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MARCH 6 - April 6 — New
talent is discovered every year in
Kitimat, The annual exhibition
“Kitimat Artists 1991°’ in-
troduces new artists to the com-

: munity. See their work along

- with that of well established local
artists at the Kitimat Centennial
Museum,

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MARCH 9, 1991 — Pinata-
decorating party from 1:30 to
4:00 p.m with puppet shows at
2:00 and 3:30, Refreshments.
For the whale family! Free, Ter-
tace Public Library. 638-8177

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MARCH 9, 1991 —Saturday

1:30 - 4 pm. Multicultural
Association and Terrace Public
Library are holding a Pinata-
decorating party and puppet
Khows 2 - 3:30 p.m. Families
welcome! Drop in. Free. Ter-
race Public Library 638-8177

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MARCH 12, 1991 — Car Club
News meeting at 7:30 p.m, at
Kin Hut, Heritage Park. For
more info. contact Bob Wilkin-
son at 635-4349

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MARCH 15, 1991 — Introduc-
tion to ACOA Sue Higgins,

surrounding people who Adult
children of Alcoholics. 1:00 p.m.
Woiten's Centre.
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' MARCH 20, 1991 — In this time
of global uncertainty this infor-
mal session will deal with ways to
; promate peace and understan-
' ding'in our community and the
world. A discussion of what we
can do to promote peace, within
our immediate circle and how to
lobby governments, 1:00 p.m,
“Women's Centre,
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MARCH 22, 1991 — Film after-
noon, ‘*No Longer Silent’ a film
about women in India. 1:00 p.m.
Women's Resource Centre.
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APRIE, 10 - MAY 4 — Insights’
91 is a showcase of dynamic art
by the young artists of Kitimat.
Paintings, drawings, Indian
design, graphics, photographs
and collage can be seen at the
Kitimat Centennial Museum
from April 10 to May 4.
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MAY 8 - JUNE 8 191 —
Voting is simple in Canada. Bul

By

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place before and after you cast
" your vote? “Behind the Ballot

. exhibition is a populist look at
the history of Canada's electoral
system. it is based on four

“themes? Voting isa Right, Voting
is a Scret, Voting is Accessible,
Voting is Fair. Kitimat Centen-
nial Museum,

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JUNE 12 - JULY 7, 1991 —
Let's make music! The in-
slruments are tuned and ready al

- the Kitimat Centennial Museum.
From all corners of the world,
the musical instruments are
voices from the many cultures of
Kitimat. They will delight the eye

’ while on display and enchant the

: gar when played by local musi-
cians. Musical performances will
take place during the exhibition
period. Guest curator, Anne
Sluyter, is a local musician with a

_ personal interest in instruments
from other lands. The collections
are lacal.

_ Museum Hours: Tuesday lo Fri-
day tl a.m. -$ p.m., Saturday 12
p.m.-5p.m., Sunday and Mon-

day closed.
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REFORM PARTY OF

CANADA, Skeena Constituency
meets every 3rd Wed. of each
- month, For invite. and info,
~ phone 638-0096 or 635-3543,
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ADULT . FEMALE | SUR-
VIVORS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT ‘GROUP, Every
Wed. 7 -9 p.m. Call 635-4042 for
further info.
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BATTERED WOMEN'S SUP-
PORT GROUP, Every Tues. 7-9
_ pam, Call 635-6447 or 635-4042
. for further info,
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. Terrace Standard, ) Wednesday, March 6, 1991 — -Paje Bt

[UNITY NE

‘COUNTING DOWN. Witt the Pacific Northwest Music Festival ‘getting under way next week, local

students have been hard.at work preparing for the event. That includes trombonist Chad Edmonds
(above, foreground) and:fellow members of the Caledonia Stage Band who got together again Monday
morning to put some fi al swinging touches to thelr Latin-Jazz style presentation.

Kids ta

Heritage Sunday, Feb. 24,
proved tb-be 4 wonderful aifter-

. NGO! The thethe chis-yeie=was: =

“Yesterday's Children at Work

‘and at, Play’, coordinated by :

Mamie Kerby. 0-3
Many of the folks there wert
dressed up in outfits from long
ago, all looking just right’ for
the event. And the lively, old
time tunes played by Norm Des-
jardins and neighbours was. cer-
tainly good music and much en-

Joyed by all. As were the couple _

of young fellows doing.a jig.

Alice Toop was master of
ceremonies for the afternoon
performances which. included
the Scouts and leader John Bed-
dows putting on a fine display
of setting up a shelter for out in
the woods and q skit by the 3rd
Skeena Guides with their leader
Marg Cooper.’

There was‘also a display of
sewing ‘by Marlene Stokkeland
and tiny daughter Laura and
another of great craftwork. in
different quilts and cushions in

~ WELCOMING SMILE. Aileen Frank was kept busy at the Heritage

_Mmany beautiful patterns.

After an. intermission featur-
ing more old time music" and
a chance for coffee and a
doughnut courtesy of the Scouts

and Guides — students from the

Northwest Academy for the

‘Performing Arts and teacher

Tonya McKenzie played some

classical guitar instrumentals.

