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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 16, 1983
Page
2
South Peace King Ltd announces a weekly paper the Echo of Chetwynd published every Wednesday with subscription rates Canada eleven dollars and foreign countries twenty dollars per year. Single copy cost twenty five cents. Second class registration under 2141 Bunne Hoffman editor and publisher.
This week Sago and area mark a grand opening with a brief ribbon ceremony officiated by amner. McKay rtle Innes Keith and Ethel Brown run the venture while Harley Koons of North Cariboo Service Ltd. joins as a future partner. Echo notes Ian Transport approval for a scheduled ice circle route and Ernie Pfanner attended the February ceremony at the British in Government and Japanese event.
In January 13 clients were assigned and completed 205 hours of service work. A new outdoor ice rink at Don Titus Park was built with donations from Canfor CFI Beaver Lumber and the District of Chetwynd under Don Buchannan supervision. Patty Dunn seeks more projects for the program and notes workers have assisted at sidewalks, airport and other district projects.
Reader letters from British Columbia express fear about age Welfare access and food aid. A 68 year old seeks low income housing while a U S C exhaustee laments welfare gaps and Social Credit policy. Community concerns include hunger rent and unemployment amid recession.
A Child Care Counsellor is provided to work with children one to one in the family home and community. Anyone concerned about a child may refer. A contract is drawn up.
MP Frank Oberle critiques Ottawa's elites for disconnect from ordinary Canadians. He highlights the National Energy Program's hardships, then attacks compulsory metrication and heavy handed enforcement such as wiring gas pumps to force metric sales. He questions who benefits from such measures and who is harmed.
MLA report praises North East Coal and gas exports boosting BC economy in the South Peace River region. It notes inflation easing, housing rebound, and a new Development Bond program as key to stimulus while warning revenues remain tight. Also details child services contract with Judy Lazenby and hours.
The listing shows a daytime to late evening lineup with Morning Devotions 8:40 and 8:45 100 Huntley Street. Breaks include Morning, Noon News, and soap blocks. Evening slots feature New Daytime at 3:00, Sports News at 6:00, Hee Haw, Nature of Things, Happy Days, The National and Night Final with Barney Miller listed late.
The lineup features 3:00 Coming Attractions 6:00 News 3:30 V I P 6:30 Fantasy Island 4:00 Dolt Yourself 7:30 Paul Anka 4:30 Children's Shows 8:00 Heart Aches 5:30 Three's Company 11:07 Night Final 11:27 Barney Miller with late night blocks and public affairs.
A concise listing of the evening lineup with channels and start times from 6:00 PM through 11:27 PM including sports news and entertainment programs. Five Star Theatre is noted as the late sweep at 11:27.
A collage of broadcast slots shows a jumble of times and programs including daytime, evening, and late night offerings. Entries like Sesame Street NHL Hockey Wayne and Shuster and The National Night appear alongside scattered titles and partial credits, with many unreadable fragments.
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