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Fern Sweeting, .Terrace’s by-
law enforcement officer, has
been on the job for over six
months. Since Jan. 1 of this
year, she has handled 34 com-
plaints, both from the citizens of
Terrace and problems she
herself has identified. From
September to December of 1989,
she dealt with 64 issues of by:
laws.

by Betty Barton

Sweeting’s four areas of by-
law enforcement are:
@ Smoking in public places —
she says she’s had numerous re-
quests from local businesses for

the bylaw, so that they can en-

force the regulation.

@ Noise.

© Traffic — Sweeting recently

attended a seminar on new tick-

eting procedures and will be

soon enforcing parking and traf-

fic bylaws.

@ Nuisance bylaws — unsightly

premises; Sweeting spends most
of her time enforcing this bylaw.
She encourages local residents to
fix up or demolish broken down
fences and collapsed and unsafe
sheds, before she is notified of
the problem. She also wants to
ensure that these clean-up jobs
are done in an appropriate and

Schools

brisk

Noise, traffic and.
nuisance. abound

approved manner. Now that the
snow is going, many unsightly:
yards are beginning-to appear,
as are unlicensed vehicles out-
side the owner’s property.

Sweeting says, “‘If it’s city pro- —

perty, it’s my responsibility.”

- She is stepping up her spring in-

spections.

First, the problem is iden-
tified, the owners are notified by’
letter or phone and given a
deadline by which time they
must remove or repair the un-
sightly premises. If the request is
not met, Sweeting sends a memo
to Terrace city council notifying
them of the problem. The city
sends a notice of hearing. If the
problem isn’t resolved, the city
will clean up the area and charge’
the owner or add the charge to

their property taxes at the end of —

the year.

Sweeting says that in general
the residents of Terrace have
been very cooperative, and she
looks forward to. working with
them towards increased safety
and cleanliness of the city.

prepare

_ for science fair

- April 22-28 is being declared

Science Week in Terrace. To
celebrate the week, two major
_ activities are planned.

“Science World’? from Van-
couver will be doing demonstra-
tions and displays throughout
the week, in the schools and
perhaps at some public loca-
tions.

Terrace Science Fair will fin-
ish the week on April 28 in the
Caledonia Senior . Secondary
School gym. The day will be

highlighted with six -science fair.
contests; egg drop at 10:15 in the

parking lot; paper bridge at
11:15 in the lecture theater;
scavenger hunt (a new event) at

12:30 in Room 1; paper
airplanes at 1:00 in Rooms | and

2; pop can tower at 1:30 in
Room 2’ straw tower at 2:00 in
Room 2.

In addition to the contests,
demonstrations and displays will
take place throughout the day,
in the Caledonia gym.

Entering a project in the
Science Fair provides students
from Kindergarten through
Grade 12 with the opportunity
to pursue a personal topic of in-
terest in the field of science, in-
tegrate skills learned in other
subject areas for the develop-

“ment of that'topic, and to aim

for high achievement and prac-
tice self-discipline in the comple-

_ tion of the project.

Entry forms are available
from the Terrace Public Library
and all schools.

Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 28, 1990 B7

AFTER CONSIDERABLE preparation and regulatory fine-tuning by the city government, Terrace
at last has a bylaw enforcement officer. Fern Sweeting is responsible for insuring conformity to
numerous local regulations, including those governing traffic, parking, nolse, nuisances and
smoking In public places. |

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In December of 1989, local students were Invited to design
a logo for use in promoting the 25th annual Terrace
Sclence Falr. Over 40 well-thought-out designs were con-
tributed. The Sclence Fair committee voted to select the

design will now be incorporated Into promotional
materials for the fair. Runnerup winners include Leah
Gilbert, Dustin. Dunbar, Erin Davies, Lauran Sabine and
Sarah Eve Kelly. Sclence Fair coordinator Joan Cox ex-

artwork of Rodney Sanches as the overall winner. His

‘tended congratulations, to all who participated. -- — --

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