B4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 12, 1997 REMEMBERING TERRY McGRATH He flew to historic conference FRIENDS were very saddened to hear of the death of Mr. Terrence R, Terry’? McGrath, who passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997 at Kitimat Gencral Hospital. It was 41 years ago in 1956 that Mr. McGrath came to Kilimat to work for Alcan. And it was while he was working at Alcan that he met his wife Annie, who was working there as a secrctary, Terry and Annie were married in Kitimat and lived there until 1964, then came to Terrace to make their home here. They opened a clothing store in the Lazelle shop- ping centre, which they named = the Shoppe, at 4605 Lazelle. Kee Vee’, ., Terrence McGrath was HERE ‘N. THERE YVONNE MOEN Mr. and Mrs. McGrath had been living at their home at 5027 Medeck Road until moving into the Tuck senior residence in 1990. Mr. McGrath be- - came the person in charge there, keeping a good eye on things. He lived there until he entered the hospital. They ran the business born in 1918 at Rocky until 1967, then selling to. Mountain House, Alberta. Rose Sharples, who He apparently spent some renamed it ‘‘Rose’s”’ time in Manitoba until “a store many Terrace‘: moving to the States with peaple remember. ill for a number of years and passed away in 1992. ‘this parents, Mrs. McGrath had been © In September, 1942, Terry — a 25-year-old former State College stu-’ Legion needs Bonspiel help By PETER CROMPTON Terrace legion branch I MADE A major mistake in my last report, which bas our sports chairperson in a panic, The help needed for kitchen duty at the Logger’s Bonspiel is for March 27 - 30 not April. Please come for- ward with a couple of hours of your lime, this is very im- portant to the branch, Call Joyce Bradley at the branch at 638-8721, We have had a very busy and successful February. Those of you who missed the installation of officers dinner and dance missed a great ineal aud evening. Those veterans who wish to meet the Veterans Affairs representalive, don’t forget it’s March 19, 8:30-10 aan. in the branch, Our poo! tournament is moving along. The date for the - finals of the pool tournament is April 12 at 2 p.in. : Other dates to remember are the honour and awards din- ner and dance May 3 and the sports dinner aud dance May 10. Aud of course, the Loggers Bonspeil is March 27-30. The zone meeting is in Smithers April 12-13. If you have any concems you'd like brought up please contact one of the executive. This is your organization and you should have a say in its operation, I am sad to report that we have just lost another two of our velerans - Cmde. Ron Goodwin and Cinde, Elmer Lloyd Kellar. We will remember them. 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In 1943, Terry was the radio man on the crew of a C-54 aircraft which flew Secretary of State Cordell Hull and seven other U.S. notables to the historic Allicd) Confer- ences in Moscow, The entire trip took kfive weeks, including the time spent in Mos- cow. Terry had also flown to Iceland, Greenland . and Scotland, but his Moscow mission was the longest — 22,000 miles round Irip. After the war, Mr. McGrath lived for a time with his parents in Coronado and California before returning to Cana- da, where he was employed by Alcan. Cremation took place at MacKay's Funeral Home. Mr. McGrath will be sidly missed by his many friends at the Tuck residence as well as all his friends from around Terrace, Boxing- World Championships LIVE March 14th On ESPN "Lounge Lizards - “+ Jazz Fest “Decorating with Style — She-Walf of london -. Celine Dion: The Color of My love March 8th on COMEDY March 12th on BET - March 13th on HGTY March 14th on SCI-FI March 14 on DISNEY lindo Mocleon, seated in the comfortable surroundings of “One Stop Sub-Shoppe”, advises, “This fine of day is normally slow and we should be able ta complete the interview with few interruptions.” Before she con even answer the first question, she hurzies off to create another delicious sub, load- ed just like the customer ordered. In 1995 the fast food outlet that she was managing closed down putting Lindo on Unemployinent Insurance for the first fime In her life. Seeing this as on opportunity rather thon a set bock, she decided to call on her previous experience and start her own business, Remembering that “).8. Submarine” had approached her nravinus amnlaver she set oul a lo.37 to start the “One Stop Sub- Shoppe.” “People have to