2 - The Prince George Citizen -Saturday, November 23,1991 Weather Immediate Prince George area: Periods of snow becoming mixed with rain this afternoon are expected to taper off by nightfall, with precipitation expected to total five centimetres. Windy conditions arc also expected, with winds dropping off overnight and the chance of snow flurries increasing. On Sunday increasing clouds are expected along with rain or mixed snow. The high today should be 2 and the low tonight -2. A high of 3 is predicted for Sunday. The high temperature Friday was 0 and the overnight low -3.6. Chances of precipitation arc 90 per cent today, 40 per cent tonight and 80 per cent Sunday. The three-day outlook is for mainly cloudy skies with a steady drop in temperatures through Tuesday when overnight temperatures are expected to fall as low as -9. Chances of precipitation range from 40 to 50 per cent. We had 0.1 cm of snow in the 24-hour period to 4 a.m. and 6.1 hours of sunshine. A year ago today the high was -10 and the overnight low -21. There was 13 cm of snow and no sunshine. Sunset today is at 4:02 and sunrise Sunday at 7:54. Sunrise Sunday is 7:56 and sunset Sunday is at 4 p.m. Chilcotin, Cariboo: Today, cloudy. Periods of snow at times mixed with rain in the afternoon. Windy. High 2. Tonight, cloudy with clear periods. Chance of a flurry. Windy at times. Low -4. Sunday, cloudy. Chance of a morning flurry. Periods of rain or mixed rain and snow in the afternoon. High 4. Probability of precipitation 100 per cent today, 40 tonight and 80 Sunday. Bulklcy Valley, The Lakes: To- REGIONAL DISTRICT BRIEFS Water system studied A request for a water system by the Salmon Valley community is being considered by the Fraser-Fort George Regional District. The board of directors will request $10,000 from the B.C. government for a feasibility study for a system to serve 98 households. A preliminary study by KLM Engineering estimates the cost to homeowners at about $800 per year or $6 to $7 per week if the province approves a 50-pcr-cent cost-sharing grant. Total capital cost is estimated at about $1 million. In other business concerning that area, Maureen Thompson, FFGRD director for the area, requested and received $10,000 for two projects. The Salmon Valley Recreation Commission will receive $4,000 to replace a motor, which blew up, in its tanker truck used by the volunteer fire department. The Nukko Lake Recreation Hall will get a new sewer system with $6,000. ★ ★ ★ Although Westcoast Energies Inc.’s natural gas pipeline runs through McLeod Lake’s backyard, the community has to resort to oil, electricity or wood for heating. At the request of the McLeod Lake Centennial Club, regional board directors approved up to $700 for a feasibility study on a natural gas distribution system for the community. McLeod Lake is 160 kilometres north of Prince George. ★ ★ ★ The McLeod Lake Indian Band will assist that community with the cost of establishing street lighting. The band has offered to pay $1,800 to cover the cost of installing six streetlights leading to the reserve. On Nov. 9 the community approved a referendum to light the community, which parallels the Hart Highway. The lighting project stemmed from the death last year of Victoria Inyallie, 67, who was struck and killed by a car as she walked along the dark highway. City council Monday is public hearing night again at city council, but it’s a light agenda. City hall has receive a 39-signature petition, a letter and notice that a survey in the Peden Hill will be presented Monday regarding a rezoning application for 3621 Gould Crescent. Balbir Singh Gill and Harbhajan Singh Grcwal wish to build a 62-unit apartment complex on land currently zoned urban residential. City planners are recommending the site be rczoncd to multiple-family, but petitioners oppose increased traffic and additional strain on the two schools in the area. In other matters expected to be discussed: ■ The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation is applying to consolidate and rezone a single-family and vacant site at 2887 Ferry Ave. for a proposed apartment complex containing a maximum of 70 units. City administration is recommending the move, but the same 39 residents opposing the Gould Crescent rezoning have signed a petition opposing this proposal also. City hall also has received one letter and notice of a survey being presented Monday from Peden Hill residents. This petition is identical to the one opposing the proposed rezoning by applicants Gill and Grewal. ■ Glen and Lillian Mooney are seeking third reading for rezoning and an amendment to the Official Community Plan for an office building on the southeast comer of Fifth Avenue and Carney Street. Applicant R.J. Cooper Services Ltd. wishes to construct a 920-square-metrc building to house the B.C. Ministry of Social Services and Housing. AUCTION Friday, November 29th - 7:00 P.M. HART MALL Over 100 items donated... values from $5 to $200. On view 12 noon to 6 p.m. November 29th. All proceeds for Seniors Therapeutic Art Program. For further information call 962-5644 ARTISTS CO-OP day, cloudy. A few flurries or afternoon showers. Windy in some valleys. High 3. Tonight, cloudy with clear periods. Chance of a flurry. Low -4. Sunday, cloudy with morning sunny breaks. A few afternoon showers or flurries. High 3. Probability of precipitation 90 per cent today, 40 tonight and 80 Sunday. Greater Vancouver: Today, cloudy with a few showers. Becoming windy. High 9. Tonight, cloudy. Chance of showers. Rain developing overnight. Low 5. Sunday, periods of rain. High 9. Probability of precipitation 100 