5 Standard, Wednesday, JUNE 26, 1991

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Tourists can now row thelr boats or drift gently down the strearn of the Exchamsiks River thanks to two Prince Rupert businessmen. The boats are river rafts from the new Northcoast Heli-Raft Adven- tures, which Barry Prince and Ken Seymour hope will bring more tourism to the area. The trip also includes a 10-minute flight up the Exchamsiks River valtey from Hwy 16.

TERRACE — Two northwest. residents, Barry Prince and-Ken Seymour of Prince Rupert, launched a new enterprise last week called North Coast Heli- Raft Adventures Ltdy) 0

“This north coast has diddley - for tourists to do,’’ Prince — a. journeyman floor layer =~ said, and he hopes his operation will change that. .

‘Well, there's fishing : but what else -is. there (that’s. a) tourist related activity up here?” he said.

Customers are flown from a parks lot 2km past the Excham- siks Provincial Park, 20-25km - up the Exchamsiks Valley. in a. helicopter to.a spot on the Ex- chamsiks River -where rubber |

_ rafts await them:

He pointed ‘out that the Okanagan bursts. with attrac. tions competing’ for tourists’ money, but not here. .

“We drive them ‘away. Everyone who goes on the rafts is going to stay an extra day

“here,” he’ said:

‘Prince and” Seymour’ — a fisheries officer — began plann- -. last

ing the: “company " November. are ey

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fee: -shop, and: here ‘we are,”

. Prince’ -said,: standing : with. hig:

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“riverboat.” and ‘rafts near ‘the. gus

mouth of the Exchamisks River.

‘Many, many. hours and weeks

‘of. work: have, gone into this to Bet it all‘ together,” -: The company has. eight four-

"person rafts dnd'‘six two-person - rafts, and can take groups of up i

to 40 at atime, .

‘White-water-. phobics need’ — have no fear. The river is calm” f ‘and ‘the. drift down’ ‘takes ~

anywhere’ from three’ hours to

all “day, depending: ‘upon

whether. rafters paddle or not,

-and “whether. they" make any

"stops."

, Prince and Seymour plan to operate until the middle or end ~

of September, depending on de- ‘mand, ° ;

TERRACE — The. chamber of commerce's installation of its new executive and announce-

ment of the 1991 business ex- ecutive ofthe year has been postponed until July 5.

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Originally scheduled for June 22, the banquet was postponed because not all the new ex- ecutive could be-present.

The new date doesn’t change the location. It takes place at the Inn of the West.

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“We've got a couple of possibilities,” said Bretfeld of a fourth tenant for the food court. . kh kkk

A inewly-opened wedding preparation ‘store: says it has

A local man has been unsuc- cessful in convincing a national TV show to do a segment on problems he has had in opening a business.

Wayne Ridgway, the owner -

of the log building with the red roof'on the right hand -side of the highway: leading to the air- port, wants to open a restaurant there. # But. far. theapast. five .years,. Ridgway” ‘has“had trouble with rezoning . -the property and securing ' ‘financing. -

“He. wrote CBC- TV's fi ifth estate in an effort to have it ex: amine his problem. | _

The show said it has a limited budget: and, resources in prepar- ing the 70 segments it airs each year: -

In, the meantime, Ridgway says he: is: making progress on renovating the building.

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“The Skeena Mall wants to add’ ‘another outlet to its recent- ly. opened food court.

~ Already located there isa Tim Horton's. franchise and Delaney’ s, which moved froma spot*in the mall's main con-

course.

“Due to open soon is a pizza- by- -the-slice outlet called

Wedges..and there’s room for .

another food seller, says mall manager Lynda Bretfeld.

Original plans called for three

outlets.

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“We're quite happy with the way things are going,”’ said Kel- . ly Mattern who, with sister Lisa Stella, owns Uniquely Yours.

She said they got the idea. after realizing there was gap in* the wedding: preparation business when several family members got married recently.

vmo~The Hisiness sells” or rents”

wedding clothing and arranges for a variety. of” services from photography to making wed- ding favours.

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There’s a new stereo and TV. outlet in the city. - TN’ J Sound Systems opened beside Fabricland. with two full -time employees and one part ‘time employee last week, said owner Kevin Wilcox.

“He says he got into the retail business because it. provided the opportunity for him to do something completely different.

a. 2 2 2 2. "One of the city’s largest “apartment blocks could be

“about to get a new owner. -

_ Jim Duffy of Wightman and

_ Smith Realty confirmed

~ Tiegotiations”are’ under’ way."Oir- the Summit Square apartment ‘ blocks on Pear St. Althoiigh he ~ would name ‘the potential buyer, Duffy said the interest.

“game from out of town.”

The : 94-unit - complex was

originally owned by Vanessa In- | vestments Ltd, of Winnipeg, -

Man., but was the subject of a foreclosure “‘a number- of years

*. ago’, he said.” Duffy said the-asking price on |

~ Summit Square was just under $2 million.’ ; kkk

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The recent demolition-by-fire

_ of an old house on South Kalum

St. is to make way for new ren- otal units, "says ‘the ‘ property owner, | Helmut Reinert said he in- tends to:construct four-plexes on the site but has yet to decide how many units will be -built. That‘ :will depend, in part, on what city regulations allow. The property is currently zon- ed:'R6, medium density residen- tial. That: by-law would allow cone tbe of, foie but: ys dows tixionan of 40 persoris:par acre’ Reinért ‘said. he is also con- sidering making the new units wheelchair’ accessible.

~ VIA Rail changes time - of northern train run —

TERRACE — VIA Rail chang- ed the date and times of its ar- rivals and departures here June 5. The federal crown corpora-

tion’s Skeena train arrives

heading west Tuesdays, - Thursdays and Sundays at 1:17 p.m., and arrives heading east Tuesday, Wednesday and

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days. The- times. remain: the same. a nn VIA Rail spokesman

Malcolm Andrews said the new summer days will mean a better schedule connecting: at Jasper heading south to Vancouver but

will be inconvenient for ‘those ™

coming to and from Edmonton

who ‘want to continue westward.

The new schedule means an ‘overnight stay in Jasper for those continuing west but VIA has timed: its. schedule so passengers can take the bus bet- ween Jasper and Edmonton, he said. | “Andrews said’: ‘summer “maintenance in‘ Vancouver on the Skeena equipment brought about the scheduling change.

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