a SE eer Gita SoPTHA piagy RMR ay Peg Cenee a e ae ‘| new look sa_ 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