_Awarm month NOVEMBER was much warmer than most years in the Terrace area and was marked by a lack of snow. ‘Statistics gathered by city workers show the tem- perature hit its peak Nov. 13: and 20 when the mer- cury rose to 11.0 C. The coldest day of the month happened Nov. 1 ‘when the temperature dropped below zero to -5 The average high was 6.41 C and with the aver- age low sitting at 1.66 C. That compares to an average temperature of 0.30-C for November with the average for the same month last year being 1.83 C. November was alsa marked by no snow falling at all while last year Tiem fell throughout the month. - In an average year, No- -¥Yember has 48.9 mm of snow. .~ Rainfall was pretty much normal last month with 148.2mm of rain fall- ‘ing over 21 days out of the ‘month. That compares to 155.5mm of rain last year ‘and an average rainfall being 138.8mm for No- vember. The Weather Network is predicting a warmer and dryer than usual December for B.C. El Nino is kicking in this year as well, along . with warmer waters in the Gulf of Alaska, which . plays a role in the abnor- mai-weather pattern. But as the end of De- cember draws ever closer .the network’s head of me- teorclogy, Rob Bianchi, Predicts a change to cooler temperatures. He says a cross-polar, ~ connection is anticipated, which means cold air from Siberia may creep up and over the Canadian Arctic and: sink down over Cana- davstarting: in the west and movitg cast. Sane -*:\“From Christmas atid New Year’s Day we ex- pect a blast of cold arctic air to flow across the country,” Bianchi says. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - A3 m On aroll JASON KLEIN (left) and Gareth Earl bundle up a section of old carpeting they've removed from the ald administration wing at Mills Memorial Hospital. The wing has been gutted and will take shape by spring as the region's first-ever dialysis centre. Six dialysis units will be installed meaning that people with kidney ailments can receive assistance here Instead of having to move away. Earl and Klein work for Your Decor while Progressive Ventures of Terrace has the overall contract for the work, Length matters to WestJet By JEFF NAGEL WESTIET wants Terrace’s airport to spend a couple million dollars extending the runway if it were to come here, airport officials say. That’s the message Clive Beddoe — CEO of the Cal- gary-based discount airline - delivered when he met local airport officials here last month. “They want an extra 500 or 1,000 feet of runway,” Terrace-Kitimat Air- port Society president Fraser Mackie said. The Northwest Regional Airport’s present 6,000-foot runway is perfectly adequate for WestJet’s fleet of Boc- ing 737s, he said. This airport once had regular service with 737s run by Canadian Airlines. But he said WestJet has its own policy requiring a longer runway. “They need a longer runway for safety reasons particularly in the winter,” explained airport manager Rick Reed. An Air Canada Bae 146 overshot the runway here in slushy weather one winter. Reed said WestJet doesn’t want the publicity that would follow a similar incident. “Because they are a low cost carrier there’s a lot of focus on them in the press,” Reed said. “If the standard is X, theirs is triple X.” _. . Mackie. estimated a runway extension of the sort sug- gested would, cost the airport at feast $2 millidn.’ “If we’re going to add more runway we have to find out how we're going to pay for it,” he said, “It’s very much in the let’s-look-and-see sort of phase.” Mackie said Beddoe indicated the company will con-, NED ENTERPRISES Running Boards Tool Boxes Mud Flaps Headache Racks Box Liners And Much More! Sale Ends Dec 31/02 tinue to look al the Terrace market and decide whether they want to take the idea further. WestJet’s arrival could hurt Terrace-based Hawkair Aviation, he conceded. “We love Hawkair. They're great guys and we're excited about their success,” Mackie said. “We know it would impact theirs traffic.” But Mackie said the airport society board needs to ensure the sustainability of the airport, and that’s based on the number of passengers that travel through it. Another discount airline operating here might pull in even more travellers from around the region to this air- port, he said, Mackie also said Terrace hotels, Shames Mountain and other local businesses might benefit from WestJet’s arrival. The Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce has made runway extension at the airport one of its top new priorities. “We're not oblivious to the fact that WestJet has a fair economic impact in areas it goes into,” Mack- ie said. Hawkair marketing director Charlynn Toews said it would be “annoying” if the airport uses fees collected from Hawkair passengers to spend on a project to aid WestJet. ' However, she said Hawkair would enjoy a:series of advantages over WestJet — including the overnighting of the plane here allowing’ reliable early morning. depar? tures. WestJet sometimes tries markets but departs if they don’t meet expectations, she added. “We’re not very worried,” Toews said. their Christmas. to 5 p.m. teens this week. part of the campaign. meal. Your Christmas donation guide HERE ARE some ways you can help others enjoy Shelter dinner THE TERRACE emergency shelter at 2812 Hall St. is hosting a Christmas meal Dec, 22 from 2 p.m. Donations of food are gladly accepted. The shel- ter also appreciates donations of winter clothing, especially coats, boots, toques and gloves. Volunteers to prepare food and to cook, as well as to serve and to clean on Dec. 22 ore also nee- ded. Please call the shelter al 635-5890. Bring a gift to a child HOW WOULD you like to help play Santa Claus? Terrace Anti-Poverty and its Christmas Cam- paign partners need volunteers to help wrap and disiribute gifts io hundreds of local children and So far, 155 local families had registered for the Christmas Campaign, a number that's expected to climb, Roseanne Pearce from Terrace Anti Poverty says. Last year, about 96 families registered. The program offers people a way to buy a gift or clothing item for a specific child or teen. Donations can still be dropped off at Terrace Anti-Poverty, located at 4628 Park Avenue. For more information, call 635-4631. Salvation Army appeal THE SALVATION Army’s hampers filled with all the fixings for a Christmas meal and gifts for child- ren are being distributed ta hundreds of local fami- lies this week. But the work doesn’t stop there. The Christmas campaign is the Salvation Army's most important fundraiser of the year. Money raised now supports a range of programs and services that operate throughout the year. Volunteers seeking your generous support will be ringing bells and manning kettles at various lo- cations around Terrace, including the Skeena Mall and other major retail tocations. The Sharing Tree GIFTS FOR the Sharing Tree can be dropped off at the offices of the Mix, CJFW, and NTV. You're asked to donate an unwrapped, new gift for a child, teen or adult for distribution by the Salvation Army. Terrace Totem Ford is filling its Sharing Truck with gifts and non-perishable food items as Feeding people all year ON SUNDAY, the Bread of Life Soup Kitchen put on dinner — in two sittings — for families and indi- viduals who would not otherwise have a Christmas The soup kitchen:is operated Saturdays year ‘round at the Carpenters’ Hall by volunteers from the:Seventh Day-Adventist Church. Tax -deductible financial donations can be made to RR3, S-3A A- 10, Terrace, B.C. 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