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Find a way to im-
prove the weather!

More advertising in
the lower mainiand
would promote the
area. If we can get the
Hot Springs operat-
ing and move the ski
hill it should help.

Rob Greno
It's very easy.
There's a simple

answer. Treat the
tourlsts who come in-
to Terrace right the
first time. The simple
word of mouth is
underestimated in my
polnt of view.

There are approx-
imately 200,000 peo-

ple who travel
through the region to
the Yukon = and

Alaska. If we can stop
10 percent of them
we will be doing well.
You can’t sell Terrace
just because it’s Ter-
race, you’ve got to
promote things for
visitors to do. If we
treat people right who
come to the com-
munity word of mouth
will get around.

The Terrace Review asked:

~ How can we attract.
tourists to Terrace?

CP DUS TI ROT Cee)

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Roger Skidmore

Of course the most
important aspect of
tourism in Terrace Is
sport fishing In both
summer and winter
and that should be
developed to Its max-
imum. |

Second and just as
important Is the ski-
ing. So for that, I'd
like to see Kit-
sumkalum dumped.
Although | am not a
great skier | enjoy skl-
ing but our present
mountain can never
be depended upon
and the proposed
Shames Ski area has
an imcomparable ad-
vantage in that it has
snow on lt for most of
the year.

Male resident,
Terrace

What we need is a

gimmick. Dawson
Creek promotes the
Mile Zero post.on the
Alaska Highway. It
provides an’ iden-
tification for the area
to tourists combined
with a historic event.
Locally we have the
volcano north of Ter-
race which has been
Inactive for about 300
years.

That could be a ma-
jor attraction. We are
also the divisional
point between two
coastal cities, Prince
Rupert and Kitimat.
We need to promote
an impluse gimmick,
something people
automatically want to
see or are drawn
towards.

Dwayne Sidor
| would suggest
that Terrace advertise
more on the recrea-
tional aspects of the
area such as fishing,
hunting, skiing, the

lakes, rivers. and
mountain sights. This
is one of the most
beautiful areas in
British Columbia.

Jim Ryan
| suppose everyone
mentions the scenery
somewhere along the

line. Natural
resources are our
best feature, other
than the cordiality of
the people. Organized
fishing package
tours, | think, are be-
ing done to a limited
amount but the con-
cept could be pro-
moted further. We
have some of the
finest fishing In the
area. Terrace Is a very
beautiful place to be
and visitors could be
attracted to the area
through fishing and
wildlife expeditions.

Scouts host gathering

TERRACE — More
than 100 Cub Scouts are
expected to participate in
a district Cub camp to be
held the weekend of June
13 at Furlong Bay on
Lakelse Lake.

Per Halvorsen, Scout
camp co-ordinator for
Terrace, expects Cub
Scouts from as far away
as Burns Lake and the
Queen Charlotte Islands
to attend the event.

Wild Horses

Wild horses' chief natural
enemy is man. Threatened by few
predators, the hardy animals in-
crease rapidly.

The number of America's wild
horses and burros, is now esti-
mated at about 56,000. The ani-
mals graze on 47,5 million acres
of publicland in 10 western states.

Guest speakers Louise Doyle (left), Dr. John Gossage and Linda Halliday, conducted
workshops at the Terrace Hotel last week for the conference, “A community response to

child sexual abuse”.

Sherry Halfyard photo .

Over 100 attend conference

TERRACE — Last week
Terrace was host to a
series of conferences on
sexual abuse.

by Sherry Halfyard

The impetuous for the
conference, held April 17
and 18+ at the Terrace
Hotel, came from the in-
creasing number of sex-
ual assault victims in the
community, commented
Emily Rozee, health pro-
grams co-ordinator from
Northwest Community
College (NWCC).

The two-day seminar
was co-sponsored by the
NWCC health programs
and the Sexual. Abuse
Conference Planning
Committee.

Approximately 120
professionals and
parents from surround-

ing communities at- held and directed by
tended the series of visiting speakers. Dr.
workshops. John Gossage from the

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burning you need a permit from the
Forest Service (no permit required

for campfires).

safely,

safe burning.

buring areas.

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* Any person intending to burn outside of
municipal boundaries should contact the
local Forest Service office well In advance .
of anticipated fight up.

* Applications for industrial fires, including
land clearing, may be inspected by a
Forest Officer to determine conditions for

» Areas for domestic fires such as spring
cleanup of yard debris may not require an
inspection by a Forest Officer prior to is-
suance of a Buring Parmit. However, per-
mit conditions will restrict fire size and

* Burning Permits are subject to refusal or
cancellation should forecasted weather
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