The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 15, 1994 - B1 INSIDE. SECTION B ‘CITY. JEFF. NAGEL ‘SCENE B2 . 638-7283 meme ee eh lh A WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS What's Up! Wednesday, June 15 TERRACE DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL holds ils annual general meeting at 7:30 p.m. at 9307 Mountain Vista. New members welcome. Friday, June 17 ; TERRACE ANTI-POVERTY GROUP sponsors a talk about social assistance, UIC, and landlord/tenant issues from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Car- penters Hall at 3312 Sparks. For more info call 635-4631. Saturday, June 18 TERRACE TRAVEL INFOCENTRE hosts its 8ih annual Howdoyoudo Day open house from 10 a.m, to 6 p.m, B.C. SENIOR GAMES ZONE 10 holds a gener- al meeting at 2 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Tuesday, June 21 B.C. SCHIZOPHRENIC SOCIETY support group meets at 3302 Sparks (Stepping Stone Clubhouse) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 22 PROMISEKEEPERS men’s Christian outreach group meeis at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church. from 8 to 10 p.m. THURSDAYS | THE HEALING CIRCLE meets every Thurs- day from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kermode Friend- ship Centre. For more information call Benita Chapdelaine at 635-7670. _ALANON meets every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in the Mills Memoria! Hospital conference room. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Skeena Health Unit auditorium. Weigh-in at 6 p.m. - THE TERRACE BRIDGE CLUB meets the * second and fourth Thursday of every month. They |. get started Oct. 14 at the Legion, Call Pat at 635- 2537 or Ethel at 635-5046 for more info. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meet every. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Women’s Resource Centre. TERRACE HIV INFORMATION SUPPORT Group,.(T. HLS.) meets the third Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Mills Memorial Hospital board room. Contact Carrie at 635-4885, TUESDAYS -'T & K SINGLES meet every Tuesday for coffee night at Mr. Mike’s at 7 p.m. Call Bea at 635- 3238 for more info, ZAZEN every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Daiko-Ji SotoZen Centre. Call 638-8396 for more info. _ TERRACE TOASTMASTERS meet the first ‘and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Coast Inn of the West. Contact Karen at 638- 7633 or 638-0418 for more information. SINGLE PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP takes - place the second (i p.m.) and fourth (7 p.m.) : Twesdays of the month at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre. Call 638-0228 for more info. LIVING WITH CANCER support group of the Canadian Cancer Society for patients, family and friends, meets at the Women’s Resource Centre the first and third Tuesday of cach month at 7:30 p.m. Call 638-3325 or 638-0296 for more in- _ formation. THE KERMODEI CHORISTERS invite boys and girls ages 8-12 io come sing along on Tues- days from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the Skeena Band ‘Room. Call Terry Anderson 638-1183 for info. RELAPSE PREVENTION group meets Tues- day evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. Call 638-8117 for ' further information. THE SPCA meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre at 7:30 p.m. The Terrace Standard offers the What's Up community calendar as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organiza- tions and those events for which there is no ad- mission charge. tems will run two weeks before each event. . . We ask that items be submitted by 5 p.m, on the ‘ “Thursday before the issue in which it is to appear. Submissions should be typed or printed neatly. Northwest takes. province FOUR NORTHWEST schools were among the tap eight fundraisers in the province-wide Milk Run. [’m really impressed with the northwest,’ said Caledonia organizer Cam Mackay. “‘It's not just the schools — it’s the whole community.” Over 80,000 students fom 225 B.C. schools participated in the walk, run or wheel event Aoril 27. Money raised went towards de- veloping the B.C. Special Olympics ‘‘Buddy”’ program. Secondary studenis would be recruited and trained as volunteer Buddies for Special Olympians. Terrace’s Caledonia Sr. Secondary topped the province by raising $2,500. A close second was Thormhill Jr, Secondary with $2,377, far ex- ceeding their original goal of $600. With a schoal population of 240, Mackay feels the Thornhill school deserves special recogni- tion. ‘Shannon Murdoch and her school did a super job,’’ said Mackay. ‘*They are a school half the size of Caledonia.”” In third place was Fraser Lake with $1,887, while Skeena Ir, Secondary placed cighth by rais- ing $980, - Regardless of final results, Mack- IT’S NOT EVERY bride’s dream, but for Jeanette Schul- meister a second oulside birdcage waa the perfect wedding gift from her husband Henry. What started oul as two pet cockatiels has turned into a pas- ston for Jeanette, She now has about 200 birds housed in a backyard shed built especially for her growing hobby. as well as in the outside cage Henry built for their wedding three years ago. “Tt gives me peace ta be out here in the aviary,”’ said Jeanette. 