The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 6, 2006 - B3

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| Kitselas educator rewarded

HARK WORK anda passion
for children has landed a
Kitselas educator an award.

Anne Wright, the manag-
er and early childhood edu-
cator with Kitselas Head-
start, was one of two people
honoured by the BC Aborig-
inal Child Care Society Nov.
18-in Richmond.

The reward itself was |

“a recognition of Wright’s

“outstanding service and

" contributions “to ‘Aboriginal
: children i in B.C.”

For Wright, . who has
worked in her position since
2001, the nod came as a
shock. ae ®

“Twas quite surprised

and honoured — I was over-
whelmed,” Wright said upon

” her return.

“I felt honoured because
I'm from Kitselas... to come
this far for the community
and the children.”

Wright became certified

" in early childhood education

from Northwest Community
College before the Head-
start initiative was ‘offered -

' in Kitselas so she took a job _

Last of pioneer famil

HOW SAD, another page of
Terrace’s history has come

-to an end. The last’ of the ©

Frank family passed away
‘on Nov. 12 at Terraceview
Lodge.

Mildred May Theadora
Wood (Frank) was born to

Mattie and Henry Frank on

May 30, 1921 at Prince Ru- .
pert Hospital. Mildred was °
the youngest of seven chil-.
dren: Leulla, Ivan, Floyd,
Belle, Jack, Dorothy and
Mildred. The Frank family .
were among the first settlers

to arrive in the valley. |

YVONNE MOEN

Mildred spent her child-
hood days in Terrace and >
attended classes at the Old
Kitsumkalum School. She
completed her education in
Vancouver and trained as a
nurse’s aid. Upon gradua-
tion, Mildred returned to the
North taking a position at
Wrinch Memorial Hospital
in Hazelton.

From B1
Shows .
offer —
‘picking,
grinning’

eight,” said Butler, who .

adds an acoustic album he
made in 2002 was picked as
one of the year’s top 10 by
Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
Butler calls his latest al-

bum — Idle Canadian — his —:

first serious musical effort.
He’s comfortable with
where his career has taken
him. No,-he’s not a rock star,
nor are his songs hitting the
radio airwaves.
“T realize my limitations,”

said Butler, explaining 44- -

year-olds have already hit it

big or they won’t be. - ,
_“T haven’t dedicated my

career to writing songs about

nothing,” he said.

Instead, Butler found his

niche writing songs about

something, like. Weird Al
Yankovic with substance.

Those who come to his
show shouldn’t expect stand-
up comedy for an hour, he
says.

“It’s picking: and grin-
ning,” Butler added. “It’s a
mix of music, comedy and
guitar acrobatics.”

Butler labels his show as
“a bit risque” and doesn’t
recommend it for little kids.

” coordinator

14,

with the program at Kitsum-

-kalum.

After a few years, Wright -
was lured to her home com- -
munity and asked to develop
its own Headstart program
from the ground up.

Wright, a mother of six,
not only teaches but she rais-
es money for the program,
which readies children aged
two and a half to six for the
public school system.

Sue Bevan, the ‘health
with Kitselas”
Headstart, says Wright is a
role model for the children
and . the perfect fit for the
job. ;
“Asa mother she went to
school,” Bevan said: “She
has . been “role modelling .
education and has, a strong:

belief in (education).”

Wright, whose enthusi-
asm for. her job is-obvious,
says. she’s worked hard to
make sure the program.is a
good, learning’ environmient
for children to learn about’
their culture, to recognize
where they come from and
to learn who they are,

he .then~ moved to
Prince, Rupert where she:
met Donald Wood. After a
short courtship .they mar-
ried in Vancouver on June
1946. While residing .
in Prince Rupert, daughter
Joyce was born. | .

The Wood family moved -
to Terrace after residing in
Port Alberni for three years.
Their: second child, Robert,
was born in 1955.— also in:
Prince Rupert. Mildred was

“widowed in 1970 with Don-
ald’s passing. |

It was while she was »
living. in, Prince . George

~ and working. as a cook that.
- Mildred: met her partner
‘Phil Leib. Mildred and Phil

spent their retirement years
together at the Twin River

“Estates surrounded by fam-

ily and. friends..,

Mildred © ‘often spoke of .
her days‘as“a”chef working '
at Woolworths and K-Mart.
These were special times
in her life. Friends could
always find her whipping
up her tasty cheesecakes
at Woolworth’s! Meeting
many new friends there was
special for Mildred.

