| WHAT S ‘UP The Terrace Standard offers What's Up asa public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit. organizations snd those events for which there is no admission charge. To. meet our production - deadlines, we ask that any item for. What’s Up be submitted by noon on the FRIDAY preceding thei issue in which it Is to appear. ~ “For contributed articles, the deadline: is 5 pm. on the preceding THURSDAY. : We also ask that all submis- " sions be typed or printed neatly. _ FEBRUARY 13-15, 1992 — The Heart & Stroke Foundation of B.C., Yukon, Terrace Unit, - presents its annual Heart and Stroke Education Days at the ~ Skeena’ Mall running from 10 a.m. 108 p.m. daily. Info. willbe available on many topics related to heart and blood vessel disease. : Blood pressure testing will also be offered. . ; ee 2 ee FEBRUARY 14, 1992 — Sup- port group meeting for persons suffering from M.E. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), also knows as CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction ’ Syndrome), at 7:30 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room of the © Terrace Public: Library. For more information, please contact. Kathleen Talstra at 635-2718. tk kok FEBRUARY 15, 1992 — Alcan Marathon wiil take place at the Onion Lake Ski Trails. Registra- tion begins at 8:30 a.m, and marathon starts at 10 a.m. . kkkkh FEBRUARY 16, 1992 —Kinette/Kinsmen Ciubs of Terrace sponsoring a Seniors Sweetheart Dinner & Dance, Sunday at the Elks Hall on Tetrault. Doors open at 4:30 _ p.m. If transportation required phone Joyce at 635-7913 or Pat at 638-1726. No Charge. kkk K FEBRUARY 18, 1992 — Friends and families of Schizophrenics , Support group meéets Tues. at 7:30 p.m. at Mills Memorial in Psych Conference Rm. Contact Mental Health 638-3325, kkk FEBRUARY 15, 1992 ~ Homebased Business regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Gim's Restaurant. All mewcomers welcome, 635-9415, kkk FEBRUARY 26, 1992 — A meeting with Wendy Klyne, > manager of Homebased Business .- . Program of the BC Ministry of Economic Development, Smal! ” Business &. Trade. 7 p.m, TEC - centre. Free. Space limited, ’ 635-9415 for-reservations. «7? “ kwkekhk . FEBRUARY 29, 1992 — Nar- thern Singles are hosting a dinner _ with entertainment at Terrace * Legion at 7 p.m. This will be an - event that will be held the 3rd Sat. of every second month only. _ RSVP by Feb. 15/92. Phone 632-3547 or 635-3238. Join us ~ and bring a friend. keke MARCH 6, 1992 — Everyone is invited to attend a “World Day of Prayer’? meeting at the Ter- race Christian Reformed Church (3602 Sparks) at 7:30 p.m. The topic is: “Living Wisely with Creation’’ Coftee and refreshments will be served. Cont'd BS City engineer peaks ‘So, how’ good’s memory? A few weeks ago | mentioned someone telling me the winter of 1968 was very mild, just like this one. Well, not so! That was the year of Mt, Buncombe. This icy peak was named for Hank Buncombe, city engineer at the time. As such, he was the fellow who gave the instructions that the truckloads of snow from the downtown area be dumped at the foot of Graham Ave. your And they were, “all 30, 000 cubic yards of it — an estimated | 116,000 tons of the white stuff. The resulting .mountain was 300ft, long and: 35ft. high! Hank said it was the worst snowfall he had seen since 1955. _ And while we’re on the sub- ject, was it 1972 when Kitimat had that 34 inch dump in one hour? It has been many years since Kitimat or Terrace, has - received snowfalls like those. kkk - A while ago I wrote to Adella Pohle and was happy to receive her reply last week. The wife of the late Carl Pohle, Adella is now 96 years old and. will celebrate number 97 on Sept. 5. - I thought I’d share that letter with you which begins with “love and prayers to all’’. Saying the past year had been. a quiet one for her, Adella con- tinues, ‘‘I.am happy and com- fortable and well cared for here at Ivy Lodge, but feel weaker as “ we enter 1992, I’m content to rest in my big chair or in bed. “My legs are not good — stiff and painful — and my balance poor, Getting around becomes “Here ‘n There”’ by Yvonne Moen ; slower and more difficult. ‘In September, an evening was spent in emergency with an ulcer on the corner of my left eye. That meant a number of visits to the specialist, which was not easy. But Muriel took me and helped me each time. She visits me two or three times a week... ; My brother Jack of Barrie, Ont. was here in July and he was giving me news of the fami- Christmas. was spent at Muriel’s. We sat down to a traditional Christmas turkey dinner. We ended our. time together in the early evening with reading the Christmas story from the gospel of Luke and. @ prayer time of thankfulness for God’s goodness to us all, : “And on New Year’s Day, Muriel:came for Ethel, another resident here at the lodge, and I to join others at her home. A good day enjoyed together. ‘My prayers for each of you — some not well, some lonely having lost loved ones in 1991, some experiencing unemploy- ment problems — that God may bless you in 1992 and meet your every need, be it physical, finan- cial