Tips for bush survival

Remember to hug that tree

LOST IN the woods?

Hug a tree,

It’s one of the pieces of
advice given by the RCMP
in a program of the same
name for young people in
case they do get lost in the
“woods,

Last Friday members of
the Sixth Terrace scout
troop got to praclice their
survival techniques with a
walk up Terrace mountain.

Part of the drill involved

having Terrace Search and
Rescue members being
called out in the early mom-
ing hours to find the ‘‘lost’’
scouts,
’ “Everything went well,’’
said RCMP Constable Lin-
nea Fitch, the organizer of
the event. “‘The searchers
found them within a couple
of hours.””

“Hug a Tree, which is an-
‘.olher way of telling people
‘ to slay in one spot if lost,

emphasizes the importance

of telling somebody where
you are going and when you
are expected to return.

‘Even if people go out for
just-a day hike, enough food
and water should be taken in
case something does hap-
pen, said Fitch.

Library
users
climb

LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP
continued to climb in 1997
— the year the Terrace Pub-
lic Library celebrated ils
30th anniversary.

Another 450 people ap-
plied for library cards last
year, making for 11,732
users. Those users borrowed
nearly 250,000 books and
other materials. Adult backs

- accounted for about 121,000

loans, while junior materials
totalled over 76,000,

Head librarian “Ed° Curell -

said in the two years since
the library expanded, cir-
culation has grown by near-
ly 25 per cent. While he said
use is growing in all cate-
gories, the increase in the
circulation of children’s
materials is particularly
noticeable.

In his annual report Curell
attributed that growth to
children’s librarian Holly
Nguyen. Her weekly
storylime programs and spe-

_ cial holiday activities are al-
ways full, and registration
for all children’s programs
were filled to capacity

throughout the year.

Increase in overall circula-
tion might also be attributed
to the library’s opening its
doors on Monday, as of last
March. City council pushed
for the extra opening and
Curell said it’s been a big
hit,

Compuler users have also
been drawn to the library
with the ongoing free Inter-
net access. Last year the li-

“brary was also able to set up
its own web page and a
youth page — the work of
three students, hired through
a” provincial government
grant.

Another first for the Ii-
brary was the addition of a
security system. Curell said
it’ was necessary since the
amount of stolen books and
materials is too high.

It took just over half a mil-

lion to keep the library run- -

Ning this year. The lions’
share — $426,000 — came
from the city, with the pro-
vince kicking in just under
$50,000, Book fines raised a
healthy $16,000 and
photocopier revenue
brought in just over $9,000.
- On the other side of the
‘ledger, wages and benefits
added “up to $331,000, up
from $285,000 in 1996. The
library also spent about
$85,000 acquiring new
materials, such as books.
The library ended the year
with just over $4,000 in the
bank.

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THAT'S SIXTH Terrace scout Chris Rife (centre) checking his backpack before
his troop headed out for a night on Terrace mountain. They also became the sub-
jects of a "search” by local members of the Terrace Search and Rescue group.

orange plastic garbage bag searchers.
thal can double as shelter

She also advises taking an and as a visibility aid to to call out and not to hide

Young people are also told approaching searchers.

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