skoglund said she'll also Prepare the basics for a' din: ner party. nee One thing she won't do is take liquor delivery orders, saying there is an existing business in town that does that and because she wants to’ confine her activities to day. lime services, a UT AND ABOU TERRACE. — Two weeks of renovation at the Saan store in Skeena Mall were completed this week. The work resulted in larger fitting rooms, more .track lighting. and better exposure of merchandise, says the Saan employee in charge of the work. Barry. McDonald, he super- vises al such work in Saan Stores, said the one here will be one of the most modern of its kind, The renovation work is being done by Gero Construction, a firm from. Pincher Creek, Alberta, - . Latest figures available show that: ‘the unemployment. rate rose 2.5 per cent between January 1990 and January 1991 — (o-10.9 per cent, : In ‘the Kootenays, the: rate jumped to 13,9 per cent and in the Okanagan, it went up five points to 16.5 per cent. | i One area's unemployment tate dropped, Metro Victoria's fell to 8.5 per cent from 9.9 per cent, ; ’ January and February sales of oil and gas drilling rights brought in. $17.1 million, says ad ey alee USINESS REVIEW _ ==] Designs be mandatory > might TERRACE — The city is con: sidering putting in regulations covering design requirements for buildings in the new official community plan, says its plan- ner. Marvin Kameaz was respon- ding to comments made during’ the recent debate over a rezon- ing application to allow con- struction of an apartment block on Eby between Davies - and Walsh. Although owner Ray Lovstad had promised the building and the landscaping would:be at- tractive, residents expressed concern that once rezoning went through, a developer could put up whatever he liked. While that was true to an ex- tent, Kamenz pointed out cur- rent zoning regulations specify permitted uses while. the building code controls the posi- tioning of the building by set- ting. minimum clearances from lot boundaries. Based on the occupancy level, he noted the code also specified how many parking spaces must be provided and, if more than three, that the parking lot be ‘‘properly surfaced: with drainage and lighting,” ‘: Kamenz conceded, however, there were no city regulations governing the design of the building, exterior finishing or landscaping. Therefore, even if the developer had provided an artist’s impression of what the building and site would even- _ tually look like, ‘‘development need not occur as seen theréj’’ he explained. . But it was possible, under sec- tions of the Municipal Act, to include design requirements in zoning regulations for certain parts of the city “and we're looking at that,” he added. ' Section 945.4 permits official community plans to designate parts of the municipality as development permit areas, meaning no construction or alteration to existing buildings could take place. without a development permit from the ci- ty. ' Where heritage or commer- cial revitalization considera- tions prompted the designation, the permit could include _ re- quirements governing landscap- ing and exterior design/finish, “However, where those Specific considerations did not apply, Kamenz pointed out the act only allowed the city to lay down ‘guidelines for the form and character of commercial, industrial or multifamily residential development.” In other words, he explained, it could only regulate “the general character of develop- ment’ and not landscaping or exterior design/ finish. * CORRECTION THERE (8 AN ERROR IM OUR FLYER EFFECTIVE =... FEBRUARY 13 . FEBRUARY 24, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE 3 Ot. Mix Bowis On The Oc Event SHOULD READ: 2/4 OH. 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