The way

—T see it...

by Stephanie Wiebe

February is such a slow
month, February was only. in-
vented to stretch out January —
until March, and Valentine’s
day just doesn’t make it as far
as great holidays go. But
Ground Hog day has real ~
potential for breaking up the
long final weeks of winter — if
we handle it right. -

Imagine the children’s eyes
as they tear open the tradi-
tional gift that the ground hog
has left them on Ground Hog’
eve. Imagine the family gather-
ing over the Ground Hog holi-
day meal (no, we won't roast
ground hogs). There’s an entire
new market for Ground Hog
gifts, Ground Hog table
decorations, maybe even a
Ground Hog television special.
Can’t you just hear the people
singing?

The New Traditional Ground
Hog’s Day Carol
(to the tune of ‘Tingle Bells”)

O joyous Ground Hog’s day,
That sacred time of year,
We'll gather ‘round to see

If spring is truly near.

We watch his Ground Hog face
When he comes out to peek |
And if he sees his shadow then

more winter for six weeks.
(chorus)
Oh Groundhog’s day,
Groundhog’s day
Springtime is our goal,
If he sees his shadow,
_ Shove him back into his hole.

This could boost the
economy. Hallmark would
come out with a full line of
Ground Hog day greeting -
cards. Canada Post would bring
out a special Ground Hog

- stamp to send those G.H. mes-

sages to friends and family
members, The Bradford Ex-
change could put out a com-
memorative plate (Elvis holding
a ground hog), and the Queen
could broadcast her annual
Ground Hog day message.

Silly, you say? No sillier than
a bunny hiding eggs. Or a fat
little angel shooting arrows at
people to make them fall in
love. Ground Hog day would
be a dignified holiday com-
pared to that. Well, maybe not
exactly dignified. Vl admit | -
get a bit loony and undignified
this time of year. The weather
and all that, you know,

But wait ‘til you hear my St.
Patrick’s day carol...

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The sidewalk snow remover himself nearly got buried at the end of last week as a lengthy
and persistent winter storm tapered off into steady snow. City streets. were clogged with it

and rural roads and highways became

motor vehicie accidents. -

treacherous, contributing to a lengthy string of

_ It’s much more than
— aplace to hang art

The Terrace Art Gallery is a
cultural center for art, per-
formances and poetry. readings.
It’s a meeting place for clubs,
organizations and debaters. .

‘ by Belly Barton

... Feb. 3. from. -7:30 to -10:30

~~ p.m.. will see the opening night
_ of ‘‘Let There be Light” in the

gallery. Cindy Materi from
' Quick, B.C. (near Smithers) is
‘holding her one-woman show of

- paintings filled with light, from .

Feb. 4 to 24 at the Terrace Art
Gallery.

Materi was born in Hazelton.
Her family stiil lives in Smithers.
She has lived in numerous north-
ern communities including
Stewart, Tumbler Ridge and Kit-

- wanga, as well as Pine-Point in
the Northwest Territories.

-Materi, her husband Ron and:

four-year-old son Kevin, have
resided in Quick since July 1988.
She started) painting with

acrylics in £983. Except for a
few painting workshops, she is

self-taught. Most of Materi’s.

paintings capture the color and
light of northern landscapes.
She has done a series of paint-
ings of parka-clad figures in
northern settings, seven of
which -have been printed as
greeting cards by the Great
Northern Card Co. in Inuvik.
she also paints studies of
flowers, mushrooms, _ berries
and leaves.

In 1988 and 1989, Materi had
paintings chosen to go to the
B.C, Festival of the Arts.

-.Music .
Every Saturday from 12 to 3
and Sunday from ! to 4 in Feb-
ruary, students from the North-
west Academy of : Performing
Arts will be demonstrating their
musical talents.

Pull the Plug

Feb. 5 to Lf marks Pull the
Plug week in Terrace. During

this week, sponsored by the Ter-
race Public Library, . School
District 88 and Northwest
Community -College, residents
of Terrace and area are re-
quested to pull the plug on their
television sets, just for that
week. The aim is to get people to

‘try out: other activitiés; talk to

family and friends, and general-

ly find alternatives to sitting in ~

front of the television all the
time. In conjunction with this
many activities are planned in

the Art Gallery. The Northwest —
Singers will be performing on

Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. ;
Feb. 8 at 7:30° p.m.
Writers’ Guild will hold poetry
readings, =
Feb. 9-at 7:30, a debate on
“television viewing — is it good
or bad”’.

Contact Diana English at

635-5905 evenings and weekends .

if your club or organization
wishes to book the Art CGiallery
for a function. —

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_ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW —
There. was a big turnout when the RCMP

THE STRESS OF CARING — A profile of
a local family in a long encounter with Alz-

OH, THE. WEATHER OUTSIDE ETC. —
Winters here can be startling, but they’re

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