wena en He ee En Pe ene ot int pay for grilled garden Terrace resident Wilma Cos- tain went to last week’s council meeting bearing gifts of heat- 7 damaged fruit, and after. ad- mitting, ‘‘the fire certainly séem- ‘ed to get away from them a little - bit,” Mayor Jack Talstra told Costain to prepare an itemized list of the damage and she would - be reimbursed: by Tod Strachan _ Costain’s plight began on July 7 when the Terrace Fire Depart- ‘ment used the last of three aban- doned duplexes in the 4900 block Greig Ave. for fire prac- tice. The city had declared the buildings a ‘‘safety hazard’? earlier. in the year and ordered | RES a | Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 2, 1987 15: . Z Golfers get grant Marylin Davies of the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club accepted $33,152, the first half of a provincial lottery grant for the construction of a new clubhouse, from Skeena MLA Dave Parker last Thursday. ‘We're really excited: about it,’’ said Davies, ‘‘because what we had is a 50-year-old farm house that’s been added on to several times.’ She said the new clubhouse will be a 3,000-square-foot brick building, designed so that it can be easily expanded. According to Davies the new 3,000-square-foot clubhouse has been in the planning stages for the past three years and includes a large 80-seat banquet room, a coffee shop and a pro shop, She said the building is situated on a bluff with a view of Thornhill Mountain and overlooking the first tee, the ninth green and some of the fairways, . “It’s a gorgeous setting,’’ she said, Davies said the building is support of the community,” she said, ‘‘The value of the building . is going to be about $225,000 and we’re going to be able to put it up for around $180,000 be- cause of the tremendous support of the business community and ‘volunteers,’” - ; Davies said other improve- — ments to the local course are also underway with a $52,000 Job- trac program upgrading the fair- ways. “*There’s a crew of eight working until December,” she explained, ‘‘doing a lot of brush work. . os “‘What we're trying to do is to get a super nine hole course, ‘then we'll start thinking about expanding it to an 18 hole course,”’ she said. , Davies said the new building should be completed by the end of September. ce Following the presentation - Dave Parker said, ‘‘As well as making a significant contribu- tion to the community’s recrea- tional opportunities, this grant will help create some. useful employment in the area.”’ them removed. _Costain said that she and her - 83-year-old mother. were “put- tering around in the front garden’’ when a shower of water came down and she saw a “‘great ° already 70 percent completed and the lottery grant, as well as many generous community con- tributions, made the project possible. “‘We couldn’t have done it without the lottery grant and the He said he was ‘‘pleased to have been able to help achieve ‘ the grant’’ because “‘it’s a facili- i ty that’s necessary if we’re going’ to attract’ more industry and - people to Terrace.” . Wilma Costain says nobody wants to buy her heat-damaged apples and has asked the city to pay. Costaln claims that heat from a nearby Terrace Fire Department practice fire “barbecued” her vagetable garden and frult trees. dark cloud”’ of smoke overhead. She said that she walked to the back yard and saw the duplex, | which was only 10 feet from the fence at the rear of her property, on fire and Terrace firefighters “hosing it down for fire practice. ’ T went in (the house) to get my rain coat and rubber boots .- ‘because by then the back yard was under water. I should have planted rice,” said Costain,. referring to her garden, “because it was flooded.” -Costain told city council, ‘A week later I went down to the fire hall with a pail of barbecued greens because I was mad,’”’ but was only told that she had been told the building was going to be burned and the fire department had taken adequate measures to protect private property.. ’ She added that the firemen had done an admirable job of | saving the run-down fence in her back yard but her garden, green- | house and fruit trees had been damaged by the heat and her dog was ‘‘covered in ash.” “It’s not a big garden, just Salad greens and .winter’ vege- tables for myself,’’ she explain- | ed, ‘‘but it’s the principal in- [| volved,”’ Costain said she was pleased that the city had offered to reim- burse her for the damage but wondered, ‘‘How do you put a price on a garden?’’ However, Costain said she did suffer a financial loss due to. | heat damage to her fruit trees. ‘*‘Normally we sell the apples, but this year nobody wants them. It was a really good crop, teo.”’ a 7 “T guess I'll have to make ap- ple sauce,” she joked. -A spokesman for the fire de- partment said that they hadn’t received many complaints following the fire practice and most people had said they were happy that the buildings. were gone. | | “We made every effort to protect nearby property,’’ he said, ‘but there were a few stray sparks.’” an employer's advisory commit- tee has been appointed to guide the, program and to ensure that Interconnect produces employ- able people. ; In another program, the pur- chase of a home for children’s respite care, for the relief of parents with handicapped children, is. presently being finalized in the Horseshoe area, “It’s excellent,’ there’s lots of room. We've got to get a varience order to get into .the neighborhood, but I think that we should get that.’ . Copeland said the six-bed Tegional resource is funded by _the Ministry of Social Services. and Housing and will be wheelchair-accessible: ’ Days or Evenings 635-5777 THANK YOU Copeland: ‘said. ‘The location is good and E>) Bornite Mountain Taxidermy} 1 “For a Professional Look” | ' SPECIALIZING IN: * Big Game Mounts & Rugs * Fish & Bird Mounts ; .Bornite Mt. Rd. -- Terrace, B.C. | Comm U Nn ity Services: — | continued from nage 1 She added that Community Services is also in the process of - forming. a...parents’...advisory .. committee for the home. ‘‘We want the parents to monitor the home and tell us what they want for their kids,’’ she explained, - “as well as to assist other families in long-term planning for their children.”’ She said that the home isn’t a “‘drop-off’’ for children but part of an ‘“‘extended family’ to’ assist in the child’s care. “It will be a very nurturing environment and one that _ parents will feel 100 percent - secure in leaving their children,’? _ Copeland said... She said the home should be in operation by the end of Oc- . tober. © PETER MARTINSON a The Terrace Tennis Club has most recently completed the tennis hut project and would like to express their appreciation to the following sponsors and supporting groups and individuals who really helped make this project possible, _ Terrace Parks and Recreation, Employment Development Branch, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2012 John Morgan Engineering N.W. Community College © Glacier Concrete Ltd. Skeena Saw Mills Coastal Welding — Terrace Interlors _ Special thanks to John Hales Project Manager | ‘Hemlock House, a home for. mentally disabled children, is now being contracted to Social Services and Housing as a four- bed intensive needs regional - resource. **We’ve just completed the in- itial stages of training with a larger complement of staff, and ‘the house: accepts. its. second child this week,” Copeland said. . 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