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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 20, 1993 - Page B1

JEFF NAGEL 638-7283

TERRACE STANDARD.

City
scene,
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The Terrace Standard offers
_What's Up as a public service lo
its readers and community
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‘{ non-profit organizations and |

those events for which there Is
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JANUARY 12-FEB 16, 1993 -
The Nobody’s Perfect Program
offers a 6 week program, devel-
_ | Oped to give parents with children
“0-5 -years helpful info on parenting
and. support.. Carol 638-3310 or
; Margaret 635-2472. 2p39
kee
- . JANUARY 20, 1993 - Wednes-
day, Homebased business meeting
will beheld at Gim’s Restaurant
_ 12 noon. Call 635-9415. 2p39
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JANUARY 22 & 23 - Public
-|) Health & Canadian Cancer Society
_is having a National Non-smoking
_|- Week mall display at the Skeena
; Mall Fri. 5-9pm/Sat. 25pm. 1p40

"JANUARY 25, 1993 - The
Order’ of the Royal Purple Lodge
-216 will’ having an information
meeting for women interested in
learning about the OORP in the
Elks Hail at 7:15, 1 p40

ee * *
|. JANUARY 25, 1993 - The
, Lakelse Community Associate will

| {hold it's Annual General Meeting

on Monday at 8:00 p.m. at Mount
Layton Hotsprings. Topic: Ekec-
tion of the Executive, 1p40
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“JANUARY 26, 1993 » Terrace
“Hospice Sociely Annual General
meeting 7:30 in the Hospital Edu-
nation room, -2p39

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: JANUARY 26, 1993 - Hoff &

J i the Public Libary at 7:00-9:00

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‘JANUARY - 26, 1993 - 3:00

3 p:m., Support group ‘for

Alzheimers and Dementia

os | Caregivers. will: be held at- the
oS FMental Health Centre - Skeena
“| Health “Unit.

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For info call 638-
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|: FEBRUARY 3, 1993 - 2:30 pm-
13:30 pm at the. Terrace Women’s

1 Centre, 4542 Park Ave. Event;

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: CRISIS LINE is open 24 hours a

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a “ wilf.be holding preschool

* [Storytime for three to five year ald

“Thursday afternoons at 1:30 p.m.
and Friday mornings at 10:30 a.m.,

“P beginning Jan. 29 and 29. This is a
:* | forty-five minute session with pic-
“ture boooks, puppets, fingerplays
. Fand lots of fun! Please register in
-Padvance. There is no charge. Tel.
638-8177.
areas
; IT's A PUPPET SHOW! At the
Terrace Public, Library, Saturday
January 30 at 2:00 pm and a repeal
performance Friday, Febrary, 5, al
00 pm. Enjoy, the thrilling adven-
tures of Mally Whuppie and the
:Giant. There is no’ charge, For
‘more information call the Library,
Tel. 658: 8177.
: Ls |
: "FAMILY DACARE Days at the
‘Terrace Public Library, Thursdays
‘at 10: ‘30 am, January 28, Febrary
25,:and: March 25. Caregivers are
welcome. to-bring children of ail
‘ages fara special storytime. Please
‘Jet us know if you plan to allend as
‘a-minimam registration is needed
to. go “ahead with this program.
‘There ist no charge. Te. 638-8177.

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- TALES FOR TWOS” at the
‘Terrace ‘Public’ Library begins
‘Wednesday, Jan, 27, at 10:30 am
‘anid will run for six weeks. This is
a half-hour. storytime with picture
D0ks, puppets and fingerplays
pecially: for two year olds, Chil-
dren, must .be accompanied by an
adult. “Please register in advance.
“There is no charge, To register call
library, tel. 638-8177.

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TERRACE. VOLUNTEER
UREAU for Volunteer Opportu-
tles‘to sult your needs & time
‘available, Contact Lovina Tyler at
638-1330. Mon-Fri, 8:30 - 4230.
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VERY WEDNESDAY from 8-
) pm.. Terrace ‘Narcotics Anon-
ous "Steps to Recovery" meets
i the Skeena, Health Unit. auidito-

Puff-Asihma support ‘group meets’

Groups to help fire survivor

_A major campaign is underway to help Jean-
nelle Burkett recover from the fire that took
her family and her home.

The only survivor of the tragic Dec. 30 blaze
in Thornhilf, she lost her husband and three
sons in the fire.

The family had no fire insurance on their log
house and their car, also destroyed, was not in-
sured against fire.

The Independent Order. of Foresters is col-
lecling goods and money in an effort to help
Jeannette rebuild.

“We swung into action and decided to set up
a trust fund,’’ said Milt Lindsay,. adding the
Burketts were members of the order.

The trust fund is called the Jeannette Burkett
Trust Fund and is at the Bank of Montreal.

“We didn’t have insurance of any kind
— it ran out three days before the fire.
We lost everything. We didn’t even own
the clothes.on our backs.’?.

“There wasn’t anything saved,’” Lindsay added.
“Mrs Burkett is totally wiped out. They have lost
absolutely everything.’’

Anyone with donations of household goods can
contact Grant Lindsay at 635-2639 or Chelan
Benoit at 635-7721,

The Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department is also
helping coordinate the effort.

“We're hoping to come up with at least $20,000

to help Mrs. Burkett out,’” Lindsay added. ‘‘That’s

quite a tall figure. But we'll try to reach it.”

