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Terrace Government Agent Randy Trombley and Elmer Derrick, chairman
and chiet executive officer of Gitsen Industries, were recently designated
as liaison officers for the North Coast economic development zone by

Minister of State Dave Parker.

Strategy meeting
for RAFT tonight

RAFT (Responsible Action
for Teens) will be holding their

“first and most important
‘meeting’’ for all volunteers and

concerned individuals in the
basement of the Terrace Public
Library at 7:30 p.m. tonight.

According to acting coor-
dinator Patricia Williams,
organizers are “picking up the
vestige of RAFT with new vigor
and the same spirit of caring and:
giving’ in developing a youth
drop-in centre for the use of
socially and economically disad-
vantaged teens in Terrace.

Williams said there are five
main issues to be discussed dur-
ing the meeting. She said that
through the ‘“‘knowledge and
commitment of each individual
volunteer” they hoped to iden-
tify all available resources, to
identify the group’s purpose, set
goals for the project’s develop-
ment, and form a society with a
ew name replacing RAFT.

She said everyone is encourag-
ed to attend and participate in
the meeting and find out what
it’s all about — even if they

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PAT WILLIAMS: new vigor and the
same spirit of caring and giving. _

haven't yet signed up as a
volunteer or aren’t sure they
even want to — because it’s a
project closely linked to the
quality of life and future success
of many of the teens in our com-

munity.

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‘According to Terrace

City Director Rob Greno, there appears to be con-
‘tinued demand for unmanned cardlock fuel outlets such as this natural
' gas outlet at Farwest Bus Lines. This demand has prompted the city to -
- take another look at existing by-laws to determine if they are adequate
froma fire and safety point of view, -

development zone posts

Minister of State Dave Parker

recently announced his selection

of two-North Coast Regional . _Y :
“" selected for the job to répresent”” well as office.supplies ‘and

Development Liaison: Officers;
Randy Trombley, the Govern-
ment Agent in Terrace, and
Elmer Derrick of ‘Kitwancool,
who will assist the region’s
development officer, Bob
Thompson. |

Parker said Trombley, 36, will.

work as the key contact person
in the North Coast Region in the
provincial government’s region-
alization initiative and will assist
Thompson in developing an in-
ventory of the region’s resources
and manpower and help coor-
dinate economic development
incentives and provincial ser-
vices for the north coast.

He explained, ““We need a
liaison officer that keeps us in
touch with the resource team,
and being a government agent he
has a knowledge of pretty -well
all the government programs.
He also has all the equipment,
the FAX copier, phones and the
WATT’s line, so he can bring it
together.’’ -

Trombley joined the provin-
cial government’s Government
Agents Branch in July, 1971,
and served as deputy govern-
ment agent in Powell River and
government agent in Ucluelet
and Burns Lake before moving
to Terrace in 1978, He has been
a member of the. Terrace
Chamber of Commerce for the
last three years:and a director

_ for the last two.

Derrick, 39, is the chairman
and chief executive officer of
Gitsen Industries Ltd. and has

) been appointed as the liaison of-

. ficer for native affairs.
Parker said Derrick was

native interests and coordinate
native communities in‘the area,
‘We have such a substantial
native population and each of

those groups have- their own —

development organizations, A
lot of their activities are funded
‘ by federal funding through the
Department of Indian and Nor-
thern Affairs and other
organizations, and those sort of
become resource operations to
our development group,”’ he
said.
According to Parker, Derrick
will work as the key contact per-
son for Indian groups in ‘the
north coast region, Derrick join-
ed Gitsen Industries, a fishing
company owned by 54 native
fishermen, in 1983 after working
for the National Indian
Brotherhood from 1978 to 1983.
Derrick was assistant regional
director for the federal Depart-
ment of indian Affairs from
1976 to 1978 and has served in
other positions relating to native
affairs. since 1970. He holds a
bachelor of arts degree in
political science from Carlton
University and a bachelor of
education degree from the
University of Alberta.
“These officers will work
closely together in maintaining a
flow of information and to keep
projects and proposals on track
and on time,” said Parker, —
“'He also explained that his
regional development area has

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errick get

received a pro rata amount of its.

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$1 million annual funding from
the provincial government.
Wages for ‘the three officers, as

maintenance and committee
travelling and accommodation
expense for meetings, will ‘be
covered by the fund. ss
Parker noted that Thompson
~is the only full-time employee of
the region and, under agreement
with their employers, 25 percent
of Trombley’s wage and 50 per-
cent of Derrick’s .wagé, an
amount equal to their working
commitment to the region, will
be covered by the fund.

Parker added that Ministers
of State received no wage for
their position. ‘‘We are only
paid as line ministers,’’ he said.
“‘There’s no extra allowances.”’

Bus fares
may rise

Local bus fares may be in-
creased in the face of rising
costs. Steve New, the Manager
for Small Community Systems
for B.C. Transit has advised
Terrace council that B.C. Tran-
sit has determined that the cost
of operating the system will in-
crease by 3.2 percent this year
and, based on the estimated
reyenue, would result in a deficit
per passenger of $1.46, up from
$1.36 per. passenger last year, .

According to. New, the 1988
operating agreement between
the city, regional district and
B.C. Transit provided for a total

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