BB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 30, 2003 Around Town Indy flicks to come via Toronto Film Fest IT’S OFFICIAL: an extra eight independent films will come to Terrace in the months ahead. The new flicks will be part of the Toronto Film Circuit Series - a spinoff of the Toronto Film Festival. They'll be in addition to the regular Sep- tember to November Pacific Cinematheque film series that has delighted Terrace audi- ences in recent years years. It effectively doubles ihe indy movie screenings here over fall and winter. “We have completed our negotiations for the first four of eight films in the series,” said Kim Beaupre, president of the Terrace and District Arts Council. “The other four will be announced in No- vember after the 2003 Toronto Film Festival is finished and has decided on the selections it wishes to distribute.” First up in the Toronto series will be Winged Migration on Sept. 24. It's a documen- tary on the migratory patterns of birds on all seven continents. Whale Rider plays Oct. 22. Described as an emotional powerhouse, it’s the story of a mad- ern Maori tribe in search of a new chief. _- In The (enn War Bride, |=" slated for Nov. 26, an -& English woman marries af Canadian soldier but § then is sent § to his rahen § in northern Alberta for KEISHA Castle- “Hughes as: the duration “Paj" in Whale Rider. It's one of the Sec- of the films coming on the Tor- _ond World onto -Film Circuit this fall. r<- War. The film was the circuit’s smash hit of last year — generating higher box office sates than Life is Beautiful and Elizabeth combined, The fourth confirmed film is Manna From Heaven, a comedy set in Buffalo scheduled to run Jan. 28. Screenings will take place the fourth Wed- nesday of each month from September through + May — except December - on the early 7 p.m. showtime, Beaupre says. Tickets will be $8 at the door. Season’ passes will be $50 and will be available at Misty River Books and the Terrace Art Gallery’ by mid-August. More actors needed TERRACE LITTLE Theatre is looking for more actors to prepare for its 50th anniversary production of Cinderella, the pantomime. The performance, which is slated for No- vember at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre, is looking for an actor for the last remaining principal role of “Buttons”. “He gets to interact with the other charac- ters and to have fun with the audience,” says director Chris Stone. “He specializes in comic relief and general hilarity.” Also needed are two people to play one horse. “What a nice intro to theatre,” laughs Stone. "You get to be on stage without show- ing your face.” He welcomes teens to apply for the horse part (you may specify preference for front or “back end). For more information please call Nancy at 635-1329 or Chris at 635-3334, New location THEY'RE settled in. The Canadian Cancer Society Resource Centre has moved to 207-4650 Lazelle Ave., ‘above the Terrace and District Credit Union. Internet access for cancer research is avail- able for anyone living with cancer or having a loved one living with cancer. Hours are noon to 2 p.m. weekdays. Jumpy schools AREA SCHOOLS helped contribute to the an- nual Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops program of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and ' Yukon. The program raises money for foundation work and research. 1 Clarence Michiel, E.T. Kenney and Veritas . Catholic School in Terrace, Gitanyow Inde- pendent School in Gitanyow and Kitwanga Elementary Jr. Secondary School in Kitwanga were named, “We have enjoyed a very successful year, allowing us to continue to fund vital cardio- vascular research as well as important health promotion, patient support. and advocacy programs,” said foundation. official Suzanne, Anderson. . oe a Ain ow too TERRACE STANDARD 1A spectacle worthy of 75 Anniversary year Riverboat Days celebrations promise to be massive By JEFF NAGEL TERRACE is gearing up for what will be by far ff the biggest, best, most exciting Riverboat Days lineup in the city’s his- tory. A series of new events plus the city’s 75th anni- versary are all converging to make it a weekend to remember, says coordina- tor Phyllis Hull. “It's going to be way bigger and better than before,” she says. Early numbers put Satur- day's parade entries far ahead of any previous year for regi- strations. “We've never had this many people,” Hull said. “We might be cancemed about our economy, but I tell you everybody loves a parade,” And more performers, vendors and other partici- pants are also set for Con- certs in the Park than any previous year. Even Saturday night’s TROOPER attracted legions of longterm fans last year when they headlined Concerts in the Park. This time a wide array of local bands and performers will be joined by Canadian classic rockers Prism. fireworks display will be the biggest ever ~ $7,500 worth of aerial pyrotech- Army’s director targets © poeearrai ie than last year’s. By JESSIE GIES THE SALVATION Army has a new community services direc- tor who says one of his im- mediate objectives is to clear up