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Norse Grundman
~ bids farewell

" Herald Statt Writer

“TERRACE Mills. Memorial Hospital bids farewell .

. ‘today: to Registered. Nurse, Gurtrude Grundman, who has
spent the last 12 of her 43 years in the mursing profession
- Working at Mills,

She will leave: behind many friends, both’ co-workers and, .

. ‘ patlents, and alse many fond memories of iursing positions
all over westem Canada, -

: Co-workers say that Gurt is a kind and. caring individual
‘and that in her tee career as a nurse, she has helped Save
_ many. lives. :

Gurt Grundman:

"Mes. Grundman entered the field of nursing when she
reached tlie-age of.-19 and went through ‘three years ‘of

training ata hospital in: Humbold, Saskatchewan. - >"

After her training was completed, she hegan working i in a’

' ten bed medical centre in Rose Valley.

-“The ‘man that owned: the.electricat generating plant ©

would shut off:the power at 10 p:m. and go to-bed,”” she”
“recalls. “The nurses would then complete their rounds by
'. the light of coal oll lamps, If emergency operations were to
- be performed, the doctor would have to wake the man soe the
.operation could take place. As a nurse back:then, you ever.

- had to cook breakfast for: the patients.”

; months she moved west to work at St. Mary’ § Hospital in

~ She didn't ‘stay too long in Rose ‘Valley; alter seven -

* New ‘Weatmninater, BC.

‘ Gurtrude gpent even less time in. her new job when she
decided to move back to her hometown of Kerrobert, where

. she wold work asa nurse for the next four years. .

“Then came a stint as a special duty nurse in ‘Winnipeg,

. looking after ‘patients who. were -recelving. treatment at.

’

home or who required constant medical supervision.
From there, it was on to. Alonsa,. located near - ‘Lake |
Manitoba, where she’ found herself working at a Red Cross,

‘ Nursing station, =~ ¢ -

It was here that: she met Otto, “the: man ‘she would -

"eventually miatry, and recalls their first srieeting..

. “Otte was working up by ake Manitoba clearing land for ;

‘farming, One day he came into the emergency department | ©
- -¢laiming to have a piece of steel in his eye.’ As It tuned out
~t was only. a plece-of dirt.’ °.'

Gurtrude.and ther husband then moved: to Portage. La:

: Prafrie where they lived-for 14 years.

But in-1972, both of them decided they’ needed: a change
‘and that change brought them .to Terrace,

Besides working at Mills Memorial, Gurt. has been a-
‘member of the executive board for the Terrace Fall Fair
_and she has also served on: the- execislive for the’ Skeena
‘Valley Golf and Country club, -

As well, she has been a past president of the Terrace

". chapter of the Registered Nurses Association of B.C, and Is.

- also contributing to the bargaining committee of the British

Columbia Nurses Union, here in the northwest regidh: .

..Gurtrude and Otto plan to live in Terrace for a few more *.

years and. then possible move to warmer. climes down»
south, —- :

Theré will bea farewell and retirement diiuier held in her.

* honour. tonight at the Bavarian Inn to. salute, her: “years of
"service to the ne Nursing profession,

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+ the buses are leaving, Thursday, Feb. 2, at 10:a.m.
| municipal building. There wilt be a $17 charge, .

Winter Games
" buses” available

“Al athletes under 19 years of age ‘who are’
., travelling tothe B.C, winter gamesarereminded that

‘from the old winter games control center next to the °

payable when you leave. 7
'. ‘The buses will be returning at approximately B P. mn,

‘Sunday ‘night.

a a
25 cents.

Established 1908.

proclamation ‘declaring February to be
Heart-Apple month in Terrace.” This
coincides with campalgns being conducted.
_ In other B.C. communities. Looking. on Is

2 the Heart: |

-Clover Quesnel, publicity. ‘chalrperson for

t's official. Mayor Giesbrecht signs the

" VTIMAT A lockout. Thursday by the pulp and paper
industry: ‘will affect, approximately. 500 hourly paid em-
Ployess,, a. company spokesman. ‘said.today.

He. noted that fhe company had hoped this wouldn't be v
“necessary but this drastic measure was taken to convince -

~ Eurocan: workers face lockout

- the, union to return to the. ‘bargaining: (able as ‘soon a8.

“Poselble. - . “ f
‘A-union.spokesman ‘ was. unavailable for comment,
Alockout of British Columbia's unionized pulp and paper

~ workers, which would cost the hidustry millions of dollars a

day, will..go ahead ‘Thursday’ despite: calls‘ from. union

Negotiators to relurn to the baggaining table;, Says a

Spokesman for. the companies,

Students frantic

COURTENAY, BC. (cP) =

Sn

= Frantit students dragged

~ out injured friends Monday as fuel and oil leaked from, a
crowded bus that went out of-control on-a. mountain road -

and overturned neat this Vanocuver Island community.
+“T'was scared,’.said Kerry Kyzz, 17, of Breritwéod Bay.

of that.”"