or spiritual,’’ kkekkk A beautiful holiday wedding took place at the Terrace noon of Dec, 28 when Heather Faye Bowen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Bowen of Kitimat, was united in marriage with Ar- thur Charles Lucier, son Mr. and. Mrs. Rene Lucier of Ter- race. The lovely holiday wedding, officiated by Rey. John Caplin, was beautifully decorated in red, black and white and was at- tended by approximately 350 guests, The bride was beautiful in a traditional, white , trained dress and the groom looked hand- some in a white and black tux- edo, - Maid of horiour was Donna Turner from Abbotsford, cousin to the bride, and the bridesmaids were Rena Lucier (sister of the groom), Wendy McCarron (friend of the bride) and Carmen Luicier (sister of the groom), all of whom looked lovely in bright red, knee-length dresses. . Best man was Bruce De Hoog and attendants) were Cliff Sicbert, Craig Norman and Eric Levesque, all friends of the groom and dressed in black tux- edos with red accessories. _ The bride and groom drove away in a white, chauffered limousine and are now spending their honeymoon touring the United States. CHEERS, Bride Heather Bowen and groom Arthur Lucier offer a toast following their Christmas season wedding. DO YOU ELVIS? LOOK LIKE ELVIS LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 14 Saturday, February 15 Come Down And Show Us Your Elvis stuffl ; Pentecostal Assembly the after-. Gunter’s Garden by Gunter Lenarat Foxglove can kill or cure Few other medicinal plants are as famous, important, lovely..and dangerous as the foxglove — digitalis purpurea. A member of the snapdragon family, its powdered green leaves are converted into digitalis, a source of valuable cardiac medicine which has contributed to the survival of millions of heart patients, The first, to discover the foxglove’s properties was the English physician William Withering when, in 1775, an old - woman healed a patient in Shropshire, England ill with eX- cessive fluid retention caused by congestive heart failure. The woman's herb bag contained mostly useless weeds but Withering identified foxglove as the main element in the suc- cessful treatment of a man expected to die. Withering alsc learned foxglove was a deadly poison, as likely to stop the heart altogether as keep-it going. It took him 10 years of experimentation to determine the correct dosage for the new drug, Today, doctors prescribe digitalis to strengthen 1 the heart and regulate its beat. An extremely poisonous plant that can cause paralysis and heart failure, foxglove has killed many who have ingested it. A single leaf, eaten by a child or other unknowing person, can cause convulsions and death, Therefore, it is not advisable to grow foxgiove in a garden where small children play. The blossoms are beautiful and can easily attract a youngster, A bienniel growing up to 8ft. in height, foxglove is indeed stunning when in bloom. The flowers are long and bell-shaped and bear a resemblance to the fingers of a glove, hence its name. Other names for it are deadmen’s bells and witches bells, The leaves are lance-shaped or oval and the fruits hairy cap- sules, dry and oval-shaped containing many reddish-brown seeds. A favourite with many gardeners, it fits into almost any garden landscape, small or large. It blooms in early summer and is one of the first to give colour to the garden. By all means grow it, but only for ornamental purposes. kKakk*k . A young physician in §8th century England, William Withering standardized procedures for preparing and administering digitalis in correct doses and gave the world its active ingre-" dient, called digitalin. For a time, it was the main medicine for the treatment of some kinds of heart diseases. . Despite Withering’s long and careful clinical tests. proving the efficacy and dangers of the foxglove, his. contemporaries ignored his findings and continued to administer it asa purgative, emetic or as a sedative. And when patients died of an overdose, they condemned the drug itself, Time, however, has proven } Witherin 8 findings were correct and modecnamedicine.has found infany usés'for digitalis it the yl treatment of heart-disease. “ten Art is Payne Local painters, both begin- ners and experienced, will have an opportunity to learn about landscape and image painting when Gordon Payne comes to Terrace next month. A noted artist and teacher from Victoria, Payne will be ‘coming here under the joint sponsorship of the Emily Carr College of Art and Design and the city’s recreation depart- ment, Registration is limited to 20 and there’s a minimum of 12 people required to ensure the workshop takes place. Shawn Krienke of the Rec department is looking after registration and he cane be reached at 638-4750, Born in Ashcroft and raised — in the Interior, Payne now lives on. Hornby’ Island. A film maker as well‘as painter, he is also an instructor at the North Island College in Courtney. He has had several solo shows and group exhibitions in B.C., Seattle and Montreal. His films have been seen in Canada, the U.S. and France. MOUNT LAYTON ne HOTSPRINGS. RESORT LTD. i 798-2214