Bé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 17, 1999

Terra aceview employee retires after 30 years

‘YVONNE MOEN

Alter 30 years of dedi-
cated service, Jim’ Mac-
Kenzie retired last: month
from Terraceview Lodge,

A retirement party..was
held for Jim last week at
the Northern Motor Inn
with about 100 co-workers
and friends in attendance.

Jim received-a beautiful |

picture of both the former
Skeenaview.” and the cur-
rent Terraceview Lodge.
management and stafE,

He also -received a:che-
que from the ‘Health Care:
Society, which is given
when employees retire.

Hugh Power, represent- .
ing the K-40 group, pre-
sented Jim with a lovely
stainless steel mug. Mayor

Jack Talstra also gave Jim’

a special. letter thanking
him for his 30 years of ser-
vice.

Jim was born October
15, 1938 in Locke part,
Nova Scotia.

Jim’s mother was Eve-
lyn Frank. His step-father

was Jack Frank, who was |

the first white child born ‘in
Kitsumkallum. There were
only two boys in the fami-
ly — Jim's brother Edward
MacKenzie also lives in
Terrace. mo

Jim grew up in Nova

Scotia. In 1951, his mother —

Evelyn went to Vanderhoof

to help take care of. her
sister, Joan Dean, wha

now lives in Kitimat.

Jim and his brother Ed-
ward stayed -behind’ with
their grandmother, Maud
Attwood.

A year later in 1952,

_ when Jim was 13, he and

his brother travelled on the
train all the way from Ha-
lifax to Prince George,
B.C,

Arrangements were
made with two nuns, who
were also travelling on the

train to Prince George, to.

look aller the two boys on
their long journey,

‘Whiie they lived in

Vanderhoof, Jim’s mother
Evelyn met Jack . Frank
who was working there at

the time.

They then were married
in Vanderhoof and in 1956
the family moved lo Ter-
race, i

In Terrace, Jim conti-
nued on-in-high school, at
Skeena until 1957. ‘Then
he went to‘work for Skee-
na Beverages, which’ was
awned by Gordon Temple,
on Grieg’ Avenue until
1966. when ‘the building

‘burned down. |

After. working at several

‘different jabs in the city,

Jim was hired in 1969 at
the Home for the Aged,
now called” Terraceview
Lodge. He worked. at the
senivr’s residence for one
year; until’he was hired at
Al’s Laundry down by the
Legion:
» Afler a couple years
there, Jim ‘then ‘went back
fo work at the Home for
the Aged as a cook's hel-
per. He left there. again ta
work at Simpson Sears for
one year.

Then in September
1969, he went back up to

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Terraceview. For the last
30° years’ Jim ‘has’ been
working at Terraceview
Lodge in the housckeeping
depariment.

Over the years, Jim has
been very involved in the
community "as
working volunteer.

Jim. has been a very de-
dicated. ‘member of. the
Terrace. Kinsmen since
1967, and: now he’ 8 a life
member, ©

Jim has also been a
very hard working member
of the Royal Canadian Le-

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a hard’

gion for 14 years.. He is .

also a member of the Ter-
race Happy Gang Centre,
Citizens on. Patrol and
Zone 10 Seniors Games,

This year, he won two
gold medals competing in
cribbage at the~ Seniors
Games.

‘T would like to wish Jim
Mackenzie a very happy
retirement. I'd also like to
thank him for all the vo-
lunteer work does. It’s
people like X@ who make
Terrace a betler place to
live,

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Jack Talstra has always sought to promote Terrace as a regional
centre—both in terms of retail sales and industrial service & supply. With a
business-friendly approach and reliable municipal services, the city has
grown to a point whete significant numbers of shoppers are now being
drawn from Prince Rupert and Smithers. These people are in addition to the
Many visitors arriving from Kitimat, the Nass and Stewart.

Needless to say, a strong retail sector protects local jobs and our tax base.

Population trends, always an indicator of economic health, summarize
things best: Terrace has grown over the last few years to where it is now the
largest city* in the Northwest.

Weathering the storm’ ° ~

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How is Terrace doing under Jack Talstra’s leadership? One way to check is by

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mayor

A RESIDENT OF TERRACE SINCE 1965

¥ Former volunteer with

Terrace Victims Assistance program
Skeena-Kalum Housing Society

Mills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary - - past president
Terrace Regional Health Care Society - past chair
¥ Currently a volunteer with

Terrace Community Food Bank

Terrace and Area Health Council

Pacific Northwest Music Festival - past president

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- Riverboat Days committee

- Greater Terrace Beautification Society ~

- Terrace University Access Council:

- Nechako Watershed Council

- Alternate Director - Hitimat-Stikine Regional District

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