PHOTO RADAR could come here in the new year, but it probably won’t, The province’s high-tech plan to catch speeders will see two of the $100,000 photo-radar’ units’ stationed ; in Prince George, to cover. : : ; northem B.C, - ‘ But : Clarabut told .city council-.- Staff Sgt. . lors here last Wednesday the cameras generally: won’t come to areas unless. the - | program has the support-of = | the‘ local RCMP and civic | |. leaders. He also said the Prince. |. George area is where stats show the largest numbers of : ‘speed-related accidents, . Hwy 16 from Terrace to. Prince Rupert is the only serious arca of concer. in the northwest. ; "Tf the cameras -aren’t wanted in a. community, they won't be there,’’ Clarabut said, “We have no desire to simply _ ticket people for the sake of get- ting tickets.”" Asa result, he said, they won't be targetting highway ‘uansition speed areas — Mike - where the limit is often 70 [im km/hr. “We won’t work in those areas,’’ he said. ‘‘We don’t : want.to leave anyone with : the impression we're simply ‘ out to make money,’’. “These cameras will be where the accidents hap- pen.” 1? His presentation got a cool . ‘ response from some cily - councillors, — Gordon Hull objected to- the idea of billing a vehicle owner $100 for a speeding violation committed by a different driver. He said that could cause problems for use the same vehicle. Rich McDaniel demanded to know: whether ticket money generated would go back to the communities it came from. The answer was no, The money goes. back into the businesses | where a number of drivers ' ‘Photo radar comes north yo PHOTO R RADAR units will be based in Prince George but aren n'texpected to make many trips west. That's Staff Sgt, Mike Clarabut with one of the units. ’ province’s general revenue. But the camera can pro- vide some benefits for the . city or the highways minis- _ try. It can records stats on the number of vehicles that pass and their speeds. RCMP expect the specd campaign to save 50 lives in the first year, cut the num- ber of injury accidents. by: 2,600, and save amounts of money. Photo radar unils go into action Mar. J. huge eee cae ge the with polnts, oo HOW IT WORKS: Hi Officers pick a high-accident stretch of road for- photo radar enforcement. After consulting local RCMP and civic leaders, the community is notified of plans for photo radar enforcement in the area. gf A GMC Safari van that houses a photo radar camera is parked at the side of the road and scans traffic using a harder-to-detect ‘‘slant radar’? beam that goes across the road. Wj When a speeder is detected, the camera snaps an im- _ age of the ear and licence plate. It’s later processed and mailed to the registered owner along with an invitation to pay a $100. The owner has 30 days to either pay it or nominate the driver, or it turns into a regular ticket ..dren’s names. The Terrace Standard, ur Christmas Wednesday, December 13, 1995 - A3 donation guide The Terrace Anti-Poverty Society reports an unusually busy year this holiday season for families neeaing help buying presents . _- for their children. Helga Kenny of the anti-poverty society -..Said she’s already signed up over 180 chil- dren and expects 300 or more this year. She’s worried, because last ycar the: ociely only recorded just under 200 chil- "But they'll all get presents, even if 1 have to buy them out of my own pocket,” she says. _ The anti-poverty society passes the names of needy children onto KMart and the Ter- race Co-op. Both stores have set up Christ- mas trees with tags on them bearing . the first name of a child, and his or her sex, age and clothing size. Kenny reports that while shoppers have been keeping the KMart tree well plucked, the Terrace Co-op tree is overflowing with children’s names, All shoppers have to do is select a tag, _ buy a clothing item or toy and return it — unwrapped — to the tree. If possible, try to keep the value of the gift around $20-$25, so one sibling doesn’t receive more than another. Each, child’s name is registered at either KMart or the Terrace Co-op, but the gift can be purchased at any location, The deadline for bringing gifts back to the. Kmart tree is Dec. 11 and for the Terrace Co-op tree it’s Dec, 18. , If parents feel they might need some help in providing a gift for their children this year, they have until December 8 to register with the anti-poverty sotiety, They’re Jo- cated ‘on the second floor of the Tillicum Twin Theatre building, Gifts will be delivered from Dec. 18-22. If you'd like to volunteer to help deliver them, call Helga at the anti-poverty society at 635-4631, , kk kkk The Salvation Army is locking for dona- tions for its annual Christmas hamper pro- gram. It’s making plans to distribute hampers from Dec. 18-22. They'll consist of food for holiday meals and presents, says Salvation Army Lieutenant Norm Hamelin. Coats left over from the Coats for Kids drive will also be available. Hamelin is hoping to: raise $40,000 for the hamper program. Last year $38,000 was donated by the community for 450 hampers. Donations in kind are also wel- come. An easy way to make a donation is in one of the ketiles the Army has hanging in the mall, Yow’ll see them until Dec. 23. kkkkk This year two local businesses have joined forces with the. Salvation Army to collect presents for children of needy -. families,-- The Dairy Queen pat up a a Christmas tree last week for its Angels Anonymous pro- gram. To carn your wings, go to Dairy Queen and pick up a tag with a coild’s name and age. After you buy or make a suilable gift, you return the unwrapped gift with the name tag to the Dairy Queen by Dec. 22, or earlier if possible, Another tree with more children’s names is set up at Skeena Broadcasters, Would-be, Santas can fallow the same - guidelines as above, but make sure to return -your gift to the right location. The gifts are due back by Dec. 18. Remember that although the thought of a five-year-old going without presents seems sad, there are also plenty of tecnagers who go without at Christmas, Some suggestions for presents for teens are tapes of popular music, ‘clothing, jewellery, and the more sophisticated puzzles and games. For more ideas, ask local merchants. Please make sure that presents are not wrapped, That’s to ensure that the right ‘present. goes to the right person, Volunteers from the Volunteer Bureau will help coordinate wrapping of presents, making sure that each family’s hamper has enough gifts. If you'd like to help out, call 638-1330. kkkkk The Terrace Child Development Centre’s Christmas Tree of Lights is now set up at the Skeena Mall. You can help centre help children with special needs by buying a light to go on the ' tree. Proceeds from the sale of lights go toward various activities of the centre. Those lights cost between $2 and $50. The centre is also selling cassette tapes again this year... -. kak. 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