The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 29, 1994 - BI: SECTION B | INSIDE CITY JEFF NAGEL | , 638-7283 SCENE B2 A WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS What's Up! Monday, July 4 PINE MUSHROOM TASK FORCE holds an open house to discuss proposed pine mushroom harvesting regulations. It takes place fram 2:30 to 8 p.m. at the Terrace Inn. Tuesday, July § PROMISEKEEPERS men’s Christian outreach group meets at the Alliance Church from 8 to 10 pm, College video link on way Internet access among planned services By JEFF NAGEL VIDEO CONFERENCING and access to the Internet global com- puter network are coming soon to a college campus near you. Northwest Community College vice-president Patrick Rife says the college hopes to be testing video conferencing services here by October. And he said the system should be operational for the spring 1995 semester. The pilot project is being con- ducted here in conjunction with frequently as a normal TV set. Rife says the 384-kb service is very good quality, but noted the 112-kb service would be a bit jerkier. “You don’t want to use the 112 kila-bit service for mation,’’ he said. “But it’s great for docu- menis and it’s preat for talking residents of the northwest,” he said, Rife said the video conferenc- ing service will be available on a cost-recovery basis to business and the public. Even at the full cost of the ser- vice — $325 an hour for two sites — it’s still cheap compared to “What | see happening is storefront Internet ac- cess points springing up in the communities in Learning Agency and one from B.C, Systems Corp, — to offer access to the Internet global com- puter network. NWCC also hopes to offer In- lernet access io people here at a cosl-recovery basis. “What I see happening is storefront Internet access points springing up in the communities in the coming year or so,”’ Rife said, He said the college would be he University of Northern B.C. ” Monday, July 18 t the coming year or so. prepared to act as the local KERMODE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY hosts a ee BAe comers gateway to the Internet and to al- summer youth day camp at the Terrace Odd Fel- § being Ser up by BA. oys~ ; ; low the Terrace Public Library lows Hall at 4634 Walsh Ave. from 9:30 to 3:30 tems Corp. ona trial basis. heads.’” flying a large group of people to a p.m, Call Elaine at 635-4906 to register. SATURDAYS BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION clinics take place at Emerson Medical Clinic the last Saturday of each month. Five instruction by qualified nurses. Call Lita Flynn at 635-6263 or Emerson Clinic at 635-7234 for appointment. SUNDAYS TERRACE PENTECOSTAL Sunday School holds a special children’s program for everyone. ages 4 fo 11 starting at 9:30 am. every Sunday until Sept. 4. MONDAYS ARE YOU HAVING trouble seeing your grand-- children? A support group to promote grand- parent ties to families and access to grandchildren meets Monday nights at 7:30 p.m. at the United Church. Call Claudette at 635-1645 for info. VOICES IN THE VALLEY community choir holds rehearsals each Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church. Contact 638-1230. ORDER OF THE ROYAL PURPLE meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. al the Elks Hall. Call 635-5121 for more info. MILLS MEMORIAL Hospital Auxiliary meets the third Monday of each month in the board room at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome. ALZHEIMER AND DEMENTIA | support, group meets at 1 p.m. on the last Monday of the, months at the Terrace Mental Health Centre. Call. 638-3325 for more info. 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 (1 p.m.) and fourth (7 p.m.) Tuesdays 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, mects at the Women’s Resource Centre the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p-m. Call 638-3325 or 638-0296 for more. in- formation. . THE KERMODE! CHORISTERS invite boys and girls ages 8-12 to 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, THE SPCA meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the Terrace. Women’s Resource Centre at 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAYS: SINGLE PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP meets Wednesday afternoons at 1 p.m. at the Women’s Centre. For more info cal] 638-0228, “ TERRACE NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m. at the Women’s Resource Centre, Also Saturday nights at 7:30. “TERRACE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S