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Terrace C of C still :
involved in Tourism: |

The Terrace Chamber of
Commerce |s not getting out
of the tourism business as
erroneously reported early
last week. The Chamber is,
in fact, actively engaged in
the tourism business having
completed, just recently,
arrangements to bring a
caravan of over 200 Air-
stream trailers to our town
for three days in early
August. It's estimated that
this single example of tourist
promiction may be worth in
excess of $15,000 to the
municipality of Terrace,

The Chamber has stated
that due to restricted funds
this year as a result of
construction of the Com-
munity Information Centre
Bullding in 1977, it will not be

able to catry out the Tourist Centre

Information portion of Its
total tourism role. . This
‘affects only the months of
July and August as the
Chamber has been assisting
tourist during May and June,
it is also the Chamber's
feeling that tourism is a year
round function with visitors
to Terracerequiring
assistance in every season.
The Chamber also answers
7 to & letters monthly
regarding tourism and
persons moving to our town.
Virtually all Chamber
functions are supported from
membership dyes with the
exception of the tourism
role, which is aided by an
annual grant of $2000 from
the District of Terrace. It
should be noted that the
Vernon Chamber of Com-
merce receives $35,000 from
that town, Prince Rupert
operates their tourist bureau
with municipal funds in
excess of $30,000 to their
Chamber to assist _its

operat
“Fin light of these eaxninples

this” Chaniber’s* pdn-
ntos that the requested
$16,000 budget for 1976-79

Extensive

‘role of

was quite in line with other
towns of similar size and that
the $2,000 district grant is
insufficient to assist this
year’s summer tourist
operation.

The Chamber has in-
dicated that it will not be
accepting the grant this year
and has suggested that the
district place one or more of
its employees in the Com-
munity Information Centre
to answer summer tourist
enquiries. The civic em-
Ployees could be pald from
the grant which the Chamber
will not be claiming.

in this manner the sum-
mer tourist function could
continue, housed in the
Chamber of Commerce
Community Information
bullding and without.
placing further financial
strain on members of the
Chamber. At the same time
the municipality would be
able to. staff the tourist
operation and may not have
to exceed the $2,000 set aside
for this particular project.

‘EDITOR'S NOTE

. Some confusion over the
the Chamber of
Commerce might have been
caused by statement’s made
by newly-elected execitive
director of the B.C. Chamber
of Commerce during his
recent visit to Terrace.

. During a speech to the
local Chamber, Fitzgibbons
declared thatin his opinion it
was time the Clambers of
Commerce got out of the
“tourlsé business’ and
concentraied more on its
primary role of attracting
new businesses to the area,
developing Industry, and
ereating employment and
employment opportunities,
He felt, he sald, too many
Chambers were stagnating
an falling: into. thé. rote, of
“qourlst bureaug’? rather’
than promoters of trade and ©

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Fire Loss

At Castlegar CanCel_

CASTLEGAR, B.C. (CP) |

— The fire at Canadian
Cellulose Co. Ltd.’s sawmill
here Saturday caused ex-
tensive damage which may
be in the hundreds of
thousands of dollars, said
mill manager Chuck Den-

Derining said there were,
no injuries among the 25
maintenance workers on
duty. at the time and
everyone was accounted for,

He said the fire, which

‘ata $6-million-dollar ' ad-
‘dition to the mill,-may have
been. caused
bustion-type explosion. The
workers heard an alarm at

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at the time and the addition

was to be partially put into
production on Monday.

It probably will take two to
three weeks to clean up the
area, said Denning,

He said a Crownowned
company’s pulp mill—a
20 metres from the
sawmill—had not been en-
dangered., .

Two fire units from Castle-
ger, about. five kilometres
east of the mill area, and a
large ladder truck from
‘Trail, ‘24 kilometres to the
southeast, were dispatched
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“Mel su Sharples Is glad that the Terrace Answering Bureau has been able ‘to provide experienced people
with more attractive futures,

Group Trains Others
. For Brighter Future

Most Canadians have
probably experienced ‘the
effects of the country's high
mmemployment, one way or
another. But perhaps we
should spare a thought for
those people in the com-
munity who find it difficult to
have gainful employment
even in a strong economic
Climate — people such as the

single parent. 2 and: the han- -
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theft

Resourceful "pdeieaaltp
groups have recently been
taking advantage of various’

‘forms of federal government

assistance to provide em-,
ployment opportunities for

these people and to help
‘ them for more qualified
positions.

The Terrace Answering
Bureau in British Columbla
is a case in point, Owned by
the Terrace and District
Community Service Society,
the Bureau provides the only
secretarial and answering
service between Prince
Rupert and Prince George.
The Bureau is staffed en-

tirely by people needing
‘assistance, such as han-
dicapped persons and single-
parents. :

The Bureau's 24-hour
answering and paging
service is most popular
among local tradesmen,
contractors, and salesmen.

Local schools make ‘ par--
. ticular use of the Bureau’ 8

monitoring service
. system: 4 fonidiise,
an temperature

control.

