Legislative Library, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 Time for treats Kimberly Dodd, 2, takes time out for treats at the Terrace Public Library. Kimberly's father, Bliss, supervises the proceedings. The Spring session of preschool storytime began today at the Terrace Public Library. Another session will ba held Thursday, April 10 at 1:30 p.m. Storytime is scheduled each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Over the naxt few weeks, special workshops for parents of preschoolers will be held. See story page 19. Council approached Terrace municipal council will consider par- ticipating in a new federal employment pro- gram if the idea is ap- proved by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. An appeal for the municipality to act as a ‘thost workplace’ for Job Entry was received by council members at a Committee of the Whole meeting Monday, April 7. Job Entry allows par- ticipants to gain working experience in the career field of their choice at no cost to the host employer. The program is being administered through Northwest Community College by Karen Birkedal. Ald. Ruth Hallock ex- pressed guarded en- thusiasm for the con- cept, “It’s an excellent idea and it doesn’t cost us anything, but we must have the approval of the union.’’ Municipal employees are covered by the district’s collective agreement with CUPE. The committee agreed with Ald. Bob Jackman’s proposal that council approach CUPE for suggestions and solicit the union’s sup- port in the program. Clean up Terrace program starts to take form An informal commit- tee of Terrace busi- nessmen and municipal officials are design- ing a comprehensive program to control litter on local streets. The ‘Clean Up Terrace Program’ will include establishment .of trash containers on main traf- fic arteries, the hiring of three seasonal employees and efforts to focus local awareness on the pro- blem. The group presented an outline of their pro- posal to Terrace municipal council members at a Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, April 7.: Council members were informed that the trash “containers ‘would-be the wire-mesh type, designed to be attached to parking advisory signs along the main streets. The areas identified for this project were Lakelse Ave., Lazelle Ave. and Eby St, Requirements were estimated to be approx- imately 100 containers. It was suggested that the municipality purchase and install 30 of these to launch the project, following which dona- tions from businesses and corporations could be solicited for the re- mainder. ‘Clean Up Terrace’ committee member Outside Date Hi Lo —— Prec. 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Council members were advised that this could be done through the Ter- race’ and’ District’ Com- munity Services Society; one of the society’s pro- grams involves the mainstreaming of men- tally handicapped adults into work situations. Malcolm Hilcove, franchise holder for the local McDonald’s outlet, indicated that McDonald’s is willing to initiate a program in the local schools to make students aware of the problem. The program, he said, would include Son Trades Falr plan slide presentations, discussions and ‘contests. As an indication of the dimension of the pro- blem, Hilcove added that a recent clean-up cam- paign netted 407 giant- sized garbage bags of lit- ter from local streets. Other ideas put for- ward for the campaign included car litter bags imprinted with the Ter- race logo, to be distributed by local ~ businesses and the print- ing of promotional flyers to be sent out to Terrace households. Council were told the total cost of the project for this year will be ap- proximately $11,000. At the suggestion of Ald. Bob Jackman, $3,000 of the estimate which would cover the creation of a radio ‘‘jingle’’ was transferred for con- sideration in the general municipal budget. Jackman pointed out that a Terrace theme tune could have broader applications than the clean-up campaign. Mayor Jack Talstra asked the commitfee, ‘‘How much of this can the business community handle? The city doesn't contiaued on page 24 ee Bes ned Rick Jacura, chairman of the Terrace and District Jaycees’ 15th Annual Trades Falr, said the event will be bigger and better than ever this year. See story page 23.