THERE'S AN.
_who’s worked for a couple
of years to make the North-
west Community College
campus a better place, but
his handiwork isn’t in the
form of a new building: he’s
_ been making signs.
Retired engineer ‘and
‘woodworker Wolfgang Doe-
hler ‘of Smithers has made
' ten large cedar signs for the
college, and he’s working on
number eleven, ;
The college decided on
. getting new signage in 2003
for navigation and safety

aspects, as well as introduc-

ing new names, said Cindy
Harmel, manager of facili-

engineer

ties and maintenance at the -

college. ©

Originally. the — build-
ings were simply. called the
“trades building,” or ‘‘ad-
" min” and not marked at all.
Now the dorms are named

after local-rivers and special-

ized buildings named after. &
_ trees. The sign has the name. "Ij
of the building in a First Na- of

tions dialect as well.

, The first four cedar signs
“for the administration build-
ing, trades building, college
“services, and cafeteria were
put up in the summer of
2003.

Dorm signs followed, and

. a campus sign for Smithers
went up in November. An-
other campus sign for Prince
Rupert was finished in .the

beginning of this year, and:

~ the latest installment was the
entrance sign June 9, 2005.

Doehler is working on
a new highway: sign right
now.

“We're standardizing all -

exterior signs,” said Harm-
el, noting that campuses ; at

ree

takes about six weeks to construct.

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. RETIRED ENGINEER Wolfgang D Doehler of:Smithers has been busy crafting ne new and distinctive wooden signs
for the Northwest Community oe Campus.-here and for its campuses elsewhere in the region. Each one |
. ' KAT LEE PHOTO

Kitimat, Hazelton, Hous-
ton, Queen Charlotte City
and Masset don’t have main
campus signs yet.

Harme! said the college.

will eventually place signs
at the campuses according
to the budget. »

_Most of the signs ‘are ©

similar in design, and they

_all have the college’ s logo of

an eagle.
Doehler draws out the
design, then puts it up on a

' Jarge screen projector which

outlines the design onto the

massive piece of wood. Af-
ter tracing it out, he chips
away the wood by_ hand.
The process takes about.six

"weeks for each sign. .
Doehler said -he usually

designs his own work.

“T’ve been doing signs
for probably eight years,”
Doehler ‘said, adding that
he’s been woodworking for
almost 20 years.

In his native Germany,

. Doehler was an engineer-

ing with wood was. simply

_a hobby. He used to make’

rustic -novelty items like
wooden sleds and toys, but.
‘now he says he can make

him with.

Doehler came to Canada’

in the 1970s and worked in
’ Cornwall, Ontario as a com-

bustion engineer. Since then, »

he’s gotten engineering jobs
’ around B.C. and worked in
.Kispiox. for 18 years. He

ing technologist, and work- .

~ there,”
anything people come to-

now lives. in Smithers, and

seems to be entering the sec-

ond career in his life.

“It started out with a

‘small project and grew from

job as an engineer and. skill

with ‘steel helped hone his -

skill with wood.

Doehler has also been

commissioned to make wood
signs for UNBC; the one for
the campus in Prince Rupert

was put up at the end of July

by Doehler himself.

Mayor, councillors are set to run again

TERRACE MAYOR Jack Talstra says he’s run:
ning again for office and so are the five: existing

members of city council.

And one newcomer has also announced he’s
going to run in elections scheduled for this No-

vember.

; Talstra has been the tayo, for 20: ‘years: ‘and

spent six years on council before that,
- With six council positions up for grabs five. .
councilors say they plan to run again — Marylin
Davies, Stew Christiansen, Rich McDaniel, Carol
Leclerc and Lynne Christiansen.
There will be at least one new face on council
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Beaver Crescent theft
POLICE report that thieves broke into a house on the
4600 block of Beaver Crescent and walked away with a
variety of items Aug. 22.

Taken was.a compressor, router, pressure washer,
tools and fishing equipment. ° “

Woman stabbed

A-WOMAN was stabbed during an altercation with an-
other woman at a Loen Avenue residence Aug. 26.
A resident of the 4700 block address called police
just after 8 p.m. to report the incident.
The woman suffered two stab wounds to her upper.

‘ body and’a cut to the back of her hand.

The police investigation continues.

Rush hour crashes

TWO drivers were charged with unsafe driving late in
the afternoon of Aug. 30.

Just after’ 5 p.m., a vehicle rear-ended another ve-
hicle stopped to make a turn at the corner of Lakelse
Ave. and Emerson St. No one was injured.

Around 6:30 p.m., a driver backed into a truck

stopped in traffic directly behind on Sparks St. at Lake-
‘Ise Ave. The driver was charged with backing while

unsafe. No injuries occurred.

, - At 7:29 p.m,, an eastbound van rear-ended another
vehicle stopped in traffic on Hwy.16 near the Tempo
Gai Station, The van's driver was charged with follow-

ing too closely.

Car thief sentenced
A YOUNG Terrace man who stole a car from a drive-
way while the owner watched was sentenced i in provin- ;
cial court recently. :
- Lars Angus, 19, was sentenced to 60 days i in jail with
one year probation to follow on one charge each of theft -'
under $5,000, possession of stolen property and flight
from a peace officer in a motor vehicle. :
' On the evening of Dec. 28, 2004, just after 7 p.m.,
Angus stole a 1990 ‘white Pontiac Sunbird from the
driveway of ; a residence on the Kitsumkalum reserve..
The owners saw the theft.
_ One person followed in another. vehicle while the
other called Terrace RCMP, who located the vehicle
travelling westbound on ‘Hwy 16 near. Shames ‘Moun-
tain.
Angus failed to stop and the police pursed him for
36 km until he finally pulled over.

Thieves strike cee
TWO RESIDENCES were burglarized ¢ on ‘the city’ s |.

- north and south side Sept. 1.

Someone took a Hilti tool and drill bits from a house
under construction near Northwest Community Col-
lege. And A Pear St. apartment thief walked away with
two stereos, a DVD player, several DVDs and a tele-
phone.

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