JENNIFER LANG

Baha'i

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Around Town

SANTA and sidekick Clint Drummond of
the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department
at the Kermode Christmas parade.

Carol trucks to

-serenade Thornhill
IT’S A PROUD CHRISTMAS tradition that’s

put smiles on people’s faces for more than 20 -

years.

‘It’s the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment’s annual Christmas carol fire truck tour,
an event that spreads good cheer throughout
Thornhill and outlying areas to the east and to
the south,

Santa usually hitches. a ride on the truck,
along with fire fighters, who pick up the odd
free cookie and earn plenty of friendly waves
from onlookers.

Long-time residents know to listen for the
tell-tale blast of the siren and the cheerful
sound of bright, seasonal melodies being piped

- out over loudspeakers as fire trucks — lights a

blazing and festooned with decoration — make
their way through the local streets.
_ “They'll have their porch lights on,” deputy
fire ‘chief Wes Patterson says. “They’ ré usually
in the window waving. I enjoy doing it. It’s
food to be. part of the community.”

Patterson says the carol trucks are touring

‘Jackpine Flats, Lakelse Lake, Gossen, Klean- -
za Creek, Usk and Gitaus on Saturday, Dec.

20.

They’ Il leave the fire hall at about 6:15 p.m.

They do Thornhill the next night, Dec. 21,
heading out at about 6 p.m. The trucks will
‘tour upper and lower Thornhill, and Queens-
way Drive.

Please save any contributions for the Ter-
race Churches Food Bank for January, when
the fire fighters will be going door to door as
part of a food drive planned early in the new
year, Patterson says.

A balancing act
‘FOUR ELEMENTS, one world, many spiritual
paths.

The Multifaith Calendar 2004 offers up the
perfect antidote to the crass commercialism
that often runs ram-
pant. during the
Christmas season.

Faiths from
to Zoraa- }
strianism — and F
tween, including |
Sikhism and Islam
- hold a place of
equality in this ca-
lendar, which also
includes important festivals, the phases of the
moon, quotes exploring this year’s theme: the
earth’s balance and the four elements of earth,
fire, water and air.

Its creators hope it will broaden understand-

April

ing and acceptance of alternate paths of spiri-
* tuality.

Fittingly this year, the David Suzuki Foun-
dation invites calendar owners to take the na-
iure challenge — 10 actions over 10 months
that protect nature.

It's on sale locally as a Fundraiser for the
Terrace and District Multicultural Association.

@ Christmas classic
BROADCASTER Lynn Terbasket of CFNR
during rehearsals for the Dec. 13 reacing
of A Christmas Carol at the R.E.M. Lee.

TERRACE STANDARD

OMMUNI

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - BI

g A show
of lights

CABINS and buildings
at Heritage Park Mu-
seum are aglow with
Christmas lights after a
special lighting cermony
Dec. 14. People are in-
vited to stop by the mu-
seum after dark to
check out the display
over the holidays. At
right, Terrace Tourism
president Yvonne Dan-
roth gets into the Christ-
mas spirit at one of the
decorated pioneer ca-
bins at the museum.
SARAH A.

ZIMMERMAN PHOTO

What a year!

638-7283

Terrace’s 75th anniversary winds
down with a big party on Sunday

By SARAH A, ZIMMERMAN
AFTER A year jam-packed with
festivities, Terrace’s 75th anniver-
sary comimiltee is drawing its big
birthday party to a close,

The official closing ceremonies
are set to go at Heritage Park
Dec. 2! with an outdoor event that
includes Christmas carols, hot
chocolate and the burying of a
time capsule.

Last weekend the cabins and
structures at the park were lit up
with Christmas lights and other
decorations.

Terrace’s 75th anniversary
chairperson Marylin Davies says
the party will be the perfect way
to cap off the city’s birthday.

“| think it's been an unbeliev-
able success,” she says, ‘So

many people came forward with
their groups who wanted to be a
part of this.”

She wasn’t surprised by the en-
thusiasm shown by locals who pit-
ched in, volunteered their time
and hosted special anniversary
events,

“ve lived Here a long time -
almost 40 years naw and we've

always had wonderful community |

spirit,” Davies says.

Sunday’s party starts at 2:30
p.m. and will allow time for fami-
lies and visitors to stop at each of
the cabins and visit a living nativ-
ity scene.

A live nativity was something
Davies first experienced on a trip

ta Mexico, The city she was visit- ”
ing celebrated the holidays by

pulting on several nativity scenes
from around the world.

She thought it was a great idea
and approached the Terrace Mini-
sterial Association,

Bringing some of the scenes
from the Terrace Pentecostal As-
sembly’s drive-through nativity to
the patk-for the closing ceremo-
nies was a natural fit.

