5 Standard, Wednesday, JUNE 26, 1991

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BUSINESS.

Tourists can now row thelr boats or drift gently down the strearn of
the Exchamsiks River thanks to two Prince Rupert businessmen.
The boats are river rafts from the new Northcoast Heli-Raft Adven-
tures, which Barry Prince and Ken Seymour hope will bring more
tourism to the area. The trip also includes a 10-minute flight up the
Exchamsiks River valtey from Hwy 16.

TERRACE — Two northwest.
residents, Barry Prince and-Ken
Seymour of Prince Rupert,
launched a new enterprise last
week called North Coast Heli-
Raft Adventures Ltdy) 0

“This north coast has diddley -
for tourists to do,’’ Prince — a.
journeyman floor layer =~ said,
and he hopes his operation will
change that. .

‘Well, there's fishing : but
what else -is. there (that’s. a)
tourist related activity up
here?” he said.

Customers are flown from a
parks lot 2km past the Excham-
siks Provincial Park, 20-25km -
up the Exchamsiks Valley. in a.
helicopter to.a spot on the Ex-
chamsiks River -where rubber |

_ rafts await them:

He pointed ‘out that the
Okanagan bursts. with attrac.
tions competing’ for tourists’
money, but not here. .

“We drive them ‘away.
Everyone who goes on the rafts
is going to stay an extra day

“here,” he’ said:

‘Prince and” Seymour’ — a
fisheries officer — began plann- -.
last

ing the: “company "
November. are ey

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fee: -shop, and: here ‘we are,”

. Prince’ -said,: standing : with. hig:

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“riverboat.” and ‘rafts near ‘the. gus

mouth of the Exchamisks River.

‘Many, many. hours and weeks

‘of. work: have, gone into this to
Bet it all‘ together,”
-: The company has. eight four-

"person rafts dnd'‘six two-person -
rafts, and can take groups of up i

to 40 at atime, .

‘White-water-. phobics need’ —
have no fear. The river is calm” f
‘and ‘the. drift down’ ‘takes ~

anywhere’ from three’ hours to

all “day, depending: ‘upon

whether. rafters paddle or not,

-and “whether. they" make any

"stops."

, Prince and Seymour plan to
operate until the middle or end ~

of September, depending on de-
‘mand, ° ;

TERRACE — The. chamber of
commerce's installation of its
new executive and announce-

ment of the 1991 business ex-
ecutive ofthe year has been
postponed until July 5.

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Originally scheduled for June
22, the banquet was postponed
because not all the new ex-
ecutive could be-present.

The new date doesn’t change
the location. It takes place at
the Inn of the West.

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“We've got a couple of
possibilities,” said Bretfeld of a
fourth tenant for the food
court. .
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A inewly-opened wedding
preparation ‘store: says it has

A local man has been unsuc-
cessful in convincing a national
TV show to do a segment on
problems he has had in opening
a business.

Wayne Ridgway, the owner -

of the log building with the red
roof'on the right hand -side of
the highway: leading to the air-
port, wants to open a restaurant
there.
# But. far. theapast. five .years,.
Ridgway” ‘has“had trouble with
rezoning . -the property and
securing ' ‘financing. -

“He. wrote CBC- TV's fi ifth
estate in an effort to have it ex:
amine his problem. | _

The show said it has a limited
budget: and, resources in prepar-
ing the 70 segments it airs each
year: -

In, the meantime, Ridgway
says he: is: making progress on
renovating the building.

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“The Skeena Mall wants to
add’ ‘another outlet to its recent-
ly. opened food court.

~ Already located there isa Tim
Horton's. franchise and
Delaney’ s, which moved froma
spot*in the mall's main con-

course.

“Due to open soon is a pizza-
by- -the-slice outlet called

Wedges..and there’s room for .

another food seller, says mall
manager Lynda Bretfeld.

Original plans called for three

outlets.

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bookings already-for next sum-
mer,

“We're quite happy with the
way things are going,”’ said Kel-
. ly Mattern who, with sister Lisa
Stella, owns Uniquely Yours.

She said they got the idea.
after realizing there was gap in*
the wedding: preparation
business when several family
members got married recently.

vmo~The Hisiness sells” or rents”

wedding clothing and arranges
for a variety. of” services from
photography to making wed-
ding favours.

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There’s a new stereo and TV.
outlet in the city.
- TN’ J Sound Systems opened
beside Fabricland. with two full
-time employees and one part
‘time employee last week, said
owner Kevin Wilcox.

“He says he got into the retail
business because it. provided the
opportunity for him to do
something completely different.

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"One of the city’s largest
“apartment blocks could be

“about to get a new owner. -

_ Jim Duffy of Wightman and

_ Smith Realty confirmed

~ Tiegotiations”are’ under’ way."Oir-
the Summit Square apartment
‘ blocks on Pear St. Althoiigh he ~
would name ‘the potential
buyer, Duffy said the interest.

“game from out of town.”

The : 94-unit - complex was

originally owned by Vanessa In- |
vestments Ltd, of Winnipeg, -

Man., but was the subject of a
foreclosure “‘a number- of years

*. ago’, he said.”
Duffy said the-asking price on |

~ Summit Square was just under
$2 million.’ ;
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The recent demolition-by-fire

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St. is to make way for new ren-
otal units, "says ‘the ‘ property
owner, |
Helmut Reinert said he in-
tends to:construct four-plexes
on the site but has yet to decide
how many units will be -built.
That‘ :will depend, in part, on
what city regulations allow.
The property is currently zon-
ed:'R6, medium density residen-
tial. That: by-law would allow
cone tbe of, foie but:
ys dows tixionan
of 40 persoris:par acre’
Reinért ‘said. he is also con-
sidering making the new units
wheelchair’ accessible.

~ VIA Rail changes time -
of northern train run —

TERRACE — VIA Rail chang-
ed the date and times of its ar-
rivals and departures here June
5.
The federal crown corpora-

tion’s Skeena train arrives

heading west Tuesdays,
- Thursdays and Sundays at 1:17
p.m., and arrives heading east
Tuesday, Wednesday and

Fridays at 2 p.m.
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Saturdays and heading east on —

: Thursdays, Saturdays and Mon-

days. The- times. remain: the
same. a nn
VIA Rail spokesman

Malcolm Andrews said the new
summer days will mean a better
schedule connecting: at Jasper
heading south to Vancouver but

will be inconvenient for ‘those ™

coming to and from Edmonton

who ‘want to continue
westward.

The new schedule means an
‘overnight stay in Jasper for
those continuing west but VIA
has timed: its. schedule so
passengers can take the bus bet-
ween Jasper and Edmonton, he
said. |
“Andrews said’: ‘summer
“maintenance in‘ Vancouver on
the Skeena equipment brought
about the scheduling change.

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