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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 17, 1982
Page
2
Registration listing shows Bunne Hoffman as editor and publisher for second class material at 2141 Bunne. The entry records role and contact details in a terse newsroom registry style.
This week two years ago C.E.S.S. Sr. Boys volleyball prepared for provincial playdowns in Ashcroft on November 21 and 22 with over $2,000 raised for travel. The Chetwynd Civic Election saw 62 percent turnout with 829 eligible voters, 704 on the list, and 25 percent sworn in. aldermen Marion Hoover and Bunne Hoff were elected. The Dawson Creek Homemakers Association opened a Chetwynd branch to provide home care support. Village elections featured five candidates for two alderman seats: Willard Dunn Shanne Hoffman Matt Offer Carl Schmok and Bob Walkden. Aunt Marie Westgate celebrated her 80th birthday with a Westgate family tea at Maureen and Dean Westgate’s new home.
Prospector tugboat operator fur trader and pilot turned author Dick Turner will visit Chetwynd on Thursday November 24. He will discuss his 45 years in the north and promote his books Nahanni Wings of the North and Sunrise on the MacKenzie.
Jesse Morton, longtime Chetwynd resident born in Saint Joe Missouri in 1903, recounts a vivid WWI victory parade memory in Detroit. He describes crowds, Canadian and American soldiers, an Ace Flyer, and a fatal crash of Mr Morrow, brother in law of Charles Lindbergh, after which a field was named Morrow Aviation Field before Morton moved to Canada 28 years ago.
Provincial Emergency Program urged hunters to stop sit and think when disoriented. Two recent missing person searches prompted advice on staying put, signaling with fires, and carrying basic survival gear. Hartley notes costs borne by taxpayers and details how to report missing persons to RCMP.
Dr. Bob Young explains the difference between massage and physiotherapy. Massage relaxes muscles and offers a glow while therapy targets muscle pain and movement dysfunction with university trained therapists. Physiotherapy extends to spinal injuries, fractures, heart issues, arthritis, and sports injuries in hospitals and private practice.
Winter driving prompts thoughts of snow and ice as Canadians anticipate Old Man Winter. Many people fail to properly prepare their vehicles for cold weather, risking breakdowns and dangerous travel conditions.
Energy Sense outlines winter driving preparations such as oil changes and snow tires, plus an emergency kit. A second section describes physiotherapy practices for rehabilitation, listing treatments like massage, traction, exercises, and electrical therapies.
Education Minister Bill Vander Zalm declined to apologize after criticizing a Prince George teacher and a Grade 7 student over education cutbacks. The BCTF sought an apology, but Vander Zalm blamed grammar in the student letter and warned that playing with fire could burn.
A dense TV grid lists daytime and evening programming across multiple channels, naming soap operas, sports, news, and classic series such as Barney Miller Remington Steele The Chinese The National Fantasy Island Paul Anka Sesame Street Rolling through the afternoon and late night with sports news and entertainment blocks featuring CPS.
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