Next came readings. of Floyd
Frank’s | memoirs with
Christopher Anaka reading the
imroduction and Mark Tessaro

_ the memoirs, several readings of

-_ the works of poets from the ear-

“dy 1800s and Scottish country
dancing from Kirsten Earl and
her students,

The afternoon ended with an
old-fashioned spelling bee com-
petition with Cassie Hall
students and their teacher Ed
Ansems (remember thase
days?).

Congratulations to all involv-
ed on a very successful event.

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Saturday, Feb. 9 family and

. Sunday celebration greeting arrivals and. selling copies of the Little
Red Schoothouse, a réprint of a book first Published in 1957 by the

Terrace Pare ntTearh ase

ce centre stage at H

Charlie Houlden
friends gathered at the Inn of
the West to help Chartie
Houlden celebrate his 70th bir-
thday.

During the course of the
evening, several of his long-time
friends related some interesting
stories from his younger days —
and Charlie told a few stories in
return, After a delicious buffet
dinner, he was presented with a
fecliner chair,

Charlie first came to Terrace
in 1927 with parents Harry and
Mabel and sisters Doris
(Dominato) and Peggy
(Jackson). Brother Alex was
born after the family settled
here.

After many years working in
the logging and lumber in-
dustries, Charlie worked as an
engineer at Skeenaview and
then at the Vocational school.
He moved to Smithers in 1976
where he worked at the cour-
thouse until his retirement four
years later.

He spends his retirement
hours with his work horses and
doing some horse ‘logging.
You'll remember secing Charlie
and his team compete in the Fall
Fair’s heavy horse pull,

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Alex Houlden is back from a
short slay in hospital in Van-
couver. Nice to hear he! s. doing
fine.

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The Happy Gang Centre was
the scene Feb, 19 of a 95th bir-
thday party for Beth Holtom
with many old-time: | friends
dropping in for. lunch, a'slice of
birthday’ cake and.a. chan 10
spend some.time with her.’...*:

Gladys Oliver, ihe: he gath of

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By Jo FALCONER

Residents of the Pacific nor-

thwest will have the opportunity ©

to enjoy the talents of hundreds .

of performers in music and the
performing arts during the 26th
annual Pacific Northwest Music
Festival which opens next Tues-
day and continues until Marhe
23,

The daily competitions (see
list below). are open to thé
public and there is no admission
charge.

A very special evening of
entertainment is in store Friday,
March 22 at 8 p.m. in the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre when the
top performers in each
discipline compete for the ma-

‘jor scholarship awards: the Ter
‘ace Water Polo association —
scholarship ($250) for- per-—--
formers 12 years and less: the .

Knights of Columbus scholar--
ship ($500) for those 13-15 years .
old; and the Northern Drugs

scholarship ($1,000) for. senior

Students, 16-25 years old. -

The following evening, same
time, same place, a variety of
performers from each discipline
will take part ina Gala Perfor-
mance, During this concert win-
ners will be presented with their
awards,

Advance tickets for both
those nights will be on sale in
the lobby of the R.E.M. Lee
Theatre during the festival. Ad-
mission is $5 per person. _

for the following seven days.

R.E.M. Lee Theatre

termediate.

R.E.M. Lee Theatre

grade 3.

tary.
school chorus.

‘Senior and Open. :
_ 7:20pm. —

The following are the dates, times and venues for the
various classes of competition taking place over the first two.
days of the Festival, Next week, schedule details will appear.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
#10 am. ~ Orff (percussion): non competitive, in
* Lp.m, — Orff: non competitive, primary. ees :
_ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

10 am. Choirs: non-competitive, Kindergarten 1o

‘® 10:30 am. — Choirs: non-competitive, grades 4 to 7.
‘¢ 1 p.m, — Classroom music: non-competitive, Elemen-

-O |; 45 p. ml. — Elementary school choirs and Intermediate
“e7 pam, _ Vacal quartettes and trios: Intermediate,

— Music Theatre: 11 and under to Open class.

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by
Yvonne. ‘Moen |

BETH HOLIOM was joined by family and friends at the Happy

Gang Centre for her recent 95th birthday celebration, the first of

two she enjoyed that day.

Pensioners association since
1966 and had entertained all
over the years with her poems.
Orville Spencer said he
remembered a time when Beth
was in the hospital and asked
the doctor.ifshe was going to be
oka adding “If I’m not going
to die, I might as well getup and
live’ some more.**
party then moved ta the
wie apartments where Beth
been living since 1976 — she
wa ‘one of its first tenants.

‘Cecile had the lounge looking so -—
pretty with all the tables covered -
with ‘embroidered tablecloths.
There was also a lovely set of

fine china for areal old fashion-

- ed tea party.”
‘a’. Toigo, with: ‘the tea, another |
- birthday. cate,® served by. Col

Beth's daughter Marion and
granddaughter Lou-Anne.
After opening her gifts, Beth
thanked everyone and said she
was very lucky to have all her
children with her that day.,-

Looking around at the other.
residents of the Willows, she ad-

ded with a laugh, “You're ‘all
my children too, because I'm
older than all of you.” -

Beth was born in 1896 in .
Velograaor, then part of the

Austro-Hungarian empire and

ta Canada ‘in 1899 and
homesteaded .on the Prairies

where the family lived in a sod. -

‘house and all the ploughing was

tow Yugoslavia, Her parents,
-, Mary and Mathies Jakabs came