Vol. 3, Issue No.9 _

Development |

possibilities.
Spur action |

TERRACE — Asa result
of workshops and semi-
nars held in “Terrace_dur-

ing February a newly.
formed local committee ©
‘has put forward a set of .
recommendations for

economic development in

‘the region.

The committee met
after hearing expert advice
at a seminar on secondary
wood . product manufac-
turing and marketing. and
a workshop devoted to
ideas for establishing com-
munity development fund-
ing. Presentations were

made at both events by -
Terrace professionals .

Norma Kerby and Andrew
Webber.

Webber, the assistant
economic . development
commissioner for the
Kitimat-Stikine Regional
District, described the Ac-
cess to Capital workshop
as an “‘attitude adjust-
ment process’’. His
presentation began ‘with
historical background on
the economic failure of

the region. Large scale

capital intensive resource
extraction, he said, has
been the mainstay of the
economy. Following the
recession early in this

decade ‘mines closed,

forest. operations shut
down and many large. pro-
jects planned for ‘the
1980’s vanished, among

them Alcan’s Kemano.
‘completion, the Stikine

River hydro. development,

Crows Nest coal, the Port —

Simpson liquefied natural
gas project and the Kut-
cho Creek copper mine.

High unemployment levels |
have not abated, jobs have
_ been. permanently lost,

and the migration of
workers to other areas
has drained the region of
skilled tradespeople and
professionals,
Preliminary figures for
the 1986 census, he said,
indicate a reduction of
eight percent in the
regional district popula-

-tion, During the same

period the population of
Vancouver increased eight
percent and Victoria
showed an increase of
more than six percent.

GOVERNMENTS DO
NOT HAVE SOLUTIONS

Webber asserted that
Gne positive aspect of the
recession has been the
realization that senior
levels of government do
not have long-term solu-

tions to- the~ sort of.

economic problems this

region has been experienc:
ing. Webber alluded to
what he termed. the
‘“‘EBAP (Employment
Bridging Assistance. Pro-
gram). episode’’, a forest

- rejuvenation project aim-

ed at ‘augmenting the-in-

comes of people drawing — ,
unemployment insurance ~
‘benefits: by putting them -

‘to work in. reforestation.
*‘The positive aspects of

EBAP,”’ he_= observed,.

‘‘were the performance of
some necessary - silvi-

cultural work and the fact~
that it kept some people:

from starving. ’* The ‘pro-

gram was inipermanent
and skort term, he said,

and pointed out that $9.8
million was spent in: just
over three years in. Ter-

. Tace .

: “Large projects. ‘are

“gone-as a Spur to develop-. - |.’

ment,’’ Webber . said,
‘fand the government is
unable to provide solu-
tions.’’ He went on to say
the region is now seeking
its own economic solu-

‘tions. An economic -

Strategy, he stated, should

have as its motivating fac-
.tor alleviation of the

unemployment problem, a
problem tied-to the

continued on page 3

Victoria, B.C.
V8V 1X4

TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, March 4, 1987

Legislative Library,
Parliament Buildings,

Heroic heroes
Joseph Sippel, a Grade 2 student at €.T. Kenney Primary School in Terrace, is presently working
on a scrapbook of clippings of Rick Hansén and Paul Clark. “They're my heroes,” sald the
youngster, who has been inspired many times by both men. Various Man-in-Motion promotional
events have been organized inthe community. See story page 2. Photo by Daniele Berquist.

| Citizens honored

At a recent dinner held at the Bavarian inn, Ted Johnston (L}), George Manary and his wite Tilly, and Bill Keanleyside gathered
for a presentation of a shares certificate in the Co-operators General Insurance Company office, Mr. and Mrs. Manary were the
guests of honor and received the certificate In recognition of their support over the years. See story page 24,

50 CENTS

Gold
drilling
to begin.

TERRACE: — A gold - tes
- discovery on the shores.of.. .
»Kitsumkalum Lake that)
‘first appeared around the~
“turn of the century willbe:
-the-subject. of a-diamond:
» drilling, “program. begin: 7
"ning late this month;.""" - .
“Cannon - ‘Explorations nt
“Ltd, has taken: an: option aon
“on* the ‘property... -five'
kilometers | ‘south: of...
-Rosswood in exchange J for -
a ‘commitment ’ to. invest -
$235,000 ‘over ‘the -next .

three years according to a

recent. announcement by ~
Fred Loutitt © and.
Associates of Terrace. |

Company. representative
Sandy Loutitt -said
preliminary  éxploration
during 1986 revealed gold
values up to-1.706 ounces

per ton. The drilling pro- - —
gram_ will concentrate on-

the most promising areas.
_to _determing...provable a

reserves,

The Kalum Gold Prop:: i”
erty was first identified ‘as
a gold-bearing area during ©
construction of a tele-.- -
graph trail in the early —
years of the century. Rock -

blasting for the _ trail

revealed visible deposits of. .
~- gold and copper. Explora-:.-
tion and some minimal ex- .
traction have taken. place
intermittently since 1914, . ~
with cabins, sluice boxes ~~.
and ‘hand-steeled tunnels -
still remaining on the site.
Loutitt said $70,000 was —
spent last year in explora- ;
tion with a six-member.
crew. The property con-

sists of 18 separate.claims
measuring about 25,000
square meters each.

Weather report |

March 4

Outside
Date Hi Lo Prec.
Feb. 23 5 ~1 nil
Feb, 24 5-2 nl
Feb. 25 3-3 -2em.
Feb. 26 3-1 1.8 mix
Feb. 27 3-3. 20m
Feb. 28 -2-5 286m
March 1 -2-7 940m

Forecast: Unsattlad,
mainly clouds, occa-
sional snow. Afternoon
highs -—3 or —4; over-
night low -8,

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Business Guide 9
Church Ditectory 23
Classified Ads 22
Coming Events © 24

Comics 21
Crossword 21
Dining Directory 2.
Entertainment 16
Horoscope 17
Letters 4,5, 14
Opinions 4
Sports 6B
Stork Raport .

Talk of the Town 5

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