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Page 2 TERRACE BAY/SCHREIBER NEWS Wednesday, July 26, 1989 Thank Vou We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our friends and relatives who sent us cards, donations, flowers, mass cards, food, preparing meals and baking during our recent loss of our brother and Uncle Ray. A special thanks to Dr. J. Raczycki, nurses and staff of McCausland Hospital for caring while Ray was in there. Bill, Anita & family MOOSE BINGO JULY 27 - 7 P.M. DOORS OPENS AT 6 P.M. Total Prizes $1200 JackPot of $500 Must Go Proceeds to Minor Hockey The family of the late Olive Carlisle wishes to thank all our friends, relatives and family for the cards, flow- ers and baking. Special thanks to all who attended the funeral in Thunder Bay. Len & Joanne & family Jack & Bobbie Card of Thanks The family of the late Peter Ukrainec wish to express their special thank you to their friends and relatives for the many acts of kindness shown to them during the recent loss of their dear husband, dad, father-in-law and gido. Special thanks to Dr. Jan Raczycki, Dr. K. Wilkes and nursing staff of McCausland Hospital for their care, understanding and support. We are all so grateful. Thank you for the care and compassion to the doctors and nursing staff at Port Arthur General Hospital he received while he was a patient there. To Father Rademaker and Father Campbell for their wonderful prayers, support, '| comfort and visits to the family. To Brenda Asmussen the organist and the church choir for their help in making the service such a mem- orable one. Special Thanks to the active and honoury pall bearers and to Kings Funeral Home. Our thanks to all who provided food, baking, sent mass cards, sym- pathy cards and floral arrangements made donations to the Cancer Society, Cat-Scan Fund, Amethyst House and McCausland Hospital. To Peter's fellow workers from Canadian Pacific Railway for their most generous donations and also to the Staff and clientele at Schreiber Voyageur Restaurant for their gencrous donation. A special thank you to the ladies for the lovely lunch following the service. Attending the funeral were brothers, sisters, brother-in-laws, sister-in- laws, nieces, nephews and fricnds from Calgary, Brandon, Edmonton, Dauphin, Winnipeg, Kenora, Thunder Bay, Rossport, Terrace Bay, and Hamilton. Your gencrosity and kindness will never be forgotten during our time of sorrow. May God Bless You All. Lillian, Melody, Gordon & Karen Local tourism undeveloped By Dave Chmara Despite undeveloped local - resources and relatively little pro- motion of them, tourism is a $3 million industry for Terrace Bay. This was the finding of Lehman & Associates, a consult- ing group preparing a Tourism Development Strategy for Terrace Bay. Bob Lehman presented his findings to the Tourism . Development Committee, local business operators, and the public on Thursday, July 13. Mike Moore, chairman of the Tourism Development Committee, said Terrace Bay council realized in late 1986, after the Kimberly-Clark lay offs, that "the area needed to diversify its economy base." The idea of opening. a tourism information centre came about and in order to receive govern- ment funding a study had to be performed - the study which is currently underway by Lehman & Associates. Lehman said the study is not finalized yet because he wanted the business community and pub- lic's input as to the objectives, findings, recommendations and proposed sites for the tourism information centre. He added another study cur- rently taking place, the Waterfront Development Study, parallels the tourism study and some of the findings of the Waterfront study will be incorpo- rated into the tourism report. Because the highway is the only mode of transportation