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A SKEENA JUNIOR Secondary School stu-  fandiers and their dogs and five other officers, No drugs were found during the sweep, but

dent has been suspended for five days for hav- follows on i i - ad tratinn The Terrace Standard Is now 4
ing a prohibited weapon in his locker. forcement activity Pr the cho “meen ue dogs found several indications there had a
The throwing star, called a shuriken, was Constable Brendan McKenna said police a narcotics present in some of the lockers. .
made’ of nails welded togeiher with the heads still have the option of pursuing criminal It appeared they had moved their stash
filed down, report RCMP. charges against the student who had posses- °*eWhere,” said McKenna.
It was seized Dec. 20 during a drug sweep sic of the shuriken. Although no narcotics were found, Mc- www.lerracesiandard.com
of the school. “It was kind of crude, but very effective,” Kenna said the idea of a police presence was Check oul our site or call 630-7283 far aivertiaing Infarmation
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AFTER EIGHT years of i West Coast erill

being the city’s key con- §& * while quantities last ** after mail in rebate _
_tact for economic develop- : ey ee
ment, Ken Veldman is
moving on.
He becomes vice presi.
"dent of the Prince George
Development Corporation,
“owned by the City of
Prince George, on Feb. 8.
-° That corporation has re-
cently gone through some
- Changes and has taken
_ tourism -marketing and
-..downtown revitalization
“sunder its wing,
‘-+--Veldman described the
‘challenges facing Prince
~ George as very similar to
: the ones facing Terrace.
-» Both have lost woods
industry jobs but both are
- service centres for their re-
.. gions and are well-located
--to.take advantages of new
“opportunities, Veldman
said last week: _
~. The ove: differences'is*::
that Prince. George’s
- downtown has suffered far
‘more. than Terrace’s. be-
cause of shopping centre
development and the arri-
--val of big box stores, he
"continued, |
-...“In this respect, Terrace
_.has a leg up,” said Veld-
“man. “The: downtown here
is much stronger.”
The Prince George De-
~>velopment Commission
-also has film and commer-
. cial. promotion under its
portfotio..
"2° Veldman spent part of
» vcchis earlier years in Ter-
TAC@,
He went to Simon Fra-
ser University and had
several jobs in the federal
“public sector before return- }
~“ing:to be the city's econo-
-mic development officer.
“. “That job changed five
and-a half years ago when
~ a stand-alone agency, the
-« Terrace Economic Deve-
-lopment Authority, was
“formed and Veldman be-
“came its executive direc-
“tor,
His role went beyond
“the city’s boundaries and
he says that will continued LS.
with his new position. ; ’ >. ~ de So hy
“The: board of directors ao ' Fis, ae
.. -- fin Prince George] views
‘the northwest corridor and
‘Edmonton as key in terms
«of focus,” Veldman said.
“= His-job as vice presi-
“dent. is to last for two
years.
. «=. -He’ll-be working under
~<the- direction of a former
-Manitoba civil servant,
“Gerry Offet, who is the
new. president of the
“Prince George Develop-
. “ment Corporation.
<>. After-the two year per-
~~ jod, the plan- is for Veld-
<man-to move up into the
“ president’s position.

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