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For Immediate Release
February 03, 2010
NWCC Instructor carries Olympic Torch in Terrace
Dr. Kerby, a biology and geography instructor at NWCC Terrace, said the opportunity to carry the flame briefly along Terrace's main street — Lakelse Avenue — was a chance of a lifetime.
"I was very grateful to be asked to participate," said Dr. Kerby. "It was a real interesting experience that bonded the country together."
The longtime instructor ran with a team calling themselves the Skeena Watershed Stewardship Group, composed of people from the region involved in work and advocacy to maintain and improve the health of the Skeena watershed.
The torch relay took submissions from teams for what organizers called "a special opportunity to reach an additional audience of potential participants with the message that, as members of a team, community or society, our accomplishments can be magnified."
Dr. Kerby echoed that message and added the Olympics bring other important values to the next generation.
"I've notice a heightened sense of pessimism (with younger people)," she said. "The Olympics is a forum where nations get together in friendship.
"It gives more sense of optimism to watch the athletes striving for excellence, doing the best they can and pushing themselves the furthest they can."
The Olympic Torch also stopped earlier in the day in Kitimat and Kitamaat Village and in the communities of Houston, Telkwa, Smithers, Moricetown, New Hazelton, Hagwilget Village, Gitanmaax and Hazelton on Jan. 29.
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For more information contact:
Dave O’Leary
Chief Information Officer
Northwest Community College
Phone: 250.638.5402
Toll-Free: 1.877.277.2288
Email: doleary@nwcc.bc.ca