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Who is...

ce Review — Wednesday, December 1 3, 1989.

Judy Chi

JUDY CHRYSLER:A “techno-
moron’ who loves “positive
technology”.

Judy is a direct descendent of
Sir Younghusband, who ¢x-
plored Tibet in the early 1900's.
Younghusband was her
mother’s maiden name. She is
also distantly related to Walter
Chrysler, the auto baron.

_ by Betty Barton

Judy was born in Ontario and
is descended from the United
Empire Loyalists (UEL). For a
year as a teenager, she even
‘yrote UEL after her name. Her
sprightly 4°11’’ figure and the
twinkle in her eye make one
realize she ‘still has that pre-

cocious nature.

' ° Judy’s father was in the air
force, so she’s lived everywhere
in Canada. Her family came to
B.C. in 1969, She says she went
to so many different schools that
she never even bought a school

jacket or ring. Judy is now an

active member of the Ter-
race/Lakelse Lake community
and enthusiastically pursues her
many interests.

Judy’s vivacity makes her
aerobics classes a great way to
start one’s day. Since arriving in
Terrace in May of 1983 (hus-
band Kelly. was transferred here
with B.C. Hydro), Judy has
been teaching fitness. She
started off by taking a “Y”’
fitness instructor’s course. Then
she taught for the City of Ter-
race Recreation Department and
Northern Way, run by Sue
Springer. Judy is a representa-
tive for Northwest Fitness In-
structors at a provincial level.
And, she promotes the volun-
tary fitness leadership registra-

‘ tion program as a rep for the
Northwest B.C, Recreation and
Parks Association.

Judy was a medical records

librarian for nine years (1973-80)

in Health Records Administra-.

tion at Royal Columbian
Hospital in New Westminster.
She also worked in the College
of Physicians and Surgeons li-
brary in Vancouver. When she
first arrived in Terrace, there
were no jobs available in her
field. But, having graduated
from Vancouver Community
College’s Library Technology
program, she felt qualified to
apply for the librarian vacancy
at the Terrace court house.

Judy got the job, and is still
doing it six hours a week (oft
Wednesdays).

The -tibrary is.

open to the public on Wednes-"
‘days. The rest of the time, it is
available -to court staff and
lawyers and their staff. Judy
says that not many residents of
Terrace realize that they are

Some of the people who use it
are researching a personal up-
coming case. Judy often gets the

" question, “‘I’ve done —____

(crime). How many years will I
get?’’ She explains that she is the
librarian, not the judge or jury.
If people need reference
material, she is there to help
them find it, or ‘to request it
from Vancouver if it is not avail-
able in Terrace. Computer legal
reference comes . from Van-
couver.

Even after six years, Judy still
finds the court house job a
challenge and enjoyable. She
never did apply for one full-time
job because her fitness instruct-
ing, court house librarian’s job
and volunteer work keep her
very busy. Judy is an instructor
at NWCC for one hour each
week for the student nurses’ pro-
gram, Personal fitness manage-
ment is a compulsory part of
their program. Judy says, “I’m
just as excited as the students
about the course.” :

From 1984 until she graduated —
in May of 1989, Judy took
university courses for a Cer-
tificate in Health and Fitness
Studies by correspondence, one
course per semester. She says she
could have done it faster, but
she was being lazy. Judy's
fitness classes cooperated in her
studies for kinesiology and
nutrition, so she had actual local
and current research data and
subjects from which to draw her
information. Judy has taken on-
ly one break from her fitness
classes and other activities to
spend six weeks in Greece one
winter.

Judy Chrysler is on the Ter-
race Library board. For four
years, she was the vice-
chairman, She also represents
the Terrace Children’s Festival
Society on the Terrace and
District Arts Council. 1990 will
be the seventh year the Chil-
drens’ Festival has run in Ter-—
race. Judy is just becoming in-
volved in ‘‘Women in Develop-
ment’’. She loves learning about
people and issues from all over
the world and wants to feel that
she is contributing to develop-
ment in other parts of the globe
as well as locally.

Recently, Judy was surprised
and pleased to find that Terrace
is becoming more cosmopolitan.
The changes are subtle. But,

when she had to do some shop-

ping after 6 p.m., she discovered
that one could get money from
an: automatic teller, and go to
the deli, beer and wine store, 4
pharmacy and the library.
Despite all this, Terrace still has
a small town, friendly atmos-
phere, helpful sales clerks: and
warm smiles when you walk
down the street.

Judy and husband Kelly are
members of the Terrace Hiking
and Nature Club. Kelly is the
president this year, and Judy has.
been the secretary-treasurer. Slie

allowed. access. to the facility.

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and donated to Terraceview.

pin cr

Randy Armitage from Pacific Regeneration
to Eileen Suithoff, resident of Terraceview,

s (Thornhill Nursery) presents a poinsettia plant
one of 30 poinsettia plants grown at the nursery

is also a member of the Skeena
Valley Naturalists’ Club. Judy
says they’re feeding the birds
this winter and doing some
amateur star gazing.

They, son Jesse, and two cats
love living at Lakelse Lake. It
was when they moved to the lake
that they decided to make Ter-
race ‘home’. “The trumpeter
swans are like puffs of whipped
cream on the lake right now.
The scene often looks like an
Ansel Adams photograph.”’
Judy likes photography and is
just starting to experiment with
it.. She is a rabid CBC fan as

she’s been ‘coasting’

well = * |

_ -Judy likes tropical fish, and

she keeps a “‘little herd’. She’d
love to meet other fish keepers
to share ideas and suggestions.

