INSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 — TERRACE STANDARD The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 26, 1997 - B1 SECTION B CRIS LEYKAUF 638-7283 PAT ZILINSK! puts in three to three and half miles during mall walking. Since she started walking she's been sleaping much better, Warm, dry & cheap workout By CRIS LEYKAUF DON'T GET in Cissy Hare’s way during her workouts. The slim 81-year-old woman powerwalks her way around the Skeena Mall in the ear- ly morming three times a week. She usually manages to put in three miles in an hour. With a stride some women half her age would find difficult to match, Hare proves you don’t have to slow down as you get older. She’s one of the best advertisements for the Hearts in Motion walking club. The club meets from 7:30-8:30 a.m, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays — ol- fering its participants a warm, dry place to exercise for just $10 for the winter. The walking club is in its third year, and slariled up again at the end of September. It’s sponsored by the Heart and Stroke foundation. Volunteer organizer Muriel Michiel says up to 45 people come out every day. And she's hoping that even more will show up once the snow starts to pile up on the streets. For the $10 sign-up fee participants get a fanny pack, literature on the Heart and Stroke foundation and exercise tips. They also have the chance to get their blood pres- sure checked about three times during the winter. Hare’s blood pressure is in the ideal range of course. She just joined the walking club this year after moving back to Terrace in June, She was born and raised here, but had been gone for the past 30 years. Hare has been walking to the mall in the mornings, in order to stretch out the length of her workout. She used to walk the seawall in Vancouver's Stanley Park — seven miles every Sunday. Hare isn’! sure what she'll do when ihe weather turns nastier. But she figures shovelling her driveway will provide some extra exercise. In the meantime she tries to make that hour in the mail count Another walker who just joined this year is 45-year-old Pat Zilinski. She’s barely missed a day since the walking club started up this fall. “T sure sleep a lot better at night and have a lot more energy too,”’ she says of the benefits she’s seen from walking. Her neighbour told her about the walking club, and she convinced her sister to join as well, Zilinski estimates she walks about three to three and a half miles each moming she goes. And on alternate days she exercises at home on her treadmill, glider or exercisc bike. But she likes getting down to the mall for morning walks, ‘““Everyone’s very friendly — and I get to window shop.’’ The club attracts both men and women of a variety of ages. However, seniors out- number the younger ones, probably because they enjoy both the companionship and having a safe, warm and dry place to walk, says Michiel. If you're interested in joining, come by the food court entrance to the mall on Mon- day, Wednesday or Friday morning from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Cold swim replaces Mothers March AFTER MORE THAN 40 years, the Kinsmen Mothers March has been canceled. The Mothers March has been the main way the Kinsmen have raised money to help disabled pérsons. The march is held every January. Il originally began in the 1950s as a means to raise money: for polio research. Now the money goes to the Kinsmen Rehabilitation Foun- dation. Terrace Kinsmen Bruce Martindale says his club ‘and Kinettes find that: going door to door isn’t working anymore, “We've had incredible support over the years, but it’s too hard,” said Martindale. Tn the past both local clubs combined have raised in ex- cess of $10,000 during the march. However revenues have declined rapidly in the last five © years. Only $3,000 was raised in 1997, An ever-shrinking list of canvassers and safety issucs forced the decision upon the Kinsmen. Terrace isn’t the first city In the province to cancel the match, says Martindale. "Safety is an issve,’’ he says. ‘It’s not the same as it was in the 1950s or 60s, We have to be concerned, It’s just not as accepted that strangers knock on people’s doors.’’ Instead of the Mother’s March this year the Kinsmen and Kinettes are tuming their energics to. the 8th annual Kermodei Swim. Also sponsored by the clubs, this event is for people who think jumping into Lakelse Lake on New Years Day is a good way to cure a hangover. As for the other jumpers, no one knows why they want to become human freezies. In order to boost the ranks of the swimmers, organizers are issuing a corporate. challenge. A minimum of $20 in pledges will be required to partici- pate, Jumpers with $50 or more will receive a com- memorative t-shirt There’s one more change to this year’s swim. The loca- tion has been changed from picnic site to the Kinsmen’ s Kiddics Camp, about five minutes south. The camp is better set up to accommodate increased spectators and swimmers, since it boasts a heated hall. And wealher permitting, there will be additional activities, 50 families can make a day of it. If you're interested in taking a chilly dip, or know some- one you'd like to see thoroughly frozen, then you can pick up sponsor forms at the Terrace Standard, the Co-op, Val- halla Pure Outfitters, Skeena Cablevision and Overwaitea. THE CHALLENGE BEGINS —- The Kinsmen and Kinettes are hoping for a really good turn out at this year’s Kermodel swim. The annual event on New Years Day will be their biggest fundraiser for the year. So challenge a friand or a co-worker, and