NOW THAT THE 1997 school year is coming to an end I thought I’d share a story of a school teacher who retired this year after 28 years of teaching Terrace children. Audrey Moorehouse retired this June, and Is now finally finding the time to do a few things for herself. I'd like to share with you some information about Audrey. She was bom in Scotland and grew up there, first starting school in Lumsden, a tiny one-street town, She continued onto high school in Huntley, on the grounds of the Huntley castle, Audrey graduated from grade 12 in 1953. She thea went to Aberdeen in Scat- - land to attend teacher’s col- lege. She received her teaching certificate in 1956 and got her first teaching job in Po Gordon. school in Branfishire, Scodand. Audrey took a break from teaching for a while to have a child. Her son Derek was born in 1960 in Aberdeen. When Derek was one year old the family decided to immigrate to Canada, first coming. to Vancouver and living there for five yeats. While in Vancouver Audrey went back to teach- ing. Then in 1965 the family moved to Terrace.:A year later daughter Lisa was bom in Milis Memorial Hospital. Audrey retumed to her teaching career once miore, first teaching at the old Long-time teacher Kalum school as a relief teacher for grade four. Paul Axelson was the principal at that time and she followed him to Copper Mountain school in 1971. There Audrey taught grades four to seven. Then she transfened to Kiti K’Shan Primary School, teaching kindergarten for 12 years, spending the last year also teaching in the resource Toom at ET Kenney. The last ten years of her career Audrey spent at Uplands, teaching grades two and three. Then in June the school through a retirement party for her. Leanne Critchely spoke on behalf of the other children and described how Audrey had contributed to her life. Leanne was in Audrey’s grade two class during her first year at Uplands. Parents, children and teachers then presented her with a beautiful quilt, And a weeping birch tree was planted in front of the school to honour her dedica- tion. - In addition, Marilyn Earl’s class held a botile drive to raise money to buy nine acres of rain forest in Costa Rica, as Audrey is a big supporter of rain forest pro- tection, Tn total, Audrey spent over 34 years in the classroom — 28 of those in Terrace. Audrey has seen many changes in the school sys- tem over the course of her career, One positive move Thank You Tkar Sir: dren, “staff who were a big heip. Thank you to everyone who helped canvass for the Canadian Diabetes Association in November. And another thank you to all who donated so gener- ously to this cause, The total amount raised here so far is $13,750, with some donations still coming in. The money will be spent on research to find a cure, education: and (o support programs for diabetic chil- - A special thanks to Frank Donahue and his office Jane Braam, Campaign Manager retires &. th AUDREY MOOREHOUSE retires after ten years of teaching at Uplands Elementary and a 34-year career, has been the reduction of class size. In her primary class in Vancouver Audrey taught 37 students. In Ter- race she was teaching 23 students. Now that she’s retired, Audrey hopes to spend more time with ber five grand- daughters. ek kkk A very ‘Happy Birthday’ goes out to Harvey Doll at Terraceview Lodge. He will be 101-years-old on Dec. 21. kk kkk Since this is my last column of the year I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Good health and all the best in 1998. 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