Adey endowment fund surpasses $30,000
mark

Editor, Confluence

The union that oversees CN Rail’s
conductors, engineers, yardmen,
trainmen and transportation workers
has contributed to an endowment
fund at CNC, pushing it over the
$30,000 mark.

Teamsters Canada Rail
Conference Div. 843 donated $2,500
to the Dillon Adey Endowment Fund
Monday, Jan. 18.

“The family is grateful the
Teamsters are honouring Dillon in
this way,” said Perry Adey, Dillon’s
father. “This is a good jumpstart from
them and this money will go into
the endowment fund with a certain
amount handed out every year.”

The Teamsters addition to
the endowment fund puts it around
$30,500. A bursary fund has also
been established in the Adey name
and will be handed out annually to a
student enrolled in health sciences.
Dillon Wade Frederick Adey, 21,
died June 1, 2009 when his 2006
Suzuki 750 motorcycle ran into the
back of an SUV on Tabor Boulevard,
approaching Otway Road in Prince
George.

Since then, the community
has rallied around the family, holding
several fundraisers with all proceeds

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going towards the endowment
bursary at the college. Perry
Adey said his son, who worked for
CN Rail, was a young man with an
old soul, who liked learning and
improving his own life. He had his
first job when he was 14 and hoped
to open his own business. He was
an avid snowboarder and golfer, who
liked to ride ATVs and work out with
his friends at the gym.

“These funds came out of union dues
collected over the years,” said Neil
MacDonald of the Teamsters Canada
Rail Conference Div. 843. “It was a
very worthy cause.”

Perry Adey said he also plans to
lobby the provincial government to
form the Dillon Adey law, requiring
more mandatory training before
people are allowed to get a licence
to operate a motorcycle.

CNC’s 10th CTC
class set to graduate

Editor, Confluence
CNC’s Career Technical Centre
program will celebrate its 10th
graduation ceremony Jan. 20 from 7
to 9 p.m. at Vanier Hall.

The class is comprised of
69 Grade 12 students from School

Districts 57 and School District 91,
who have completed their first year
of trades technical training in six
different programs. They will earr
their high school diplomas in Jun

“The greatest reward for
me is to see the change in the
students,” said Tim Power, CTC
co-ordinator. “They start off thinking,
‘how does the world fit me’ and
end up realizing ‘how do | fit in the
world.”

When they walk across the stage at
Prince George Secondary School,
they'll have completed their first year
of trades training in either carpentry,
electrical/electronics, heavy duty/
commercial transport mechanical
repair, automotive service and
collision repair, or industrial
mechanic (millwright)/machinist and
welding.

Around 430 people are
expected to attend the ceremony,
where awards for achievement,
excellence, leadership and most
improved student will be handed out
in each program. Welding students
are eligible for Wolftek Industries
academic and practical excellence
awards. Those in the automotive
program are eligible to receive the
Democratic Unison Award.

Wendy Thiel, president of the
Canadian Federation of University
Women will also announce the
female winner of the Carole Caldwell
Bursary Memorial Trades bursary.

Canfor Pulp Ltd. Partnership
will also award the second half of
their work experience bursary to two
carpentry students, five electrical
students, four heavy duty students
and five welding students.

Graduates will receive
greetings from John Bowman, CNC
president and Lois Boone, vice-chair
for the board of education for School
District 57.

CTC has been in place for
more than 10 years and has given
many students the unique opportuni-
ty to gain employment in the trade
directly out of high school.

More information is available
at www.cnc.bc.ca/ctc.

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