[WHAT'S : : A i ‘ ; Hotsprings * aid Er AEE 8 NE RE Tg Ta lt, JANUARY 30, - MARCH 2, 1991 Threads | of Multiculturalism features ethnic * egstumes from around the world at “the Kitimat Centennial Museum beginning J anuary 30to, <> March 2. :, : FEBRUARY. 20, “4991 — Sail ‘aWay ona cruise to faraway ~ Places through Teresa Brinkac’s stalk and video, Free, ail welcome “Terrace .Pulbic: Library, 4610 ue ‘Park Ave. 633-8177 kak : kt - FEBRUARY 20, 1991 — ‘//Homebased business meeting. © 2. 12:00 ~ 1:30 at Gim's Restaurant. ‘New members welcome. Kwekkk : ‘FEBRUARY 22, 1991 — Film | Afternoon! In response (o- many >. ‘requests from- our members we “ FEBRUARY 28, 1991 — Find ‘Out. about the options of real ‘estale financing and mortgage at a free law class, sponsored by The. Public . Lega) Education ‘Society. It takes place at the Happy Gang Centre from 7 - 9 : Pa m. Register at 638-4750. ‘hikik FEBRUARY 28, 1991 ~- Terrace Anti-Poverty Group Society an- nual general meeting Thursday at , 7:30 p.m. at the Terrace Public "Library. For further information call Gerry King 635-4631 akkke ” PEBRUARY 22, 1991 — The Singles Club is re-forming, First meeting Friday at & p.m. at Oli’s Place. For more information call — Ant at 635-3858 or Emmanuel at 798-2520 . ot * thik FERRUARY 25, 1991 — Lakelse » Community Assoc. wilt hold its next general meeting on Monday al 1:30 B.m, at Mt. Layton - ek tek ; FEBRUARY 28, 1991 — Thurs, 7:00. ‘pam. Terrace Public Y Library.’ Stories for Sleepyheads. _ Séries of evening storytimes for 47 year olds. Registration starts ~ Feb. 13 _ tkten | tCH.1,°1991 =i°1991 World’ ay of Praye:, Friday 7:30 p.m., “hosted at Sacred Heart Church, - 4830 Straume Aveue. This is a multidenominational service ‘shard around. the world. Everyone is welcome, | keke : MARCH 1, 1991 — Challenging behaviours. -— Understanding behavious in context. Presented by David Hingsburger at the Hudson Bay Lodge, Huy 16, Smithers, from 9 am. - 4 p.m, Co-sponsered by New Horizon Consulting. Family subsidies available courtesy of the Family - Support Institute. For more info. contact Diane Ilerbren:'347-4310 tht MARCH 2, 1991 — Sexuality and People with Developmental Disabilities. Presented by David Hingsburger at the Terrace Training Enterprise Centre, 3250 Eby St,, from 9 a.m, to 4p.m.. Co-sponsored by Terrace & District Community Services - Society. Family subsidies available courtesy of the Family Support Institute, For more info. contact’ Luanne Jeffrey at 635-7863 . o (RRR March 1 - 30, 1991 — Northwest Regional Juried Art Show — will be held in Prince Rupert. Entry - Forms are available at Wallinda Craft Supplies, Deadline for en- tries Feb, 21, Further informa- tion call 635-9960," wewkek ’ MARCH 6 -: April 6 — New talent is discovered every year in Kitimat. 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It’s taken iwo years of hard work by a dedicated group of local residents, but the local _ chapter of Big Brothers, Big Sisters is now in full operation and on the brink of achieving its goal — matching the first Big and Litile, Lois Stoner, wiio began work as co-ordinator Jan. 21, said the first 15 application forms have been sent out to prospective Big Brothers and Sisters and she is now just’ waiting for their return. - Once back, she said the pro- cess of matching would begin. First steps would be to contact the three references each appli- cant is required to supply and © ask the RCMP to. carry out a records search to ensure the in- dividual had no criminal record. That completed, Stoner then meets with the applicant to ex- plain exactly what being a Big is all about and what the matching ‘ process entails, At that time she also: confirms they can give a minimum of three hours each week to their Little and is likely to’ be able to continue the association for at least a year. That last point was impor- tant, she said, because the disappointment of making a Big match new friend only to lose them soon after might turn the Little off the program completely, If, after that initial talk, they still wish to proceed and she feels they are suitable, a second interview is ‘arranged, possibly a - group session with other ap- plicants. They would receive a . booklet containing information useful to Bigs including. advice on suggested activities, how to talk to young people and “basically how to start a friend- ship’’, Stoner said, “They are not parents,. they are not babysitters. They're just friends” — Storier. At that time they would also | learn the rules of the organiza- tion which include no overnight stays in the Big’s home and no punishing. ‘‘They are not parents, they are not babysit- ters,”’ she explained, “They're ‘just friends."’ : The final step is another one- on-one interview, one which she described as ‘‘more in-depth,’’ in which she tries to find out as much as possible about the in- dividual. ti “All that accomplished, the time has come for the match. Based on what she has learned about the Big, Stoner will select one of the Littles from her list. A phone call to the potential Big ', gives them .a profile of the youngster without mentioning any . name, Given’ a positive ‘ Tesponse from the Big, the Little is then contacted and told about the potential match, Given both are happy with what they hear, the Big, Little and the youngster’s parent meet with her to run over the rules again and to set a schedule of meets and activities for the first month, Although that completes the match — the whole process will likely take four weeks — Stoner will . initially maintain close supervision, including a check with both parties after a month to ensure everything is going well. After that, there is ongo- ing supervision but at @ lesser level, - kkk * k The Terrace’s branch’s ex- perience with applications so far is out of step with the norm. Stoner explained the current lists show more Bigs than Littles whereas there are usually far YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN is the theme of this year’s Heritage Sunday celebration. Above, @ group of youngsters pose on the steps of the United Church in the early ‘30s. At right is Sunday school superintendent Mr. Finter and the Rev. Allen can be seen in the doorway. The children include Helen and Thelma Olsen, Freda Hall, Alice Finter, Lorraine Kennedy, John, Phyllis and Grace Little, Rodger and Jim Walsh, Everett Loen, Noreen Oliver, Bernice Munger, Dally Haugland, Dot Cole and Hector Cote. PHOTO COURTESY TERRACE REGIONAL MUSEUM SOCIETY. Terrace Standard, ms February 20, 1991 — Page | Bi ‘OMMUNITY NE BiG JOB, Lois Stoner last month started work as coordinator for the local Big Brothers Big Sisters chapter. With the first application forms having been sent out, she hopes to have the first Big- -Little match completed by mid-March. more of the latter. ‘From what I’ve been able to find out, there's usually a two to six month waiting list for Littles,” she said. Also unusual is that potential Big Sisters outnumber Big Brothers at the mament. However, she expected. both would change Once the program It’s Heritage Week and once again the Terrace Regional) _Museum society and the city’s recreation department are stag- ing Heritage Day Sunday, a special event this weekend to mark the occasion. “This week gives us the op- Portunity to celebrate our numerous and varied heritage resources,”’’ said society presi- dent Mamie Kerby,- adding: the theme this year was Yesterday's Children at Work and at Play. Local schools, the Scouts and Guides: association, the public fibrary and family groups such as Norm Desjardins and his young friends will be putting on skits portraying yesterday's children. Kerby said the museum socie- ‘had been in place for a while, Any parent with a ‘potential Little or Big — they must’ be more than 19 years old — can obiain further information by phoning Stoner at 635-4232. Of- fices hours are Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m, and Thursday, 4-6 p.m Time to celebrate our heritage — ty had also reproduced a book _ entitled The Little Red Schoolhouse which will be on display. Coffe and doughnuts will also be available through the Scouts and Guides. Inviting everyone to come to the arena banquet room this Sunday between 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., she also encouraged people to. wear. their-Riverboat Days costumes or any other tlothing from bygone days, Kerby also said there would be special heritage window displays to take in around the community — musical in- struments at Ev's Menswear, toys at the Co-op, books at Mis- ty River Books and dolls at the public library. Beautification plan an echo of founder's dream In this, Heritage Week, it's interesting to note that the Beautification Society of today is. working on a project which is simifar to the planning work of the community’s founder, George Little. His plan — or dream — was to build a pretty little town with wide, tree-lined streets. He won the arguement over the width of main street (Lakelse Ave.) and as aresult it was built 80ft. wide rather than the usual 66ft. Shade trees were then imported from Ontario to line the thoroughfare. Little built his home on the street in 1915, where the Inn of the West now stands. You can see the house in the picture: at _ Fight.. The two-by-four. frames ~ ' along the edge of the street sur- round and protect the trees. (The house now stands on Hall - _ St) - And now, more than 70 years inter, the Beautification