eat lunch.” Lindo says omidst the aroma of fresh baked muffins, delicous sub sandwiches, and steaming coffee, “Fort St. James is a busy forestry town with five mills, lots of truck- vers, ond many others who require boxed lunches.” Who better to fill that morket niche than Linda? Everything come together when Linda found out about CFDC of Stuort-Nectcko. They offered her help with the development af the Business Plan, market research, networking, resources for supplies, finanting ond much more, "Thay are good 19 dee! wilh, If 1 hove a problem, they’ts Futures 1-800-663-6398 204-4630 Lazelle Ave. Terrace Ph: 635-5449 Fux: 635-2698 Community approachable and encouraging.“ soys Linda of (FDC Stuart- Nechoko. Once funding was secured o contract wos signed with "J.B, Submorine” and the doors to "One Stop-Sub-Shoppe” were opened, After nine months of opera- tion she is still very hoppy with her decision; “| have learned a tot, right from the beginning of put- Hing a business plant together. | am still learning. | get satisfaction of knowing that ot the end of the day. I’ve given people what they want. My rewards ore the chal- lenge ond having sotislied tustamers. Her customers aren't the only satisfied ones according 40 Linda. "| hava the satisfacion of being 1" able to say | did il, {- Many: acaple Be have heard -of ae Fexia, but few people know what it. is, The word, dyslexia, means “bad | reading” and is used fo. describe’ someone who has remarkable abili-. ties and: talents which, contrast sharply with their difficulties with reading. New. research has ‘found. some surprising benefits to this dis-. ‘ability. If you know someone. who. ‘might have: dyslexia, please read \this story to them. fp USS BI Sure The Gift” When I was young, | always struggled through school. I was called a “slow learn- er” and placed in special classes. | felt very bad about myself and I wanted to hide from everyone. I felt that I didn’t fit in the “spe- cial” class and the kids in the regular class teased me. I always wondered what was wrong with me. [ graduated from Grade 12 “Special Ed” with very little self-esteem and poor reading skills. Almost ten years later, I took an English course at NWCC in Kitimat. After a month, the teacher said | might have dyslexia. This was the first time I had heard the word. I saw an article in the Reader’s Digest which had a checklist for dyslexia symptoms - it fit. For the first time I could put a name to my problem, but I still didn’t know what to do about it. Eight years later, when my daughter was three, I knew I needed to learn to read. She would ask me to read to her. I would open the books, turn the pages, and tell her the story from the pictures. 1 was scared that soon she would find out that couldn’t read. Now [ am learning about dyslexia. Some people call it a disability, Ron Davis calls it a gift. He calls it the Gift of Mastery, He feels that a young child who has highly refined perceptive abilities can develop dyslexia, Ron Davis is an Aerospace engineer. He is Vee get sculptor and an author. He wrote a book | called “The Gift of Dyslexia.” Ron Davis has dyslexia, He grew up being called retarded in school. He knew lie was smart, but he had a lot of trouble reading, When he was an adult he began to understand where his problems with reading came from, He realized that the same ability that made him an excellent engineer and talented sculptor, also made it difficult for him to read, He saw his disability as a gift and decided to use it to learn to read in a new way. [ am now learning a new way to read, a way that works for me. What do Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Tom Cruise, General George Patton, Cher, and Whoopi Goldberg have in common? They all have the gift of dysiexia. yommunity “weaders & Writers 4621B Lakelse Avenue Terrace, B.C. V8G 1P9 Phone 638-1330 Fax 638-1331 The Community: ‘Readers: and \ eer Project is here to. help, If you, : /or someone you know, needs. help to improve their reading or writing skills, * “ealll 638- 1330 and ask for Patricia. We™ : are located at 46216 Lakelse Ave, next. door to Hava-Java, in the’ ‘Terrace: YN ‘oluntéer Bureau office, ‘We will give: "one-on-one tutoring in reading, writing, \ math, and basic computer skills. This is a joint project of the Northwest Community College, the Terrace Volunteer Bureau, and the Terrace Standard., NORTHWEST COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER COLLEGE BUREAU S TANDARD