NORTHERN SAVINGS CREDIT UNION Smithers * airport changes hands, too THE AIRPORT here wasn’t the only one in the north- west to change hands last week. A body formed by the Town of Smithers also signed papers with Trans- port Canada for that com- ~ minity’s airport, For now, operations of the airport are being contracted oul to the authority rumning Vancouver International. It already runs the airport in Fort St. John and in Cran- book. Door Prizes and Refreshments Financial Report Board of Directors’ Report 4702 Lazelle Avenue 638-7822 HELLO WAVES were in order March 30 as the Terrace-Kitimat Airport was officially turned over to a local not-for-profit society. Pictured here aré mem- Ceremony marks turn over of the airport to local body bers of the ferrace-Kitimat Airport Society, federal of- ficials and former Transport Ganada employees wha have now transferred over to the new employer. “MY WINDOW! ~ Russell! Will you fix IT WAS congratulations all around March 30 as the Commerce, Each of those bodies is ner,”’ he said, Directors of the socicty mayor Rick Wozney. His council has so far declined my window please? Tertace-Kitimat airport was represented on the board of and federal _— officials. to sign on as a participant in’ officially handed over by directors and the directors, received copies of ‘‘Pioneer- the airport society. the federal government to a in turn, have made three at- Legacy,’? a compilation of tok tkok a ” oe local not-for-profit society. Jarge appointments making historical writings gathered One of the first aircraft to : . Proponents of the hand- forseven directors intotal. by local resident Norma land afler the March 30 *ICBC Claims over said the airport will Transport Canada official Bennett to mark the occa- ceremony contained copies *Safety. Glass play a key role in attracting Cliff Rhodes, on hand to sion. of the provincial budget, oe new business fo the region’s mark the transfer, said it Onhand werea numberof They were released that Mirre rors economy by allowing it to represents a new era in air- people, including represen- aftermoon as provincial fi- make decisions and un- port management. tatives of the. society’s nance minister Joy Mac- dertake ventures not before The airport will be able to sponsors, airport employees Phail began her budget . possible when ‘ was owned operate ‘in a more commer- - and airport users. speech in the - provincial Seg) and operate transport gj i - . Also on hand was Kitimat — legislature.: can "nee ij Camda “iat and cost effective mane 80 on tame. me " 638- 0912 5504 Lloyde errace, B.C Frank Hamilton, the chairman of the Terrace- Kitimat Airport Society, said ithas three goals — im- proving the landing rate, to operate in the black and making the airport ‘‘an eco- nomic energizer in the northwest.”’ The airport socicty will have some help — it received a $500,000 cheque last week from the federal government and will get an additional $500,000 in May as a one-time financial boost. The facility is scheduled to have a $50,000. ona budget of $1 million for the fiscal year beginning April 1 . ‘Terrace mayor Jack Tal- stra said the “‘airport is ab- solutely essential for the wellbeing of the. north- west,”” He noted that it was first built during the Second World War to keep out “invaders from the east.’’ The challenge now, added Talstra, is to now use the airport to welcome those people as tourists and entre- preneurs. The Terrace-Kitimat Air- port Society is itself owned by the City of Terrace, the Kitimat-Stikine regional dis- trict, the Terrace and Dis- trict Chamber of Commerce _ and the Kitimat Chamber of Critical timing SIGNING THE airport over to a local authosity before April 1 was worth a lot of money, That's because the new Terrace-Kitimat Airport Society could then qualify for a one-time cash infusion . for the federal government's fiseal year ending midnight . March 31 as well as a grant © for the new fiscal year be. ginning April 1. The grants were each worth $500,000, making for a tolal financial package of $1 million. The money Is intended as 4 cushion for whatever costs there might be altached to~ the hand over of the airport or for any other purposes. 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