Newsletter – June 2015
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Newsletter – June 2015
, Mahla'asgum Sawinsk Gitlax- t’aamiks Village Government Aboriginal Day June 19, 2015 June 2015 All West GlassHawkair Sight & Sound A&W Mr. MikesDulux Canadian TireCooks Jewellery McCarthy’s GMSafeway Northern Industrial Ella’s Gemma’sMichelin Tire Nisga’a Pacific Ventures Gitlax’taamiks Village Government Tillicum Twin Theaters Gitlax’taamiks Village Government would also like to acknowledge the following entities that participated in the parade: Lisims RCMP, Nisga’a Lisims Government, School District #92, Sii Tax’ Development Corporation, Terrace City Hall, UPIC Training Centre, Mass Nass Marching Band, Gitwinksihlkw Search & Rescue, Kitsumkalum Dance group, Camp Mountain View, Canoe Journey Group, Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government, Nursery/Headstart, Gitlaxt’aamiks Public Works and Gitlaxt’aamiks Fire Department. On Friday, June 19, 2015 the community of Gitlaxt’aamiks hosted the 10th Annual Aboriginal Day Celebrations. This event is held annually on behalf of the Gitlaxt’aamiks Elders Association. The entire community and local entities come together to make the event a success. Throughout the year the Elders Association members continually support community initiatives and fund raise for all groups in Gitlaxt’aamiks, in return, the community hosts the Aboriginal Day Event for them. All proceeds raised from the event is given to the Gitlaxt’aamiks Elders Association for their annual field trip. Total funds raised this year was $5,726.90. We want to extend our sincere appreciation to the business’ in Terrace who contribute prizes each year to help make our event a success. This year we received donations from the following: PetlandGraydon Security OpusSilvertip Elan TravelAllstar Shoes Xanders Coffee Grace Fell Florist Fior DesignCedars Motel Sandman Hotel Ruins Board Shop In May of this year GVG purchased a 2010 Finning Home Hardware Save on foods Cat 2010 962G Series II Frontend Loader. It will be Sonny’s Collectables A-Z Engraving used primarily at the refuse dump. Rueben Gonu says Canadian Wholesale The Brick that it has state of the art controls and that it handles Creative Zone Misty River Books way better then the old one. New Equipment New Lights At Recreation Centre Some you that have been up to the Gitlaxt’aamiks Recreation Centre may have noticed the new improved lighting inside. LED lights were installed in March of this year along with the dimmer switches. Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government (GVG) was able to get the funding for the upgrade to the lighting system through Nisga’a Lisims Government’s (NLG) Capital Projects program. The lighting upgrade cost around $83,000.00. GVG went through the BC Hydro Power Smart Initiative to get the discount for the new upgrade. Included with the upgrade is the outside lights and the foyer area. Safety reasons inside of the building especially the foyer area which was dark and hard to see the stairs. A lot of public meetings are held at the rec centre and we wanted the gymnasium lights to go on right away instead of waiting 15 to 20 minutes for the lights to go back on. In the main gym area they installed LED lights and are energy efficient and require less energy and cost less to operate. The LED lights replaced the metal halide lamps which cost about $250.00 to $400.00 per bulb to replace and they had to replace them every 2 months to little less than a year. A new boiler system for heating was installed late last year and the GVG maintenance crew received training to operate them. We couldn’t find parts for the boiler system that was installed when the building was new and the propane bill for last year was about $80,000.00 just for heating. Since the new boiler system was installed in November of last year the propane bill is almost half of what it was before. The new boiler system senses how much energy is being utilized and automatically makes adjustments. The old boiler system used to go 24/7 and the new system will go on at a certain times because of the heating efficiencies that are in there now. The installed light sensors detect when there is no activity in the building and automatically turns off all the lights. Applications are in to replace the lighting in the Gitmidiik Auditorium, GVG administration building, Arts & Cultural building and it’s all going through BC Hydro’s Power Smart Initiative and NLG Capital Projects. North Central Heating tested the rec centre for heat escapement. They checked the gym, downstairs, the attic, all the windows for any heat loss and they have determined that the rec centre is sealed as much as it can. They even went underneath the gym floor and around the foundation and the roof to see if there were any cracks that heat might escape. Submitted by Walter Nisyok GVG Housing/Capital Projects Gitsegukla Soccer Tournament Nisga’a Braves from New Aiyansh placed second in the Gitsegukla Soccer Tournament on July 10, 11 & 12, 2015. The Nisga’a Braves have a young team this year the youngest being 12 years old. Phillip Clayton received an award for Best Halfback, Quinton Nisyok got the Most Inspirational Youth Award, Chester