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The Terrace Review asked:

“How could Terrace heritage,

Robert Baker
A community's heri-
tage could be preserved
_by forming groups to in-
.- terview the public, and-
. take In different opi-

nions. Documents,
photographs, and other

. . materials could be seal-
.. - din airtight, clear con- -

tainers to: preserve the
contents.

_"s an
Sheri Oman
- Heritage Park is doing

; a fine Job already. |

- by Robert B. Baker
Terrace contributor

TERRACE — A com-

. munity’s heritage could be
* accurately preserved be-

ginning firstly by forming

a group to interview the

* public. |

Those persons to be in-

’ terviewed would be work-

ing mother's, business peo-

_. ple, lawyers and other

professionals, the mayor,
homemakers and volun-
teers, etc. This cross-
section of people would,
combined, give a true pic-
ture of daily life in a town.

By covering different

concepts you would catch
both the critical and ser-
ene part of: life in your
community. Hopefully,
the interviewers would ex-

tend conversations to the .

transient. population be-

Sharon Ansems.

Booklets could be

made up with. -plctures |

and descriptions In
them, and destributed to
the. schools.

groups should’ be en-.
‘couraged to tour. Herl-
‘tage Park. .

“ frene Hawley -

of Terrace’s heritage by

Various . advertising
- means.

_ Community heritage

cause there too, one would”
-find another side of life

such as that: discussed with
a traveller. .

After documenting your
findings and validating the

information, an addition:

would include photo-

graphs. They should in-.
clude pictures from for-.

mal, settings, possibly in-
quiries from personal al-
bums as has been done in
the past, use of all news-
papers in the area and sen-
ding out personnel to
catch everyday life in
photography.

Compiling the informa-
tion is an ongoing job, but
after, for example, six
weeks to two months, con-
dense your information.

Place the documents, pho-.

tography, etc. in an air-

_ tight. ‘glass vacuum con-,

School

| am not sure, but |.
think that more people
should be made aware:

-or any community dali
“be accurately. preserved |
_for future generations? —

Mike Graham’ ”
it’s not an easy ques:
tlon —..1 know ‘efforts
are being made- to pre-
‘serve heritage and _ar--
.cheological sites but It
ig always debatable.
whether enough’ work ts |

being done in that area.”
In Terrace we don't yet ..
hayethe conflicts whera .§
large scale. develop-’ f----
ments are affecting: —- .

heritage structures.

Graco E. Fell = >
Terrace has an ex. J.

cellent. and hard work-

ing Museum Society FF
which is very involved. §
with cataloging and pre- ©
serving all available re- ©

cords and artifacts of

this area. | would like to
see more young people
becoming involved .in .

this Interesting project

. In order-to insure that It.
will be an on-going pro: ”

ject.

‘Carolyn Brown.
Restoring our. older

‘bulldings, ‘Not: tearing
_ everything down.

preserved

tainer: which would’ be
Sealed, The* objective of: :

opening the-case for view--

_ing would not:be desirable ~
because of deterioration 9.

but it could be placed in
such a-‘manner that all in- ©

formation: could be easily

read, possibly using mir-

rors to show all sides. —
Ongoing documenta-

tion should be made and
periodically added to the -
collection. There upon,

future generations could
handily read any and all:

documents, while special- —
ty items could be encased .

in a clear mold so that
their handling would not

affect the item. Future -

generations would then.
have the true identity of

past. decades and would §.
actually see the humor and

stresses of the day..

- westrune GnbereD

_WARILY

A, proposal for the city
of Terrace to provide .a
: low-interest loan for the
establishment ‘of a. local .
Venture Capital Corpora- -
tion: (vcc) was met with
caution by municipal:
- ‘council members at their.
oS une 8 regular meeting. |

"The proposal ‘came .
‘from City. Director. Rob.
 Greno;: who indicated sub- .
<stantial interest had ‘been
“ gapressed by local in-.
“-vestors at a recent meet-
ing. Although the center:

" of attention at the meeting

‘had ‘been the Shames’
Mountain Resort project,
Greno ‘said a VCC could -

. direct investment. at other.

