: ; . . The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - AQ & 7 TERRACE STANDARD Business. EVIEW | 2 day/1 night kayak/campi Island. Jncrocibes arche ed AE HSE Rol STRIP Wr De ROE ‘06 Bikes Priced to Clear It's Worth It! 2 data a 2 Se ‘, “4 . MARK BOLTON, con Cooley, and Joe. Bevan from the “kKitsumkalum band’s ‘Kalum Ventures subsidiary were working on maintaining the Red Sand Lake recre- ation site north of Terrace. ; 7 Pz TROY A SAM PHOTO ,ompanies maintain recreational sites 7 nr: REGIONAL parks, campsites. and trails 8 _ are seeing increased maintenance this year, * 2s thanks to a program that sees money ear- marked to promote recreation and sustain- able investment. About $50,000 has been spent this year between Stewart, Kitimat; Prince’ Rupert and Terrace thanks to something called the - Forest Investment Account which doles out money to forest license holders to be spent on recreational. projects. , i _. . The money is applied for by licenseés - and.in this area Coast Tsimshian Resources, ° B.C. Timber Sales, West Fraser’s Skeena Sawmills,.Timber Baron and King Fisher Forest Sciences applied for the money .- _ “They can. have access for funds to main- tain recreation facilities so between the four licensees and King they are putting about $50,000 in recreation to the district,” says -Carl Johanssen ‘who works for the Ministry of Tourism; Sports and the Arts. | " Johanssen says the money’ was put mostly toward items such as maintaining sites, up- "grading and painting infrastructure on sites. which used to come under the jurisdiction of Downtown motel spruces up Changes will also be made to the Lake- Ise Ave. main entrance to the hotel’s park- ing area to prevent motorist from using the . courtyard/parking area as a through route. ~ Motorists frequently drive through the Bear Country’s lot to avoid waiting at the light- controlled intersection at Eby St. and Lake- Ise Ave., Munson says. . “We're trying to cozy up the courtyard so people won’ t use it as a street,” she says. “I’m : really going to be making effort to close-that in and discourage people from using that as a walk through or drive through.” a Part of ongoing renovations of the down-" . town hotel include“‘a new roof over the res- taurant portion of the facility. . The City of Terrace is working on its downtown plan and officials are encourag- ing downtown businesses to take the initia- tive to spruce up their appearances to make the area more inviting to foot traffic, the Ministry of Forests. The project also involves the subcon- tracting of area First. Nations to carry out the work, creating some. temporary summer jobs, says Johanssen. Painting, cleaning and repairing items at & the sites is a part of regular maintenance , For instance, Kalum Ventures of the Kit- sumkalum band has a contract with BC Tim- ber Sales to maintain’ Red Sand Lake, Pine Lake and the Hart Farm: | The Gitanyow Fisheries is responsible for maintaining the Derrick Lake, Jigsaw. Lake, Bonney Lake and. Bonus ‘Lake, recreations . Sites. . “T think, that these contracts provide a great opportunity for relationship building between First Nations. and government,” says Gail Campbell, who works for BC Tim- ber Sales(BCTS). . » ~ “Next year BCTS i is hoping to ‘expand this prograin.’ Coast Tsimshian Resources is “working ‘with BCTS to see if there may be an oppor- tunity to do some work on.trails near Prince © Rupert, she says. 4519 LAKELSE AVE. 615-0040 7 www.thesourcecc. com (S0uRCE ay GiRcuit Giry Pricing/otterts) are in effect until ii August 17, 2006 unless otherwise specified; subject to change without notice and cannot be combined. with any other offer, Services and features available with compatible d devices, within Bell “Mobility 1X and/or 1xEV-DO caverage areas where technology permits, Other fees such as a $35 connection charge apply. Taxes extra, ‘Bonus minutes Ne on New activations during the agi V year. 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Fuel is a trade-mark of Belt Canada. : THE BEAR Country Inn is renovating its old empty swimming pool area and updating the exterior facade along Lakelse Ave. The hotel is spending more than $100,000 to fill in the swimming pool, which hasn’t been operational in more than 10 years, and create a storefront space in addition to be- - ginning work on a river rock and wood beam facade. “We are trying to improve the curb ap- peal of the Bear Country Inn,” says manager CE Jacquie Munson. “It’s a major intersection ‘... and we're trying tc to spiff up our corner of the : city.” Munson says in time, the river rock and wood beam accents will be extended to the entire building. The renovations of the 1,700 square foot swimming pool area include fill- ing the hole with concrete and raising the - level of the floor in that part of the building ' to street level. . " UNBC ' | Bachelor of Education Program - coming to Terrace soon... Computerized Colour Match Available In-Store! UNIVERSITY OF _ - NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA f bos oa ” : whe (Solid or Semi-Transparent) — . interested prospective students are invited to attend an : information session at the regional campus in Terrace: Monday August 28th ° 7:30pm — | A741 Park Ave. | _ . UNBC's Bachélor of Education program in Terrace will begin in ‘September : 2007 and will lead to professional teacher certification. Entrance requirements include specific third year university credits. - Students can make an appointment to meet with an Education Advisor on August 28th or 29th to review entry requirements and choose third year courses. Students.should bring copies of all of their post-secondary transcripts. Third year pre-Bachelor of Education courses are being offered in Fall 2006 and Winter 2007. at UNBC campuses in Terrace, Prince Rupert, Kitimat, Hazelton and Smithers. 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