The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 17, 1998 - AY ~BUSINESS REVIEW Out & About New board at Chamber LEONA KLEIN will be the new president of the Ter- race and District Chamber of Commerce. She was clected last week along with the rest of the ex- ecutive and will be swom in on Saturday at the annual installation dinner. Doug Barrett of the Coast Inn of the West is the new Vice-president. Seam Braid of Braid In- Surance is Ireasurer. . Henry Stiksma of Home Hardware is secretary. And Sharalyn Palagian is past president. Directors elected to a two- year term include Betty Barton, Pat Bolin, Bruce Cameron, Cathy Frenette, and Cameron Schulz. Gerry Martin = was elecled to serve a one-year tenn, The new directors join Michael Leisinger, Justin ‘Rigsby, Campbell Stewart and Bill Sauer, who all con- tinue to sit on the board. - Awards list announced THE CHAMEER of Com- merce installation dinner this weekend will also see this year’s business award winners honoured, Terute Totem Ford’s Jake DeJong, Brian Ken- nedy and Dick Shinde are this year’s choice for busi- ness excculive of the year honours. And Terrace Totem Ford Sales ig named company of the year, The customer services ex- cellence award goes to Marilyn Dahl, of Terrace Interiors. Rookie of the year honours go to Web North Marketing and Design. The contributor to the arts award goes to Marilyn Brodie, director of North- west Community Singers. . And the award for student of the year goes to Caledonia Senior Secondary student Solveig Adair. Sulphur at Rupert port SIX NEW jobs will be the result of plans by a Calgary- based company to build a $20 million sulphur export terminal in Prince Rupert. Sulphur Corp. of Cana- da will build the facility on Ridley [sland and use exist- ing berthing and high-speed shiploaders at the terminal. The sulphur is to come from B.C., Alberta and Sas- katchewan. Shipping is to start in carly 1999, Maroney gets award FORMER MAYOR Dave Maroney was presented with the Tete Jeune Award in recognition of his in- volvement and accomplish- ments with the Yellowhead 16 Highway Association. Maroney, whe was elected io council in £970 and was mayor between 1976 and 1981, received the award at the association's annual general mecting recently in Prince Rupert. In all, Maroney was a member of the highway association from 1970 to 1984. “We have to convince then there is another high- way in addition to the Trans Canada,’’ he said. Maroncy moved here in 1953 at a time when there wasn’t a foot of asphalt north of Hope. The road from Hazelton to here was full of mudholes and ‘that year was the first the government kept the route from Prince Rupert to Ter- face open in the Winter, The association is made up. of various muncipal govemments from B.C, to Manitoba and Iobbies senlor governments for money to improve Highway 16, Rehab office busy A WORK CONDITION- ING program has spared mimerous Terrace resi- dents a lengthy stay in Richmond and is bringing in clients from as far as the Queen Charlotte Is- lands and half way to Prince George. The Work Able office opened three months ago to offer a more econom- ical alternative to sending injured northwest workers to the conditioning pro- gram in Richmond, Today Work Able direc- tor Sandra Butler estimates 20 per cent of patients so far have come from Prince Rupert and another 20 to 30 per cent have come from the Smithers area, with the re- mainder coming from Ter- race and Kitimat. The program is for workers who have gradu- ated through the first stage of acute physiotherapy of- fered by the hospital and the second stage of work training programs offered by other institutions but RECONDITIONING: A therapist at Work Able uses one of the company's pieces of equipment. stili need more intense therapy to allow them to return to work, ‘Traditional rehab would be lo see if you can get movement and muscle strength back,’’ says But- ler, ‘‘but not, for example, to handle and manipulate a chainsaw in rugged coun- try in the rain.”’ The program tries to simulate the specific tasks of a variety of strenuous jobs so that clients will be prepared to return to work, The course of therapy, which can mun up to six wecks, is ofien covered by the Workers’ Compensa- tion Board. Aside from the therapy, WCB pays the cost of a stay in a local hotel, food and transportation, as well as weekend travel home for out-of-town patients, Although it’s too soon to draw conclusions, Buller says carly slatislics show Terrace’s program has an 80 per cent success rate. Eco-tourism rules finally released RULES governing how eco-tourism businesses use B.C.'s wilderness have finally been unveiled. And the company that bas received the only commercial recreation licence issued to date says Victoria took into account some of ils suggestions. Seven Sisters Ventures Ltd, waited nearly eight years before being awarded a licence of occupation two years ago to build a hut- lo-hut hiking and skiing resort in the mountains northeast of bere. Company president Art Bates said the final commercial recreation policy adopts one of his main recommendations — that operators be given the option of a lease over a long period of time. He said the final policy will offer Crown land leases of up to 20 years, renewable at earlier intervals, Bates said that’s essential when it comes time for operators to go out seeking finan- cial backing. That's the stage Bales and Seven Sisters are now at. He’s still hoping financing will come to- gether and construction of the $20 million resort across the Skeena Rvicr from Cedar- vale can begin this summer, “There are some glitches we have to overcome,’’ Bates said, adding the Asian economic flu has made the search for back- ets more difficult. The first stage of construction would be the building of an aerial tramway spanning the Skeena River at the point where Seven Sisters would build its main lodge. The company has already completed de- sign work and archaelogical and wildlife studies, The province's commercial recreation policy can apply to a range of wilderness business ventures — including snowmobil- ing, movntainecring, salt and freshwater fishing, hunting, backcountry skiing and heli-skiing. Environment minister Cathy McGregor said the policy strives to cut red lape and be flexible to the needs of business while pro- tecting the environment. “We will continue to manage activities so as to respect ibe natural environment, as that is the greatest asset of the eco-tourism industry,’? she said. Eco-tourism generated $892 million in revenue in 1997 in B.C,, and employed more than 13,000 people — up 11 per cent from the year before. McGregor said dedicated staff are being added at ministry offices to deal with com- mercial recreation applications in sreas where most activities occur. That's part of « provincial strategy to deal with a backlog for all Crowa land tenures. ‘*We recognize that a short-term operator does not need to go through the same pro- cess as a business wanting to establish a permanent structure such as a fishing lodge,’’ McGregor added. The government is also promising to freeze its prices for Crown land Ieases al their present levels, Businesses operating on Crown land without authorization have a 60-day grace period to apply to the province for a licence. 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