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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
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    • 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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BN12-25: Chamber of Commerce Chooses New Executive

Recent History – 1999

Dec. 3, 1999, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff

Gus McLeod will serve a second term as president of the Dawson Creek and District Chamber of Commerce.

McLeod, who owns the local KFC restaurant, won the post by acclamation Thursday, when the Chamber held their annual board of director elections.

Traditionally, the vice-president takes over the position the next year, but Bud Powell declined the posting after winning a seat on the City of Dawson Creek council.

Director Alvin Stedel, has also stepped down from the chamber executive after winning a seat on council.

Louisiana-Pacific’s Pat Merserau is the new vice-president, and Alvie Shearer of McIntyre Auto Parts, is the treasurer.

Directors with two year terms are Charles Kux-Kardos of Alaska Hotel, and Darcy Dober of Mr. Mike’s. One-year term directors are Anne-Marie Monlezun of Jacques Electric; Ken Lee of Panagopoulos Pizza, Neel Trasy of Super 8 Motel; Rick Hall of Elite Auto Carline Muffler; Theresa Hunter of The Promo Shoppe; and Wayne Hiebert, an individual member.

McLeod said he’s looking forward to the year ahead.

“We’ve kept some consistency on the board and we’ve brought on some real good young people,” he said. “It’s always great when we see our young people getting involved in our community and with Rick Hall and Wayne Hiebert coming onto the board, it gives us that experience.”

The new board will get together in January and decide on two or three issues that they will focus on, and McLeod expects that the conflict between BC Rail and CN Rail over grain handling will be one of them.

“I think the biggest thing that’s happening is there is some miscommunication between CN and BCR and the biggest thing that we can do is get them both back to the table,” he said.

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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