A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 4, 1995

Council Shorts |

ger core budget.

local level,’” George said.

than merely patch it.

plan todo the same here.”’.

the new $2 coin.

bear,’’ said Mayor Jack Talstra.

City backs hospital TERRACE CITY councillors passed a motion backing up the Ter- race Regional Health Care Socicty in its decision to fight for a big-

Councillor Val George called it ironic that B.C, health minister Paul Ramsey is complaining about the federal government cutting health transfer payments ta the province...

**He’s tuming around and doing exactly the same thing to us at a

“What if Mills Memorial were to tum away every resident with an address other than Tesrace proper?”’ Ruth Hallock demanded. “How long would Victoria sit on its butt and do nothing?’

- Gair patchwork panned RESIDENTS of Gair Aves want the city to recap their street rather

The planned patchwork on nine cus across the road follows the city’s work to install sewer service there. .

"We ‘don’ t believe that simply patching the damage will restore the street to its original condition,” resident Doug Beaumont said, _ We have'seen evidence all over Terrace of what happens. when pavement :is cut ‘and patched and " we strongly Teject the proposed

Victory. of the Kermodei

CITY COUNCILLORS were jubilant with word the Royal Cana- dian Mint has followed their suggestion and puta Kermodei bear on

Some readers may have seen news reports to the contrary, that it’s actually a polar bear. They’re all wrong, say the councillors, “I've looked at the picture and without a doubt it’s a Kermodei

“Bike 5 mangled, but rider | escapes injury under train

By CRIS LEYKAUF ANOTHER TRAIN yard. fat- Jality. That’s what Terrace’s April Wilson almost became last week.

“'She’s very lucky to be alive,’

said CN constable Bob Teolis.. . Wilson, aged 21, was crossing the CN yard behind the new Saan Store last Wednesday. She had her mountain bike with her and

_ was heading south when she de-

cided to take a shortcut by crawl- ing underneath a train, dragging her bike with her,

She was still under the coal car

when the train started to move. ' Two CN employees, Don Deed- man and Colin Carlisle were nearby, and shouted at Wilson to keep her head down. '

Fortunately she heard them, kept her head down, and the two men managed to get the train’s driver to stop.

“She’s extremely jucky, ” said -

Teolis. ‘‘She suffered only a

couple of sctapes and a ‘bruised shoulder’? - ; Her mountain bike didn’t fare

_as well, and was mangled in the

incident. Wilson is doubly lucky that she was crawling beneath a coal car,

which has quite a high clearance, .

compared to other train cars, he said.

Wilson to enter the train yard where she did, she had: to walk past two large No Trespassing signs,

As of press time, no decision had been reached yet on whether lo press charges on Wilson for trespassing. ©

Teolis ‘added that trespassing through the CN yards has become more frequent since the new Saan

He also added that i in order for

was built, He foresees an even worse problem once the neigh- . bouring donut shop opens. -

‘We're gaing to have to step up our enforcement,”’ he said.

APRIL WILSON narrowly escaped death when the rail car

she was crawling under began to move, Her bika wasn’t as

lucky. CN officials say new stores along Greig Ave. are In-

creasing the amount of trespassing through the rail yard.

CORRESPONDENCE

FORTHE TERRACE STANDARD °'

The Mail Bag |

Right to read

Dear Sir:

Pornography in the public li- brary? ve never heard of such a thing. One can hardly compare a Harlequin romance with a triple- X video,

The most pornographic material .§ in the library is the Bible. Gen. @

19.32, and Judges 19,22-26 stand out as examples of this. The basis of a free society is non-censorship. ; When we define what is accept-

able or not acceptable we lose .. more than the right to read whitest we choose. We lose the freedom! ee to believe what we choose to betes

lieve in, Chad Miller Terrace, B.C.

Don’t trap cats

An open letter to Halliwell residents: .

