‘DUSTIN: QUEZADA This week, we look back | at the latter half of 2005 : and what made the . news in the community. July » TERRACE CELEBRATES Canada Day — July 1 — with its usual enthusiasm. The ‘Terrace Fire Fighters host their annual pancake breakfast, Heritage Park Museum hosts an all-day celebration and’ outdoor e - sporting enthusiasts kick off the gruelling . three-day Adventure,Challenge. : , OOOO Lo The REM Lee Theatre gets a long overdue update to its lighting system. Donations from the Rotary. Club of Terrace, Theatre Alive and ‘a private donor result in a new console, lighting instruments and a dimming system OOOO - ‘The: Terrace Aquatic Centre. adds a second mechanical lift to its pool deck.. tC [Res fimond@ Dich D It allows people confined to wheelchairs “ ‘access to the leisure pool, and eventually the hot tub. The $6,000 cost is absorbed by the Thompson Community. Services, the Rotary Club of. Terrace and” ‘the Knights of Columbus, ~ August "Beverly and Dick ‘Evans, this: year’s Riverboat Days captain and queen, pre- side over Terrace’s summertime tradition "despite inclement weather... ‘Highlights -include the parade, the duck race, a per- formance from the Nick Gilder Sweeney _,Todd Group, the fireworks and the un- Q ‘veiling:of Interconnect’s Youth Historical . » Project murals at the youth opportunities buildings. os oo OOOO " The Riverside Festival is again a hit over the Aug. 5-7 weekend as perform- ers including Valdy, Jenny Lester, Celtic Rain and Dr.. Fishy descend upon Har- . lee’s Place. Se a a a The Year of the Veteran marks its first major day of. remembrance as veterans and the community gather at the Terrace cenotaph Aug. 14 to celebrate the end of the First World War. Se ee ad After 34 years as a local Labour Day weekend tradition, the Skeena Valley ° Fall Fair. at the Thornhill Community Grounds makes a switch to the Aug. 20- - 21 weekend. September The Happy Gang Centre on Kalum: St., a place where seniors socialize, play games at eat. meals » together, opens its “TERRACE artist ‘Joe Mandur Jr. (above) unveils the first of two Spirit Bears in the City kermode canvasses he’ S been _ sponsored to paint by local businesses. The bear is on display in the Terrace Public Library before it will be auctioned ~ teh Tafi@Te rhea @K ga OM iee C ole SGcorge: The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - AS. a @F rar STYLEFORCE STALL: Eric Bolton, a member of Terrace breakdancing. group. Styleforce,. isn't deterred by the damip ‘weather : at t the ‘annual Riverboat Days °Parade July 30. Below, Andre Favron tries to contain his.two red rock cross pullets during the 4-H poultry show. at the Skeena Fall Fai ih ; doors to the public to celebrate its silver : (25th) anniversary. ooooe os Two local RCMP. join their counter- ” parts from across the region in'a 724-km bicycle trek from Prince George to Prince Rupert. The Cops for Cancer fundraiser makes a stop in Terrace. OOOO: Terrace joins. other Northwest com- -munities along the. Hwy 16 corridor, as 100 people’ gather for an event dubbed - Take Back. the Highway. Participants ‘commemorate the lives of women who ‘have gone missing along the Hwy16 ar and briefly stop traffic on the road. October Terrace Little Theatre presents its 2005-06 season opener, the Reindeer “Monologues. Not for the sensitive or ~ faint. at heart, the. dark comedy tackles the.idea of sexual harassment in n Santa’ s workshop. ° ¢ o ° + o "After a Foreign Affairs advisory pre- _vents local Andrea Malo from a volunteer * position in Bolivia, she lands in Guate- - mala, country. promptly devastated by . Hurricace Stan. Malo and her host family - are not directly affected. ©¢OOO — After a. two-year wait, Maxine, ‘the Terrace *Public Library’s pet tarantula - sheds her skin leaving a perfect exoskele- ton that fascinates both staff and visitors. November off in 2006. porary home inside ‘the Terrace’ Public ° ‘Library entrance until it will be auctioned: - OOOO. Hundreds..i in the community. j join vet-. oa erans Nov. 11 for the Remembrance Day parade and ceremony at the cenotaph. The marking of the end of the First World War has double. importance this: year as 2005 - was deemed the Year of the Veteran Tara Davis, who. was born. in 1 Green- -_ ville,; undergoes a successful kidney transplant at Vancouver Children’s. ‘Hos- pital Nov. 16. ooo The Terrace Little Theatre tackles its | . first full-fledged musical in 12 years with the hit production Nunsense. Nuns, song — and dance prove a popular choice as lo- ‘cals pack the REM Lee Theatre for three nights. o¢ o Sd ° _ The Muks-Kum-Ol | Society Sk : doors to its Youth Centre, a° converted _jail, Nov. 17. The centre, has 10 residen-.. _ tials units for youth and 4 self-contained . bachelor apartments for seniors. ‘December “The Ksan House Society organizes a small-scale march Dec. 6, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Vi- olence Against Women, to commemorate the.14 women killed at Montréal’s Ecole Polytechnique Dec. 6; 1989. | OCOOOD. Despite losing two weeks of rehearsal 7 time to the October. teachers’ strike, the _. Caledonia Performing Arts’ stages ‘the Representatives of the city and the. B.C. Lions Society unveil the'first of the Spirit Bears in the City Nov. 1 at city hall.- Artist Joe Mandur Jr.’s work ‘has a tem- . 1950s and New York City-based’ musi- . cal Guys and Dolls. The three-show run - plays toa packed house at the REM Lee“: Theatre. | offi in 2006. Below, Cmde E Edward (Ted) Hamer takes i in the Remembrance Day cs ceremonies at the 'e cenotaph Nov. 11. SONYA Bruneau’ 's strong voice in her role. as Adelaide, z a lead, and love inter- est in the musical Guys and Dolls, helped make the Caledonia Performing Arts production a hit with audiences Dec. 1-3 at the REM Lee Theatre. |