B4- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, duly 13, 2005

: Legion notes
Planning for ‘boat days

CONTRIBUTED BY
CMDE PETER
‘CROMPTON

“WE ARE. now moving into

_ our. summer time, and by -
_ all indications we will be_
~ holding our own through ~
: the coming: months, thanks
. in part to‘our volunteer help .
and those. members who —
come out each day to support | ;

our organization.

_» Our 2005 Golf. Touma- .
ment is now-in the history |
‘books, ° and thanks ‘to. our : jay
sports chairperson Joyce and ©
‘to Lisa for her hard work in
collecting prizes. The. 44

golfers had a great day and

once ‘again: thanks to all
those businesses. and indi

viduals for your support.
- All our delegates arrived”

” home. safe’ and sound from ’
the ‘provincial . Convention
. held in Whitehorse in‘ early.
-June. It was refreshing and.
' welcome to have an in-depth. - ;
_ .Feport ‘made. available at the’ .;
a “June general meeting, which!
": is* available. for reading. in .
~» the: Branch lounge...’ ~.

- July is: “Riverboat Days -

month here i in ‘Terrace. ‘The.,
parade, as usual, ‘is orga- -
nized by the Branch — chair- ”
persons. Joyce Bradley and ”
-. Marge Skead are once'again’:

busy making sure , that this
year’s ‘parade will go off

without trouble, and will be.
as large and entertaining as. .-
‘ever. You know most orga>-”
nizations run with volunteers ”
‘and we in. ‘the Legion are no «.
Our. volunteers _
_ have families to take care of, |:
have jobs to « do, yet, they al-
ways seem to have criticism=
and. negatives ‘thrown their: «
way. Well, to. those of you. ”
‘+ ‘who are never satisfied with’
the work of others, here are’
_ a couple of. phone numbers
- youcan call —Iam sure they _
-will welcome your time and .
- ‘efforts. Joyce at 638-8721 or
.. Marge at 635-3685. he

different:

As part of Riverboat

| ‘Days celebrations, we will

be holding a fundraising ca-
sino night in the Branch on
Friday July 29. Tickets are
$15, in; adyance,, $20 at the

door ‘and it’s open tomem-
‘bers and bonifide guests. =“ —

Branch . 13, ‘along with
members from Branch 250
in Kitimat, led. the Canada

' .Day Kitimat Parade on July”
. 1st; there were 10 Branch 13

members on the Colour Par-
ty and seven from Kitimat,
along with two Kitimat Sea

’ Cadets.
_. Also on July 1, Stewart _
held a ‘special ‘events day, .
flags were raised at the ceno-_
taph, and Cmde Al Larson,”
representing. Branch . 13, -
presented a wheelchair to»

the Community of Stewart.

. ‘This wheelchair, purchased

with monies from our poppy
fund, will be available to the
public in Stewart on a short-
time basis., Although the
Stewart Branch of the Royal .
Canadian Legion closed its
.doors some years back, the
community has always sup-
ported our poppy campaign,
and regularly contribute
$400-$500 each year.

The Year of the Veteran
is still very much a part of
the day-to-day functions at
the Branch, and on Sunday,

- Aug. 14, we will again be -
_ holding a short ceremony to’
celebrate the end 60 years

ago to the conflict in the Far
East. I am also still trying to

locate veterans here inthe
Terrace area and all. Ex Ser--

vice personnel. |.

_ As of today, we have on
display .in the Branch: 45
veterans’ pictures on table
cards, with a short history

of each, and 66 postcards
displayed of all ex service

personnel; I know there are

more out there, so give me a -

call 638-8627. .

I now: have over 350
names onthe memorial dis-
play that I hope to have dis-
played in the Branch by Sep-
tember 30. _ Anyone who had
a family member who was

‘in the Allied Arm Forces in
war or peacetime, and who ~

resided in Terrace or was a
member of the Branch, and
would like to see that name

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- contact me with the infor-

.CMDE. Al ‘Larson, Branch‘ 13 member, ‘presents a.
wheelchair bought with money from the Poppy Fund _
to, Angela Brand- ~Danuser, mayor of Stewart.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

~We are now ooking for.
ms sponsors for the refurbish- «
ing of our lounge chairs at a
cost of $115. We have had. .
* early bird draw winner Glen. 17 people:come forward so
- Olver. The next draw will be ~ far A sample of the finished =
on September 2.. , _ chair, is .on display in the

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his time of year the chinook

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fish to target, says Sam from Misty
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If you‘are new to the sport, a simple
technique called bar fishing can get
you: started tight. from..shore. Sam -
suggests using a bar rig, which con- °
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to ten ounce weight, about two feet
from the lure.

Backtrolling is popular if you have a
boat, says Sam, and a popular lure to
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