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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1980
Page
3
Northern Lights College announces winter and spring courses with start times and locations. Listings include Accounting 102 on Tue Jan 8 at High School and other classes across College and High School venues, with dates, times, and required pre registration.
Consumers' Association of Canada says provincial governments will adopt by April 1 a uniform bill of lading and contract to protect buyers from inflated mover estimates. The agreement, endorsed after the Canadian Conference of Motor Transport Administrators meeting in November, also requires delivery dates to be stated and reimbursement for reasonable lodging if delays occur.
The National Energy Board report notes mild weather across Canada reduces home heating oil demand while forecasting the supply to stay tight but manageable through winter. It cites emissions of refined products and says imports aided supply, though stocks of gasoline diesel and heating oil fell compared with 1978. A disruption in transport or refinery output could trigger shortfalls.
The Women's Auxiliary to the Chetwynd Hospital will hold its annual meeting in the hospital cafeteria at 8 pm on Tuesday January 22. Officers for 1980 will be elected and goals for the year reviewed. Eva Gerstel won the Doll Raffle drawn December 21 by Santa at Gerry's Food Mart, with proceeds aiding the hospital’s expanded laboratory facilities.
St Peters Seminary in London Ontario leads a drive titled Save the Family to assist over 6500 starving Indian families. Canadians adopt a poor Indian family with a monthly ten dollar pledge or a contribution to the Poor Fund to fund food, medicine, and self help projects like machinery and livestock. Our Lady of Peace C W L already supported Kerala with fifty dollars for a goat, delivering milk and a small income. Interested participants may contact Sister Veronica or Colette Gerard.
Tourism BC reports US visitor patterns shifting with bus and train use up in October 1979. Bus entries lead with 53.4 percent rise, train 20.9 percent, boat 12.1 percent, and plane up 3.7 percent, while total US resident entries rise 12.2 percent from October last year. Overseas entries up 16 percent.
A simple tip urges serving fresh or poached fruit instead of the usual french fries alongside beef entrees to cut calories without excessive sacrifice.
A garbled OCR fragment presents letters and numbers without clear context or readable names. The text lacks identifiable people, places, dates, or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
A fragment discusses safer food storage after serving meals. It mentions refrigerating food in airtight containers and emphasizes proper handling of leftovers. The readable portion focuses on storage guidelines rather than a clear event or person.
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