Native Education assessment underway in School District 59
Debra Cullinane has been hired to assess the educational needs of the South Peace Native population. She will survey a quarter ofNative students and parents across Metis Status and Non-Status communities, visit homes in Dawson Creek and travel to Chetwynd Kelly Lake and Moberly Lake to determine current achievement and future expectations from education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra Cullinane
Peace River South
South Peace
Cullinane
Moberly Lake
Dawson Creek
Chetwynd
Kelly Lake
Break-in and assault on Dokkie Road Chetwynd BC
On October 11 1987 at 0215 hours police received a report of a break in at a private residence on Dokkie Road Chetwynd BC. An intruder entered while residents slept and assaulted them with knife wounds sending the male age 26 to hospital with stab wounds and punctured lung and the female age 23 with hand cuts. Both underwent surgery. The male was in satisfactory condition in Dawson Creek hospital and the female was released on October 12. The assailant was repelled but escaped and a ground search was launched. At 0422 hours an incident report said occupants awoke and repelled another intruder without injury. Investigation led to the arrest of a male young offender with various charges pending. Over the long weekend there were three liquor seizures and one minor charged with liquor possession plus one report of a stolen vehicle. Vehicle described as a 1986 GMC Wrangler Pickup BC license 2827ML blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dokkie Road
Chetwynd
B.C
Dawson Creek Hospital
GMC Wrangler
Seminar highlights creativity in small business opportunities
A October 14 1987 Small Business Seminar at the Recreation Centre featured Sandy Carlton and speakers Liz Touet Carol Larson Colin MacPherson and Eric Gunderson. They discussed Job Scan Work Sharing the FBDB services research technology transfer and BC Crown Lands opportunities for small businesses in areas like Chetwynd Fort St John and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Centre
Liz Touet
Canada Employment Centre
Carol Larson
Federal Business Development Bank
Chetwynd
Fort St. John
FBDB
Colin MacPherson
Centre For Advanced Research and Technology
Eric Gunderson
Ministry of Forests and Lands
B.C
Henry Litzenberg
Betty Deck
Liz Tovet
Small Business
Morning Has Broken and Mary Wilson of Chetwynd
A poem celebrates morning and spring while a memorial notice outlines the life of Mary Wilson born November 24, 1913 in Newfoundland. She died October 15, 1987 in Chetwynd British Columbia after moving through Victoria Renaba and the Peace Country with husband Thomas Howard Wilson. Her varied roles included musician artist jailer teacher and community figure noted for wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Mary Wilson
George
Sara-Jane Philpott
Cuddles Island
Newfoundland
Chetwynd B.C
Mary
Victoria B.C
Thomas
Howard” Wilson
Victoria
Renaba
Ontario
Howard
Chetwynd
B.C
Chetwynds
Newfy
Canada
Echo
Mary Wilson 1913 1987 and the Wildmore Grove Campsite
Mary Wilson, known for Sukunka Clay Ceramics, built a life after moving west of town with a camp and business, Wildmore Grove Campsite. She predeceased by Howard Vowles and Daniel Vowles, leaves daughter Paula John and grandchildren, with service held October 17, 1987 at Chetwynd Shared Ministry.
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Mary
Credit Union
Howard
Wildmore Grove
Daniel Vowles
Art Philpott
Paula John
Chetwynd
Allaan
Aglela
Amanda John
Mary~ Vowles
Eva
Wendy Vowles
Margaret Gait
Victoria
Emily Philpott
Eve Fowler
Billings
Montana
Tom Wice
Roger K. Olson
Sheila Green
Hudson’s Hope
Arvine Didier
Tuscoola Mountain Cemetery
Don H. McBet
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Ft. St. John
Franz Pruckl
Prucks
U.S
By Sandy Carlton
Blackbird
Lydia
Mary'’ Wilson
The
Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce
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