Munroe got the Most Inspirational Player Award and Donald Vickers received an All-Star Award. . Nursery School Graduation 2015 On June 24, 2015 the Gitlaxt’aamiks Nursery School Graduation was held at the Gitmidiik Auditorium. A luncheon has held afterwards. GVG Summertime Hire Employment Opportunities Site C Clean Energy Project and Prince Rupert Gas Transmission are now accepting job applications. Please email resumes to: Site C: [email protected] and; Prince Rupert Gas Transmission: George Hemeon [email protected] Barbara Gonu On Short-Term Disability Genna Leeson is originally from Laxgalta’ap and is the youngest daughter of Alison Stewart and Peter Leeson. She is the successful Post Secondary Internship applicant who started work on June 29, 2015 for Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government (GVG). She will work for GVG for 8 weeks. Genna is the Summer Student Coordinator and is the Team Leader for the GVG summer student program. She is responsible for placing the summer students, monitoring them and she will do a full report during the last week of her employment. She resides in Port Coquitlam and attends Langara College in Vancouver. Genna is in her 2nd year of a 4 year Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus on Accounting. She finds the work environment is a lot better here at Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government. Genna knows a lot of people here and she gets along with them really well. Genna is a Laxgibuu and she belongs to the House of Ksdiyaawak. Please join us in welcoming Genna to her new job. Si’aamhl wilin. Quote Of The Month Believe you can and you are halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt After 20 years service to Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government (GVG) Barbara Gonu is on short-term disability. She has dedicted herself to being an exceptional Homemaker for the Gitlaxt’aamiks elders. Barb has always gone above and beyond the call of duty and that will be sadly missed especially by the elders of this community. Her smile and good nature will be missed by her co-workers and GVG staff. Barb said she will be availble for special occassion functions especially those involving our community elders. A luncheon and a cake was provided by GVG Programs and Services for Barb’s last day of work on July 3, 2015. Si’aamhl Wilin Barbara. Pauline Grandison Turns 90 On June 18, 2015 Pauline Grandison turned 90 years old which makes her one of the oldest members of New Aiyansh and the Nisga’a Nation. She has raised 9 children most notably with a vision disability which has gotten progressively worse over the years. This past year she wasn’t able to work in her smokehouse and help prepare oolicans and salmon like she always does. Pauline keeps herself busy these days knitting and when her vision allows her to crocheting. Happy Birthday Pauline and many more to come. From Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government and staff Nathan Lynn Nathan Lynn is a Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government post secondary student. He is the only son of Dave & Debbie (Nee: Grandison) Lynn. He was born and raised in Kamloops but has extended family in New Aiyansh. Nathan is in his 4th and last year of a Bachelors Degree in Psychology Major at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. He graduated from high school in 2009 and took 2 years off. Nathan hopes to go on to get his Masters Degree in Psychology when he’s done. Nikeisha Clayton Nikeisha was hired by Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government (GVG) as the Post-Secondary Internship summer student employee. She is the daughter of Karen Clayton and Zachary Munroe, Sr. Nikeisha is a Ganada and from the House of Ksim Xsan. Her first day of work with GVG was Monday, June 1, 2015. She has done her first year post-secondary education at Wilp Wilxo’oskwhl Nisga’a Institute (WWNI) and is moving to the Fraser Valley University in Chilliwack in September. Nikeisha will be doing a 4 year Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology & Physical Education. She has been working with Nisga’a archival documents, digitizing and filing them. Most of the Nisga’a stories are from the Late Harold Wright, Sr. (Sim’oogit Gwal Axdi Gax Anuhl) and the Late Emma Wright. The oldest document that she has come across is from 1917 and is an original hand written one. Through this job she has learned much about the Nisga’a Culture & Language. She has taken Nisga’a Language & Culture in high school and WWNI and the documents that she’s digitizing for GVG are about what she was taught. Now she sees the Nisga’a Language & Culture from a different perspective and that is really awesome for her. Nikeisha finds her summer employment very enjoyable and the GVG staff are very friendly. She said that this is her first real job and she was terrified on the first day. One of the staff members commented that, we won’t bite you. She was also the Master of Ceremonies for the GVG Aboriginal Days on June 19, 2015 in New Aiyansh. For her first time being an MC she did an awesome job. Welcome aboard Nikeisha. Si’aamhl wilin.
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