- wehbe mag at at tall te Eis 9 dee BE i uptet er kgewratt vate eR a Lah Haaren RN Cee eee cae a ae , 28. Terrace Review'— Wednesday, June 28, 1989 ~ Kermode bear laud _ The Terrace area is‘one of the - best regions in northern B.C. as far as tourism promotion is con- . cerried; according to North by Northwest Tourism Association executive director Greg Mere- dith. And one of the reasons for this, he says, is the promotional work done using the Kermode bear asalogo. «|. ' The Kermode bear has been featured in several magazines and most recently showed up in the latest Provincial Report, and 4 \ 1 haalgh wo tytg has “ne neh git a Ra! valde people are beginning to make fee the connection. ‘‘I think you’ve - done an excellent job,” he said at a- Chamber of Commerce meeting last week. On other topics, Meredith said that the public outcry over the provincial goverment’s plan . to restructure. tourism boun- daries and cut-the North by Northwest into three sections has done its job. In general, the public believed that keeping the» North by’ Northwest region in- tact was the best way to promote the area which consists primarily of the Hwy. 16 and Hwy, 37 cor- ridors. And Meredith says he believes the government has got- ten -that. message and the marketing area will remain in-, tat, As explained by Meredith, the North by Northwest ‘Tourism Association is represented by a 13-member board who are Third Worl topic of meeting ‘About 25 people turned out last Wednesday evening at the ‘Terrace Library to hear local resident Peter Braganza speak about his experience on a CUSO development project in Borneo. by Kaeleen Bruce - Braganza volunteered his ex- pertise to CUSO to help - establish a special school for. handicapped children in Kota ' Kinabalu, the capital city of, Sabah, one of the Malaysian: - states in northern Borneo. During his two-year stay, he trained local teachers to’ take over the work of teaching basic life skills and literacy skills to. ‘handicapped children between the ages of five and 16. | Handicapped children are raised within the family in Malaysia, Braganza explained, and we in the West could learn from this ‘accepting attitude. However, he felt that his work. had been worthwhile because the opportunity to attend school had given handicapped children . respectability. _ If is common for them to be regardéd ‘somewhat as clowns, he ‘said, and wearing uniforms . "aid going to school made them more a part of regular communi- . . ty: fe: Many ‘fine examples of native Malaysian tapestry, weaving and jewellery were shown as well as a number of excellent photo- graphs which . showed | details of the. different ethnic. cul- ays - ony 1m an GREG MEREDITH: | think you've done an excellent job. elected by the tourism industry themselves — there are no ap- pointees, The association, with 50 percent funding from the pro-. vincial government, works on behalf of the tourism industry in developing marketing strategies © to promote and develop tourism in the region. As a result.of their work, and that of individual ‘councils and. regional. districts, says Meredith, tourism in: the North by Northwest region has increased by 70 percent over the last two years. d children. society. Braganza -also spoke and showed . photographs of a ‘‘wilderness school’’ for orangutans which isa project co-sponsored by CUSO and the World Wildlife Federation. Much orangutan habitat has been destroyed in recent years’ and many of the animals were - taken. as pets, he said, Many tame orangutans have been : given wilderness training at the school and released back into ~ the wild in preserved areas. . The Northwest Development ' Education Association is a CUSO partner group and spon- sored Braganza’s talk as part of their annual general meeting. As: - a grass roots organization, the. NWDEA focusses on educating people about development issues such.as hunger, health care, il- literacy and pollution in the Third World and our own area. . “We do not.have to look overseas,’’ explained Braganza, “there are development prob- Jems in our own backyard.”’ The Northwest Development Education Association was gas cod gyn a wg ae ed J atin * “a Ua RES Se ert oy 2, 4 vot a gel dapitt eat on ; aaa sh pLar beri tetas ate PRT cy mae NC? FS -Rodney Sanches of Terrace (left) and Bob Culver of Kimberley were treated to a day in Vic-: toria as their prize for. winning a poster contest sponsored by the Ministry of Transportation . 4 and Highways. The two met with Minister Nell Vant during thelr trip to the capital. - | OF EXTRAVALUES _» | 7 June 27 to July31. $457 customer cash — 2.RANGER, ss | . .' “Regular Cab” only $500 customer cash . re NB: $500.on Supercab cancelied ‘| 3.“Ps ERIES px _ TRANSMISSION -% PROBE - TRACER. ~ BRONCO Il a Retail RCL J A.42+24months | 8.9% 2 25-36 months... 9.9% 10.0% en 37-48 months - 10.9% _ Probe rebate cancelled formed in .1980 and has spon-— sored numerous events. Speakers from many areas of the - Third World such as Zimbabwe, South Africa, Central America and Papua-New Guinea have .beén sponsored as well as plays - on health care and disarmament. Similar projects are in the works for the year ahead and public © - qures which make up Malajsian . participation will be,welcomed. 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