AS- SOCIATION holds its monthly mecting the third Wednesday of every month. Meet for lunch at the Terrace Inn from noon to 1 p.m. Contact Joyce at 635-9660, The Terrace Standard offers the What’s Up community calendar asa 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 if is to appear. Submissions should be typed or printed neatly. Rife says the project will allow - people to establish live video connections between the college campus and almost anywhere else. Two. types of service will be available, said Rife, A 384 kilo-bit compressed video service would beam out im- ages at about one-third the rate a television does, A 112 kilo-bit service would transmit images about a tenth as Rife said the college will be able to use the service at almost no cost for a year. “We hope it will be picked up by the college community and they’ll find creative uses for it,’’ Rife said. The next thing to investigate is how to hook up all six college centres by video teleconferenc- in, port us, it’s a way of increas- ing access to the college for the conference, *“When you look at a thouseand dollars to travel to Vancouver, video conferencing looks very at- tractive,’’ Rife said. ~ He also noied video confer- ences between people spread out across the province can clso be set up on much shorter notice than a conventional gathering, Rife said the northern colleges are also contemplating two proposals —- ane from the Open and other community groups ac- cess. “We have a number of local ; compuler bulletin board opera- lors,”’ said Rife, ‘I see those kinds of individuals being inter- ested in setting up Internet access points.” “If that happens we would be quile supportive,” he added. Further out on the horizon is a provincial government plan to Cont'd Page B11 @ Sirung out CHASE THOMSON, of the Seventh Terrace Cubs, clowns verged on Prince Rupert for the annual camp-out. They ex- around with a piece of string during the recent Camp plored the seashore, went beachcoming, and participated In Kikatee. Cubs and scouts from acrass the northwest con- numerous other activities. PHOTO — ERIC HARKONEN Boy saved by trio ERIC DUNCAN is one grateful 11-year-old boy. He tried swimming through a pool in Kleanza Creek’s canyon area last Wednesday and found himself in deep trouble. He had explored the area be- fore, but this time the high, fast waters swept him downstream. Eric found himself clinging to a rock in the canyon, hoping help would arrive, That’s when Woody Miller, Robert Doney and Terry Glover came to the rescue, Miller plunged into the waters and helped the boy get to a safer rock, The trio got a rope and used it to pull Eric closer to another rock. He managed to hold on there until RCMP officers and Terrace Search and Rescuc’s water rescue team arrived, Once pulled from the water, the boy was taken by ambulance to Mills Memorial Hospital and was treated for hypothermia and shock. But he says he'll never forget the three who saved him. “I'd like to see them get. an award,’ Hric said last week, But in case that doesn’t happen, he has written a letter” thanking his rescuers. THANKS, GUYS: Eric Duncan -holds his letter thanking three Terrace men who rescued him from Kleanza Creek last week, Here’s what he says: “T would like to thank: three "guys for saving my life: © I didn’t have a chance to thank them. . : I would really think that’ I wouldn't be here right now if it . hadn’t been for them. Robert Doney, Woody Miller and Terry Glover, thank you. I was swept away at Kleanza Creek by water, but they saved my life, - 2 ‘Thanks for saving me. "Thank you, Erie Duncan.” - President of Azores coming NORTHWESTERNERS of Portugese descent have a high- profile visitor coming next week. The President of the Azores — Joao Bosco Soares — will be flying into the airport with a host of other Portugese dig- ‘natarks at 5:40 p.m. on Mon- day, July 4, , The Kitimat Luso-Canadian Association will be hosting the presidenilal visit. It’s the first time the Azores president has travelled to west- ern Canada, says association spokesman Francisco Tavares. The Azores are a group of is- lands that are ai semi- autonomous region of Portugal, The visit has particular impor- tance for Kitimat because near- ly 2,800 people there are of Portugese ancestry. Most of the Portugese im- migrants came from the Azores to work for Alcan during the 1950s. The presidential delegation will tour -Kitlmat, Alcan’s aluminum smelter, and the Eurocin paper mill. President Soares leaves the ~ northwest on Tuesday evening.