_ working their way down a list, matching up a could very well be reclaimed THERE’S A chance four area residents might be added to the list of those receiving a Queen’s Jubilee medal for service to their community. The names weren’t submitted in time to a special section of the premier’s office by MLA Roger Harris’s office last August that oversees the medals struck in honour of Queen Eliza- beth’s 50th anniversary on the throne. It theoretically means the four medals are lost lo the area. ‘But provincial protocol officials are still Harris said he and his of- fice sent out nominations forms asking various com- munity groups for suggestions. “There was the option of having the | MLA make the choices, but we decided to do it } this way,” said Harris. “These names of nominees with the approximately 800 Jubilee medals given to the provincial government to hand cut, And depending upon how that goes, there may be some medals left over, says protocol should not be official Manjit Khaira. treated as tools “It would be something between us and the of politics. MLA’s office and we'd have to discuss it,” said Khaira of the possibility the four medals said. might be returned. He did say that Harris was not the only MLA not to submit names by the deadline of last August. Speaking last week, Harris described the missed deadline as “embarrassing.” Each MLA was given medals based on the number of registered voters in their riding. Skeena was allocated four while Burnaby- Edmonds in the lower mainland, for example, received five. ded to the protocol office. dals are being distributed. tically. TERRACE FIRE CHIEF Randy Smith, left, was presented last week with the Queen's Jubilee medal for international volunteer relief work. With him Is Wen- dell Hiltz, the local rep for the Canadian Red Cross, the agency under whose jurisdiction Smith does his relief work. It nominated him for the medal. You! BE THE JUDGE But Pa, You Promised! The eight children ate in silence. “DON'T STUFF ‘YOUR MARGARET!" Pa shouted at his cowering daughter. They should be tools of award for services,” he The MLA said names were returned and a final four. were then selected, but not forwar- The possibility of those four people being able to receive their medals after all is part of a complicated process of how the Jubilee me- Both Skeena Canadian Alliance MP Andy Burton and Harris received a medal automa- And just last week Premier Gordon Camp- Bill whispered to his brother Geoffrey. "| can't wait to leave this farm.” Once the children were grown, they all left to pursue careers in town. Except for Geotfrey. “Come with us, Geoffrey,” Bill begged, “There's a whole world out there. Pa will make you miserable. He doesn't even appreciate your woodwork.” “He needs me,” Geoffrey sighed. A year later, Geoffrey called his brother in a panic, “It's over, Bill. Pa threw me out!” “I'l pick you up in an hour,” Bil promised. At Bill's apartment in town, Gaoffray was like a lost puppy. “What do | do now? I’ve never tived In the clty.” “You'll find something,” Bill reassured. Geoflrey found work as a handyman and got his own place in town, Aflar two years, he was ready for an even bigger step. “I got my acceptance to carpentry school in tha mail! This is my futural” Bill hugged him. “That's great! Hey, what's this?” A lattar had fallen to the floor. Geoffrey gasped. “II's a letter from Pa. | didn't notice il." Geoffrey read the letter. "I’m so sorry for treating you badly. My heart is weak and I'll lose everything If you don’t raturn. | promise to leave the farm to you.” “Don't do It,” Bill pleaded. “You have a life here.” Geolfray smiled sadly. “I've even gotten used to the traffic. But | can't refuse Pa. Basices, gat- HY CrATRE BRAN STEEN ting the farm will make it worthwhile.” Pa was relieved to have Geoffrey back. “You're a lifesaver,” Pa said tearfully. Geoffrey worked hard for years running the farm while his ailing father continued to bark out orders and complaints, History would soon repeat itself, “You're horrid! Gel out and don't come back,” Pa yeltad one night. : Geoffrey left that night. A faw months later, Pa died. Geoffray gat a terrible shock. “Pa wrote ma out of the will after all those years of swaail i'm contesting the will.” IN THE COURTROOM Pa's estate argued hard. “Pa is free to leave his property to whomever he wishes. Ha latt Geoffrey out cf his will because of all the fighting batwaen them." Geoffrey fought back, “Pa promised the farm to ma. That's why | gave up the chance at a promising career In carpentry in order to run the. farm. Without my help, the farm would've gone under.” Should Geottrey get the farm? You! Be The Judga. Then look below for the court's deci- sion. 