“AFTER a heated city

council meeting May. 23,

council backed away from a

-controversial move to try to»

become the recipient of the
area's lucrative two per cent
- hotel tax.”

The city, behind closed

- doors, had made a request ”
to the Regional District..of

° Kitimat. Stikine to amend its .

abylaw to’redirect the money
_ Generated by the tax levied

at area accommodations, to

the city instead of the Ter-
“race Tourism: Society (TTS)
which has been the recipient

Since the tax was approved .

in n the. fall of 2004. °
 But-a”torrent. of opposi-

tion: to. the : city’s. plan: by.
. Members of TTS resulted
_ ‘in the city withdrawing. its™,
, Fequest: to’ the ‘regional :dis-

trict until a June 8 meeting
_with. tourism related entities
is over.

“The citys withdrew the |
“two per cent request in or-

“der to. show good faith that -
. the meeting should occur for.
input first,” said city admin--
Aistrator Ron Poole.*._

At the heart ‘of the city’s

desire to reorganize the so--
. Ciety. is what it calls frac- ;
tured relationships between -

‘that group and the Chamber

* of: Commerce and, Terrace _

Economic”. Development —
“Authority, mayor Jack Tals-

" tra told those at the council

Crystal meth |

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irism tangle |

meeting. ‘The June 8 meeting .
is to involve representatives
of TEDA, the chamber, the

regional district, the city and ~--

Terrace Tourism to hash out
their disagreements and plan
the future of tourism deliv-
ery in Terrace.
The city wants to form
a tourism organization that
-would become more inclu-
sive of other groups that
have tourism. related inter-
ests such as the TEDA, the
chamber . and. the. regional
‘district.

But members of TTS say
they can’t understand how ©
the city expects a non-profit,
-member-driven society to
‘simply disband in favour |
of forming another type. of
group. without. a: financial: °

‘plan«or working budget in” :

place. -.
Twenty members of TTs

bers May‘23 to challenge the -

. city’: s plans and openly criti- ©

cize the process the city has .
‘used in trying to transition’
the society...

While city. officials argue :

‘the’ consultant who récom-
-mended: the’ transition ad-
equately consulted all stake-

holders, the tourism society «.

is crying foul, arguing its
input and ideas were: ‘never |
‘solicited.

a

Terrace ‘Tourism exécu-.

tive director Jennifer Lewis"
told city council that the so-
.ciety believes in the goals
and direction. the city wants

- forum coming f

CRYSTAL METH: is spreading rapidly and education is
the key to:keeping the deadly drug out of the hands of local

youth, ‘says‘a regional RCMP officer.

“That’s the message to be conveyed Turi 6 during a public
forum at City Hall with Const. Dale Kendall, the drug and
organized crime awareness coordinator for the Northwest

District.

marketing organization for’.

Jt sal LAA Gm _

to the incredible people of Terrace who supported
my fund raising for “Hearts for Ryan”.

This includes All Seasons, Save-on-More, Shoppers
Drug Mart, Terrace Liquor Store, ‘Canadian
Tire, Walmart and the generous donation from
Keenleyside Insurance. The fund raising .carried
over to Skeena Jr. Secondary
League of Minor Hockey which turned their f layot :
“games into “Goals for Ryan” We raised close to
32, 200 for Terrace Search and Rescue which they
used to purchase a set of additional radios. ;

~ Arlene Ridler and family | .

to go, but the ‘society wants.
to remain’ the destination °

‘D
‘4927 Agar Avenue, Terrace”.
- Refreshments will be served.

Terrace and area.

“packed. into council cham-.

-“Tt’s (crystal meth) not prevalent i in our area. That’s why
we’re working on the preventive aspect of things to prevent -
‘it from coming into northern communities,” she said last
week. “I would say the main message is to be aware. Knowl-
edge is power and when you have that power, you have the
information to make proper choices with your life.”

Crystal meth has. reached larger centres such as Prince
George.and it’s only a matter. of time before it spreads all-
“cover the province, she said. The session, organized by Ter-

race RCMP Constable Rochelle Patenaude and Joan Risavy.
"of the Northwest. Regional Hospital District, will help edu-

cate the public on crystal meth and cocaine, including infor- |

mation on how to spot a meth lab. In addition to Kendall, a

recovering meth addict is scheduled to speak. .

-Kendall said crystal meth is poison.

i _ “It?s sheer-toxic what people are putting into their sys-

: _ tems,” she said, adding that some addicts lose their teeth and
me suffer brain. damage. "

~ Awareness of this potentially fatal drug is quite wide-
spread, she said.

“Crystal meth is.so ‘prevalent i in the media. J think that's
why everybody is just sitting up and taking notice of the ef-
fects and damage i it can do to people and communities.” __

The stigma attached to crystal meth is what stops people

“from using it.

__. “No one grows up saying ‘I want to be a crystal meth ad-

dict.’ They’re never been taught how to cope with life and
that’s their coping mechanism unfortunately.”

_ Const. Kendall speaks at City Hall from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

June 6. For more information contact Joan at 615-6125.

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