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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1986
Page
2
Published every Tuesday at Chetwynd by Alaska Highway Publications Ltd. Subscription rates are 11.00 per year, 15.00 out of town, and 20.00 per year for foreign countries. Single copy 30 cents. Publisher and sales director Norman C. Picce editor Tim Sorcy office supervisor Maureen Gammon.
The Echo invites letters from readers on topics of local interest. Submit with full name and address, no pen names or anonymous prints. Letters may be condensed or rejected. drop off at the Echo Office or mail to Box 750, Chetwynd, B.C., VOC 1JO.
Tim Sorcy argues vandalism is a widespread, aimless act transcending locales, driven by frustration and disconnection. He contrasts it with theft, suggests law enforcement alone won’t deter it, and notes damage from broken lights to property vandalism in Chetwynd as emblematic cases.
A planning meeting for all Chetwynd ball players and parents is set for Monday August 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Hall Recreation Centre. Organizers seek a management group to improve and develop fields and facilities for future summers.
British Columbians expected change under Premier Bill Vander Zalm but the cabinet lineup offers only three new ministers. Critics say most ministers remain from the Bennett era and accuse the Premier of rewarding leadership supporters rather than bringing fresh ideas. Calls grow for clear conflict of interest rules and concrete policy plans to address BC’s unemployment and economic challenges ahead of Expo.
Conrad Dube, a 57 year old polio survivor, has spent 35 years cycling through 81 countries and 350000 km. He passed through Chetwynd en route from Alaska to Prince George, planning to reach Edmonton and Quebec City then south to South America. He travels solo with donated bikes and air passage, aiming to inspire independence.
The mayor outlines plans to upgrade water intake from the river to prevent ice and debris interference, expand river pumping capacity, settle sediments during high flows, extend an eight inch distribution line, and build a 500000 gallon bolted steel tank on the north side of Highway 97 east past Tumbler Ridge. Construction begins in 1987 to boost storage, fire reserves, and service quality.
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