Government promises mobile dental clinic for Hudson Hope and Chetwynd
Doreen Greenwood of Hudson Hope reports Health Minister Dennis Cocke has approved a mobile two chair dental clinic to visit Chetwynd for six weeks and Hudson Hope for four weeks this late summer and early fall. The initiative follows her petition and BC Hydro support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Hope
Chetwynd
Doreen Greenwood
Dennis Cocke
Hudson Hope Or
Hudson
Health Ministers
Greenwood
B.C. Hydro
Northern Region
G. Tipping
Prince George
Boundary expansion plan draws no opposition in Electoral Area E
Expansion of Electoral Area E to include the Sukunka Coal Coalition Mining Project aims to boost tax assessments. The PRLRD notes no objections from Coalition management, citing benefits for recreation and employment stability. Council approves temporary office use for Westlander Homes, discusses a picnic site, and grants licenses and canvass permissions for multiple charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sukunka Coal Coalition
P.R.L.R.D
Coalition
Westlander Homes
Council
Inhumanity to man and high school rodeo praise
A fragment from a local note page covers community events in Chetwynd and district. It mentions student success at the Fort St. John High School Rodeo, library conference attendances in Prince George and Kelowna, visits by residents to Kamloops and Quesnel, social events at Elks and Legion, and regional tourism and press tours. It also lists gravel tenders for 1975 street maintenance awarded to Rocam Construction and Frankie’s Construction with bid details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Blair
of the Legion Auxiliary
Kelowna
Bev
Norm Stirling
Janet
Quesnel
Rocom Construction
Supply & Delivery
Chetwynd summer program hires six student workers
The village will employ six youths through the B C Labour summer student program. Four will join a beautification project to plant grass and maintain parks, while two will serve as tourist counsellors at the information center. They attend a Tourist Counsellors Course in Dawson Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chetwynd
B.C. Department of Labour
S.w.lm
Area
Chamber of Commerce
Dawson Creek
S.W.I.M
King
Rain or shine gold panning championships in Taylor
The world invitational class A gold panning championships run this weekend in Taylor with events starting Saturday at 7 PM in the Taylor Community Hall and continuing Sunday with a pancake breakfast at 9 AM, a 10 AM fire department demo, a noon zoo opening, and a 1 PM panathon and championship races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Taylor Fire Department
Northern Zoo
Great Northern
B.C
Alberta
Yukon
U.S
Promotional media tour to highlight B C Peace River Country
A 42 member group of outdoor travel writers and industry reps from 7 countries, including 32 writers, 12 from the United States and 11 from Tokyo, begin a week in northern B C with receptions and tours starting in Dawson Creek. The trip, hosted by the Northern B C Associated Chamber of Commerce and provincial Travel Dept, with a $50,000 budget, aims to generate extensive stories and photo features about the region. The schedule covers Fort St John, Dawson Creek, Moberly Lake, W A C Bennett Dam, and three two day wilderness experiences including a fly in Rocky Mountain tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C
Peace River
Dawson Creek
Park Hotel
Associated Chamber of Commerce
B.C. Peace River Country
Dawson Creek Recreation Centre
Hart Highway
Moberly Lake Catholic
W.A.C. Bennett Dam
Fort St. John
FSJ
Mackenzie Inn
Rocky Mountain
Chetwynd runners shine at Fort St John high school rodeo
Nine students from Chetwynd Secondary School travelled to Fort St John for the May 17 18 high school rodeo. Wayne Ethier won bareback bronc riding and Wade McDonough took second in calf roping. Sandra Schreiber earned second in undecorating and third in sanctioned barrel race. Daryl Gauthier finished second in wild cow race and tied for second in bareback bronc. Val Campbell took third in pole bending. Tarla Hoover was third in undecorating, second in sanctioned barrel race and tied for second in open barrel. Fort St John was the season opener then Chetwynd rides May 24 and Dawson Creek May 31 June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chetwynd Secondary School
Fort St. John
Wayne Ethier
Wade McDonough
Daryl Gauthier
Sandra Schreiber
Val Campbell
Cheri Campbell
Julia Grant
Tarla Hoover
Chetwynd
Ing
Dawson Creek
Hansen resigns post in regional chamber role
Earl Hansen, regional coordinator for the Associated Chamber of Commerce in northern British Columbia, resigns after four years to take a similar post in tourism in East Rootney. The resignation was accepted with regret at a Dawson Creek meeting. John Jackman says a replacement will be advertised, with summer the group's peak period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hansen
Associated Chamber of Commerce
Hansen
B.C
East Rootneys
Associated Chamber
Dawson Creek
John Jackman
Chetwynd
The
News
Fort St. John
Jackman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Govt
Tipping
Marion Parker
P.H.R
Eva Thomson
Elks and
Royal Purple Lodges
Zeon Presbyterian Church
Church Board of Management
Salvation Army
Dawson Creek Retarded Children Society
Cancer Society
Unicor
Flying Club
Btunne
Fort St. John High School
British Columbia Library Association
Irene McClarty
Korky Grant
Rheta Rix
Anita McWilliams
Hudson Hope Library
Maurice Hayward
Kamloops
Mrs
A Grovius
Joy of
the Elks
the Legion
Bonnie Hoffman
John Atcheson
August Rohel
Moberly Lake
McWilliams
B. Pollan
N. Stubley
B.C. International Press
Peace River Area
Frankie’s
Rocam
Peace Island Park
Cecil Lake
Clayhurst Ferry
Cecil Lake Hall
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