help the Kinsmen raise monay to aid disabled persons. Teens need to get more involved GETTING TEENS to come out to weekend events is still the biggest hurdle for a program called Nights Alive. Started this October, Nights Alive is sponsored by the Attorney General’s ministry, and is aimed at preventing youth crime, Nights Alive programs are being offered throughout BC. Terrace organizer Joset Graham. says she’s still working on getting out the word about the ptogram. It orlginally began as drop-ins every Friday night at the Carpenter’s Halland casual sports nights every Saturday at Skeena: But due to a lack of interest in the Saturday night events, those have been canceled, Instead Graham hopes to plan one fun Satur- day night event each month. Friday nights however, are getting a better turn-out. On average 20-25 teens drop by ihe hall, which is open from 8 p.m. till midnight. There’s always coffee and donuts, plus games, # foozball table, music, magazines and more. “We're trying to make it like a community centre,’ says Graham. ’ However, getting teens involved in the plan- ning of activities is harder. “They're not as open-minded as they like to think they are,’’ Graham says of her experience talking to groups of students. ‘‘They’re very suspicious of something new.” ‘So she’s making even more of an effort to reach out to teens. Graham plans to go out with streetworkers and hopes to set up coffee dates with tcens, She thinks these informal meetings might be more appealing to teens than showing “wp for regular committee meetings. The slow start to Nights Alive isn’t unique to Terrace, says Graham. Her counterpart in Sur- rey is having similar problems cncoumging teems to come out and take part. For the rest of this month Nights Alive is sponsoring Friday nights at the Carpenters Hall, from 8-12 p.m, Then in December there’s a few fun activities planned, Friday, Dec, 5 there’s iree trimming, and crafts at the Carpenters Hall. Saturday, Dec. 13 a Yule. Tide relay is planned from 7-11 p.m. at the Skeena gym. Get teams together for this one. Prizes and laughter guaranteed, A dance planned for Friday, Dec, 12 has been canceled, Instead, there will be a movie aflernoon from 1-6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14 at the Carpeater’s Hall. Bring a pillow, Friday, Dec. 19 is the last drop-in night at the Carpenters Hall before Christmas. POWER WALKER — Cissy Hare isn't slowing down as she gets older. She walks in the mall three morn- ings a weeks to keep in shape. | Around Town Have trailer, need help traveling AN ANONYMOUS donor from Terrace is looking for help in getting a trailer from here to the Saskatoon “Handicapped Riders association. The 1995 two-horse trailer was donated following a story which appeared in the September ‘97 issuc of Pa- cific Horse, a magazine for horse enthusiasts. Lori Whittingham of William Lake wrote to Pacific Horse about her horse Tarragon. His leg was badly in- jured in a barbed wire accident in July, 1996. The wound wouldn’t heal, and in April, 1997, Whittingham decided to ship him to Saskatoon, for an operation io fix the wound, Following the operation a volunteer from the Sas- katoon Handicapped Riders Association offered to care for Tarragon —- tending his wound daily. He made a remarkable recovery, thanks to the attention, and was eventually able to be used at the riding school. Whittingham now has Tarragon back home and in exchange a-stable in Williams Lake sent another mare lo replace him at the riding school in Saskatoon. The Terrace donor was impressed that voluntecrs at the handicapped riding school took on the job of look- ing after Tarragon, without asking for any money. So she offered the trailer to the Saskatoon riding school. Now the only problem is getting the trailer from here to Saskatoon. Whittingham is hoping someone from Terrace with a 4x4 might be travelling to Edmonton, Calgary or even Saskatoon for Christmas. The trailer is in good condition, she adds. A charitable donation reccipt can be given for the cost of the fucl. If you can help, call Whittingham at 250-392-6358 or Nadja King with the Saskatoon Handicapped Riders at 306-242-6766, Holiday stress relief THE EIGHTH Terrace Beavers and Cubs have a great idea for busy parents. Afier work and school and before Christnas shop- ping on Friday, Dec. 5, stop by the Kermode Friend- ship Centre for a holiday stress relief spaghetti supper. The dinner uns from 5-7:30 p.m, Adults eat for $6.95 and children under 12 for $3.95. Proceeds will go to the cubs and beavers. For more info call 638- 8287, Young fiddlers storm REM Lee theatre BILLED AS THE ‘‘hottest fiddle group in the world,” Fiddlers GF is coming to Terrace Nov. 29. The group’s performance is part of the Terrace Con- cert Society’s goal to attract more young people to its shows. The members of Fiddlers GF hail from Calgary and tange in age from 17-22 years old. Some have been playing their: instruments since they were just four or five years old:-° Their youth converts to raw energy on stage — ener- gy that's tamed and fine-tuned into a music machine of “awesome flair and precision.”’ The energetic fiddlers play a wide variety of styles including ‘Celtic, roots, world music, Texas swing, Cajun ‘and more. Their eclectic Instrumentation and original atrangements breathe new life Into the world _ of instrumental music. “This stop in Terrace Is part of 2 14-month world tour which begat just last month. Fiddlers GF is in Terrace at 8 p.m:-at the REM Lee Theatre on Nov. 29, Tickets are available at Enwins in the Skecna Mall for $20.