INSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 m@ 18th annual Terrace Toy Run — BIG BIKES AND EVEN BIGGER HEARTS: Unidentified motorcycl- ists signal thumbs up to a good cause during the Terrace Toy Run's headline event, the Parade of Toys. Dozens of people, their TERRACE STANDARD The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 11 , 2000 - BI PRIZES AWARDED: Here are the six winners of the annual poe- try contest sponsored by the library and the college, seen here motorcycles adorned in gifts and stuffed animals, participated in this year's run, held Sept. 30, All proceeds from the event are do- nated to the Salvation Army’s Christmas Campaign. with English instructor and judge, Simon Thompsen (far right). The six winners received money and certificates late last month. Budding poets have a way with words “YOUTHFUL ANGST” featured prominently in many of the winning entries in the Terrace Public Library’s annual Teen Poetry Contest, according to the judge. Simon Thompson, an English instructor at Northwest Community College, which co- sponsored the poetry contest along with the li- brary, found the poems by older writers de- monstrated more of a sense of self-awareness than did those by the younger writers, who took inspiration from the world around them. "{ found the younger writers are less inter- ested in just rhyming words,” he added. That’s a good thing. Alt the Sept. 29 award ceremony for the six winners, Thompson advised the young pocts to keep on writing — and not to worry about mak- ing it-chyme. Nearly 40 budding scribes entered the con- test this year. - There were three winners in each age cate- gory. First place winners earned $100, second place $75, and third place winners. received $50 for their prize worthy poems. 3. Natural Beauty, by Eden Oliver, age 14, The winning poems in the 15 to 18 age ca- tegory: 1. Nostalgia, by Ryan Sergerie, age 18. 2. Here I Sit, by Donella Mary Rundell, age 18. 3. Another Time, by Mannie Wesley, age The winning poems in the 12 to 14 age ca- 7 tegory are: | i. The Night-Lights, by Holly Kozier, age 12. Age | 14, - 2. A Day on i the Rill, by Haley sulivan, The Night-Lights By HOLLY KOZIER I look up to view the cosmic space, The night sky - Majestic, lovely place. Andromeda’s Galaxy, shimmers with light. Venus glows clean and bright. Cassiopeia “reigns . ont high. Orion’s Belt is seen nigh. Castor and Pollux prance, in-art eternal, celestlal dance t look up to view |. the cosmic space, The night sky - Majestic, lovely place. Nostalgia By RYAN SERGERIE Memories of times well spent, Good intentions set in mind. And saying those words I really meant; These words so hard to find. Hanying out in the parking lat, . Discussing evening plans. The futures that we both had sought Were just passing by the stands. You moved away, then came back. Best friends meet again. The connection that we used ta lack, Now just makes us better friends. iv’s up to us to fill the bowl With those fun-filled Friday nights. Who's to determine our status quo, And read to us our rights, The future is what lies ahead. 7° Let's do what must be done, Sail remembering the things (ve said, SHU remembering the fin” SECTION B Bringing the world closer through film BROADENING THE cine- matic and cultural hori- zons of Terrace’s movie- going public isn’t the eas- iest goal to fulfil. But thal’s exactly what the local sponsors of the Travelling Picture Show set out to do when they first brought the séries to Terrace’s Tillicum Twin Theatres in 1999, Organizers can already point to a significant mile- stone: the fact that they’re launching the first-ever fall presentation of the series in Terrace. The Travelling Picture Show is produced by the Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver for communi- ties outside of B.C.’s lower mainland. Films include international cinema, Ca- nada’s best young film makers, and new film fes- tival hits. Films shown when the festival came to Terrace earlier this ygar included Dirty and Kitchen Party, both by emerging Vancou- ver filmmakers, and Xin- Xiu the Sent Down Giri, set during the Chinese cultural revolution — not exactly your basie movie fare. “It’s edgy stuff,” notes Jane Dickson, a member of the Terrace and District Multicultural Association, a group that joined forces with co-film festival spon- sor Northwest Develop- ment Education Associa- tion a number of years ago. Dickson says the aims of both groups — one works from a global perspective, the other with Third World community projects in mind — are particularly harmonious when it comes to film. She says the wide range of foreign and domestic films featured challenge audiences and raise awareness about what's going on in the rest of the world. “Keeping our minds open,” she says, “That’s what’s so important.” This fall's festival is al- ready in tune with that ideal. Windhorse, the First of six festival films to be screened on alternate Monday nights between now and December, told the remarkable story of a Tibetan family living under Chinese repression. Continued Page B6 Around Town Multicultural forum on institutional change YOUR IDEAS are needed on how to make things easier for Terrace residents who are new to town - or new to Canada. A Community Forum is being presented in Ter- race this Saturday by Multiculturalism B.C., a di- vision of the Ministry of Multiculturalism and Im- migration. Terrace is one of three B.C. communi- ties invited to take part in this project. The Community Forum on Multiculturalism re- presents the next step in developing a strategic plan for institutions in Terrace to help deal with ‘clients who may not speak English or understand how to access health and social programs. “Every business in Terrace should be sending someone to something like this,” says Jane Dick- son of the Terrace and District Multicultural Asso- ciation. A local steering committee is already tackling this issue. The committee includes Northwest Community College, School District 82, local gov- ernment representatives, the RCMP, the Kermode Friendship Society, the Terrace and Area Health Council and the Terrace and District Multicultural Association. The workshop takes place at the Coast Inn of the West on Oct. 14 between 70 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Registration takes place at 9:30 a.m. It's free, and lunch is included. For more information or to register, contact Mul- ticulturalism BC by phone at 1-800-663-7867 (Enquiry BC) and ask to speak with Angelica Gu- tierrez, or by fax at (604) 660-1150. Student earns diploma over the Internet A TERRACE resident has earned a graduate diplo- ma in a manner truly befitting our wired age. Sheldon Bennett was among 82 students receiv- ing an Advanced Graduate Diploma in Manage- ment from the Athabasca Universily in Edmonton this month, Bennett didn’t have to leave his northwestern B,C. home to complete his studies ~ he was able to take his courses and submit his assignments elec- tronically, using the Internet. The university's graduate diploma program in management is the first of a three phase on-line Master of Business Administration degree students can earn on-line, Fire extinguisher how-to IF YOU'VE never used a fire extinguisher, the Terrace Fire Department and a local company, Wightman and Smith, invite you to come out this Saturday for a free training session aimed at adults. Servicing and maintenance will also be addressed. It takes place between 11 a.m, and 2 p.m. al the Shoppers Drug Mart parking lot. The Fire Safety House will be on hand for the kids.