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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.