er School ATRAIN CROSSING on Hwy16 east of Terrace may be a location for one of the. provincial govem- ment’s new photo radar devices. That crossing ranks as the fifth Notes BEGINNING THIS January all School District 88 employ- ees with unsupervised access to children will have to un- dergo criminal record checks, teachers, ‘| assistant staff and more. In to- tal 280,000 members of the Review Act is designed to help protect children while ensuring as much as possible the tral agency within the govern- ment will coordinate the record worst on a list of 100 highway spots in the province when. it comes to severity of accidents based on volume of traffic, And since photo radar ‘is ultimately designed to slow people down and thus prevent ac- cidents, the crossing is a candi- date, says a provincial official. _ The higher the speed, the greater the risk of accidents and Records to be checked include learning These employces librarians, be. If we can slow people down, we can stop some of the in- juries,”” said Betty Nicholson of B.C. workforce will be af-] the motor vehicles branch. fected by this legislation. The Criminal Records privacy of individuals. A cen- | THE LOSS of surplus RCMP of- ficers has hurt the ability of the local detachment to take on spe- cial projects. Four officers over and above the number generally regarded as checks and ensure fidentiality of information. con- d td Good’s work | or ctmes commanding st remem bered ficer Inspector Steve Leach. © “When you do have a surplus you can target certain types of crime such as drug enforcement — street drug enforcement — and break and eniters, ”? . said Leach. “It gives me just a lite more flexibility to police the com- munity,’’ he added. SCHOOL DISTRICT tnstees approved a one-time scholar- ship of $350 in memory of Barbara Good, Barbara Good was a home school coordinator at Skeena Junior Secondary, and died this summer. “She can’t be replaced,’ the more severe the injuries can, - She said locations for the pos- sible two photo radar devices to be located {n northeastern and norihwestem B.C. will be decided after meetings with local groups. The units work when a vehicle’s ‘speed is judged by radar. If the speed is over the limit, a camera device is trig- gered, taking a picture of the ’ vehicle’s licence plate. That’s then processed and a ticket sent to the address on the vehicte’s registration, _ Nicholson ‘said the units are portable and will be moved around in the north to the loca- tions selected as being the worst for speeding. While some governments view photo radar as a valuable way of And while Leach declined to comment on whether the detach- ment is now. below required or accepted staffing levels, Leach did say the day to day activities of the detachment. aren’t im- paired. The surplus officers were all in the general duty = category, temporarily raising that section’s number to more than 25. Leach didn’t credit the special activities of the surplus officers - as the sole reason the area’s crime mate dropped dramatically from 1993 to 1994. ‘I's hard to count one thing to why ctime goes up or down. said Skeena vice-principal. Fred Woods. ‘But what: she accomplished will live on in the students’ minds for a long time.” Lunch program to continue Funding Opportunities for Community Health Research With the shift of health decision-making ta the local level, it is _ increasingly important that communities become involvedin health research activities’ : . ‘ THE SCHOOL meal program will continue this year at E.T. Kenney and Clarence Michiel elementary schools. Response from both parents and children has been good, trustees were told at their last meeting. Subway, a sandwich restaurant, has been awarded the contract until June 27 of next year. $111,036 on the school meal The school district’ ‘spent oe To facilitate community participation in research and evalua- “tion, the B.C. Health Research. ‘Foundation (BCHRE) pro- ‘vides grants to assist. the development and implementation;of Se innovative, community-based : ee health fesearch Projects, The information session ... has been scheduled for: : The BCHRF will host a an informa- Terrace tion session in Terrace on Thursday, October 12, 1998; as ey at i Jeview funding dpportunities avail- ++ fable through thé Foundation. ‘ Thursday, October 12, 1995.to.e cease fe are Ren EE Sa Ses ‘ing how many children will program last year, ending the year with a surplus of $24,222. Secretary treasurer Barry Piersdorff indicated that the | surplus is a result of not know- need the program from year to year. ssvataacaveiuacaccsame feeuenneanens te Registration i is by phoné through the Apa 47io Kingsway, Burnaby, B.C. es =Foundatlon office. BC ‘Health ‘Research Foundation VgH 4M Tall Free: 00-55-59 New speeder trap eyed gelling people to slow down, crit- ics say they represent a cash cow, Photo radar, for example, was introduced in Ontario by the for- mer NDP government there but ‘cancelled when the Progressive Conservatives were elected this summer, The photo radar meeting here lakes place Sept. 28 and while that’s not open to the public, Nicholson promised there will be the chance of opinions to be heard afterward. _. [RCMP officers have. consistent- . ly said thal speed is a factor in ac- cidents on many northern high-- ways. They say that’s particularly the case in the winter when motorists don’t drive according to wad conditions. Detachment numbers drop There are a number of reasons — socio economic circumstances being one,’’ said Leach. **But certainly if we have more people, that’s more people on the slreet in police vehicles,’’ he con- tinued. One specialized activity al- lowed by the temporary surplus was assigning an officer full time to work on the community’s new Crimesloppers program. : Leach said it isn’t all that un- usual for detachments have sur- plus officers at certain times. He said transfers in and out and assignment changes don’t balance outat times. — The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 27, 1995 - A13 Look Twice. It’s Motorcycle Season. Road (3 WE'RE TOUGH ON uae BIER Ut PHL Eo Craft: Sheets 4. 49 aver 30 Colours to Choose From DMC Floss 556 cach or se, Dozen Every Colour DNC Makes Plus the f New 3800 $ Series rae Skeena Mall Next to Overwaltea’s Mall Entrance 635- 1422 Annua Pre-Christnas Sale Se] ¢ tember 29 - 30, 1995 Magazines, Newspapers, & Special * Orders 4606 Lakelse Avenue, Terrace (next to the Bank of Nova Scotia) 635-4428 FROM THE GROUND UP HOME IMPROVEMENT GUIDE. Let These Professionals And Discount Suppliers Help You With Your Home Work! ', : ty | “Eieaes MAIN FLOOR PLAN” 41058 SQ. FT. 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