4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 21, 1989 S =

Terrace’s popular weather-
man, George Blakey, is leaving.
our area to take up a new post
in Kamloops.-

. George.came to Terrace in
the fall of 1968, primarily to .
establish the weather office and

get it going. But once things _

were running smoothly, he
decided that maybe whe wanted
to stay fora while. This -
‘“‘while”’ turned in to almost 21!
years. He just never found any
situation in which the tempta-

tion to. go was greater than the
temptation to stay. -

‘For many years many of us
have listened to the live
weather reports of CFTK radio
at about quarter to nine in the

‘morning. These reports are
usually preceded by some on-

air funny conversation and jok-
ing. Most of us have gotten
some good chuckles out of
that. And since we’re only
human, we have probably

- blamed the weatherman for the

weather on more than one Oc-.
casion. It’s either too hot, too

cold, too wet, too dry or too
_ whatever.

But one thing was very con-

stant, and that was George’s

sense of humor while doing the
broadcasts. So if you add up
all the minutes of the 8:45 a.m.
broadcasts, multiply it by the
days of the week, the weeks
and the years, I figure that

- George has given us more than
" 150 hours of entertainment.

- That more than makes up for
cany weather that did not want

to co-operate with his forecast.

So George, this is goodbye, —
but not before we wish you and
your wife all the best for the
future. May the sun always
shine and the rain never
dampen your spirits!

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George Blakey

There is an exhibition of
photographs with a difference
in the Terrace Art Gallery. The
artist; Mike MacDonald, has
successfully assembled pictures
of roots, flowers and totems in
collage form. ‘With it, he also
gives an explanation of the

‘usefulness of the roots and

plants. Some of them are very

interesting. ep PAD Se

“Did you know that 160.

species. of fireweed growin
Canada? Did you know that the -
‘Oregon lung lichen is uséd as a

tea to purify the blood? Did .

- you: know that somie of these -
- plants are’ found i in our own.

backyards?
~ The other part’ of the show i is.

"collages of totem poles.’ Some’:

of them are very. cleverly as-.

. sembled.

‘Mike MacDonald w: was born:

» in Nova Scotia. He is of Mic -
- Mac ancestry. For: the last 12 ©

years he has lived i in B.C. He..

has no formal art training and

is self taught. His works in the
Art Gallery are interesting and.
very pleasing to the eye. |

The exhibition will be here
til June 30. Gallery hours are

Tuesday through Saturday 12 —
-to 3, Sunday 1 to 4, ‘Tuesday, ©

Wednesday and Thursday.
nights from 7 to 9.

Recently the cast and crew’ of
the popular CBC program

. “Midday” stopped in Terrace
- -to'shoot some video at.
-Heritage Park. They had come

by train from Prince Rupert
and went on to Smithers, with .

other stops along the way. This

route was-chosen because it is
said to be the most spectacular
and scenic, and they were not
disappointed. Ralph Benmer-
gui, the new co-host of the
show, along with Valerie

- Pringle, was very much i in awe
with this part of the province.

The shoot at Heritage Park = -
focussed on some interviews
and on Heritage Park itself.
The show will be aired on
CFTK-TV June 26 on the pro-
gram ‘‘Midday’’. Watch for it
or set your VCR. It should be
interesting.

June 15 was a very special
day for Mr. Frank Hollands. It
was his birthday. — his 97th
birthday. ’

Mr. Hollands was born in.
1892 in England. He came: ‘to’

Canada as a young man, He
served: with the Royal North
West Mounted Police from
August 1914 to. August 1916,
The RNWMP was the forerun- .
ner of what is now the RCMP.
The force was first established
in 1873. They recruited men be-
tween the ages of 18 and 40.

_ The men had to be of good

character, and were required to
be able to read and write in
either the English or French
language. Initially, they were a
para-military body, known as
the North West Mounted
Police.

History shows that they were
-also servants of the public. Not
only did they maintain services
for public order and welfare,
they also assumed respon-
sibilities for many mail services
in the early west. They acted as
mail carriers between set-
tlements or awarded contracts

- for this service. Many police —

barracks served as post offices,
with members acting as
postmasters. Members were
also customs collectors, Indian.
agents and census takers. They
even compiled meteorological -
records for a while. The force’s
surgeons, often the only
médical practioners around fot

miles, ‘also tended to the...
-medical needs of: ‘the: local |

‘Mounted Police had achieved

' birthday that Staff Sargeant G.

‘with birthday greetings from.

sion. .

populace.

-Aside from these federal
duties, they administered the.-.
following territorial ordinances: —
recorded vital statistics, cor-
alled stallions at large, and.
controlled the spread of con-
tagious diseases and. prairie
fires,

It was in 1904 that. the. ,

achievements .of the NWMP re-
ceived recognition when King »
Edward VII granted the force
the prefix ‘‘Royal’”’ and it
became.the Royal North West .
Mounted Police. By 1914 the

an international reputation for.
the role played in western:
Canada’s orderly development.
This was the force Mr. Frank
Hollands was a member of for.
two years. And it was on his’ »

Woods of the Terrace detach- .
ment presented Mr. Hollands

N.D. Inkster, Commissioner of
the RCMP, and from Inspector
L.E. Yeske, O.L.C. Terrace

detachment. Family and friends |
gathered at the Terraceview- ~
Lodge, where Mr. Hollands is ‘| -
a resident, for this. special occa- - | -

If you have a birthday, an
anniversary, visitors from out
of town or any other item of

The crew from “Midday”, CBC’ $ noon-hour current events
national television show, was In Terrace last week fliming a
special edition of the show that will concentrate on the at-

interest, please give me acallat tractions and people of the Northwest. The program will alr

635-2723. Have a great week
everybody, and,I’ll see you all
again next Wednesday for a
Review of all the happenings.

June 26, when new co-host Ralph Benmergul (shown here
» observing a technician from the comfort of a rocking chalr
In Heritage Park) will join Valerie Pringle for his first show.

Photo by Alie Foo.

‘Weve _
Touched

‘Terrace UVic grads —

the Heart of
Someone
You Know.

B.C. Heart

Eight Terrace students were -
among 1,400 who collected their
degrees at the recent spring con-
vocation ceremonies at the.

' University of Victoria. They are:

Bachelor. of Arts: Frazer

Thomas, —

Bachelor of Education: ‘Pat- _
ricia Philpot, ‘Anita-Marie

Yorke. .

Bachelor of Science: Lanita -

Logan, Sherri Oman, Anna
Yan.

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