BS - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 15, 1993

TESS THE ADVENTURER

She lives for the road

HIS WEEK I would
like to tell you about
Tess Brousseau, the
euthor of the recent
children’s book Iceberg Tea.

Back in 1959, Tess decided to
pack up her family of six boys
and one daughter, and loaded up
them and all their worldly posscs-
sions, dogs and cats into a
homemade bus.

They headed ‘for the outback of
B.C., homesteading at Rosswood,
first living in the ol’ Telegraph
cabin that once belonged to
pioneer Walter Warner. —

Iceberg Tea is based on Tess’s
true story about a trip fo the
Northwest Territories with her
first canine friend Gigi.

There they actually had the op-

portunity to make tea with water .
they collected from the top of an

iceberg.

Her secipe.-for iceberg tea?
Simple.

First you find one huge iceberg,
ons pair of: mukluks, one skin
bag, a cooking pot and tea leaves.

Pilalyakti, Inut for ‘Iceberg
Tea’’, is as.good as any classic
children’s story.

Tess and her canines have
travelled the four corners of
North America, Along the way,
Tess retrieved half her crew from
SPCA’s. *.

In her fuschia coloured motor
home, Tess and her crew bring
their message-of caring and shar-
ing to others.

If 12 dogs of different breeds,
colour and size, living together in
their home on wheels, could all
get along with one another, why
can’t we?

Their presentations in schools

‘ were a favourite among students
and faculty...”

Two years agoi they were in-'
vited to join ‘‘Dream on” with
6,000 little Beavers at B.C, Place
in Vancouver.

They’ve visited senior homes
and rehab centres.

Tess believes that directing
peaple’s positive energies and
self esteem towards fulfilling
their dreams will bring love and
harmony and peace to the world.

Tess has spent much of her

young life in convents and girls:

HERE ‘N THERE <
YVONNE MOEN

Waterway, now Fort McMuriay,
named ‘‘the end of steel.’””

She had a flat bottom boat built
called a scow with an inboard
engine and a tent in the middle
for her quarters.

She set forth on the 2,700 mile
journey with a 10 ton load, mer-
chandise -and ‘supplies of every
Gescription.

Starting in May and again in
August she broke ice alicad of her
scow, reaching Aklavik at freeze-
up time. |

Now alittle about Tess’ mother.

Zoe Tessier was Canada’s first

woman jockey in the western pro-

vinces. .

She had won so many races that
the male jockeys decided to bring
the issue of a woman rider to the
Jockey Association, which then

banned women from racing. This

‘was in the 1920s.
.Tess’s father, aS. trainer, was
also a ‘veterinarian and a
specialist in. race horses, So now
we know where Tess has in-
herlted her strong genes from.
When Tess left the arctic to
visit Alaska, she worked as a
photographer in the Mt. McKin-

ley region,
There she met and married
Clarence Brousseau from

Michigan, and moved back to her
husband’s home town of Alpena.
Soon they: had a family of six

' sons and one daughter.

_ After thé birth of their last son,
Tess wanted to return back home,
So they packed everything and
everyone and headed for B,C.
They arrived in Rosswood in
1959 and homesteaded there until
her two oldest boys, David and

boardi hools in Canada and
oarding schools ada an reeRbillip lh

chad. Mah, schoo! Aeterna aR eB
and they then moved 10 Terrace. arty TOS0 an again in Het ee

{HATE eee ese

When-she.was 15 years old, she
went (o visil her grandparents,
Mary and Vincent Kost, who op-’
erated a hotel and trading post in
the high arctic at Aklavik, NWT.

Her grandmother, a nurse, was ,
sent north by the' government | dur.’
ing the 1916 flu epidemic..

She fell.in love with a trapper,

Vincent ‘Kost, married and they .

later constructed the largest two-
storey log structure in the north.
Mary Kost was’ a very highly

motivated and energetic little

woman.

She was the only woman “ever.
known to have. navigated the-

northern waters from McMurray
to Aklavik (including the.

‘Athabaska, Slave and Mackenzie

Rivers.)

' 1.1937 she took it upon herself
-tomaketwotrips.

She ‘had decided to bring her

own supplies in from Edmonton _

to Aklavik to save shipping costs.

She would fly {o Edmonton, —

selling her furs on the ‘market,
buy her supplies for the vear,.take
the train from Edmonton to

Tess at the age..of 50 was.
seriously burned in a car accident

near the Nass and was flown to -

The Terrace Art Association
would like to express their
thanks to the following for
their kind donations and
support in our Christmas
Arts & Crafts Fair

City of Terrace
Volunteer Bureau
‘Terrace Co-op

Overwaitea
Safeway
Tim Hortons
McDonalds
. Terrace Kinsmen

the many: volunteers for

commitment which helped

" U] make this 93 Fair a success. |.

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We would also like to thank ;

their time, energy and |} °

Tess Brousseau

Vancouver hospital.

She hovered for nine days be-
tween life and death re-evaluating
her tife.

She made a promise that if she
had a second chance in life, she
would now do the many things
she always wanted to do.

_ When her family all left the nest
she sold everything, bought a,
motor home, once again loaded
everything up, and took to the
road.

