“INSIDE cry - SCENE 2 A WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS What's Up! December 3-5 PET PICTURES WITH SANTA hosted by the Terrace SPCA will take piace from’ 5-9 p.m. Fri- day, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, downstairs at the Terrace arena. For © appointment, phone 638-8868. CHRISTMAS ARTS AND CRAFTS SALE of the Terrace Art Association takes place at the Terrace Art Gallery from 7 to 9 p.m, Friday, Dec. 3 and 10 a.m. to4 p.m, Saturday, Dec. 4 THORNHILL JR. SECONDARY Buiain Tour’s bake sale and saffle 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. Fri- day at the Skeena Mall. CHRISTMAS CRAFT SALE noon to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Thom- hill Community Hall, Tables available at 635- 5597, Saturday, December 4 UNITED CHURCH WOMEN’s Christmas tea and bazaar takes place from 2 to 4 p.m. at Knox United Church. All welcome. Sunday, December 5 “COMMUNITY CAROL SING is being «Organized by the Terace Ministerial Association 42 al 6 p.m. at the Terrace Pentecostal Church at " 3511 Eby St. Monday, December 6 TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE will hold audi- tions for drama festival entry Orphans, a full length play. to run at the McColl Playhouse in March and go to ihe festival at the REM, Lee in May.’ Director Marianne .Weston requires three male actors and a backstage crew. Audition dates al Monday, Dec.6 and Tuesday, Dec, 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the McColl Playhouse. Call Marianne for more info at 635-7731 or 635-2942,” NORTHWEST DEVELOPMENT. Education’ “Association meets al 7:30 p.m. in the St, Mat- “thews Centre. : NATIONAL DAY OF. - REMEMBRANCE to commemorate the Montreal: massacre: dnd all '. forms of violence against women. 8 p.m. in the li- brary basement. TERRACE CHILD AND YOUTH. commitice meets Dec. 6 and Dec, 7 for a strategic planning ‘session at-the Skeena Health Unit auditorium from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ‘ SKEENA PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL meets Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m, in the school Library. Guest speaker: Const, Hall of the RCMP on drug. ° awareness program being offered to Skeena stu- dents. Call Wanda at 635-2895 for more info, Tuesday, December 7 TERRACEVIEW LODGE holds its annual Christmas Tea and Bazaar from 2 to 4:30 p.m. TERRACE BREASTFEEDING Support Group holds its monthly meeting at 8 p.m. in Mills Memorial education room. LEGION LADIES AUXILLIARY hold their December meeting at. 7:30 p.m, Potluck. supper Starts at 6:30 pl m. Thursday, December 9 SURFIN’ SANTA — a Christmas musical takes Place 7:30 p.m.-at'the R.E.M. Lec Theatre by the students of Clarence Michiel Elementary School. Admission: one item for Terrace Food Bank. Saturday, December 11 TERRACE REGIONAL MUSEUM SOCIETY holds its annual book and bake sale at the Skeena Mall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. *GOOD KING WENCESLAS” will be per- formed at 7 p.m, at the Terrace Alliance Church. * * Monday, December 13 CHRISTMAS CONCERT by Voices in the Val-— fey at Christ Lutheran Church at 8 p.m. . WEDNESDAYS. - . SKEENA VALLEY QUILTERS meet every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the sewing room ‘at Skeena Junior Secondary School, Beginners and more experienced quilters welcome. Call 635: . 2230 for more information. HUFF AND PUFF Asthma Group holds its monthly meeting: lhe third Wednesday of each - month at the Women’s Resource Centre on Park Ave, from 7 to 9 p.m. LADIES KERMODEI LIONS club meets at the Inn of the West. Call Carolynn at 638-0707 for times and more info, TERRACE NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS | “Steps to Recovery’’ meets at 7 p.m. every Wed- nesday at the Kermode Friendship | Centre. “ADULT. CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS mest - Wednesdays from 7 to..9 p.m. at the Women’s ~ Resoutee. Chhtre, Contact Karen at. 638-071 y The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 1, 1993 - B1 “INTO THE SCANNER: Tia Merritt tries out Mills Memorial Hos- pital’s new CT Scanner. It was one of the best ever show and tell... sessions as far as students in Ms, Ettinger's Cassie Hall Elementary Schoal