fon tt cd 3 state pees hte NANCY MORGAN took part in Terrace's first community garden, so she could get ahead on gro- cery bills, She grew corn, tomatoes, lettuce and much more. This was the first garden she ever had. The garden was for low income families, and helped foster a spirit of friendship among gar- deners. Next year Terrace Anti Poverty is hoping to build another garden. January WRESTLERS BATTLE it out at the 1997 Northem BC Winter Games held here in February. January SEVENTEEN brave souls took the icy plunge in Lakelse Lake for the annual Kermode Bear Swim. . REPAP’S Terrace mill workers got their own health counsellor thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Heart and Stroke Foundation for a ten-month program aimed at improving the health of the workers, . ELEMENTARY school students were treated to the wonders of the night sky thanks to the starlab, a mini planetarium rented by the school board from Vancouver. February AN INTERNET romance connects two strangers in wedlock. Terrace resident and school teacher Scott Vandenberg met Amy Norman who was teaching at ‘a school in Chicago. After exchanging over 300 e- mail messages the next step for them was to ex- change wedding vows. ANOTHER Terrace resident, Carol Sabo, connects with a companion down in Washington D.C. via the internet. Tom is a colonel with the U.S. Defense Department and while on the surface would appcat to have nothing in common with a feminist, they have shared messages and confidences over cyber- space. , a A NEW solarium at the Terraceview Lodge was built in memory of resident Sophie Poppe who be- queathed $11,000 upon her death, The rest of the money was donated from the legion and from oper- ating funds. THE WINTER caivel left this one participant speachiess. Colton Marshinew took part of the pie eating contest at Skeena Jr. Secondary. March COUNTRY DANCE couple Cailin and Dan Kovaks, ranked third in the country, started teach- ing country and ballroom dance out of the Cactus Glower Dance Studio. AFTER MAKING a journey of about 11 million kilometres into outerspace aboard the Columbia Space Shuttle, 25 canola seeds landed in the Japs on grade 5/6 science students at Uplands Elementary. The students got to plant the seeds aloug side earth seeds and compare their progress. MORE than $51,0XK) was raised for Terrace Little Theatre during the Applause ‘97 telethon. The money will go towards building a new playhouse estimated to cost about $1.5 millions. PRESIDENT of the National Action Commitice on . the Status of Women, Joan Grant-Cummings was the guest speaker at the Terrace Women's Confer- ence to celebrate International Women’s Day. She stressed that racism and sexism are learned in our society and it’s time to stand up against the struc- tures that perpetuate racial stereotypes. SIX Caledonia Sr. students beat out 47 other teams from across the province to take first place at the provincial Physics Olympics held at UBC. Their winning entries were a precision.catapult and an electrical resistor made out of edible food... JUDGES were unanimous in naming Carol Zuc- A LABOUR dispute in Kitimat forced about 100 women’s hockey players to cancel their games for | coming the Northem BC Games. The dispute eliminated the Kitimat arena from the games’ toster. April chiatti as the 1997 Volunteer of the Year for her dedication to the arts. Volunteers given honourable mention were Yvonne Moen and Muriel Michiel. TERRACE HOSTED an Under-10 Novice hockey tournament. First game went to R-40 construction over the Kitimat Carpenters, 7-1. THE GRADE three class at Veritas teamed up with grades 11 and 12 students in the Family Manage- ment class at Caledonia, The third graders sought advice and guidance from their older buddies. Both the younger and older students benefited from the relationships. SKEENA Valley Farmers Market began its 14th season, With approximately 14 registered vendors. SKEENA’S FEMALE wrestlers made off with the majority of medals at a tournament in Kitwanga. The team took gold overall at the event. DR: DEBBIE FERGUSON with her huskies Jasper and Quinn raced to take third place at the Houston Sled Dog Classic races. KITSUMKALUM’S first basketball tournament held at the new community centre was a big hit. First place in the 13-under category went to Kispiox while the 16-and-under winner went to the CITY councilor for 13 years, former journalist and Skeena Totems. mother of seven, Ruth Hallock passed away on May 6 at the age of 66. A new street on the bench was named after her. TERRACE RESIDENTS showed some great com- munity spirit by signing up to take in nearly 1,000 youth athletes for the coming 1997 Northern BC Winter Games. Organizers were worried as the deadline neared and nat enough beds were avail- able, but a last-minute push brought it all together. February THE AMATEUR boxing event was canceled from the Northern Winter Games due to the lack of volunteer