ETTERS

TO THE TERRACE STANDARD

| - People affected if it closes

_ Keep tree nursery open

Dear Sir:

In December 1993 the Terrace
branch of Pacific Regeneration
Technologies Inc. (silviculture
nursery) will be closed. This
closure means the loss of jabs for
approximately 50. full and part-
time employces.
. That. invelves approximately

$600, 000. in lost: wages and
reyenue to this community. This
figure does not include about

$90,000 being spent indirectly in
the commuity eg. taxes, water,
natural gas, repairs and
maintenance, etc.

The economy of Terrace and
the surrounding area is heavily
dependent on the logging indus-
try. For this reason we feel. we
needa silviculture nursery in this
area; and with more support from
local logging companies the Min-
istry of Forests and the federal

government, we could have a vi-
eble partnership for the reforesta-
tion of the area.

There are no comparable jobs
as far as wages and hours go. Our
job skills for the most part are not
applicable for other jobs in Ter-
Tace or surrounding area. . .

Therefore, there will be another
40-50 people looking for jobs in
an already high unemployment
area. At some point some of these

Declining economy needs —
new investment right away,

Dear Sir:

The recent budget deficit an-
nouncements highlight the fact
that the B.C. economy is still

‘doing very. poorly, Unemploy-

ment and. poor business per-
formance mean that there. are

‘fewer lax dollars collected by our:

‘ governments.

We seem to be ina descending
economic death spiral —- a weak
economy means . fewer jobs,
greater unemployment and
reduced tax collections at a time
when the tax needs are rising.

. What this province needs is
some: strong leadership to en-
courage. the development of new
jobs,

Dear Sir:
Recently there has been a lot of

discussion about the value of -

mammograms.

'.. I believe that the use of mam-
mograms for’ the early detection
“and treatment of breast cancer is a

“valid intervention as long as the

- Mammogram is ‘read’ by a

“tadiographer whose primary re-

Of course the obvious reply is
that there must be a real shortage
of investment capital in B.C. to
create these new jobs and in-
dustries — right? Wrong.

One area where there is invest-
ment capital is mining — but it is

“not being spent in B.C, The in-

vestment capital today is going to

places like Chile and Mexico. -
Mining has a-great future in the

developing world economy and
unfortunately, we are watching it
pass by. Why do our mining busi-
ness leaders feel they have to go
outside of Canada?

I don’t know all the answers,
but increasingly Tam being told

. that the mining executives in this

- Mammogram note

‘sponsibility is to interpret mam-
mograms,

If you have a mammogram of
diagnostic work-up films done
please be sure to ask your doctor
to send them to a radiographer
whose only. job. is to interpret
mammograms.

Margaret Miskelly,
Terrace, B.C.

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province do not feel welcome.
The situation is not hopeless,

but the politicians of this pro-
vince need to be leaders. They
have the responsibility and the
power to make things better.

Guff Muench

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Consultants Association

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families will be forced onto the
welfare system,

Retraining is a wonderful idea,
but for some families is basically
impossible because they need
money coming in to support their
families. The bottom line is there
will be fewer jobs in this com-
munily.

This nursery has been used for
educational purposes. We have
enjoyed seelng children from var-

* jous schools come and tour the
. Rursery every spring and summer.
‘We. hope that they have learned

something from their experience.
Through our. horticulture program
we have supported the City of
Terrace, through the beautifica-
tion society.

Our ‘intent is not to lay blame
on anyone for the closure but

_rather to see if there is a viable

solution to this matter, whether it
be more or new contracts for the

growing of seedlings, government
,assislance somehow or assistance
~ from the private sector,

Nancy Holubowski,
Kathy Grier,
~ Terrace, BC

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