WG6 Terrace Review — Wednesday, Feb, 26, 1986 Promotions director says, Games have brought people together in the community Gerry Martin by Daniele Berquist Terrace—‘‘I wanted to’ do something for the town, I thought it was a good project for the community.”’ Those are the feelings and thoughts of Gerry Martin, promotions di- rector for the B.C, Winter Games, and that is why he got involved, As promotions direc- tor, Martin has the enormous task of pro- moting the games. It is not just a matter of running a couple of advertisements in the newspaper, or some ad- vertisements on radio or tv. That is only a small part of the job. General advertising plays a big part in the games, but Martin also looked after items like the official games pro- gram, souvenir sales, business and corporate sponsorship, photog- raphy, the media results center, a photo history of the games, and pre- Len Winter Excellence Len Winter, odranch manager for the Federal Business Development Bank, wishes athletes good fortune, on behalf of local business people, in their pursuit of excellance. The quest for perfection Is a concept inherent in both business and athletic endeavors, Winter noted. paring material of the activities leading up to the event. Martin said he worked in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce in an effort to get local businesses involved. This would be along the lines of decorating their stores, he said, and en- couraging the businesses to purchase t-shirts to dress their staff up dur- ing the games. He added that 50 percent of the profit on the sale of the shirts goes back into the community. Martin said that he’d like everyone all over to see what a great place Terrace weally is. My family is very suppor- . tive. My son, Jeff, took part in the Oliver, B.C. basketball games, and he had a great time. With the games around the corner, said Martin, we are in good shape. The program has come along nicely so far, and the volunteers have come forward. Martin added that everyone is pulling to- gether and that they have a good commit- tee. Terrace is an ex- cellent town and the games are bringing a lot of people together. Many residents are very committed ... everyone is willing to pitch in ... that’s Terrace! Martin added that his - business associate, Lar- ry Krause, deserves a lot of credit. ‘‘He’s very understanding in shar- ing the load and that helps a great deal. ‘resume, by Daniele Berquist How do you become an operations manager for the B.C. Winter Games? For Bobbie Phillips it was a matter of sending a believing in herself and her family believing in her. Phillips first got in- volved in August of '84 when Terrace was awarded the games. “‘I was quite excited about it, hoping for my girls to be in the games, as they’re quite involved in gymnastics.”’ An ad had appeared in the paper for an opera- tions manager position, said Phillips, but I was really looking at a secretarial position and watching for the job to become available. That was until her son pointed Operations manager | “?m just going to be lost”’ when games over out that in Burnaby, a woman held the position of operations manager... So why not me? said Phillips. ‘I applied for the position and was suc- cessful. I was hired last June,’’ Phillips stated, In early July, Phillips was off to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island for a series of meetings with the last manager of the games (incidently, ‘‘she’’ was a woman). The pro- gram was very interest- ing, Phillips said, in terms of details, and how Behind the scenes at the BCWG by Daniele Berquist TERRACE — “I feel good about all our plans for the games and. our community,’’ said Marilyn Anderson, chairperson for the Hospitality Program, for the B.C. Winter Games. . Approximately 100 rooms were booked at the Inn Of The West and at the Terrace Hotel, said Anderson. Some of the guests visiting Ter- race will be Coca Cola officials, mayors of dif- ferent towns, officials from various airlines such as PWA, CP Aijr, B.C. Dairy Foundation, Dairyland, the Lottery Corporation, ‘‘and the list goes on,’? Anderson said. A premier’s reception is also scheduled for out of town guests sponsored by Pacific Western Airlines along with a That's the sw BC Spirit! Boe aos 4 Welcome to all Games participants No vehicle? Do you hava problems with picking up prescrip- tlons, groceries, appliances or anything etse? For all your moving and delivery needs, phone for ex- perlanced and speedy servica, 638-8530 ‘ civic luncheon at the Ter- race Hotel the following day, sponsored by the city of Terrace. Anderson added, with ‘great pride, “I think this is very important for our community... that we can do an excellent work to promote this area to the rest of B.C. Bobbie Phillips preparation goes on in the staging of the games; there’s a lot of work. Phillips’ job entailed being in liaison with the Victoria office and also with the directors here, as well as supervisor of all office staff, It’s really a super experience, Phillips added. I know that when the games are over, I will miss it. There’s been so’ much work between eve- ning and weekend meetings, but that has slowed down a bit now, I’m just going to be lost when it's over. The grand opening was Sept. 21, but the of- fice had been operating since Aug. 12. I was the only one there for the first three weeks that we opened, Phillips re- called, Until Julia Mit- chell, the secretary for the games, started work. The company was most welcome, Phillips said. She noted at least three weeks work is ex- pected to continue after the games are all over. Work such as disman- tling the office, which is to be sent to Cranbrook for the next games, are part of the plans. Richard Ellsay, the ‘next operations manager for the games, will be visiting Terrace in January of '86, for a series of meetings with Phillips, to see how the games are conducted. The games are rolling right on schedule, and even ahead of schedule, she said. / So far we have a good, very committed group of people, Phillips said. Everyone is working hard and I think we’re confident that the last- minute details will be worked out by the time the contestants arrive. 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