Chetwynd Alderman Candidate Seeks Continued Service
A local resident running for Alderman in Chetwynd outlines eight years as a reporter and long residence in the village. She emphasizes knowledge of municipal government, community involvement, and the current rapid growth termed a mini boom that could affect long term economic development. The candidate notes a commitment to representing residents and asks for votes. 783-9195
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Figure Skaters Endorse Arena Referendum Vote Yes
The Figure Skating Club urges residents to support a referendum on November 18 to keep the arena operating. The club uses the arena October to March for 440 hours yearly and teaches 111 participants from village and surrounding areas, stressing the facility benefits all residents.
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Lone Prairie
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Hassler Flats
Hudson Hope
Winners in Express Five sweep top Western Express prizes
British Columbians have won top $100,000 prizes in the Western Express over the last three weeks. The latest winner on November 1 is Lewis Jack, a Surrey factory shipper, who learned of his win at work from the ticket seller. The Jack family includes four children, nine grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Other recent winners include Wilfred McKenzie, 40, a Cranbrook painter, who plans to invest and keep working, and Mrs Irene Oliver, 55, a Mara Lake grocer and trailer-park operator, who will retire early. Nicolas Holub, 68, of Kelowna, was the second B C winner of $100,000.
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Jack
Wilfred McKenzie
Cranbrook
Sylvia
Irene Oliver
Mara Lake
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Nicolas Holub
Kelowna
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Tender policy before village council clashes over tenders
Village Council, with four aldermen and Mayor Lasser, faced two heated issues. Aldermen Walkden and Dunn pressed for strict tender rules while Inspector Hawkins pushed for enforcing bylaws on travel trailers, including Walkden's trailer behind the Rec Center. Ed Martin was introduced but barred from full participation until induction.
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Lasser
Walkden
Dunn
Jackman
Ed Martin
Martin
Matt Offer
Don Swanton
Chetwynd Custom Builders
Alderman Walkden
Rec Center
Ts Council
Government Agent Office Opens in Chetwynd
The Ministry of Finance opens a Government Agent Office on November 22 in the Foot Hills Building Chetwynd. Local services expand to birth registration civil marriage and provincial land taxes relocation permits Autoplan vehicle registration and licence renewals. The office will host ICBC H and H Insurance Autoplan services with Mary Buckna as new agent joined by her husband Hank. Premier and MLA Don Phillips are expected to attend.
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Chetwynd
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H&h Insurance Agency
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Parents urged to lead in school involvement across Canada and U.S.
The Fall issue of Education Advisory highlights the parent role in guiding children through school. It covers selecting the right school, maintaining teacher contact, understanding curriculum aims, and how to complain effectively, including a 13-step process starting with writing a complaint. It promotes building parent-teacher cooperation and forming parent groups, noting wide circulation and offering complimentary copies from Education Advisory in West Vancouver.
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Education Advisory
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United States
Ministerial Association Sponsors Film on Working with the Alcoholic
The 45 minute film Guidelines for Working with the Alcoholic is sponsored by the Ministerial Association for clergy and laypeople. It will be shown Thursday November 16 at 12 o clock in the Evangelical Free Church. Bring lunch. Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome.
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Teachers push Fairtax proposal to village council
Glen Lownsbrough and Joan Maurer of the Peace River South Teachers Association delivered a brief to the Village Council last Tuesday. They described the BC Teachers Federation Fairtax plan as a response to rising local school taxes and provincial funding trends. They noted Premier Bennett has not heeded the plan and urged district teacher groups to present it to local governments.
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Glen Lownsbrough
Joan Maurer
Peace River South Teachers’ Association
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