Go EEROORE ae eae xy K ‘AT THE LIBRARY”. ~ Pass me the hammer large range of images and emo- tions, If we are away from it, we yearn: to return. If we are at home, we year to fix it, change it: bigger, smaller, lighter, darker! Luckily there is an amazing selection of books ' on the subject of homes and renovation. If you have always wanted a log home then the classic Log House Plans by B.Allan Mackie ' is the book for you. It features homes that have been built all aver the country including a local residence that ] am sure most people will recag- nize. particular collection is titled Syall Houses and has wonderful pictures of ail manner of small houses (surprise!) built for energy efficiency or just for fun as in the case of the Gothic Playhouse, If you wish to emulate W.B. Yeats and ‘‘a small cabin build there, of clay and watiles made,’’ then you may be interested to know that there are several books on building homes from - straw bales, an economical alternative to the wattle! Don’t like basements? Peter Nelson offers the solution — Treehouses: The Art and Craft of . living out on a limb. This is a fascinating look at all kinds of trechouses, from the simple raft like playhouses to multi-storicd trechouses that’ people actually live in, And to complete the rustic look you can build all manner of twig furniture from loveseais to chaise lounges and picture frames. The plans are in Making Twig Furniture by Abby Ruoff. _A more serious approach to this subject is contained in Architecture: Residential Drawing and Design by Clois Kicklighter. This is actual- ly a textbook but can be very useful reference material for the layman also, as it is amply il- lustrated and full of basic information. Young feminist reaches out to TERRACE STANDARD teenage girls By CRIS LEYKAUF DEEP JN the bowels of the women’s centre, strange fe- males huddle, cutting men’s heads out of pictures. While they chop, the women plot an extreme image, but many people have no idea what goes on behind the walls of the women’s centre bunker Teenage girls in particular, if they even know about the existence of the women’s centre, are often leery of it. That’s something Sarah de Leeuw wants to change. At age 24, she’s probably the youngest coordinator the wonen’s centre has ever hired, Sbe joins two other long- time coordinators — Carol even know there was a women’s centre in town. She moved away after high school to do a creative writing degree at the Uni- that says silence equals death.’’ De Leeuw was working for the government ‘putting out propaganda’’ when she learned of the job opening SHEELAGH MEIKLEM how to lure others to their in her home town. bizarre causes. She jokes about how she Alright, that’s probably a got the position, saying staff at the centre had been ‘ac- cused of hiring only people © like themselves — white, | middle class mothers. — an innocent looking Deane the job interview house near the aquatic euw freely admitted OME. A small word that evokes a centre. : she hated children, and didn’t want io have anything to do them, Fortunately she wan't have to. De Leeuw was hired to work with women — and in particular she’s been given the job of trying to raise awareness of the’ women’s centre with teens and young women. She was a bit wary of coming to work for a small- i tdi. : Sabo and Karla Hennig, town women's centre which ' Fine Homebuilding not only publishes a great : : : magazine but a series of books as well. These De Leeuw grew the bi ver me lon would be stuck mn : : ' si race and admits that when & . are collections of articles in book form. This she was a teen she didn’t But instead she’s been im- pressed by the issues the centre is tackling, such as homosexuality and racism. “Pye been blown away by these amazing women,” she “We're not all a bunch of freaky people. Being a feminist is actually really cool.’’ a versity of Victoria. . While there, de Leeuw ‘started to get involved with anti-poverty and women’s groups. ‘Tve never really been silent about anything,’’ she says of her reasons for get- ting involved. ‘I guess I saw one too many posters says. They're a real ver- satile and vital group.’’ Now that she’s on the job — she started a few weeks | ago — de Leeuw wants to see if she can help remove the stigma attached to the word feminism. *‘T don’t understand why the notion of being an equal HER SHARP SENSE OF HUMOUR will help Sarah de Leeuw in her goal to reach teens and young women, De Leeuw works for the women's centre and she's encouraging young women-to add their voices to others at the centre. player in democracy has a stigma attached to it,”’ she says. But she recognizes that teens in particular are un- comfortable of attaching themselves to something that’s not always popular, like the women’s centre. “We're not all a buach of freaky people,” she says. “Being a feminist is actuai- ly really cool,’ De Leeuw plans to go into the schools ta talk about things like eating disorders, violence, self-defense, date rape and aggression. She’s trying to open com- munication with tccos and young women by getting submissions from them for the next newsletter the women's centre is putting out. Weekend events planned for teens ready has a few items ihe | | INSIDE SECTONB § COMMUNITY CRIS LEYKAUF : EVENTS B2 638-7283 7-11 pm. at the Skeena IF ADULTS organize an hired te coordinate the