MALAI teens te REE Sew TED Te eal a omeaasca: Church. | Family, friends and éol- st leagues say Brown,. whose ° ' Kisgegas name was Sta’ moss, cared _about his clients and 7 was ‘unfailingly: generous. a pastor. : of Zion Baptist Church’ and _ Brown's friend of five years, officiated the funeral service * at the church. “The thing we had in comi- * ~ ° mon most was our faith in Je- - “Mark Asselstine, sus and we spent a good deal of time talking about the min- i istry and praying together,” he Said. “Most of how I knew him -was from the stories that he. told 'me about his life and the times: Wwe spent together. wees . Asselstine. . Brown telling: hint: ‘of his life in Prince Rupert, growing up . at thes cannery, and-his expe- Tience ‘living ‘in’ poverty, but’. said he rose above it. 9: _ . “That, was the'kind of per- as son che was,” he said,’ adding ~~ Brown’ truly worked. to ) help “~" his clients: ° ' “He was. a really” gener- ous man. who did a lot for [no ambition was not to become a ~ © ‘wealthy lawyer [but] to help _ ‘ative people. - 7 - “I think. what Terry" ‘wants people. to: remember ‘most _. about him ‘is. that he contin- ued to trust in God right to the” 7 very ‘last,” he said.- “Crown prosecutor ‘Barry ; ‘Zacharias encountered Brown —_ during - “child: ~ apprehension 4 remembers -.. tee ewe eee _ A10- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Community mourns lawyer devoted to helping people : A PROMINENT lawyer. who ; worked’ tirelessly to assist . | . families, often without asking “ for pay’ in .return, will’ be ‘remembered as a_ generous, ~ kind man of faith. an 4 - ©. Terry. Brown, 62, who “-. passed away March 23, was .. - remembered in a memorial — ‘service at the Kitsumkalum_ . Recreation Centre and a fu-. “neral service at Zion Baptist Terry Brown “cases where he represented | the parents and Brown repre- sented the Nisga’a: - “Terry was always the voice of calm sensibility on those files,” Zacharias said. “.“He would: make . clear and sensible suggestions that | would tend to resolve i issues. Certainly it seemed to me that he had the respect of his fel- low lawyers and the bench,” - . added Zacharias. : Federal. prosecutor Terry . Wright knew Brown as a col- Teague for about 10 years. Wright said. * “T- thought: he was always very friendly and humble and . decent. He was a'man mor-— ally beyond ‘Teproach,” ” Said 7 ~ Wright. . ; a ‘It’s fair to say Brown v was - -held'in a-lot of esteem in the First. Nations community as an" E - somebody. who “would help ° _charge],” Asselstine said. “His ~ people with their issues, he . added. , Terry Brown . was born Aug. 12, 1943, the second of | _nine children, at the North Pa- cific Cannery where his dad . worked as.a fisherman and his — . . last four years and in 2001, he mom worked different jobs. ; He started school: late at’ “age. nine’ and he always. en- joyed it... -“He was a very-kind and “ generous man — very caring,” ' cannery at age 13 and later he - worked in the fishing indus- try. Brown played in -the first . * ANE Native Basketball Tour- nament on the Mansom Tom Tom Five team. ' His first marriage ended i in divorce. He and his first wife had one daughter, Teresa, who ~ - works in Prince Rupert and has four children. His widow, Marj Brown, said she was married to him almost 30 years. His death » precluded their’ March 26: wedding anniversary. ‘They had three daughters . ~ Christie, Cari and Margie. ~ When it came to his daugh- ters, Terry was “a real brag-. . gart,” said Brown. . He went to law school at ‘the University of British Co- tion, he set up a law practice ~ lumbia and following gradua- in Hazelton before moving to Terrace. “He. was one of the few. “lawyers I’ve ever met who became a lawyer to help other people,” said his wife. He worked at the Lakelse Law Office. and-for the last - ‘two years and had his own law ‘ © Office in’ his brother’s base- ment in Kitsumkalum. . Marj: said Terry learned to “play: piano, mainly by ear. . “One of the big joys in his life. -was playing the piano,” She said. “I think it. was a source of relaxation for him.” ’ His health problems. began when he was diagnosed with lung cancer at age 23. | The upper left: lobe of his . - Jungs was removed but. he continued to suffer. from. in- fections. In 1981, at age 39, he had a coronary bypass:’. | “ He’d been sick a lot in the ‘-neededa pacemaker. Terry Brown died at’ St. . -Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver He : started working. at the + ‘ with his family by’ his side..° 7 Premier's Consultation for _ -IMPROVED CANCER CARE. in NORTHERN BC_ re invite you to a Consultation leaders Dr. Charles Jago, President of. UNBC, and Mr. Jeff Burghardt, Chair of Northern Health, ‘COMMUNITY MEETING - to help determine the direction of cancer care for people | in Northern BC : Public meetings will be held in 17 communities. PBR ETS Kai Et aes te Bl Das, _ Your input is important and appreciated! e ‘A Vision for Cancer Care i in the North’ is available on the ot -. website for background reading. -e Can't make the meeting? Contribute your thoughts and ideas | on the Comment Form also on the website. veered OPT PP epee eee eae oak a i mn ie are Oi Oe a eee a Os Sie ee Se oe _ The Best selection of © SQ in the Northwest! 7 Days A Week 635-5225 . Lazelle Mini Mall - - NOTICEOFCLOSURE ss -. of the CIBC Stewart Branch effective | Friday, October 13, 2006 (12: 00 NOON). | The CIBC Branch at 419 5th Averiue, Stewart, BC: vor 1WO will be relocatihg, to the ‘ CIBC. Terrace Branch at 101-4717 Lakelse Avenue, Terrace, BC V8G 1R5. The Stewart | branch will close on Friday, October 13, 2006 at 12. noon. All customers are being notified of the Stewart branch relocation by letter. If you have ~ any. questions or concerns about this branch move, please don’t hesitate to ask for information at the branch or call us at at (250) 636-2235. : : . You are 2 invited toa Community Meeting. ; . _ ‘While the decision to close the branch is finalized, CIBC will be hosting a community . meeting. . The meeting will provide. an open. forum ‘at which. customers and ‘the . * community can meet with representatives of CIBC to exchange views and concerns, and - discuss any proposals on how the impact of the Stewart branch relocation to Terrace . might be reduced. The meeting will be held.on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, 7: 30 PM - 9:30 - - PM at the Al Lawrence Memorial | Arena, 804 Main Street, Stewart, BC VOT 1W0. '. Asa consumer affected by a branch move, you may also wish to contact t the Financial \ . Consumer. Agency of Canada (FCAC), which has a mandate to erisure that’ all branch _, moves and closures are carried out in accordance with new regulations. CIBC believes it. “is. meeting all’ the requirements of the branch closure regulations. However, the FCAC . , may require CIBC representatives to hold and attend an additional meeting with FCAC _ representatives and interested parties in the vicinity of the branch to exchange views - *— about the closure of the branch, Bo IE: Pe, — e the bank has not consulted the community in ‘the area affected by the: closure well mo “enough to. ascertain the views of interested persons in the community with regard to the closure; and ce! a . : '» @