Mildred is’ remembered

by her family as a lov- .

ing mother, grandmother,

 great-grandmother, aunt and

sister-in-law. Her nephew,
Larry Tallon, remembers
her as his favorite auntie, as
does her niece Trica (Frank)
White with the following
memories:

“I don’t have many child- .
hood memories of my Aunty ©

days

until Moumys
kissing
Santa Claus!

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‘and their parents smile,”

The program teaches the
youngsters health promo-
tion, nutrition, family and
community, education read-

‘iness, culture and language

and social support. —
The presenters in Rich-
mond mentioned: Wright's

thing she cherishes.
“All the extra work pays
off when you see the kids

Wright added.
- And according to Bevan,
the kids smile a lot. ;

“Anne-loves the children

and the children love Anne,”
said Bevan, adding they con-
tinue to visit and talk with

her once they’ve graduated _

from the program.
The award comes from
nominations from pecrs or

* people in the community.

Bevan wrote a_ letter of

_work ethic and it’s some- -

support for Wright’s nomi- .

nation.

“We’re extremely proud ©

of Anne and support her in.
her continued efforts to give
quality “education,” Bevan
said.

ANNE Wright proudly displays the award she received
from the: BC Aboriginal Child Care Society in Novem-

. ber.

. Mildred. Wood, left, and: sister-in- law Aileen Frank Va-

cationed together i in | Hawail during the mid ‘90s.

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Mildred, probably because

Mildred didn’t live in Ter-
race when I was quite young.

I do remember when Robert .
was"born.'1 would.be about ©

12 and was very excited to

_hear there was a new baby
in the family. I recall my

dad taking me with him on
the milk route and we made
a stop in at Aunty Mildred’s
to see the new baby. I was
‘thrilled as I hadn’t seen a
new baby since my young
brother arrived several years
earlier.

“Whenever I went to
Terrace to visit my mother
(Aileen Frank), 1 always
enjoyed a nice visit with
my Auntie Mildred and she
would offer a hot cup of tea
and some of her delicious
baking. She sometime ex-
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_ cook. I was very fond of my

Aunty Mildred and will miss
her very much.”

Her sister-in-law Aileen
Frank says she and Mildred
had some pleasant times to-
gether, such as their trip to
Hawaii.

“J had never been to
Hawaii, so in the mid ‘90s

Mildred and I went to Maui. -

We went on various sight-
seeing tours, walked the
beaches, went to a.-Luau and
had some nice meals out.
We had a very memorable
time together. Well, living
at the Twin River Estates we

enjoyed many good times’

together. I appreciated her
company and was sad to
hear of her passing.”

- Mildred resided at the

-Twin River. Estates — sur-
‘rounded by her friends until
She. moved to..Terraceview.

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passes

--Lodge.. At Terraceview, she .
received the best of care and.’

was a favourite of the staff.
After a short illness, Mil-

dred passed away peacefully

on the evening of Nov. 12. .

Mildred is survived by

her children:, daughter Joyce
(Ken), son Robert (Diana)
--and*her grandchildren John
» (Stacy) and Lonnie Almgren,
great-grandchildren Kelsey
and Dylan Wood. :

There are also . many
friends who loved her and

‘other Frank family members

‘who will miss:her.
Mildred’s: family . — the:

a : :
; me CODENNEE eS TNNNENNE Somes BRODRONE seeiacom aeeeanes

Franks — were among the

first settlers to:settle in the
valley. They arrived in May:
1908. Mattie and Henry and
their four children moved

from Port Essington aboard

the riverboat Port Simpson
to make. their home .at .Kit-
sumgallum Valley. Over the
years, that family has con-

tributed greatly to Terrace. «

They were the pioneer build-
ers of our city. And now the
last of that family is gone.

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