AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 27, 2006 We need two tourism groups Dear Sir: ' The Terrace Tourism Society is an independent ‘not-for-profit registered with the Society. Act since 2002...» Prior. to 2002 Terrace Tourism . received «munici- pal funding in the amount of $35,000 annually. As a society, it has a mandate, constitution and bylaws which was approved by » its. membership .. and ' would have been part‘of the’ "initial registry. The society is a destina- tion marketing ‘organization dedicated to informing tour- “ ists and visitors to the region _. through external marketing - initiatives. This, is also set out in the society’s five-year ‘business iplan, which was integral in bringing about the increased , * revenue from the two per’ X-ray — - vision. needed > “An open! letter to: ‘Carolyn Brown, : _ -Administrator,, =. Mills’ Memorial Hospital Dear Ms. Brown: I do appreciate your tele- phone call of Dec. 15, 2006. and can accept your reasons for the delay in my getting my X-ray done. “You'll recall that J. had. ' written earlier telling you I . had tried to get a diagnostic ~ told the x-ray. department - Was booked up. ~ the strata chest .x-ray done. over the | course. of two days but was ‘One X-ray - ‘technician is , definitely not enough to sup- post the number of patients using X-ray dept’ on a daily ’ basis.. - Lknow. there are supposed to be two technicians but |. when one calls in sick, that leaves only one on duty and that’s what happened when I tried to get my x-ray. Ican also appreciate your - response that it is almost im- possible to find x-ray tech- nicians and that they are in short supply at your hospital and at other places. Your promise to try to- improve. communications between X-ray and the ad- Mitting clerks and between the admitting clerks and the incoming patients requiring X-ray, seems to be satisfiac- tory for the time being. _- But should communica- tions ever breakdown again and put meinto this situa-_ tion, again, the doo-doo will hit the fan big time. Thornhill, B.C, : Change by-law Dear Sir: - I am writing to the strata council about. my park- ing spot at- Summit Square apartments. My spouse has been ina wheelchair. since Aug. 28, ' 1998,-and she has to go to the hospital emergency on short . notice, due to her health, Since we’ve moved here in July, we’ ve been toemer- gency three times. © And at this time I would like to thank the three work- ing Joes that have shown some compassion and let me have that parking spot. I’ve talked to the city — council about my situation and they told me this build- ing was built in the 1970s and there was no by-law requiring them. to make it _ mandatory for them to have a designated handicap park- ing spot. So, in 'my writing this little letter, I would hope the: manager wouldn’t deem me ‘as a trouble maker and that council would consider it good business to make their buildings wheel- chair friendly. _ But I do think the city council should change some | of their by-laws in which some of the unfortunate would benefit. , Richard Stevens, Terrace, B.C. organization | Wilf Butters, CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD SaZz communications draw the $75,000. of annual. coming jan. O7 ‘funding to Terrace Tourism. | The Mail Bag cent tax on hotel and mo- tel rooms agreed to in late 2004... sO, ' Tourism is a complex business. where groups and. factors have to work: together: in order to make it a success. Terrace has indicated its desire to be a place that at-, tracts visitors from all over the world, as well as region- ally. We have a head start with the. natural setting we live in and now the ‘mayor and council have decided need to develop businesses and resources that will pro- - vide a quality experience for - several we | But pulling this money has jeopardized the two per cent hotel tax. It is théir mandate as our . ih mo elected representatives to ‘iy OSe visitors. ° isi h, sai + : make these decisions and hy, h Columb - : icom iS 2 ee ao ALCAN: Alcan Primary Metal - British Columbia ‘Kermedei Tourism is a choices. city mandated and appointed © council that has indicated its - goals to promote infrastruc- ture development, . stream- line government processes regarding tenure ‘and other regulations, and promote value added tourism. busi- nesses and to achieve world class standards. on par with other destinations. This is a huge task and city council has provided them with a budget package of $223,000 to work towards this in 2007, In prioritizing this goal. council has chosen te with- However, it is not within. their. jurisdiction. to decide . on the existence of any not-- ‘for-profit society: or organi- - zation within. their munici- pality: : If Terrace wishes to de- velop as a destination. of choice, they will need both the experience and expertise — of Terrace Tourism Society as a destination ‘marketing . - organization and Kermodei Tourism which can act as. a new destination manage- ment group, » may book a FREE TAXIRIDE to and from New Year’s Eve events | between 6:00 pm Dec. 31/06 and 4:00 am Jan. 1/07 Travellers to and from Kitamaat Village and/or Cablecar or within the Terrace area must Pay: "the fare and then bring in the receipts to the Main Office receptionist for reimbusement. ; Alcan ID cards must be shown to Taxi drivers. on? xmmat COASTAL TAXI ¢ 632-7250 TERRACE KALUM KABS ¢ 635-7177 © {tis recommended that you pre-book.rides. 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