Permits double last year figure

Building boom continues

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grows and more children register

FINISHING TOUCHES. Dave Preyser of Aqua Plumbing and
Heating heads down into the crawl space below the addition

to Uplands school as the project gradually winds up..New
classrooms will. replace portables as the area Population

TERRACE — There’s been no

slackening in the pace of this

year’s building boom. =~
Figures released fast week by

the cily’s building inspection de-.

partment show permits -valued at
$2.4 million were issued in May: -

‘That takes’ the °92 total to date
to slightly more than $12 million,
only $3 million less thary the total
for the entire, record: year of
1990,

It’s also more. than double the
figure to the same point last year.

Single family dwelling continue
to ead the. construction . charge
with 45 housing starts valued at
$5.8 million.

Those figures easily eclipse last

year’s 17 starts worth $1. 9 mil-.

lion for the same period,
Multi-residentia? developments
have contributed’ a further

$919,000:to the residential build-

ing boom with one fourplex and
four duplexes approved, -

Permits director Bob. Lafleur.
points out there are also several
other and langer multi-residential

projects in the pipeline.
Underpinned by the $3.26 mil-

ty’ -will be: greater than if the. ¢

lion Safeway expansion, commer-._

’ celal construction has now passed

the $4.25 million mark.
Wilh . several _ other.
projects still to come in this year
— the new corrections centre and
bulk fuel depots; for example —

major

Lafleur predicts total construction. -

by year’s end will nudge: the $25

million mark,’

New leaders chosen.

TERRACE — Terrace and Dis-
trict Chamber of Commerce
members gather this Saturday to

install ‘their executive. for the —

coming year. |
Those selections: were made at

the - chamber’s annual _Bencral

meeting: June tts?"

President for : the : next: year is
Gerry. Martin
followed- by:

"pri
Debbie Mclntyfe‘of the Coast Inn’
of the West, Remax’ $ John Evans .
as second’ ‘vice’. president and.
Sharalyn Palagian of. Central

Gifts as treasurer,
These positions were filled by
acclamation. . AS were two, two-

year board.of director terms taken ©

up by. Doug’ McLeod of
Wightman ‘Smith Insurance and

Doug Smith of Smith Communi- —

cations,

There was an élection between
Lynda Brétfeld ‘of the Skeena
Mall, John Clift.of‘Ev’s Mens-
wear and. Richard. Klein of Your
Decor for two, oné-year terms on
the board. Bretfeld and Clifl were
successful. -

The above two positions came.
open when. Gregg Townsend of

Northwest Consolidated Supply
and Denise Sawtell“ of B.C. Tel

resigned in: the middle of two-'

year terms citing increasing busi-
ness obligations.

Continuing’ on the board to
serve the second year of two year
terms are. George ‘Clark, Peter

Hoffschild, Bark Kerr, Gary Mor-
rison, Pat Ogawa and Bob Walch,
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In a new move by the chamber,

the four finalists for this year’s
_ Business Executive of the Year «

were announced.
They are Jack Cook of Terrace

Pat Ogawa, of Skeena Cellulose,

* The winner: will be announced ©

at the installation banquet.
Chamber «spokesman . Sharon

Taylor said the four finalists were

announced so: that they could

_ receive proper acknowledgement,

for their efforts on behalf of the
community,

ing its bank.
Council voted last week to

move its business to the Toronto
Dominion from the Canadian Im- .

perial Bank of Commerce. :
. Although. all local banks and

‘the credit union were invited to
bid-for' the city’s business, only

four did so, said’ treasurer Keith
Norinan,
Toronto Dominion’s proposed

$200 monthly service fee and-na -

charge for on line computer ac-

cess brought it’s quote in well un-_

Interiors, Gail Munson | from: the’

foharison of Cariada Safeway and

The business executive " is”
chosen on the basis of business |
success and community contribu-

tions.
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Hot off the press in time for dis-
tribution at the chamber annual

". general meeting were copies of a .
_ colouring book. ‘Produced for this .
“Pride a

“campaign: lk = ge

The colourlig’ book features a

ears. Show, Mig “Your

cartoon -bear character - called
Kodie. Kermode ‘who, over 16
pages, .. provides. information on

area tourist attractions, :.

The colouring book is a project

of the chamber and of the city

and 20 000 copies have been

: Printed,

City bank switch

TERRACE — The city i is change . “der the competition,

“It. wasn’t even close,”
Norman. noted,’ explaining the
city could save. up to $26,000
over the five year contract by op-

ting for the Toronto Dominion -

bid.

He also pointed out it was not
unusual to have one bid come in
way below the rest. CIBC had
done just that in 1987,

Aldermen unanimously  ac-
cepted Norman’s recommenda-
tion to transfer. the city account

‘effective Jan. 1, 1993,

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