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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 01, 1984
Page
2
A fragment states that the newspaper is published every Wednesday at Chetwynd by South Peace Publishing Ltd with subscription rates of Canada eleven dollars per year and foreign countries twenty dollars per year. A single copy costs twenty five cents.
This Week six years ago power outage in twynd traced to transmission circuit at Gordon M. Shrum Generating Station. Chetwynd Village lists dogs licensed town wide. Canfor planned 1 250 000 program for 1969 expansion. Regional district rate payers funded hospital in Chetwynd and St Josephs in Dawson Creek. Chamber urged highway link between Chetwynd and Kamloops. Three years ago Lakeview Credit Union donated cheques to youth groups. Junior groups receive proceeds from Lakeview stocking drive. Grand Opening of Gerrys Food Mart drew three generations. Chetwynd High School toured Hudson Hope area for classroom study. Gerrys Pee Wees won hockey tournament at Ft St John. Canadian Lutheran Bible Quartet concert at Faith Lutheran Church. Two years ago Ian Campbell named 1981 Citizen of the Year. Mavis McFarlane elected Ladies Auxiliary president. Juvenile hockey MVPs Darren Either Norby Gerstel Shane Suverus at Ft St John tournament. B P Sukunka coal project halted for now. Mayor Lasser proclaims February heart month.
A letter from R E Cunningham, a Shriner and Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce director, rebuts an editorial criticizing a Robbie Burns Night in Chetwynd. He defends Shrine fundraising and notes Dawson Creek event sells out, with six Chetwynd couples last year, urging unity between two organizations benefiting residents.
School board chairman Liz Haddow announced 1984 term committee appointments at a Jan 23 meeting. Doug MacLennan will chair building and sites, Bud Browns chairs education, Charlene Dokken Sharon Peterson and Liz Haddow on finance, Haddow on Personnel with Rogers Weingart, Peterson. Weingart chairs transportation. Haddow to Union Board of Health representative. An ad hoc panel with Weingart Rogers Dokken and Friesen will study realignment to include Tumbler Ridge in district representation. Principals Rene Doonan Parkland and Marc Hilton Parkhill reported on programs and new curriculum.
At year start we moved into a large gift shop and hosted successful fundraisers adding nearly $900 to the Jason Hanen Memorial Fund for two portable respirators. 66 handmade baby quilts were sold, auxilians logged 6024 hours, and volunteers supported Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver.
The Canadian Council of the Blind marks White Cane Week February 5 to 11 1984 to boost public education on blindness and prevention and to grow its national membership. Don Slezeski shares excerpts from a poem reflecting the inner challenges after losing sight and the effort to maintain independence and dignity.
Daytime and primetime TV guide listing shows and times. Afternoon features theater, Do It Yourself, children’s programming, and Happy Days. Evening includes news, Love Boat, Too Close for Comfort, Hangin In, Buffalo Bill, Bob Newhart, The National, Night, Final, Barney Miller, a movie, and Olympic preview.
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