“The municipal governments
of ‘Terrace _and Stewart will
make an effort to have the’ doun-

~~ daries” “proposed in the .Fisher

report on electoral riding reform
Tedrawn before the recommien- °
dations become law. | -

- by Tod Strachan»

_ Following a-motion by alder-
man Bob Cooper at the Terrace

‘administration will be asking

their Stewart counterparts how

they can help lobby Victoria to
have Stewart severed from the
newly proposed North Coast
provincial electoral riding and
attached to what may soon

become a scaled-down version
of the present Skeena con-
stituency. According to Cooper,
Stewart residents are more than.
a little upset by the Socreds’ pro-
posal and they want no part of
it.

There is a “historic connection
between Stewart and Prince -

-Rupert, says Cooper, but it’s a

connection that no longer exists,
With a newly paved highway,
Stewart's business connections
are now with Terrace,. says
Cooper, far as
government-willed political con-
nection to Prince Rupert is con-
cerned: ‘“‘They (Stewart) can see
‘No reason for it,”?

Abortion foe to speak ©

PAT HANSARD

_ Contributed by
Marion Schlegel

‘Pat Hansard, founder of

Abortion Recovery Canada, will

be speaking in Terrace Oct. 25,

7:30 p.m. at the Terrace ‘brary’

basement as part of a tour
through the Northwest; .

Alie Toop —

Port Moody and work in Van-
couver.

‘Out-of-town guests were: .
from Vancouver, Dave and
Sandy Batchelor, Gord and
Carol Simon, Hunter Ng, Dale
Yuen, Tom Chin, Wil Liauw
and his fiancee Teresa

-Morawski, parents of the
Groom John and Ina |
Morawski, sister Iris Morawski
and brother Allan Morawski;
from Amsterdam, Holland;

"great aunt of the Bride, Toos

‘Verhorst; from Tokyo, Japan;
Janet Richter; from Salmon
Arm; Walter and Diana Neros;
from Smithers; Harry and
Audrey Kruisselbrink; from
Hazelton, grandparents of the
Bride Bill and Christina Visser-
man, and uncle of the Bride

-‘Taede Visserman, a

All of us have been in-
fluenced at one time or other
by ¢rees, and so has Dawn Ger-
myn. Dawn Germyn is an ar- -
tist, and she’s having her first
exhibition of some of her
works at the Terrace Art
Gallery.

The exhibition is called ~
Trees, as the artist has spent

_ much time amongst the trees. ”
Dawn was born in Chemainus
on Vancouver Island, where
she spent her. early childhood
living in float .houses on
Cowichan Lake, Goat Lake
and Cumchewa Inlet. Her
father was a logger and she
would visit the virgin stands of
timber with her dad. Over the

Abortion Recovery Canada
came into existence as a response
to a perceived need to address
the problems faced by those who

choose abortion as a solution to

a problem pregnancy. |

Hansard’s lecture will include

an examination of Post Abor-
tion Syndrome (P.A.S.).

“Many women (and their.
families) are now suffering side

effects. from their abortions.
Side effects produced by. the
strong emotions. of grief and

guilt; such as: depressions, low

‘self worth, substance. abuse,
eating disorders, anger, sexual

_ disfunctions, child abuse or
neglect,” she says. “We were
‘here to help anyone who has
been hurt directly or indirectly

by an abortion.”

Everyone is welconie to hear
this dynamic and: nationally
known speaker.

‘continued from page 22

years she realized, that what
she loved most in the bush, the
giant trees, were disappearing.

It was in the summer of 1965
that she discovered Lighthouse
Park in West Vancouver. It
was like coming home. she
knew that only passage of time
would cut down these trees, not
man, She spent the entire sum-
mer drawing trees.

Over the next years she.’
finished her education and -_
became a teacher. But after 10
years teaching in the Nass
Valley, she knew that _
something was missing and she

- teturned to her study of trees.

The works on exhibit in the
Gallery were done over a five-
year period. They are the
artist’s rendition of how she
sees the hemlock, the spruce _
with its massive trunk, the red
cedar, the blue Douglas fir with
the changing patterns of the
bark, and other visions of.
trees. some of the pieces are
large and magnificent. The
Gallery lends itself very well to
this show. There are also some
fine miniatures on display.

. | encourage you all to see it,
It is colorful and different. A
text is provided with the self-
guided tour.

Looking under Coming
Events for Gallery hours,

Pll talk to-you all again next _

Wednesday, and don’t forget,
if you have an item for this

-column, please phone mé at.

635-2723, Enjoy your week.

and as-far as any.

tewart wants into Skeena

together, becoming the brand

. There may be one problem in
bringing Stewart into Skeena
riding, though. Major Jack
Talstra. points out that the
thread that binds is the Nass
Valley, Once a part of the Atlin
riding, as was Stewart, and soon
to a part of the North Coast con-
stituency, as is Stewart, where
would the Nass Valley fit into
the scheme of things?
‘Changes. to. constituency
boundaries still need cabinet ap-
proval, but that could come at
any time.

review of existing boundaries by
a task force under his guidance
last year, His mandate was to
redraw the boundaries so that
each constituency would contain
roughly the same number of
voters —- about 40,000 each.
And redraw he did. Atlin and
Omiineca ridings disappeared al-

New constituency
boundaries were drawn by Judge .
Thomas: K. Fisher following a

new Bulkley Valley-Stikine

riding with 29,639 voters,

Skeena lost Smithers and
Hazelton dropping from 43,436
to 30,778, and Prince Rupert (to
be called North Coast) grew,
gaining primarily Stewart and
the Nass Valley, from 23,712 to
29,444,

But how much difference
would. the Kitwanga/Stewart
corridor make? Maybe 1,200
voters. This would drop the
North Coast to 29,578, about
the same as Bulkley Valley-
Stikine, and increase Skeena to
31,978. Terrace and Stewart
politicians are going to find out
if Victoria can live with that
small change. Of course, if the
Nass Valley is thrown onto plat-
ter, the disparity would be much
greater and the change would be
sure to create some serious
debate.

Well-known children’s enier-

tainer Charlotte Diamond
will be in Terrace for one per-
formance Oct.
R.E.M. Lee Theatre. Tickets
to see the award-winning re-
cording artist are avallable at
Sight & Sound. Her ap-
pearance here is sponsored
by the Terrace French Pre-
school.

25 at the.

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First, your vehicle. Put on those winter tires,
change the oil, add antifreeze and make sure
the battery, windshield wipers, belts, brakes and

Second, your driving. Winter driving calls for
special skills when you're starting,
braking, or find yourself in a skid, hydroplaning

You're not alone out there.The BC. Road

following,

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bers are on the road seven days a week monitor-
ing and assessing, putting up winter signage,
keeping roads clear with plows, sand and salt.

As well, the three groups below have pro-
duced a booklet of winter driving tips,Get one,
free, at any of their offices.

Finally, call the Road Information number below
whenever you're setting out on the winter road.

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