Society is putting together a project t to plant trees along the new boulevard on Lazelle from Eby to: Emerson and a ‘few on Lakelse as well. Having previously installed flower tubs on the 4600 block of . Lakelse, the society this year plans to place more around the - downtown area and some out at the airport. [t is hoped to have up to 25 tubs in front of City Hatt, from the fire hall to the ambulance station. - IF you would like to purchase a tub — your name and the date will be inscribed on a plaque mounted on it — or a tree, Phone Betty Campbell (635-5221) ‘or, George Clark (635-7698), Help the Beautifica- tion Society beautify Terrace, kkk Kk .. And it being Heritage Week, a little bit of history about the family of one of our pioneers, the late Mattie Frank. _~ Mattie’s father, Torstein Aar- Vik, brought’ his family over from Norway in the 1880s, settl- "ing first in Sioux City, Iowa ’ before moving to Chemainus in 1887. Six years later they were on the move again, to Port Ess- ington this time, and then settl- ed in Prince Rupert, Aarvik was a boat builder and one of the vessels he built took part in a two year scientific expedition at the turn of the century. That came about when Axel Hansen (Flossy Lambly's father) had Aarvik return to Chemainus in 1898 to build a 68ft. two-masted sailing ship which they named Tie Fawn. Captain Hansen and his vessel were then hired by an- thropologist Dr. R.J. Swanton who had been commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute to col- lect west coast native artifacts. . After being towed to Victoria where the finishing touches were applied, The Fawn was handed over to Dr, Swanton who set off with Hansen, a red- headed Swedish deckhand and a Haida interpreter named “LITTLE HOUSE on the Skeena. Above, community founder George Little’s house as it looked in 1915, It stood at what Is now the comer. of Lakelse and Emerson, The two-by-four frames bordering the streets protected the. newiy planted trees, : "PHOTO COURTESY OF EDITH KAWINSKY, _ “Here ‘n There” ~ by Yvonne Moen Joshwa Moody on the two year voyage to Wrangell, Alaska and back. . That time was spent visiting native settlements along the coast and collecting artifacts to be crated and Washington, D.C. (Later sold by Hansen, The Fawn sank off the west coast of Vancouver Island in 1905.) Back in Prince Rupert, Aar- vik eventually built his own shipyard at Seal Cove in 1916 — it later became McLeans Ship- builders. AT} the many vessels turned out by him had his name, T.M. Aarvik, burned in- .to the bows. When Mattie was 12 years old she attended a Metlakatla boar- ding schoo! run by the Rev. and Mrs. Hogan, One of her schoolmates was Constance Hankin, the first non-native child born in Hazelton. Her father Thomas Hankin had staked. and named the village, so-called because of the dense hazelnut bushes in the area, shipped to Constance later married a. ’ gentleman by name of Cox and went on to become one of the most colourful pioneer daughters of B.C. A familiar’ figure in Hazelton and. other tiny Skeena communities at the . turn. of the century, she was ‘commissioned by the provincial government to go to Kitwancool and select one of its totems to be erected on the lawns of the legislature in Victoria. ‘Over the years she built up a collection of native artifacts and historical relics which. she of- fered to Prince George for a museum. Many ended up in Ol- twas. ae would be interesting wo fina : some of the many historical items that were shipped all over the world and put them on display here in the north, As for Mattie, she married Henry Frank in 1900 and on May 2, 1908 the couple and their four children headed up the Skeena from Port Essington landing here at Eby’s Landing. Their son Jack was the first non-native child to be born in the Terrace area. kekkrk Special birthday greetings to Ella Frank, who marks her 90th on Feb. 25 — she now lives in White Rock; Margaret Carlson who is 73 today; and belated greetings to Morag Hodges who was 80 on Feb. 4 — I hear her family had a lovely dinner at son Lloyd and wife Maggie! $ home. kkk n Loving couples who came out to renew their marriage vows at the Feb. 12 anniversary mass at Sacred Heart Parish were: Her- man and Sherri Onstein (25 years); Mama and Papa Raposa (30); Tom and Jsobel Brophy (17);. Richard and Janine Rinaldi (46); Jim and Josephine Allen (37); Tom and Bernadette Hallock (13); Mike and Carol Wilson. (21); and Joseph and Annie Flegel (47). - The Flegels were married ‘in Grayson, Sask. on Jan 25, 1944, And Annie is very grateful ‘to the Kinsmen who have given her a wheelchair. Both she “prid Joseph say it has made things o much easier, ; ; = And happy sailing to tein: family!’ F \ | | eee eee