Page A10 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 13, 1990 in business OPEN FOR WORK is the chamber of commerce'’s new business information centre in the training and enterprise centre beside the 8.C. Access Centre. That's chamber manager Bobbie Phillips - and summer student Dave Andrews in their new surroundings. The chamber’s tourist information service remains in the log building on Hwy16. Steel plant | eyed | TERRACE — Prince Rupert one of two B.C. sites identified: as locations for a-proposed. $4 - billion Taiwanese steel mill, It and Port Hardy will now be subject to prefeasibility studies after Smithers and Kitimat were eliminated earlier, government and industry officials announc- ed‘ last week. China Steel Corporation of Taiwan estimates it could build a mill producing three million - tonnes of steel a year and employ approximately 4,500 people. Prefeasibility studies take in environmental and social im- plications of constructing a steel mill, There still needs to be provin- cial approval to meet en- vironmental safety guidelines and these-are now being set up, said regional development minister Stan Hagen. Skeena MLA Dave Parker, he’ s also the minister responsi- ble for northern development, said a steel mill in Prince Rupert: “‘would have a significant and lasting effect on the economic development of the north,” Stray carts a problem TERRACE — Stores in a local- shopping centre want to stop shopping carts from disappear- ing. ‘ It costs Safeway, one of those stores, between $250 and $300 each month in paying people to recover carts found around town, says manager Eric Johan- son. “We have 175 carts but on regular counts, average between 120 to 150 at a time, There ‘seems to be a constant 30 ta 40 | out there,” he said. And at a cost of up to $150 for a good quality cart, the pro- blem is expensive, Johanson ad- ded. He's had carts returned from as far away as Kitimat but says the majority end up abandoned around town. “People use them in apart- ments because they're a conve- nient way to transport things up “and down elevators,’ said Johanson. There have alsc been cases where. abandoned carts have * been: cut- down for /.use=as trolleys by businesses which deal in heavy pieces of equip- ment, the manager added. The problem starts not as deliberate theft but with young people taking them from park- ing lots and abandoning them when finished, said Johanson. To counter the situation, Safeway, Woolworth and Shop- pers Drug Mart in the Terrace Shopping Centre are combining on an ad campaign asking peo- ple not take carts away. once. they have finished loading. shop~ TERRACE — Brooke Hodson has moved from his position as B.C. Tel customer services _manager here to to Prince George, Also gone, to a B.C, Tel posi- tion in Naniamo, is engineering supervisor Parker Okano. Don Kerr, now the network manager here, becomes the customer services manager for the area. Moving in from Prince George is John Wiseman. He was the network manager there and takes on a network position here. kaekkke Northern Horse Supply is keeping its mobile van but now has a permanent shop in Thor- nhill. : _ 12 noon as Pm - “7 pm 230, pm OUT AN D ABOUT The business, which sells Western and English riding equipment, had been selling out of a van at horse shows and events for nearly a year. But it needed more room and that lead to opening a shop, says Peggy Jackson who, with sister Cathy, is one of the owners. kkekkkek This Saturday the chamber of commerce begins its summer tourist season with HOWDOYOUDO DAY. The day-long event at the tourist information building on Kinsmen Club of Terrace presents CANADA DAY Celebrations July 1 Tours of Heritage Park BANDS — Lower. Little Park Bandshell Contact Don at 635- 6937 if you would like to play. CAR. SHOW — Bring your car: : | — Antique & Street Rod — “Parking lot opposite ie es ae we Bandshell. 3 — $100.00 prizes to be awarded.: BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR EVERYONE! FOOD CONCESSIONS _ _ FIREWORKS at Ferry Island. Hwy 16 is intended to promote public interest in tourism. kKkeik kk There’s a new contractor tak- ing care of the provincial cam- peround at Lakelse. GTG Contracting, it also looks after facilities at Boya Lake park north of here and Tyee near Telkwa, has a two- year contract, says spokesman Rob Seaton.. His company has been active with parks maintenance con- tracts for the past six years and Seaton worked for the parks branch before that. ping items in their vehicles. “In some cases where senior citizens live close to the store, we'll let them take one home if they ask. They then return it or have somebody return it,’? said Johanson. He has thought of buying carts that have coin-operated unlocking devices but that they are expensive to buy and are costly to maintain. Johanson will also bring up the ad campaign with the chamber of commerce to see if other; businesses are interested. it John Chivildave said the problem ex- ists wherever there are shopping carts being used. Once, while managing the. company’s store in Burns Lake, Chivildave recovered a cart sit- ting beside the highway in Houston, AT " Become a UNICEF Volunteer . os Aetrai nd Unicel Yori Unicef Canada @. ee 1-800-268-3770 © WORKWERR. AN WORLD _ ‘Check out our greatselection iy : of gift items for DADI | Tourism is dig business ... bringing serious dollars info our city! These dollars translate into hospitality and service related businesses and jobs for our young people. Terrace and area is renowned for its magnificent scenery ... and visitors wili keep coming back wher they feel welcome. Chris Hyland, acrew leader for Pacific Northern Gas, came to Terrace to visit his uncle 11. years ago!l Chris enjoys the easy pace of A living ... and is glad to see residents ard businesses werking 4 to clean up and beautify the'cityl ~~ ; ; c inv TERRACE’ & DISTRICT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. - _ JUNE 14- 16”