ACCOUNTANTS, hot wb sellers and artists were fea- tured at the first-ever 16-37 Community Futures trades fair, held over the Jong weekend. The 55 businesses fea- tured at the fair were all clients of 16-37, which gives advice and financing to new businesses. “This is the first time we've ever done something like this,”’ said Mary Anne Skill, community develop- ment officer for 16-37. Ap- proximately 1,200 people went through the trades fair. A lot of businesses fea- tured at ihe show benefited from the exposure. Skill said many people com- mented to her that they weren’t aware these businesses existed, or that there were so many new businesses in the area. Before the trade show she and others at 16-37 put the business owners through marketing education. ‘Some of these guys were just shaking,’ said Skill about the prospect of putting a booth together and presenting their business to the public, “We got their feet wet, Hopefully this will lead to them getting involved in bigger shows, like the Chamber of Commerce.”’ Two businesses which were relative unknowns be- fore the trade fair were Per- formance Plating and the Rendezvous Restaurant. Performance Plating coats objects in chrome, gold or silver — a service few knew was available here. Rendezvous Restaurant set up a booth featuring East In- dian cooking, such 45 samosa. “They did a roaring busi-_ ness. So many people ‘said, didn’t know" you' guys were here.” It was really good exposure for them,’’ said Skill. Other people commented on the diversity of businesses 16-37 helped, such as a Buck or Two, During the fair businesses were judged on the booths they put together. Timber Toys won top Out & Ad - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 13, 1997 Fair features new busi Rupert port picks up GOOD NEWS for the economically chal- “Our aggressive approach to generating lenged Prince Rupert. The Prince Rupert ncw business is producing results,”” said Port Corporation reported significant in- Port Corporation president Don Kruse]. creases in shipments of three major com- —- Millar Wester of Edmonton recently modity groups the first six months of ‘97. agreed to ship 85,000 tonnes of pulp a Coal, grain and wood boosted the Port’s year through Prince Rupert. That contract total shipments to 6.5 million tonnes by begins next year and will more than dou- the end of June, up from 5.6 million ble the current volumes of wood pulp tonnes in the same period last year. shipped through Fairview Terminals. yy ing ee a ‘ADD A SECOND PHONE FOR ONLY $925 Sioua sou = TH Owrstanpies 33 Senin = 1962-1997 ; TERRACE HKITHVIAT TERRACE COMIC ENCOUNTERS won most creative booth at the 16-37 trades fair on the fong weekend, The store sponsored a Necomunda tournament during the fair. Here Tyson Hodgson decides what move to make in the futuristic board game. 635-5333 632- rN hold a trade fair once every two years. The 1999 show will feature new clients and will likely take place the weekend before Riverboat Days. 3D board game. In addition to tacal businesses fair goers also had the option of checking out 15 government booths, Skill says 16-37 plans to based business booth. .The big toy tuck at the booth impressed judges and fair- goers, who also gave it the people’s choice award. Coast Mountain Electric took first place in the store front category For ils well-lit display, 7 ' Pat’ Watson “of ‘Numbers’ 1 "075 ~ “aré'Us' Bookkeeping was:'!e' show recognized for best sales-. mauship. He had boxes of, -old banker bills and showed ‘people how he could take them from shoe box to final’ slalement. Most creative booth went' to-Comic Encounters which used the trade show to host a Necomunda tournament - —a futuristic gang-fighting About B Informed: Free phone and $25.95 a month cellular plan Infength - maximum 30 calls per month - local calls only. Horne Free calls must be to primary home applicabteortly to calls made on the BC TEL Mobility network. Two-In-One Plan: New $9.95 phase. Secondary phone shares primary phone plan and appears on primary phone bill, tadio system actess fee of $46, long distance charges and taxes extra, Early cancellation fees ap| i; NO SECURITY DEPOSIT » N 0 DOWN City sell THE CITY began selling Jots at ils 17-lot subdivision on Dairy Avenue last week. The lots, averaging $38,000 in price, were selling quick- ly with four offers accepted in the first week. The development was a result of a deal between the. school board and the city that reconfigured park land south of Dairy Ave. and reduced the width of the street. That freed a strip of land for the subdivision. The city should raise nearly $650,000 from the land sell- off, with more than half of thal being profit after develop. _ ment and road costs are taken into account, director of engineering Stew Christensen “The city gets the proceeds, but there’s an agreement with the school board that it be used for parks purposes,” Christensen explained. Value-added plant opens in Moricetown KYAHWOOD FOREST P. doors last week in Moricctown. It’s a value-added plant, and employs 57 Moricetown 15 loggers. The plant {is the result of a joint effort between the Wer'suwet’en Moricetown band council, Northwood Pulp and Timber and Forest Renewal B.C. FRBC kicked in $400,000 $6 million Kyahwood plant. Workers at the plant make other value-added products. Lowell Johnson, general man- ager at Northwood, said in the past B.C, shipped low grade Jumber to Florida or Idaho to be remanufactured, By up- grading the lumber to a finger-jointed product, or supply- ing studs with holes pre-drilled in them, the profit margin goes up by about $100 per thousand board feet. Right now most of the finished product is being sold in the U.S. and Vancouver, But Johnson said when the market in Japan picks up, the plant will switch over more to making specialized Japanese wall studs, which he says have an even better profit margin. 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