Painter was inspired by
Terrace’s natural beauty

By JENNIFER LANG
WALLY HUMPHREY, one of Ter-
race’s best-known landscape pain-

ters, has died at the age of 77,

He passed away Aug. 31, leaving
a body of work that was inspired by
the natural beauty of the region that
became his adopted home.

A self-taught oil painter, Hum-
phrey was born in London, England,
He was a sign painter by trade, and
he loved to go fly fishing, He made
Terrace his home for more than 25
years.

“He was a fabulous guy,” close
friend Jean Merryweather said from
Prince Rupert.

By all accounts, he had a colour- '

ful personality.

“He was a character — with a ca-
pital K," Merryweather said.

Friend and colleague Randy Pen-
her met Humphrey in: his later years,

“He had the talent and a body of
work to be far more well known than
he was,” Penner said.

She described Humphrey’s style
as impressionistic. He favoured
northern landscapes as subjects, par-
ticularly the Skeena River, but he
also painted portraits and flowers ~
ali with targe brush strokes that cap-
tured a sense of light and movement,

He worked from sketches and
notes he made in the field, a method
he felt passionately about.

“He was very generous with his
knowledge of painting,” Penner
added, “He shared it with anybody
who was interested. I found him very

WALLY Humphrey seen in his studio in 1995 on the eve of a ret-
rospective featuring his works at the Terrace Art Gallery.

encouraging when I was trying to
learn.”

He suffered a stroke in the 1980s,
but was able to return to painting,
and in 1995, Humphrey’s works were
the subject of a retrospective exhibit
at the Terrace Art Gallery.

He’d sold a lot of paintings over
the years, so many of the featured
works had to be loaned to the gallery
for the exhibit.

Vi Timmerman, treasurer of the
Terrace Art Association, remembers

him as a strong character with strong

opinions, especially when it came to

his own work.

“He was so hard on himself,”
Timmerman said Friday. “If it wasn’t
perfect, he’d rip it up.”

Humphrey is predeceased by his
former wife, Joan. They had no
children. He’s survived by a brother
and sister-in-law in England.

In accordance with his wishes,
there was no memorial service and
his remains were cremated.

Film festival returns Monday

Movie fans can now see
films at an earlier screening

By JENNIFER LANG
THE BiG city film festival
that comes to small town
B.C. is back for another
fall season of independent
films from Canada and
around the world.

The Pacific Cinemathe-
que’s Travelling Picture
Show Tour arrives in Ter-
race Monday evening,
kicking off with a critical-
ly-acclaimed American
thriller, Memento.

Memento stars Guy
Pearce, an Australian au-
diences will best rermem-
ber for his role in L.A.

Confidential.

The movie, a taught,
psychological drama, is
about a former insurance
investigator who wakes up
suffering from amnesia.

His wife has been sava-
gely assaulted and mur-
dered, and he’s compelled
to seek revenge while his
mind struggles to piece to-
gether his murky past.

It's directed by Christ-
opher Nolan, who's also
directing the upcoming re-
lease, Insomnia.

Careful readers will re-
member Nolan’s name be-

Take Back the Night
Helping women

feel more safe

CONTRIBUTED
ON SEPT. 21,
across the country will
participate in Take Back
the Night marches and
reallies.

In legislative buildings,
through streets and in town
halls, they will carry pla-
cards expressing their indi-
vidual and collective com-
mitment to ending vio-
lence against women.

Take Back the Night is
part vigil, part protest, part
show of solidarity.

It provides a safe space
for women to gather and
speak; to hear each other's
voices and to validate ex-
periences and dream about
a non-violent world,

The marches are for
women only.

Men who are commit-
ted to ending violence can
participate in other ways.

They can provide finan-
cial contributions for vio-
lence prevention —.or pro-
vide child care and other
support to enable more
women to participate in
the event.

Men can work with the
Stopping Violence Against
Women Committee in
Terrace, or work on the
Dec. 6 white ribbon cam-
paign.

