Ed Oldfield's Art Club from Skeena Junior Secondary School in Terrace pose with Cary Humphrey, pool manager, in front of the mural the art club created for the L-shaped wall in the pool building, The mural was designed by Treasa Kenney (second from right), and was painted by her and the other members of the club. Hum- phrey was at Skeena to accept the mural on behalf of the pool. Pictured leit to right are Humphrey, Oldfield, Stacey Muchowski, Laurie Anonby, Kenney and Paul Western. , The board of trustees of School District 88 announced Tuesday night that the tenure of Ted Wells, secretary-treasurer for the board, has been extended an additional three years. Wells, who has been with the school district for 29 years, was due to retire in April 1989 when he would reach retirement age of 65. However, Wells had in- dicated he would be receptive to an offer to stay on the job for a few more . + years. a The board took Wells up on : that offer, said Trustee Frank Hamilton, the Superintendant of schools for Schoo] District 88, is satisfied with the progress of Howard back up MLA Frank Howard (NDP-Skeena) says Eurocan Pulp and Paper Ltd. should be required to set up a back- up generator source to prevent any possible recurrance of the November fire which destroyed its Kitimat mill precipitator. According to Howard, the Photo by Don §chaffer AND IT’S LIVE Doubles is a pleasure By DON SCHAFFER Herald Staff Writer The Terrace Little Theatre's production of Doubles, a farce by Fred Carmichael, provides an - entertaining ‘two hours of comedy for those who would ‘foresake their TV sels to venture out into the slush. Doubles is a farcical comedy set ina small resort hotel in Mexico, and com- ‘ises two acts which are in* ct separate plays con- nected by setting and the characters of Wilima Burroughs and her two assistants, Luz and Julian. ’ Luz ahd Julian, Penny Kent and Mark LaPrairie, are the domestic assistants who clean up the hotel, and ; Hae te Burroughs, Michele Butler, is the owner, I am, like most people brought up in front of the TV set, suspicious of live productions of any kind, if only for the reason that we are conditioned to believe In the great boon of video-tape delay and the editing out of mistakes as the highest form of performing art, Such is not the case, as anyone who has seen a really good stage production or a really poor TV show can attest, The performance of Doubles I saw was well - worth the trip into the brand- new snow last Friday night. Sure, there were one or two stumbled-up lines and the odd missed cue, but this : s iT “ ae S a each having their last fling. ‘Shelly,: ployed bo indy influence, while David Dossor as Howard and Denise Kenney as Jackie are their at-first-willing victims. The second act concerns a heroin conspiracy and three older people who are trying to enjoy their last few days in Ajijic, the small Mexican town. Janet McColl as Amy Dimston, Ken Morton as Donald Steed and Dossor as ‘Simon Clugg are the three put-upon vacationers who unwittingly become part of the smugglers’ plot, these being Johnston as Lily, Koven as Max and John Ricketts ay George. This plot. is'a typically complicated detective-story spoof, and proceeds at a breakneck happens in any live production, no matter who is invalved, I enjoyed it. The first vignette was about two couples staying in the ad- joining rooms, represented by a very well-made set, One couple is a lady screen- writer and her new lover, the other is a ham actor and a young girl with whom he is trying to recover his lost youth, and guess who has been recently separated from each other. . The audience observes the actor and the screen-writer ycindy Johnson, and Chridopher, Brian Koven, portray the couple who are trying to pace. escape from each other's No Laurence Olivier was ) in the cast, but hell, this is - lecal theatre and, as far as my experience goes, good _ local theatre at that. It isn't : fair to criticize them on the basis of what is seen on * Channel Nine. And that's not saying thecast was not good. They are, and although no Oscars are forthcoming, they brought the play off. Doubles was funny. When you come right down to it, a ' Christopher (Brian Koven) disapproves of the free-spirited attitude ot Jackie (Denise Kenney) in Doubles, Fred Carmichael’s farce now playing at the Terrace Little Theatre, 3625 Kalum Street, Photo by Ed Yudin A “nugget” of information: ae Majority control of B.C. mining is in Canadian hands. Foreign investment is important to B.C.'s mining industry, helping to develop new mines and create more jobs for British Columbians. But the dominant factor is still Canadian...with 55% of the contro! of B.C. mining operations in Canadian hands." Mining development in B.C. is proceeding at a strong, steady rate...and it's happening in a way that benefits our province and our country, THE MINING ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA “Building a stronger B.C.” ‘Source: 1978 Price Waterhouse study of B.C. mining industry. owt ATTHE LOSING A a Mary Hatcher lost 85 pounds! “T couldn't believe how fast [ lost weight, anc | did it without feeling hungry or nervaus, YOU CAN DO IT TOO! AT THE or ==06 g v4 635-3832 comedy is supposed to be nn as [’m concerned. fire was caused in part by a: power outage in Kitimat. “It seems to me that, if an, alternative electrical generating source had been available to keep the Cascades (the pollution control equipment) in operation then the fire would not have started and we wouldn't now be faced witha r pollution problem in Kitimat,’’ he said. “Eurocan That's what counts, as fa should be. The Herald, Wednesday, December 5, 1979 Page 3 Joyee Krause, “It will allow us time to find a replacement for hig position of secretary- treasurer,” she said. ‘‘He is a valuable employee and he'll be difficult to replace.”” Wells, for his part, ex- ‘pressed pleasure at the Prospect of an additional three years on the job, He sald he enjoys the work and noted the fact the board requested he stay on the job was a key factor In his decision to postpone retirement. While Weils’ attendance at board meetings will continue ~ Refugees children the refugee children at- tending local schools. Hamilton said Tuesday there are seven youngsters demands syste : rh ae in required to install such an alternative electrical energy source to be on stand-by in case there are power failures in the future.” The Skeena MLA sald he would present his suggestion to Stephen Rogers, the new : B.C, environment minister. ' Knowledge or previous ells to stay for the next three years, Tuesday's meeting was the last one for Trustee Elaine Johnson, Johnson, who has served on the board for six years, decided not to run for re-election on Nov. 17. Jack Cook, the chairman of the board, sald Johnson was a valuable member and her ideas and suggestions to the board would be missed. The board then accorded the outgolng trustee a standing ovation. Johnson will be replaced by Diane McKay, who was elected by ac- clamation. learning attending E.T. Kenney Primary School, and four others at Skeena Junior Secondary Schoo), All the youngsters are enrolled In an intensive English as a second fanguage program. Harniiton said the problem of adapting to a new language is alleviated somewhat in that some of the children have some ex- posure to English. ; “Twas watching one of the youngsters in class the other day and it was golng very well,” he commented. “E would suspect at the rate they are going, many of these pupils will be able to communicate by the end of June,” he said. He indicated constant contact is being kept with the department of employment and Immigration as to the possibility of additional families coming here in the future. Hamilton sald there may be a few families to New Hazelton in ithe near future, but there is m™ confirmation yet. 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