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_ TERRACE — Steve Ramai has: i
‘. heard no'word from his whee
brothers or six sisters inside: Iraq ue
_ Since war broke out.a.week ago, ‘:: :
7° And: tte’ Iraqi-born- Terrace.
, resident isn’t even: “sire they’
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‘déstriiction, of tis

; country ‘from his Terrace: ‘apart: “

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. my. ieamediate. e family, It hurts,
‘but my heart cries more for my
sisters and my famlly and my _
Mttie brothers.”

He has three brothers in Iraq,
One is an oil ministry worker,
another is an anthrobiologist,

_ "I can't get through : ‘to ta
on any phone lines,"’ he'says, ‘1
“can get Jordan, but not drag.’

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. IF the war don't stop; one or”
two of my brothers.I will lose, 1.

*” gm sure,*? he saya, -

‘Ramzi pins his hopes for his

youngest brother on the ‘Policy

that new recruits be given a
minimum 45 days of basic train-

TERRACE —:° The city’s
economic development depart-
ment says the amount of retail
store floor space in Terrace
could increase by almost one
third by the end of the decade. .

The prediction comes from
Commercial and Industrial Use

_ Forecasts 1991-2000, a docu-

ment prepared by economic.
development’ officer Peter
Monteith as a-guide to prépar-
ing the city’s new Official Com-
munity Plan,

Excluding the - boom years
(1978 and 1990) and five years

of recession, Monteith points .

out retail sector growth has
averaged bil per cent, anoually.

since 1977, “Maintaining” that’

rate. would’. mean ah- extra.
ft: in the city by’ the

However, he ‘adds, “Gf major
developments occur, the
average rate could be as high as
2.3 per cent.’’ That translates to
‘an extra 389,500 sq.ft. Or a 31

-per cent jump in the city "s total —:
y a curately predicting local

retail inventory. :
* Those major developments

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Big growth seen
for retail soace

‘statistics sho

ing before being’ thrown into
combat. So far the 17-year-old
has had less than two weeks of
training, and a quick end to the
war could keep him, out of the
fighting.

His ‘anthrobiologist brother,

however,
' assigned to the front lines Jn

Kuwait.

- Ramzi also" ‘fears for his ‘ six

has .already been.

sisters, in Iraq. “One is a factory

worker and ‘another works at
the Iraqi: television station .in
Baghdad , which’ has

been -

- targeted in: -bombing. raids by.

allied forces...

Another. sister is | a
microbiologist ‘and. two . more
are teachers, he says. One of
them is newly married and had a

baby just before the war .

started. He said her husband

include the proposed Iskut gold
road, Kitimat provincial port,
the Orenda pulp mill at
Meziadin and a copper smelter
in Kitimat.

: Although none of these pro-
jects were. Terrace-based,
Monteith said the pattern of re-
cent years. suggested growth
here: was. ‘‘driven' by economic
activity in .the region.’? That
contention was ‘Supported by
the increase in

floor spacesin¢é*1977 had far

-Outstripped, “population growth
. over the same period.
In other sectors of the.

economy, he predicted light in-

dustrial-floor space. will increase

‘between ™ "72,000 and 113,000

sa‘fti: but ‘no: additional heavy.

“industry. The latter is based on:

the lack ‘of industrial land
within the city boundaries’ and
the likelihood such projects
would prefer to locate at tide
water -—° either Kitimat or
Prince Rupert.

However, he cautioned, ac-

economic activity was always

Long wait f for new

TERRACE — ‘A projected
operating loss of $228,000 in the’
first year has confirmed the ci-
ty’s original plan for a conven- -
tion and community centre was
‘*a little grandiose,’’ says its
economic development officer.
Peter Monteith said that
figure was based on the centre
hosting three conventions in the

first year as well as community

social events such as Christmas
parties and weddings. °

it did not include repayment
of principal and interest on any
money. barrowed to build the

estimated $4.5 million facility.

However, Monteith pointed
out the projected operating loss
was not'out of line with other
recreational. facilities Operated
by.the city —:the library, pool
and arena —<all of which ran at
a deficit: . _-

The operating loss fi igure ,
came from an analysis of costs
and revenues it had done from a
Vancounver - consultant. This
cost was paid for by the provin-
cial government under’ a’ pro-
gram it had with the city to ox-
amine social and economic
development...

Confirming the city was

ye Drs Da Yan Llerde, ad,

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‘background. she

of experience,*” he: fad
- As for Van Elerde: Leis!
said. the: majority “of “the
‘hecessary- dimmigt :

‘million,

“moving cautiously’? on the
proposed centre, mayor Jack
Talstra said council also had to
consider suggestions the
building include an art gallery,
day care and second sheet of
ice, none of which were includ-

- ed in the original plan.

It would therefore be some
time yet before a decision was
made on. “what the refined pro-
duct will be in the end.”

Council would also have to
meet with the library board to
determine. whether - they still
wanted to pursue expansion of
its ‘existing facility or would
prefer to be part of the propos-
ed community centre,

The library two years ago an-
nounced it wanted to spend $1
of. which one-third
would come from a_ lottery
grant, to add on to its facility.

That plan was put on hald
pending‘ a final decision on a
convention and community cen-
tre,

Emphasizing the final con-
cept would have to enhance, be
acceptable to and ‘‘within the
financial means" of the com-
munity, Talstra said it would be
several months at least before

"think that it’s a ‘clean war.?? 2°"
“Ramzi says he’s frustrated by.
the lack of reliable news reports -
about the situation inside‘ Iraq..”
“I’m here and lL know. my.
family’s there, but I don’t-know.-
what's really going:.on,”’. he |

raids, .

“This celal clean | wat. of :

the Americans: ‘I’m praying th:
it’s seally: true,: ‘that. i call!

-happening that way,"': he says, ,
“That's what really helped me:

stop. crying — to. be able

says. ‘You watch the American

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Peter Monteith

difficult because ‘‘so much of
what occurs is controlled by
outside influences,"’

centre |

such a plan was ready to go to
public meetings. ,

In the meantime, the city
would be applying for federal
and provincial government
grants for the project ‘‘but that
is a very slow process.”*

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