INSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 2, 1999 - BI : | NI : ALEX HAMILTON , 638-7283 SECTION B Nights alive By PAUL PEARCE HE ADDITION of the Pre-Teen program in our second year of Nights Alive has started off as a roaring success, The first Friday night happened on April 9th with close to 70 young people showing up. As mentioned in the last column, the Pre-Tecn program uns on Friday nights at E.T. Kenney schoo! from 6:30 1o 8:30. The ages of the kids in this program range from 8 to 12 years old. This program is a new approach for Nights Alive, where generally the aim was for the 13 to 18 age group. This is one of the reasons we have limited this group to eight and above. We also have to be concerned with the number of kids thal have shown an interest and the number of volunteers we can get out for these Friday night activities. In keeping with the spirit of the Nights Alive program, a number of our volunteers on Friday nighis are youth from the Teen program. This fits well with the success Nights Alive has had in Terrace going into ils second year. Activities for the youth have been games, doing cralts, having a movie night and a rally. Some of the up-coming planned events are teaching certain skills such as street-proofing, dully-proofing and a Bike Radeo. The rodeo will teach some street safety skills and involve the RCMP, who are an important part to the Nights Alive program, Joe Vidal, Principal of E.T. Kenney sees this program as a positive experience for the kids who participate, His comments, along. with many of his staff, were of a pro-active way to reach these young people, with fun, instruc- tional and safety-minded activities, He believes there are many benefits to after-school activities and hopes to see this program grow. Joe also had some glowing remarks for Nights Alive and the program co-ordinator for the well organized and thought-out activities. One thing that can not be stressed enough is programs like this are community projects and require involvement from all quarters. Bring cut your kids and get them involved. Volunteer your time to help out on these Friday nights, We are always looking for craft supplies, games or snack items. Also, if you have ideas that you feel could benefit the progiari, Jet us know them. — . re More information about the Pré-Teen program of Nights Alive can be obtained at the local schools or by contacting myself at 635-1416, Thanks for listening! B.C. Old Age Pensioners report By HUGH POWER THERE ARE several outings and. functions planned for this summer that members of the B.C. Old Age Pensioners won’t want to miss. ’ For those people who are unable to attend reg- ular meetings please check the bulletin board on a regular basis so that you are able to take part in activitics, Tuesday, June 8: Annual Telkwa Potluck Luncheon There is a sign-up sheet for the bus if you would like to go. Fare for this event is required ASAP. The membership agreed to support Riverboat Days activities July 29-August 2 by becoming a member of the sociely and entering a float in the parade. May McFarland will attend the next Riverboat . Days meeting at Donna Laurenl’s home at 4116 Temple Street on Thursday, May 20 at 7 p.m. The kitchen staff had a report, that was pre- sented by Florence Schulmeister, explaining their desires for improvement to the centre’s kitchen. ‘The requests were all deemed necessary and when completed should make all the volunteers happy. The many volunteers who give their time to work here are to be thanked. Keep up the good work. It was agreed that Tina Brouwer will join president Mary Ann Dilley at the AGM confer- ence of the BCOAP being held in Mission June 14-17, . In recognition of the passing of Vera Frank a moments silence was held. Keep up to date on what's happening and we hope to see you out at the many functions. A dinner June 24 is being planned details of this night will be available soon. Next meeting date in June 10 at 2 p.m. Seminar offered The Terrace Health Unit is sponsoring a public information seminar with Sandra Susan Fried- mand for parents, girls and interested profes- sionals, She is the author of a number of books, in- cluding When Girls Feel Fat; Helping Girls Through Adolescence. Friedman will speak about girls’ issues and concerns, why girls fcel fat, what feeling fat really means and what we can all do when the girls in our lives “I feel fat"? The audience will also have the op- portunity to meet the cating disorder resource people in our community and hear about Eating Disorders North, which is holding workshops in Terrace for the "Northwest Region. Seminar is on June 8 from 7:30-9:30 at the Terrace > Pentecostal Assembly, Admission Is free, and Internet cy VERITAS SCHOOL wel- comed May 26 four cyclists who are travelling across B.C. to teach students about Canadian history and cul- ture. The cyclists are a part of the Canadian Heritage Inter- active Journey which uses the Internet to connect teams of cyclists, who are pedalling across Canada, to 1,100 schools across the country. The goal of the project is to turn Canadian geography, history and culture into an exciling adventure for stu- dents. As the three teams bike through every province and territory, including newly- formed Nunavut, they share their discoveries with stu- dents on the interactive web site www.chij.com. Using digital cameras and video equipment, — the cyclists are able to show students what different parts of the country look like. “Ivs great for kids who caw’t go travelling to learn about Canada through us,”’ said cyclist Eileen McNamara. She and her teammates, who are