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SEPTEMBER 24, 1992 — The
Skeena Valley Car Club will be
holding {t's regular monthly
meeting at the Terrace Kin Hut
on the corner of North Sparks
and Halliwell at 7:30 pm. For
more info call Doug (635-4809)
or Larry (638-3746)

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SEPTEMBER 25-27, 1992 —
Art Rental Show featuring works
from the Art Rental collection.
The pieces are available for ren-
tal but will remain displayed for
the duration of the show. Ter-
race Art Gallery in the library
basement,

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SEPTEMBER 26, 1992 — Cana-
dian Women in Timber Annual
General Meeting from 12-4 pm at
the Coast Inn of the West, Rm.
328. Those wishing to attend the
buffet luncheon at 12:00pm
please phone Donna at 635-7881,

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SEPTEMBER 26, 1992 — 10th
Aaniversary Terrace—Kitimat
Toy Run. Events begin at 10:00

- am and the parade of toys begins

at 2:00 pm from the weigh scales
at Hwy. 16 & 37. For more info
call’ 635-9217 or. in Kitimat,

. 632-9520, -Alle motoreycltsts, -

welcome.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 1992 —-. The

Lakelse Community Association.

will hold its next General

Meeting at Mount Layton

Hotsprings at 8:00 pm. Topic —

Halloween. For further informa-

tion call 798-2449.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 1992 — The
Terrace Hospice Society is
holding a public information
meeting::in the Skeena Health
Unit: Auditorium at 7:30 pm.
Guest’ speaker: Dr. Christine
Piercy, Volunteer Hospice Pro-
gram, Smithers. The opportunity
to become a volunteer will be
provided,

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OCTOBER 2 — NOV, 1, 1992

"— Terrace Art Gallery presents
‘Abstract Art’. Curated by Ed-
ward Epp, this show will feature
abstract art by local artists and
from private collections, This
type of show hasn’t been seen
locally in several years. Come &
challenge your senses!

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OCTOBER 5, 1992 —Terrace
Pipes and Drums Society Annual
General Meeting will be held at
7:30 pm in the Terrace Kinsmen
Complex (behind Heritage
Park). For information phone:
Audrey Kerr at .635-3726 or
Barry English at 635-5905

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‘OCTOBER 6, 1992 — All
members of L.A,, Branch 113 to
Royal. Canadian Legion, please
attend monthly meeting on Oc-
tober 6/92 at 8 pm.

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OCTOBER 4, 1992 —The 37th
Annual General Meeting of the
Kitimat General Hospital Saciety
will be held-at 8:00 pm in the
hospital. ‘cafeteria, Call the
hospital for information.

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TERRACE: TOASTMASTERS
CLUB —Leara pubilc speaking
skills. Meetings held on Ast and
3rd Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at the
Inn of the West, east banquet
room. Call Diana English at
635-5905 for more information.
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EVERY WEDNESDAY —
Building Healthier Babies holds
weekly groups for anyone that is
pregnant and would like infor-
mation on pregnancy, labour,
parenting. and everything inbet-
ween! If is a chance for you te
talk with other pregnant women
‘and also enjoy guest speakers.
(We provide a snack and would
‘be happy to pick you up. 1-2:30
at Building Healthier Babies in
the Child Development Centre.
Call 635-7664 for more info,

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"EVERY WEDNESDAY fram 8

-.6:00 p.m. Terrace Narcolics—

Anonymous '‘Steps to
Recovery’! meets at the Skeena
Health Unit auditorium. For in-
fo. call 638-8117.

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-EVERY THURSDAY. at 7:30
p.m. Overeaters Anonymous at
- Women’s Resource Centre, Call
- 635-6446. .

New stage
in the script
for TLT

It's just a dream right now, but
Terrace Litthe Theatre members
have decided it’s time to share it.

They want to replace the old
and cramped McColl Phiyhouse,
building a brand new ~12,000-
square-foat theatre building at a
cost of more than $800,000.

TLT members. packed. into their, “fe
night’ to .
celebrate the prospect of & new...
building and to wiveil the draw,

old digs Saturday

ings.
The main floor would house a

nearly 200-seat- theatre —. dow-°

bling TLT’s current 90-seat ca-

pacity — as wellas a fobby and —

washrooms.

Downstairs there will bea ‘prop
storage room, a .costtime room,
full-size dressing rooms; a bar, a
kitchen, a green room [or cast
incetings and socializing, and a
full-size rchearsal hall.

Terrace Litile Theatre. president .

Gordon Oates said: the ‘rehearsal
hall would enable the theatre ta
double its production capacity,
actually preparing one show
while another is being performed
upstairs.

“Tt would give us
flexibility,”’ he said.

The idea’ of a uew playhouse
has been bantered around ‘for at
Teast Pwo or three years.

“Tt’s only been in the last year
that we’ve started pulling it all to-
gether,’’’ Terrace Little. Tlicatre
president’ Gordon Oates. said,
“Is at the paint where it’s not a
reality — it’s just a dream.”?

more

The glu-lam. wood- beam siruc-”

ture would go up on the back of
the property formed by the three
adjacent lots they 1 now own. That

would enable them“to continue —

using ‘the present building: while
construction goes on,

Oates says although basic draw-
ings are prepared, a start to con-
struction is probably more than a
year away.

“Our Pen building is just
too small,” Oates said. “It’s get-

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 23, 1992 — Page B1

A DREAM LIKE MINE: Terrace Little Theatre president Gordon

Oates hefts the artists conception for a new McCall Playhouse —.

probably: years away. ‘The building would: gives them: much more
room. and would more ‘than double their seating to ‘around 200.

ting fairly old and it’s in need of
repairs.’

