Skatepark too close to building Boards noisy, tenants say News In Brief NOT EVERYONE is enjoy- ing the new temporary skateboard facilites located next to the arena. Residents at the Willows Appartment Complex, at the base of the skateboard park’s hill, say boarders are keeping them awake into the wee hours of the morning. ‘We have been calling the RCMP and they go up and chase them away but the next night they do the same thing,”’says Margaret Cooper, president of the Willows Tenants Associa- tion. The association recently sent a letter of complaint to the mayor and council, as- king that they consider moving the park to a more remote location or putting a midnight curfew on use of the park. They say that the noise of the skateboards on the wood and metal of the park appa- ratus has gone as late as Memories of the Co-op The Terrace Standard continues to collect readers’ memories of the Terrace Co-op now that its planning to close lis main department store the end of Junc. We're planning to publish them the end of June so please have submissions in by June 23. Our mailing ad- dress is 3210 Clinton St., Terrace, B.C. V8G 5R2 and our fax number is 250-638-8432, Typewritten submis- sions are preferred. You can also cmail us at standard@kermode.net Lakelse crash THREE PEOPLE were released from Mills Memorial Hospital with minor injuries after a two vehicle acci- dent on the 4600 block of Lakelse Avenue June 10. A Ford Tempo rear-ended a Ford Ranger truck when the truck stopped abruptly to avoid a pedestrian at- lempting to cross Lakelse at the pedestrian cross walk. RCMP are investigating the incident. Bear protection lobbied | THE FIRST run of 25,000 postcards lobbying the provincial government to ban the grizzly bunt is being Teleased by the Western Canada Wilderness Com- mittee. The postcards show a grinning hunter with a bar blocking out the rest of his face, sitting behind a dead bear. The cards ask the premier whether he supports, ‘the continued ‘sport’ killing of B.C.’s grizzly bears."” 2:30 a.m, and that the nights are topped off when the skateboarders make a lot of MARGARET COOPER and Floyd Dean, two of the seniors living at the Willows apartments, have com- plained to the Terrace council about what they say is excessive noise coming from the skateboard park, A brief survey on the other side of the card allows respondents to mark whether they do or do not support the grizzly hunt, noise coming down the hill to leave. Cooper fears that with only get worse. She says that the noise is face the park. arca, “We don’t want to be un- THE TERRACE area has been mostly fire-free this year and there are a number of reasons for the region’s luck so far, As of late last weck, the fire count to date for the norlhwest was 40, all of them easily control- led with initial attack forces. Steve Westby, of the Terrace fire attack base, says that despite the above average dry weather, other conditions have worked in the forest ser- vice’s favour, He says one of them is plain luck, And lighining, which usually doesn’t arrive in the area until late June or early July, still basn’t been a problem. Westby says another major contributer to the light fire season so far has been the lack of ac- reasonabie,”’ — she noting that she understands the way the school {letting out, it will the efforts that have gone projected depends on how towards setting the park up, The problem is that the especially bad for those sound fom the park is echo- whose seniors whose units ing into the surrounding Steve Scoll, director of were first constructed. Says, parks and recreation, says sound is each apparatus is situated, similar He says a similar problem occurred with ithe back- boards at the tennis courts across the road, when they livily in the bush. With the shuldown of major mills, Westby says there just arent as many people out there who could possibly be responsible fer fires. Although he points out that industries only sparks off a few of the fires seen cach year, he says the fact that there isn’! the same amount of logging going on as usual has helped this year’s fire situation. He hopes the other reason for the lack of fires so far is thal fire prevention information is get- ting out to people and that people arc taking the necessary precautions and being smart in their burning. Wesby doesn’t know if the luck will hald out So get out and have some fun. « Daily ¢ Weekly or monthly rates available . .i%y eo eo moe * Certain Restrictions Neid Enterprises Wants You To Cut Loose! We Now Rent A.T.V.s! 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Disabilities discussed OFFICIALS FROM the provincial Office For Dis- abilily Issues are in town June 25 to alk about what they do and to ask for suggestions on what they should cause | do, Organizers are looking for comment on education, employment, transportation, housing and community living supports and how they affect people with dis- abilities. The session takes place in Room 2002 of the cafeterial building at Northwest Community College. Rid the road of drunks THE B.C. Automobile Association wants tougher measures to get drinking drivers off the roads. And it wants new vehicle to have even lower emis- sion levels than ever. The two positions are contained in the association’s annual position paper presented Last week to ICBC, The association also wants to deny drivers licences until the age of 21 for young offenders found guilty of stealing automobiles. 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