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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1979
Page
2
Fifteen years ago a mobile dental unit from New Westminster will be relocated to Chetwynd arriving December 28. The Chetwynd Hotel additions are underway with 87 rooms planned for occupancy next year.
The Canada Safety Council asks drivers to consider when their weakest driving points occur and offers traits of a good driver. Crucial factors include knowledge, driving skills, defensive driving, a safe vehicle, health, and especially a good attitude, which the council says is the single most important ingredient.
Be Christmas This year, start early in your heart and share love, peace, and joy. Bill and Chris Rand visited Victoria last weekend on business, meeting Chris’s sister Bonnie Maglio and John and Marianne Hall of Alisa. Lake spent the weekend in Chetwynd with friends and attended the Fireman’s Ball where Rick Lazorko and Keith McMillan shared Fireman of the Year honors. Mr and Mrs Don Chesley flew to Victoria for a business trip and reported a very nice time.
A concise report notes 140 Ontario lakes dying from acid rain, with northern and eastern lakes showing deterioration. It cites 1.4 million tonnes of nitrogen oxide annually from cars, urging recycling and environmental action. It highlights water use, arable land limits, and urban land transformation.
A Canadian speaker warns the forest sector is Canada’s key resource, supporting 11 percent of jobs and billions in export revenue. The piece notes rising U S market share, shrinking government forestry funding, and 2 million acres harvested yearly with equal losses to fire and disease. It calls for short term efficiency, mid term silviculture, and long term reforestation, plus cohesive federal policy.
Merlin Nichols writes that a few readers drove to Fort St John via Jackfish road to the Bailey bridge at Taylor. He urges more travelers to use the route to signal to the D.O.H. for upgrades and to keep the bridge. He notes rough mileage and warns to be cautious on corners.
A partial listing shows a Sunday evening lineup including CBC News at six, then Terry Winters Walt Disney and Beachcombers, followed by Edge of Night and All in the Family. The schedule mixes sports, news, drama, and talk with several classic shows and special programs.
The week lists recurring badminton and T O P S meetings at local venues, a Men’s Fellowship Breakfast, Girl Guides recruitment, and multiple December performances and contests including Hudson Hope Portage Players at the high school gym, Chetwynd Little Giant Figure Skating home event, and a High School Christmas concert. A June 14 1980 school reunion at Prince George Jr. Sr. High School is also noted with contact numbers.
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