_ sons.
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.. APRIL 16™- JUNE 25, 1991 —
Adult. Bible Stindy, We invite all
“ who are interested ina: wamen’s

~ bible study. fo jaln’ us Tues, mor- .

“ocaiings 9130 32 amie at? Knox:

ve Raited Church. Free: childcare -
_ Will be provided, -

& mets ing of

those: Iivalved -with Music ‘91
wy WiLL be held in the Auditorium of
: cthe: Royal: Canadian’ Legion. In.

'  Tertice:: at ; 7:30, pam. Wed. ,

- Anyone) is’ invited to attend.”

~ hk kee
MAY. 16, 17, 1991 —Northwest
Community. College Career Day
_¢orming’ to. Skeenia_ Mall Thurs.
from 1 -'6 p.m. ‘and Fri. from
9:30 am. - 9 p.m. Everyone:

- » Organizational :
support § group ‘meeting for per-

.sulfering. . from
/Chronic Fatique Sydrome/ Yup-
pie: ‘Flusete, ‘This meeting will be’
held“at the’ Terrace Public
Library downstairs meeting
room.at 7:30 p.m. For more in-
fo. please call Kathleen Talstra at
— 635-2718
MAY 18,1991 — “Big Brothers,
Big Sisters of Terrace Car Wash ,
— Saturday fram 10 a.m, - noan
at Petrocan, Lakelse Ave.

ne 2. oo
MAY 21, 1991 — Big Brothers,
Big Sisters of Terrace is holding
their:‘General Meeting on Tues. |

at 7:30 p.m, at the Inn of the .

West.

ee oe to
MAY: 21, 1991 — Friends ‘&
families of Schizophrenics Sup- .
part Group election of officers
Tues at 7:30 p.m, Contact Men-
tal. Health 638-3325 :

' kkk.
MAY 24, 1991 — Terracé Figure
Skating Club . annual generat
* meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the
Library. basement. .

: WKEHKK
MAY 2, 1991 — Skeena Valley ~
» Car Club will be holding regular
* meetings at Terrace Kinsmen
Hut. on the ‘comer: of. Narth
Sparks . and. Halliwell, at 7:30
. pam. Meetings every 4th Thurs,
~ Of every ‘month, Contact person:
* Doug 635-4809 _

an 2% Reke. ’
MAY 23, , 199]. — Ho ‘ing cree
on niceting regarding
‘ilies Available far céniogs ih. Ter”
‘race now. and ig the futuife, 1:30'-
4pimi | The’ rilappy:.
*: Gang. vente: ‘(kalum | St.)
-. Everyone is Welcome. ‘

Development” ‘Centre. ds having
-their annual general: meeting on
Mon. at the’ Centre (2510 South
Eby -St.). Open House, -display .
Mewinig: ‘and renewal “of member-.,
hip éomnténces at-7 p.m. with |
‘the * ‘meeting. at 7:30; p.m. All.
members and ‘non-members -
weleomel i
: pli Ae atta d

HERITAGE PARK ‘MUSEUM ©
sponsored by: ‘ihe “Terrace.
Regional Museum Society is:
open: for, tours-daily from Tues.
through Sat, between 11-4 p.m, .

For group totirs, school tours or

_ weddings, please make. an ap- |
painiment and phone 635-4546—
or 635-2508.

‘ KK

; SINGLES, Terrace, Kitimat meet

‘SpimsSr. Table; on1§ OS pit,
“piping &' drumming. Mee: ‘at the °
” Kin’ Hut next to Heritage Puk,
“Anyone interested a te or

ee

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aso sak that al wait”

‘|. -War:II, Gunner ‘went to: work

“ olaced one of my students

"in this bag.” ~

“*. That.was the simple but. stark .
‘Message: ‘Norbert ‘Georget — -
holding up a black body bag ¢

delivered: to Caledonia. Senior

' Secondary: ‘students, last week,.-

“‘Georget, a “paramedic who

‘speaks at schools all over. North
. America; has: devoted his life'to
, informing: teenagers ‘about the

consequences of drug and
alcohol abuse and felling them

it's: okay not.to drink:

He pulls no’ punches.
“Everybody thinks. the ‘conse-
quence of drinking. and: driving

and. drig” abiise’ is ‘losin “your”

licence. It’s not, ‘ii’s: injury: or
death,”'. he told his young au-

. dience. -

“Three weeks before that same
student. was placed-in the. body
bag, he added, he-had been one
of several who: had’ laughed ‘at
Georget's: earnest pleas not. to

_drink.

