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BELLUZ Realty Ltd. Simcoe Plaza Box 715 Terrace Bay Ontario POT 2W0O 4 BROKER Home - 824-2933 JURIS ZDANOVSKIS _ Office - 825-9393 - MON CHERIE HAIR SALON Ladies Men (807) 824-3080 Mountainview Plaza Hwy. 17, Schreiber Volume 45 No. u Terrace Bay Council News Tuesday January 15, . Stand 50 cents incl. G.S.T. SUPERIOR SHORELINE INSURANCE LTD, We represent 8 different insurance companies so that we can get the best rates for you: *Home *Auto - *Business *Air Craft *Mobile Home Liz Boutlier por g4go Economic development office turned down by Rob Cotton The News An economic development office will not be established to serve the communities of Terrace Bay and Schreiber. . In a meeting held just before Christmas, Terrace Bay Town- ship Council voted, 3-2, against the proposal. Reeve Jim Ziegler and Councillor Bill Houston voted in favour and Councillors Mike King, John St Amand and Chris Joubert voted against. Mike King, said he thought the project was too expensive, over the time period, and that he wasn't convinced that the benefits would outweigh the. costs. "I don't think an economic development office is a bad idea," he said. "However," he continued, "even with the funding that we ~ were able to get and in trying to share the costs with Schreiber, Terrace Bay's share was still to much money." It would have cost about $650,000 to operate an economic development office in the two communities for five years. The Ontario Ministry of Mines and Northem Development would have paid 75 per cent of the salary of the economic development officer under the Municipal Economic Development Agency (MEDA) program. The municipalities would have been responsible for the remaining cost of $162,688. After five years, the communities would have had to carry all of the costs of - operating the office. According to the proposal turned down by Terrace Bay Council, Schreiber's share of the remaining cost would have _ Continued on page 2 Terrace Bay Post Office may close by Rob Cotton The News The Terrace Bay Post Office may close if the building is sold and Canada Post is unable to negotiate a new lease. The Post Office is a tenant in the building which is owned by Public Works Canada. Public Works has put the building up for sale as part of its program to dispose of many of its facilities. Lorne Hallgrimson, manager, rural retail network, Canada Post Corporation, in a letter to Terrace Bay Township Council, indicated that Canada Post is interested in maintaining a corporate presence in the community and in the building currently housing postal operations. The corporation, the letter continued, wishes to lease Continued on page 2 --_ t on page 3. ; Endurance is the key Domenic' Figliomeni, 14, of Schreiber, practices squash for the 1991 Ontario Winter Games to be held in Barrie. Figliomeni is on the Thunder Bay junior team. See story Photo by Rob Cotton AUTOMOBILE a. PROGRAM CREDITS (aan. TERRACE BAY INSURANCE LTD. -Age credit -No smokers credit -Alarm credit el -No aux. heat credit BR 4 -Newer Home credit ri : -Ideal Young Driver *Home * Business* Auto Credit A COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE * Cottages -Multi Vehicle Credit COMPETITIVE RATES FOR QUALITY COVERAGE * Recreational Vehicles * Etc. -yature Driver CIMCOE DI A7ZA TERRACE RAV 895 - 2246 Credit 7