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|, THE GIANT letters that made up the former Saan store sign on Keith Ave. lean up against the building t that |
has been leased by Staples. Renovations are under: way at the soon-to-be business supply outlet slated --
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_ By SARAH A:
a ZIMMERMAN u
“THE TERRACE Economic
Development: » Authority
“. (TEDA): has hired - former.
MLA. Roger -Hatris .:as a

related projects: ;

NDP: candidate Robin Aus-

election. He ‘had been the
‘junior minister of state for.
forestry operations. while i in
- office.
“He has got a reat. ex-
* pertise.in forestry issues and
. he knows exactly who you
need to talk to ‘about any-
thing,” says TEDA econom-
ic development officer Dave
Menzies. |.
“I think it’s going. to be
" great, I wish we could afford
- to have him on full-time and
really make use of him.”
In addition to projects
Harris already has on the go,
~ he will be assisting Menzies
in trying to attract invest-

wood. manuifactaring com-
“panies.
‘Last

Knight,

Tolko Industries Ltd., a spe-
cialty wood product manu-
facturing company. |

company in. hopes, that’ it
might set up an oriented

Terrace. -
“Tolko would be a good
fit for this. community,”

the airport lands as a suitable
location for a plant, not to

"suited to the needs ‘of OSB
- production.

Though ' Tolko has not
. committed to anything in
Terrace, the meeting. with

tives is an example of the
type of work TEDA is doing
on an ongoing basis.

“It’s part of our ongoing

Tg tt hastens =

and investors to our commu-
nity,” Menzies said. ,
_ The. local agency is in
talks with other industry

but Menzies warns people
should not get their expecta-
tions too high when it comes

ing interest in the area.

. “Tf one out of 10 actually
happen, you're doing really
well,” he said.

. The meeting with Kiight
was also important because
it gets the word out in the
industry that Terrace is well
poised for industry invest-
ment. - ,

“He did.say that the air-
-port lands. would be the
preferred location,” if the
company were to come to
Terrace, Menzies said.

And if that company, ora

"part-time contract employee ._
‘to assist in’ special forestry ;

+ Harris “was defeated by:

“tin in the May 17 provincial,

ment: here on. the part of.

month “Menzies
and others: met: with Dave
a senior manager
for forestry operations -with -

TEDA is courting the-

strand board (OSB) plant in|

Menzies. said, pointing’ to:

mention a fibre supply well-

the company’s: representa-.

_ effort to attract new industry —

‘representatives as well, . .

to what companies are show-.

similar company. were to set
up an OSB: plant, the spin-

offs : would tipple out into.
» the community. -

“The direct ' ‘employment -
ls not huge but the Support-

ing activities such as. for-

estry and trades would See.

significant action,” he said.

- Other industries the. au-

thority is hoping. to: attract

~ include high-tech firms, and
companies which produce -
security systems. :

Harris is looking forward .

to his new role i in attracting

Former MLA contracted out by
economic development group

industry. here.

“I think it’s great,” he said
last week. “It’s exactly, the

‘kind of things I like to work

on, maybe without some of

_ the clutter that gets: in the.
way. of producing ° ‘results :
that people want to. see,”

‘Kia’ is a sad ol’ boy.
Approximately about .10 to "3 re
years of age, Kia is looking for
a nice quiet retirement home to
spend his days in. Don’t let his
age fool you; Kia is still very §
much active and super friendly.
He's great with children and’
does very well with other dogs.
If you‘re looking foran awesome
older dog, check out Kia. .

‘Zip’ is ‘a really nice young fa:
| dog, We believe him to be a ge
J Husky possibly Collie X about
6 to 8 months of age. ‘Zip’
is super cool. He would be
great in a family environment Bm
with’ lots of room to run and
be himself in. He's a happy go.
lucky dog with lots to offer a
loving family.

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