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The Shames Mountain ski resort
is getting an increasingly finished
look. The towers are up and all the
cables are spliced on the T-bar and
chairlift. The bottom drive for the
chairlift left Pine Island, New York
on Friday.

The off-loading ramp at the
chairlift is up. The ramp platform

should be done within a week,,

officials say, including the atten-
dant’s hut.

The last of the sheave assemblies
are here and being installed for the
T-bar. The T-bar generator set (to
provide the electricity to run the T-
bar) has been re-built. Finning
Tractor is leasing two brand-new
generators to Shames to operate
ihe chairlift and provide the
required electricity for the day
lodge to be moved onto the site

Lift hardware assembly |.
going ahead at Shames

- from the decommissioned Kitsum-

kalum ski hill.

Twin River Electric of Terrace
has been contracted to dismantle
the electrical systems at Kitsum-
kalum. Next week, they will be
placing poles and stringing electri-
cal lines at Shames. The lift and
T-bar tows are expected to be
operational and have their first trial
runs by the end of October.

The safety loading tests required
by the Ministry of Transport are
planned for Nov. 15. At that time,
each chair will be loaded with
sand weighing the same as the
average skier. The chairlift will
then be run, stopped, be emer-
gency stopped and re-started until
the ministry determines that it is
safe for real passengers.

Neil and Ghyslaine Courtney test out the feeling In one of
several activity areas of their new King's Castle Play and Leam

Centre, Tarrace’s newest private daycare opening this Saturday.

New daycare set
to open Saturday

TERRACE — Parents of school-
age children who have been on
waiting lists for licensed day care

may find the answer to a dilemma -

Saturday when the King’s Castle
Play and Learn Centre holds an
open house to Introduce the com-
munity to its new service.

The day care, operated by local
residents Neil and Ghyslaine
Courtney in the St. Matthew’s
Anglican church hall on Park Ave.,
offers licensed care for children
from Kindergarten age to Grade 7.
Courtney says they really "went by
the book" in establishing the facil-
ity and programs, adding "The
regulations are there for a reason;

‘it’s going to be a quality facility,

with screened staff”.

It was going by the book that
caused the Courtneys some initial
problems in getting the business
started. They originally wanted to

_start a smaller operation in their

home which would have involved
modifications to meet building
codes and fire safety requirements,
put neighbours objected to a busi-
ness being set up in a residenilal

area, AS a result city council
declined Courtney’s application,
and the couple now have a larger
facility in the downtown area.

The daycare will be able to take
a maximum of 30 children, and
Courtney said judging from the
response of parents he has talked
to it will probably be filled almost
immediately. He expects the morn-
ing and early afternoon hours to be
taken up with Kindergarten kids,
who attend schoo! for a half-day,
with older. kids amiving after
school and staying until their
parents finish work.

Courtney describes the operation
as "out-of-school" care, and notes,
"It isn’t supervised care, It will be
structured, light curriculum.” The
inside of the building is laid out
with a number of activity areas.

The couple are going into the
day care business because they like
the work and love children,
Courtney, says. "We're going to
have a good time."

The open house begins at 1 p.m.
Oct. 13.

Support towers for for hauling skiers up
dware will arive this week, including electrical
e drive engine for the chairlift, being shipped here from New York.

being raised last week. More har:
old Kitsumkalum operation and th

the slopes of Shames Mountain were in the process of
equipment from the

Endowment
scholarships
presented
by NWCC —

Last week 43 Northwest Com-
munity College students were
presented with NWCC endowment
fund scholarships. Eighteen of
those students were from School
District 88.

The Endowment Fund was estab-
lished in December 1984. The
principle donations to the Fund are
never spent, but the interest gene-
rated is used for financial assis-
tance in the form of grants and
scholarships.

In 1989-90, Northwest Commiun-
ity College throughout the region
paid $11,300, the combined total
for two semesters. For the 1990-91
school year, they have distributed
$12,700 in the first semester alone.
It is expected that by the end of
the school year, they will have
presented a total of $25,000 in
scholarships to students in the
Northwest.

The students are presented with
scholarships based on their grade
averages for their Grade 11 and 12
years. With an A average, they are
entitled to 100 per cent reinburse-
ment of tuition fees, for a B-plus
average they are eligible for 75 per
cent, and with a B average, 50 per

_cent. If they maintain their grades,

each semester they may re-apply
for a scholarship for the next

semester’s tuition fees. If they |

improve their grades, they can
increase the percentage of tuition
paid for them.

The School District #88 students
presented with this semester's
tuition assistance were: Business
Administration — Heather Inglis,
Elizabeth Mendes, Leesha Sabine;
Office Careers — Suzanne Ban-
ville; University Credit — Lara
Bachynsky, Linda Cuddeford,
Gregory Docleman, David George,
Dalice Kelln, Sandra Loptson,
Kirsten MacKenzie, Jason Par-
viainen, Lorraine Phillips,.. Matt
Shinde, Krista Soules, Monica
Sousa, Tracy Story and Daysun
Wrubel.

“Business |

Opportunities
at your ,,

_ Doorstep

SON FERENCE

For those interested in starting or
expanding a small business.

Saturday, October 27, 1990
8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
at the
Northwest Community College
Terrace, B.C.

Hear successful entrepreneurs share
their success stories and identify
local business opportunities.

SEMINAR TOPICS

Identifying Business Opportunities
Innovative Marketing

Servicing Large Corporations
and Government

Tourist Attractions

The Franchise Way to Get
Into Business

Small-Scale Manufacturing

Presented by: Honourable Stanley B. Hagen
Minister of Regional and Economic Development
In Cooperation with:

Honourable Dave Parker
MLA - Skeena
For more information or to register:
Terrace & District Chamber of Commerce
3250 Eby Street P.O. Box 107
Terrace, B.C. V8G 4A2
Phone: 635-2063