The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 7, 2001 - A3 pT News In Brief Rock to get a trim CARWASH ROCK, a distinctive bluff that's long posed a hazard to motorists heading to Prince Ru- pert along Highway 16 West is going to be blasted and scaled back in a $119,300 project announced by new Transportation and Highways minister Hel- mut Giesbrecht last week. Drivers can expect delays while rock blasting and removal takes place over about 12 days, start- ing March 5. A Chase, B.C., based contractor, Chimera Springs Rockwork Lid., will remove 300 cubic metres of rock, widening the lane by 1.5 metres and increasing the vertical height of the overhang, providing a roomy 12 metre clearance for passing traffic. Bear repellent recalled A VARIETY of bear spray is being recailed by its manufacturer because of a faulty spray mechanism. Canisters of Bearier Bear Repellent are being voluntarily recalled by Flotida-based Axtrom Indu- stries, according to a Health Canada advisory. Test-spraying the canister was found to cause the trigger to degrade, making a malfunction likely when needed, according to the findings of Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency. The defective bear spray was sold in B.C., Al- berta, Quebec and Ontario and have the text “Registration No. 26521 Pest Control Products Act” on the label. People who bought the repellent should call Axtrom at 561-697-8832. Free bus rides for group YOUNG people visiting Terrace with the federal Katimavik program will ride local buses for free. City council agreed to a request to provide free bus passes for now until August to 12 Katimavik participants, who come here from across Canada to perform community work and leam about different parts of the country. . City staff said the move won't cost the city money. Councillors said Katimavik youth are a great addition to the city and their volunteer labour has helped with valuable community projects. Hands off, says RD Library fines have doubled COST CONSCIOUS book borrewers take note: fines for overdue materials borrowed from the Terrace Public Li- brary have doubled. Head librarian Ed Curell said Terrace’s library fines have been among the lowest in the province. But while fines remained fiai, the cost of books and other materials has gone up. “It’s more a reflection of the fact that we haven't in- ' | ereased our fines for a long time,” Curell said, ‘+ Effective March 1, fines charged for overdue adult books doubled, rising from 10 cents a day to 20 cents. Back when the library charged just five cents a day ‘for an overdue adult book, a new hardcover title cost ’ around $7 or $8, Curell said. -: . “Now I’m sure our average cast is $35 to $40 a book.” Fines for overdue junior titles and children’s books are also going up — for the first time in two decades. “It’s been two cents a day for over 20 years,” Curell said. The fine is now five cents a day. Fines for overdue videos will remain the same: 25 cents a day, : The library is also increasing membership fees for people who live outside the library service area (Lakelse Lake, for example) from $40 a year to $50. Taxpayers inside the library’s service area don’t have to pay any- thing for a library card. More than 233,800 items were borrowed in 2000. Currel estimates about 15 per cent of borrowed mater- ials are overdue at any given time. The new fine increase is just one weapon in the battle to keep the library’s catalogue of materials intact. Several years ago, the library began using a collec- tion agency to track down fines and overdue materials. | Curell said it actually costs the library mare money to ; use a collection agency than the returned materials and fines bring in, but this tactic has meant an additional 25 to 30 per cent of outstanding materials are returned. As well, security panels help prevent items from walking out the door unaccounted for. Curell said the library, which had about a $6,000 in- crease in this year’s budget, remains in a healthy finan- cial position. But rising natura! gas heating costs will likely force oy HEAD LIBRARIAN Ed Curell takes care of some business as the Terrace Public Library racked up some pretty impressive user numbers last year. But the library has raised fines and fees to cover increasing costs. Birds called hazard to aviation over the past few years, he.said. The library has budgeted $40,000 to cover utilities, including heating bills, this fiscal year. he said. “T believe that’s going to be short,” he said. “We might even be looking at $45,000 or 50,000.” ‘In 1998, the library spent about $20,000 on utilities. Meanwhile, the library is now able to keep track of how many people visit the library. ». People counters installed in July show more than 16,000 people are visiting the library each month, a fig- . the fibrary to dip into a $15,000 surplus accumulated | } ~ uré that astounded library staff. “] expected it to be far less,” Curell said. “It’s much THE TERRACE-Kitimat Airport Sociely says a pro- posed landfill near Onion Lake could pose a hazard to incoming aircraft. “Dumps attract birds and it is common know- ledge birds and aircraft are a potentially lethal mix,” airport manager Rick Reed told the Kitimat-Stikine regional district. Aircraft approaching the Lake as they make their descent, making them par- ticularly vulnerable lo bird activity, Reed said. But Les Watmough, re- gional district director for Thornhill (Area E) scoffs at the airport sactety’s bird concern, pointing out the Thornhill landfill is much closer to the airport and incoming planes. “That is a lot closer than the Onion Lake site,” Regional district ad- ministrators have met with Reed to exchange infor- mation and are now pre- paring a report for consid- eration. . The new Landfill, to be located across the highway to the south of Onion Lake, is expected to re- place the existing Thorn- hill and Terrace dumps in about three years. THE REGIONAL DISTRICT is opposing the B.C. Assets and Land Corporation’s attempt to earmark land south of the airport for industrial development. The land is on the slope southeast of the airport and would be in addition io land on top of the air- port plateau under city jurisdiction the Crown land corporation is trying to sell to industrial developers. 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