Te area, the agenda was waylaid. Environmental concerns and. the quality of life dominated the meeting to unveil Terrace’s economic development strategy last week. Environmental priorities were discussed at — length — everything from night soil on gardens to recycling: by Betty Barton While the meeting had been called to discuss the proposed economic development priorities for the growth of Terrace.and According to mayor Talstra, “This wasn’t exactly what we'd planned, but it’s important that people have an opportunity to voice. their opinions and con- cerns.’’ meeting with the explanation that it was an ‘“‘opportunity for the public at large. to criticize and refine the strategy.’’ Robert - Brown, a local schoo! teacher, acknowledged that the economic development strategy was a “truly monumental work, with ‘some rough edges.” Brown also pointed out a spelling error that rather changed the message in a paragraph about the Kermode bear. “‘A good start has been ‘made by marketing a unique feature of Terrace, the Kermode bear. Unfortunately, the illusive bear. is just that, illusive. Therefore, Terrace is marketing - something which, for the most _ part, can't be seen.”’ According to Funk & Wagnalls dictionary, . ‘illusive means ‘‘deceptive and ~ unreal’’. Elusive. means tending to slip away, | hard to grasp or perceive.. ‘The ‘point - caused a burst of Jaughter among the audience of ' about 25 and Terrace city coun- cil members, all of whom were present except alderman: Bob Cooper. It was pointed out by many in attendance that they _and visitors had seen the Ker- . ode and it was not ‘‘illusive”’ Talstra had opened the. or “elusive”. It was also noted that sport fishing is a sustainable resource and our mascot does not address sport fishing. The. économic development plan to push for the Telkwa Pass highway was considered by some to be a poor idea because it would be difficult to build and maintain. It would go through the Copper River Valley and adversely affect the fishing in ‘Where To Find tt that unstable watershed. When ‘the feasibility of a 100,000-ton (annually) steel mill was discussed, quality of life was the main concern. The report ‘states that the China Steel Corp. is: presently examining a number of sites in B.C. for a two million ton steel mill. The Kitimat Valley, near Onion Lake, is one of the-sites being examined, If it does not become reality, there may be potential for a smaller scale operation, using Northwest coal and northern iron ore.. It was felt by some of those present that, ‘‘you can’t pro- mote tourism and a steel mill in the same breath. They’re incom- patible. If we have to choose be- tween: having .a steel mill and sharing our fishing holes, I'd choose sharing a fishing hole.”’ Tourism is seen, even by en- vironmentalists, as the most en- vironmentally » safe economic development. . Pat. Ogawa from. ‘Skeena Cellulose pointed out’ that the forest industry is still paramount - in this. area. The federally- funded EBAP program brought $20 million to- our area in the early 1980’s,..and more trees were touched by human hands Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 21, 1990. B9 ~ Quality of life the. main thing, hearing finds here than anywhere else in the province. He also pointed: out that Skeena Cellulose hopes to have their NSR (not sufficiently- restocked). forest land backlog wiped out by 1993. This ‘back- log’, Ogawa stated, was in-- herited from their previous tenure holders. | SCI exports to the UK, Japan, Europe and East Asia. ‘‘Just ‘because we sell something rough doesn’t mean we're not making best use of that tree or getting _ the best return,’’ Ogawa argued. He also announced that by 1993 Skeena Cellulose hopes to have a log merchandiser and log chip- ping plant in Terrace. He ex- ‘pects that they could process 50-100,000 additional cubic meters of fiber from thinning alone. There was much opposition to the idea of establishing a game farm in an area, known for its pristine wilderness and wildlife. Local trapper Kolbjorn Eide noted, ‘So far as games farms go, we already have a very good one at the garbage dump.’’ Talstra asked the audience what the role of city council should be in the 1990's. He also pointed out that a population boom js inevitable with. people having to, move out of the lower mainland, and with potential for economic development in this area. He asked -what could be done to protect the environ- ment. Suggestions ranged from ‘catch and release” fishing to installing the MLS landing ‘sys-. — tem at the Terrace/Kitimat Air- port to improve transportation in and out of this area.. It was pointed out that on April 1 the Ministry of High- ways will take over responsibili- ty for the Nass Road, with im- provements planned between Aiyansh and Cranberry Junc- tion to encourage traffic to Ter- race andthe coast. City council has been lobbying for this im- provement. Skeena Cellulose wants more work done on the base of the . - road to make it feasible to upgrade it to highway standards. At the end of the meeting, Economic and Tourism De- velopment Officer Peter Monteith explained that he plans — to rework the economic develop- — ‘ment strategy, adding the new ideas that. came up during the meeting, and present it to coun- cil. : . ‘ Guide (ALl-WEST) | TERRACE LTD. 4711-A Kelth Ave. Auto Glass Specialists ICBC claims handled promptly 638-1166 WEB OFFSET PROMOTIONAL CONSULTANTS PRINTERS and PUBLISHERS BUSINESS SERVICES. Callen our Design Team 635-7840 . 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