Dare to. be different,
That's what the University of Nor-

become.a truly regional institution, says

services,

which had a large. population ‘base in a
compact area, They also. operated on the
“you come to.us’. ‘approach..

UNBC's task, ‘however, was “to serve

more = than, halt. a Million. “square
: ‘kilometres."” “* i

. And just how the university ‘could ef-
fectively meet the post-secondary educa-
tional needs of those people was the sub-

thern B.C. (UNBC) has to do if it is to

Northwest Community College’s.”
(NWCC): vice president: of educational .

Michael . Hill... ‘explained “universities 7
. were traditionally Jocated: in urban’ areas~ -:

305,000 people ‘that. are dispersed over:

ject of a report Hill recently delivered to
the UNBC board.

Requested by ithe university, the report
offered a profile of the communities .in
the north, suggestions on how each could
be best served and a review of the dif: |
ferent and alternative teaching methods
‘available. .

. For example, Bil) said, the report. ex-
amined the possible benefits. of -block
scheduling. That system, he explained,

-Meant instead, of. students taking a:

number of subjects ‘over ‘ari. extended
period — the traditional model — they
would intensively study a single subject

over: a much shorter one, |

Hill said UNBC recognized the institu-

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_President Geoffrey Weller had on several

occasions publicly committed it to being
truly regional in outlook.

.. And there were already signs that was
indeed the intent, For example, Hill said,
the university had invited the region’s
community colleges. ta help design
diploma programs. which would be a

"stepping stone to a full degree. -
“+ Hill said the proposed system would

mean NWCC students could take two
years in a given subject at the college and

_ receive full credit for that two years when

they moved on to a ‘degree course
through UNBC,

_ “That's almost unheard of for a
university 10 make that kind of offer,”’

University must find a different way

Lights and New Caledonia: — - could also

help in the development of the university

by continued lobbying for regionalism,
suggesting what was needed in their area
and how it could be delivered, and offer-
ing whatever help they could to achieve
those goal.

‘They're going to get nothing but the
fullest co-operation from us,” he em-'
phasized. - ;
kkekkk

A recent addition to NWCC, Michael
Hill worked for the past nine years at the

. College of New Caledonia, During that

period he was director of a number of
fields of study including health and social
sciences, adult basic education and native
studies.

“tion would not work if it tried to be solely
a university of Prince George, adding its

he emphasized.
The colleges

NESTLED IN THE NASS valley, ‘Onvile and. Florence
Spencer's summer home overlooking. the lake which bears
. ‘their name-was the’scene of many happy times, Orville pass- -

Nass loses long:

. The Nass Valley lost a long
“time. ‘resident. Aug. 9 when

th i
Orville Spencer passed away. Here n
Orville first arrived in the
northwest in 1914 when his There
. parents, Benjamin and Anne by

“moved from . Chicago, Ill. Yvonne Moen

‘The move to B.C. was made

ed away earlier this month and will be much missed by family
and friends. .

‘a soecener segs woh:

time resident

ae pc.

ho had got some of his strength

pr back and was able to do
oN some work,

Very weak after six weeks
illness, ‘Benjamin tried once
to go out and collect wood
but the bright winter sun left
him snow-blind, By spring he

a

* a million dollars by the end of

1992.

He and wife Dana have two chifdren,
Ryan (9) and Megan (7).

Donations keep
total climbing |

With donations continuing to
come in, the total raised by the
Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foun-
dation towards the cost of a CT
Scan for Milis Memorial
hospital continues to edge ever
upwards,

Spokesman Michael Leisinger
said a donation of $3,248 by
Safeway employees and yester-
day’s $5,000 cheque from the
Toronto-Dominion bank were
among the larger recent dona-
tions.

‘Although the foundation is
now waiting for an auditor's
report to come back with an ex-
act figure on what's been raised
to date, he estimated the total
could now be pushing $350,000.

That's a lot. of money, but
there’s still some way to go yet
— the foundation’ says the
equipment _ will cost _BPRTOX-

- imately $600,000;-.;, yet

However, Leisinger ‘said ‘the
group: has’ set’ itself ‘a target of
raising the remaining quarter of

_ NWCC, Northern

Michael Leisinger
‘After expenses and prize
. money was deducted from the

$132,000 raised, he said the
foundation had netted approx- |
imately $70,000. .
Given. sych campaigns often

do not hit thewir full ‘potential |
in the first year, the foundation
hopes the 1991 version will raise
even more' money.

‘With the summer now over
and the board set to get back to
regular meetings, Leisinger an-
ticipated it would be looking at
other fundrainsing ideas,

He also hoped community
organizations would continue

this financial year, March 31,

Expected to be a major ‘con-
tributor to that drive is a repeat
of last year’s very successful
Cash Calendar sales campaign.
More than 4,000 purchased the
$30 calendars which gave them

children; daughters Beatrice
; (Thain) and“Trady (Procyk)
‘and | sons ‘Ben, | Dan and
Robert.

for health: reasons and
,, because they had heard so
~caniveh ‘about the west'and the
“opportunities that’ were
there. a”

“The following. year. “they
"moved to the Nass where life
»those . early days... was -
boughs “Sometimes : there was: =.

little ‘food-.and there. were “overlooking Spencer Lake.
fires: ‘and ® “floods: to: “contend” ' ">. At various times he packed: -
~ with over the years. 7 2: fi sh for. B.C. Packers, work-
‘ed for. the Highways depart-

- through to the Nass in 1958,
» the Spencers spent mahy
‘happy .hours at their. .

wnat oe

When’ older, Orville’ and
“| > his younger brother George
“-’ — he was born in the Nass in
‘Bs | 1918 — did a lot of trapping,
-[. wearing: out .many: pairs of -
“rubber boots. trekking over
‘the lava beds.» 1
Reaching. Terrac ‘over. the
elegraph* trail ‘would’ take
“them three. days,.the.
‘telegraph ° “cabins providing *
vernight refuge, ‘The pair...
Iso built several boats, were =

Smith, Pohle Lumber, L&H
- Kerr and Vic Froese,. Orville
"ended .up.as a real jack-of- ~
‘| all-trades. and. wouldn't Jet
= ~anything: -beat him, 2.

