| works of artist Don Wier will be on show at the local Art | ting was sparked when he met-well-known artist Ann-Marie © Junction of Hwys. 16 and 3? last Saturday as local motar- 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 “sthoké alarms: in’all homes. © 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). of 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 é 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 Describing the program : as | very successful, Fleming: said © - being able to take the students — tapital, costs and. half ‘the :