The brainchild of Mrs.
‘Melissa Sharples and' Mrs.
Margaret Langley, the .
Bureau was started in 1976
with the help of a govern-:
ment grant. Acting as a

community information
centre, the non-profit
organization

publicized local events-and
issued a local directory of
community services,
But, last year the Bureau
decided to extend its ser-
vices to provide the an-
swering and monitoring
services and more im-

portantly, to employ and

train people needing
assistance, ,
_ “Wehope to become a self-

sufficient company next
year,’”
Sharples. ‘We'll see a
complete staff turnover by
then — once we've helped
train our present employees
they'll move to better-paid
eaton. Then welll

The Bureau “desied ia ise
independent study programs
supplied by ICS Canadian

Ltd., the Montreal-based’

‘training company, to
‘augment its on-the-job
training. Currently four
women. are taking the ICS
‘executive secretary
program and one is studying

initially accounting,

One woman plans to
become | a medical

“stenographer and the others

ececutive secretaries, They
all clearly welcome the
opportunity to progress and
appreciate the freedom and

comments Mrs.:

“flexibility of home study

programs.

“ marrieo when I left high
school,” says Mrs. Sharples,
“and then, when I. was
divorced, I suddenly realized
Thad a child to support, but [
didn’t have any work ex-
perience or job training.

“It made me realize how
difficult it was for people ina

t Similar predicament. 'm
o with. government «
support we’ ve been. able to

train inexperienced people

and provide them with mere _

attractive futures."

The Bureau’s business is
certainly picking up as local
companies hear about their
services. The Answering
Bureau is planning to add
telex and marketing ser-

‘vices, such'as mailing list

preparation, to its growing

list of services.
Local initiative and
training programs are

providing a brighter future
for’ people needing
assistance in Terrace. Many
hope the idea catches on.

the weather
Sunny and Warm

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Student Job— :
Youth week

This week in Terrace and
throughout the province Is
Hire a Student-Youth Week
and local Canada Em-
ployment Student Centre will
be launching an awareness
campaign to remind em-

ployers that students are out |

of school and on the job
market,

JoAnne Ames, Student
Placement Officer in
Terrace said so far 59
students have been placed
which is an increase from.
last year. Many more
students have gotten jobs on
their own, she said, but there
are a number of students and
youths still looking for
summer work, *

Despite cross-Canada
figures which warn of a
difficult job market for
young people, students and
youths havea Rood chance of
finding work in Terrace, the
student placement officer
said.

"It’s amazing the number
of kids employed here!"
Ames exclaimed.

Many jobs have been
created by the federal and
provincial governments in
Terrace including 11 Young
Canada Works jobs and 94
Provincial. .Yoith Em-
ployment positions, as well

‘as jobs created in private

businesses through
proyincial funding.

Local business people are
very supportive of students
who want to work and try
hard to create jobs for them,
she said.

Ames did stress that it is
not only students who are
handled through the student |
employment office, but all
youths between the ages of 15
and 24 who are out of work.
This is the highest group of
unemployed in ‘the country,
she pointed out, and many of
them have economic needs
just as great as other groups,

About 400 students are
registered through Ames’
office, some of them with no
work experience at all and
others with various work
histories.

“The positive point about
students is that they learn
quickly and are very ver-
satile,” she explained.

During this week- Ames
will be sending pamphlets to
employers and visiting them
to explain the program,
emphasizing the fact that a
good selection of prospective
employees can be found
through the Student
Placement Office.

Anyone wanting more
information on student job
placement can reach JoAnne
Ames at 635-7134 in Terrace,
or Allison Knight at 632-4691
in Kitimat.

Environmental
Law Workshop |

A workshop. on En-
vironmental Law willbe held

what they can do when faced
with environmental
problems,

-Barry Williamson,
research assistant for West
Coast Environmental Law
Association, said the main
goal of these workshops is

_ legal education.
Funded mainly by the Law
Foundation, the en-

vironmental association hag
been going for five years
with about 250 members
including law students and
lawyers,

These workshops, being
held throughout the
province, focus on

discussions of common laws
regarding the environment
and -important _ea-

_ as the Federal Fisheries Act
and the Forest Act.

The workshop: will be a
“general survey of en-
vironmental law and how
citizens can use the law,'’,
Williamson stated.

Environmental problems
in Terrace would include
logging incidents, damage to
fishing areas and tanker
traffic, he said.

- The asscciation will hold a
workshop iz. Terrace on June
26 in the ‘ferrace Library

Arts. Room at 8 p.m., and -

depending on local interest
an environmental

morning.

out within about 2 1-2 hours.

Dale Drown, news director
of CKQR radio station, said
the fire was confined to the
main sawmill building but.
probably would have spread,
had a strong breeze turned
aroundand carried sparks to
a nearby chip pile between
the two mills,

“There -was' a mass of

smoke billowing up the river

and a lot of damage,” said-

Drown.
He said no. major flames

were evident during the fire

and the steel shell of the
building was left standing.

- He said the building covered

about, two acres. ;
About 270 workers are em-
ployed at the operation,

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petitions, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday had to be called
off for the first day when winds reported up to 70 m.p.h.
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morning, warmed rapidly in the afternoon, bringlag rising
air currents so welcome to free gilders. The air remained
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