Horseshoe was once farmland THIS 1S WHAT the horseshce area used to 0 look like, back in the early 190s. The site of present day Caledonia Is marked with an ‘X' on the right hand side, The bench is in the background. Accomplished student . MARK TESSARO has been _named the winner of the - Science Council of BC's - Headed For Success award for excellence in science ~and technology studies, The “award comes with a 15 kilobyte electronic organizer to-help him stay organized ‘during his post-secondary career, “The award is presented to the top senior science stu- dent’ in every BC high School. “This year’s sludents are top achievers,” says Craig Young of the BC Science ~Teacher’s Association, “and I’m sure they will go “on todo other spectacular things.” ‘» But Mark hasn’t quite fig- ‘ured out what his future - holds. “His mother Judy wouldn’t be surprised if Mark ended up as an actor or a musician, playing. guilar in a band. _“*That’s his passion,’ she “says. Mark recently bought a custom made guitar, with . Taoney he won as the top so- cial studies student in the province last year. ““He’s got a lot of dif- » ferent interests’? says his mother, This year Mark also won Mark Tessaro the Governor General’s Award and the Premier’s Excellence Award, which comes with $5,000. a Mark"is in aly’ “for tlie” suminer, and will be attend- ing the University of Vic- toria in the fall, taking a general sciences program. ‘He's re Ane iedicine,’’ thinking about says Judy. ‘‘But ed eally” ‘ove “io be dis- « covered as ai actor,’’ weed By LYNNE CHRISTIANSEN HAVE YOU ever wondered what the Horseshoe arca looked like, 80 years ago? Looking at the neat grids of houses, streets and small pockets of lawn, it’s hard to im- agine the Horseshoe was once a farming community. Two of those early farmers were Ross Thompson and Geoffrey Hamlin. They came to Terrace in 1913. They were farming partners on a 20 acre piece of land at the foot of the bench, now known as the horseshoe. They built a cabin there and started clearing land while they worked at George Litiles sawmill. After the farm got a start Ross married a Scandinavian girl he met while he was in San Francisco. Geoffrey Hamlin joined the army and went to war, When the war was over in 1919, he returned to Terrace with his English war bride. After the war the Thompsons and Hamlins started into full partnership. Alt first Ross stayed at home on the farm full time, while Geoff worked at the sawmill or at road work. Later they both stayed on the farm full time. Their long hours and hard work made a success of the farm. They raised vegetables, small fruit, besrics, fruit trecs, chickens and cows, Since the time the Hamlins and Thomsons started the farm the population of the horseshoe area has grown to ap- proximately five or six thousand people. There are only a handful of large gardens left in the area. Some of these gardeners bring their produce to the Skeena Valley Farm- ers Market. Right now strawberrics are in season at the market, You can contact me at the market for information on a place to pick strawberries, or if you have strawberries to be picked, you can leave that information with me as well. 635-TIPS > SAV AEE lal STOPPERS The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 24, 1996 - B3 LC’s Protfessional Typing offers a large selection of profes- sionally designed & formatted documents. Resumes Cover Letiars Reports Overflow Typing Besktop Publishing Rop Quality Laser Printing Call 635-7037 You don't need sunshine to get a great fon, Our facility feature clecn, private toning. It’s all designed fo make you look and fee! os if you've just hed a mini-vatation, of a frocicn of the cost. It'll bring sunshina into your life, no matter what's gcing on autside, We're under, new.” : a Tanning Salon 39924 Old Lakelse Lakd Rd. 635-3071 Soa Bee The Terrace Coop expresses great thanks to all the _departments durin fees, taf @ a PAN ispute for their employees in all g:the recent labour PERE Ss extraordinary dedi- cation & hard work and top-knotch customer service. AND To all our customers, thank you for your patience and understanding & patronage. In response to the many requests, we will be extending the FOOD FLOOR hours to the following: 9am - 7 pm - Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 9 am - 9 pm - Thursday & Friday 9am- 6 pm - Saturday & Sunday To all Sta t and Customers Thanks Again! 4617 Grieg Avenue - 635-6347