He noted the theatre "3 member-
ship has more than doubled in the
last two years — jumping from
3410 80.

Right now seating is so limiled
that shows must be extended to as
much as twice as
formance dates.

_ Gates says iVs difficult to. ok

pect Voliliiteers” lo: put that titich
time in.

“TEM be about double the 5 size
of what we: lave -now,’”
said.

Where would the money come
from?

Well, the socicty figures it has
about $100, 000 equity in the ex-

Kiev Symphony
tour falls apart

Citing financial problems, the
Kiev Symphony Orchestra has
cancelled its entire Canadian tour.

Friday’s announcement comes
as a blow to local classical inusic
lovers.

The orchestra was scheduled to
play the R.E.M. Lec Theatre in
Terrace on Friday, Nov. 20 as the
premier show in the Terrace Con-
cert Sociely’s fall lineup. 4

“Ts really devastating for us,’
said concert socicly past president
Glenn Saunders. ‘‘That was our
main feature for the concert
society this year, Our whole sea-.
son was built around it.”

The 105-member — orchestra,
conducted by For Blazhikalf, was
to slart a tour of 16 Canadian
cities Nov. 1.

"We'll try to replace ‘iL with

something,’’. Saunders - said.
“Possibly the Prince . George
Symphony Orcliesira, - But . it

won'l be anything of the same
calibre”?
Holders of tickets und season
passes will be able ta get refunds.
He said the cancellation doesn’t
affect the rest of the society's
92-93 concert lincup, which be-

gins Oct. 3 with Joclle Rabu in
“Tonight... Piaf.’’ :

Promoters of the — Kiev
Symphony tour said the orchestra
kept making new — financial
demands upon them,

“We agreed to every new re-
quest that they put forward,’” said
Overture  Cuncerts’ George
Zukerman, ‘We did everything
pessible to retain the tour, br
they scemed unable to agree.”’

The deal finally fell apazt when
the Ukrainian ministry of culture
demanded ‘another 4.5 million
rubles (US $80,000) for two

charter aircrafl fights to Canada,

They said they were unable to fy
with Baltiair because landing
rights have not been negotinted
for Canada.

~ “When tliey asked ‘for the new
air costs, Wwe countered by agree-
ing to 50° per cent of the costs
even though. it virtually
climinated all possible carnings
on the tour,”? Zukerman said.

He suggested the problems may
have. involved the . inpending
change’ of currency in the Ukraine
from rubles’ ta Ukrainian mriv-
nya. ,

Lisa and Mickey — Part I

Lisa Carpino is already plan-
ning the party for her 16th
birlhday.

Never mind that it’s. still five ;

years away.
But it’s a sign of confidence, in
an 1t-year-old Terrace girl who

thinks often, about another ainl- ,

niversary. °

It will be one, year. next month .

since her - final. session of
chemotherapy ita’ battle with
cancer that nearly killed her. °

And: she ‘celebrated last week
with: another trip to Disneyland

yenr. :
She first travelled there in ‘April

' with the help of donations from —

~ disabilities -- or. «
_ illuesses to Mickey's Playland for
a day. of fin.

local supporters. That followed
the .four difficult rounds of
chemotherapy she went through
after. doctors found a Wmour on
her ovary.

‘This time the Sunshine Founda- |

tion of Canada flew Lisa and 77
other B.C. childreit with. severe
life-threatening

They were imet. by 80 officers
from the Orange County Sheriff's

department, whi-were on hand to.

“escort the. chile
— hier second. jaunt there. this“.

neyland,:-

OY Isa. had a ball,’ " said her
She ‘wenit on all -

mom: Maria,
the rides 289 f°

many . per-

Oates

“around. Dis- :

isting propérty.

They hape to get $100, 000. in
arts foundation grauts,: $200,000
fram the. province's: yet-to-be-
announced replacement for. the
GO B.C. lottery grant system, and

up to $200,000 in discounts and

formances in the next year. or so.
geared-lo.boost the building find.

: Terrace Little Theatre has been.
“dn their current Kalun St..joca-.

tion since 1975, and the building
Ng oak the -Baptist

volunteer. work from suppliers

and contractors,

- They'll be g going cap in liand 10
the public for “the | remaining
$200,000 ar so.

Oales says the public cain ex.
pect to sec lots of fund-raiser per-

World-sponsore

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——FOR THE RECORD

that,

foes | was’ coisidercd ald: when
they ‘sold it, to, ns,’ Oates, says,”
around for a

it’'s-been
while.”

TLT was burned out of their

previous two homes,

The. theatre sociely — formed
in, 1952 and the second-oldest
such group in the province — ini-

= ally. operated out of the old civic

cenire (and former. army mess
_ hall) near the.current curling rink,

. After that burned in the Jate

’ Fiflies:the actors ‘moved to the
. slightly, sewer - old. ‘civic. contre
enear where’ the Aibrary i is today. It
- perished: dna “blaze A: sthe“mid-

Sixties, .

“We lost. all: our props and

costumes - — everything — ~— in that
cone," * says Oates,
They were without a home, op-
crating out of the. arena until
moving. ..into the McColl
playhouse on Kalum St in 1975,

'SAFETY'S. SAKE: Three-year-old Conrad Kalmbach gets his fi ingerprints taken by ROMP
“Constable Stephen. White at the Skeena Mall. The fingerprinting effort is part of the Realty
d-Natlonal Child Find program, which records tlie vital statistics and photog-
raphs of youngstets: They’ r published in a booklet, which Is used should the child go missing.

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