The- presentation: includes

slides - of accidents caused by

drinking drivers: cars split in
half, trapped victims and char--

. red bodies. While careful about

the pictures he shows, he says he
will not hide the truth,
“'d much rather you guys

“pated me than to stand up here

and tell you it's okay to drink. I
can’t convince all of you, but:

_Pve got to try,’’.

He recalled a visit to one
school. where he invited a stu-

. dent he had failed to convince

to spend a night with him on du-
ty. The student laughed at ac-
cidents. as if they were’ horror
movies, and when they were
called to remove a particularily
mutilated body, the student told
Georget he had been “hoping it
would be more decapitated.” _
Georget then ‘asked him to
carry the head of the dead man.
Afterwards, looking at the

Drin K,

something that night. “I guess
that was real,"’ he said,

‘*Georget said he hoped that
Caledonia Students’ would

believe what: he was telling -

them, without needing ta see for
themselves, . we

He quickly. discovered some

- already had.-Asked how many

knew. someone killed i in acar ac-

cident, a quarter raised their
hands.

. Later: he asked them’ to stand

‘ up if they would: accept so-

meone.at a party who did not
drink alcohol. Everybody stood
up.“‘Now you know you can go
to a party with any person here
and not drink,"’ he said,

Following. the
presentation, ‘Georget said he
-had enjoyed talking. to the
Caledonia students. “The kids
treated me well and I had a very
good time. .They didn’t leave
when it was time for lunch.’’

As for.-the students, Nykki
Pealo said it was hard not to cry
during the talk because she
could relate to much of what
‘Georget said. Adrian Balatti
said that when looking at the
slides he found he was searching
‘himself rather than just the pic-
tures,

“T’ve had a lot of friends die
from drinking and driving,” he
explained...

Balatti and Pealo are both
members of the loca! students’
CounterAttack committee.
{such committees and the In-
surance Corporation of B.C.

are co-sponsers of Georget’ s-

northwestern tour).

Georget left students who
want to drink and drive with a
powerful thought to ponder.

“Before you leave the house,
do three things: Number one;
turnon the porch light for the
police when they 4 arrives number

Tarrace Slandard, este May 15, 1991 — Page BI

MAKING A POINT, Norbert Georget gets help from a Caledonia student as he holds up a black body

-bléod StilFin his: fingéfnails-the ~-two; fill-oat-Your-donor cards -bagintended ‘to drive.home the potential consequences of drinking and driving. $ Student somments..

* student. admitted he had learned

“loc

— Tuesday Guoner Edlund
celebrated 86 years,
‘ Born in Sweden in (905, Gun-

‘ner served. with the coast guard
: there from 1923 to 1926. Hav-

ing. emigrated ta Canada, he
was on the train from Prince

. Rupert in 1936 when he ran into

the: Big Flood. The ‘high water
had washed out several stretches
of the railway and Gunner and
others on the train went to work
repairing, the lines.

The work’ done, they” con-
i. tinued: on. to - Terrace - where
Gunner “went to.’ work ‘for:
George’ ‘Little. in: his: ‘sawmill as: ~-.
well: aS: doing some logging :
work:

Later the same year. he. settle
ed. inthe. Kitselas,: buying. a

place from Paul Magnusson. In
_, the. suitimers che: would. ‘work +
. herein. Terrace: ‘and ‘the . only
> way oF: travelling between here:
“and Kitselas was by train — — a25
cent fare, 2°.

“With the beginning: of World’
‘the highway being built bet.

een. Usk and Hazelton’ and.
p also: worked at at Johny Hagen’s..

muimber’ ‘three, kiss your mum, ” following his talk left no doubt many, took Georget’ S message to heart..

“Here ‘n

There” '
by.
Ywonne Moen.

mill — a six mile walk — chopp-
ing wood for Mrs. Skinner and
cleaning the water line pipes.
At this time there were only
about 100 people living in the
area, including the Daby place,
Copper. City ‘and’ the:Kitselas
‘Reserve - where Walter Wright
- was chief...
-Gunner: fecalls people ‘would
pick soap berries behind Doby's

_ place to make. ice cream. And

the’ natives: used’ those berries
for. washing clothing. .

