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THE CHILLY ‘dance hall -that_ Ghceserved. as ‘a hotspot: for a Terrace, Tesidents, Janine’ Hamming ~ - putsonan oversized blue lumberjack - Coat and a ‘worn. brown leather hat, of rickely wooden snow shoes onthe | ~ stage at the far end of the hall which | _ has: been relocated to Heritage Park. Le Thomhitt;: J homesteading. women. _ new furiky accessory; Buy-one, pet one | im odd eye thing 50 PER CENT off! MY. -. 0 ‘odd ‘eye. things are'free. They’ Te floaters, spots, and - |. flashers: Unhappy. with my: acquisition, J 80 lo the ‘house. of: Kitselas ‘and sister ‘of the 2 famous Chief Walter Wright. ““Thorhill while working i in the hops a : a ficlds i in. Vancouver: ; He listens to my; symptoms and suggests I Is see ean” a “eye: specialist, EEK. Apparently spots and floaters} west in the early 1890s and set up. - . P homestead i near Kitselas Canyon. "| « but:flashes'can be signs of retina detachment. He’s “| | . resilient. woman, running: her own» trapping lines in-the region; and. died. while working: her lines © 1906, z . ~~ significant impact on the area, little Tt of me. 1 can’ *t see-the black things at- ‘the end of the’ ol is documented about her... 7 Then. | . --She: tells me-that my vision’s really good. I'm nat - . supposed 1 to-be able to: read:those squirming letters. ~~ fas well.as T actually, do.: “Alrighty then. She freezes: | - “Jmy, eyeball. “With drops, nat a.needic, Phew! Numb. J “eyeballs. ate curious. things;.I’m suddenly. ‘very ; ware of: them—or. the: Absence of feeling | them. ope: on Eliza Thornhill in'the history: books,” . Heritage Park curator Cindy. Hansen "said, explaining. that most of. the lo- cal recorded: history. lacks women’s ° ‘ perspectives cand stories, . - ma being put on by. the museum ear-. ly: mext- month, is looking to change that by: telling the Stories of. catty” ~"Perrace women, iaving my eyes, looked at a The: eve , ‘doctor - probably w wants. nts to . _ respond, “DUH.” But he’s a trained ‘|. professional, so he ejust nods ¢ politely 1. “Hansen said, adding’ even: history - written by women can lack a female. “perspective: ey with an evicnuciaingly: bight light i is : nat {comfort * ByT REBECCA COLLARD - She croucties down nexttoa pair "Hamming is. dressed -as\ Eliza, one of. the aréa’s: first. ‘Thornhill was a- niember of the , ‘ She’ met “her » husband © Tom “The couple returned. tother north- Eliza Thornhill was.a tough and . She’ suffered. from" tuberculosis ; ‘Despite’ heri intriguing siary, and . -- “There's not a lot written: ‘about | Mama Lambly’ 52. historical. dra- | “TOUGH AND RESILIENT anine Hamming as Eliza Thornhill, one ..: of eight formidable women she’ iH] portray. REBECCA COLLARD. PHOTO |. and was located on the’ comer Lot and the site is now-a parking lot,” ‘The: darice-“hall . venue: will bé™: . decorated - to” recreale ‘the inside of: the Corner Snack Bar. and allow the- 7 Terrace’s history. - |. The -eight. women . Hariming oy Such as Vina Eby, wife: of : Eby: s° 7. Landing-.owner Edward Eby, “but, - |. “also: includes Tess recognized Ter, ‘race women.’ : 7 ~ *Some - peuple: ‘aren't ; about,” Hansen said: show i is. named Josephine MeDon- : ald. oe “She moved to: the- area. front: ‘the : “the mid- 1950s. . 7 They, settled i in thea area and Mrs. " MeDonald’ began’ leading: fishing, "trapping and hunting expeditions, ‘anmentioned in local history books, 3 In researctiing the play, the museum _ticle about McDonald and were in ‘tigued by her story::- : vr Mamma Lambly’s is. believed t to be ” “the: first locally-written play about - “the play also provides | a ‘First Na- tions. perspective: by using aborigi- -7) nal-women as. characters and, telling : “There are-a lol of strong women “vtheir stories, “ys * : 3 While. the, play. isn L complete who shaped the history of c Fou tc lown,”. “history” oF the, area, ‘Hansen hopes it ‘Will add insight into what it was like “Sto. bea woman in Terrace” e's. early it “She said toa. much, lesser degree. it areas ee - The old hal and:burly jacket en: - semble i is just one of eight costumes © Hamming, a local actress who works. am : ) as a Substitute teacher, ‘will be wear- “ing for tlic one-woman ‘show, The show’ is.