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‘TERRACE — The motto,
Christian Education - is
Choice Education, is de-
picted at’ Centennial
Christian School through
curriculum which advises
youngsters of. their res-
ponsibilities. as: Christians
to their community. .The

_ Six and seven graders
recently: studied the City
of Terrace, -

by Daniele Berquist |

_ Home room teacher for
Grade 6/7 and principal,
Frank Voogd, said: the
social studies project’ in-

volved many hours of in-.

dividual‘ and class work.
' ‘Students spent countless

hours visiting: various

public: organizations © and

institutions, related to —

one’s responsibility - to-

wards: the community,

‘*The ‘bible is very precise
as to.the role of a Chris-
tian and citizen within a

city,’”? Voogd said. “One -

cannot separate himself

from. society, and” say-

things can just go on, on
their own.” — _
_.Moogd added it is im-

portant: for Christians to”
be involved in the decis-°

ion-making within their ci-

ty, the, service industry, as.

well as the helping aspect

of various organizations.

Vooged stated that if one
is part of a city, you
should . be responsible

enough to know how it:

works, how ‘it runs. and’
how. it should: function

from the bible’s point of...

view, - |
- During the six week per-

| bia.

Students —

had lived in.

PEAS Ce Hiv, ee ee

_. Grade 6 and 7 students, under
School, Participants in the proj

the direction of teacher Frank Voogd, recent!
' ect were: front row, left to right; Caroline Pijl,
“Jason Shatford, Wilf Higginson,-Ken Pijl: second row, left to right; Rabecc

_ Vander Ploeg, Mr. Frank Voogd: third row, left to right; Kyla Vander Ploeg,

Jody McMurray,

y studied the City of Terrace for Social Studles at Centennial Christian

Emily Henderson, Anthony Roodzant, Bao Long Diep

@ Van Herk, Shannon Hamhuls, Carmen Koch, Debbie Wiebenga, Colin
Tanya Veldman, Edward Westerhof,

Bao Van Diep.

Cc,

y

iod students’ covered top-
ics such as, What is a city,

Local -History, . Busi-.
“ness/Industry,- Education, *

Family’ and Social: Life,

-Faith-place of the church

and the community and

“1 it’s: future. nee ety Feel
Voogd said questions -

asked ‘of the students
covered a wide spectrum.
Students had a chance to
share in.several discussion
periods, state what they

. liked or’ disliked about
. large’ and small city cen-

tres, depending upon the

- Various communities they

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John C. Wemyss has. been appointed :.
Manager for British Columbia’ and the Yukon, based in
Prince George. Mr. Wemyss now has responsibility forthe §
bank’s total northern operation including all senior com- §
mercial bar-king relationships.

Mr. Wemyss has been Regional Manager since 1977 and
will continue in this role, supervising the 23 full-service
g Dranches in the Royal’s northern network. Twenty of his 39
years with the bank have been in northern British Golum-

Active in community affairs, Mr. Wemyss is currently Vice
Chairman of the B.C. Forestry Association, Northern. Divi-
sion and Chairman of the CNIB for northern B.C. .

_-.Moogd said students
also had the opportunity
to hike up Terrace Moun-
‘tain, ‘Other than enjoy-

_ dng the physical aspect of ..
hiking, students had the:

Opportunity to see what
Terrace looks like from up
top”. Sketch work of the
city along with maps were
also produced by the stu-
dents, said Voogd. Old
timers were asked to share
their ‘experiences and dis-
coveries with youngsters.
One of the more inter-

esting aspects of the pro-

ject was sitting in on a city
council: meeting. ‘The

Royal Bank Area

students found this assign-
“ment fascinating’’, said
Voogd. The ‘group of
youngsters also’ studied
the various newscasts pro-
vided by the local media
and what effect these had

‘on citizens of Terrace. i -

_ In closing of the social

studies. project, students

were asked to make an ar- ©

tistic presentation of Ter-
race in the future and a
written description as
well.

. “Jody McMurray, oneé of ©

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Our city is a very impor- -
tant part of our life..We
have to take care of it and
be careful of what we do
with our city. Our religion
or. non-religion affects

_what we do and what:
A he OF” others think of us and our
the students involved, said ‘city. -