AG - The Terrace Standard, _sVednesday, October 18, 1995 , .

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‘Vandals

Dear Strs..

I nractically grew up at the
Lakelse River Bridge known to
us as the ‘Old -Bridge’.: Our
days were 'spent fishing,
hiking, picking berries and Pic:
nicking. © -.

Three years ago my family
and | drifted my father’s ashes
over that bridge. We still often
visit the river and 1 take my

nic and-fish.-I share. moments
with them that I had with my
father, . 2:

Receatly-a special person in
my life had the: bridge dedi-.
cated to. my: father. It is now
officially’ known” as .
Robert (Bob) Garrett Memorial
Bridge’. It is a gift that will

cherished, bo
On.’ July -27. my states,
myself and-. ovr families

gathered at the bridge. to attach
a bronze plaque'i in ‘memory of
our father, 6 3

We took photos, laughed,
cried © and’ - “shared | fond
memories. It is a. place. to visit
& share with many friends. It
is a place I am very proud of. ~

I recently. discovered . that
someone has -gone to. great
lengths ‘ -in » vandalizing~ -and
tearing) down: our special
tribute. Our plaque is no longer
there.-A great deal of effort
was made in erecting it, and

been made in tearing it down. -
As angry, and’ hurt and con-
fused ‘as I feel, I know my
memories -and ‘love of the
“Robert (Bob} Garrett
‘Memorial Bridge’ will always

remain. °°’.

Cindy Garret-Marteay,
Terrace, B B.C,

-Orenda

Dear Sir: 7
. T have read articles in the last

Standard regarding timber pro-
cessing facilities to use the
wood from the: Nass: TSA.- In
the first article “on Sept. 27,
Stewart mayor. Andy Burton,
singled ‘out Orenda from the

‘at fault ‘for’ there’ being no tiin-
ber processing facility in the
Stewart area, :

On Oct. 4, you have correctly
reported ‘‘Orenda’s — license
was one of three granted in
1985 with the intent of creating
jobs’? and that our sister li-
censecs, ‘'Tay-M and Buffalo
Head Forest Products, have be-
come part of the holdings of
ihe northwest’s major mill
owners -. West. Fraser and
Repap’’. “Thank you for setting
the record straight.

For our. part we have bent
every effort and spent nearly
$5 million in attempting to es-
tablish a new facility. in the
northwest, while our sister li-
censecs, prior to their sell-outs,
Spent nothing in this direction.

We hope, now that the facts
have been properly réported,
our efforis will be appreciated
and we will sce someone, any-
one, asking what the other two
licensees have done, and ex-
pect to do, in this respect.

It is beyond us how this criti-
cal question could have
avoided public comment for so
long.

Hugh Cooper, Chairman
Orends Forest Producis

children now to run, play, plo--}

never be forgotten. and forever

considerable effort must have ‘|.

two: editions of The Terrace |

‘three | sister licensees in the]
Nass !'TSA-as: somehow : being}:

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Tourist figures not bad
| given the circumstances

DESPITE BRIDGE construction
and a wet August, the 1995
‘tourist season was just fine, says
Terrace and District Chamber of

Commerce maneger Bobbie Phil-

lips. ©

End of Seplember Statistics -

show that 4,343 parties stopped
for tourist information, a decrease

*~ from - the .4,727 " parties’ which
‘stopped between May and Sep-
tember of 1994,
“The big difference was the
7 bridge consiruction,”* said Phil-
~ lips of the five-week period in

which new ‘stirfaces were put on

- the Dudle bridgés.
"The |. y iz

‘That’ resulted’ in trafti ic. detours

and Tine ups resulting in tourists

_ missing the information centre lo-

‘the

cated near the bridges.’
“There was an Increase in Scp-

tember stops but that was because °

the information centre was open
ali of the month compared to just
four days in 1994,

“Phillips said the extended Sep-

tember opening was made pos-

‘sible as there was money not
"spent when infocentre hours were -
trimmed in July due to declining

traffic caused by bridge construc-
tion.

“We had quite a few hours left-

over in July and we had a student
who wasn’t going back to school
in September and could stay on,’
she explained... -

The number. of people who
stopped: for ‘information was
boosted when:city hall manned a

temporary information: office dur-

ing the bridge work,

One bright spot for this year’s
tourist ‘season were the 446
parties who’ stopped for informa-
tion in September.

The infocentre was’ open eight
hours a day, five days a week
during the month.

‘Phillips said the number of
people who stopped indicates the
-area’s tourist season extends
beyond the May-August period,

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The wet weather in the latter

part of the summer also hurt busi-

ness at the three area: provincial

campgrounds. ° .
‘At the Lakelse- campground,

with 165 ‘sites, business was up

46 per cent in May and 38 per
cent in June.

But business dropped 10 per
cent in July and 27 per cent in
August, said parks worker Sandy
Erickson. -

Similar increases and drops

Bobbie Phillips

were reported for the other

provincial. park — recreational
facilities at Lakelse Lake,
“When it’s raining, nobody

‘wants to go to the Lakelse day
. Use area,’’ noted Erickson.

' Kleanza and Exchamsiks camp-

grounds reported similiar kinds of

increases and drops.

But business at both of those
locations just-off of Hwy16 did
increase in July, causing Erickson
to speculate that tourist campers
and not locals were responsible.

’

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INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS

It's three years since
Mike Carlyle took over
the’ coaching helm with
Terrace
swim club. IP1 And it’s

been three years of steady

growth in membership
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swimmers are qualifying
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national championships.
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are, Carlyle keys on the
human. - side’ ‘of — the
equation when - talking -
about the club... He. points -
to. the: improved © team:
spirit’ and the’ support -
members give each’ other:
as°one of the big pluses.
And “in ‘that “spirit, “We - |
focus ‘on having the little’ *
kids. know: who -the. big!’
a ‘Kids are and the big know “

executive,” he says. *
gave me the opportunity
to: ‘implement. some of the
ideas.

who the little kids are,"he | Apart from the
says, That is achieved in commitment of time and
part by having the senior . energy put in by the
members of the club run executive, Carlyle also
the occasional novice points to the volunteer
_ practice, But he’s also hours put in by parents.
quick to share any credit For example, it takes 30-
“for the ‘club's’ current 35 parents each day to
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