class were concerned. REVIEW Play’s laughs are a blast from the past TAKE A 750s auclear family facing the. pleasant turmoil of marrying off the daughter. Put them on stage in 1953 and you've got guaranteed laughs. Put them on stage 40 years later, and they become # parody ; of themselves. The 1993 performance of Caro-, line Francke's Tae Father of the. Bride gives a funny look at a time when one didn’t question whether” a wedding should be in a church or not — Jet alone questlon whether to get married or not. And the Terrace Little Theatre cast play it stralght — letting the audience, take it on whatever level : they wish. ” “Buckley (Rob Onsicin) and:Kay: Geniifer Kenney). are going to”. get married. Buckley’s idea of a wedding is pretty simple. -One day when the spirit moves: “them, they'll just jump into the -car drive away {o- a quiet. little” ~ church somewhere and Bel: lhiemn- selves married. He soon retreats and agrees io. a _ wedding in their town church and ~~ Kay promises to lent the: humber . of guests fo 50,” : That lasts: about a rain. but: ‘: Buckley: doesn’t find out ~until’ + just. days before: the wedd! ing. {bat S . 350 people are coming, sedate and tranquilized in the role of the father, Mr. Stanley Banks, who worrles about what’s hap- pening to his liltle girl. But there were moments when his character Dashed through in a more agitated, frenzied state. Mr, Banks takes «perverse delight in the psychological tor- ment. of the Groom by explaining his impending doom, _ In one scene, he describes how a wedding is as‘a tribal gathering in which ‘the groom fs made to wear.'4 10-foot’ sign that says - He’s MINE, If he ever gets lost, return him-to ME.”’ The bride’s sign reads: '‘Look at me — I’m ~ beautiful. Don’t! feel sorry for him. I’m wortlt it!” : The ending - was ‘somewhat . abrupt, but the play. otherwise of- ~ fered: flawless; credible. per- formances by all cast and crew. “TLT. rookles . Kenney (the. bride), Dlana. English (Delilah), “Dave: Bartley (Joe) and Virginia “Jackson “(Tim’s: girl) turned in - ~ strong first performances. : :. Sharon’ Lynch was outstanding . _ “as the manipulative. Mrs. Banks.” - "Also memorable .were ‘Onstein (as the: groom), John McGowan (as. the ~~ pudding-head - - son. Tommy). and Dina von Hahn: (as - the: efficient, Hitler-esque’ secre- i Miss Bellamy). y a So Jeg Mine IT CAN SLICE your brain into an infinite number of layers and then turn them into a- three- dimensional image. tem. me And. the hundreds of people of . in the community. who : helped make it happen finally. got 2 a look» at their work last weekend, The ribbon-snipping for the CT. scanner at Mills Memorial Hospi- tal was the final celebralion of a triumph of modern fund-raising: The community - of ‘Terrace raised: all of the $621, 000 to buy. > ing patients earlier this month. the Scanner. The “man. whose name headed the fundraising, , drive’ — “Dr. REM. Lec: — came back from . - ..t0 Vancouver — had received CT scans here from the newly in- Victoria to witness the event. “This © is.° -litfle. audience. ‘‘I’ve been away for “seven years. Since .T’ve come ack I'm iolally impressed with the improvements to the hospi- Celebrating CT’s arrival + TH-weighs more “lliaii"a ton and ~ has a high-tech laser guiding sys. short: of - miraculous,’ “Dr. Lee told the | s SECTION B JEFF NAGEL 638-7283 tal.’”’ Last weekend’s open house oe: show. off the scanner also at-’ tracted school students, Who | mar- velled at the high-tech: equiprient* Patients are elevaicd.and slid “forward by the scanner, which. can lift up to 600 pounds, The scanner makes.a complete revolution: every one and a half seconds, : Also on hand were David Lane, past chairman of the Terrace Regional Health ‘Care Society, and.’ present “chalrman Bil McRae. The CT scan room started lak- By ‘the time.of last weekend's open house, eighty one people — who normally would have lo fly stalled General Electric Sytec: 6000 scanner. - Elks Club members. provided coffee and doughnuts in the foyer. -tlon. to Hearty performance Tt ANYA JOHNSON skips a blur in the Jump Rope For Heart ‘avent at Copper Mountain Elementary School. Students there were raising money for the B.C. Heart and Stroke Founda- PHOTO — DAN RODGERS