‘Call her at 798-2535 if you’re'a

fish lover.

Although the rest of us may
not believe it, Judy Chrysler says
since
graduating from university this
spring. She’s now contemplating
some gerontology (healthy ag-
ing) courses through SFU. She is
also thinking about taking a
course in computers. She de-
scribes herself as a ‘‘techno-

moron’’, a phrase taken from
Robertson Davies. But then she
corrects herself and says, “‘I love
positive technology.” ote

Judy is also going to mark ex-
ams for the Health Records
Technician correspondence
course through the Canadian
Hospitals Association, ‘in con-
junction with Mills Memorial
Hospital. Judy explains, ‘‘Peo-
ple do tend to move around
more than they used to. My
work history and life may sound
a little confused and scattered,
but there is a logical progression
and I love it.”’

Skeena honor students named

The administration and staff
of Skeena Junior Secondary

School have released the names.

of students who qualified for the
school’s first term Honour Roll.
Honours indicates a grade point
average of 4.375 to.5.00; Meri-
torious Achievement indicates
4.25 to 4.375; and Honourable

Mention indicates 4.00 to 4.25.

The students are:

Grade 8

Honours: Deborah Casey,
Norman Dreger, Binh Du,
Stephen Fleming, Dawn Haight,
Brandy Hansen,
Henderson, Erik Hernes, Clare
Jennings, Pauline Lepp, Sandra
Mantel, Jennifer McMynn, Ann
Menard, Julia Middleton,
Sonita Nahal, Depak Parmar,
Upasna Ramsundhar, Hannah
Rensby, Lara Tessaro, Suzan-
nah Vandevelde, Natasha
Young.

Meritorious Achievement:
Thomas Cowell, Jillian Smith.

‘Honourable Mention:
Theresa Anderson, Carolyn
Craig, Shane DeJong, Dena Fer-
retti, Lana Geier, Leanne

‘Hidber, Phung Liu, Erin Parr,

Kelly Pearce, Rajbir Sanghera,
Michael. Talstra, Dawn
Thomsen.

Grade 9

Honours: Ngaio Beausoleil,
Curtis Bretherick, Catherine
Cann, Cathy Dickson, Bao-Van
Diep, Tien Du, Bryan Fick,
Anna-Marie Graham, Erica Jen-
nings, Christine Morrison, Jen-
ny Murie, Jacki Palmu, An-
thony Reodzant, Parmpal Sand-
hu, Jacqueline Scriver, Jon
Shepherd, Lisa Smith, Sarah
Strachan, Brenda Wiebe.

Meritorious Achievement:
Shannon Hamhuis, Emily
Henderson, Kenna Miskelly,

Shannon —

Tina Raposo, Danyet Zilinski.

Honourable Mention: Shawn
Carson, Sunny Deol, Jason
Dvorak, Wilfred Higginson,
Stephanie Hynes, Robbie Lar-
mour, Jason Matzner, Fraser
McKay, Manpreet Parmar, Ben-
jamin Praught, Sonya Schul-
meister.

Grade 10
Honours: Carl Anderson,
Meredith Crampton, Bao Long
Diep, Susie Dow, Jason Elorza,
Ambur Hall, Angela Henszel,

Scott

Hodson, Theresa
Laderoute, Lung Liu, Manon
Morin, Kevin Oates, Nancy
Pereira, Matthew Phillips, Roy
Preyser, Megan Reid, Tyler
Robinson, Robin Sharples, Kyle
Stevenson, Chris Wilkinson.

Meritorious Achievement:
Alayne Fleischmann, Chris Ir-
ving, Joseph Pelletier.

Honourable Mention: Bobby
Basanti, Fatima Botelho,
Amanita Coosemans, Dawson
Kelln, Susanne Miskelly, Mark
Neeve, Terry Vu.

Coming events —

Information concerning the Twin River Estates project
is available from the Skeena Senior Citizens’ Housing
Society office, corner of Apsley Street and Lakelse
Avenue, each Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, December 13 — Terrace Day Care Centre
will be holding their annual general meeting at 7 p.m. at
the Day Care Centre, 3525 Kalum Street.

Saturday, December 16 — Mills Memorial Hospital Aux-
illary will be holding thelr draw at the Hospital Gift Shop
at 3 p.m. First price is a food basket,
basket, 3rd prize a hand knit baby crib cover. Members
of the Ladies’ Auxiliary would like to thank all those who
supported them by buying raffle tickets. ,

December 19 — The Friends and Families of
Schizophrenics Support Group will
meeting in the Mills Memorial Hospital psych con-
ference room at 7:30 p.m.
638-3325 for further Information.

December 20 and 21 — Centennial Christian School
presents the Christmas musical, “The Inn Kaper’, on |
the 20th at 1:30 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. on the 21st In the
school gym at 3608 Sparks St. In Terrace. Small children

Tuesday,

welcome.

Spend New Year's Eve
Terrace. Cocktails at 7

at the Elks Hail, 2822 Tetrault,
p.m.
free rides home. For tickets, phone Rodger at 635-3733
and leave a message or phone 635-3160.

Saturday, January 27 — Terrace Pipes and Drums Socle-
ty will be holding their Robble Burns Night Dinner and
Dance from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Thornhill Community
[ene Phone Barry English at 635-5905 ‘for tickets.

second prize a craft

be holding a.
Contact Mental Health at

supper at 8 p.m. Live band,