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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1985
Page
2
Published weekly by Alaska Highway Publications Ltd in Chetwynd. Subscription rates are 11.00 per year within the country and 20.00 per year for foreign addresses. Single copy price is 25 cents.
A collection of relatable moments describing frustration from daily life. Examples include missing sweepstakes deadlines, fishing with wrong bait, in laws during a short visit, scarce parking, late night dog noise, and a rush job with no staples. The piece frames frustration as a common, relatable experience.
Gloria Keller, Campaign Chairman, thanks Chetwynd residents and volunteers for canvassing and papers support. The Canadian Cancer Society campaign total reached 4094.32 dollars. Last year over 1000 funded local patients to travel to Vancouver for treatment. Education and help can beat cancer.
The Frog Prince puppet show delighted attendees and thanks go to Sue Van Tassel. A shipment of 108 new paperbacks includes westerns science fiction mysteries and movie tie in titles such as Rambo First Blood Part II Goonies Cocoon Back to the Future Explorers and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Notable nonfiction titles include In Gods Name The Kennedys and Not My Kid. Books will be on display this week.
At the library on July 25 a puppet show called The Frog Prince delighted about 30 children with a frog prince twist and a props man who explained his role. A second show followed on Saturday, with plans for a Halloween performance. Also, 110 children attended Vacation Bible School at the Seventh Day Adventist Church July 15–19, with crafts songs and Bible stories and a final evening program. Neighbors in the Chetwynd area fought a grass fire with garden hoses before the local fire department arrived to extinguish both underground peat moss and above ground fires. The fire department warned residents that burning permits are not issued during dry conditions and to report any smoke immediately.
Health Minister Jim Nielsen announced 73 health research projects will share 1,755,948 from lottery funds, including renewals of 26 prior studies. The total since 1978 surpasses 23 million, highlighting the Lower Mainland as a leading North American medical research hub.
A garbled list of program names and scattered times appears from a TV schedule. Readable items include All My Children and Muppets with various unclear 12 to 3 hour slots. The fragment ends with unrelated words like Guten Tag Figures and Oil Well MONON.
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