A112 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Senior shoveller asks for a bit of a break — By JENNIFER LANG AN, 87-year-old Terrace senior says he spent two hours shovelling his way through a 1.3 metre-high pile of ice left after’ a highway grader passed. the driveway to his farm last week. Otto Lindstrom normal- ly uses a small bulldozer to clear snow from the dri- veway so he can reach his farm, located beside High- way 16 at the Zymacord River near New Remo. But it’s down for re- pairs, leaving him at the mercy of the weather - and passing graders that leave a deep pile of snow at the side of the highway as they clear the roadway. The Second World War veteran wonders why Ne- chako Northcoast, the highways maintenance contractor, can’t give him a break by lifting the gra- der blade as it passes his driveway. That way, he won't _ have to shovel as much snow. Lindstrom argues it would only be necessary three or four times this winter. “All they have to do is lift the blade for about 20 feet before they hit the dri- veway — he wouldn't even have to stop.” It’s an argument anyone with a driveway fronting Highway 16 might make. But Lindstrom says his driveway is a special case and the company should make an exception. His parents purchased the property, which is ad- jacent to the west bank of the Zymacord River, back in 1914. Twenty-seven years later, in 1941, the Lind- stroms agreed to hand over five acres of their property so the province could build the highway as part of the ate Keenleyside Insurance ‘ave all your gifts beautifully wrapped. No present too lage. is. We can even store thent for you. * Convenient drive-through - Drop BE ifts and pick them up later. 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If that’s access,” he said, referring to gigantic pile of boulder-sized chunks of snow in his dri- veway, “I don’t know what the word means.” Nechako Northcoast, which does the area’s highways maintenance, has been asked if an oper- ator can lift the blade a’ the grader passes the Highway 16 driveway, He’s been told it’s too much work for the opera- tor. . 4 No one from Nechako Northcoast could be reached for comment Fri- day, Lindstrom, who lives at Twin River Estates, heads out to,his farm every day lo work. He does a little of everything, he says, from silviculture to operating a sawmill he. built himself from used components. In the wintertime, he and some partners tend a trapline he’s worked for 76 years — longer than Ter- race has been incorpora- ted. Join the Terrace Ministerial Association, the Terrace Community Band, Moderato, Terrace Tourism and the celebrating an Old Fashioned Christmas at Heritage Park, and birthday celebrations. 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