A10- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 12, 2000 ET _—_smmesn| ‘DP leadership race Police Briefs_ | Giesbrecht backs | Axe-robber charged Wilson for leader ee ‘Cauntry Cottage Gifts", / e ‘ nr "Teddy bears, dolls, gift baskets, en sth ‘y balms, scented candles, throws, placemats, napkins) ‘ massage cream, bath salts, soaps, creams, pat pourti, , 's dried floral arrangements, wreaths, swags, and +) so much more! "e located in the Lazelle Mal) 638-1178 ¢ ’ A LOCAL man appeared in court Jan, 4 accused of committing Terrace’s seventh armed robbery last ‘a ycar. Douglas Glen Peterson, 38, of Jackpine Flats HELMUT GIESBRECHT Sd wee bery of the Thornhill: Copperside store, a small amount of cash, RCMP say. Peterson faces a minimum four-year jail sentence. Car burglars nabbed RCMP arrested three teenagers who allegedly Terrace RCMP by calling 638-7400. Drunk drivers fined A LOCAL JUDGE slapped two drivers with one- year driving suspensions and fines when they $850 fine. Barry Glen Allen Johnson was arrested on the same charges while driving in and around Terrace on Oct. 31. He pleaded guilty to the second charge ‘and was fined $750 and is suspended for one year. A third offender, 19-year-old Jeffrey Clarke, was charged with impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher while driving through downtown Terrace on Oct. 9. He pleaded guilty to the secand offence Jan. 7, 2000 and was given a $600 fine and a one-year suspension. faces one count of armed robbery and one count of wearing a mask with intent to commit an indict- able offence in connection with the Dec, 28 rob- An axe-wielding suspect threatened store occup- ants and assaulted a.customer before escaping with Peterson was arrested Dec. 31. His next court ap- pearance is scheduled here Jan. 21. If found guilty Tourism dropped in 1999 — TOURISM numbers were down slightly in 1999 from the previous year, Terrace Tourism record- ed 10,354 visitors in a to- tal of 6,490. parties last year, according to coordi- nator Rana Nelson, That’s. about two per cent down from the 10,571 visitors in 6,718 parties that came here in 1998. “The nombers have been slightly lower than last year because of the weather,” she said. The same thing has been reported in much of B.C. and at provincial parks, she said, adding it’s believed the bad weather 2, prompted many B.C. resi- dents to stay home: rather than tour their own prov- ince. Fishing restrictions due: to low coho returns have. also affected Skeena area — tourism. “Some. people . were, here the year before and weren’t able to catch what ‘they expected,” Nelson noted. However, she added; a couple of new fishing: guides have set up-in town in recent weeks. “So it can't be thal bad,” she said, Locals reported an in- crease in German and Eu- Topean. tourists, Nelson ad- ae ded, oe A bright spot in 1999 2 was the dazzling success — of a test cruise in the spring that included a visit: to Terrace by Norwegian © Cruise Line. passengers. a. Although that’s not ex- Pap SBE ty pected to lead to wide- JP spread ‘crulse traffic this summer, she said it is hoped the. major cruise lines will add Prince Ru-— pert stops in 2001. “That. was a huge success,”. Nelson said of the cruise passengers rail visit to Terrace, noting it got rave reviews. from the passengers in follow-up as- sessments.. “If we can capitalize on that for the summer after this one and get-this. as 4 weekly, monthly, or twice | monthly thing it-would be wonderful,” she said,:-- WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: ‘Lease a naw 2000 Explorer Spat lessees, on approved credit, Soma conditions epply and a mileag taxes. Offer includes $815 freight. Deater may lease for less, ** Purch $815 freight, License, insurance, and all applicable taxes exiva. Dealer may sel threw his support behind Gordon Wilson last week in the battle for the NDP leadership. The Skeena MLA and public services minister joined transportation min- ister Harry Lali in backing Wilson, who: folded his Progressive Democratic Alliance to take an NDP cabinet seat just over a year ago. 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