Citizen of the Week: Jean and Fernando Campbell
The Echo honors Jean and Fernando Campbell as Citizen of the Week. Born in Edmonton and Manhattan, they moved to Lloydminster area farms before establishing a Chetwynd homestead in 1951. They raised two children, six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren, with Fernando retiring from cattle and both supporting the Heritage Club and local farming life.
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Echo
Jean
Fernando Campbell
Edmonton
Lloydminister
Fernando
Manhattan
Kansas
Northbend
Chetwynd
East Pine
Campbells
Frank
Janice
Anchorage
Alaska
Terry Fox named Canadian of the Year for 1981
Terry Fox, who died June 28 at age 23 after raising 24 million for cancer research, was named Canadian of the Year for the second time in The Canadian Press annual poll. He led more than two thirds of ballots as top newsmaker. Prime Minister Trudeau was a distant second.
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Terry Fox
Port Coquitlam
B.C
St. John’s
Thunder Bay
Ont
Fox
Trudeau
John Ferguson
Ottawa
Tom Axworthy
Trudeau promises to keep running to raise funds
Prime Minister Trudeau praised Terry Fox at a Parliament Hill memorial after Fox raised millions for cancer research during a cross country run that started April 12 1980 ending near the Quebec Ontario border. The CP poll also listed lawmakers athletes and business leaders as nominees.
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Fox
Quebec-Ontario
Toronto
Last CP Air DC-8 exits as fleet modernizes
The last of CP Airs original DC-8s leaves the fleet after an 18 year run covering over 38 million miles. The 43 series with four Conway engines departs for ARCO, as CP Air phases out the model in favor of DC-10-30s, Boeing 737s, and eventual 767s.
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CP Air
ARCO
Miami
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Heritage Club
Santa
Canadian Cancer Society
Canada
Parliament Hill
Justice
Jean Chretien
Wayne Gretzky
Allan MacEachen
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Allan Blakeney
Saskatchewan
Jack Gallagher
Larry Clarke
Spar Aerospace
United States
Thunder Bay-Nipigon
Jack Masters
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Parti Quebecois
Liberal
Ontario
William Davis
Province
Joy
Chetwynd and Area
Alvin's Alignment Ltd
Bozarth’s Variety Basket
Chetwynd Home Furnishings
H & H Insurance Services
Leach’s Tire
Chetwynd) Ltd
Old Corral
Playter’s
Trophies & Gifts
Stagecoach Inn
Moberly Lake
the Red Baron
Ian Dixie Lee Chicken People’s Drug Mart
Chetwynd Custom Builders
Goodbrand Construction
The
Michael Hutter
100 Mile House
Windrem
John Harkness
Management & Staff
Triple Cities Real
Box
B.C. Voc
Anglican Church
Canon D.I. Daly
Church of the Transfiguration
Hudson's Hope
St. Peter’s
Anglican United
Shared Ministry
St. Peter's
Catholic Church
E. Jungbluth
O.M
Doreen
Our Lady of Peace
Kelly Lake
Father Kindle
C.S.S.R
Evangelical Free Church
Barry Breker
Faith Lutheran Church
Rod McFarlane
South Peace Fellowship Baptist
Dan Chapman
Pentecostal Assemblies OF Canada
Chetwynd Gospel Tabernacle
Philip Milley
Seventh Day Adventist Church
David Giles
Bible Missionary Church
Delbert G. Lanham
Christ
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