on their way to Vic- toria, passed through Ter- tace last week and mel with Students at Veritas and’ Centennial Christian School. Students: at both schools have been using the Internet to track the teams since they started cycling Aprif 15. VERITAS SCHOOL students Emily Montague and Carmen Durand show cyclists Steven Wilson, Arnie Wilson and Elleen McNamara the web site they have clists visit school been using to track their journey across B.C. The cyclists are biking from Prince Rupert to Victoria to teach students about Canada. Students are encouraged to play an active role in the journey by posting and shar- ing information they have researched ‘about their own communities. Veritas teacher Jane. Ar- buckle said the journey not only teaches her Grade 7 students about Canada, but also helps them develop their Internet skills, like FRENCH HORN player Elysse Burton was the honours award winner for the concert band. ee o ¢ MATTHEW TITTERTON who plays alto sax was the honour awards winner for the jazz band. Bands win silver awards THORNHILL JUNIOR SECONDARY school has a lot to toot its horns about. The school’s concert band and jazz band won silver awards competing nationally at Musicfest Canada in Toronto earlier this month, Fifty three Thornhill students from Grades.8 to 10 com- - peted against 10,600 other students from across the coun- try. Band director Mike Wen said he was ° impressed with. how well his students played. “Every time they played it was an improvement on the last performance,’’ Wen said, Special recognition was given to students Elysse Burton and Matthew Titterton for their musical contribution. - Getting td Musicfest Canada has been a goal of his stu- dents since September. In order to compete nationally, musicians had to win regional competitious. using e-mail. Terrace substitute teacher Heidi Sicbring is part of a team of cyclists travelling from Ottawa to St. John’s, Newfoundland. Currently Sicbring is biking through Nova Scotia, where she had her first taste lobster. “Tt was delicious,’’ she said during a telephone in- | Trade show brings gold to Terrace TERRACE TRADESMEN Chad Bubr and James Lam- bert won gold medals May 11 in the Provincial Skills Canada Contest held in Vancouver. Buhr, a grade 11 student at Caledonia Senior Secondary, competed in the carpentry category against eight ollker high school stu- dents. Buhr, because he is a high school student, had to com- pete ina regional competi- tion before he could qualify for the provincials. “‘T heard about a contest in town and [ figured why not try out,’’ he said. Buhr placed first in the regionals and camed his Spat to compete down in Vancouver. Buhr said he bas been working with his hands ever since he was five, **My dad is a carpenter so _he’s been showing me stuff ever since J] was a kid,” he said. Buhr’s bead start on learn- ing a trade came. in bandy when he had to build a ‘playhouse type thing” at the provincials.: Buhr got a. blue print and materials and was told to finish the project in a certain time. . ‘4 didn’t follow the direc- tions that well, but I guess iny Workmanship was good enough to win,’ he jokes, His workmanship got him the gold and also a spol at the National Skills Com peli- ‘tion in Kitchener, Ontario June 2-6, James Lambert, a welding _ Student at Northwest Com- munity College (NWCC), compeled against. nine others in the post secondary: category to take the gold. Lambert had to write a tervicw May 27, Siebring said travetling through eastern Canada has been exciting. "There is a lot of history here,” she said. ‘Quebec city is ancient.’” ; Her team is cycling any- where from 20-140 kilo- metres a day. To date, she’s pedalled about 1,380 kilo- metres. . JAMES LAMBERT won the Provincial Skills Canada Contest for welding May 11 in Vancouver and is headed for the nationals in Ontario this summer, And everyday she visits schools along the way. She said students refer to her atid her teammates as “the Intemel guys.” Siebring said wherever they go they are treated like celebrities, "We're heroes!’” she said. ‘Students are asking us for our autographs!”’ written test and do a timed building. “The written part was the hardest part. Doing the welding and building was easy compared to that,”’ be said. Lambert was also given a bluc. print and materials. to complete a project in a given time.- “T can’t really say what it was I made. It was nothing that would-be useful other then for workaanship,”’ he. said. After winning the gold in the provincials Lambert is off to Kitchener, Ontario to compete in the nationals. NWCC is paying his air- fare and entry fee to send him as their protegec. Lambert started working as a-shop assislant when he was 15 and has decided welding will be his career, Right now he. is doing his apprenticeship at Johnny's Welding and ‘is planning. on going back 1o school in Sep- tember in Calgary. - “T’m grateful for every- one who has helped me on my Way to the nationals es- pecially the college.’* Around Town Sign up for drama days TERRACE LITTLE Tacatre’ is now taking registration for their annual Summer Drama Days, a drama pro- gram for children aged 6-12, Dates ‘are: July 12-30: and Aug. 9-27. Cast: is-$70 per child, Children: will develop theatrical skills” -inchading acting, directing, and script . writing, Children also work together to create an oflgiral play which they perform for parents, Pick up registration forins at Uniglobe Travel or at. www.osg.nel/tll, ~~ For more info call 638-1215, Students who wish to apply for one of the drania camp feader position ~ may ~- get more details from. HRDC Job Bank by June 11, :