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- Some local Boy Scouts,

| ‘the facsimile networ

working on their Citizenship Badges, took a look
recently at just what happens during a city council meeting. Above,
mayor Jack Talstra (the one in the center wearing the Scout hat incor-
ractly) is assisted by alderman Danny Sheridan and administrator Bob

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Hallsor as he describes some of the proceedings. The Scouts in the
background are (from.left) Steven Preyser, Nell Papais, Mark Le Blanc,
Scouter Gary Shannon, Dustin Haigh, Scouter Peter Haigh, Ryan Shan-
non and Michael Urbanoski.

- A major upgrading of B.C.'s

“Travel InfoNetwork will be. in
“place soon according to Minister

of Tourism Bill Reid. One im-

_provement he says, is the instal-
“lation of a facsimile equipment
linking the -148 InfoCentres in

: the province and a second is a
‘$3,000 capital grant for each

“center toward building improve-

“+ ments intended to enhance ac-

-cess and general appearance.

-. Another improvement, says
Reid, will be to the uniformity.
of the system. He says this has
‘been accomplished in the past

through signs and printed

‘materials, but soon each In-

~ . foCentre employee will be wear-
. ing a uniform as well. ‘‘It will go

a long way toward establishing a

“sense of professionalism

throughout the network,”’ he
says. :
‘Our Travel InfoNetwork
will be among the most sophisti-
cated in the tourist business
‘anywhere, says Reid. ‘‘Our
“visitors bring so much to the

.-provincial economy that we

“must ensure they are treated ina
-a first class manner.’’ And with

“We will be able to” circulate
“reports on road conditions, new
attractions and all manner of
-tourist advisories almost instan-
‘taneously across the Province.”

Terrace and District Chamber

of Commerce spokesman Doug

_McLeod says they are pleased
with the ministry’s initiative in
‘view of the fact that there

seemed to be a waning of inter-
-,est. in InfoCentres in recent

“years. He says the local group is
looking at improvements in
‘ signs and the general appearance

in. the building and hope the
_.work can be done soon.

’ He adds also that the program

~ is well-timed — the number of
“inquiries and visitors is up dra-
“matically from 1988. According

to McLeod, there have already
been about 700 phone and mail

k, he says, -

Fax systems and upgrade »
for tourist Infocentres

inquiries this year compared to
400 in 1988. And the InfoCentre
reports that last week alone 98
vehicles stopped for information
and there were 80 mail or phone

inquiries. It looks like a good

year for the tourism industry.
In a separate development,
Terrace Chamber secretary-
manager Bobbie Phillips recent-
ly said a panel of. nine
regionally-based tourism repre-
sentatives will re-open and
operate the Infocentre at the

Douglas border crossing. The

result, she said, will be that

information on all regions of
B.C., including the Northwest
and Terrace, will be uniformly
available to tourists as they cross

‘from the U.S. into B.C.

Previously, tourist informa-
tion at Douglas was strongly
biased in favor of lower main-
land ‘and Vancouver Island at-
tractions.

Alcan tours

start soon

Scheduled and group tours of
the Alcan Aluminum smelter in
Kitimat begin this year June 1.
It’s the 35th year that Alcan has
offered public tours of the
plant.

The tours last one hour and 15

minutes, and sightseers remain |

aboard a bus with two guides
during the entire tour, The
scheduled tours begin Monday
‘through Friday at 12:45 and
1:30 p.m.;: group tours can be
accommodated on five days no-
tice, Sg
There is no charge for the
tour, and thousands of people
go through the smelter on them
every year, :
Further information is avail-
able from Alcan at 639-8259.

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