pro- event, there’s got to be grain in Terrace. She’s well aan the key 1 youths ta pes such ts 3 : : Y something wrong with it, suited for the job, having raham says the key to stereo and a foosbs e Renovation can be fun if expense is That’s often the impres- Just successfully organized getting Nights Alive to work If teens want to do ac- no object as illustrated by Martha Stewart’s New Old House. Renovation can be fun if expense is no object as illustrated by Martha Stewart’s New Old House. This is a coffee table book that takes us pictorially through the restoration of an old home in Connecticut, including decorating and landscaping tips from experts. Another book to dream over is The New Decorating Book by Denise L.Carringer, pub- lished by Better Homes and Gardens. It's full of photographs of other people’s lovely rooms. As well as this wealth of printed material, there are also videos on home repair and renovation put out by This Old House to help with plumbing and electrical work. And of course there are the building code books and electrical code books: this information is also available on the wbiquitous Internet! A true story of one Womans’ successful uprooting from an established career in the city to the wilds of a sheep farm in Ontario, is told in Letters from the Country by Marsha Boulton. A former editor with Maclean’s, Marsha traded her high heels for gum boots and created a new version of home for herself. A mystery serics that centres around homes features Callahan Garrity. Callahan is the owner of the House Mouse cleaning service and scems . to be unable to avoid finding skeletons in the closets of her clients, with flesh attached. The author of the series is Kathy Hogan Trocheck aud some titles are: Happy Never After, To Live and Die in Dixie,and Heart Trouble, Fall is the time when all animals head for the nest, geese fly south, bears go into hibernation, and men start cutting wood. And strangers in strange tands remember the words of the poem: “Who has not felt...sadly sweet, The dream of home, the dream of home.” sion teens have when they hear adults want to do something for them. The notion of the teen happening in communities all around B.C. The pro- gram is sponsored by the Altomey General’s minis- try, and is aimed at prevent- ing youth crime. Josct Graham has been Caledonia’s first dry grad, Nights Alive kicks off with a grand opening Oct. 25 at the gym at Skeena Jr. events will take place regu- larly every weekend. Friday nights will be at the Car- penter’s Hall on Sparks St, with drop-ins from 8 p.m. tll midnight. Saturday night events will take place from Joset Graham THE TERRACE Beautification Society: unvelled ; a granite marker in memary of Rick King fast week. The marker is in front of a walnut tree near the Terrace arena. Yvonne Moen, Batty Campbell, Mayor Jack Talstra and King's wife Isobel took partin the ceramony. will be to get youths in- volved, She’s already got key teens lined up at the schools, Now she’s hoping feehouse, games, and hav- ing guest speakers, such as someone to talk about bike repairs, are some of the ideas kids have brought up. The Carpenter’s Hall al- tivities that cost money, Graham will help them with fundraising. If teens do show up and Sunset Books have a series of home plan rebel dies hard. Secondary. to work with them to en- get Involved, Graham also books. There’s Best Home Plans, Country That’s the biggest hurdle © Soccer or volleyball courage other youth tacome points out that will go a long "Living, Vacation Homes and more. And Self for Nights Alive, a group matches are planned be- out and get Involved. way in convincing the com- Counsel Press has an essential book titled How trying to organize weekend tween youth and some She says it’s up to the munily of the need for a to be Your Own Home Contractor that takes activities for youths. volunteer adults. teens Ai 6 what my en permanent Youth cenit, you step by step through the building process. Nights Alive is something After Saturday night, nen Pl a night f youths interested in the volleyball game, have some ideas for future nights, or just want to hang out, are invited to the launch of Nights Alive, It’s Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Skeena gym from 7-11 p.m. In memory IT’S BEEN nearly four years since the death of city councilor Rick King and his son Paul. Just last week the Terrace Beautification Society unveiled a granite marker, placed in his memory in front of a Black Walnut tree near the Terrace arena, Rick King was an avid supporter of the Beautifica- tion Soclety, and the marker names him a friend of the society. in speaking of the memorial, former Beautification society president George Clark said the sociely valued its good relationship with King. “Rick never missed a meeting,’’ said Clark. ‘“‘He had a better attendance record than most of our mem- bers. The society took a while in placing the memorial marker, because it wanted to make sure the tree was well established. “We'll never forget the work he did for us,’’ said Clark. Mayor Jack Talsira was at the ceremony as well. He described King as a hard worker for the common man. He also made reference {o King’s support of minor hockey, saying the city might have a second sheet of ice today, if King were alive. City Freeman Vesta Douglas said the memorial was a sign of respect and love.