‘limitless ‘humouc.::

he? first :non-natives: to"
“navigate cthe canyons and = |
| ' 64-mile ‘route,

* Florence, his children, ten

, «granddaughter,
nditwo years later. they built ““ predeceased. by his father,
theif home:on 2. 5 acres on- ‘mother and brother George.

“Munro St. .
“ts here eabey raised their ei five, held

After the road was put .

~ beautiful summer home there;

ment and trucked for Harold -

. * He was also a’great t teacher
for his children ard a: man of:

© On- his. 70th birthday, - he uh
walked from Terrace,to ‘ the. -
Nass, recording on each mile “
“the events. that had. taken...

place over the years along the =

“Orville. ‘is: ‘survived - * by

gtadchildren and a great-
He .: was

_- ‘The memorial service Was’
‘held at the Alliance Church, -

Saturday, Aug. 17 and con-
ducted. by Rev. > Wiebe.
 Lorette’ Lepp. and -grand-
daughter Deanna Thain...

Orville's | ashes. will -be—

buried on the old Nass Valley
homestead and a -memorial
will be erected...
aoe

. Orville had many ‘stories
about the family’s early ex-
periences in the northwest.

His father had been a

: lawyer jin Chicago but. to
» practice in B.C...first had to

“take a post-graduate course,
: “That was not possible with a
family to provide for.
a2, The Spencers, , including
: Orville’ 5 grandfather. landed
n'Prince Rupert:in' 1913 but
_gtandfather soon returned to
‘the. United States - saying
Prince Rupert had too much
rain for his liking.
"After three trips: upriver to
the Nass. Valley, . Benjamin
-Spencer. maved the. family
~ there in 1914; However, after

rm completing t their cabin_ home,

he went. down’ with typhoid
: That. meant wife Anne

* aS: ‘left, tot ‘cut ‘wood and

: “genefally keep t the house Bo-

coast city but were soon back

‘However, other settlers lent a
“hand building another cabin
-and the local missionary col-
-lected faod and clothing, -

With the ‘opportunity to
work ina Prince Rupert store
owned by a Mr. Cavenelle,

the family moved back to the $5,000.

an opportunity to win daily
prizes of $50 or $100 and a shot
at major prizes of $1,000 or

their support and there would

also be further corperate dona-

tions between now and the end

of March all of which would
. help reach the target,

in the Nass again, °

However, disaster struck
when their cabin was burned
to the ground — only.a bag
of beans and some rice was
saved from’ the blaze,

After another short break
when Benjamin worked at
the Arrandale cannery, the
family returned again to the
Nass in 1922, settling on the
shores of Tseax. Lake, now
known as Spencer’s.Lake.

There Benjamin completed _
a partially-constructed
building and made beautiful
furniture from, ‘left ’* over
scraps of wood. He served as
both . police officer and
justice of the ‘Peace: for the
Nass. =
Benjamin - died . Oct... 14,
1940 aged 77. and is buried at
the old .homestead.\: Wife
Anne moved ‘to’: Victoria |
because of" lines ‘and ‘dled
there in 5k.

OC bound

ma Speeders

Last year §,600° ‘traffic fatalltie
volved ‘sneeders,

contributor to such accidents. ©

road this long weekend.”

tinue until Friday, Sept. 6. =. 5.3" Ae

_ Such’ as the present one. :

»

7 "

In fact; speeding ts the second: most frequent

Those are-facts the Ivisurance Corporation: of.
B.C. (ICBC) and ‘the: local . R.C.M.P
motorists to bear in ‘mind ‘when the are

And to drive” the point: home, the po
began a province-wide campaign last Saturday’ ‘to
enforce speed lmits. The crackdown: will ‘con

ICBC president Tom Holmes sald: ine vais or
accidents on the B.C. Day long’ weekend
underlined the need to make. the public aware of
the danger and-to have enforcement campaigns

He sald the: public warn was s be mig Ios

- beemuse the police want ‘to see.
“handed out and fewer people injured 61 or. killed on
“our roads,”*

- Last year, the second in the now annual cam-
paign, 19,000 specding tickets were handed out
and: ‘another 954 drivers recelved tickets for the

‘more serious infraction of excessive, speeding.
A

swant:

: - Speedin can be expensive if you're: ‘caught,
. There. is 2 $75 fine for speeding, $1 00 for ex-
- cessive speeding. You also get three st
on toyour driving record.

‘Two speeding tickets within. the “12. months
‘assessment period and ICBC will send you a bill
‘or $150 to be paid before your: birthday be

2 That. bit keeps rising ss you a
keto getting five of them can

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CLEAN CREW. Members of the Pentecostal Youth Group were busy
washing cars Saturday to raise money for this weekend's trip to the
Queen Charlottes. Approximately 30 students will be going on the
cycling expedition.

It’s that time again

September not only brings the last long weekend
of the year and the return of school days, it is also
time for local.clubs and organizations to get back
inta action after a brief summer break.

‘If yout group is about to tal meeting again, is ;
looking for new members or. has a specialevent [

planned to ‘mark the new season, ‘get the news out
by phoning the Terrace Standard at 638-7283. J ust

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