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~ Well another year. away from Terrace. We wo moved to“Alberta — brrrr.— just to be closer to 2 | Greg’ s work. Life is great here, there is a lot to do Dy in the city but winter in Alberta is a little (a lot). . fi. colder than B.C.

oe I think it started-snowing around Oct. 15 and tee _it hasn’t gone away. It_feels like living in ina a deep: + 9 freeze - not used to the 45 wind chill>"=

a Ashley is enjoying the snow but there is no real ae big snow hills here, but they are okay for her. . She is getting big. She is in’ kindergarten and 3, has made a lot of friends. She misses B.C. a lot » B. . "and can’t wait to go home for Christmas.

= .We will be going to Salmon Arm for the holi- Lo days and off to the Kamloops area. We rented we cabins to do some ice fishing for a few days - _ should be fun.

But I would like to take this time to wish the

: following Terracites a very Merry Christmas. -

|. My brother Wayne Blighton ‘and ‘his family; my’

: brother: Ray Blighton and family, my: dearest

mo friends Debbie Earl, Nikki Kovits and their fami-

: lies, Norm and Alice and family, and to the many,

J many friends May Santa bring you lots of goodies e and a very happy new year.

CHEERS!

With lots of love,

Sandy,Greg, Ashley McCarthy

Edmonton, Alberta

a Grandbaby on the way

oo Merry Christmas, A sincere Merry Christmas and Prosperous ‘ 2007 to all our lasting friends in Terrace. We are oan returning home to be .with family for the holi- 5° § days and to welcome our fourth great grandchild around Dec 27th.

Ted & Sally Barry

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Burkett’s blessings |

a Merry Christmas Everyone!!!’

Hope everyone in Terrace is doing great. We “og are happy in Chilliwack, enjoying the snow that oo we just got. The kids are doing fantastic. Hailey . &— isin a play at school, with a lead part, and Cody ag is still scared of Santa, but is willing to let him in “1 J. the house to drop off the gifts. We want to send a hello to Tegan, Eddie, Kon-

: nor, Alyssa, Artie, Alex, Chad, Cole, and Laura.

wf We hope that Santa is good to you all, also a hello ag to all of our family and friends.

We look forward to seeing you all sometime in wed the near future.

~ Love,

Tim, Kim, Hailey and Cody Burkett Chilliwack, B.C.

Chilly Edmonton hello!

THEE Burketts wish their family in Terrace a Merry ,

Happy New Year !

Merry Christmas,

~ of our family and friends in Terrace.

Liam and Karissa Hall). -

dren’ $ Hospital this summer.

“Stroomers missing family and friends

Chad and I would like to say a very merry Christmas and happy new year to all

| Especially my-mom (Sharon Jones), '‘my dad (Roger Da Silva) and his sweetie Maria Russell, my grandma (Emilia Da Silva) and my Sister and her family (Celina,

I’ve been working very hard on trying to finish this PhD, and with any luck I should be finished in time for a nice, relaxing vacation in Terrace this summer, Here is a picture that I took of me and Karissa on her first trip to Alberta Chil-

“Merry’ Christmas and lots of love, i Chad ‘and Melissa Stroomer (Da'Siivi)” ' Victoria, BC

Warm wishes all the way from Florida

Season’s Greetings, .

How fast a year has gone and the season is with us again.

Warmest wishes to all my old friends and fam- ily from balmy Florida.

_ It’s hard to believe 22 years have passed since Ive shared a Christmas with you all.

I especially miss my dad, Alan Dubeau, and would like to take this opportunity to thank him for the gifts he has given me through the years, the gift of patience, respect of others, just to name

a few. You are truly a wonderful man! And I-am honored to be your daughter.

There will be a big spot in my heart for each of you who have left a lasting impression in my life, you. know who youare.

May God be with you, and your prayers for the new year be answered.

Please keep in touch:

yvonneczk @ yahoo.com oy

Sincerely, Yvonne (Dubeau) Czarniak, and kids Eric 20, Bennie (17), Marie (8) and Daniel (6) Trenton, Florida

: USA

Remember the best fries and pies? Hello to all my friends and family in Terrace, Think of you and Terrace often. Don't miss the winters but this year the winter

found me anyway, right here in Summerland B.C.. Was remembering the dances that we used to go

_ to at the old Community Center and then the hall . on Lakelse Avenue that used to be across from the ,

Travellers Cafe. Remember the Travellers Cafe? The best pies and fries ever! The kids would take a dime to school and get the small ‘size brown pa- per bag full of fries to eat on the way home.’ Best wishes to all for a Merry Christmas and

" great new year.

_ From Doe Bates 4 Summerland, B.C.

Nass Valley wishes

Holiday greetings, Merry Christmas to Family and friends all over, May your holiday season be memorable and

- Happy.

‘ Love & prayers, -Rev. Paul, Arbutus, & Family Kincolith, B.C.

MARTIN and Phyllis deHoog relaxing at their new home. down south.

Terrace’s honey man as. buzzy as ever

Greetings from sunny and snowy Shuswap! We are enjoying a busy retirement — the bees are stili making lots of honey. It is great to keep. having visitors from Terrace

and elsewhere.

We miss many of our friends from Terrace.

Have a blessed Christmas, Martin & Phyllis deHoog Shuswap, B.C.

