i a ee ee ee ee ey The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 8, 1995 - A3 ‘SEARCHERS FORa college student missing since “Oct. 7.are about to begin the second week of a painstak- ng effort concentrating east of the city, 2 The: searchers, all volunteer and organized through the: efforts. of the Gitwinksihlkw search and rescue 2 group, began looking for clues into the cisnppearance of “Lana Derrick, 19, Nov, 1. me v= "They’ve been walking Hwy16 and various roads that ‘ln of town toward. Derrick’s home near Legate Creek, : "Azproxiniately 25 people a day are tuming out to assist id those numbers doubled over the weekend. Derrick, a student at Northwest Community College i in ‘Houston, was last seen socializing with friends in downtown Terrace on Saturday, Oct, 7. ~ Gitwinksihlkw search and rescue volunteers: took the | adi in the search because Derrick’ S mother comes from the Nai s River village. - “She s family to our community and that’ § why we're .”. said Azak. * : The, volunteers have set up an information centre in the ffices: of Northern Native Broadcasting on the Kitselas and’s Kulspai reserve on Queensway. Azak and a headquarters team occupy a large room with aps and-a picture of Derrick on a.wall. A radio keeps them contact with a mobile search command that moves to.a dif- nt location each day. es The biggest search day was last Saturday when volun- ers ‘ftom Gitwinksihikw and the Terrace area, dressed armly, because of the weather, gathered at the Usk chapel off Hwy16,. nO "The" pressing issue for us:is snow, There’s a lot of ground 16 cover and very little time in which to do it.” said Azak; “Like the police, all we have are unconfirmed reports.” Bits of clothing and other items are returned. each afternoon for examination. And ag the search continues; friends and. fellow students of Derrick’ s held a candlelight vigil in the parking lot of Houston’ 's Northwest Community College campus last night. Letters: of support were read and prayers were said for the missing geil. “Penny Tiljoe, a worker at the Houston office of the Dze L K’ant Friendship. Centre, said the vigil was one of hope. “Students. and friends of Lana's wanted to show their sup- College students j in Houston and in ‘other college cam- puses ‘across the region are holding a 30/50 draw. to raise money forthe search efforts, Derrick is described as five- foot-seven, 150-Ib with shoulder-lenath black hair, brown eyes and glasses. © ray si te ert, aes News In Brief ea SMM EE & : Anyone | with information is asked to contact Terrace’ RCMP ut 638-7400 or Crirtie Stoppers at 635-8477. The Gitwinksihlkw ‘Search inforr ation centre. can be - THATS GITWINKSIHLKW search and rescue co-ordinator Cliff Azak going over maps at the Lana Derrick search headquarters set up last week In the building , which houses Northem Native Broadcasting. From the information centre, Azak, ' *’ and others keep in touch with. ‘the’ search parties by radio. The search for the col-, lege student, missing since Oct.’ 7, concentrated along the highway heading edst to the home of her parents at Legate Creek. EARLY AD DEADLINE Production schedules through the Remembrance Day long weekend will result in early advertising deadlines for Classified and Display ads. DATE DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISING} Terrace Standard November 15/95 5:00 p.m. Thurs., November 9/95 Naturopathic] | FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL... STANDARD 4647 Lazelle Ave. 638-7283 _ | Two on UNBC committee ‘TWO LOCAL women have been elected to chair the University of Northem British Columbia's northwest “regional advisory committee. . Monaghan of Kitimat. | governing council and a member of the Terrace Uni- ‘|= versity Access council. from the start. She presented the original proposal fora » late 1980s with interior university society chair Murray Sadler, |. The regional advisory committee advises UNBC on | regional concems, and meets four times a year. The -previous chair was Diane Oleniuk from Kitimat. | UNBC hosts conference THE UNIVERSITY of Northern British Columbia is Prince George Nov. 10-12, ; “ence. Topics at the conference include: empowering ‘norlhern women; the future of women’ in ‘post. ‘T: secondary education; the Melanie Carpenter campaign; . They are Margaret Dediluke of Terrace and Joanne Dediluke has Jong history of involvement with UNBC, She was an original member of the interim ‘Monaghan has been involyed with the university university in the north to the provincial cabinet in the hosting a national conference on women’s issues in About 300 women are expected to attend the. confer- and the struggle for sustainable fisheries communities. Wonien who attended the recent Beijing women’s conference will be part of an opening night roundtable. They will discuss how the results of that conference can be applied in Canada. 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