This week the com- munity of Terrace marks its 60th anniversary as an

incorporated municipali-.

ty. On Jan, 22 a year-long

celebration, the Diamond — Anniversary, - will begin, -

and as an added extra Ter- race will receive its charter asa city.

The kickoff. for the year’s events is a come- one, come-all party in the

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Skeena. Mall -starting at 7:30 p.m, Jan, 22. On the agenda are a number of local entertainers, cere- monies honoring Terrace citizens Vesta Douglas and

‘Paul Clark, the conferring

of city status, and an out- sized birthday cake reported to be big enough to provide treats for 600 people. Although numerous

Vesta Douglas

Local resident Vesta Douglas will be bestowed the Freedom

- of the City at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 in the Skeena mall, for her contributions to the community of Terrace.

Don’t miss the party

TERRACE —Terrace will be officially declared a city during festivities plan- ned to kick off the Dia-

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Forecast: Unsettled, mild. Daytime high 0 to 4; overnight low -2 to 2 above,

Inside

Business Guide 16 Church Directory 18 Classified Ads 22

Coming Events . 8 Comics 21 Crossword 21 Dining Directory 2 Entertainment g Horoscope 20 Letters 4, 5,24 Opinions . 4 Sports 6 Stork Report 18

Talk of the Town §

mond “Jubilee Year, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 1987

commencing at 7:30 p.m. |

in the Skeena Mall outside the Sight & Sound store location.

by Daniele Berquist

Also on Thursday the City of Terrace will be bestowing the Freedom of the City to Vesta Douglas, as well as recognizing the sports achievements of wheelchair athlete. Paul Clark. a

A giant birthday cake has been donated by the Skeena Mall Merchant’s Association for the festivities. The cake is said to be large enough to feed

600.

Some of Terrace’s local

‘talent will be entertaining,

and Ginny Lowrie has in-. formation regarding the event planned, Don’t miss it, as this will be a celebra- tion to remember.

TERRACE,

B.C., WEDNESDAY, January 21, 1987

60th anniversary celebration

‘begins Jan. 22 _

events are being planned |

in recognition of the land- mark anniversary, the 60 years of Terrace’s official

existence constitute a very - brief portion of the area’s -

history. Before the first

non-native settlers came

down the. Skeena, the ‘Tsimshian people had lived in permanent set- tlements around Terrace for at least 3,500 years.

The Kitselas tribe lived in

established villages at the Kitselas canyon and other nearby locations, and the Kitsumkalum made their home on the river which bears their name. 7

The first influx of non- native people came with

the Omineca gold rush .

during the 1870's, The in- itial frenzy of activity was followed by permanent settlers staking home-

steads and land pre- The era of.

emptions.

sternwheelers on the

Skeena River gave way: in the early years of the cen-

tury to. railway construc-.

tion. During the same

‘period the first timber

leases were granted, start- ing an industry. destined to

‘support the community up

to the present.

These years also saw the decline of the original peo- ple of the area, not from battles over land or

_. resources, but by a disease

that followed the settlers down the Skeena: small- pox. In the first decade of the 1900’s all but a hand-

_ ful of the surviving Tsim-

shian people migrated westward searching for work in the fish canneries at the mouth of the

‘Skeena River.

Terrace was incor- porated as a village in 1927 with a population of 350. At that time the

appy Birthday

Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad had been open for 13 years and the (now) old Skeena River bridge had been open for two

years. In addition to a

number of wagon and tote trails, surveyed roads ex- isted from Terrace to Usk and Kalum Lake.

As it becomes a city, Terrace now has a popula- tion.of more than 10,000. Paved roads extend in the four cardinal directions, a regionally-important air--

‘port just outside the city

welcomes daily flights from the center of provin- cial commerce, and trains laden with coal and other commodities thunder

through the axis of the.

community. The area’s forests remain .as_ the determining force in the economy, employing one out of every three people

in the workforce, but. ‘regional government ser-_ vices and the provision of. -

retail goods are. assuming an increasing importance.

It rains a lot here, the unemployment rate is high, and the economic health of the forest in- dustry is a cause of con- tinual anxiety, but...

Cold Turkey participant |

Name: Grant Mitton. How long have you been smoking? 37 years. How much do you smoke?

Two packages a day (or more). Why did you start? Thing to do, you smoked. Why did you decide

to quit? Had enough. How do you In

tend to Kick the Habit? Quit!? Period, and probably chew my

Photo by Daniele Berquist.

fingernails a lot! See story page 15.

50 CENTS

Paul Clark

Wheelchalr athlete Pau! Clark will be recognized for his achievements in national and

international sports on Jan. -

22. The event will take place in . the Skeena Mall at 7:30 p.m.

When the sun shines eagles can be seen soaring

and cutting the air be- |

tween mountains; when the temperature and

humidity are right the fog . off the Skeena turns the. landscape into ‘a muted

fantasy; there are enor-

mous tracts of forest and_ river within walking - distance of anywhere for —

solitude and equally great

expanses of fine humanity - lakes for . swimming and fishing, | skiing...”

for society,

snow for something for each of us and all of us.

Happy birthday, Ter race, returns.

TERRACE —

Smokers ;

asked to Kick . . a

the Habit Today smokers have been asked to go cold turkey for themselves and others in the community. Cigarette smoke has been proven to be just as dangerous to non-smokers as it is to those that continue the

practise. The theories about

“second hand smoke’? . have been numerous, but

all of these theories do agree that it is dangerous to the health. The Cold Turkey promotion is de- signed to get smokers to begin the quitting process. Meanwhile, non smokers will be relieved for at least one day.

Many residents will hide their packages of ciga- Tettes, in order to par- ticipate in this annual ac- tivity, and some may just decide to forget where those cigarettes are,

and many happy

eet te