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    • Part 1: First Nations of the Peace River Region
    • Part 2: The Fur Trade Era
    • Part 3: Transportation and Communication
    • Part 4: Old Timers and the Price of Land
    • Part 5: Dawson Creek: The Story of the Community
    • Part 6: Mysteries, Adventures and Indian Legends
    • Part 7: Arts, Crafts and Recreation
    • Part 8: Agriculture
    • Part 9: Church Histories
    • Part 10: Schools
    • Part 11: Health Care
    • Part 12: Industries and Enterprises
    • Part 13: Policing the Peace
    • Part 14: Pouce Coupe, Rolla, and Other South Peace Communities
    • Part 15: Chetwynd and the Fort St. John Area
    • Part 16: The Alberta Peace
    • Part 17: Natural History of the Peace River Region
    • Part 18: Interviews with Old Timers
    • Part 19: Remembering Our Veterans

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BN10-14: Cobus Kirtzinger Wins Top Scholarship Award

Recent History – 1999

June 15, 1999, By Daily News Staff

Hard work and a steady attitude earned a South Peace Secondary student top honours at the recent graduation ceremonies held June 5.

Cobus Kirtzinger, 17, was the recipient of the Dawson Creek Kiwanis Club Scholarship for the highest academic average. The $3,000 award, which has been given out to the top academic graduating student for about 15 years, was presented by Arlan Dokken, president of the club.

“It’s a real pleasure to give an award like that,” he says. “He’s a pretty smart student to be getting the award.”

“Pretty smart” might be the term. Kirtzinger kept up a 92 per cent average in the last year, to win the scholarship.

“I had to do my work,” he says, as he carried a full academic load including all the sciences, English, Spanish, drafting, math and calculus.

Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Kirtzinger is planning to return there in the fall to take engineering at the University of Stellenbosch.

After that he says, the future will tell. “I want to travel, maybe go live in Australia. It’s nice and sunny down there,” he laughs.

His summer plans include travel as well, and a month of intensive karate training.

The Kiwanis Club also honoured graduating students Cherissa Fontaine and Rochelle Lowe with bursaries of $500 each.

Fontaine is planning to attend Simon Fraser University to take her elementary teacher training and Lowe plans to attend Grande Prairie Regional College to take her bachelor of science.

This article is taken from the Peace River Block Daily News, Dawson Creek, with the permission of the publisher. The Daily News retains all rights relating to this material. The information in this article is intended solely for research or general interest purposes.

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