in which tourists pass through town, Lehman said ideas must be devel- oped to get people to stop in town. Hotel accommodations of 77 units are somewhat limited in the summer, said Lehman, but local campgrounds, which offer about 400 sites, play a strong role in the accommodation sector. "There's a good variety of food, beverage and retail busi- nesses," said Lehman. "The attractions are good too but they are not developed or promoted. Signs don't really promote or attract tourists although their mar- keting and promotion is adequate for the current level of facilities." Some of the natural environ- ment which Lehman mentioned should be developed are the beach, falls and the gorge. He added the recreation facili- ties are excellent and municipal (financial) support is very good commenting on the two studies currently underway. There are approximately 100,000 tourists what stay overnight in the area between the months of May and November. Lehman said the $3 million they spend, which is money all brought in from the outside, is a healthy amount of cash. "You have far and away the best area between Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay to attract tourists," said Lehman, comment- ing on Terrace Bay's natural beauty and cleanliness. Some businesses which Lehman mentioned might take advantage of the tourists are a sporting goods store, fruit and vegetable stand, gift shop and waterfront related developments. But before the private scctor invests in the area, Lehman said the public sector must make the first investment. He said the resulting increase in tourism will lead to more money coming into town and then to private invest- ment. "The market must be demon- strated before private investment occurs," he said. To develop this. market, more first time visitors must be attract- ed to the area and their length of stay should be increased. Recommendations The recommendations made to the Tourism Development Committee included both short and long term plans. First, an organization for pur- suing the recommendations Should be established. A tourism information centre should be built and other steps such as picnic areas, a playground, observation deck, craft shop, and starting to develop the beach and gorge should be begun. The next phase would be to continue improvements to the beach and gorge, develop promo- tional material and to encourage a health club concept for the recre- ation centre. A survey is suggested to take place in three years to monitor and possibly modify the direction of tourism development. As well, the community's awareness of the benefits of tourism should be increased. Following this, Terrace Bay should be developed as a destina- tion point - a place where people plan to go - instead of somewhere they just happen to stop on their way to some other vacation spot. _ Several locations were looked at for a tourist information centre. Of the thalf-a-dozen or so places examined, the one best suited is by the Recreation Centre. Lehman said he is optimistic con- struction of the information ccn- tre will begin next year. Following the presentation by Lehman, those in attendance dis- cussed the proposals along with other ideas - such as increased promotion of the golf course. It was generally agreed that because the first phase is usually public investment, if the public shows no or little support for tourism development it will make it more difficult for council to pursue.tourism development.as.