TD aay “young” fs not: ‘id, for a town, aremany towns and cities in “2 In cits - wears By BILLMARLES - “errace is 50 years young. because 50 There . the world that.are hundreds Of years: -old. Some ‘gettlements have been in "existence since before the . time of Christ... “$0 ‘Terrace,- 2nd British - - Columbia’ asa whole, is a ‘child compared with other areas. short. history a ' ay : | 50 ‘the timber reserves in the area were overestimated. -Terrace's forest industry, practically her only industry, will probably never be what it once was., Teday Terrace is hurting. However the community ‘appears to be a little wiser forital; = . Keven the mayor, Dave Maroney, has said the boom years are done with. But Maroney adds that Terrace . ‘is better off without a boom. - He prefers slow arid steady ‘What the future holds That ; Bee YEARS OF PR n anniversary accounting __ Slump, . us services and goods to other eommunities.- Information on the new Skeena Health .Centre building should be available: soon... The .- CNR maintenance and crew change depot is being held up pending further coal deals with Japan, _ Cassiar . - Telecommunications Company Ltd. of Terrace has applied to the ‘government to provide telephone and radio service to Dease Lake, Telegraph Creek, Iskut, Edontennajon and Bob Quinn Lake. A new ‘publishing venture recently released their first book. . has. been. jgtudying | the © shing OGRES ‘» ie a has found that 17 have a potential for success. ' Now is the time to put the TDC’s study to the test. A federal-provincial government ment has n reached to pour funds into industrial development in northern B.C. over a five year ‘period, Mayor Maroney. estimates: that Kitimat-Stikine regional district will get a million dollars a year from the senior government programs. . But: progress”. is not something to- he measured. ‘in numbers. of” strictl : factories, -. offices businesses. Ds It’s -also important that ‘and the commion person gets his - fair: ~.community’s wealth. ° ' Terrace has far too many. -.ghare of the people: unemployed _ or: ed. underemplo ’ Some large families © live. in ‘rundown, litle two room shacks - the worst. living . situation imaginable.: Many ‘of Tetrace’s roads only not. t: paved! or. are. ba incomplete or inadequate. There are few developed.’ : ce parle areas, Some people =: n’t bother to take proper-*. care of their teeth, because they would have to wait a’ year for. a appointment. One could go onand on. |. dentist’. ° oa "Many people come to live. in Terrace because of the’. :.- ‘offers. - Development has to -fich outdoor life the area” .- be handled in stich: a way - that the. ‘area's. natural.’ .. endowments” . are. not destroyed. ‘Destruction of.° = - the environment is the very’ - anthithesis of progress. The area’s resources’. should . be. carefully.” Tanaged and controlled, °° ‘ There. should never be a -- “repeat -of -past logging - ore uture- generations will curse us, if,“ *, _all the. area’s. natural’, -- practices. — oF resources have been taken € - AB Terrace grows. and; matures in the:coming . . e years, let us learn fromthe. xperiences of thepast and <<: ‘from. older communities. ::. Let us work to give eveyone Ot better life.