4. Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 7, 1987 The Terrace Review has been circulating as a. successful community newspaper since May 1,. 1985. °*. The Terrace Review has proven to bea real hit with residents i in the city and rural areas. People are signing up for one or two year sub- criptions on a régular basis, Circulation is expanding with more readers attracted to news items in the Terrace Review each week. Residents are contacting staff members with an ever-growing frequency, ex- pressing interest in getting their message or story published. Starting a newspaper is rarely an easy job but staff members at the Terrace Review have made a concerted effort to team together, ex- ploiting the Lee Iacocca theory of manage- Competitive spirit looms on horizon ment to swing through on the winning side of — the coin. Employees have pooled their talents, ideas and enthusiasm to come up with a new publication, which is proving to be a winning medium for readers and advertisers in the northwest. . The first issue of the Northwest Star was printed ‘Monday, Dec. 1; .1986. The publica: tion provides people with an opportunity to get a classified ad of 20 words or less printed free of charge in the newspaper. Every other . week the publication is distributed free to. homes from Prince Rupert to. Smithers and. surrounding areas, north to Stewart and south to Kitimat. Circulation is benefical to advertisers who are interested in reaching as wide an audience as possible. The news items, columns and sports stories included in the publication are - informative to the reading public i in the north- 7 west. During 1987 staff members at the Northwest - Star and Terrace Review are aiming at. north, To the editor, Dear Citizens of Terrace; I bring seasons greetings to you from 130 former residents who gathered to- gether at the. second bi- annual ‘Terrace Night in Victoria. I happened to be in Vic- toria visiting my daughter when I heard about the party so-I went down to the Buns Master, bought a dozen buns and joined everyone at the pot luck supper. We had a wonder- ful time! We met and swapped stories with people who had lived in Terrace 30 years ago and some who had just left this year. I wish I could list all the REA COREA TEY fasvles, Ain i WORD POWER .- wassail: a toast to someone’s health, an ancient salutation. Terrace Review Established May 1, 1985 The Terrace Review Is published each Wednesday by Close-Up Business Services Ltd. Publisher: Mark Twyford Editor: Maurean Barbour Staff Reporier. Michael Kelly Advertising Sales: Jean-Luc Roy * 695-7B40 ’ Production: Kim Kimble Office: -. Carrie Olson ' Accounting: Mar] Twyford Second-class mall registration No. 6896. Reproduction of this paper or any por- tion theraof Is prohibited without per- mission of the publisher. 4535 Greig Avenue, ‘Terrace, B.C. :. V8G 1M7 Phone: 635-7840 people there but a few 1986 a tough act to follow for news No matter what the year 1987 will have in store, its predecessor is a tough act to follow, as far as news is concerned. The past year was probably one of the politically most fascinating in British Columbia since the old coalition government fell apart three decades earlier and W.A.C. Bennett assumed the mantle of benevolent dictator which he was to wear for 20 years. The Bennett era came to an end in 1986, When Bill Bennett announced that he would step down as premier, the news hit British Columbians like a bombshell. For a short while, all political forces were in disarray. Cabinet ministers were in shock. Some cried. Social Credit supporters throughout the province feared that this might be the end of the party. The opposition was caught off guard. Resignation was the one thing they hadn’t expected of their nemesis. Bennett’s resignation touched off a wave of events, beginning with the Socred leadership race. Weeks went by. Eleven candidates entered the race to succeed Bennett as premier and party leader. Things looked bad for the Socreds. None of the candidates had much of a chance to lead the party to victory in the next election. Many of them were lightweights. The rest were tarred with the brush of the Bennett regime. As the deadline for entering the leadership race drew closer, one man, who had not yet declared himself, weighed his chances — Bill Vander Zalm. He waffled ostensibly because he wasn’t sure whether he would be ina conflict of interest because of his business holdings. Finally, Vander Zalm threw his hat in the ring, bring- ing the number of would-be premiers to 12. The Dirty Dozen was off and running. The leadership convention was like no other conven- Hubert Beyer Terrace Review Victoria Correspondent tion I ever covered. For three days, Socreds delegates turned the mountain resort town of Whistler into a grand circus. The golf course had been turned into a tent town where the more prominent candidates dispensed food and spirits in enormous quantities. The town itself look- ed like New Orleans during Mardi Gras, banners hang- ing from every facade, marching bands entertaining in the streets. It made great news. Vander Zalm’s victory was unexpected in many . quarters, but there was little doubt that he had the best chance of all the leadership contestants to score a vic- tory in the next election. . They proved right, Vander Zalm led the Socreds to a landslide victory and lost no time imprinting his own style on the new government. Reporters, who remembered the slim news pickin’ 8 during the Bennett era, were in for a surprise. Here was a premier who seemed eager to talk to reporters, He didn’t always tell them what they wanted to heaf,. but never walked away from a question. The year 1986 also saw the demise of a new party, the : leader of which had proclaimed it as the alternative for continued on page 5 Terrace night in Victoria attended by many | reaching a growing audience throughout the ". _ MSB ee were; Winnie and Cecil Blakeburn, Hugh and Vi McKinnon, the Toynbees and the Millers, Phil Bass, Babs and Cyril Shelford, « Larry Rugg (who I hear has just . passed away) Carry and Janet Condon, Gerry Head, Charlie Belanger, Lloyd Atchison and his wife, the Eastons, Koltermans, Tuckers and Prudens. Evva Weber was there with her now book; Al Parfit was the MC, Deb- bie Carruthers was Chair- person, Frank Skidmore . looked after the -invita- tions and Kathleen was in charge of the food (which by the way was fantastic!) Bruce Carruthers was on - the entertainment commit- tee and had everyone. stand’ up to introduce themselves and tell when and how long they had liv- ed.in Terrace. A few said they didn’t miss Terrace one bit but they must have a few fond memories of the place! -The first Terrace Night was in 1984 when 68 peo- ple attended, this year they had 130 and in 1988 they hope to double that. Andy Owens will be. the new chairman so if you know anyone who lives in the Victoria area do let them know about it and if you happen to be there in . November 1988 don’t miss Terrace Night. You'll have a wonderful time. Again best wishes for. the holiday season from — your friends in the’ Vic- toria area. Yours truly; Edna Cooper Terrace, B,C, ‘Letterg to the editor will be considered for publication only whan signed. Please | include your phone number. The editor reserves the right to - condense and edit Isttera. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of. the Terrace Review.