’ eligible business ‘ideas in
‘the area: --

. The B.C, Ministry of
Economic. Development .
created the VCC concept —
to attract capital for in-.

have difficulty. getting off

’ the ground. -The primary

iticentive for investors is a -

30. percent ‘tax credit on

the amount invested, plus.
the potential for return on

successful investments.

. There are strict eligibili-
ty requirements regarding -
‘the types of ventures that —
qualify for investment and

restrictions’ on the. rela-

tionship of investors to
ventures that 2 are aimed at

. somewhere

vestment in small busines- ~
ses that might otherwise

ing Terrace: r otel

‘preventing ‘abuse of the ;

system.

Greno suggested the city 7
‘could take a lead role ‘in ”
the establishment. of a lo- ‘

cal VCC . by: providing a

,loan to cover the initial le-:

“gal and. accounting costs.
An analysis by local. ac-
countant. John. McMynn
put the: start-up costs
‘between
. $5,000.:and $13,000, de-

‘pending on how much eX-"

‘pertise would be required.

McMynn- noted» that.
although:a VCC is not a

commonly ‘used - invest-

ment for a municipality,

such a move would. es-
tablish a pool of capital
for local business to draw
from..

the legality. of. getting into

the banking business with -

- tax dollars,’ she said, .

"Ald. George Clark said
‘he -has. concluded that a

VCC is “essential’’ for
‘Terrace, but Ald... Doug

Smith replied that more.

information regarding the
“city’s level of involvement
and th the exact cost is need-

T he proposal was refer-
red to the
‘Economic - ~ Development
Committee. -

ANOTHER TWIN.
SOUGHT.

With the J apanese

- All residents of Terrace, Kitimat and area‘are
‘invited to attend an Open House to discuss —
“Gull s Stage II Assessment for the Mount.

_ Mlappan Anthracite Project.

Terrace

‘hursday, June 25, 1987
“2200 p.m, to 9: 00 p.m. .

| For further information contact

Bob Morrison

(403) 233-3892 (Collect).

- Coal Division.

ew — Wednesday, Ju une 17,

SOUNCI L. NEWS .

Ald, Ruth Hallock ex.”
pressed. reservations. .‘‘I |
-question the wisdom and.

the Tourism -and.

Guif Canada Corporation |

metropolis of Hitachi. hay-

ing apparently grown cool: ”
to the idea of” adopting “
Terrace as its twin: ‘city in .~
‘Canada; another Japanese.
‘community has come for- -
ward with an invitation to:

Rob oasis
‘Greno reported to cotincil care
-June 8 that Atsumi,. a i
community of 7,000:.peo-.
ple. onthe: northern’ Jap-
anese island of Hokkaido,:.-
extended, the invitation |
through: . ‘Canadian: Alte.
lines ~. ‘International: ‘yep |
resentative Jim: ‘Murray.
Greno. said Atsumi: is. a...
resource-based town ime")
volved in mining, fishing, ©. ~~."
lumber and agriculture... ouRS pt
-Greno_ advised council: aoe
that the twinning process.
could be started as early as. cae
this. year’s: Riverboat;
‘Days, ‘and he stated Ate 0
-sumi: had. expressed: .ift-.-.<..-
"terest in sending delegates." :
-to the event.: An invita-

twin,

City: Director.

tion, he said,: Could be ex-
tended | through Skeena
Cellulose. representative

Wayne Hawe, who will be
travelling to Hokkaido i in
_ the next two weeks... >
_Mayor. Jack. - Talstra
observed that Atsumi ap-
_ pears to be a city. much) >
in .some) 7:
respects; and Ald, George ©
Clark noted that Hok-'. 9.
 kaido.. consumes. a. large*....
- amount - of“ timber -ex- 5
ported by Skeena a fea!
ulose, _ phe Be

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