«<One teenage. oy” wag ‘llled. His ‘name was’ _ being

_ withheld, Sixty-three persons“were injured...

Two boys were in critical condition in: hospital today and
two girls. and two boys were listed in serious condition.

‘Another 21 studerits suffered fractures dnd abdominal
__dnjuries And at leadl’36, more were. treated for less serious
'Gnjuries, 5 ¢:

_ As the bus went out of control, driver Kerry Griffith, 29, of
‘Sidney, swerved the vehicle into’ 4 ‘roadside embankment
about halfway down the road to the Mount Washington ski
resort, a
Ralph Plumeridge, the: ‘driver of another. “bus, said
.. Griffith, who.was not seriously ‘injured, told him his brakes
tailed and he had two choices: ‘A tree-tined embankment or
a ditch and a steep wall. 7
"He. had lo stop the bus and. he. dia. the only thing he
- gould,” said Plumeridge. ,

 “Theright gorher of the bus caught tie bank and the fear a

"end slewed across thé. road, The bus turned on its side and
everyone on the right side was thrown forward. ( Griffith was
thrown: right’ through’ the window. mos
DRIVER RESTING | fae

Griffith was resting at his: Sidney. home today.

- RCMP sald the bug has been ‘impounded. and will have a
* gmpote mechatiical ingpection’ this week.

. The 43-seat bus, from Corirhat Stages Ltd. ti Sidney, was
'. one of seven chartered to carry Saanich-ares students and
” teachers for a ski trip. The accident occurred at 4:15 p.m.
- as the students were returning home.

* The bus was carrying more passengers than its seating
capacity because. one of three vehicles carrying students
- fron Clarémont secondary school did Hiot ditive to the top of

: ag was afraid I was soing to die. Ithink everyone was afraid -

Tree Fruit Growers and Sun. Rype Products
‘td. are joining forces with the foundation ~

“help promote healthy hearts: through. |
_ healthy snacks; such as apples. So when you.
‘a. volunteer, have a heart and~ give
bn ously. wand enjoy. an. apple. - apres

“We want to resalve these ma tters now,”' Pulp and Paper
Industrial: Relations Bureau chairman Don Saunders said
Monday. “We've considered our position very- carefully,
and itlooks like we'll be. meeting the unions while the mills
are. down.” 5 0"

- Saunders ‘said. a proposal from the Pulp, Paper and
: Woodworkersof Canada toresume bargaining Feb, ‘is not .
good enough to avert a lockout.

“Their people aye.all in town. Why can t ‘they meet us

immediately?” he said, “It's all part! of the unions’ strategy ¥

to. ‘drag things out as Jong as possible. wi
Pulp companies began delivering: 7 -hour lockout notices

’ Monday to most union locals at the’ 19-mills throughout the

province which among them employ about 12,500. workers,

- Industry spokesman Chris Crombie estimated the
- shutdown will cost $8 million a day in lost revenue, plus $2

million dollars in daily wages and benefit payments. The

. forest industry, including lumber; is JB C.’s largest, ac-

counting for 50 cents of every dollar earned,
WANTS TO BARGAIN ms

' Art Gruntman, Canadian Paperwarkers Union western
regional vice-president, said his union -also wants to get
back to bargaining, but will notset a date until paperworker
union representatives meet Feb. 13."

~And Gruntman angrily vowed the dispute will be much
tougher. to résolve if the lockout occurs.

“Once they pul those locks on, it's a ‘different ballgame
altogether,” he said: “It think it will strengthen our resolve

‘and make our people angrier.

“We've kept their mills running | and tis is the payoff.
Things will be 4 lot different.” -

~Gruntman accused the pulp companies of. attempting to
create a:world pulp shortage so that prices will rise. He said

. British Calambia provides about 35 per cent of the. world’s

pulp.”

Thetwo pulp unions are resisting the indhistiy’ ‘demand
fora ‘three-year agreement similar to that ratified Last
week by the International Woodworkers of America..The
IWA: ratified by 68 per cent a contract with a wage freeze in

_ 1993, afour-per-cent increase this June and a further a per’

cent on June.30, 185.

WITHOUT CONTRACT :

“The pulp unions are holding oul for a. ‘two-year pact,
better pensions and noconcessions, They have been without

a ‘collective agreement for seven months.