She has spent a total of 19 years |

on the road,- travelling, as she
says, to’ all. the flowers every: ;
where, -

One of her projects has been
recording the memories and im-
ages of people who had a direct

_ effect on the development of the

Canadian arctic. She hopes this
will tum into a series of books
called Northern Personalities.

Tess now is back living in Ter-
race and has settled in with her

-son Michael and Patty and their
family of seven children.

Yet another book she's working
‘on is Tze Great Reindeer Trek, an
international multicultural super-
heroes story from Scandinavian
countries, Alaska and the North-
west Territories. A story of the
most spectacular livestock drive

in history, which began Christ-

‘mas day in 1929,

grandfather, »oWincent Kost, ho
later died in 1978 in Terrace.

NEED To KNOW

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VeaneNigo

Phone Elaine 635-3018
Phone. Diana 638-8576"
Phone Gillian 635-3044

On Seplember 4, 1993 Tammy
Waiker and Mike Praticante
exchanged promises in front: of
family and friends at the Sacred
Heart Parish. a

The bride was given in marriage
by her father, Dale Walker. The
bride’s dress displayed. a”
beautifully beaded V-neck bodice
with iridescent sequins and ‘pearls.
It was made of satin and had a
traditional train, Featuring Jace trim
and a peplum back.

Her head plece was a tiara
crown made..with.-pearls: and
sequins and had a flowing veil
sprinkled with crystals. The bride’s
hair was pulled up with a few
cascading curls falling around her
neck, She completed her elegant
look with a strand of pearls and
matching earrings.

The groom wore a black
double-breasted pin-striped suit
with a white rose stefanotis and
ivy boutonniere,

Tammy ‘carried a trailing
cascade of freesia, baby’s breath,
lity and stefanotis with two
casablanca lilies and white roses in
the centre.

The bride chose as her Maid of
Honor her sister, Tricia Walker,
with Stacy Roth, Dennise Kluss
and Fatima Botelho as
bridesmaids. All four wore street

Praticante-Walker exchange vows

TAMMY k MIKE PRATICANTE

length turquoise blue satin dresses,
each carrying a bouquet made up of
white roses, elegance, freesia,
baby’s breath and turquoise ribbon.
Leanne Praticante, niece of the
groom, was Flower Girl, wearing @

_white satin street length dress.

Leanne carried a nosegay of baby’s

‘breath with white roses and

turquoise ribbon.

The groom's Best Man was his
cousin; Max Da Silva, with Russ
Billson, Cory King and cousin Luis
Tieixeira, as ushers. All wore black

a paisley cummerbund and tie and |

the ushers wearing turquoise,

Justin Demedeiros was Ring

Bearer, wearing black tails and

carrying a white satin pillow (made -]°. -

by the bride's grandmother).
The reception was held at the

Arena Banquet Room where Cliff -

Van Hom gave the toast to the

Bride. Family and friends came -

from: as far away as ‘Toronto, the
lower mainland, Vernon: and
Vancouver Island to help Tammy
and Mike celebrate their special day,

tuxedos with the Best Man wearing

a ene Eee ee

Q,
A.

Leendert

‘KITIMAT

-294 Gity Centre

Tel: 632-4712

Kemario Completion | Project -

INFORMATION CENTI e

KCP Information Centre open in 1 Kitimat.

“Alcan. has opened a Kemaho Completion Project Information Centre
have any ‘questions or just want to know more about KCP, drop by M
'~ or Friday from 10 a.m. to4 p.m. The Centre will be closing « on Decem:
holidays and teopening “early i in the new year... oa

Kitimat, B.C. V8C 176 > :

Facts about KCP

Number 12 in a series answering the questions most often raised
with Alcan about the Kemano Completion Project .

How will Fraser Lake water be affected by reduced
flows on the Nechako River? |

Nechako flows do not affect water levels in Fraser Lake. Levels depend on
the tributaries that flow into the lake. Outflow into the Nautley is controlled
by a rock weir that has maintained the same elevaiion for 20 years or more.

Because of prolonged dry periods, annual inflows have consistently been
below average since 1980. Average levels in the Jake have gone down
correspondingly, as have.the annual outflows as recorded by the federal
Environmental Surveys Branch (ESB). ;

7 Alcan’ 8 published figures ¢ on the Nautley River flow, by the. way, indicate a
higher rate than the ESB’s figures.. This is because Alcan wished to include
‘all the contributions of minor creeks and streams entering the Nechako
“between Cheslatta Falls and Vanderhoof which add up toa significant amount. -

~Seavated, bubare difficult: 0. represent, individually oo seerbeoew

For example, the amount attributed to the Nautley i in the special Report on -
flows --.1,620 cubic feet | per second -- inclades the Nautley flow recorded by
the ESB plus the contributions-of minor sources downstream to Vanderhoof.
depiction of the Stuart flow was simplified in the same way; it includes
minor tributaries from Vanderhoof to Isle Pierre. People tend to think of the
-tiver. in three sections -- the upper; middle and lower portions - -- and this is
“how'we tried to represent it in our document, on KCP flows. -

ater quality i in Fraser Lake is unaffected by Nechako flows; Kemano .
Completion would not change that. Weed content is higher than it used to be,
-but‘this is not surprising in view of residential and industrial development.

~ Very little flushing goes on through ‘the system in the summer vtien. n high _
- temperatures and nutrient levels promote weed erwin fs

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