A12 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Decembe r 23, 1997 HATS FOR CUBA is the aim of a Canadian Union of Public Employees schoo! district local, They'll be worn by agricultural workers to protect themselves against the sun. From the left ara Marilyn Soules, Hats collecte WHAT STARTED as a casual suggestion this past June has turned into a project to help Cuban agricultural workers. Being collected by the inside Canadian Union of Public Employees local at the school district are hundreds of baseball hats. Together with cotton gloves bought by donated money, the hats will be shipped next month to the Caribbean coun- try. The project grew out of comments made by Cuban union official Sergio Laredogoitia at the annual convention of CUPE B.C. in Victoria this past summer, says Mary-Lou Warren, national representative for the union in the north- west. In a discussion on working conditions in BC., Laredogoitia, who works for a Cuban public employees union, said Cuban outside workers could use protection from the sun. “We put up notices in the schools and everybody responded,”’ added Marge Skead, chairman of the hat Hitech _ traffic lights DRIVERS are _ probably finally getting used to the new traffic lights on Hwy16 16 and Kalum., The signal lights were paid for through a cost- sharing program involving ICBC, the Ministry of Transportation, the City of Terrace and B.C. Hydro. The road improvement program aims to reduce traf- fic accidents by improving potential hazardous loca- tions on roads. “We were all aware of the superstore development and the residential expansion — so we approached ICBC with the plans,’’ said Shawn McKinley, highways minis- try regional operations tech- nician, about the lights [o- | cated by the Canadian Wholesale Club. The price of the lights was about $105,000 ~- $25,000 was paid for by ICBC and the same amount was matched by the Ministry of Transportation and High- ways. The remaining money was split between the city and the local = road authorities — with BC Hydro kicking in some money for the poles, ex- plained McKinley, The lights are also set up with a special feature allow- ing emergency vehicles priority over other cars at intersections, Fire chief Randy Smith describes this new added feature as a ‘‘smart light’, “What it does is basically give motorists the op- portunity to clear the inter- section,” said Smith. The sensor attached to the top of the lights is triggered by the sirens. It identifies the direction the vehicle is coming from and allows enough time for vehicles to clear the intersection before stopping all traffic. The feature is not yet op- erational and Smith said they are still walting for a small picce of the equip- ment — it is expected to ar- rive shortly, Next on the list of inter- sections to have this equip- tment installed is Hwy16 and Eby. past president of CUPE Local 2831, hat committee chair Marge Skead, local president Rita Hall and northwestern CUPE national representative Mary-Lou Warren. , ats for Cubans committee for Local 2831. Other CUPE locals helped as did teachers and employees throughout the Coast Mountain school district. The hats will be used by workers to protect themselves against the sun and gloves to protect hands while working outside. To date, 700 hats have been collected and since the ship- ment won't leave until late January, more are welcome, said Skead. Hats can be dropped off at the CUPE area office on Greig, across the street from the Co-op, or at the school district's correspondence office beginning next Monday. 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