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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1984
Page
2
Bunne Hoffmann reports on publisher Chris Rand discussing sports coverage and the role of a media outlet in compiling game notes and registering second class mail status for distribution.
Don Marshall won Social Credit with 249 votes as Chetwynd polls closed. A new PGE tower rose to 250 feet on Wali Hill. Population rose four percent while pumps switched from Windrem Creek to Pine River. Echo marks ten years. Gordon Turberfield moved Chetwynd Radio and TV. Rex Theatre showed What’s so bad about feeling good? with George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore. Ed Barnett’s hunting guide firm received letters from Viet Nam veterans.
Kevin Kierans notes library highlights including Big Secrets by William Poundstone and civet as an ingredient in Chanel No 5. New sewing patterns, German Chinese and Hindi loans, and a VIC-20 computer for hands on experience are announced. thanks extend to the Chetwynd Swim Club for donations.
The May start focused on setup for the office and caboose museum while brochures and area research were gathered. June brought a growing turnout ending with 95 tourists on the 30th and featured openings for the caboose museum on June 6 along with Frontier Daze rodeo parade Blue Grass Festival East Pine Bridge accident Dinosaur Lake and Graduation 1984. Visitors included a North Carolina resident praising British Columbia and a El Paso couple noting extreme cold.
More than 18 million dollars was added to British Columbia’s treasury from the August sale of Crown land oil and gas rights in the northeast. About 6 million is earmarked to build an all weather road into the Fort Nelson area to support exploration and lease value. The 75 kilometre road is part of the Energy Ministry’s roads to resources program, with drilling firms gaining access to Muskeg next summer as local contractors start work immediately.
The South Peace Community Arts Council hosts the Arts Directions North conference October 19 to 21 at the George Dawson Inn Dawson Creek. The event targets artists arts groups and arts people with sessions on services funding media access and open topic discussions plus a regional development plan and future prospects. Contact Arlene or Paul at 782 9522 or 782 5891 or write to Box 2314 Dawson Creek V1G 4P2.
Letter to the editor notes Dave Hesse of Prince George Volunteer Rescue Unit led an extraction course in Chetwynd for emergency responders handling trapped automobile crash victims. Attendees included officials from Chetwynd and Hudson Hope Ambulance Services, Fire Department, and RCMP. Sincere thanks are given to Hesse, Joan Weldon, training officer for the Chetwynd Ambulance service, and Art Couturier for supplying demo vehicles.
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