_The Terrace Standard, Wechesday December 18, 2004 - BI JENNIFER LANG _ Around Town “No Kiddin’ - = “more. help “for children’s. campaign | THE. TERRACE. ANTI-POVERTY.. socicty’ is. ~ “predicting, itl be distributing toys to. at least son | = “children this Christinas, ‘ “Last year-we -had $49 kids, and: we're al. more “than 460 ‘already ‘said late. lasi-we “of children. have beén: up at various stores for sev-. ~ present and return it unwrapped: ..- But ‘eacti : year Gauyin, society: avorker ‘the: last miniite. “-yentiire Playground i is charging admission ofa non-” “society director: ‘Tanya, Gauvin a ne SPRING, Lea Smith’ P new, Trees. with tags: comaining the: ‘ages ‘and: gender i bea died, _ ‘perishable: ‘food-item for each child, an Dec. 20 bee _- tween 4 pemzand.9 p.m Those proceeds Willg 20 to the sodiety: ‘and be ised a ; - dng Christmas and into Jarivtary, said ‘Gauvin.- ob _ 3 MJanudry’s the: totighest month if ‘people are on: : -inconie; assislaneé,” ‘she-said, Because ‘income: as- sistance chieques are distributed: before’ Christirias - instead ‘of'at the end of the month as usual, “pe iy al : “eXtremely. dong period between:cheques."" >. “> 2 Santa will, also be. at- Just Kiddin, ‘between. 5: 30 mi . Ewill also go to the’Anii- -Poverty:Sociely.”: a ~Gauvin said the biggest. need for gifts this year is- + fot children. between thé ages of 8 and 12.° ; The Anti: +Paverty Society distribues. its’ ioys bee busts “are supplied al. Hite or 10. 7 cost.” “tween Dec. 20 and Dec, 22. ‘DECK THE HALLS: Local fire departments lit “up the streets, in the recent Kermode. Christ- =} mas. ‘Parade. ROD. LINK PHOTO - No alarm - ~ just - Christmas cheer THORNHILL. FIREFIGHTERS willy ‘be. "it. “carolling this. weekend, ° - Saturday . they: ‘sing: “for: ‘Ross Creek; Kleanza 6 p.m, Sunday takes them/to Thornhill’ after ‘their © - trek down Queensway. starting at 5:30 p.m. Deputy: Chief Wes Patterson ‘says carclling is é the” + dgpartment’ 'S: Way: of thanking’ the segminunity” For. ; “Homecoming. a weokclong 6 event “tha northegast ‘stomping ‘giound. this coming: “May... Its alreddy: been -half'a: decade since-thousands: Fries up io “draw hundreds of former: résidents. back. to their old ap “ relurtied home for’ the first ever homecoming, held . vin onthe May long aveckend in -2000:. “Back | in: 1998, a. group: of Rupertites. got together ° for coffee one: night, the 2005 event: organizer Le- ne “ona Zajac: said: . . Thegroups decided lo plan’ something special the millennium. “Our idea was to ask" everyone {© Rupert. to-go ‘through: their address. ‘books: and send. _us addresses (or all. their fricnds that at ohe lime, had. Te lived In- Prince: Rupert,” Zajac said: The idea was. ‘to invite them all ba “| inthe database showed tip: “Te Was ‘an _overwhel min _ Tei,” she: said.’ ; wegkend to aay t ‘museum, and. ata gala ‘dinner; Where caterers f ed. “1,000 moré people than they'd éver served before. 216 the Wee hours of the’ ‘morning... ~The next ‘day’ people’ took: ‘sland: cick tou © prily bear (ours-and flight. seeing ours were pop- * vular, as was the shaw “Prince Rupert in Review" « a The: ‘veckend Was Such a‘success organizers | Fe. : éeived many requests, to do-it ‘again in ‘2005. ° “#80 here we: are,” “sys Zajac: holding it for.afull week Fok 7 ‘forthe May “ “Tonia weekend. More than-| 900 of the. 6 000. ae : “This time Wve ‘are. “anyone who.used to live:in.Prince Rupert: Address- - _ 4P8; or to one ‘of the Contact email-addresses: al the: website: WwW, pringerupenthomecorting.com ! inter: solstice | | “SUNLIGHT: DEPRIVED- northweslertiers ‘should’ “mark, Tuesday: on: iheir:.caletidars. “The ‘wintee - “solstice occurs on'Dec,:2! at 12-42 W. T- -subiract : 5 8 hours to get Pacific’ Ti ime). “away. from. the-celestial equator. ve gins is j Journey. towards longe ays oo > It's one. of: the « reasons s why the Just: Kiddin Ad 7 : son ‘she told herself. - |: members who are spending’, - “There were’ capacity’ ‘crowds. at: ihe: Jggiont, the “pe 5 ore 2 hoody dreaniy and his voice is: - “ “Up. to the task, too, giving the Songs ~ afresh, coritemporary, feel, They're.’ *also.a ‘Alitie edgy, reflecting Phillip: : a ‘decidedly’ Urban-surroundings, :. * [t's the longest night. of the’ year, aid the shortest a day, | because the. surt: has: réached its furthest point ° eral weeks. Shoppers pick a tag, buy an appropriate, 7 : husband passed away. ee ‘and went to bed, waiting for the: ane ~T sswer * amteers. find, themselves s.trying to. help. families ated swer she knew would.come, “ oy morning Knowing Nvhat she Had: to, “da. |: Sinith: sent‘ain email to- Habitat: for: Humanity’s : RV: Care-A- -Vanners, » asking if they colid-use her help. “to diffrent communities ‘with @ orga-. - nized “builds” with, Habitat For Hu: © Than ‘and 7 p.mi, for pictures for just $1. The. money a charity. o to. help, out for a couple of weeks: at f time. : ni - were happening in:Michigan in Au: : gust, she. knew where. she could. end} up. 7 *” buckled up behind. the wheel of her 2 30-foot-lorig | motor home, affection- - ately known as “Sassy”, and set out “on the: open: road, her tig loaded to - ~ the gills with gear and tools; : “find herself. part of a crew: -building ~ _ a brand-new, home from: the! founda- = ton-up'in’ less. than aaveek. : “like to stand.on a building : site; be- *- fore you,a foundation in the ground, - > a floor-on ‘this foundatiori, and’ what. : ‘Isoked like. Piles: of. lumbet all over - «. the’place.””- a “Iocal Amanda Focker i is the: movie's name ’+ Meet ‘The « Fockeri, a Sequel tothe suc- “ cessful- comedy, “Meet The: ‘Parents, released, four years EL BBOL “produced by. Universal Pic - lures: and -a. ‘subsidiary, the Universal Sin Florida; ‘thought.it‘would <-be a gieat-idea'to find seal « s eople: with -the: same; last * ashame, which is” ‘fairly un- ~ common, ‘and i invile them to -areunion, cet . : Dominic, four, Nicolaus, 21 ‘moiths; and -husband,. “Paul a: Barbosa; j join-up to-20 West- “ser Canddian Focker.family” : ‘travel a packing.;- “People alé, and danced and’ visited with t riends i” Sounds from London - | Tim: Phillips: releases his-debut album — "A CLASSICALLY- trained: guitarist ; * from “Terrace -who's: now‘ living li: They're still looking for names and. addresses of. : solo rock album, « “es can’be thailed to. Box 22002, Prince Rupert, V8 [= > cof interest over here,” Phillips told ae the, Terrace Slendard ¥la. emai). svineer solstice has ‘been, elebrated: by. he TERRACE STANDARD “Terrace? S Lea Smith thought she’ d be building homes for poor people. She | ended up learning a: lot about herself, and her: ample. abilities, in the. process. . ‘By JENNIFER LANG ; “Then it was on .to Battle Creek: - > or Cereal City ~ Michigan, where. - ae -she Was. the only Care-A-Vanner.on. - At was: ‘just’ three. years: ‘after her an, Gngoing ‘build. tehabilitating. ‘an Asa woman of faith, she prayed : nity] had. on.the ‘bo. af ‘In Battle Cre | ‘house for a Gulf War vel in his mid. ; ~ §0s. who: was- on’ disability, Even" ‘though -he . couldn't: hold ‘down -a’, - “steady job, be somehow mariaged to’ . “put in. 60-65 hour weeks Volunteer: . af “Everything happens. for. a “fede . She says she woke .up. “the next® ‘Her a answer. fresh in. her. mini; manily. pets Its suppli¢s., ‘old House” home, an older, charac- | ter home that, reminded her of one of. ‘the: projects ‘on'Gne of her-favoutité: The” program - involves traveling. hristian : an. ‘international, PBS. favourile, never dreaming. one. day she'd be at work on one ei il. : ; Volunteers Vike Sinith are “asked ; & ; She was’ ‘even: Featured i in the’ ln. return, their: iccommodation “She has a habit of helping.” .' Smith ‘comes; froma construc : When she realized three “builds? _up some: of the “necessary skills: « through osmosis. Eager to learn, ‘and: “armed with pkenty of patience'and a- Before: long, she found ‘herself "healthy respect for:ler own ‘physical. | at hand. : a ~ After all; her motto, seems. to be, / MAKING HEADLINES: Terrace" 's Lea Smith holds up a copy of aU.s.. "newspaper that featured her and Habltat For Humanity, a volunteer" 7 And in ‘early. August, Smith af: rived in Monroe, ‘Michigan, ‘after a Jariven ‘charity that builds houses for. people. JENNIFER LANG PHOTO. 3,500- mile j journey Double: check,” . “Those. ‘piles: were actually: pie-. m There,‘ she’ vas ‘astonished: to: assembled. Stacks of exterior walls,: - interior Partitions and. trusses for. the- experience,” “We. “celebrited: birlhdays “and * wedding” anniversaries,” “Smith. re-* kept a journal, during | hertrip’ f°. ‘calls. “We shad two: birthdays-and’. :.: Now she’s writing:a. book ‘abou. , tool: oné. couple “celebrated their 55th” her experiences, and.hopes logive't it * - About 30. volunteers worked: wedding aniiversary.”