- Dick Lester, president of the Pulp and Paper Industrial

- Relations Bureau, sald he believes the coat of resolving the

, dispute will be grealer in the future if-the industry allows

_ the ihfons ‘to select the best time for job-action. -

“in our judgméent,-we are doing what we have to do,” he
sald. We would be foolish to wait ary tonger.""

“A lockout by the employers Thursday would be British
Columbia’ 5 first t province-wide pulp. and paper lockout.

: ‘the mountain and its passengets’ were divided among’ the : .

other, ‘two, buses:

” az, sitting on the ieft side ta the centre of the bus, sald
-. bhe first noticed ‘something was.wrong when she beard a

"teacher yelling veld down” Just before the bus pulled out to.

~ pass two ottier bukes
‘Kure, whd recelved nine stitched to her face as a resull of
-hitting her head on a- séal, salt the bus driver was beeping

: his horn furiously at the other- buses. “Bodies were being

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_ aTEWART— Since Jan.. 18, ‘
has’ been living with ‘the’ offic “announcement that the
town's main industry and employer, | the Granduc Mine, will
be shutting down ope meandmoyingoutofthearea. -

The reason for’ closure swvas! eontinued low copper
prices: on the World’market,

*-Mayor Gary Hubbard says that although there will be

- severe économic hardships for the next few years, the town

of Stewart will survive,
“What we have to do now is -hold the framework of the °

_ community together, the public services such as schooling,.

hospitals, police and fire services, and maintenance crews,

_ all those things that keep a community running,” he stated. .

.When asked about economic plans. for the future, the

"mayor. replied , that a committee has boen set up to
formulate an~ economic plan - that will attract other.

industries into the’ area.
‘He also sald that a railway study has heen conducted to-

' determine the feasibility of laying a railway link through

the Bear Pass area to connect Stewart with B.C. Rails
transportation ' network, *

Results from the study showed that such a link would be’
possible if more industry could be broughtinio the area.

When. taken with the fact that Stewart. is B.C.'s.
northernmost ‘ice-free port, the possibility of. Stewart
becoming another west coast shipping port is not out of the |
question. . o

‘And, as well, Highway 3 is almost completely paved with :
only 30 iniles left to becompleted this summer, «- -

, Themayér feela thisis a point that cannot be ignored.

At present, the population of Stewart: Is around: 1,600 but
when the mine ‘finally ‘closes in April, the number of
residents could drop as low.as 600.: _

Says Mayor Hubbard, “Many of the 400 employees’ of the
mine will probably be leaving with their families, and when
69 per cent of your tax base leaves town it's sure,to place’

, Some economic barriers in-the way of. development, but as
' far as I'm ‘concerned, Stewart will never shut down, not as :

long ag Cm in attic, "

Kootnokott teaches

. positive images _

‘Herald Statf Writer
 TERRACE— Jon Lee Kootnekoif is in Terrace this week
to give a seminar titled "Winning with a positive self image.”

"- Kodtnekoff is a man with that positive self image.’’He ia: Vs
. also & very successful man and he says that his success ig

Seto his positive-image life’ ‘style, ‘He anys -that. people |

_; have to'see themselves winning in Iife or. see themselves
| being successful. That is the main message of the semitiars
ns feat he delivers to people all over North America. |

“Kootnekolf. graduated from Seattle university in 1961 ond.
wan voted tothe American colleges and universities “Wh:
>We" Tor his athlevement: Anigcademics ‘and athletes”
played in the NCAA finals in Louisyilie Kentucky in 1968.

. He represented, Canada in” the 1960 Olympic games’ in
basketball, He has beeh a very sicceasful high school and. |
- univeraity coach, and. has fathered. three very: successful
‘children.

Kootnekoff was a teacher for 21 years and SAYS | he left
teaching because he wanted to travel and meet people. He
says he enjoys what he does now especially, because he sort
af Bets paid for learning.

Jon Lee Kootnekoff

One of his most recent achievements is the founding of the
Horizon Institute, The institute is the base for hls seminar
series and provides a broad framework of concepts and
techniques which enable people to develop more of théir.
own powers to become’ successful, happier, more
productive, and morefulfilled, The institute also markets a
series of tapes including such topics as relaxation, time and

siress management, and communications.

Kootnekoff claims to have something for everyone in his’
seminar, He mentions parents, teens, alcoholics, business: __
people and athletes as some of the broad range of people. ;
that his seminars can be applicable to,

The local seminar takes place Wednesday night at the Inn.
of the West at 7 p.m. There is a §25 charge for singles and.
$35 for couples. The seminar is hosted by CFTK radio ani.’
registration is through the TK office,

Kootnekoff ts truly 'a dynamis and ‘motivating speaker, --
He says his message simply is: “let's start talking about
what's good about Us... , There’ J ro limit to what ya can

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