“inate orks ‘at
_ Clarence Michiel

°" Using . a method of student |

“recognition he developed . at
‘Copper Mountain Elementary

“School, principal Dave Crawley

and the Clarence Michiel school

. -staff-are working to help: stu-—
. dents ‘celebrate their efforts at

school and in the community.
‘The key to the system. is high-

. lighting the positive aspects of
Clarence Michiel through the
_ recognition of student achieve-
Ment and effort. About . once

every three weeks at least four

--Students are selected from each
. lass and awarded a certificate
Of. achievement at an official
_ ~ Awards Assembly.
‘Unlike traditional”~ awards, ©
~ however, the emphasis here is

not. necessarily on academic or
social excellence alone. The key
word at Clarence Michiel is ‘‘ef-

‘- fort’’, From each class two stu-
~dents are selected for the
‘amount of work and effort they

put into studying — not for high
test scores. Another is selected

for a ‘show of school. spirit and

‘leadership with the peer group;
and one more for a sense of fair

play in curricular. and extra-
curricular activities. Additional
award winners may be selected

‘on a> class-by-class basis as

teachers identify students whose
activities encourage a positive
school spirit.

Award winners can take pride
in their achievement, not only
from a personal sense. of ac-
complishment but also in know-
ing they are positive role models
within the school. This helps stu-
dents adopt a positive. attitude
about themselves and education.

The success of the program
will be reviewed by the staff,
said Crawley, and any fine tun-
ing that will help to further en-
courage good citizenship and a
positive self concept for students
will be implemented in the 1990
Awards Program which begins
after the Christmas break.

Old Skeena grad
gets mines award

Dr. Bob Kerby

Dr. Bob Kerby, son of Ter-
race residents Mamie and Fred
Kerby and a graduate of what

. used to be Skeena- Secondary
‘High School, recently received

the .prestigious Sherritt Hydro-
metallurgy Award from the
Canadian Institute of Mining

: and Metallurgy.

Kerby is presently develop-
ment superintendent for Comin-.
co's metallurgical operations in
Trail, B.C. He received his first
12 years of education in Terrace,
then obtained a B.Sc. from UBC
and went on to get master’s and
doctorate degrees in metallurgi-
cal engineering from Queen’s
University in Kingston.

He followed his education
with seven years of work as a
research metallurgist for the
federal department of Energy,
Mines and Resources and joined
Cominco’s Trail operation in
1973...

Kerby lives: with his family in
Rossland.

The Sherritt Award was estab-
lished in 1976 by Sherritt Gor-
don Mines Ltd. as a means of
recognizing significant contribu-
tions to the science of hydro-
metallurgy. Kerby was chosen as
the 12th recipient for the award

‘for numerous contributions to .

the commercial recovery of
metallic zinc and.-lead. from
aqueous systems, through: im-
proved ‘solution purification
procedures, and innovative pro-
cess and apparatus development .
for electrowinning.”’

Accident on bridge

‘to RCMP the accident occurred
at 10:37 a.m. on the West Clore
-Road about five miles west of

the Copper River and 35 miles.

southeast of Terrace.
_. Ferrace coroner Jim. Lynch

- Says two washouts had occurred creek.

claims Terrace man

- ‘Terrace. resident Warren
~* Dilley, 41, died last Friday while
_ attempting to cross a bridge with
an all-terrain vehicle. According

on the road recently and a local
trapper had bridged each of
these with two logs and cedar

; planking. He says that a com-

panion of Dilley’s crossed one of
these bridges safely, but when
Dilley attempted the crossing the
embankment supporting one
corner .of the bridge: gave™ way
and he fel about 12 feet in

Recognition of Individual effort is helping to identify Clarence Michiel students whose
work adds a positive note to the school, principal Dave Crawley says.

YOU JUDGE THE DANGERS OF
DRINKING AND DRIVING

“an, people are
70 murdered

200 people are kified in drinking driving accidents
3,000 ireconmited

6,000 people are Injured in drinking driving accidents

t Esso, we realize children with physical disabilities are
, fighting hard to make it - but they need a little help -
from all of us. That's why we're holding Thankful
-Tankful days on December 2 and 3. For every litre of gas you
buy, Esso and participating retailers will donate two cents to
Timmy - and together, we can
help back a fighter.
So fill up on Thankful Tankful
- days, December 2 and 3 at
participating Esso retailers.
Another example of Esso
“Going That Extra Mile”.

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