* ko her-children for: Christmas as ° *Y¥eu"have no idea what. it feels = “thé site; ‘from: ‘eeriagers:to people in’ ~~. ‘Seven ‘days -later; : the job. vas’. - Habitat ‘for - ‘Humanity “their 70s, each with different levels . ‘done - - -complete. with. landscaping. : “of experience. ry “Sin ihe days. that’ followed, Smith:and :-She-found herself i in nthe: middle her” fellow "Care-A-Vanners” took. “ofa group of. ie ‘elites — five’ ‘cou. ‘care of sdmic of the extra ‘mings that - ples: and herself. . _ - needed finishing... ~ homelessness from. the: world,: and -- conscience. and.action.:: -| es in a ‘name? The Fockers know “Creek, ‘Lakelse Lake ahd Jackpine Flats starling at~ | Ak LOCAL family’ is flying’ ~ to Florida for three days this “Friday, part of a promotion . stied- tothe opening of 4 T: major Hollywood mavie. . ~ through a special: “Calling . all Fockers" website, 9°. “IL was a big mystery: No} ‘one really knows, how many . Fockers’.there'” are,” ° The’ connection. between ‘Storey of the: search, “It's a. fhumber of people out ‘th : Who ‘want.to be-Fockers:?.° One family;. called Fai. Meei The: “Fockers was Focker.; . Another: Sent what Sto: rey. described! as a-hilarious *. ts ‘Orlando * Résort'- . but his last name was Foéck-’ ‘ing, He said you could imag: ~ ine what. having.a. last. aime, ° _ like that could mean.” “tacted. by: ‘Storey. after. being’ “NICETO MEET YOU: Robert De Niro, left, and Ben Stiller return to thes silvers SOre@N tipped off bya reporter from ‘in Meet the Fockers, a sequel to Meet the Parents. bringer,” - Focker, 26, said. Pye been. on: the: phone a : ; “tot;- contacting * people and © ‘The name, Focken and.” ‘getting things organized.” . -. its . pronunciation. “connola- committee... this. week: organizing. their: . ‘Theit -all-expenses ' paid.’ tions, raised’. enough eve-,’.-. Susie Storey. from” Uni- srrengements.” and » tip includes a!Focker fam-+. brows. that. producers fiad -versal “Orlando. said. it has” ody: barbecue, this. ‘Saturday 10 fitid ‘teal peaple with (he: “spent a lot of:time checking” the; ~ goo, -neiys a and an advance: screening» -name in order to have these: out people who . registered - * Asaresult, ‘Amanda, sons “quel’s ile approved by the: Mail. re Le -Motion: Picture. Association: ~ * “She. ‘dated. and ‘sti, of: Aimerica’s: title » review: “would ! ‘you like.,to,.go to Florida’, I'said,: ~eha,": -Focker: added: ° ~The. Focker | name: Dutch “Continued on BS - of. the ‘movie, which opens - Dec. 22 is a m By JENNIFER LANG™: ‘available for purchase.’ You. can ise. “len to'stippels from five of. the songs. on fhe album the .UK. has just: released his’ Gt ” He. originally. moved. to ‘the UK : Gight years ago to.carn'a degree at “Tim: Phillips, a London-based ~ ‘the’ Guildhall- School of Music, and misician, “wrole, ‘performed and.co: - Drama in London." produced the 12: Songs appearing, Ons: He has been busy: carving. "out.a oS oy career: in thé arts’since then, writ- “Of course, ‘the. guitar is “superb ing music for'a numberof theatrical ’ productions, ‘including. two. shdiws ‘mounted’ in-- London's: West: End; as well.as the score for. an award-: Avinning® film’ called ‘The ‘Last: Post - (2001),- a:-16-minute short: directed ‘by’ Dominic: ‘Santana, (“Footballers’. ” Wives”) ‘and starring Gael’. Gareia.” Sermal (Motorcycle Diaties). : * Right-now-Fiker;-a- theatre ¢ com: . pany. Phillips’ founded,’ coatnects Continued on: BS. It's been’ “goneratifig quite alot” IN THE STUDIO: Tim Phillips recorded Ricochet last spring. JOHN HOOPER PHOTO - as De ee ee ate older home -.one of several projects’ ].-". “sh worked on: a So oe “ing al:the store. where Habit for Hue. ‘a - Smith describes: it“as - “her This : _ TV. shows. She used. to love: watch-, | _ cing ‘old homes: being restored on this:'~ Like a ae - éaf neivspaper. Thé headline: reads, 2 a). tion family, so she must-have picked. * we -limits,. she threw herself i into. the job. : “Pm only: 18 with 40. years of life": i Smith , retumed te ‘Terrace this’ - fall, where: ‘she visited with: family..}) >. and set to work on her memoirs. She of. ca) eliminate. poverty Housing. and Q, to make decent shelter a-matler of. ; ~ Continued on BS. oe oe said’. fairly:rare namerThereare.a |. -cker, registered and one teen: So _ tried, saying. his nickname: “email. “He wasn! 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