A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 29, 1998 Want a mountain named after you? HE'S 85 years old, nearly blind and his connection to the northwest dates back to when his grandfather came here before the turn of the century. And now Johnny Post is organizing a contest where the winner will have a mountain named after him or her near Ter- race, Pest, who runs the B.C. Humour Socicty, wants to raise money for the talking book program for visually impaired people run_ by the provincial government When its budget was cut this spring, Post thought up a way for humour to belp out Send $5 and your best joke to Post and he'll forward the money to the B.C, Library Association which maintains a special ac- count for donations for talking books. Money from that account is then forwarded to the provincial government, If your joke is considered to be the best, your mame will be attached to that mountain. Post developed the idea with his cousin, Ben Bollon of Kitsumkalum. “There are some mountains in the land claim arca which don’t have names,”’ said Post of the plan. “It won’t be official but after a certain time, perhaps, as far as the community is concemed, it eventually will become the real namie.” “This will all be in fun, but it is to help the blind with talking books,” said Post. Post said his grandfather, Dave Stewart, came up the Skeena before tbe tum of the century to a place which became named Stewart's Landing. That in tum was wear a location of a planned setthement called Copper City. Al- though surveyed and mapped out, the settlement was never fully developed. Post said bis grandfather married a Tsim- shian woman and that he carries a Tsim- shian name which means War Eagle. Born in Queen Charlotte City, Post was raised al Usk. His working career was spent doing pub- lic relations in various cities around the Mighty Moe's out of luck world. Now retired, Post runs the B.C. Humour Society from his Vancouver home, ‘Everybody is a member, it’s free,”’ said _ Post. The B.C, Humour Socicty’s address is Suite 1-1125 West 71st SL, Vancouver, B.C. V6P 3A7. - kak kn Post's announcement of the contest came as the: provincial government announced it'll spend $300,000 for at least 200 talking books this year. ‘The province says thal’s an average out- s selection was The province at first said it would cut the ereat before f talking books i he ote eee S . . ; i bh A an 00 commmitatent of previous years. just walt ’ Monies raised by the contest and by the ‘ provincial library association will go to until you see Our new La-Z-Boy g Gallery! thought our providing more talking books. About Johnny Post IT’S NOT unusual for Johnny Post to come up a contest such as naming a mountain after the winner. Ben Bolton, a cousin who lives here and who is helping with the contest, says Post was responsible for some of the first New Year’s Day polar bear swims in Vancouver. ‘*He was always the onc to come up some kind of wild idea,” said Bolton last week. Bolton, 75 and 10 years young than Post, hasn't seen his cousin in 15 years but does keep in touch by telephone. Post is well known in humour circles in the Vancouver area and served as a host for Bob Hope on several occasions when ihe American comedian visited the lower main- land. Bolton likes the idea of having a mountain unofficially named after some- body in the Tsimshian claim area. Bul first he says he has to speak with Tshimshian elders. to check on what mountain would be appropriate and to ensure that proper protocol is followed. 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