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The night before the
remodelled Terrace Co-op
Food Floor opened for
business, the grocery and
cafeteria were crowded
with store employees and
invited guests taking a

. sneak preview at the new
look. | a

Co-op board director .

Sandy Sandhals said, "I
never thought it would be:
ready for tonight after -
seeing it on Friday."

"It will be another two or

- three weeks before all the
finishing touches are
complete, but guests were
enthusiastic. Two weeks
previously, when the food
floor closed, all the fixtures
were dismantled in six
hours, the floor tiles were
removed and the walls
stripped.

‘The bakery has been

remodelled to
accommodate a deli section
and a Chester Fried
Chicken take-out. The meat
' Cases are new and the
aisles now stretch a full 27
meters; product locations
ate indicated by eye-
catching graphics; the
freezers have been
relocated by the north
wall, next to the produce
section; and all areas are
marked with backlit
awnings. Even the cash
checkouts are highlighted ~
with lively-looking red and
white canopies,

“THORNHILL |
ADVISORY PLANNING
COMMISSION

The Thornhilf Advisory
Planning Commission.
consists of nine members
appointed by the Regional.
District of Kitimat-Stikine
to advisa the Board on
planning matters affec-
ting Thornhill, including
review of amendments to
‘the Official Settlement
-Plan, Zoning Bylaw and
other matters as may be
referred by the Board. ©

There are two vacant
‘member. __ positions
available on this Commis-
sion. If you are a resident
of Thornhill and in-
terested in serving on this.
Commission, please sub-
mit a letter giving your
name, address, occupa-
tlon and past and present
involvement In communi-
ty activitles to: Reglonal
District of Kitimat-Stikine,
300 - 4545 Lazelia Avenue,
Terrace, B.C., V8G 4E1.

Should you have any
questions regarding this
notice, please contact the

Raglonal District office at

635-7251.

FLOYD FRANK, CHARTER MEMBER #1 of the Terrace Co-op, was one of the prominenit quests ai the grand re-opening

of the store's food floor April 2. With him were wife Aileen, son (and now a Co-op board director) Norman Frank, and
Norman's wifa Linda, They are shown here chatting with Federated Co-op vice-president Norm Krivoshen.

Co-op re-opens in style

After a short but hectic two-
week closure, the Terrace Co-op
Food Floor opened with a clean,
new look April 2. The store was

‘open early for shoppers anxious

to view and shop in the new
facility.

At 9 a.m., Floyd Frank, the
number one charter member of
the Terrace Co-op founded in

January 1946, made a few open-

ing remarks. Frank expressed his
appreciation to Co-op members
for supporting the Co-op all
these years, and to the current

Board of Directors and manage-
ment for their progressive
business plan. The business plan
was implemented just over two
years ago. It priorized plans for
Co-op refurbishing and upgrad-
ing, with a new Building Sup-
plies Centre as first priority. The
Building Centre opened in Janu-

ary of this year. The second ma-

jor project was the food floor.
Effective April 2, it was open for
business.
Frank recounted a bit of the
history that lead to the founding

of the Terrace Co-op. He men-
tioned that the first Co-op
building was located where the
Co-op gas pumps are now.

Those two lots cost $700 in 1945

and the 28x56 foot structure cost
$4,000 to build.
Architect Allan Soutar and

‘Kermode Construction super-

visor Bruce Thoms were con-
gratulated for their fine work.
Mayor Jack Talstra said that he
related the name Co-op to com-
munity spirit. He explained that
his father had been a potato

The ever-restiess Muks-kum-ol Housing Society has charged into the spring construction saason by pouring footings for

farmer in Terrace in the 1950's.
For many years, the Co-op was

the only grocery outlet which

would buy local produce ata
price that the local farmers need-
ed to make a living for their
families. |

After short speeches by MLA
Dave Parker, Keenleyside In-
surance’s Bill Keenleyside,
Federated Co-op’s Vice-
president Norm Krivoshen, and
Board of Directors president Pat
Sheichuk, and Terrace Co-op
manager Lawrence Gosselin, the
honored guests cut the ribbon to
commemorate the grand re-
opening of the Terrace Co-op
Food Floor.

the development of 13 new duplexes on Pear St. Boyd Parish and Larry Quon, employees of contractor Nelson Lumber

of Lloydminster, got a dose of April sunshine for the concrete pour.

Photo by Nancy Orr