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to celebrate retirement

by Betty Barton |

On Feb:. 28, one month after -

his tetirement . from Caledonia
- Senior : Secondary School, : co-.

workers, former students, Kins-

Mmen.and. friends. of Hugh Power.
are. invited: tO. wish him well in

~his retirement at a gathering to -
be: held at the Royal Siete.

"Legion, Branch 13.

business education at Caledonia.

Hugh: attended summer’ courses
on the MacIntosh’. system: in’

Prince George’ and Burnaby: to.
update his own skills, "That was

‘kind of interesting,” he: says: of
‘the whole process. .

In 1969, the same “yea Hugh

transferred from Skeena to Cale-
a donia, | he became .. director of

i was kind of interesting.”

Hugh Power, on setting up computer labs

~The evening will ‘start, at 7
p.m. ‘with a no-host’ cocktail :
hour, | dinner is at 8. pam ‘and..a
Teception will follow. Tickets
‘can: be’ obtained | from | »Mags.
- Girigles at Caledonia ‘school. His:
former: co-worker Norma Van--

~ Raalte and newcomer Cathy

Montague from ; Halifax will
_carty on the Business Education
_-Program at Cal in his stead.

‘Hugh | Power. has taught Busi- ;
ness - Education’ courses at

_Skeena and Caledonia in Terrace

_ since’ 1960.. He “chose ‘Terrace

: because there was a job. opening,

~ he liked small communities and _

he had taught in Prince Rupert
"after his—

“teachers” education in the 750s, .

Upon: his ‘return: to. this. arca,
— Hugh . was | amazed. at .
: improvements in ‘Highway ‘16

west between Prince. Rupert and .

- Terrace. .. a
During * 1966. ‘Bester ‘break,

at Skeena | ‘from Terrington, St.

- Clement, Norfolk, England. They
: were eventually ‘blessed with

three | sons. David. has graduated
‘from UBC with a Bachelor of

— - Commerce;, George from UVic
‘with a Bachelor of Computer

" Science and the youngest, Allan,
took this year off from an engin-

7 ering program. .

Throughout his teaching career,

- Hugh Power was. involved: in

teaching typing, shorthand,
- accounting and office practises.

In his third year of teaching, ©

Hugh taught in Addis Ababa,
_ Ethiopia for three years. He saw

_ this as an opportunity to experi-

_enece life in another country, to
~ travel and see the world. He
recalls teaching in a boarding
school as, "...diffi cult for the

". students. “They had. to study ~

English, French and their text-
~ pooks: were Anierican.” -
“The students took 12 courses

| per term and had to write British
OP: Ievel government exams.

- When ‘Hugh. arrived. the. school
- had an ‘Egyptian principal, who
had * been ~ replaced by an

2 -Eamleotee by the time he left.

Hugh’ himself lived in a hotel
tof’ an apartment complex
an ate. in: the ‘adjoining restaur-

" graduation. . from |

the:

Adult Education for School
‘District #88. He ran it. almost
single-handed and organized the.
first class for the GED (grade 12
equivalency) exams. Some of the
‘teachers he recruited to teach
GED and English as a second
language (ESL) are still in Ter-

‘race today.

One of the highlights of
Hugh’s time in Terrace was his

‘involvement with the Terrace
‘Kinsmen and their many com- |

munity projects including the

arena, swimming pool and Kid- fais
_dies Kamp at Lakelse Lake. He

was president for a year and was

awarded a life membership: when
~ he left Kinsmen.

Hugh admits quietly that he

‘could take credit for getting K-
40 (a ‘club for former Kinsmen |
over the age of 40) started in
‘Terrace. He says they had talked
about it for years, but during his
year .as- president, he really
— -Hught Power married Olga Croot,
anew home economics teacher

pushed for it. Hugh explains,

"The K-40s clubs are few and |
‘far between, but they provide a
nice venue for continuing friend-

ships established in Kinsmen."
The. K-40s meet once monthly
for a social gathering. A few
years ago, they organized a
major Kinsmen reunion, their

biggest effort yet
When asked if Hugh ‘and his

wife Olga would ‘be leaving x

Terrace, Hugh says, "We haven't
:thought about it yet. I’ve been
here. 30 years: and really. enjoyed

it” Hugh. ‘has just retumed from

.a one-week trip to Arizona. Next
‘month, he is going on a seniors’

Bus and Sea tour, travelling
through the southern States to
- Florida, followed by a seven-day
cruise:-to Mexico, Upon his

return, Hugh Power plans to get .

involved with the Happy Gang

Centre. He concludes, "I'd like |
to continue organizing things, ‘™

but let ‘someone else do the Hugh Power: I've been here 30 years and really enjoyed it.

Veritas School students recently received recognition for their submissions. to the Royal ©
Canadian Legion's Remembrance Day poster, poem and essay contest. Northwest Zone

winners were Jamie Birch, Junior Poster, Katherine Geeraert, Junior Essay, and Kristi .
Panechuk Intermediate Poem. Making the presentation is Royal Canadian Legion Branch13 -

past president Peter Crompton. Missing from the picture is Kyla Rice, also of Veritas, who

won the Junior Poem division. The four Northwest winners have now been entered at the

provincial level, and if they win there they will 90 | on to the national competition. .

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