We recently had the experience of frantically searching for our

cat, who always comes home for - §

dinner. She rarely goes snooping around the neighbourhood. But on Monday evening Frizzy dis-

appeared. Tuesday we found out:. &

she was having a visit at the local animal shelter,

Turns out a neighbourhood resi- “f dent is trapping cats because they -

are visiting her flowerbeds. So she goes to the shelter and gets a

cat trap. She puts a dish of sar-- dines inside the cage to attract the *

cats.

Well if I was a cat and lived a few houses away you can be sure that I°ll smell it and be there like a dirty shirt. Every cat loves fish, Smelling these sardines she used, Frizzy and several other cats paid her cage a visit. Some had sore paws from trying to get out.

I guess what I’m trying to tell this lady is this: I guess it hasn’t occurred to you that all cats love fish. When you put this fish out- side, of course every cat ina one- and-a-half block radius is going to smell it. You are enticing them to come over, by using this high- smelling food. You could use something less smelling than fish

or spray them with your water

bose, or get a dog.

There are other ways ‘to fix a cat. I live nearby and cats of all colours and description visit here. They check things out and leave. if you think they have sprayed, you can get a product at Janitors Warehouse for under $10.00 to get rid of the foul smelling odors.

I used this product to get tid the odors and they have not sprayed.

I always thought cats were a “free’’ spirit. They can come and go as they please, One way of looking at it for myself is that at least cats bury their droppings, Dogs do not.

I£ you keep putting high smell- ing foods into the trap, you'll not altract cats, but it?l] be bears. I'd rather be surprised by a cat than a bear any day.

You don’t even try to ask your neighbours if the cats are theirs, or even let anyone know you have a problem.

Laura Culloden-Hanson

Terrace, B.C.

Sverwaitea

| VOLUNTEER HELPS SENIOR

AFTER 44 YEARS as a reg-

Z istered nurse, Gertrude

Grundmann was supposed to

B retire. But if anything, she’s as g busy as ever with her volun- teer work at, the Terrace |

Happy Gang Centre. © ; Active with the centre since

m 1985, Grundmann currently ~ a serves as vice-president, and im has also been president.

“I haven’t got any family

here, except my husband. He’s- in his garden, so I’m usually. 4 here,” says Grundmann.

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PUMPKIN

Over the last 10 ten years Grundmann: has served on committees to bring: the Handi-Dart to Terrace, been

- involved with the Medi-Alert

program, the Volunteer Bureau and the Senior’s Access Information Ceritre.

_ Now Grundmann has lim- _

ited her committee involve- ment to a ‘seniors’ outreach

” program,

“We do a lot of. education on senior’s issues,” she says. Currently the tere of eider

abuse is causing a lot of dis- cussion, Abuse of the elderly

can take many forms, she:

explains, including financial and emotional abuse. Grundmann ‘is also

~ involved in-many recreational _ - . seniors will use the Happy

activities at the centre.

She takes part in floor curl-

ing, carpet bowling, bridge

and cribbage nights. She was -

also part of the recent Zone 10 delegation to the Senior’s

Games in the Okanagan, -

where she competed in

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BAGELS |

Selected Varieties

our new Bakery Manager REJEAN PERRAULT

to our community.

bridge.

And when she’s not honing .

her skills, you'll probably find

Grundmann volunteering ‘in. ~. the kitchen at the Happy Gang,

Centre. Grundmann hopes more

Gang Centre this year.

“A lot of seniors are retiring and they're not coming here,” she’says. She'd like to see more

-- younger seniors taking an

active role in the centre.

This space is provided as a weekly

community © service by OVERWAITEA FOODS - TERRACE and THE TERRACE STANDARD to salute people in Your Community who make it a ‘better place to live.

Gertru fe Grundmann

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12 PACK White or Wheat

Rejean has been with Overwaitea Stores for 8 Years. He is an avid sports | enthusiast and is looking forward to meeting the people of Terrace. | Please stop by our In-Store

1 Bakery and say “Hi” and

“Welcome”.