doctors. Because of the nature of the game, regulations required a doctor be present at ringside. THREE speech and arts students, Chriszine Brad- ford, Solveig Adair and Rehana Manji, went to compete: at the B.C. Festival of the Arts in Powell River. They dazzled judges with renditions of Shakespeare, Dickens and Winnie the Pooh. — SKEENA Jr. Secondary grade 8 English students explore resources and trade to the Asia Pacific region. They gathered information, made displays and a video sponsored by the Knowledge Network. They were involved with the Asia Pacific Reglonal Caravan promoting trade with Pacific Rim coun- tries. THE 1997 Northern BC Winter Games took place in Terrace, Feb. 7-9, More than 2,000 athletes from the northern half of the province participated in some 26 different sports at venues throughout the city. The games proved ta be a great success for JOELLE WALKER and Natalie Dickson tried to both athletes and spectators. promote hiring a student this summer. They had about 75 students sign up looking for summer jobs when the service slarted, THE TERRACE skating club dazzled judges at the provincial Sectional Championships in Duncan. The junior team Northwest Magic qualified for the Canadian Nationals and the Juvenile team the Northern Blades surprised everyone by bringing back a gold medal at the B.C. Finals. TERRACE band Rictus Grin, formerly known as Last Call, gets a shot at a recording contract thanks to the help of Burns Lake studio owner, Bobbi Style. TERRACE swimmer Kaya Downs brought home seven of ten medals won by Terrace at the BC Winter Games in Campbell River. All four golds went to Downs who placed first in the 50m breast stroke, the 200 metre individual medley, the 100m free style and the 200m breast stroke. March THE TERRACE Mountain Biking Club gets ready ta roll into ‘its first season in Terrace. TERRACE Anti-Poverly set up a community gar- den to help low income families save money while eating their own fresh vegetables. The garden is es- pecially appreciated by people who don’t have ac- cess to any garden land. LOCAL VOLLEYBALL player Jason Haldane was profiled. He's currently playing with the Montpel- lier University Club in France. He is also preparing to return to the Canadian National team for a shot at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. TERRACE defenceman Jason Krug was named to the regional university Academic All-American team for the second year in a row in Minnesota. Pte a JOSET GRAHAM helped organize Terrace's first Dry Grad celebrations. Parents and the | “ARM WRESTLER Frank Nuyens gets ready to go - his career. April off to Russia to compete with the Canadian Nation- al team. Nuyens has a long history of wrestling for gold and has gathered up more than 30 trophies in APRIL marked the end of another curling season. A total of 43 rinks competed at the 42nd annual event, including 22 from out of town, Terrace competitors fared weil, winning three of the four events. TERRACE Ju-Jitsu club took home a slew of medals in a tournament in Williams Lake, Locals did exceptionally well in team sparring and im- posed movements competitions. GOLFERS TEED off for anather promising season at the rapidly-growing Skeena Valley Golf Club. Golfers can look forward to playing on three new holes as work continues on the back nine, =~ BERNADINE DRAKE and Trina Mateus com- peted at the B.C. Fitness Championships in Burnaby. Drake came home provincial champ. May SKEENA STUDENTS raised over $1,600 in a milk run, The money went towards the B.C. Epilepsy Society and the B.C. Sport and Fitness Council for the disabled. THE TERRACE Masters Swiv Club placed third overall at the 1997 Provincizc Championships ‘in Cranbrook. Local swimmers beat 21 other teams and took home six medals from the event,” ABOUT 800 Canadian Seniors went down to Ari- zona to compete at the Senior Sports Classic in Tucson, Arizona. Bob Goodvin, Maxine Smallwood, Esther Postuk and Pat and ‘Bud Kirkaldy went from Terrace. They came home with three finishes in the top 11, , MORE THAN 100 people hit the streets of Terrace for the annual Kermode Classic footrace. June LOCAL HERO and optometrist Paul Clark heads to the Okanagan. Clark set world records in the late 4 1980s in his wheelchair class in the 800 and metre races as well as the 10 kilometre races and set the world record time for the 42 kilometre marathon. HOCKEY PLAYER Chad Wilson graduated from Comell University, in Ithaca, New York, He’s played defenceman with Comell’s hockey team, . Big Red. community worked together to give Caledonia | graduates a huge party at the Terrace arena. This blg dragon flanked a mock bar, and was a highlight of the fantasy forest theme. | TERRACE HOSTED great action, but the local boys were winless. THE 1997 Juvenile Provincial finals In March. There was some MOTORBIKER Jim Braid and bis Litte Red Ricer took second place at the motorcycle drag race in Prince George.. _