8 = Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 25, 199]

Dog sled fan plans -
mail run to Kitimat

by Diana English a rubber tired buggy which was
custom built in Ladysmith.

A hundred years ago dog sleds Puge now also owns two sleds,
were used to move the mail from which she says can range in price
one place to another. Terrace resi- from $350 to over $1,000.
dent Eileen Puge is training Puge has found six other
Siberian Huskies in the hopes of "mushers" in the Terrace area and
reviving interest in dog sledding as is currently looking for more. She
a sport. would also like to know of any

Puge emphasizes that what she is oldtimers who were involved in
interested in organizing is @ mail moving the mail in the old days, or
run by dog sled, not a race. She anyone who knows anything about

says she first heard about moving it.
mail by dog sled two years ago .
from a friend in Whitehorse who People may have seen Puge, at
sent her the special envelopes used various times "mushing" down
for the mail run. The envelopes Halliwell, or around Frank’s Field.
feature pictures of dog teams. She also says she has been out to
Puge says that for the past yeat Kitselas with the dogs. She says
she has been working on finding she gets some odd looks from
out more about dog sledding. She people, but a lot of people stop to
currently has a five-dog Siberian talk about what she is doing. She
Husky team consisting of a two- says some of the people remember
year-old called Panda, a one-year their grandparents talking about
old named Sadie and three seven- dog sledding.
month-old pups, Arrow, Astro and = Puge is currently working on
Kiska. She says that although she finding out about old trails in the
uses Siberian Huskies, any and all area. She has been in touch with

types of medium to large dogs can the Terrace Heritage Society and is
hoping they will be able to find
local dog sled

be used.
Puge says she spends most of her some information on

spare time with the dogs, including mail runs.
at least one hour every day work- -
ing and training them. She has also Puge says that while she did
been working with and involvedin some mushing last year, she is
the training of other dogs. The hoping to do a lot more of it this
dogs are trained in the summer on year, providing we get the snow.

Law Society of British

shown here with two her Siberian Husky dogs at their home on Merkeley Rd., takes

Columbia
Gender Bias Committee .
; Elleen Puge,
the team for daily workouts during the summer using the custom-built cart in the background. Puge
n event she hopes will spark

Nott { Public Meetin | wants to follow the old mail route to Kitimat by dog sled this winter, a
interest in the art driving dog sleds. | ,

The members of the Law Society of British Columbia passed a
resolution at their Annual General Meeting which created a
committee to study the extent to which Gender Bias may be
found in the legal and justice system, including Substantive law.
| Chaired by E. N. (Ted) Hughes, Q. C., the committee consists of

six (6) other members of the legal profession who bring to this

task diverse backgrounds in the law.
The specific areas the Committee will focus on include:
+” Family Law
*. Criminal Law
» Civil Law (excluding Family)
« The response of the Justice System to violance against.
women
+ Gender Bias from the perspective of the courtroom
Although the Committee's mandate includes an examination of |.
the legal profession, this subject will not be addressed in the
public meetings.
The Committee will be holding the following public meeting in
your region:
Terrace: October 4th and 5th, 1991
Location: Inn of the West, 4620 Lakelse Ave.
Time: 9:30 a.m., October 4th,
continuing throughout the day and the next day as required.

All people with concerns about gender bias In our justice
system are encouraged to make thelr suggestions known to

. the committee.
Your submission may be made orally or In writing, but the
Committee strenuously recommends a written submission. To
give as many people as possible an opportunity to speak to
the Committee, you are asked to contact the office of the
Director of the Gender Bias Committee no later than 5 p.m.
October 2, 1991 to obtain an appointment time for the public

. meeting.

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To obtain an appearance time please contact:
Gender Bias Committee
c/o Catherine J. Bruce, ‘Director
300 - 1275 W. 6th Avenue

Vancouver B.C. a. a
E.N. (Ted) Hughes, Q.0.
V6H 1A6 Chairperson

Phone: 738-4284 Gender Bias Committee ee .
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Paid for by The Committee To Elecl Dave Parker

(Call Collect)

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