This week the com-
munity of Terrace marks
its 60th anniversary as an

incorporated municipali-.

ty. On Jan, 22 a year-long

celebration, the Diamond —
Anniversary, - will begin, -

and as an added extra Ter-
race will receive its charter
asa city.

The kickoff. for the
year’s events is a come-
one, come-all party in the

Vol. 3, Issue No. 3

Skeena. Mall -starting at
7:30 p.m, Jan, 22. On the
agenda are a number of
local entertainers, cere-
monies honoring Terrace
citizens Vesta Douglas and

‘Paul Clark, the conferring

of city status, and an out-
sized birthday cake
reported to be big enough
to provide treats for 600
people.
Although numerous

Vesta Douglas

Local resident Vesta Douglas will be bestowed the Freedom

- of the City at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 in the Skeena mall, for her
contributions to the community of Terrace.

Don’t miss the party

TERRACE —Terrace will
be officially declared a
city during festivities plan-
ned to kick off the Dia-

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Inside

Business Guide 16
Church Directory 18
Classified Ads 22

Coming Events . 8
Comics 21
Crossword 21
Dining Directory 2
Entertainment g
Horoscope 20
Letters 4, 5,24
Opinions . 4
Sports 6
Stork Report 18

Talk of the Town §

mond “Jubilee Year, on
Thursday, Jan. 22, 1987

commencing at 7:30 p.m. |

in the Skeena Mall outside
the Sight & Sound store
location.

by Daniele Berquist

Also on Thursday the
City of Terrace will be
bestowing the Freedom of
the City to Vesta Douglas,
as well as recognizing the
sports achievements of
wheelchair athlete. Paul
Clark. a

A giant birthday cake
has been donated by the
Skeena Mall Merchant’s
Association for the
festivities. The cake is said
to be large enough to feed

600.

Some of Terrace’s local

‘talent will be entertaining,

and Ginny Lowrie has in-.
formation regarding the
event planned, Don’t miss
it, as this will be a celebra-
tion to remember.

TERRACE,

B.C., WEDNESDAY, January 21, 1987

60th anniversary
celebration

‘begins Jan. 22 _

events are being planned |

in recognition of the land-
mark anniversary, the 60
years of Terrace’s official

existence constitute a very -
brief portion of the area’s -

history. Before the first

non-native settlers came

down the. Skeena, the
‘Tsimshian people had
lived in permanent set-
tlements around Terrace
for at least 3,500 years.

The Kitselas tribe lived in

established villages at the
Kitselas canyon and other
nearby locations, and the
Kitsumkalum made their
home on the river which
bears their name. 7

The first influx of non-
native people came with

the Omineca gold rush .

during the 1870's, The in-
itial frenzy of activity was
followed by permanent
settlers staking home-

steads and land pre-
The era of.

emptions.

sternwheelers on the

Skeena River gave way: in
the early years of the cen-

tury to. railway construc-.

tion. During the same

‘period the first timber

leases were granted, start-
ing an industry. destined to

‘support the community up

to the present.

These years also saw the
decline of the original peo-
ple of the area, not from
battles over land or

_. resources, but by a disease

that followed the settlers
down the Skeena: small-
pox. In the first decade of
the 1900’s all but a hand-

_ ful of the surviving Tsim-

shian people migrated
westward searching for
work in the fish canneries
at the mouth of the

‘Skeena River.

Terrace was incor-
porated as a village in
1927 with a population of
350. At that time the

appy Birthday

Grand Trunk Pacific
Railroad had been open
for 13 years and the (now)
old Skeena River bridge
had been open for two

years. In addition to a

number of wagon and tote
trails, surveyed roads ex-
isted from Terrace to Usk
and Kalum Lake.

As it becomes a city,
Terrace now has a popula-
tion.of more than 10,000.
Paved roads extend in the
four cardinal directions, a
regionally-important air--

‘port just outside the city

welcomes daily flights
from the center of provin-
cial commerce, and trains
laden with coal and other
commodities thunder

through the axis of the.

community. The area’s
forests remain .as_ the
determining force in the
economy, employing one
out of every three people

in the workforce, but.
‘regional government ser-_
vices and the provision of. -

retail goods are. assuming
an increasing importance.

It rains a lot here, the
unemployment rate is
high, and the economic
health of the forest in-
dustry is a cause of con-
tinual anxiety, but...

Cold Turkey participant |

Name: Grant Mitton. How long have you been smoking? 37 years. How much do you smoke?

Two packages a day (or more). Why did you start? Thing to do, you smoked. Why did you decide

to quit? Had enough. How do you In

tend to Kick the Habit? Quit!? Period, and probably chew my

Photo by Daniele Berquist.

fingernails a lot! See story page 15.

50 CENTS

Paul Clark

Wheelchalr athlete Pau! Clark
will be recognized for his
achievements in national and

international sports on Jan. -

22. The event will take place in .
the Skeena Mall at 7:30 p.m.

When the sun shines
eagles can be seen soaring

and cutting the air be- |

tween mountains; when
the temperature and

humidity are right the fog .
off the Skeena turns the.
landscape into ‘a muted

fantasy; there are enor-

mous tracts of forest and_
river within walking -
distance of anywhere for —

solitude and equally great

expanses of fine humanity -
lakes for .
swimming and fishing, |
skiing...”

for society,

snow for
something for each of us
and all of us.

Happy birthday, Ter
race,
returns.

TERRACE —

Smokers ;

asked
to Kick
. . a

the Habit
Today
smokers have been asked
to go cold turkey for
themselves and others in
the community. Cigarette
smoke has been proven to
be just as dangerous to
non-smokers as it is to
those that continue the

practise.
The theories about

“second hand smoke’? .
have been numerous, but

all of these theories do
agree that it is dangerous
to the health. The Cold
Turkey promotion is de-
signed to get smokers to
begin the quitting process.
Meanwhile, non smokers
will be relieved for at least
one day.

Many residents will hide
their packages of ciga-
Tettes, in order to par-
ticipate in this annual ac-
tivity, and some may just
decide to forget where
those cigarettes are,

and many happy

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