A - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 28, 2003

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MARIKA RICHARD, 21, is one of eight local volunteers who received their
auxiliary policing badges at a ceremony here May 21. The badge-pinning
brings her one step closer to fulfilling her dream of becoming her family’s
third generation of police officers. She hopes to become an RCMP mem-
ber. Seventeen auxiliary constables from Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Smithers

and Terrace received their badges. SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO

Locals get work boost
at Kalum Lake project

SKEENA LIBERAL MLA
Roger Harris says using
equipment hired as needed
for a highway project at
Kalum Lake will give
work to locals who would
normally be employed if
the forestry industry was
healthier.

“I think that’s very im-
portant, particularly in an
area where the economy is
like it is here. It may be a
bit more expensive, but it
will allow the small guy to
get some work,” said Har-
ris last week of the system
known as day labour.

Under this system, the
transporlation ministry
manages a project and
hires to meet its needs as
opposed to selecting one
contractor who does every-

thing.

“T asked for hourly work
to give guys a chance who
don’t traditionally do this
kind of work,” said Harris.

The work is to repair a
section of the Kalum Lake
Road that's now reduced
to one-lane from two be-
cause of an earth flow.

Work worth. $700,000
was done last year and the
rest of it will take place
this year at a cost of $1.5
million.

Equipment will be used
to remove tons of material
to relieve the pressure on
slopes so that they don’t
slide down and cover the
road surface.

Once that is done, the
road will be widened to its
original width of two lanes.

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Failing to Yield Right of Way
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Weather Conditions
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Driving on Wrong Side of Road
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Pedestrian Error’ Confusion
Wild Animal
Improper Passing

Avaiding Vah/Ped /Cycle
Cutting In
Backing Unsofaly

Extreme Fatigue
Sunlight Glare
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The earth started to
flow along the section of
road in the early 1980s.

Pressure to fix that sec-
tion began ta grow several
years ago after the prov-
ince committed itself to
spending $50 million to
improve the Nass Valley
highway system north of
Kalum Lake.

Smooth
ride to
Kitimat

A GROUP of companies
belonging to the same ow-
nership group has received
a $2.9 million contract to
re-surface 3ikm of Hwy37
from Onion Lake south to
Kitimat and 2km of the
Kitamaat Village road.

Terrace Paving is te be
a main participant in the
project and an‘ associated
asphalt recycling company
from Dawson Creek called
Astro Asphalt Recycling is
involved.

Astro was called in be-
cause the asphalt on the
road now will be re-used
after being mixed with
new material.

“What will happen is
that a new layer will be
put down and then it and
the old asphalt will be
ground up, mixed and used
again in what we call ‘hot
in place,’” says transporta-
tion ministry official Don
Ramsay.

“Tt seems funny that a
new layer will be put down
only to be ground up again
but doing that works best
to get rid of the rutting
that’s in place right now,”
he said.

“When you have a rut-
ted surface, this is the best
technical way to deal with
it.”

The current surface is
now 18 years old and the
project will extend the
service life of the highway
by an estimated five to
seven years.

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< Terrace Crimestoppers
» Vins Provincial Award

Left to Right Brian Lindenbach - President,
Jayne Mckenzie - Treasurer and Terri Williamson - Secretary
The Terrace Crimestoppers program was recognized with an award at the
annual conference held in Vernon, B.C. earlier this month.
The volunteer program, which has been active since 1997, received the
2002 Productivity Award for the “under 20,000" population category for all

British Columbia programs.
In 2002, Terrace Crimestoppers received 94 tips which resulted in 8 arrests.

Over $2,500 in drugs were seized and another
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$1,500 in property recovered
aa ae as a direct result of these tips.