For more Christmas Greetings turn to Pages C6 and C7

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - A5

es CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD ‘The Mail Bag

ine Mall bag -

Beware of bad drivers

_Dear Sir:

Today I almost rear-ended someone driving home from Timmy’s because they yielded to a vehicle at Wal-Mart heading to Thornhill. Now I.don’t know about anyone

else, but you are not supposed to yield to cars coming out .

of Wal-Mart. They yeild to,you.

' Now, my hot coffee went all over my lap and the others all through my van. Now I have to clean it, get the coffee stains out. Meanwhile this vehicle will continue to yield and almost cause accidents.

I don’t know about the rest of this town. Yes, some of you are good drivers, Considering it’s winter, people, should be more cautious. I don’t care if there isn’t any snow on the roads. Don’t yield to people and stop in the ‘middle of the road.:I should've hit you. You know who you are. . ”

I am sick of people driving like idiots, you shouldn't have your licence. If I ever see this truck again, you will know it was me who was behind you. Trust me. .

So to the people reading this, you know where I'm coming from, you’ve had it happen to you before. And* I'm sick of it, and you are probably too.

Thanks for letting me express my hatred for the people who drive like they are invisible. You are not.

Caitlin Brown, Terrace, B.C,

Hands off our pensions

Dear Sir:

Life is good under the Harper government. While most of us.are still reeling from all the excess spending money. the 10 per cent roll back in the GST has given us, here. comes a bold new plan. Cut our pensions to provide for our future posterity. =

It appears that due to the fact that baby boomers are not

"yet retired there is a temporary surplus in the system, "more:

money coming in than going out. ve ° ° - So things are a bit bottom heavy at present. Hence the bottom feeders, in their wisdom, have thought to seize the

surplus and nudge, nudge, wink, wink, “Pay off the debt.” .

This way, in a few years as the baby boomers retire, and the pension system cannot sustain them, we can all sleep safely knowing that the money will have been already squandered, At which point we can quickly lock the barn door, happy in the knowledge that Elvis has left the build- ing. Next time, why not drink the tea? I’m sure we can think of something else worth throwing into the harbour. Scott Alexander Couie, Terrace, B. c.

All about the Holy Grail

Dear Sir:

. There’s been a lot of stuff and nonsense written about. ‘the Holy Grail in recent years. . In the medieval church it represented the platter upon - which the hosts were carried in the Eucharist. The platter

_ was depicted as large enough to serve a fish. |

Church symbolism referred to Jesus as the fisher king

with the church as the fisher ‘king’ s daughter. This was de- . picted in art.as a woman receiving the blood of Christ on |

the cross - she holding. up | the, halice of, the Eucharist.

Nowhere in the Last Supper was a’ woman present: The ’ women saw the risen Christ at his resurrection. The person sitting at Christ’s right hand in the Da Vinci painting is a very youthful Apostle John the beloved who hasn’t grown a beard yet. All the others.dudes have beards. —°

In the painting John is conferring with Peter and Thom-— as about matters of the last supper.

The Bible calls the “doctrines” of those who wrest the

scriptures to their own destruction as doggie-doo. Some - people are so out to lunch they will never get to the Last.

Supper. The harlot queen Jezebel was eaten by dogs for her false doctrines, which Revelation 2:20 says plague

_churches in the last days.

Some weeks ago the Standard printed a letter of mine in, which the author’s name and the book title were garbled.

It should have read, “The Da Vinci Code and the Se- | crets of the Temple” by Robin. Griffith-Jones, Master of

the temple. in England, built by the Knights Templar. I.

thank you | for clarifying this error.

Brian Gregg, Terrace, B.C.

"Pool security lacking —

Dear Sir:

My daughter and I went to the city pool oni Dec. 7 and, as usual, we locked our stuff in a locker. We had our keys. ” But somehow someone manage to break into my daugh- ° . ter’s locker and steal some of her belongings, including an _

_ iPod we had just given her for her birthday. .

I went to the front counter and asked the person if there.

‘was anything that can be done about it since the locker © _was locked and my daughter had her key. But the response —

he gave, with a bad attitude toward me, was that there was ' nothing that they can do about it. -

So with this I leave a warning to the public — - do not bring anything valuable to the pool with-you as there is a way that someone can get into the lockers without a key. ©

You are better off leaving your belongings at home or in your vehicle or bring them with you because if your

things go missing from your locker while you have your —

key there is nothing they will do about it. Tanya Barton, Terrace, B.C..

‘Too hush- hush Dear Sir:

_Lhave been following the hush-hush buyout story of TLC with considerable interest. A few questions ought to be asked and answered before any more extensions and/or tax breaks are issued by our representatives.

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First, why the secrecy? Who are these “mystery peo- :

ple?” Are they a front for TLC to placate the public with a dog and pony show while they try and avoid’the legal : ramifications of an unwise business decision? —

Why didn’t they buy the mill before it went on the auc- - - tion block? I’m sure it would have been easier for a po-

tential buyer to do something with it before the sides were tipped off the buildings and the gas shut off. a The taxpayers of Terrace have a right to know‘all the details of any deal, because we’re the ones who will likely end up picking up the tab when all is said and done. Lisa ‘Larous, Terrace, B, om

About the Mail Bag

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is 3210 Clinton St., Terrace, B.C. V8G 5R2. You can fax us at 250-638-8432 or e-mail us at newsroom@ | terracestandard.com. No attachments, please. Name,

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