TERRACE — The tourism in- dustry is facing a major shor- tage of trained and qualified personnel but the executive director of the Pacific Rim In- stitute of Tourism anticipates. that will eventually be changed by: a-new program aimed at secondary schools. In Terrace last week to con- duct a. “train the trainer session,’* Malcolm, Ashford said the program would involve local volunteers who were con- nected with the industry going into the schools to address grade 10 students. Pointing out the typical grade 10 student was not aware of the size or. diversity of jobs in tourism, he said the 55 minute presentation was intended to rectify that and give them a clear idea of the number of _ available opportunities. Ashford said a pilot project carried out last year in 45 Lower Mainland schools had already shown promising results. While those... ‘: teaching |parade EAGER BEAVERS. Scout- § a Guide Week wound up J with a “torchlight” parade down Lakelse Ave. to a & joint campfire session. At § m right, Kyle Stinson and | Steven Elkiw of First Ter- & race Beavers passed the time while waiting for the i parade to start by using a their flashlights to make § horror-film faces, Page B2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, M March 7, 1990 uper, natural career = Malcolm Ashford tourism/hospitality ‘career ' preparation courses had in the past complained they attracted “non-academic students — that didn't fit into anything else,'” that was changing. He cited the case of a Van- couver school where the presen- tations were followed by an “almost immediate and ‘ en- thhusiastic response. ” “Twice as many students had applied for: the course as there were spaces - available and now that program — was 75 per cent academic students, Although conceding low pay scales were in part responsible | for past recruitment problems, : Ashford said the current labour ° shortage and a desire within the. industry to both attract and . keep qualified people had. resulted in entry level salaries increasing. ; Canadian Tourism research Institute figures also: indicated entry level pay scales in tourism would see ‘‘the highest increase this year of any other industry . across the country,’’. he'added. | - He also predicted that trend would continue as a result of another initiative the industry - was now pursuing —. the establishment of naiiouc! job ° standards and certification, “This is something we as an in- dustry have never done § before,’” he said. ‘Hitting the road Their house sold, .Bernie and Faye Champaux are off to Van- couver to buy a fifth wheel trailer in preparation for their semi-retirement. They plan to travel for six months, back to Terrace for a few months and some odd jobs, then back to holidaying again. Best of luck to both of you and safe journey. wKKkKkK Frieda Diesing is off to Seat- tle for a couple of days where she will be participating in an art show at the Snow Goose gallery. Frieda has entered two pieces - a whole mask and a walf head-dress. On the way back she will spend some time visiting friends and relatives in Vancouver. , _Waxekkek A Happy Birthday to Eileen Frank for March‘l, Many years of good health to you. tekkk Thornhill afivonne Moen Barb LeRoss is leaving Pierre at -home to look after the children while she heads for New Zealand to visit family there and Australia to see her sister. Happy holiday, Barb. kkkkk An anniversary mass was held at Sacred Heart Parish on the evening of Feb. 27. The six couples who renewed their vows were: Manuel and Marie Pereira (35: years), Herman and Sherri Onstein (24 years), Momma and Poppa Raposo (29 years), Jim and Josephine Allan (35 years), Manuel and Angela Dias (27 years) and Peter and Rina Cer- vo (45 years). After the mass, they all en- joyed coffee, punch and sweets served by the parish council social committee. Much health and happiness to all of them. kkekkk . This week's column ends ona sadder note. My blessings go out to John Chen Wing and family on the loss of his dear wife Alice. Alice was a registered’ nurse at Mills Memorial Hospital and sister of Joyce Krause and ‘Lou Keenleyside. - People behind the name By Yvonne Moen "As part of Heritage Week, students at Thornhill Elementary school students had an opportunity to learn about the the couple for whom their school and community is named. Floyd Frank and wife Eileen spent an hour at’. the school telling the story of Tom, the first non- native settler the first non-native settlers between tidewater and the Big Kitselas canyon, and his wife. Eliza. Thornhill Creek was the first landmark to be named after the pioneer, followed by Thornhill: Mountain and eventually the district itself, The couple lived on the south shore of the . Skeena at the mouth of the little canyon. Early pioneers, prospectors and adventurers like Henry Frank and George Little found their way to the lit- He house surrounded by flowers, . : Born in England in 1855, Tom and his parents ‘came to Victoria three years later. Tom took up the trade of blacksmith and established himself in the Fraser Valley. ' Eliza was a member of the house of chiefs of the Kitselas and sister of the famous riverman Walter Wright (like many Tsimshian at the time, he used to travel by. dugout canoe down the Tugged B. C. coastline). : 7 She used to work: at th nery and then, . when. ‘th south: to the, F valley. raser Lor ta Ey de r Port Essington fish can- - geason was over, head ' Pick hops. It. was — PW toed there she met and married Tom. The couple then , moved up to the Skeena Valley.in about 1992, building their log cabin off what is. now Queensway, half way between the two bridges. Their waterfront was a stopping point for the old riverboats before pushing on up the canyon, A. bronchitis sufferer, Tom was not ‘a robust man and it was Eliza who hunted for meat and ran a trapline taking in what the oldtimers called Eliza Creek, The trapline ran up the Old Lakelse Lake Road into the Jackpine Flats area and the furs were shipped to the Cunningham Store in Port Essington. It was while out trapping i in 1907 that Eliza died of a heart attack. Tom died in hospital in Prince Rupert three years later.. After the presentation, which was much en- joyed by the students (many of their families were amongst the early pioneers}, the Franks presented the school with a photo of Tom. Thornhill and a written record of his history.’ : tet tte te Floyd and Eileen Frank would like to see a caltn erected in the: vicinlty. of the old Thornhill home in. . . nemory of.the couple. Ifany groupin Thornhillis |. - interested. in’ supporting. the idea ‘or helping to. |’... organize a sts would falas drive'for.such.a memiorial,.: , All this was necessary; : : however, if tourism was to at- "tract people. With the number of 18-24 year olds already low and forecast.to decrease at the rate of five per cent per year in ‘the immediate future, it had to be competitive against other i in-' “dustries, Ashford sald all the indica- {jons were tourism would con- tinue to grow.in the long term. - Although the introduction ‘of _ the Goods and Services Tax was expected to cause a “‘levelling "off? in 1991 which would iast for up to three years, “‘after that our figures will continue to rise and our stats show B.C, will continue to lead the country,” Ashford said the Pacific Rim / Institute of Tourism is a non- _ profit society which receives ap- proximately 90 per cent. of its funding from the provincial government with the remainder ’ coming from the industry itself. ~ PATHWAYS TO. yd ‘MUSIC rhythm develepment = mivedecton ts keyboard © ataft notes bn trebte and hess: . © pitch dsvelepment # hand snd finger awareness © musical concepts of mga # ferte-plane; majer-miner, . 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