| works of artist Don Wier will be on show at the local Art

| ting was sparked when he met-well-known artist Ann-Marie

Show opens this week

Beginning this Friday and for the next three weeks the

Gallery. -

Although Skeena Valley ‘landscapes are featured in the 30
paintings — all oils — being exhibited, Wier said the majority
-capture scenes from further north, around Dease Lake. -° -

That’s because he spent six to eight months in each of the
years 1981-88 as a caretaker at mining camps in that area,
passing the time putting what.he.saw.on canvas. ~,

A teacher in Kitwanga in 1975.76, ‘Wier's interest in pain-

‘Nehring. For the remainder. of the ’70s he concentrated his.
painting while supporting himself:by taking various jobs. -

- Now, however, he makes his living as an artist. Last fall he
had a show atthe Northern Lights Studio here and his works
are now carried by both that outlet and Studio 9 inb prince
"Rupert. ”
~ ‘The show runs Oct. “4-25,

Education still the focus.

The local ‘branch of Cana-.
dian Women in Timber -has
elected its executive for the
next 12 months. -

Co-chairs are Diana Wood
and Donna Diana, Jan
Hultkrans is secretary while
the bookkeeping will be done «
by treasurer Burga . Ander: .
son. Directors. are.‘ Diane |
Smith, Chris Kofoed, -j
Stephanie Wiebe and Chris ”
Tuomi.

education — where’ we “can

Read ‘to roll

GLEAMING MACHINES gathered by the weighscales at the’

“*-ovelists prépared. 4o launch the 1991 Toy Run by. riding to.
Kitimat. Once there, they took part ina show ’n’ shine In the city.

‘to’ the first students in

* enrolment was’ made.up of ap-
proximately 60 children -from

money, searching for'a suitable

‘tuo When construction of the

“next decade it operated out ‘of a

JF -Mindergartes and grade 7. ©

“bullding’ of its own and In the

be most’ helpful’. — and
id- th ‘

"She said ‘the group iets Iccal schools know what i is availabl
“din forestry-related programs which could.be incorporated into:
the. existing curriculum. ‘Those programs originate from dns:
* dustry, the Forest Service and the Environment ‘ministry, she“

dded, .
Wood said the response froin local schools to date has been :

re for $1,000, -
“In making the, SCOR ks Batley Townsend ieee
sthe donation was made possible by the supporters of its

»-anid'80s it came closer to reality

a building fund.

Tspace ‘and enrolment had « now.

i: mew. facility, an increasing
“enrolment and extension of the

a similar event on the 4600 block’ a ielete. All: ‘toys and”
money donated by the motorcyclists will help make Christmas

jas a litle more speci for many deserving local youngsters. °

By FRANK VOOGD
_ Centennial Christian School, oo Pr
located in the heart of Terrace, an:
is celebrating 25 years of Chris-
tian education this year.

‘“The school opened its doors

‘September, 1966. The. inilal

grades one to six, .
’ However, the history of the.
school goes back long ‘before |
_ that first day of school, In fact; no
it all began 11 years eariler when
meinbers of the local Christian
Reformed‘ church: formed the
Terrace Calvin Christian School

"The founding members of the
society worked ‘hard ‘at raising

: property and planning the pro-
gram. fora Christian school. .

new Christian Reformed church —

was ‘completed in 1966,

Classroom: space was made

"available to the school, It rented

three spacious classrooms which .

_ Served the it well.at that time, |.
But, ‘after. about 10 years in -

- operation, ‘the ‘school found it © |.” as

‘meeded more space and instailed | -

8. portable classroom. For the,

those. facilities, expanding: ‘Its ”
“program. to include

The school society always had
vision of ‘having a school

vith . the’ acquisition of land
through’ génerous -supporiing
Members and a growing

‘Itbecame reality in the spring ag the following spring. .

‘

TERRACE — Fire Prevention
-Week begins on Sunday and the

annual..campaign will once.
" again urge people to ensure they

know just how they will escape
their home in the event of a fire.