- they respond to the needs and wants of the people. Lehman said the tourism development committee, along with businesses and individuals, should approach council to voice their support and commitment towards tourism development in Terrace Bay. Rossport Fish Derby WINNERS, A very big thank you to all volunteers over the weekend especially those from out of town and-representatives of the Aguasabon Chamber of Commerce for handling Sundays . Hospitality Gardens. CASH DONATIONS Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers-Schreiber Ronkainen's Pharmacy- Terrace Bay Halcyon Haven Bait & Tackle Rossport Don Beno Insurance- Schreiber Belluz Realty-Terrace Bay F.O B. Marine-Thunder Bay Cullmar Const'n-Terrace Bay Beau's Variety-Rossport Wildwaters-Thunder Bay Hooker's-Thunder Bay Terrace Bay Insurance Terrace Bay Township Costa's-Schreiber Costa's-Terrace Bay Curtis Desrosiers Kemp Fisheries Minova Mines Lorne's Camera-Thunder Bay sisi 4 y )! SALMON PRIZES 1st DOWNRIGGER John Zechner (Nipigon) 15.2LB. 2nd CHARTER Mary Deschatelets (Terrace Bay) 14.15 LB. 3rd BARBAQUE Marcus Moeliner (Longlac) 12LB. CHILDREN'S DRAW 1st $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE Chantel Biron (Schreiber) from Ray & Jos Kenney 2-10 Rod, Reel Tackle Box Jason Lotas (Thunder Bay) Richard LeBlanc (Schreiber) Guanluca Spirito (Toronto) Jason Veltri (Rossport) Kirsi Kuokkanen (Thunder Bay) Logan Pask (thunder Bay) Harry Tymko Ill (Rossport) Kevin Besuegrew (Rossport) Valerie Landry (Terrace Bay) CASH DOOR PRIZES $1000 - John Joiner (Rossport) $300_ - Mike Godin (Schreiber) $250. - Shane Riley (Schreiber) TO KETROUT 1st CANOE, PADDLE & FISH MOUNT Allan Mevonyk (Thunder Bay) 19.5LB. 2nd ELECTRIC MOTOR Pat Maley (Thunder Bay) 18.8LB. 3rd FISHFINDER P. French (Thunder Bay) 17.3LB. 4th ROD, REEL, NET KNIFE, CLUB, SCALE Darcy Walsh (St. Mary's) 14.3LB. 5th HUDSON BAY BLANKET Bruce Biloski (Thunder Bay) 12.3LB. 6th 2 FLOATER JACKETS lan Brennen (Nipigon) 11.3LB. 7th WADERS, ROD & REEL Nick Commisso (Schreiber) 11.2LB. 8th TACKLE BOX & TACKLE Art Stachiw (Terrace. Bay) 11LB. 9th COOLER & JUG Cass Littleford (Thunder Bay) 10.9LB. 10th CAMPSTOVE, TRAY, PROPANE Dallas Walsh (St. Mary's) 10.8LB. LAKETROUT DRAW PRIZES 11th BARBEQUE (Town Schreiber) Terri Kuokkanen (Thunder Bay) 12th SLEEPING BAY (Cebrario's) Allan Soullien (Terrace Bay) 13th FISH CHARTER (Elfish Charters) Glen McGee (Terrace Bay) 14th GIFT CERTIFICATE (Rossport Inn) |. Just (Marathon) 15th 1-NIGHT ACCOMADATION (Valhalla) Patti Moon (Terrace Bay) 16th COOLER & JUG (Western Tire) _ Sean Duggan (Thunder Bay) 17th GiFT CERTIFICATE (Treasure Trove) Steve Bottomley (Schreiber) 18th C.B. RADIO (Terry's Sight & Sound) P. Lotas (Thunder Bay) 19th THERMOS (Cebrario's) Gerry Fischer (Schreiber) 20th ROCKING CHAIR (Spadoni's Dept. Store) Maria Hermes (Terrace Bay) 21st FLY-IN FISHING (Come-by-Chance Resort) Jane Zwaresh (Thunder Bay) 22nd 2-RODS (D&R Sports) Stan Zapcoe (Red Rock) 23rd CASE of OIL (lan Fummerton, Esso) Kyle Blesky (Terrace Bay) 24th GIFT CERTIFICATE (Forget-Me-Not) Betty Huard (Schreiber) 25th SLEEPING BAG & 2 COCLER PACKS (The Bay) Dean Fischer (Schreiber) 26th BARBEQUE (The Brick) J. Kenney (Rossport) 27th WKEND FOR 2 (Nipigon Bay Resort) Marilyn Fischer (Terrace Bay) 28th FISH CHARTER (Island Charters) Darcy Walsh (St. Mary's) 29th GIFT CERTIFICATE (Imperial Restaurant) Elsie Cooke (Terrace Bay) 30th TACKLE BOX (Home Hardware) Reg Rennetic (Terrace Bay) 31st RADIO (G. Figliomeni & Sons) Kevin Just (Marathon) 32nd CASE OIL (Beau's Variety) Karin Brassard (Rossport) 33rd JACKET (Jim Mikus Shell) Dean Fischer (Schreiber) 34th GIFT CERTIFICATE (Moores) Leon Verdone (Schreiber) 35th GIFT CERTIFICATE (Flowers n Things) B. French (Thunder Bay) 36th GIFT CERTIFICATE (Serendipity Gardens) Ben Leeuwestein (Sudbury) 37th GIFT CERTIFICATE (Sevendipity Gardens) Les Barrow (Thunder Bay) 38th FILLET KNIFE (Rossport Derby Assoc.) Leon Verone (Schreiber) 39th ROD & REEL (Rossport Derby Assoc. ) Susan St. Louis (Terrace Bay) 40th TACKLE BOX (Schreiber Food Market) Nathan Notwell (Terrace Bay)