- Gunner. cleared the: land on
his. Kitselas.” ‘property ‘himself
and wsed somie of it:to.establish

‘wheelbarrow | and: walk them
two miles: to:connect with the
train. that, would ‘take them to
Lee's’ Chinese Store in Prince
Rupert. Doing that, he says, he

Made enough money to live on,

ENJOYING A LITTLE SHADE Gunner Edlund looks out from the
io

utside |
sig’ Hbitibe

housing project. It was built
t bahond's neighbour:

~ a large strawberry patch, He us-
éd.to’ dad: up the berries in a2”

CA ere “way. back to
; Tarvace are the. Mejansons.
tek kok. .

of memories

There's. a. ‘big. birthday =
greeting to. be sent oul-this week

io

ar om
; ue
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ey oe

On Gunner's property there”

_was also an old blacksmith’s
shop which he rebuilt and after
that people in the area would

come to him to do work like

shoeing their horses.
Gunner still lived out at
Kitselas until just a couple of

years ago before. moving into |

the seniors housing. complex on
Tuck Ave. Next, he says, is the
move to Terraceview,

A very happy birthday, Gun-

ner, and more: years of good
health, ;

kik * *

On Sunday.” May 5, a
beautiful luncheon was enjayed
by the entrants’ in’ this year's
Miss Terrace. Pageant, their
parents, sponsors and members
of the pageant committee.

The first get-together for all,
it was. held at-the Legion and
opened by commiltee chairman
Chrisptna Cote... ~.

Many. thatiks:to the ladies. of

the Legion Auxiliary. for the ex-
cellent lunch. It was a lovely
alternoon, ;

kkk * *.

Guess who's ‘moving back to
Terrace after a few year’s
absence? Graham and . Jean
Veysey! .

They left Terrace in 1980 to
live on Vancouver Island. When
they were last here Gtaham was

manager. at Omenica Building . .

Supplies prior ta apening up —
in 1965 —~ Taylor, Pearson and
Carson,
What brings them back?
Well; thier children and six

grandchildren : are a pretty im-
"portant reason and’ ‘they’ll_be -

back aS

{: graduate of the centre's

_Kaska new director

_ The Kermode © Friendship Ea
Centre's. new program director ff
is Elaine’ Kaska, a resident of

Terrace since 1987 and a

; Pathway pre-employment pro-
gram.

; Explaining her interest the
Céntre stemmed from her, she
‘said “I’m curious as to my
native. culture and actting into
it. I’m from a native ancestry
and I don’t know anything
about it’"

Kaska said her mother is a
French Crée from Eagle Hill, &
Alberta, and her father is
Danish. Born and schooled in #
Prince George,‘ she moved to &
Terrace in: 1987. for a. change
and because she likes the mountains.

She completed the Pathways program this January, and
took aver duties as program director at the centre April 29.
Outlining her goals as director, she said she hoped '‘to get
something together to help families become families again, to |.
get parents to do things with their children.’

‘'Where I live you can see that the kids are in need of quali- .
ty time with their parents,” she added. That would include
events like nature hikes... .

_.. Although also concerned about drug and ‘alcohbl abuse, [>

Kaska said she wants to work on one thing.at a time. First |-

priority is to familiarise herself with the programs initiated by

predecessor Francis Smith — he has returned.to Vancouver

Island — and introducing herself to the community... ~.;

... That, she.admits, will require ‘‘a lot of legwork and hand-

~ work.*"A single mother of three children, Destiny (8), Chad
- (7) and Brandon (4), Kaska said; “‘If everything goes well, we

. should be looking forward to a successful year - _ maybe: with

a few more grey hairst”*

Elaine Kaska

Keeping it clean

ce The — school ‘in town. ‘That’ s “the title Uplands:

school: :grounds by Beautification Society judges. :

_. MBxeellent”*: was. the way. Debbie: Simons described ‘theif

clean-up, effort when she presented class representatives with

“a certificate last week on behalf of the society. =
‘Runner-up spot went to Copper: Mountain Elementary. ai

_ Veritas school took.third: An honourable mention also went:

Elenientary can now'claim following a recent tour of city me

to fone Community. College for the cleantiness of its

eee lo timate ee Ts ke te,