Pe, ce cage nBee tte see strate Lt a a a ae hE ot pPYt Aw x Flight sergeant Jody McConnal (left) and officer cadet Ron Gowe display the cake that guésts devoured at the annual cadets banquet and dance. Dave Estacaille photos atom Tn gee a pak aoe hehe wh ioe ent Rng: be FIP a BRAM EMRE A, © saa RAM RUG MIE LE ERO! GN egg | Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 17, 1986 17 ‘Air cadets” hold annual awards banquet | THORNHILL — 747 Terrace Air Cadet squardron held their. annual awards banquet and dance Friday, Dec. 5 in the Thornhill Community Hall. - by Dave Estacaille Chairman of Sponsoring Committee, Terrace Air Cadets 747 Squadron The awards banquet was attened by 150 cadets, parents and guests. Invited guests in attendance were: Mr. and Mrs. Dave Parker, MLA; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fisher, president of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13; Mr. and Mrs. Dar- rel Laurent, Airport Manager; Mr. and Mrs. Mo Takhar, acting Mayor of Terrace; Mr. Les Watmough, Regional District; Mr. and Mrs. Bev and Gordon Dickie, president, Legion Ladies Auxiliary; Mr. and Mrs. Doug Smith, Alderman, and Master of Cere- monies; Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Best, Terrace Fire Chief; Mr. George Wright, Airport Fire Chief; Captain John Harker of the Salvation Army; Mr. and Mrs, Jim Hall, Pipes and Drums; and Mr. Pat Hall, Pipes and Drums. The evening started with the cadets being marched in- to their places for dinner lead by two pipers, Jim and Pat Hall. Before dinner short speeches were given by Dave Estacaille, Chairman of Sponsoring Committee Royal Canadian Legion; Mr. Bob Fisher, president Royal Canadian Legion; Mr. Mo Takhar, District of Terrace; Mr. Dave Parker, MLA for Skeena and Mr. Les Wat- mough of the Regional District. Captain John Harker of the Salvation Army said grace before dinner. After. dinner the toast to the Queen _Cororal Shane McCaron (left) . and flight sergeant Paulette Joel received Saint John's Am- bulance certificates. was given by the squadron commanding officer, Lt. Charles Meek. St. John’s Ambulance awards were presented to sergeant P. Joel and CPL Shane McCaron. Eleven cadets were premoted to LAC, three cadets to Corporal, three to Sergeant, and two to Flight Sergeant. ine evening was completed with a dance for all cadets CADETS PROMOTED To Flight Sergeant: Paulette Joel (3 years); Jody Me- Connei (4 years). . To Sergeant: Pascal Cam (3 years); Kevin Duncan; Dar- ren Hudson (5 years). To Corporal: Carrolle Mechaud (1 year); Tony Thurlow (3 years); Rabbi Gill (1 year). To L.A.C.: John Coosemans, Eddie Wolfe, Jason Miller, Avelle Leason, David Hawke, Melton Kindred, Tracie Leason, Kim Bork, Tinna Appler, Micheal Cooper and Robert Smith, St. John Ambulance Certificate: Shane McCaron (6 years); Paulette Joel. These cadets were promoted to LAC at squadron's awards banquet. the Terraces Skeena MLA Dave Parker presents sergeant Jody McConne! . with flight sergeant stripes. Goalie gets shutout On Dec. 7 the ‘Terrace Ladies’ hockey team came up with an 8-0 win over their Prince Rupert counterparts. Goalie Cinda Black re- corded the shutout — her fourth in the team’s last, four outings. Scoring hat tricks were Eva Marine Sarich and Rosalee Dilley. Several cadets were promoted to flight sergeant, sergeant and corporal at the annual awards banquet. - Local observers help in Christmas bird count for Audubon Society TERRACE — Thursday, state, many Central ticipation fee of $3.00 to names published. Dec. 26 is the selected date for the Terrace Annual Christmas Bird Count which will be one of 1500 similar counts taken from Hawaii to Labrador, and from Alaska to Vene- zuela, during the period Dec. 18, 1986 through Jan. 4, 1987, by Diane Weismiller Terrace Contributor This year marks the 87th anniversary of the original Christmas Bird Count, taken on Christ- mas Day, 1900, by an in- trepid group of strollers in 25 locations, mostly around major north eastern cities. Since then, the annual event has grown from its original 25 to well over 38,000. Every . Canadian pro- vince, every. American ’ American countries, and numerous West Indian and Hawaiian islands will submit their results to the National Audubon Socie- ty, which supervises’ the affair, and publishes the results .in its journal American Birds. The count takes place within a 15-mile diameter circle. Within this circle, count organizers attempt to field as many compe- tent birders as they can. These birders are grouped into ‘‘parties’’, each with a section of the circle, or points on the map, which they alone will search (or census). The Terrace circle is centered on the Dudley Little Bridge. All counts are open to and welcome interested participants, regardless of skills level. There is a par- help cover the cost of publishing the results. Feeder watchers are no longer obligated to pay a participation fee unless they wish to. have their If you have a feeder in your back yard or are in- terested in surveying part of the Terrace area, please call 635-6984 for more in- formation. Santa visits hospital TERRACE — This Christmas season, patients at Mills Memorial Hospital will be entertained with carolling and a visit from Santa Claus. Shirley Bentley, associate executive director at Mills Memorial, said the hospital auxiliary will be dressing up as Santa, This i is not only for the Pediatric Department, the auxiliary will be visiting everyone who has to spend the holiday season in the hospital, she noted. Bentley said doctors do their best to send patients home during Christmas. ‘‘Very few people are kept in the hospital, if there’s a way to send them home, the doctors make sure they go.” The Salvation Army is expected to do carolling again this year along with service clubs. The Terrace RCMP is expected to make a visit as well, perhaps dressed up as anita. From Mills Memorial Hospital, ‘Have yourself a safe and Merry Christmas.” ~ ae,