Chetwynd News Highlights From Memorial Service To Local Sports
The Memorial Service for Art Rix featured a hymn sung by attendees. Katimavik workers’ visit to Chetwynd included a village sponsored picnic organized by Grace Mc Nabb and Norine Smith. Local trips to Vancouver included Howard Dar Susan Kelm Kamjeedah Giftware Maybelle Playter. Community weddings in Mornville drew many locals. Mary Paynter collects Senior Citizens news and plans an old time dance for fall. Gymkhana members excel at Fort St John and Dawson Creek rodeos with Bette-Lou Campbell earning All Round Cowgirl honors. More local notes and contact 788-2246.
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Chetwynd
Grace McNabb
Norine Smith
Vancouver
Howard Dar
New Blue Sky Cafe
Susan Kelm
Kamjeedah Giftware & Jewellery
Maybelle Playter
Playters
Fort St. John
Dawson Creek
Bette-Lou Campbell
Valerie
Tarla Hoover
SFU Summer Tours Attract Thousands Of Visitors
Free guided tours at Simon Fraser University run July 1 to September 7 seven days a week. The 1200 acre campus offers scenery and facts about the university appealing to tourists and Lower Mainland residents alike. Peter Morrison is named new manager at Toronto Dominion Bank. he resides with wife Shirley and son Grey after visiting 100 Mile House.
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Simon Fraser University
SFU
Peter Morrison
Toronto Dominion Bank
Peter
Shirley
Grey
100 Mile House
Chetwynd
Downtown revitalization program offers grants and loans
Municipalities may receive grants covering 25 percent of yearly revitalization costs or a per capita grant, with council approval required. Building facade grants are 20 percent up to 200 dollars per metre. Loans cover 75 percent of costs with no interest for two years. Shopping centers threaten downtown business unless carefully managed. human element and marketing are emphasized.
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Dueck
Burnaby Mountain campus blends Grecian styling with modern design
Architects Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey crafted the Burnaby Mountain campus to fit the summit contours. The plan marries Grecian pillars and sweeping stairs with contemporary construction, creating an impressive and unified academic complex.
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Arthur Erickson
Geoffrey Massey
Burnaby Mountain
SFU Garden Tours Highlight Jade Boulder and Museums
Visitors explore a parklike quadrangle with water features and a six ton jade boulder from Hell's Gate canyon. Free admission, hourly tours from 10 30 a m to 3 30 p m start at the north entrance of the Administration Building, with group bookings via 291 4323.
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Hell’s Gate Canyon
Simon Fraser
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
SFU
Parade kicks off PNE with 93 entries in 1981 float line
The 67th PNE opens August 22 with an 10 a.m. parade from Georgia and Thurlow. 93 entries include military groups 17 marching bands 50 clowns and 50 plus floats from as far as Reno. VIPs include Erwin Swangard and Doris. Notables Ivan Hinka Jiri Bubla and sports figures join in.
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Reno
Nevada
Georgia
Thulow Streets
Burrard Street
Hastings Street
PNE
Naden
Erwin Swangard
Doris
Ivan Hinka
Jiri Bubla
Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Whitcaps
B.C. Lions
B.C. Jockey Club
Trady Wheeler
North Vancouver
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Alberta
Mornville
Laverne Norris
Carol Chevalier
Mary Paynter
Senior Citizens Group
The
Legion
Mary
Birdie Phillips
Fort Nelson
Birdies
Marian
Ray Norris
Vic Embree
Kingston Ontario
Lindsay
Arnfina Prager
Queens University
Parade
Vernon
Seattle
Kamloops
Whalley
Kiwanis
Vancouver Police
Vancouver Lionettes
Hot Jazz Society
Seattle Seafair
Chetwynd’s
Family Recreation Centre
47Th St. & Hart Highway
Harwood Products
LTD
Peace River
Beaver Rd
Fort St. John, B.C
Anglican Church
D.J. Daly
Church of the Transfiguration
Catholic Church
E. Jungbluth
O.m.jr
Gemma
Our Lady of Peace
Hudson's Hope
Our Lady of the Snows
Moberly Lake
St. Theresa's
Kelly Lake
St. Ann's
Evangelical Free Church
Barry Breker
Adult Bible School
Faith Lutheran Church
Rod McFarlane
Pentecostal Assemblies OF Canada
Chetwynd Gospel Tabernacle
Philip Milley
Seventh Day Adventist Church
David Giles
Bible Missionary Church
Delbert G. Lanham
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