AS - Tha Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 22, 1997 _ Council Shorts Library wants money THE LIBRARY BOARD has asked city council for a 3.8 per cent increase in its operating grant and for $30,000 for capital items. The $30,000 would be spent on a new IBM AS400 mini-computer for the library circulation system. The increase in ihe operating grant would be divided between a number of items. The library board wants to. spend three per cent more on books and audio visual materials. It’s also proposed a two per cent wage in- crease for regular staff and a four per cent increase for management. That would bring the slarting wage for regular em- ployees to $13.42 per hour, capped at $16.08 per hour after three years employment. The board also needs to spend more money for security tags for the theft detection system and needs to clean the carpets and buy new furniture for seating areas, City council has referred the request to budget deliberation of the committee of the whole. If council accepts the request, the library's new budget would be just over half a million dollars, Anti-poverty eyes garden THE ANTI-POVERTY Group Society has asked city council for permission to use land beside the Skeena Kalum Housing Socicty project on Haugland for a sec- ond community garden. The society now has a garden on the corer of Greig and Apsley, It’s land owned by the city which also paid for fencing and water. Gardeners grew vegetables, herbs and flowers, and canned their produce in preparation for winter. All the gardeners were low income carners, and had no access to any other garden land. Garden coordinator Leila Burton wants city approval soon so she can start the Haugland garden next spring. Her ideas include gardens for seniors, the disabled and possibly a commercial garden to provide local jobs. City council has referred anti-poverty’s request for more land to its planning committee. Councilor David Hull says he’s in favour of the idea since the land is currently vacant. ‘Why not do something productive with it,”’ be said. Townhouses planned A NINE-UNIT townhouse complex is planned for 2707 Kalum St. on the southside. Rod Cousins plans to build the townhouses to mirror those located beside the planned location. The property will be planted with trees, at least two metres in height and will be fenced. Council joins battle TERRACE CITY council is joining leaders ‘of other northern communities in fighting environmental groups they say aré/gpreading Wyrdng inforniation.:-/°"" ‘Being targeted are groups spreading misinformation’ in Etirope about timber harvesting practices in B.C. These groups claim that B.C. permits unsustainable forest practices, and they try to encourage the boycott of B.C. forest products. Terrace added its name to those supporling a resolu- tion against this practice. The resolution was put for- ward by the North Central Municipal Association. 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When house manager Janet Costain discovered no other organizations were hold- ing a dinner for the less fortunate, she decided to throw open the doors. “The community really came together,”’ she said. “All I had to buy was ice for the punch and two botiles of ginger ale.’’ She was surprised by the large tum-out, which in- cluded about a dozen children. In order to cope with numbers the shelter set up tables both in the basement and in the living room, and even had to seat some diners on couches on the front porch. **A lot of people said it felt just like home, perhaps because of the cramped elbow space,’’ she said. It took 12-13 volunteers to put on the dinner — chopping vegetables, serving plates and cleaning up afterwards. Before the day of the dinner Costain had to com- plete a few kitchen renovations in order to deal with the numbers. The renovations were badly needed, she said. ; Norm McFarland donated a double sink, which Rob McVey installed, while Norm Taylor donated wood for counter tops, and all the tools. Jamie Eckmand helped out with the finishing work. ‘*It was a real community effort,”’ said Costain. She was also touched by the number of people who brought in what they could, such as a few litres of ap- ple juice, or a bag of carrots. Plus there were plenty of pies —- something which went over well with the diners. Leftovers were sent home with many of the families who came for dinner. Costain had planned to offer a Christmas dinner as well, but one is already being organized by the Kermode Friendship Centre, for Dec. 17. Gh Coumbia Tait King Fat aati Tronsgian! ve Cheney Slaty | BC Branch : et (604) 736-9775 or 1-800-567-8112 (604) 877-2100 or 1-800-663-6189 Dp... a ge “Decide to Be an Organ Donor Recycle Yourself. and Tell Your Family. 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