per cent today, 80 tonight and 90 Sunday. Greater Victoria: Today, cloudy wilh a few showers. Becoming windy. High 10. Tonight, cloudy. Chance of showers. Rain developing overnight. Low 4. Sunday, periods of rain. Civil servants get ‘hot line’ Federal civil servants now have a toll-free phone number to call when they want to report government waste, mismanagement or corruption. The Public Service Alliance of Canada announced this week that it has installed special lines which can be called by dialing 1-800-268-7880. Care will be taken to protect the identity of “whistleblowers” and to ensure allegations arc verifiable, said PSAC president Daryl Bean in a press release. Bean said the union may hear about political direction to bypass approved bidding procedures, where higher than necessary costs were incurred because a feasibility study was ignored, gross mismangement, waste of money or deliberate actions which undercut approved programs or policies. Union members were legislated back to work last month by Parliament after two periods away from their jobs from Sept. 9 to 18 and SepL 28 to Oct. 3. LONG-TERM STRATEGY CALLED Literacy needs unfulfilled B.C.’s failure to develop a long-term strategy to deal with illiteracy has left communities floundering in their attempts to deal with the problem, members of Project Literacy Prince George have been told. “There was a great year of awareness during the International Year of Literacy. But people now don’t know what to do or where to turn,” Carmela Canino, regional representative to the board of Project Literacy B.C.(PLBC), told the 15 people attending the annual meeting of the local literacy group. Canino told the meeting PLBC has sent a discussion paper with recommendations for dealing with B.C.’s literacy problems to Advanced Education .Minister Dr. Tom Perry and Education Minister Anita Hagen. The organization is urging the new NDP government to act quickly to develop a long-term strategy in which regional boards would be established to develop programs to deal with the needs of the people in their part of the province. “Now many community groups are providing services with no overall strategy, little evaluation of the services and little is being done to develop new services,” she said. The provincial organization has 350 members including libraries, businesses, labor, native and seniors organizations and seniors groups. The lack of a provincial strategy was apparent during the meeting when members reported as many as six different organizations are planning to establish learning centres in the city to meet the needs of different groups, including natives, new Canadians and school dropouts. Advertisements have also appeared for franchised learning centres teaching math and English, the meeting was told. Project Literacy Prince George would like to establish a drop-in learning centre to co-ordinate some of these projects, but no funds are available. During the meeting six people were named to the board of Project Literacy Prince George: Canino, Milly Saville, Joan Jarman, Bev Domm, Clyde French, and George Harding. School District 57 will be asked to appoint a member to the board. Women’s club has full plate Business was brisk at the Prince George Business and Piofessional Women’s Club monthly meeting this week wilh members announcing plans and projects for the holiday season and into the new year: ■ The club has purchased a Chamber of Commerce membership, allowing its own members to attend chamber functions at reduced rates. ■ Former PGBPWC president Dorothy Friesen has been appointed to the advisory planning commission for Prince George. The city is reviewing the official community plan, tabling input from neighborhoods around the city. The last remaining public meeting is next Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Columbus Community Centre for the southwest area. Friesen is executive officer of the Cariboo Real Estate Board. Schultz, this year’s club president, is also a commission member. ■ PGBPWC members and any interested members of the public are invited to send written submissions relating to gender bias in the justice system to: The Law Society Correction The Fort George Highway Rescue Society helped make Operation Wheelchair a success Wednesday night, not Prince George Search and Rescue as reported Thursday in The Citizen. Among the other groups volunteering their time in the Wood-ward’s-sponsored event were the Shriners Clowns and the South Pacific Dancers. CORRECTION Prince George Motors ads in Thurs. & Fri. Citizen should have shown pictures for a 1992 4 door Tempo GL and a 1991 F-250 XL 4x4 Regular Cab. The Prince George Citizen apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused Prince George Motors or its customers. Gender Bias Committee, c/o Catherine Bruce, 300-1275 West Sixth Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6H 1A6 before Dec. 1, 1991. ■ A lunch for the Children’s Wish Foundation will run Dec. 6 at the Holiday Inn. Monies raised go to the foundation which endeavors to fulfill the dream wishes of tcrmi-nally-ill children. The cost is $16 and ticket information is available from the Holiday Inn. ■ Women in Quesnel and Vanderhoof arc expressing interest in forming their own PGBPWC clubs. They are being aided by the Prince George club, currently the sole chapter for the northern half of this province. “It’s exciting to think we’re getting a stronger voice in the North,” said Schultz. ■ The national federation of PGBPWC clubs will present a brief to the federal government on the constitutional issue. 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