Tourists welcome
THE CHAMBER of commerce's tourist information centre on the highway was easier to spot once

chamber member Bruce Graydon, right, and helper Derek Phillips finished putting up a distinc-
tive sign: June 16 i is the start of the chamber's tourist season with HOWDOYOUDO Day.

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Business centre
expands services |

.TERRACE -— A local organiza-

tion says it can help northwest

’ businesses by providing a con-

‘nection to federal and provin-
cial development programs.

Those programs have been in

- existence for years but little or

no information. is ane

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‘people living ‘iti;

“munity - Futures’ . business
“development centre.
The community futures pro-
“gram's:business development
centre is financed. by the federal
-government to help small. or
potential new small businesses
-but’ offering information on
other programs is just as impor-
“tant, he said. .
“There's no reason why the
. entrepreneur living in our part
of the world can’t have the same
access tO government programs
as ‘anyone else does,” said
Whitney.
fewer ve wanted to do this
- ever since we. first started. The.
- board {of the, community
futures program) always felt
that people living in the north
never got their fair share of pro-

to. -f
the orth, ‘says
“Joe. Whitney :of 1637 Com--

Joe Whitney

grams as do people in
metropolitan areas,” he said.
That meant visits down south

. to various government offices -

this past winter and the result is
a list of programs and a list of
whe to talk. with. ;
The list includes provincial
and federal programs for ex-
isting businesses, those wishing
to expand and programs. for
native businesses. .
Specific types of help include
loans or loan guarantees, said

‘City gets a grant

- TERRACE ~— The city. has
. recejved a $25,000 grant from
.. the” regional and economic
; development ministry,

a vl be used to subsidize wage
* and other costs associated with
. the city’s economic . develop-

ment office for last year, said ci- |

ty economic development of-
ficer Peter Monteith,
The grant is much higher than

the $1,000 given in 1988 because -
‘there were no paid employees

handling - economic develop-

ment, he said..

‘others
_Yarious means, provided finan-

Whitney,

“We even have a line to the

patent office back east for
anybody with an invention who
needs information or advice,’’
he said, :

The entrepreneur benefits
from the connection because
any information is free and falls

uiider thé tnandaté ofthe 16-37' -

program to develop and main-
tain northern businesses,
Whitney added,

“What we do is help with
business plans, cash flow pro-
jeclions. By having access to the
other programs, we ‘can set up
financing: specifically for a pro-
ject by combining what is need-
ed,” he said.

Whitney said that money
available to ‘the business
development centre is spread
farther because it can then be

“combined-with financing from
Other government programs.
’ “Our job is to get every ad-

vantage we can for the en-

_trepreneur up here,”’ he said.

Since the business develop-

‘Ment center. opened last

November, it has made loans to
three businesses, helped nine
get started through

cial help to six others that might

have otherwise folded, helped —

create 28 new jobs and kept 31
others that were in jeopardy, he
said,

The -business development

*; centre will receive $1.55 million
over five years for small
* business assistance and growth.

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TERRACE — The provincial . .

government has $500, 000. to
help prospectors.

The money goes toward :
financing mineral searches in:

high risk ventures.

Last year, 76. grants worth”

$345,700 were given: -
tC .
The Terrace Standard is now
a member of the British Colum-

bia and Yukon Community ;

Newspapers Association,

The association Tepresenits

community newspapers in B.C.

‘and in the Yukon by ¢ organizing: .

and holding training ‘sessions
and by lobbying governments.

It also acts as a clearing house
for provincial advertisers,

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Rose’s Shop has a -new
owner,

Debbie Carruthers took over
from Marie Harrison May 7.

The shop employs four peo-
ple and it will be adding ac-
cessories and other. lines of
clothes to its regular stock.

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Far West Bus Lines has
driven its first ever bus down to
Kamloops to be sold.

The 1962 Canuck Flyer was
hew when it’ was bought. but
now isn’t suitable because its

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half freight-half passenger for-
mat. doesn't provide enough

Seating, says company manager

Dave Storey, |

“It has. great sentimental
value,’ said Storey.

The company now has 10
highway coaches.

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Totem Press Ltd. is moving

just down the street from its

-home in a former house on

Keith Ave,

The move to the building

were Dave's Plumbing and
. Heating was once is necessary

because the business needs more
Space, says company

spokesman Mike Rossiter.

‘We've have more than dou-
ble the room for our presses we
now have,” he said,

Formed 21 years ago, Totem’
Press employs five full time and
three part time people.

Rossiter expects to be set up
in the new premises the first day
of June,

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For the fourth year in a Tow,

B.C. has been rated. ‘North

America’s third most. popular. \

destination for group bus tours. ~

Only California ‘and. Florida, _
— labelled as Disney destina-—
tions -— place ahead of \B. cones
says a North American, our

association.
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The province and. the! “Law
Foundation of B.C. “say: they’, .
will spend $1.5 million over:the
next three years in eliminating”
complicated language ~ from :
legal documents. ee
The money will go to. the:

newly-created Plain Language. —

Institute which will introduce :

simplified language to govern-, a

ment agencies and various.
businesses. pee |
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The, provincial | minimum
wage is now $5 an hour, up.
from $4.50 an hour for. workers:
above the age of 18. -For
workers under 18, the new rate.
is $4.50 an hour, a

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What the heck is Co-dependency?

What can we do to help the alcohol or drug dependent person,
the Co-dependent, and ourselves

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Watch

"A FEATURE MOVIE STARRING ANDY GRIFFITH

MODERATOR: Andre Klingner, Psychologist
GUEST SPEAKERS:
— June Macgregor, Day counselling, AADAG

— Loni Almas; M.D.

— Eve Kusnick, Addictions counselor
~— Carole Harvie B.S.W.
— Lynn Hughes R.P.N

A HUMOROUS SKIT TITLED ‘THE FAMILY’ y WILL. BE PRESENTED BY
- ‘TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE

When? 7: 06 p.m., June 9, 1990

Where? McColl Playhouse

: Cost? $2. 00 a ticket

we “Advance tickets only with limited seating
Tickets available at SIGHT & SOUND, BENSON OPTICAL, ‘
JIM FULTON'S. OFFICE, and NORTHWEST ALCOHOL & DRUG

_ SERVICES

This vert wes organized by John Pequin and Kirsten Mueller as
Part of the Co- “dependency awareness program of Northwest
Alcohol & Drug § Services.

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