A12- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 8, 2003 Get out, stay out THE TERRACE fire de- partment held its annual fire safety week displays and demonstrations Oct. 4, The Safeway parking lot set the scene for fire extinguisher demonstra- tions, how to put out a stove-top fires and the ever popular children’s fire safety house. The house travels to area schools this week with Thornhill and Terrace firefighters teaching Grade 4 students about fire safety. The theme of this year’s Oct. 6-11 fire pre- vention week is Get out, Stay out — a message that people shouldn't re- turn lo a burning building once they’re out safely. TARRA SMITH, 12, crawls 5 along the floor to a safe exit in a smoke-filled room of the fire safety house Oct. 4. SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO Police probe assault allegation at Wal-Mart By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN A LOCAL construction worker may face criminal charges after allegedly punching a ran on the Wal-Mart construction site. “We're investigating an allegation that a construction worker assaulted a nearby resident,” says Sergeant Scott Lovell of the Sept. 27 incident. “It appears to have happened as a re- sult of the noise being created from the construction equipment which angered the resident and resulted in an altercation between the resident and a construction worker.” Police were called to the site after 11 p.m, — that’s more than three hours later than local bylaws permit work activity to take place at construction sites. The resident was taken to hospital, treated for head injuries and released, re- turning a second time later that night for further treatment. Police are recommend- ing a charge of assault causing bodily harm against the construction worker. Since the incident, city director of de- velopment services, Marvin Kwiatkowski, has met with the contractor, Dominion Fairmile Construction. He’s also been to the resident's home. The city did give its approval for a re- prieve because of a large concrete pour going on that day, said Kwiatkowski, but there was no indication the work would continue until well past 11 p.m. “They did come in Friday and say they would work slightly beyond the 8 o'clock —- maybe,” Kwiatkowski says. “It just took a lot longer.” It’s not the first time work has conti- nued past the 8 p.m. curfew. Kwiatkowski says he received one other complaint from area residents in August when workers were still on site at 8:20 p.m. The fine for working past the time per- mitted by city bylaws is $200 to $2,000 for the first offence and anywhere from $300 to $2,000 on the second offence. The contractor was not given a fine on either occasion, Kwiatkowski says. Area residents have already approa- ched city council urging it to not grant any extensions to the contractor to permit building outside the allotted times. Kwiatkowski foresees the issue to be pressed in the weeks to come. The work on the project is already two weeks behind schedule for its planned Dec. 6 finishing date, he says. “The contractor is going to give us a request in writing and we’re going to have to deal with it,” he says about an upcom- ing request for extended work hours. “There’s going to he lots of discussions on this and a decision will have to be made.” No decision will be made without going through city council first. Passport people in town PEOPLE WHO want pass- ports have a chance to speed up the system to- morrow when federal offi- cials visit here. It’s a partial response to a new system in which passport applications have to be mailed to Ottawa, a process taking more than a - month and often longer, That's compared to larger centres where appli- cations can be made in person, resulting in pass- ports being issued in as lit- tle as one week. the fee. Passport officials will check applications and re- quire proof of citizenship, two acceptable passport photos, federal, provincial or municipal identification containing a signature and They'll also be able to certify documents, mean- ing that those documents won't have to be mailed away and owners have to wait weeks for their return. George Clark of Elan Travel said he and other travel agents in the rural areas have been fielding complaints about the time it takes to get a passport. “The applications have to be perfect. There’s no wriggle room and if they’re rejected because, say of a shadow on the photograph, it gets mailed back and thal extra time adds up,” said Clark. “It’s nice to know the Federal government has listened to complaints. This may not be perfect, but it will help,” said Clark of the one-day visit, "Just In Case Dinner Goes Up In Smoke... Open 8am to 10 pm 1Qam to 6pm 4620 Lakelse Ave., Terrace . . 638-8141. No Reservations | Required! Open 7 Days A Week Enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings! Sunday, October 12th Only from 4pm - Open Thanksgiving Monday Top Dinner = Off With Our IS Delicious The officials will be at the Human Resources De- velopment Canada office on Lazelle Ave. MacKay’s Funeral Service Ltd. Serving Terrace, Kitimat, Smithers & Prince Rupert Monuments Bronze Plaques Terrace Crematorium ES Concerned personal service in the Northwest since 1946 4626 Davis Street Terrace, B.C. 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