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To provide compelling reading, we have fictien- ined the nanvs, the characters and the scenarias in the case, Any resenhlance to ceal peaple is purely colncidental, In the Interest of clarity and brevity, the legal tasues In dhe case lave boen greatly reduced and simplified, Claire Bernstein és a lawyer and national syndicated columnist. Copyright 2002 Halka Enterprises. €41-9 The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Janvary 22, 2003 - A3 . ~2ae Missed Queen’s medals here |_News InBrief_| Pulp mill boss named NEW SKEENA Forest Products has named Lorne Byzyna to head its Prince Rupert pulp mill. “Lome is coming to our team from Indonesia, where for the last nine years he oversaw the startup and operation of one of the largest and most tech- nologically advanced pulp and paper mills in the bell held a ceremony for 211 people chosen by his office. That’s fully one-quarter of the 800 allocated to the provincial provincial govern- ment. world,” said Donald Stewart, vice-president of Each provincial deputy minister was on the pulp. ; list as were people chosen from around the Before that Byzyna worked at Prince George Pulp. The new general manager of pulp operations province. will be based in Prince Rupert. The Hst includes two Terrace people, Northwest Community College president Ste- - phanie Forsyth and businessman Ron Bartlett. Specialist coming ; Burton, like Harris, received medals to dis- . was . . , tributed but his allotment was larger — 20 in AN INTERNAL medicine specialist with an inter- [+ all. est in kidney ailments is coming to Terrace to take |- a look around. ‘ He’s from out of the country and is coming the beginning of nexi month with the expectation that if the visit goes well and an agreement is reached, “he'll fi] one of two vacant internal medicine posi- |: tions here, says Cholly Boland of the Northern |: Three people from Terrace - Mary Ann Dil- ley, Eileen Frank and Yvonne Moen — re- ceived medals for community service last No- vember from the Burton allotment. As well, Kay Daniels, a local civil servant working for Human Resources Development Canada, received a medal. Health Authority. , It came from a pool of medals available for B we have several very strong applicants,” noted oland, : deserving federal civil servants. Terrace fire chief Randy Smith also re- ceived a medal. He was nominated by the Ca- nadian Red Cross for his international work. Smith, for example, worked at Ground Zero in New York following the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Centre. The Red Cross is one of 200 organizations across the country eligible to nominate reci- pients in addition to federal and provincial presentations. In all, 46,000 Jubilee medals are being distributed across Canada. For years this area had two internal medicine specialists but the number dropped to one-in 2001 ’ when Dr. Michael Kenyon moved to Nanaimo. : Health authorities have been trying to fill that |; position ever since. They then decided to add a | third internal specialist in 2002 and began looking [: for a person with an interest in kidney ailments, { That’s in recognition of approval Jast year to de- §* velop a kidney dialysis service at Mills Memorial ]' Hospital. Construction is underway and it is expec- ted to open in the spring. Woman escapes car submerged in river : A PRINCE RUPERT woman managed to escape [: from her vehicle when it plunged into the Kasiks River 8Skm east of Prince Rupert and became |. completely submerged Jan.15. ‘s The 62-year-old woman was westbound when the [- single vehicle accident occurred at the Kasiks | River Bridge. ° ’ “1 think she hit a patch of slush on the shoulder and over compensated and went off to the left [- ' across the oncoming lane and turned 180 degrees and went off the embankment,” said Terrace | RCMP Cnst: Natasha Stultz. ' The woman's vehicle - which entered the river backward — sank into the water. She managed to [- escape by opening the driver’s side door. Once the woman reached safety she realized her dog was still trapped in the car so she went back into the water to save it, Stultz said. “Her engine was still running at that point and somehow the window rolled down and she was Fire chief honoured for Red Cross work TERRACE FIRE chief Randy Smith was recognized last week for his international relief work by receiving the Queen’s Jubilee medal. Smith was nominated by the Canadian Red Crass, one of 200 non-governmental organizations permitted to make nominations in addition to provincial and federal agencies. Mayor Jack Talstra presented the medal to Smith at the Jan. 13 council meeting. The mayor congratulated Smith for his achievements. Also on hand and also passing along his congratula- tions was local Red Cross representative Wendell Hiltz. Smith has amassed a solid resume of specialized vo- lunteer Red Cross work out of the country when disaster has struck. After the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York, Smith spent time working at a rest. and relaxation station close.to Ground Zero on #- able,to. get her dog,,’ Stultz said. a (| He. helped organize food and other services for those. - The: ‘woman was picked up by a passing motorist 1 warkitig at the sife itself. Smith has also worked lafiér © | who, drove” her. to ‘Prince Rupert where she eC e” wis: : hurricane and rain storms struck in the United States, treated for minor injuries. specifically Puerto Rico in 1998, : ' THE BEST EQUIPMENT FOR CARVING A TURN THIS WINTER? YOU’RE GETTING WARMER. 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