Underlining. the importance
of having such an escape plan,
Terrace fire chief Bob Beckett

points out 80 per cent of all fire

deaths'in North America result

from residential blazes... :
Many of those deaths could

have been avoided, he adds, if

the occupants had known how

to safely exit the building:

. Beckett therefore urged
everyone to take part in the Oct.
9 “Plan to Get Out Alive’
drill. The idea, he explained, is
families sit down sometime dur-

ing the next week and work out |

an escape plan, one that includ-
ed two alternative exit routes.

' Then, when they heard the
sound of a smoke alarm going

off off local radio and television =
stations at 7 p.m. next Wednes- |

day, the whole family should
evacuate the building following
that plan,

Parents of grade 4 students
will . doubtless _ already have

heard all about the event, he

pointed out, That's because the
Fire Safety House has been
making-the rounds of all

’ schools in the area over the past
_ two weeks.

A local fire’ department pro-

_ ject funded by local donations,

_ the Fire Safety House is a scaled
» down, version of an average
H Ywo-storey home, complete with
“Bedroom and kitchen.

+ Equipped with a smoke alarm

, complete, with flashing red light,
it also generates artificial smoke
‘ to make the drill more realistic. -

* Students are first shown a

-_ video called EDITH — exit drill
in the home — and: then practise °

/ ma rked

Terrace Standard Wednesday, October 2 1991 - ~ Page Bt

Aeon

out alive! ©

what they’d learned bys escaping :

from the-safety house.: © =
Explaining «why . that - par.
ticular grade . was » targeted.

Beckett said. experience: had:
shown ‘that's :the group: that /
will take, the message home to oe,
_ the family.2"2 _
Firefighter Ron. Fleming .- =.
he’s been: ‘co-ordinating = ‘the .
school visits. — agreed, adding -
’ the children also tended to teach "'
their younger siblings what-to |

do.

average,

The fire death rate
among pre-school aged

_ Children is twice the na-

tional average.

through a live practice was: in-

valuable i in getting the message .

‘across,
~ While: Fire Prevention: Week

will concentrate people's atten- |
tion on fire safety, Beckett'em-
phasized it wasn't something to .
be forgotien once the week was |

over.

Similarly ;. having and practic-
ing an escape plan was:impor- -
tant but “‘we should be trying to -

‘prevent fires as well, ” he
pointed out.

Residents were therefore en- .

couraged to look around their

homes, ‘identify potential fire :

hazards and get rid of them,
And because it was- impossible

“to. “eliminate fires - completely,

Beckett urged the installation of

lk foe .
JACOB MANTEL was on hand April 16, 1988 to do the official sod-turning for the e Centennial Christian :
school’s new building. Mantel had donated the land on which the facility. now stands. The school open: -

of 1989 when, alter 22 years us-
ie the ‘church facilities, the-
Centennial - Christian school
joved into its.own building. It:
ted of five classrooms, 9.
library, gymnasium and office: |

the. beginning:.of. this. “Tntest
- echool year, Centennial. ‘Chils-
tina greeted 220 students. ‘trom

, Feached 110.
Whe nent: two years saw ex
- panston’ and completion of the; ‘sive: renovations to the hdven-
grounds, Br .
The: past ‘years have men

education - program to Include -.
may: ial the Centennial’

higher. grades.

‘When it opened its doar

kindergariet to grade Ls The -
reached 10° and | a. “aeher
workroom had also been added.

. There-have also -been exten. °

(ure playground aod the wheel ;

are the result of the alo term:

vision society members had on |
providing. Christian education:

for students of all ages.

More of these changes have.

been possible because indepen:
dent schools now receive some.
money from the . provinclal
government through the In-
dependent’ School Act. The

. .amouatof that moncy has now
risen to: $0:\per cent: of the
¢ school's operating cost but pro- ““¢
ol, changes which vides wo--money for the

ane or grounds. :
Parents sending their chiltdres’ 7
to* an’. independent schoé).

therefore still have to pay for all’

operating budget, i
Centennial Christian school

continues to. attract parents:
“from a variety . of church. |
denominational backgrounds, a
for: all

. We ‘praise. the Lord
iene” ote ‘auniversary -
(onether om Thornday; ‘Oct, Bo

ee ern metre AR Ne gh A ae ge TAS NE SP ae

That's particularly important oan
because the’ fire death rate
among pre-school aged children’ :
is more than twice the national 7

tapital, costs and. half ‘the :