‘Members of the Friends of tha DC-3, Sean n'Keating | fram Burnaby (ett and Charlia Brown from
Langley, B.C. examine inside repairs Needed on the DC-3. The aircraft, known as “Our Lady”, will
be. transported from Terrace to the Cloverdale Museum, The historic. alrcraft -will be bidden
farewell during the ceremonies to be held at the Flying Club at the TerracedKitimat Aiport. on .

Saturday, June 27 fram 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

_ THEATRE GROUP LOOKS AHEAD

“TERRACE — ‘At the re-
cent Terrace Little Theatre
(TLT) Annual General
Meeting, .Tonee Sabine,
president, reported a busy
and successful year.

The building was ren-
ovated and once more

‘available for‘: functions

‘and productions after be-
ing closed for more than a

_ year. Assistance in fun-
ding the repairs was re-
ceived from the Terrace &
District Arts Council and

a B.C. Lotteries grant.
Three productions were
staged during the year:
“Young Dracula” by Tim
‘Kelly in the fall; a
Christmas version of
“Three Little Pigs’’; and a
Cabaret style evening call-
ed “Couch Potato” in
February. All were well re-
ceived by enthusiastic aud-
iences,

For the Skeena Zone
Festival, Ken Morton
directed Cherie Thiessen’s
“One Spring Morning’
which won the best award
for Best Set Design.

The grant application
for Summer School has
been approved for 1987,
Merry Hallsor, Sharon
Bergen and Tonee Sabine

‘are organizing the pro-
gram.

The following ‘slate of
_ officers were elected for
the 1987/88 season:
President —- Tonee Sa-
bine; Vice-President and

Membership Chairperson.

- —- Yvonne Michaud; Sec-
retary — Susan Yeomans;

' Treasurer — Sharon Ber-

‘gen; Directors — Ken
Morton, - Jo ‘Falconer,

Lorna Morton, Juanita .

Friry and Pam. Kerr
(Youth Liaison). —
This has been a busy

and involved year for the.
. TLT. It has been a plea-

sure to have new people in

the club lending’ support.
to this form of madness! .

We hope to continue to
grow in the coming year. :

TERRACE -— Don’t miss
the ceremonies to bid Our
Lady farewell, this Satur-
day, June 27, beginning a at
3:30 p.m...

by Daniele Berquist

Plans have been made
to restore the DC-3-CF-
PWH, which has sat as. a
derelict at the Terrace Air-

| -port since 1972.

‘Members of Friends of
the DC-3 across British
Columbia have worked
hard to have the old plane
transported tothe’ B.C.
Historic Transportation
Museum, in Cloverdale,
where she will be restored.

Our lady’s rebirth is

‘estimated to cost in the

area of $50,000, said

member of Friends of, the .

DC-3; Sean Keating. °
_ A sum of $18,000 ‘to

date has been provided by .
corporate and personal

donations, he added.

On Saturday,- members
of Friends of the DC-3
will be. separating. the

. fuselage of the craft from

the center wing section,

and transporting the two

separate Sections, with the
outer wing portions and

tail fin, by truck and

trailer to Kitimat for barg-
ing to: their destination,

. courtesy. of.- -Rivtow
Straights Ltd. and staff.

* Miss Tertace, ©
Tupper,
christen. Our Lady with

her new name.

Master of Corsinnatss
.Mike. Ried,. CJFW-FM

morning announcer, will

“Laura”:
will be on hand to -

to be announced —

be. announcing the winner |
of Name That Plane. The

lucky person will be pre-
‘sented with a weekend trip

for two to Vancouver,

courtesy . of. ‘Canadian

Airlines International and
Sandman Hotels. ..

A mini-parade featuring

pipers, antique cars, and -

special guests of Friends
of the DC-3 Harry Jensen
from. Vancouver and Bob
Surman from . Burnaby
will take place.
‘Lieutenant. Charlie

Meek ‘and the 747 squad:

ron Air Cadets Precision

Drill. Team will also. pre-.
sent a ‘demonstration | of |
first aid,

~ The ‘Northwest - Flying
Association will present a
‘fly-past’, and some recre-

ational. competitive ac-

tivities such as Flour-Bag_

Bombing,

A crash fire rescue ser- ;

vices . demonstration will
be one of many highlights
of the afternoon.
Dinner-dance tickets
will also--be on. sale
throughout the afternoon.
This event will begin at 7

‘p.m, at the Flying Club .
‘and: will be catered by
Joyce Martel. Tickets ‘are

also on sale at Mutual Life
inthe Skeena Mall in Ter-

Tace. You may” ‘also. con-
tact” ‘Pam Biffle. at :
635 -9484,

Don't miss this exciting “

event Saturday, June 27,
from -3:30. p.m. to 5:30

p.m., at the east end of the oy
-Terrace-Kitimat Airport, wn
"near the Flying Club.

Local established

business gets
a new look

TERRACE — Well it was

time. for a face-lift, to
bring our building to to-
day’s look, said Luigi

Sperandio,. owner-oper: -

ator of Kalum Electric,
by. Daniele Berquist

‘survived well, with its cen-

tral. location in. downtown

Terrace.

Sperandio said busines-
ses were hard to get off the
ground back in 1964. It’s
much easier today, you

: ich was
Matcoim Hlleote ownerloperator of Terrace McDonald 8, racently presented Rilck Hansen with a cheque for $4,161.93, wh '
_ raised at the Terrace and Prince Rupert restaurant tocations. The cheque presentation took place at the Chilllwack scimeir gas
. Hansen was making his approach to Vancouver. Hilcove, on behalf of the Terrace and Prince Rupert restaurants, thank c

Hansen for his courage as weil as Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert residents for making donations. -

have .banks ‘and’ various
people who are willing to
‘invest their money,

‘Sperandio recalls when

‘a dollar was worth a dollar

and people’ worked hard
, for, their: ‘money. Today .
_ cverything is easier, he ad-
‘The family business has

~ When ‘Kalum Electric
was first started, Speran-
dio’s wife Maria worked
aS a seamstress, in bet-
ween helping her husband
with his new ‘business. It

wasn’t uncommon to hear =
people walk into. their _
_ Qlectrical store, wanting

pant alerations, the couple

recalled. ‘‘People. joked

around . about that for

many years’’, said Speran-
io.

The name Kalum Elec- -—

tric was chosen in the fol-
lowing manner, said Sper-
andio.
Kalum Lake, that’s it,
Kalum Electric,’’.

Though the outside de-

picts the era of the 80's
with the brick look, Sper-
andio. prides himself with
the interior of the facility.
This building ‘was erected

- around 1925-26. ‘The in-

side still has the original
construction, said Speran-

dio. “You can even see.
our building on old -
~ ‘timers’ photographs, after -
- all, it’s over 50 years old.” -

The minimal. cost for-a

facelift is estimated to be

in the area of $35,000.
Sperandio said already

people off the streets have ©

complimented him. on his
renovations. ‘“‘I was sur-
prised to see how much
people. care,’’ added
Sperandio, _

Presently at. Kalum -

Electric, ‘Sperandio oper-

ates with a staff of fourin-:

cluding himself.
Kalum Electric’ wel-
comes Northwest residents

to stop in and see their ©
- fine line of products,

“‘Kalum: Street,