~ 42 cents an‘hour. —. o. 7 working for, she wowed the children with her answer. all drew in their breath, ° ‘ ; een | . . Lissimore and Elliot Thompson during a visit to the school: June 6 which was just _.. All three were pronounced dead at the scene... * > | nana ne assembly, Campagnolo shook every student’s _ one of her many stops that day during a visit to the city. At the bottom, the Lieuten-. The driver of the tractor-trailer unit suffered only’ C y lob ey d 1 h t ant-Governor speaks with George Little House employees (from left) Roxy Long, “| minor injuries.” ° od. ampagnolo began her day in Terrace with a morning tea coordinator Debbie Letawsky and Lisa Peterson while at a tea at the facility. , ‘McBride RCMP, ‘the BC Ambulance Service, BC: at the George Little House,.where she met with area senior . _ | oe ~ SARAH A: ZIMMERMAN AND DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTOS a Coroners: Service and the McBride Volunteer Fire De- * " so'T’ve been working for 63 years,” she said, as the children LIEUTENANT: GOVERNOR lona’ ‘Campagnolo stands with: Cassie Hall students Alex | ‘from Edson, Alberta to Kitimat. . a : . aa . _ The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - A3 News In Brief ‘Coke possessor jailed for eight month period A 21-YEAR-OLD man has been found guilty of the. possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and was sentenced in Terrace Provincial Court June 7. Edward Clark “Jarod” McDonald was sentenced to eight months jail and a 10-year firearms prohibition for ; possession’ of cocaine at the annual carnival in the old Co-op parking lot here in April 2002. _ -At that time, police discovered 13 half-gram pack- ages of cocaine and a ball of cocaine, ,.all of which . weighed 12.3 grams, in his possession.. He was also found to be carrying a cell phone, five f>. slips of paper with telephone numbers. written on them . ‘and marijuana paraphernalia. The telephone number on the papers were of the. seized cell phone. " Three generations killed in highway accident A. GRANDFATHER, his daughter and ‘granddaugh-° | ter perished when their vehicle collided head-on into” a tractor-trailer on. Hwy 16 | near McBride at 4: 38 p.m. - on June 4. % , Roger Soucie, 72, a Terrace resident; was at the wheel of the blue and grey Dodge extended cab pickup. driving east from Terrace to Calgary With him were daughter Trena Soucie, 27, and . granddaughter Ava. Soucie-Zschockelt, four. months, ‘ both of Calgary. : Soucie’s truck crossed the centre. line into the west- - “bound lane and struck a tractor-trailer: unit travelling :; The Lt. Gov. - pays a visit © IONA CAMPAGNOLO visit to Terrace last week was an Op- portunity for area residents to speak with the vice regal rep- resentative but also provided some valuable lessons for local school children in etiquette when dealing with fhe Lieuten- ant-Governor of British Columbia.. Moments before she was to arrive at Cassie Hall Blemen- tary School June 6, principal Todd Hollett cautioned the stu- dents on how they were expected to behave. “Rise quietly, smartly, respectfully and hands’ at your’ side,” Hollett reminded the students as they assembled i inthe - school’s.gymnasium. . And they did. ‘ The Queen’s representative in B. Cc. was on a northern tour . of the province and spent a busy day in Terrace meeting city officials, business groups and children at the local school. Campagnolo listened. to a. musical medley played and: sung by students at Cassie Hall before addressing the assem- | bly in both English and French. " | - She then entertained questions from the ‘children includ- . ing, “Is there a right-handed governor?” Many children posed prepared questions regarding her of- ficial role, how many times she’s met'the Queen Mother and about some of her memories growing up in the northwest. _ ' She told the children she recalls being eight years old and: being brought to the cannery in Prince Rupert to begin work, | only she was too short to work on the line. Two years later, | she entered the workforce, working on the. cannery line for : st c 4 ¥ wk : $ Ar i 4 When one student asked how long Campagnolo had been . “Well, started working when. I was 10 and I’m 73 now, - citizens and Mayor Jack Talstra. : She then attended a lunch hosted by the downtown Ro- . tary Club where’ shé inducted the club’s. newest member, Shawn Kluss.. pe , That evening, city council hosted a dinner for the Lieu- tenant-Governior at the Best Western Terrace Inn with area _ politicians and members of the business community. The group then went to Heritage Park where they had dessert and watched: the’ one-woman play, Ma Lambly’ s. - partment responded to the collision site about five kilo- Ff. metres west of McBride near the intersection of Dyke | Road. mo . Members of the RCMP highway patrol, ‘including a collision reconstructionist, and Valemount RCMP as- sisted with the investigation. ; _ ' McBride RCMP ‘say the preliminary. investigation has’ revealed the tractor-trailer driver attempted to avoid [= » _the collision by pulling his vehicle as far to the right i in | : - his lane as possible... The investigation continues. Anyone with any. ‘infor: ‘mation, including anyone who saw the vehicles prior to.’ |» _ the collision, is asked to call } McBride RCMP at (230) : 569-2255. ; - Stolen vehicle found. POLICE ARE requesting help solving t the theft of a car., from the 4700 block of Soucie Avenue, on November: ' §,2004. . A hiker recently found the 1996 green Chrysler In’ trepid at the bottom of a ravine in the Kleanza Creek » area. Anyone with information about the theft or who saw - the vehicle driven near Kleanza Creek is asked to call _Criméstoppers at kcal Loginov vill ta oldet a: ZENS} Bae toed LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Jona Campagnolo tours Heritage Park with mayor Jack Talstra, Vice President of the Terrace and District: Museum Society Grant... Piffer and curator Cindy B. Hansen. ley ancapa ba Foleaded Crimestoppers offers a cash reward of up to $2,000.00 for information 2] leading to the arrest and charges being laid against this or any other J unsolved Crima. 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