-set in, the Corner . Snack Bar,-a-popular-< cafe that’ was, tun by Flossi¢ Lambly, . . he “eale: operated for 18: years , Heritage Park Museum. hired. Penny - Beams, a University. of Victoria stu--” dent, to'work-on the project: 2 “hited aco: op. student: with thee: -,atre background in hopés she: could: - write something,” Hansen‘said::: 7 “Much ‘OF the ‘information ‘in. ‘ihe = of newspapers and books. Continued « on Page B3 j Tow | Camera club in the works: ~ Lakelse Avenuc ‘and Alwood Street: _ wee -The Snack Bar closed in - 1959: foe ‘alergoers to step. back, decades into : = f portrays include- well- known. wives Jo: ° 7 sof prominent. early” male. residents, . owtten a “One of the seldotincheard abaul- - : a women ° Hamming” will play. inzthe - | United. States with her: husband in] S “Not very. many women guided, ane ‘Hansen’ said. McDonald's: almost - found an early. Omirieca Herald i ar Bog : pioneer life i in Terrace. This summer, _ “play. was ‘collected from old. copies a ~ “Thank you,” F gush..\7’ not. going blind, don’ ft - have diabetes. It's easily treatable, not a-big deal. : “p m: Rt) relieved. :My eyes are. really: important to. The aye. doctor ‘probably wants 10: respond; ” “Weil, | Buess. eyes are’ erealy important to, most peo “¥es, well... to me, my eyasa are a really, watym . * portant. “1s. there a. chance: that:the numbing. ‘drops Oh baby, can relate . The eyé guy starts to look slightly 1 uncomfortable. *: "[ want to reassure him that I'm-not a weirdo—just J" “very. relieved. Thankfully. before [blurt this out, I . realize that announcing I'm nota weirdo. will: fix.i in. - . . “Byes ‘are. important, "1 reiterate*again cheer- | : ‘And: cringe’ inwardly.’ ‘| leave before I.can’ . . [> startasking:hiin on a.scale of J-to: 10 how important aI “|. ‘most people rank their. eyes. -Livould rank mine as [> “more: important, then my: eps. ai I m sure: lie’ $ aladt Fast forward fora last time. Having a. lass lens oe |: pressed. up. against my left eye, having to:focus my.” ~ [right eye’on the’ ear of a’ person Wielding a laser’ _. [into my left eye, having a cacophotiy. of. purple: and “| yellow light;with rims'of green, assault. my relina- discernible:bui not. unbearable burning sen- ‘ALL is uncomfortable. Not overtly painful... - |. But surreal,“ Il. goes-against,all-that is"human. and. ~eye-like. to. let'soméone that close-to your peepers” “|: with a-cutting: tight: It is fascinating ‘though, in-an.. _["“Pm stuck in’ a science fiction movie about alien cL. experiments” kind of way. The procedure is fin: ‘| ished ‘so quickly:that I’m surprised. ‘Kind of anti-- | “| elimati¢ really, Imy-very appreciative, L thank the> --T doctors” [ tell :him’one more time, in case he’s for- » - |. ‘gotten, that my-eyes are teally Important, to me..He-* ] -again, kindly, neds his head: My eye is ; frozen, Tde-': “| fend myself-in my head, those drops. do. something te Jes Tdon’t take my eyes fore. granted, Never have. - a But Eye Physicians and Surgeon Ophthalmotogists’?: Be ow I? m _ After all, T may-not: have: mentioned before, but. a By JENNIFER LANG” have a fan club of their very own. >- gram called: Roots of Empathy. ~~ geross Canada 2° ‘ the class for a-visit:.- a B and changes, ” fittle surprised by-all thé attention. NOT MANY: babies are lucky. enough to: "Meet Isaac ‘Heenan, the seven- “month: Lol - “who was the star altraction ata Grade 3 class: : “room a. E,T, Kenhey Primary last week =.” i Baby: Isaae and- 17 or. 30 young Bludents ” are the first in Terrace | to. participate | in a pr - Originaliy: designed - to “heip. cul” “down. uo 2 Jon bullying behaviour, : ‘Roots of Empathy: programs have: takén hold i in classrooms all: ~: The. heart of. the: program. is a visit: by at ms ‘aeighbourhood: mother .and infant, in this “case Daphne: ‘Heenan ‘and ‘her, sor. Isaac, a . -, Small, -inquisitive tittle bundle of joy... 7 pe Onee every ‘month for the entire ‘Schioal = “2 year, the pair — along with.’ Roots of Empa-:- thy instructor Valerie Glaser.— Will op: by: “Over that time, . the. Students: will ‘act wate. Isaac grow: and s see how he develops ° Glaser, ‘Isaac,’ and. his: anion: niaile thet : a first -visil to E,T, Keriney on-Nov.17.- ‘The students sang a welcoming song, ‘and a 2 -then ‘they watched with. quiet fascination as “Isaac woke ‘up, sat on'his mother's lap or on. a large-green blanket, played with a toy, and’ 2 just generally gazed around the room, ‘asiifia: *“Is-he-a boy’ ora, “gitl?” one. student wo oe defed. “He's ‘sa aboy,"