THAT'S CHRIS Jennings, t

third from the left; with three people who helped s save his life after his»

vehicle ended up in the Skeena River in September. From the left are Ralph Huntley of Prince

‘Rupert, Angela Schuyler of Terrace:and Bill Evans of Prince Rupert. They and three others are

shown with citations from the 1e Royal Lifesaving Society Canada presented at ceremonies recently

in Mancouver. a

B.C, Lieutenant Governor

‘David Lam marked a Nov.
‘17 Royal Life Saving Society
Canada ceremony in - which .
“rescue commendations . were

given to six people who saved

‘a local man from the Skeena .

River..

The six, including - local
resident Angela Schuyler and
Prince Rupert residents Bill
Evans and Ralph Huntley,
rescued Chris Jennings after
a vehicle he was driving went
off the Hwy16 between Ter-

race. and Prince Rupert Sept,

11, ending -upside : down in
the Skeena River,

_ Not on hand at the Van- |
couver. ceremony to receive
the. awards. were, Tennessee -

residents) Raymond Ward

‘and Kevin: Thomas and ..
¢ Greyhound | bus nivel Ted ¢ minutes, _jwas? ‘IGcatgd: din the

Licuteriant-Governor. Lam .
also: ‘made the presentations

which ' ‘were attended by. fami-.
ly: members of Jennings,
Huntley: and

Schuyler,
Evans..

ed to get-out and get‘to shore

‘ where Ward, . Thomas and

Evans.came to her aid.

~~ She encouraged ' ‘the: ‘three .
“to help ‘find: Jennings but «
repeated diving atlempts pro- .
ved fruitless in the murky >

river water.

Fearing an ebb tide would -
take the vehicle out into the :-
river, Cullis used his bus and -
a loading strap from a park-
ed transport truck to pull the
-Car closer to shore, .... "

Jennings, who was under-

water, for approximately 10°:

PETTY

Cullis, °

~ back ‘seat but. was _ hol “

Schuyler; ; a passenger ‘ins
the Jennings vehicle, mianag- |

as ifesavers get
rescue citations _

TERRACE — A ‘speech by

breathing when brought to.

i shore.

Several attempts to. revive
- him failed. but: on the-third. .

attempt, by Huntley, Jenn-'
ings began breathing. He
failed to, regain consciousess.

Jennings was: ‘then flown
by medevac helicopter to

Prince Rupert, stabilized and

then flown by air ambulance
to Vancouver ‘General
Hospital where ‘he ‘regained
consciousness a day and a
half later.

He was then transferred: 46
Mills Memorial Hospital and
discharged after a short stay.

“The Royal Life. Saving
Society commends the pro-

 Mmpt action and incredible

team work: of the six in-
Gividuals. who saved the life
“of: YobChris _Jennings,”’ _ the,
“sociely ‘said | in a citation. =

ae

THANK You”

| would fike‘to thank all of my campaign workers 2
and those who supported me in the Municipal alec- a
tion. so ‘ -
[can assure you that | will do my best to repre- -

sent all of the people of Terrace. - ~

‘ick: King, Alderman

"SNOW. REMOVAL, RATES

— — aE

STORE, FRONTS AND

at
mae,

: 1. HOW WILL THE CHANGES BE FINANCED?»

i should be. Provided by, the employer..:only- fair,

m tract settlement. in other words, out of teachers’
: ‘pockets! - :

A 2. HOW WILL THE CHANGES BE

B make the thing. work. That even makes good

We DO have concerns...

We feel that these changes are being required :
by the employer and that resources and re-training j

7 right?

s. The board: ‘says that funding for educational im-
: ‘provements will have to come-out ofa total con-

‘IMPLEMENTED?

Teachers have the training and experience to.

management sense!

-How could you expect teachers to be responsi-_
i ble for changes without having been involved | in the
decisions? Again, only fair... ~ |
| The board says that “management rights” will. -
determine how, when, and Mf the teachers wil be
“consulted. ye

; . Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 28,1990 —~ Page AIS

- We believe that teachers should be. closely i in-
| volved: in all levels of the decision- -making process.