Page AB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 11, 1992 MEMBERS OF the Northwest Singers sang their way Into council's hearts recently and received a break on a rental fee. Two aldermen voted against, however. Singers get city grant TERRACE — The petitioners sang for their supper at a recent council meeting but if struck a sour note with two aldermen. The Northwest Singers had ap- peared before council to ask for a waiver of the rental charge for the arena banguct room their Dec. 5 Dessert Concert. The event is part of the group’s tenth anniversary celcbrations. To press home their request, the ensemble serenaded council and alderman Danny Sheridan was quick to harmonize with a motion the rental be waived. Alderman Darryl Laurent, how- ever, struck a discordant note by pointing out council had already rejected an identical request from the Choices program for its Fri- day, Dec. 4 annual Christmas party. ; In years past council approval of such Choices requests had been a mere formality. But council earler this year adopted a new policy, eliminating waivers on prime revenue Friday and Saturday nighis. That policy also says where a waiver is granted, the recreation department will set the date for the event. While not questioning the Northwest Singers were a ‘‘worthwhile grovp’’, Laurent said al] community groups should be treated equally. Echoing that concern, alderman Rick King said there was a need for council to be consistent. Quickly changing his tune, Sheridan withdrew his motion, replacing it with another to make a $500 donation to the Northwest Singers in recognition of their 10 years and contribution to the community. Sheridan pointed out his new 7 proposal was in line with a num- ber of previous council decisions where, rather than change policy, it had agreed to make a ‘‘one shot - deal’? donation to community i groups, At alderman Bob Cooper's sug-. | gestion, the motion was changed to making a grant-in-licu of $240 -- the amount of the rental charge. It passed 4-2, Laurent and King #@ voting against. Passport turns into sticky affair TERRACE — Northwesterners who boast of the beauty of their surroundings have got it all wrong, at least according to Ter- race’s latest tourism brochure. On a page extolling the area’s fishing, the glossy publication warms, ‘Visitors can relax on the river and enjoy next fa none scencry.”* ". Yes, it’s a typo. It’s also not ihe only one in “Passport to Terrace,”? produced by the city’s tourism and cco- nomic development department at a cost of $25,000. The publication doesn’t even get through its first paragraph er- ror free, renaming the Kitsum- “= mailed ‘out to all Travel In-° kalum péople the Kitsumkaum. ‘Those aitd other spelling errors have resulted in the 20,000 copies of the brochure being kept under wraps until corrections can be Fm made. “Tt was my screw up,’” depart- ment head Peter Monteith ad- mitted of the spelling errors. “When I proofed it, it went right through me.”’ Suggesting it had perhaps been a mistake for him to do the proof reading after having been so closely involved with drawing up the brochure, Monteith said steps had been taken to ensure there was no future repetition. Corrected versions of the of- fending paragraphs are being pro- ‘duced in sticker form for placing over the errors, '€Passport’’ will eventually be focentres in B.C. and, upon re- quest, to destinations elsewhere in Canada and the United States. Visitors happy campers in 1992 TERRACE — Visitors to provincial park campgrounds fast year were much happier with the condition of the facilities but less satisfied with the number of things to do once there. . Those findings come from an annual survey carried out for B.C. Parks and are based on random sampling of | questionnaire responses filled out by nearly 10,000 visitors. Asked to assess the condition of the campground facilities, 85 per cent of respondents described them as above average to ex- cellent. That’s 10 per cent better than the highest rating over the course of five years of surveys. However, the trend was reversed when it came to ‘recreational things to do’. Here only 48 per cent gave B.C. Parks high marks, down 14 per cent. In every other arca, camp- grounds were given improved marks: cleanliness of grounds (90 Q ERRACE per cent, plus 8); responsiveness of staff (81, plus 3); sense of security (73, plus 4); cleanliness of restrooms (72, plus 3); and control of noise (67, plus 2). It was ihe same story when it came to day-use areas. Here only 42 per cent thought there were enough recreational op- portunities, down three per cent. However, there was a sharp im- provement in the rating of staff (plus 13) and, again, the condi- tion of facilities (plus 11). Overall, 55 per cent of campers said the park met their expecta- tions while 39 per cent said it was better than they expected. In 1991, B.C. parks recorded just short of 21 million visits, up almost a quarter from 1986, That compares to 13 million for na- tional parks and just 8.1 million for Ontario provincial parks. British Columbians accounted for 71 per cent of campers and 62 per cent of day-use arca visitors during the season. 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