‘Christmas In July?

Berquist families
reunite in town

THORNHILL — When
families don’t get a
chance to get together
for a regular Christmas
(Dec. 25), why not
celebrate the festive
holidays. during sum-
mer?

From Broderick,
Saskatchewan, south of
Saskatoon, Bob Berquist
with. his wife Erla and
their two children, Jason
and Bradley, arrived in
Terrace recently for a
two-week visit with his
brother, Ried Berquist,
of Terrace.

The two families have
visited over summer
holidays every second
year but never for
Christmas.

After a two-day train
ride, and a warm hello,
the two families were
busy, preparing for the
next day - ‘‘Christmas’’.
The children were early
to rise, with greetings of
Merry Christmas, Ho
Ho Ho, and a Happy
New Year celebrating
Canada’s 119 birthday.

Presents had been
opened Christmas Eve, a
French Canadian tradi-
tion, Over 20 guests
gathered for Christmas

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all the trimmings were
welcomed by all, even
though the temperature
was warm.

After celebrating
Canada’s birthday with
wishes of a healthy and
prosperous year, the Ber-
quist families visited the
friendliest ghost town in
Alaska - Hyder, to
celebrate the fourth of
July. Souvenirs and
glacier postcards were
picked out for relatives
back home on the
prairies.

On their return from
Alaska, the families
visited the lava beds in
the Nass Valley,

A trip to Prince
Rupert was next and a
ride on the gondola
taken to the top of
Mount Hays ‘‘topped’’
another day of fun
things to do in the
Pacific Northwest.

A tour of Terrace and
Surrounding parks was
most impressive with a
view of local mountains
of interest to this prairie
couple.

Kitimat was next with
a tour of Alcan,
Eurocan’s pulp and
paper mill, Moore Creek
Falls, and a drive to the
M.K. Bay Marina, to
name a few.

The couple take back
to the prairies, a moun-
tain of memories from:
the West Coast of
Canada. °

F This Is what Santa
& Claus brought David,
a new riding outfit.
But..where is the
horse?

Letter carrier
covers many miles
on postal route

Anne Payne

TERRACE — Anne
Payne moved to Terrace
from Ontario eight years
ago. Her post as a letter
carrier takes her on an
eight hour day and said
Payne, “I cover many
miles.”

by Daniele Berquist

It’s a very physical
job, as you are steadily
walking which means
you are on your feet a

lot, Payne said. She has
three children; Danielle,
Tom and Susan.

Her husband Gil,
works with West Fraser
at the Skeena Mill and is
also president of the
Northwest Region for
the B.C. Wildlife
Federation.

Payne enjoys most of
the shooting sports. Over
the years she has
developed an interest in
guns and has been in-
volved in archery for the
past three years.

Payne said that she en-
joys Terrace, other than
the rain. “I guess if I
wasn’t walking all day, it
wouldn’t bother me so
much.’’

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| The Berquist familles ©
Erla, (left) Jimmy, Jason, Chrissy, Bradley and Ried plus Bob and nephew David (back)
gather around the Christmas tree before opening thelr gifts.

Super salesman surfaces

TERRACE — The secret
to success for Lanny
Paul of Terrace is ‘‘just
hard work’’.

Paul is a 14-year-old
student at Skeena Junior
Secondary School and
has. surfaced as the top

‘salesman in the Terrace

Review subscription

drive. Paul is modest
about his ac-
complishments.  ‘‘It’s

nothing, really,’’ he said,
Paul is one of a
number of young people

who have been calling on

local residents to inquire
whether they are in-
terested in obtaining a
subscription to the Ter-
race Review. “‘I try to
sell as many as I can,’’ he
said.

Paul noted that local
residents are generally
pleasant to deal with.
‘‘Mainly everyone is fair-
ly nice but when it comes
to selling raffle tickets
for ice hockey they get a
little irritated.’’

Paul is a goaltender
for the Terrace Bantam
Reps Inland Kenworth
team. He has played
goalie for the past five
years and his future
plans include a career in
the sport. ‘‘I’d like to

make it into the National .

Hockey League.”’

At the moment, Paul
is in the ‘‘off season’’ for
ice hockey but is present-
ly participating in the
Junior Varsity Ice
Hockey program at the
University of British
Columbia. He will be
back in town shortly to
attend the Northwest Ice
Hockey School being
staged in Terrace for a
week,

Requirements: for a
top notch goalie include
lightening quick reflexes.
To stay in the running,
Paul is spending a
number of his summer
hours ‘‘just trying to
keep in shape.”’

Paul is riding his bicy-
cle a lot to develop better
breathing for hockey and

is going to Ironworks
Gym and Fitness Centre
locally to lift weights for
the purpose of gaining
overall strength. ‘I’m
getting in good shape,”
Paul noted.

He is not certain what
his goal plans are if the

_business

Sales soar

ice hockey career falls
through. ‘‘I might be a
truck driver,’’ he com-
mented, But undoubted-
ly an_ enterprising
firm will
recognize Paul’s valued
talents and scoop him
for their sales team.

Lanny Paul, 14, has topped the chart In the Terrace Review

aubscription drive.

Letter

Successful future predicted

To the editor,

I'm enclosing a check
to extend our subscrip-
tion to the Terrace
Review.

We look forward to its
interesting and well il-
lustrated news items and
particularly enjoy your
positive approach to

news, It is so refreshing
after the negative at-
titude of most papers
and the electronic media.

I predict a long and
successful future for the
Terrace Review,

Pat Tucker
Sidney, B.C,