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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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