cut ase ag 2 $y tay aoe or i ee aa one ks Page Aa — > Terrace Standard, Wednesday, duly 18, 1990 BUSINESS REVI GETTING A TASTE of private enterprise last week were Michelle Bromley (left) and Melissa Guenther as they enticed passing motorists and pedestrians to part with 25 cents for a bag of delicious cherries. And, as the sign explained, that worked gut to a penny a cherry, ou AND ABOUT TERRACE — With the federal government's Goods and Ser- vices tax due to come into effect on Jan. 1, 1991, local businesses will next week have an oppor- tunity to find out just how the new measures will effect them, A Revenue Canada represen- tatives will be conducting two information sessions on July 25 and 26 during which the ad- ministrative aspects of the new legislation will be outlined. _ inventory rebates, optional accounting methods for small businesses and transitional assistance for commercial ac- tivities will be among the topics covered. For more information and to reserve a seat at one of the ses- sions, contact the chamber of commérce at 635-2063. kkkkk The local Sweet Sixteen fashion: store is preparing for a facelift.:: Renovations are scheduled *for next month before re-opening in September with a new name — Smart Set. The change is part of a move by owners Reitman’s to phase out its Sweet Sixteen stores. ‘We're changing our lock to a more junior ladies look,’’ said company representative Denise Thiessen. ‘‘We’re moving this store into the ’90s,”” kkekkkk Northwest B.C. wil! be featured in a two-page spread of this month’s B.C. News, a PRE- starting July 23 publication of the provincial government. A writer for the publication spent three days touring the area gathering information several weeks ago, kkekkkk A pulp mill by-product has been declared safe to spread on gravel and dirt roads to cut dust clouds. Lignosulphates, primarily made up of cellulose, has passed tests here and in Quebec after worries about its toxicity were raised last year. It was first used in B.C. beginning in 1973, kkkkik The Superhost tourism and people relations program spon- sored by the chamber of com- merce has graduated its 100th person, There are now 118 peo- ple who have taken the 6.5 hour * course. ~ As well, local health ministry employees were involved in a pilot program, They’re the first provincial employees to have taken the course, kkk tok A one-page mortgage form is now in use at all B.C, Land Ti- tle offices, The documents is easier to understand and reduces the volume of paper required, says B.C, attorney-general Bud Smith, MOVING| SALE Almost Everything In The Store © Co-ordinates © Casual Wear ¢ Housecoats HOSIERY 4608 Lazelle ‘635-4550 Still booming | TERRACE — The value of building permits issued by the city should double the $11.490 million figure of last year, says its building inspector, As of the end of June, per- mits valued at nearly $10 million were issued compared to , $4.7 million for the same period in 1989, says building inspector Bob Lafleur, . ‘There are a lot of projects were still waiting for more in- formation on (before permits can be issued),"* he said. The overall 1990 permit value to date of $9.9 million ‘represents a 206 per cent jump over last year with residential -housing coming in at 230 per cent over what it was in 1989. Recent miajor projects under- way include the 26,000 square foot United Buy and Sell fur- niture store building between the overpass and 3 N One Foods gas station and carwash on Hwyl6 and Francisco Trigo's two-storey office and retail : building on Kalum beside the Happy Gang Centre. Footings are going in for the United Buy and Sell building. It’s walls will be pre-cast con: crete and they should be ready _in about six weeks. The bullding is valued at $575,000. Lafleur said 38 residential permits have been issued to the end of June compared to 17 the same period in 1999; He expects at least another [0 to be issued soon. Major residential projects in- clude the 30-unit second phase ' of the Twin River Estates seniar citizens housing project and the 12 duplexes of the Muks-Kum- O} Housing Society. “There’s.a lot of speculative housing going up and that’s a major change from last year," said Lafleur, One major institutional pro- ject is the addition of a nuclear medicine diagnostic facility at Mills Memorial Hospital. That construction is valued at $220,000. Lafleur felt that a lot of the — activity comes from those who want new projects completed prior to cost implications aris- ing from next year’s Goods and Services Tax, Jim Irvine . all your auto body needs. TERRACE APPOINTMENT Totem Ford is pleased to announce that Jim Irvine ' and George Gough have assumed management of: their Auto Body Shop effective July 12, 1990. 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