Letters to the Editor invited for community topics
Readers are invited to send letters on local issues to the Echo Office or Box 750 Chetwynd BC VOC 1JO. Letters must include the author’s real name and address and may be condensed or rejected. anonymous submissions are not printed.
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Echo
Chetwynd
B.C
Second FM Station Lights Up Wabi Hill Relay
A new FM transmitter at Wabi Hill on 102.3 MHz rebroadcasts CHFI Toronto with an adult contemporary format, joining CFMI Vancouver at 103.9 MHz. The station will switch to other Anik feed stations once more components arrive.
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Wabi Hill
Anik
CFMI
Vancouver
CHFI
Toronto
The
Communications Society
CKRW
Whitehorse
CIRK
Edmonton
Cbc-Fm
Cbc-Am
Chetwynd
CRTC
Ice machine plan cites reservoir for snow production
The notes describe E D C cooperation to cover equipment rental costs and assess feasibility, proposing a creek reservoir to pump water to the machine. Water would coat ice crystals to create snow for the hill, with Chairman Moewar Lasser thanking participants.
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Moewar Lasser
Health Fair urged community support for 1st Annual event
The article highlights the 1st Annual Adult Health Fair urging community backing and notes flu vaccine arrangements via Health Unit 788-9219. It also mentions Kim and Sharon hosting a Health Fair in Hudson's Hope on October 15 at 14 00 Silver Willow Senior Complex and updates on local media and industry plans.
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Kim
Sharon
Hudson’s Hope
Silver Willow Senior Complex
National Family Week Observed Across Canada
National Family Week runs October 5 to 11, 1987, the third annual event by Family Service Canada. The week, aligned with Thanksgiving, aims to highlight family importance and encourage public focus on preserving family strength and integrity with leaders urging time spent with loved ones.
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Family Service Canada
Carol Matusicky
B.C
Access Ability Builds Wing for Injured Workers in B C
The project forms a Business Advisory Council with FCBC to guide training equipment choices and student evaluation. Private sector partners provide three month internships and will have first choice of graduates. Ruth Curran and instructors praise strong business support as Access Ability opens on June 10 and aims to boost vocational rehabilitation for injured workers in British Columbia.
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FCBC
Business Advisory Council
BAC
WCB
Access Ability
Ruth Curran
B.C
Lynn Hill
Jim Harrop
Hill
David
Chetwynd Volunteer Fire Department Training Details
Facts outline weekly Monday practice 7 30 to 9 30 and required three month training for rookies. The department lists 25 firefighters with seven active members and chief Bryan King and Deputy Chief Bill Rand. Members have trained via Justice Institute courses and CPR from the ambulance service. Fire scenes use officers for control while pagers and radios coordinate 24 hour alerts. response time averages four minutes. Motorists’ failure to yield remains a problem. Continued on page eight.
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Leo Sabulsky
Chetwynd Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Department
Pene Thau
Ld Pare
Actigei Service
Justice Institute
Chetwynd
Bryan King
Bill Rand
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