38 .. ae shyt a oa ete TERRACE — Students at Skeena Junior Secondary will voluntarily get a taste of hunger this weekend by participating in the school’s second annual Star- vathon. - Last year’s 24-hour vigil without food raised $3,400 in pledges which were donated to an orphanage in Brazil. Student council public relations officer Susie Dow says the group hopes to top that total this year, with the proceeds going to the Van- couver Children’s Hospital. The Starvathon begins 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11 and will con- tinue until 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. Parents and other members of the public are invited to drop in and observe the activities students have planned to take their minds off their appetites. Pledges .can be called in or dropped off anytime this week at Skeena school. | _ . oe . Retiring Following his retirement last month, Copper Mountain Ele- mentary School custodian -Leo Marchildon was given official and well-deserved recognition by ‘about 200 parents and children who held a banquet in his honot- on Nov. 25. ~ “The attendance alone will - tell you that a lot of people had a lot of respect for him,’’ said school principal Dave Crawley following the banquet. ‘Our parents group really put together _ a big do in a very big way. **Just the way Leo handled his job was the most impressive part,’’. said Crawley. ‘‘He always took an interest.in the students. He helped us to teach - the kids how to respect the school, and he was always in- terested in how they were doing in school in terms of their sports and so on.” . Crawley also said that the ‘‘always smiling’’ and ‘always level-headed’? custodian never missed an opportunity to be an integral part of the school. **When we had parents nights, he always came and helped out,”’ he explained. ‘‘During our sports day in the spring, he would take groups of kids around, sell ice cream, or do whatever needed to be done.” ‘*He really was a big part of the school and has been for a_ Mac at These grade five Clarence Michiel Elementary students had great fun trying to build a better maze. , Said that the object of the assignment was to dem marble about five to 10 seconds, science project, and thelr teacher, Audrile Cox maze out of paper tubing which would delay a ‘maze but most went through the frustration of w _ Standing model that could withstand the strain. B wd —— a . pane ase ee i Pe See ne eee nae Poy saa in be Stee, vate we epee Rae pager tat Ep a mpi pg pan ae oP es era Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 9, 1987 13 we kt a A-maze-ing latching thelr engineering The challenge was part of an imaginative onstrate the concept of time by bullding a . Cox said that every one of the students enjoyed planning thelr © marvel collapse before thelr eyes until they designed a free- long time. It’s not the kind of thing you can expect from every custodian, but it certainly was appreciated by everyone here.” Marchildon was presented with. several gifts during the. festivities ‘including a caricature of himself holding his .ever- faithful plunger, drawn by Thornhill Junior Secondary teacher Don Radelet, a pair of binoculars to help him with ‘his | ' favorite hobby, prospecting, and a very special gift — a pla- que and award to presented ‘every year in his name to the & Copper Mountain class that best demonstrates their respect for school property. Retiring after 16 years of loyal | and dedicated service to the school, Marchildon has served ‘under four different principals and is the only Copper Moun- tain employee who has worked | continuously in the school since . it was. officially opened in the spring of 1971. _ Paul Axelson, the school’s first principal, remembered the early years at Copper Mountain when the lack of a gymnasium, music room and library created havoc for school staff but never frustrated the ever-calm Leo Marchildon. - According to Axelson, -Physical education classes were © : held. in an empty school NOTICE M.K. Bay Marina Advisory Commission The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Board wil be appointing one person to serve as a member of the M.K. Bay Marina Advisory Commission. The Advisory Commission, which consists of eight members, advises the Board on the management and operations of M.K. Bay Marina. Residents of Terrace, Kitimat and the surrounding areas who are interested in serving on the M.K, Bay Marina Advisory Commission should contact: — Andrew Webber Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Suite 300, 4545 Lozelle Avenue, Terrace, B.C. . V8G 4E1 Telephone: 635-7251 or 1-800-663-3206 (long distance) Closing date is December 31, 1987 12/9 felon ton £0 RACISM PE Ue RE PNT ER HL TET TRON LEE MO MK CSR gr at classroom, while music and. library equipment was shuffled from room to room as it was re- quired. ‘‘Everything was always piled on carts and ready to move. I’m sure it made things difficult .for him,’? he remembered, q pote REGIONAL” -A Added to that confusion, Ax- Let us start an Ad Campaign for you! Call us today. We publish Ads specially designed for your advertising needs. Don’t wait. “THE NEWSP elson said, were many communi- ty events and carnivals, such as the Roaring Twenties Cabaret, that disrupted the custodian’s schedule. He said parents would spend weeks preparing ' the school for those ‘‘fun’’ évents during the evening which, unfor- tunately, conflicted with Mar- _ These Ads could be your message to ntial customers in the childon’s ‘‘workday”, = ““He had to-try and work’ around us and tolerate our com- | ing and going,” said Axelson. “The carnivals were always in the evening and that meant we. usually put him out a fair bit by being there during his work | _ continued on page 24 nn Vohume 1, No, 40 MONDAY, Nownnbet 2, 1997 TREE 4535 Greig Avenue, Terrace B.C. * Phone: 635-7840 TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-7671 :