Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 26, 1992 — Page AQ

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USINESS REVIEW

Anti-vandalism gears up
for official march start

TERRACE —The chamber of
commerce will have its Vandal
Watch tips phone line set up
early next month.

People with information on
acts of vandalism will be able to
give information in confidence
by calling 635-5556.

” In return, they'll be eligible
for rewards of between $200
and $500 if the information
results in a conviction,

'. The chamber has set up an ac-
count from which interest will
be taken to pay the rewards,

_ Eligibility for the awards will
be determined by a committee,
said chamber spokesman Doug
Smith last week.

Those phoning in with infor-
mation will be given a file
number to preserve their
anonymity, he said,

The phone line will be
answered in person when possi-

‘ble and it will be connected to
an; answering machine other-
wise. ,

TERRACE —Rail cars full of a
new, environmentally-friendly
fuel additive should be rolling
through town by next month.
: The additive will be produced
at a plant in Edmonton and
shipped to new storage facilities
at Ocelot in Kitimat for transfer
to ocean-going tankers.
-'MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl
ether) is in high demand because
it makes gasoline burn cleaner
_ and lowers overall pollution
-emissions, says a spokesman for
the project.
= “We're going flat out to. be
ready for commercial. -produc-:::

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VAN DAL WATCH received a boost last week when B. C. Tel donated an answering machine. Thal’s Ter.
race and District Chamber of Commerce manager Bobbie Phillips with B.C. Te! representative Denise

Sawtell. The chamber of commerce phone tips project officially starts next week. B.C. Tel also donated
to the reward pool that’s being set up.

Fuel product ready to flow soon

tion by the end of January,”
said Lynn Rogers of Chevron, a
half-owner in the MTBE effort.

Chevron and the other half-
owner, Finnish-based Neste
Canada Inc., are going to pro-
duce MTBE under a company
called Alberta Envirofuels Inc.

Its $390 million plant in Ed-
monton will use butane and
natural gas feedstock to pro-
duce the additive.

The first primary market for
MTBE is California which has
some of the toughest air emis-
sion regulations in the world,

i said dRagers.

“Chevron USA is already
producing MTBE. This facility
(in Edmonton) is a state of the
art, first of its kind in Canada,’”’
she added.

Nearly all of the initial 12,000
barrel a day capacity of the
plant will go to California and it
is designed so it can be expand-
ed, said Rogers.

*"As with any other product,
we expect MTBE will flow to its
natural market,’’ she con-
tinued.

Alberta Envirofuels was first
formed by Neste and Petrocan.

Chevron bought out Petrocan’s

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interest late last year.

And as the Edmonton plant
readies for production, storage
and transfer facilities con-
structed by Ocelot in Kitimat
are ready, says Ocelot manager
Bill Eynon.

“We can receive at any
time,’ said Eynon of a $15
million project which was cam-
pleted in late January.

It consists of a new rail spur
to the Ocelot facility, a new
holding tank for the additive
and equipment to transfer

MTBE to waiting ships. i

our AND ABOUT

TERRACE — Carters Jewellers
of Smithers has bought
Lehmann Jewellers in
Skeena Mall. ;

It marks a return to Terrace
for Carters which sold the
business to Lehmanns six years
ago . ;

At one time, Carters also
owned what is now Erwins
Jewellers in the mall.

Carters owner Barrie Carter
said local resident Sharon
Lynch has been hired to manage
the store. She managed the
outlet before the sale to
Lehmanns.

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Chamber of commerce
members will hear about: what
the B.C. Medical Association
thinks of the recent royal com-
mission into health care and
spending March 10.

Local physician Dr. Francis
Osei-Tutu will be speaking to a
supper meeting of the chamber
al the Inn of the West.

Doors open at 6 p.m. with
supper at 6:30. Call the
chamber office at 635-2063 to
make reservations.

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There’s a new voice and a
new face in the Skeena Broad-
casters newsroom,

Robin Agnew has moved here
from the AM radio station in
Smithers.

She'll be doing radio and
television news, says station
news director Roger Millions.

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The parent company of a
footwear store in the Skeena
Mall has restructured its debt.

Creditors of Grafton Group
Ltd., which owns Maher Inc.,
have exchanged some of the

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debt owed to them for a share
of the company,

Maher and another Grafton
Group arm, Grafton-Fraser,

_have asked for court protection

from creditors.

The company recorded debts
of $77 million (US) in December
and this: deal reduces that
amount by $12 million.

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Hairbuster employees will get
a chance. to Pick up tips from
the province's best. this
weekend.

Skeena Mall “salon owner
Tamara Thomson says she’s br-
inging Janine Cleary, last year’s
B.C. Hairdresser of the Year,
up for a “hands-on cutting

. class” on Sunday.

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Yellowhead Road and Bridge
Maintenance is the new road
and bridge contractor for the
Stikine area up Hwy37. :

- The 29-month contract took
effect Feb. 14,

Yellowhead was selected out
of five bids submitted, Former
contractors NorRoadco did not
submit a bid. a

The Stikine area covers 1,595
lane-kilometres of highway and
35 bridges.

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The provincial environment
ministry is looking for nomina-
tions for its 1992 environmental
awards.

The awards are given each
year to individuals, groups and
organizations over six
categories judged to have con: .
tributed to the environment. ~

Nominations must be receiv-
ed by April 15.

More information available

-by calling 1- 800-667- 4321,

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