He said Copperside Foods stores had raised more
than $2,000, with more than $1,200 of that being
donated at the Copperside I store in Thomhill,

As of last week, he said, another $700 in other
donations had been collected.

The Skeena Valley Rotary Club has become part

of the drive by organizing a benefit dance to take
place Jan. 30 at the Inn of the West.

“The club felt we could put on a dance and raise
some money that way,’’ said local Rotarian Ed
Graydon,

All proceeds from the $10 ticket price will go to
the trust fund.

One of the people: helping organize support for
Burkett is Shirley Middleton, a Thornhill woman

whose own ‘tragic past mirrors that of Jeannotte

Burkett,

A Thornhill house fire killed Middleton’ s two
children and destroyed her Simpson Ave. home in
1979,

They, too, had no fire ‘insurance,

“We didn’t have insurance of any kind — it ran

out three days before the fire,’ Middleton recalls.

‘We lost everything, We didn't even own the
clothes on our backs.”’
“There was nobody to help me — only my
brother,’” ;
Middicton says she wants to see Jeannette Burkett
— a friend she played softball with — get more
support in rebuilding than she received.

FAMILY PHOTO: Lawrence and Jeannette Burkett with their four sons — Steven, Russell, Michael and Gregory

Burketts struggle with loss

By YVONNE MOEN

A large crowd gathered at the United
Church on a very cold but bright sunny
afternoon to mark the passing of Larry
Burkett and his three sons,

They lost their lives in a tragic house
fire in Thornhill on Dee.-30, 1992.

-The memorial ‘service’ was’ held on
Tuesday, Jan. 5; with Elizabeth Starkey
officiating. . Afterwards, © everyone
gathered: atthe Elks Hall for refresh-
ments and a time for sharing.

Lawrence Julien Wilfred Burkett was

-bom July 10, 1943 in North Bay, Ont.
After three years in the Navy he-

moved to B.C., first tiving just out of

’ Prince George at Giscome.

He worked there for the Eagle Lake
sawmill and there met his wife Jean-
nettle (Roth), daughter of Frank and

_ Pearl Roth.

Jeannette was born in Edmonton,
Alta, moving with her family at the age

of two to Giscame.

In June, 1965, the Roth family moved
to Terrace and six months later on Nov,
13, 1965, Lawrence and Jeannette
Burkett were marricd at Knox United
Church in Terrace. ;

He first worked=here. for Columbia

Cellulose and later: worked here as a

welder.

. The couple bought their property on
Valleyview Ave. in Thornhill in 1970.

The entire. family helped when they
started building the log house in 1980,

. When fire Struck, a dozen years later,
‘they. were awoken by a loud blast to

find the bedroom already filled with
smoke.

Lawrence then broke the window and
pushed Jeannctle out to get help.

She fell 24 feet to the concrete walk-

way. below, in the process receiving

bums, breaking her ankle and elbow, .

and receiving cuts to her fegs.

She crawled and walked to the neigh-
bours for help and later spent four days
in hospital,

Jeannette is now slaying at her son
Steven’s home. Both are. trying to
recover from the terrible fire.

Their three sons were: Russell Julicn

‘ Burkett, born Jan. 3, 1970;. Michacl

Frank Burkett, born Mar, 11, 1971 and
young Gregory Darrell Burkett, bom
Mar. 18, 1978.
All three boys were barely old enough
to start living.

Sixteen-year-old Darlene Poissant,
from Wainwright, Alta, also dicd in the
fire,

She and Michael were going to be
married.

‘Larry and his three sons left behind

‘loving wife and mother Jeannette. and

one son — Steven.. They are also sur-
vived by mother Jean, father Julian, and
many more relatives.

ARRRGH!
AVAST YE,
MATEYS!

SWASHBUCKLING
pirates like bearded
buccaneers Scott &
Vanderlee and Tyson |
Vandevelde in Anita
Struyk's Grade 1 class §
took over Centennial
Christian School - last
Friday as part of Book
Week. The event this.
year featured books by
Canadian authors. The
children read each day,
met local children's
book author Brenda
Silsbe, and dressed up
on Friday as the
| characters from the
, | Pages of their favourite
stories.

WEEDLESS WEDNESDAY

Krause wins
scholarship

_ Day of fate arrives -

Caledonia grad |

been awarded the Premier's s
Excellence Awards, —

The awards include a
medal of recognition and a

$5,000 scholarship to attend -

a B.C. university or college, -

Jano cae
Krause is one of 16 Grade 12.
students in B.C. who have .

By Malcolm Baxter

‘Tt seemed like a good idea at the
time.

- Promote National N on-Smoking
Week and give up the evil habit at
the same time.

But as ihe day of “deprivation J
closed in, the: prospect. of the —
agonies of withdrawal began to.

cloud the supposedly blue: skies.
of: life without the weed.

Especially troubling is. the ap-

parently sound advice that you -

should change your habits.

I gather the idea is if you don’t
do the things that you associate
with smoking, it’ s easier.

“But going’ “over the activities as-
sociated’ with smoking, it appears.
that means st have fo give up brea:
Ahing.

‘4

Well, that x:

- will have a display table set up in

eo as NoSmoking ‘Week on Friday
Wwoild certainly cul |

down on the nicotine intakel.
Anyway, here goes..'The. last,
loving drag before. the Great
Endeavour begins...
Oh, no. I feet tike I want a an-
other cigarette already!
6 tet te koe
The Canadian: Cancer Sociely

the Skeena’-Mall ‘for National

gt and Satondeye

Malcolm Baxter