'sTt’s my space.’’ Because her job as a funeral director can be emotionally drain- ing, she said, being with her birds gives her time to get away from everything, “IT sometimes wish I wasn’t working full-time so I could spend more time with them,”’ said Jeannette. Every other night, she spends an hour feeding and washing their water containers. Cleaning and vacuuming the ‘bird house takes about four hours once a month. Surrounding the indoor aviary or cage are two outdoor cages where the birds spend most of their summer. , The birds provide a constant chatter when they’re outside, Jeanette said, but the only response she’s ever had from her neighbours has been positive. “Nobody’s ever complained about the noise they make,’’ she sald. ‘‘Most of our neighbours say they enjoy thern.’? There is between $4,000-$6,000 in birds inside her aviary, said Jeannette. “It’s an expensive hobby, but I don’t ski or anything like that so this is my thing,”’ she said. New soldier in Salvation Army. A NEW full-tlme coordinator has laken over the Salvation Army family services. Eric Simmons moved ta Ter- racé from Whitehorse to begin tunning the family services pro- gram April 11, “My main thrust is to direct family services to folks in need,” said Simmons of his first paid position with the Salvation Army. “Tam the go-between from gen- erous people to needy people.’’ His job as coordinator will be a ’ change from hils former job as an optician, sald Simmons, - Salvation Aimy | Lieutenant ere THORNHILL JR. SECONDARY nlayed abig part in the northwestem B, C. sweep in the 1994 Milk Run raising money for the Specia! Olympics. Shown with their fundraising chart are from left: lacal Special! Olymples coordinator Karla Lindstrom, special olymplans Brian Smith and Brian Prince, Thornhill students Natalie Zazaglla (front) and Linda Lockyer (back), and special olymplan Dale McKinnon, Congratulations to all the participants. . ay thinks the run is a very worthwhile school project. In her collection 1 tight now are about 60 lovebirds, 50 cockatiels, 50 budgies, 20 finches, 3 canaries, 2 conuers, 2 amazon - parrots, one tosella and one laurie. Her favourite individual ‘bird . was a laprie named Cheekie that died two months ago. “She was just like.one of the family,” said Jeanetie, ‘I brought her home with me when she was 10 months old and she, . was a real talker,’’ “It was really sad when she died because you get so attached to them.’’ While cach bird has its own personality, said Jeanette, the lovebirds are her favourite kind. “Lovebirds are just such characters,’ she said. ‘’They’re always up to something,”’ “This is one of the best school. events to. organize,” he said. ‘It just brings the school 1 Togeer with a common goal.’ ' JEANETTE SCHULMEISTER calis to her 50 pet cockatiels. ONE OF SCHULMEISTER'S two amazon parrots, 3, Roky, finds a perch ‘on her ‘shoulder. Norman Hamelin decided to hire a coordinator to give him more time for others duties. “Eric has freed me up to look after more of the pastoral ser- vices,’”? said Hamelin who heads Terrace’ 8 Salvation Amy along with his wife Cindy, “Tm still spending time with | soclal services by trying to im-. prove the system, but I now have. more time for bible studies and visitations.?* Part of Simmons job i is to lake’ over the Salvation Army - thrift. shop from Hamelin, ° “Eric's job is full-time and then “some,” Hamelin said. “As tong -- as the thrift store makes money, he will have a big full-time job.”’ Simmons will also be organiz- ing the food hampers given to. people in emergencies and during holiday seasons out of his office in the back of the thrift store, One of the most rewarding “aspects of his new job, said Sim- mons, is working with children. - :“F'm tealiy interested in getting needy children. to summer camp,’ he sald, Through donations and thrift _ shop sales, Simmons hopes to send needy children to a Salva-_ tion Amy summer camp near ‘Terrace as one of two new music. _ teachers ‘at. the Northwest: Acad Houston, “Sometimes you look around: and think the world is falling’ apart,’ Simmons said. ‘In this)! job, I get to see the good: things pee! people can.do,”* Red. Shield, a project to raise - money for the national Salvation wT ~ Army through donations, : ca ; While in Whitehorse, Simmons . band. na He brings hls musical talents to oh emy of Performing Arts; Simmons will also help ‘with _ started the Salvation Army brass. Ba #