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Page 6, News, Tuesday, July 21, 1992 From left: Travel counsel- THUNDER BAY DISTRICT lors Barb D'Amuro, France HOME FOR THE AGED Maltais, Tourism Coordina- tor Susan Johnson, and BIRCHWOOD TERRACE counsellors Amber Glad and Is interested in applications for the following positions: Crystal McLean outside the Tourist Information Centre in Terrace Bay. - Experience Part Time Cook - Registered Nursing Assistants All resumes must be submitted by : Monday 27, July 1992, at 4:00 pm. Please forward to: Administration Services Supervisor } The McCausland Hospital's Cash Calendar Winners Week: Twenty - Nine July 13: Wendy Langford, Birchwood Terrace Terrace Bay, $10 P.O. Box 250 } July 14: Anne Needham, . | Schreiber, $10 oat en ay, Ontario | July 15: Diane Morin, } Hearst, $10 : i July 16: Therese Landry, | Terrace Bay, $10 July 17: Alice & Tony Sozio, | Thunder Bay, $10 | July 18: Joe Glasson, Terrace | Bay, $50 | July 19: W. Sofonoff, | Terrace Bay, $10 This space donated by The Terrace Bay Schreiber News OPEN JULY 15TH NORTHERNLITES of Terrace Bay FAMILY RESTAURANT 6 a.m. < 10 p.m. HOME COOKED MEALS Pasta, Pizza, Souvlaki Full menu delivery 825-9210 Acsimsenam Hot news tip? Not so hot news tip? Call 825-3747 or 825-3870 (after hours) 5p.m. - 10 p.m. ( min. $10 order) THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF TERRACE BAY Being a travel counsellor is the 'best job going' by Darren MacDonald The News More than 2,000 tourists have travelled through the doors of the tourist Information Centre in Terrace Bay, but trav- el counsellor Barb D'Amuro says things are actually easier this year. "I'm finding that things are a lot easier for us this year," says D'Amuro. "Last year was our start up year, and things were pretty hectic. But this year it's a piece of cake." D'Amuro, along with France Maltais, Crystal McLean and Amber Glad, are responsible for greeting tourists travelling along High- way 17, and convincing them to stay in town and spend some money. "We're not just there to tell them what we have, it's really a sales-oriented position now," says Tourism Coordinator Susan Johnson. "'We're there to try and con- vince them to stay in town, but we have to do it in a way that they don't know you're doing = To help them do that, John- son and the four travel counsel- lors attended a seminar in Ter- race Bay recently. The seminar was hosted by Ron Christian- son, who tutored them on how to deal with many kinds of tourists. He also covered ways to get them to stay in town. "We learned how to talk to people and promote the town without being too pushy about it," says Crystal McLean. "For example, if someone comes in, you might ask if they've eaten yet. And if they they no, you might say some thing like 'well, I know a good place.'" Johnson says the centre has started keeping a list of the number of referrals to local businesses they do each day, breaking it down into cate- gories. That way they can find out what seniors ask for the most, or what families usually are trying to find. The Township of Terrace Bay would like to] isponsor the purchase of Composters. To] }order the composters we need 100 people} jinterested in purchasing them. The cost of} }each composter will be approximately | 1915.00. If you would like a composter, please call the town office at 825-3315 to have your name put on the list. Anyone can] sign up, but preference will be given to resi-j dents of Terrace Bay. "We give them information about all of the places in town where they could go--we don't favour one place over another," she says. "But once we get a better idea of what they're looking for, we do try and narrow it down for them." But the job isn't all selling. France Maltais says a lot of people come in just to see a friendly face. "A lot of people just want someone to talk to," she says. "They might be travelling by themselves, and just stop in to talk and see a smiling face. A lot of times they're not looking for anything specific." On average, she says she spends between five and ten minutes with tourists, depend- ing on how much detail they're looking for. "It depends on the person," she says. "If they really seem interested, then I'll really get . into telling them what nice about the area from my per- spective as well as the town's." "Everyone who comes through that door is an individ- ual," says Barb D'Amuro, who says she's spent as long as one hour talking to tourists. "T tell the girls out front that they've got the best job going." Hospitals Act continued from page 1 ations present in elected bodies. "This volunteer system is in contrast to the elected system of trusteeship in the educational field, which is politicized and often lacks the community and tradition so essential to excellence," he said. "We also objected to the idea of having the medical staff report directly to the CEO rather than to the Board," said McCausland CEO Clem Fewer, who accompanied Gray to Thun- der Bay. "And we also objected to the idea of not having a member of the medical staff on the board as either an elected or an appointed member." The brief concluded with a number of recommenda- tions from the board, including a request that the Ministry of Health not make any major changes to the current Public Hospitals Act, that volunteer boards _ Continued on page 8