INSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 TRINITY NICOLE An- drews is never going to have to worry about how to fill in her birth date. That's because it’s 01-01-01. Trinity is Terrace’s first baby of the new year. She was born at 12:07 p-m. Jan. 1, 2001, easily earning her the coveted title of the New Year’s Baby. Her parenis, Terrace's Dan and Delilah Andrews, say Trinity arrived nine days earlier OMMUNITY-: Terrace’s New Year's Baby: by her new big brother Quintin, 6, who proudly hugged his tiny little sister as some family members gathered at Mills Memor- ial Hospital. Detilah says Trinity’s New Year’s Day arrival was a big surptise to the whole family. So was the fact that she’s a baby girl. Everyone thought she was going. to be a boy. than anyone thought. “] wasn’t expecting ta have the new” year’s ‘We all thought she was a boy,’ Delilah Says. ‘Nicole was the only one who thought She was a girl.’ Everyone, that is, but Dan’s cousin, Nicole. So when it came time to pick Trinity’s middle name, it was quickly decided to baby,” said Delilah, addin, her due date was actually Jan.10. But when Delilah’s water broke Dec. 30, doc- tors decided to induce her labour Jan. 1 when she still hadnt gone into contrac- tions. Trinity was delivered just one hour and seven minutes later, weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces, measur- ing 50 cms in length. By Jan. 3 she was al- ready being fawned over honour the young woman who had ‘known she was a girl all along. “We all thought she was a boy,” Delilah says. “Nicole was the only one who thought she was a pisl.” Trinity's first name comes from a character in one of Delilah’s favourite movies, the Matrix. Terrace’s doctors gave the new baby a brand-new car seat as a gift. NEWBORN Trinity Nicole Andrews (centre) is seen here, from left, with her older step-brothers Daniel, 10, and Damien, 12, father It’s a girl! SECTION B Dan, mother Delilah, grandmother Delphine and brother Quintin, 6, She's Delphine’s sixth grandchild and is the fourth generation. Health challenge offered to First Nations By JENNIFER LANG THE KERMODE Friendship Society is [5 launching a challenge that could tempt even the most hopelessly addic- ted smokers to think about quitting — ‘or at-least cutting.dowa, 22/2". From support, ‘information, and ni- _cotine replacement aids to outright bribéry,the Honour Your Health Chal- lenge wilt offer First Nations tobacco smokers and chewers a pouch-full of | incentives to help them kick the habit. It's notoriously difficult to stop smoking. That’s why participants won’t be encouraged to quit cold turkey. “It’s an addiction, and it’s harder to quit.than alcohol,” points out Lisa Lawley, health coordinator for the Kermode Fricndship Socicty. People smoke for a lot of reasons, says Lawley, a 31-year-old who started smoking as a teen in her hometown of Cassiar, B.C. - She can explain why she smokes in ‘two words and it has nothing to do with the nicotine hit: “It’s freedom,” she, says. “+! Other smokers cite reasons like, “1 _ smoke to survive” or “I smoke instead _ of grieving”, she says. Estimates suggest anywhere from - 45.to.75 percent of Canada’s aborigi- ~nal population smokes, a fact she de- ’ scribes as alarming. “=. “We also start sooner,” she adds. ~. That’s why the challenge, spon- “sored by the Kermode Friendship Soc- . dety in conjunction with B.C.’s Health Ministry’s Aboriginal Tobacco Strat- "egy, is a different kind of stop smoking program. “We realize that a lot of people, especially native people, need a dif- ferent way of trying to quit instead of just, ‘Here you go.”” Smokers and tobacco chewers who sign up for the challenge. will spend the first two to three weeks cewising a plan before they actually quit. They’! also gain insight into the Tea a PLEDGE WORTHY: Son and father team Chris (left) and Jake Barnard take part in the bone-chilling BREAKING FREE: smokers and co-workers Lisa Lawley, left, and Shannon Rickert say they plan to quit. traditional uses of tobacco, the cultur- al context of tobacco misuse among native people, as well as the complex processes of addiction, withdrawal, and relapses. Despite what many smokers trying to quit may think they experience, a “nic fit” — the irresistible urge to light up or chomp a wad — only fasts 30 seconds, experts say. Lawley says challengers will be taught breathing exercises and stress management to assist them through the stressful seconds, minutes, hours and days after their quit date. A buddy system will be established as well, providing each participant with another nicotine addict to lean on for support. Smoking cessalion aids like nica- smokers tine gum, the patch and the pill — Zyban — will also be available. And if that's not enough to con- ‘vince people to join the challenge, there’s also a tantalizing bribe: parti- cipants will be eligible for a draw for a substantial prize. They won’t be alone in their quest, either. Lawley and her co-worker Shannon Rickert plan to quit along with participants when the challenge begins. ‘We realize that a lot of people, especially native people, need a different way of trying to quit.’ Lawley says some challengers may simply decide to reduce their tobacco use or turn their hame inte a smoke- free environment rather than quit right away — admirable steps in the right direction. For more information, call 635- 4906. The first mecting will be held Jan. 18 from 3 ta 4:30 p.m. at the Ket- mode Friendship Centre. The group will then mect Tuesday evenings for eight ta 10 weeks. The challenge wraps up with a ce- lebration dinner recognizing the people who have quit, cut down, or made their home smoke free. The Terrace Standard plans to check in with the group to see how the challengers fare. We wish them luck! By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN Jumpers bring in 2001 with a frosty splash arotiuid the house with bare j : ! swim, LAKELSE LAKE was home ta a little New Year’s lunacy on the first day of 2001. The 10th annual Kins- man Kermode Bear Swim took place at 1 p.m. and was a rousing success. The annual event raises money for the Kinsman Founda- tion and for. community _ Service projects. Oleepeeka Roches braved the walter in .noth- ing but a bikini, but she said il was all for a good ' cause. This was her second year parlicipating in the icy swim, “Ie’s warmer than it looks,” she said after- wards. “When you first go in it’s a little shocking but it bets better. It’s also a good way to bring in the sew year,” she said. : Rudy West as “Bennie” not Barney Jake Bernard agrees, This year Jake took part dressed up as Baby New Year, complete with bon- het, diaper and giant bot- tle. -Jake and his son, Chris, raised-a total of $403 in pledges. This’ was Chris’ first year.taking part. “thought walking feet was cold, but this is worse,” he said, teeth chattering, With 40 jumpers parti- cipating in the frosty event the Kinsman club man- aged to raise roughly $5,500. Louis Bibaud, secretary of the jocal Kinsman chapter, said that part of the club’s mandate is to “assist people with disabi- lities to lead a more Inde- pendent life.” 7 Last year the club helped purchase a. specia- lised - lift bed for local woman, Alexis Ahrens, Alexis was paralysed from the chest down in a tragic car accident in Ve- nezuela last year. Approximately 200 spectators braved the rainy weather to watch the jum-~ pers bring in 2001 with a splash.