The Terrace Community band

will also be braving the weather :

to perform as will vocalists Marj
Bailey and Gary Price who are
leading a Christmas sing along.’

At 3 p.m. the closing ceremo-
nies get underway with speeches
fram local dignitaries and the an-
nouncement of the ‘three reci-
pients (the first ever) of the Order
of Terrace.

The 75th anniversary commit-
tee will announce how it is spend-
ing its $17,000 legacy fund, which
is earmarked to go toward a long-
lasting special project for the
community.

The event continues with the
burial of a. special time capsule |
filled with items from present-day
Terrace to be reopened in 2078.

Young children will have a

chance to: have their photos taken

with the capsule. -

“There will be children there
that could very well be around 75
years from now,” Davies says.

After the burial, Mayor Jack
Talstra will blow out candles on a
special birthday cake and-children
will be given sparklers to mark
the event,

A timely debut for community band

By JENNIFER LANG
TOMORROW'S Spirit of
Christmas concert marks a
special moment in the his-
tary of the Terrace Com-
munity Band,

It’s the first time the
long-standing band has
held a Christmas concert
that’s actually indoors.

The Dec. 18 show is
also band’s first perfor-
mance with its new direc-
tor, Susan Brouwer, and
the band’s first perfor-
mance of the 2003-04 con-
cerl season, cause for ce-
lebration in any event.

The band will be joined
by the Grade 9/10 Skeena
Junior Secondary band.

The evening also fea-

lures guest performances
by the Pacific Mist
Chorus, an all-female a
Capella ensemble combin-
ing the Terrace and Prince
Rupert members of Sweet
Adelines.

They'll perform a few
selections of their own,
and then join the commun-
ity band on a few numbers.
They will also help get the
sing along rolling.

It's an evening of fes-
tive music for your family
and friends. It’s presented
at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre,
starting at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is by dona-
tion of a non-perishable

food item for the Salvation
Amy.

THE Community Band kicked off the Salvation Army’s kettle campaign

Branch 13 News

It's been a busy December at legion

CONTRIBUTED

By CMDE PETER CROMPTON
AS WE CLOSE in on the end of yet another
year, 84 years have now gone by that Branch
13 has been a major Service Club here in Ter-
race. We have supported our veterans, our
youth, and our communily over these years,
and now it would seem we are now in need of
help ourselves,

As the economy of Terrace weakens, so
does our chances of survival weaken. Your ex-
ecutive of 2003 survived a questionable lime
of Comradeship this past year. It has drawn us
through a year of strife, and your executive of
2004 have a challenge that will need the help
of all its members,

It will need new ideas, it will need assis-
tance, and it. will need comradeship, un-
questionable commradeship. Well, that’s the bad
news. ,

The good news is our Poppy Campaign
went very well, The Terrace. community. and

surrounding areas should be proud. Over |

$20,000 was given to our once year campaign,
and again we at Branch [3 will be able to
make sure our velerans are well taken care of.

This year the Town of Hazelton, Kitwanga,
Stewart, Dease Lake, and New Aiyansh also
showed that they Remember. Your support as
been well documented and appreciated.

Tickets for the New Years Eve Dinner and
Dance are on sale in the Branch. It’s limited to
150 tickets. There will be a courtesy shuttle
available, It’s great food, music and friendship.

The Singles Poo! Tournament is now under
way. The carly betting is on John Brinkac, but
this year some of our very young new members
are ready to change those odds. A Doubles
Tournament will also. soon be under way sign
up sheets are in the. Branch,

The Curling teams representing our, Branch
went to Zones play downs. Our seniors lost out
to the Smithers Branch, but our regular curlers
are on their way lo Provincials, We are in
need of Dart players for Zone playdowns, and

there is still room for some cribbage players, ..

50 come on and get your names on the list in
the Branch,

At our December general meeting we elec-
ted our 2004 executive: president Cmde C.
Meek, vice president Clare Irwin, second vice
Cmde Keith McAra, treasurer Cmde Bob Fish-
er, sectetary Marge Skead, and directors
Cmdes Peter Crompton, 5, Mclimoyle; Doug
Misfeldi, Ray Hallock, and Jeannette Schul-
meister,

Also at our ‘meeting, the winning students in
our national poem, essay and poster contest
were presented with a.cerlificate and.a small
prize. They were: junior. poem Jennifer John-
son; junior. essay Molly Lambert; intermediate
poem Matthew Stewart; inlermediate essay
Shelby Taphouse, junior colour poster Mar-
ianne .Palahicky; intermediate colour poster
Brooké Palahicky; junior B&W poster Aex
Dodds; intermediate B&W poster Matthew
Stewart. “All. these. students are from. Veritas
Schiol.

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