They can write letters
to the MPs and MLAs voi-
cing concerns about vio-
lence against women and
speak out in their everyday
lives against sexist jokes
and behaviour.

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women
“march as a

Men can also play a
role by respecting the

women to way that they
have the right to be safe at
night without the physical
presence of men.

Take Back the Night —
an opportunity for every-
one to work against vio-
lence.

- director An-

time for.

cause he and Hillary
Swank, Al Pacino and
Robin Williams - and a
huge crew — showed up
outside of Stewart in June
for a four-day movie shoot.

Next up is Canadian

picture show is sponsored

by the Terrace and District
Multicultural Association.
The association has
pulled off a coup this year.
It's managed to have all
of the films shown in the

drea Dorf-
man’s 2000
release,
Parsley Days.

The movie
looks at mod-

ern-day rela- ento.

It kicks off with a time
critic ally~-ac - which should
claimed American make
movie called Mem-

more popular
7:15 p.m.
slot,

the
series more
attractive to
a wider audi-
ence.

tionships . —
and_ breakups
— within a tight- -knit artis-
tic community in down-
town Halifax.

It’s on view Oct. 1.

The fall 2001 travelling

The film fes-.
tival runs on consecutive °
Monday nights at the Tilli-

cum Twin Theatres from -

Sept. 17 to Dec. 17. Tick-
ets at the door.

TERRACE
VOLUNTEER
BUREAU

Community Readers
& Writers Program

Would you like to learn to read & write?
Would you like to upgrades your
English & Math Skills?

If you are new to Canada, would you like
to learn to read & write English?

For more information, call Sue at 698-1330
Terrace Volunteer Bureau

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Speotes

Terrace Little Theatre Presents

F eat ing

fkevin McGrath & Cory Mack

Friday, Sept. 28 & Saturday, Sept. 29.
Skeena Room - Terrace Inn

Tickets $15 each at UNIGLOBE

COURTESY TRAVEL
47 18A Lozelle Ave. Terrace

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 12, 2001 - B3

Thank You

To all of those who voted in the
recent Terrace Municipal Election

Marylin Davies

er onmeniy a

wishes to invite all interested adults with
previous wind or percussion experience, to
join our active organization.

Our season runs from September to
Riverboat Days, and includes concerts,
community events, and occasional travel to
promote and encourage bands.

We have a lot of fun while performing high
quality concert music, and look forward to
meeting new band enthusiasts at our

| rehearsals on
Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
at the Caledonia Band Room!

For more information about the »
a) errace Community Band please contact _%
Wayne at 635-4294, |

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Dear Residents of Terrace

Asa Subway franchise owner, | am proud to announce that on Thursday September 20, 2001, over 240 -
Subway restaurants throughout BC will be hosting the 4" Annual Subway Day for CHILD. For every 6” and
footlong sandwich sold, Subway will donate SO¢ and $1.00 respectively to the charity. Since the Inaugural’
event in 1998, Subway Day for CHILD has ratsed over $130,000 for the charity. This year, we hore you”
can help us raise anolher $50,000, bringing us claser ta the $200,000 mark.

Since it was founded in 1995, the CHILD Foundation has been working to raise awareness of debilitating
inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's and Colitls. Most importantly, CHILD ~ an acronym
for CHildren with Intestinal and Liver Disorders - Is dedicated to ralsing money to Improve assistance and
facilities available to children who suffer from these diseases. In 2000, CHILD achleved its initial goal of
ralsing $3 million to endow a Chalr in Pediatric Gastroenterology at UBC - the first of its kind in Canada,

With the first researcher in place, CHILD can begin the first step to bullding a team of scientlsts committed
to Lackling the ills endured by chifdren who live with Intestinal and liver disorders, The CHILD Foundation
and Subway restauranls are asking for your assistance on September 20” so that we can ralse the next $3
millian needed to hire a second researcher.

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Subway locations, We hope thal you will be able to come out far lunch or dinner an September 20" to help
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_ Subway Franchisee
(CHILDREN WITH INTERTINAD AND LIVE DISORTINSY

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