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Letter Policy<br />

The Úcwalmicw welcomes<br />

letters to the editor. Letters<br />

should be fewer than 250 words<br />

and are subject to editing<br />

for clarity, legality, taste and<br />

length. Unsigned letters will<br />

be reviewed and may not be<br />

published. Publication is not<br />

guaranteed. The Úcwalmicw<br />

reserves the right to also publish<br />

letters electronically on our<br />

website.<br />

Send letters to the following:<br />

<strong>In</strong>-<strong>SHUCK</strong>-<strong>ch</strong> <strong>Nation</strong><br />

41290-B Lougheed Hwy.<br />

Dero<strong>ch</strong>e, BC, V0M 1G0<br />

F: 604-820-6847<br />

E: ucwalmicw@inshuck<strong>ch</strong>.com<br />

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For general news and updates<br />

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News and updates from a<br />

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<strong>In</strong>shuck<strong>ch</strong> Days<br />

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Corporations<br />

Úcwalmicw S t s e p q w 2 0 1 2 • 1 7<br />

Congratulations!<br />

Proud great-grandparents<br />

Clarence and Agnes Giesbre<strong>ch</strong>t<br />

would like to announce<br />

the birth of:<br />

Kyleigh Lynn<br />

and<br />

Lily Rae<br />

Born July 18, 2012<br />

Kyleigh Lynn<br />

11:20pm, 4.14 lbs<br />

17.5 in<strong>ch</strong>es<br />

Lily Rae<br />

10:42pm, 5.0 lbs<br />

17.5 in<strong>ch</strong>es<br />

Father – Timothy Giesbre<strong>ch</strong>t, son<br />

of Ri<strong>ch</strong>ard Giesbre<strong>ch</strong>t and<br />

Elisabeth Pope.<br />

Mother – Alanah Dawn<br />

Q: Why were the tea<strong>ch</strong>er’s eyes<br />

crossed?<br />

A: She couldn’t control her pupils!<br />

Tea<strong>ch</strong>er: What is the shortest month?<br />

Student: May, it only has three letters.<br />

Source: www.ducksters.com/<br />

Letters and Announcements<br />

Residential<br />

S<strong>ch</strong>ool — 60<br />

years later<br />

I attended St. Mary’s S<strong>ch</strong>ool in<br />

1950 at 10 years of age. However,<br />

they could not find my records from<br />

September 1950 – August 1951<br />

and September 1951 – August<br />

1952. Their records only show that<br />

I attended from September 1952 –<br />

August 1959.<br />

The two paragraphs below are<br />

excerpts from my daughter Lucinda<br />

Gabriel’s (Jones) thesis when she<br />

was doing her tea<strong>ch</strong>er’s course. She<br />

is now a tea<strong>ch</strong>er.<br />

— Angus Jones<br />

***<br />

My dad is sixty-five years old and<br />

I wonder, “Did he really survive<br />

the residential s<strong>ch</strong>ool?” or, “Is his<br />

real life/soul lost and buried at the<br />

residential s<strong>ch</strong>ool?” and, “What we<br />

are seeing, is it really just a hollow<br />

form of Angus Jones; a product of<br />

residential s<strong>ch</strong>ool?” and, “Why do<br />

I wonder su<strong>ch</strong> a thing?” He lives<br />

alone; out in the woods. When we<br />

want to visit him, we have to drive<br />

a bumpy, dusty road, to a secluded<br />

area. He never visits us.<br />

***<br />

All of us ran and gave our Poppa<br />

Angus a hug, we were crying, crying<br />

for his <strong>ch</strong>ildhood, forever lost,<br />

forever stolen. We were crying for<br />

his courage to survive those eight

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