misconceptions about food donation services in Terrace. Prince Rupert native Jan Mc- Donough replaced Isobel Lippers who moved to Houston with her husband at the end of June. nics, or 30 per cent more “IT think the thing that makes Riverboat Days the interesting weekend that it is is the diversity,” Hull says. ek Kael McDonough is now the man- ager of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Terrace as well as the “There’s loads of There’s sports. There’s arts. There’s culture. There’s history. garden pond tours,” Continued Pg. B16 store in Kitimat. His other main duty is operating the Salvation Army food bank which not many IAN MCDONOUGH is the new community services director for the Salvation Army in Terrace. He wants to start by ensuring public awareness of the Army's food donation services. JESSIE GIES PHOTO people know exists. “That’s my biggest concern,” he said. McDonough said the Salvation Army food bank is open year- round, including the summer months when the Terrace chur- ches food bank is not operating. “E want peaple to know we are here during the summer,” McDo- nough said. A pantry to the left of McDo- nough’s thrift store office revealed dozens of soup cans and other dry goods, Aside from this, the Salvation Army picks up extra bread from businesses in town and delivers it to the thrift store. Over the last month, McDo- nough said he had appointments with 35 families who received food donations. “We won't away,” he said, MeDonough previously worked as a pastor for the Salvation Army in small towns around Ontario and the prairies, as well as operating food banks for seven years. He said he turn anybody McDonough said his job with the Salvation Army in Terrace is permanent. “This is home,” he said. Mc- Donough’s familiarity with the area helped him secure his new job. “The main reason I jumped at the chance ta work at the - Salvation Army in Terrace. “T wanted to do something people and to be “l wanted to do something for people and to be closer to for My family.” hired him is he grew up here,” said Captain Dave Moulton of ‘the Salvation Army church in Terrace, ~ McDonough said closer to my fami- ly,” McDoncugh said. McDonough has parents and si- blings living in Prince Rupert. His immediate family includes wife Lisa and daughters Deborah, 5, and Sarah, 3, his immediate plans include a food drive ‘during River Boat Days this August. “We're going to have a big mobile canteen in the parade,” he said, He encourages people to bring non-perishable items to the parade for donation. “There is a need here,” McDo- nough said, “'There’s a lot of lower income people.” He added the poverty situation in Terrace is more severe than other areas he’s worked in. Apart from maintaining his du- ties as the community services re- presentative, McDonough plans to help lead Bible studies in Sep- tember as well as teach Sunday school. He also plays the trumpet with the Salvation army worship team in. Terrace. McDonough said people must . make appointments with him if they are to receive food donations. To. make appointments call 635- 3749, ° Call takes Salvation Army rep to Houston ISOBEL LIPPERS, the former community ser- vices representative for the Salvation Army in Terrace, says a calling from God has led her to Houston, B.C, Lippers lived in Terrace for 11 years, volun- teering for a number of social groups as well as working for the Salvation Army for a year and a half. Then her husband Bernard, a former bread delivery man, got a job at Salvation Army postings in Houston and Smithers as the family services coordinator. Lippers waited until her 16-year-old daugh- ter Crystal was finished the school year and ‘then joined her husband to make a family tearn out of the job he found. “We shure it together,” Lippers said, “It's a big job.” Right now the family is working at. Camp Mountainview in-Houston, The camp is one of many the Salvation Army oper- ates in the summer and attracts children from Terrace, Prince F Rupert, Dease Lake and other horthern areas. “This is my first year invalved with the camp,” Isobel Lippers said. The Lippers are the camp car- e-takers and daughter Crystal is a councillor. “We're extremely happy,” Bernard Lippers said. “We feel this is God’s leading and. we're taking i.” There are six cainp sessions throughout the summer for child- ren-ages seven to 16 with activi- ties. includirig - swimming, archery, mountain repelling and canoeing, Isobel Lippers “We probably have 50 kids here plus staff,” Bernard Lippers said. Besides working at Camp Moun- tainview, the Lippers operate food banks in Houston and Smi- thers, and they hold a Saturday - night soup kitchen in Houston. But the work doesn’t end there, The Lippers also plan to take a trip to St. John’s, Newfoundland as early as this September for a two-year ministry college course . which will credit them as Salva- tion Army officers. “H's our Christian faith,” Bernard Lippers said. “God's calling us.” He said a shortage of officers across Canada could lead the fa- mily toa ministry outside of northern B.C. “It could be anywhere,” he said.