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"Nine years old — and smart.
At least ‘‘Power. Smart”. Robert

Gervais, a Grade.3 Veritas

school student, placed in the top
12 of 30,000 entries in B.C,
Hydro's ‘‘Power Smart’’ color-
ing contest and won a $3,500:
computer for his school and a
“Power Smart” jogging suit for
himself,

Gervais’ art work, showing an

: energy- -conscious consumer

moving a rug off a floor-
mounted heat register, was se-~
lected from a B.C, Hydro color-

- Pruskos celebrate

50th anniversary |

‘On June 25 Leon and: Jennie

Prusko of Terrace had been
.married 50 years.
' celebrated their special occasion
. with members of their family
_that day, receiving, asa surprise,

They

a new kitchen stove.

by Pam Whitaker

They also received a surprise

-invitation to their own gala
celebration to be held the long

Canada Day weékend. Relatives
and: friends from Alberta,
Manitoba and the Yukon, .as
well as various points in B.C.,

-. joined the Pruskos for the occa-
sion.

Saturday evening, July 1, saw
about 100 people gathered at the
Thornhill Community Centre to
honor the Pruskos with a dinner

and dance. On July 2, an open

house was held at the Prusko
home in Gossan Creek sub-
division.

There was lots of story telling
and reminiscing on these.occa-
sions, Steven Basaraba of Ter-

“race, a grandson, prepared

‘‘Leon and Jennie, a Brief
History’’, which he read at the
Saturday evening banquet.
‘When Leon was just six years

old,” he read, “little Jennie was

born to Joe and Mary Zayonc in
the small farm town of Smokey
Lake, Alberta. After almost 18

years in Poland, sometime after

most of his family was there
(there’s another story there),
Leon moved to Smokey Lake; it
was October, 1933. There he met

Joe Zayonc. He began to

associate with Joe because Joe
was a good hunter. One fateful
night at a Christmas concert at
the. Cossack school, Joe intro-
duced his two daughters, Jennie

and Wanda, to Leon. Little did
Joe know that it was Leon who
‘was the good hunter.’’

Eventually Jennie agreed to
marry: the persistant Leon on
June 25, 1939. They have four
children: Tillie Trigg, the eldest;
Martha, married to Steve
Basaraba of Terrace; and
Regina and Leon Jr., both of
Terrace.

Leon and Jennie lived on her
father’s farm during the war,
but times were tough, so for a
brief spell, the new husband

_came out to Prince Rupeft to

work on the docks for a dollar
an hour. ;

On a second visit to B.C., he
fell in love with the province and
after the war, he decided to
move his family out. By this

time, they had a livery stable in |
Smokey Lake, Alberta. After .

selling everything, the family
headed west to Vancouver.

In April 1952, they arrived in
this area; Leon had hoped to get
a job in the new Alcan plant at
Kitimat. Instead, in Terrace, he
found plenty of .work as a
carpenter, a trade he had
developed over the years. Jennie
had experience in housekeeping
and bakery work and eventually
became employed by the
Skeenaview Home for the Aged
‘for 18 years. They have both
now retired.

Their grandson writes that
“Leon and Jennie are kept busy

chasing chickens, feeding hum--

mingbirds .and. growing vege-
tables for their kids, grandkids
and neighbors, In 50 years of

“matriage, one can easily see their

accomplishments by the love,
laughter and happiness shared
among the entire family.’”

‘Fae Mooney —_ continued from page 18

ing what you like.

_ Refinement and sophistica-
tion are evident in the elegant
dresser. A smart shopper, you
always know what you are
looking for. Originality and
flair are seen in the dramatic.
wardrobe artist. You are
always in the shopping mode,
with an eye out for the un--
usual,

And then there is the allure
of the femme fatale. You have
the knack to spot that sen-

-sational something... .

' For the free spirit, the stub-
born individualist — the non-
conformist — a ‘“‘find’’ is
where you find it. It doesn’t
matter if it’s at the local thrift
shop or in the deep recesses of

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a friend’s closet.

But if you are like most’
women, your wardrobe per-
sonality includes bits and pieces
from other categories as well.

Try them on for size. See if
you like the personality of your
special look. Perhaps. you are
elegantly feminine by day and a
dramatic femme fatale by.
night, Definitely casual through

_and through? Or maybe you
are a nonconforming
whatever...

Regardless of what you -
discover about yourself, rat-
tling a few skeletons may flesh
out a new look, and certainly

_ will make’a rainy summer

afternoon more interesting.

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z ing book and will appear in. the

B.C, Hydro 1990 calendar with
1! other energy saving ideas.

Winning a contest with
12:30,000 odds may sound like a -

super achievement but it’s noth-
ing new for this Terrace artist.

This is the second. art contest

he’s won: In. November, 1987,

Gervais designed and colored his
“own depiction of a‘ night-time

scene of Bethlehem which was
selected from hundreds of en-

Robert Gervais was only seven years sold
cover for Bishop O’Conner’s personalize

Bethlehem.

tries ‘from’ iorthern B.C; Ca:

tholic schools for the front of
some personalized _ Christmas
cards for Bishop O’Conner of
Prince George.

And his talent: doesn’t end
here. Gervais may be an up-and-

‘coming musician.as well. At the.
‘age of nine Gervais has already

completed his fourth-year of
piano lessons and has just com-

‘pleted his Grade 1 Royal Con-~

servatory Exam. The results ar-

seh Terrace Review — Wednesday, may 19, 1989 19

ards. young local artist

en’t back from on: this one’ ye

but a good mark wouldn’ t be a

big surprise.

‘But how does a- nine-year- cold .
with all this talent round out his |
life: when competing with an
older brother and a younger

brother and sister? ‘‘Hockey,”’
says his mother, Vera Gervais.

He likes the competition in Ter-_ |

race Minor Hockey’s Novice Di-
vision, where he plays left de-

fence and right wing.

when he won first place in a contest to design the
d 1987 Christmas cards with this depiction of

TUESDAY: Kermode ce
WEDNESDAY: ‘Terrace Blueback Swim Club

EVERYONE WELCOME!

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“Ladies of the Royal Purple

B.C. Paraplegic Foundation.

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