My latest guest is JULIE KRALL.  A Vancouver Islander by birth, she has lived in the valley for quite a number of years, serving as a teacher and educational administrator for SD54 since the early 2000s.  She grew up in Nanaimo.  Her first taste of the Bulkley Valley happened because of a stopover while flying enroute to Dease Lake.  Though she appreciated the beauty of the far north, it was this part of the central interior that caused her and her mate to make home here.  Teaching first at Chandler Park, then in Houston, she now serves as principal at Smithers Secondary.  An avid mountain biker and skier, she supports youth beyond the classroom as she takes the ski and snowboard regularly up the hill.  Welcome Julie!