§ =6jaywalking JAYWALKERS in Terrace could soon be dinged with $50 : oar fines every time they cross a street illegally. Ac City councillors have approved requests from city bylaw enforcement officer Frank Bowsher and local RCMP to adjust city bylaws so.unsafe pedestrians can be ticketed, The bylaw amendments come to city council for first reading Dec. 14. ‘‘We do not want people to get hit,’’ Bowsher told councillors last week. ‘Our only interest is in pedestrian safety and traffic safety.”’ Jaywalking is most dangerous downtown, where there’s lots of traffic, he said. ‘‘The biggest problem is in the afternoon and high school students are the worst,’” Bow- sher said, ‘They rn right out.” Councillor Rich McDaniel said many pedestrians are also guilty of crossing intersections against ted lights, Although there’s already provisions to fine jaywalkers under the Motor Vehicle Act —- the fine is $86 — that money goes to Victoria. But if the city makes jaywalking a ticketable offence un- der its municipal ticket system, the fines Icvied come back to the city. City councillor David Hull told Bowsher he appreciated his line of thinking, but said city revenue shouldn’t enter the picture, “‘This isn’t about money, it’s about pedestrian safety,’’ Hull said. Councillor Olga Power said there are enough places to cross the street on Lakelse Ave. already. “It is very, very difficult to be a motorist in this town,’’ she said. ‘‘We have to make it easier ta operate in Ter- race,” Hull contended that a bigger problem than pedestrians jaywalking is motorists who won’t stop at crosswalks. “That’s the biggest problem with pedestrian traffic in this town,”’ he said, adding the RCMP should focus more effort on crosswalk enforcement. The proposed bylaw changts would make it illegal to walk out in front of a vehicle if it’s “‘impractical” for the | driver to stop. A second section would make it illegal to cross anywhere other than a marked crosswalk or an inter- section. saying it right INITIAL TENSION over the idea of merging the Terrace and Thornhill fire departments may have been over how to characterize the process. “The term ‘amalgamation’ seemed to pet the hair on everyone’s backs up,’ Terrace fire chief Randy Smith told Terrace city councillors Friday. The favoured term is now “‘consolidation of services’, Smith added. “Everyone seemed to be much more comfortable with that,” he said. That caused city councillor David Hull to joke that per- haps the failure of last year’s Terrace-Thornhil] amalgama- tion referendum was also a problem of wording. ‘Maybe it should have been a consolidation referendum,’ he said. ‘‘It's all in the spin.’’ Smith said officials with the two fire departments wil continue meetings in the weeks ahead in an effort to reach agreement. Seg ane ra Sy r 21st Anniversary Christmas y Arts & Crafts Sale at the Terrace Art Gallery 4610 Park Ava, Lower Level of the Library Fri. December 4, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Sat. December 5, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Admission halps raise funds for future exhibitions. Admission: $1.00 Adults and 50 cents Seniors & Students. The Terrace Art Gallary is cperated by the Terrace Art Association. City of Terrace Cverwaitiea Sponsors: Vox Polaris, Tarrace Community Choir and Guest Choir from Hazelton CONDUCTED BY JIM RYAN SOLOISTS Pam Kerr, SOPRANO «Myma Fisher, ALTO «John Arsanault, TENOR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 - 8:00 PM _ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 - 2:00 PM* REM LEE THEATRE Tickets cvailable at Sight & Sound and at tha door, . fy. Adults:-$10.00 Seniors and Students: $8.00 **Sunday Family. + Special: $20.00 - _ City to target I + NORTHERN EYES OPTICAL * OVERWAITEA'* PARAGON + PERSONALLY YOURS » PET WORLD © RETMANS® RICKI'S » RUBY RED + TIM HORTON’S « ABW BATA/ATHLETE’S WORLD « BUCK OR TWO eSHEFIELD & SONS NORTHERN DRUGS A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 2, 1998 fe re peace aan JAYWALKERS cross Ottawa St. between Safeway and 7-Eleven in large numbers every day. In less than 10 minutes on Friday afternoon more than 25 were counted crossing there. 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