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Venemas

celebrate

golden anniversary .

“Jessie Baron and Allen
Veneina were married Thursday,

September 1, 1938, in the town.

of Oesterland in ‘Holland. Last
Thursday they celebrated their

' golden anniversary at the Hap-

py. Gang Center in Terrace.
Friends, neighbors and
relatives from the area and as far
away as Ontario joined them in
a luncheon, and flowers: from

old friends in Holland brought -

anniversary congratulations.
Son Bob from Victoria, Henry

from Pembrooke, Ontario, and.

John from Vancouver came into
town for the event, as did two
Ontario neices and a nephew.

The couple moved to Canada,

living first in Ontario, in 1952.

‘Mr. Venema was a carpenter by

trade, but when he found there

The B.C, Government
Employees Union returned to
the bargaining table today,
BCGEU president John Shields
saying, ‘“‘with this strong man-
date I am hopeful the union will
be able to negotiate a decent set-
tlement.’’ He was referring to
the results of the strike vote
released Friday, with 85 percent
voting in favour of a strike if
recommended by the  union’s
bargaining committee.

Of those who voted, 21,264
voted ‘yes’ and 3,798 voted ‘no’.
“We are committed to try to
negotiate a settlement without a
strike if the premier is prepared
to treat seriously our key issue of
job loss due to privatization and
contracting out,” Shields said in
announcing the results.

' He ‘said government em-
ployees who provide important
services that people depend on
want to. keep working, they
don’t want confrontation.

Negotiations for a new collec-

tive agreement for the union’s

30,000 public service members

began June 6 and broke off July
28. When in Terrace last month,
the government’s chief nego-
tiator, Bob Plecas, had

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lots of work here, I had ajob |“

before we even, moved, ” he said.

They have lived in Terrace since |

1965.

After an allergy to cedar was
diagnosed, Mr, Venema stopped
building houses and worked as
Thornhill elementary school’s
janitor for ten years, ‘‘Then I

Tetired and I’m not tired of. it
yet. ” ois

day. Mr. Venema gardens and
does carpentry as a hobby,
building such items as children’ s
table and chair sets.

About 75 guests were in atten-
dance.

BCGEU favors strike

predicted talks would resume
around labor day, after which he.

expected a negotiation to be |

reached within a week to 10
days.

Smith drops
out of city
politics —

Terrace alderman Doug Smith

has announced he won't be seek- |

ing re-election to city council in
the November municipal elec-

tion. He says that although his

term on council was a ‘super ‘ex-

perience’, it was also time-

consuming and he wants to be
able to spend more time with his
family and working on com-
munity projects.

Smith, who says he made the
decision not to seek re-election
some time ago, was first elected
to council in a May 1987 byelec-
tion and then re-elected to a full
term in office last year. Smith
‘previously served one term on
the Kitimat school board.

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Mrs. Venema enjoys vaciooting
and swims every day except Sun-

“Jessie and Allen Venema celebrated 50 years 3 of marriage last Thursday. The couple were

married in Holland, moved to Canada in 1952, and have lived in Terrace for 23 years.

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