B12 Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 28, 1990

[Coming Events

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Branch 73, B.C. Old Age Pensioners Organization, hold a pancake
breakfast at the Happy Gang Centre the first Saturday of every month
from 8 to 11 a.m. Everyone welcome!

The Terrace French Preschool has openings for three and four-year:
olds. Previous knowledge of French is not required. Phone Paiti at
635-9685 for information.

Loonies for Luck — Help provide funds for out-of-town competitions
-. by donating a loonie at the following locations: Tim Horton's Donuts,

McDonald's, All Seasons Sporting Goods, Wilkinson Business
- Machines, Terrace Standard office and Terrace Review office. Spon-
sored by Terrace Special Olympics.

Bullding Healthier Bables has moved to our-new home at 2510 South
Eby St., beside the Terrace Child Development Centre. We would
greatly appreciate any donations of baby clothes, furniture or materni-
ty clothes that you may have. Pidase phone 635-7664 and we would be
pleased to pick any donation up. ae

The Montessori Preschool is taking registrations for January, 1991.
For more information or to register, please call Michele at 635-3087.

Thursday, Nov. 29 — Designed specifically for seniors, this series of
short one-hour workshops will be happening on the first and third
Thursday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the Happy Gang Centre, 3226
Kalum Street. Today’s topic is Safety in the Home with speaker Con-
stable Ken Harkness. Co-sponsored by Terrace Parks and Recreation
and B.C. Old Age Pensioners, Terrace Local and the Skeena Health
Unit. For further information, call Elaine or Shawn at 638-1174. -

Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 — Terrace Peaks Gymnastics Club is holding
winter registration for all recreational programs at the following times
and locations: Friday, Nov. 30 fram 5 to 9 p.m. at the Skeena Mall;
Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Clarence Michiel gym. For
further information, phone 638-1109 or 638-1198.

Saturday, Dec. 1 — REMINDER; Canadian Favourites Quiz Contest
Draw. Guess 10 favourite Canadian children’s books in quiz and be
eligible for a draw for gift certificates for books. Get quiz forms at the
Terrace Public Library and drop them in the contest box there by Dec.
t. Phone 638-8177 for further information.

Saturday, Dec. t — Special Christmas program! Story-in-a-box and

section of the Terrace Public Library. Visit the art show downstairs
and enjoy the program upstairs. Phone 638-8177 for further informa-
tion.

- Saturday, Dec. 1 — A Christmas craft sale will be held at the Terrace
Women’s Resource Centre at 4542 Park Ave. Local craftspeople and
artists will be selling their wares. Also, these crafts may be purchased
through their own home.

Saturday, Dec. 1 — The United Church Women will be holding their
Christmas Tea and Bazaar from 2 to 4 p.m. at Knox United Church,
4907 Lazelle Ave, Everyone welcome!

Saturday, Dec. 1 — Terrace Art Association 1990 Christmas Aris &
Craft Sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Terrace Public Art Gallery (Ter-
race Public Library basement). Admission free. ‘Great Yuletide gift
ideas from Northwest artists and artisans.”

Saturday, Dec. 1 — Timber cruising for the small forest owner. A one-
day workshop, sponsored by the North Coast Woodiot Assoc, and
NWCC, Forest Technology program. Workshop includes three hours
of cruise planning procedures and four hours of field practice in cruise
sampling techniques, volume estimation, tree identification and tree
quality estimation. Be prepared to provide own transportation to the
field site after a one-hour lunch break. Location: NWCC, room 208

formation.

Sunday, Dec. 2 — B.C. Winter Games badminton tryouts (adult) at
Thornhill Jr. Secondary. Must be B.C.B.A. member. B.C. Winter Games
tryouts Guniors) will be held in Smithers. Please call Fred Jackson at
847-5549 for information.

Dec. 3, 5 and 8 — The Terrace Women’s Resource Centre presents
Women’s Spiritual Dimensions. Three recent Studio D documentaries
charting women’s ongoing inquiries Into a world of diverse beliefs,
traditions and values. Dec. 3 at 7 p.m., Goddess Remembered; Dec. 5
at 7 p.m.,, The Burning Times; Dec. 8 at 12 noon, Adam's World. Free
admission, one hour presentations. For more Information call the Ter-
race Women's Resource Centre at 638-0228. See you there!

Tuesday, Dec. 4 — NOTICE TO GOLFERS: Annuai general meeting of
the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Ciub at 8 p.m. at the clubhouse.

Tuesday, Dec. 4 — You are cordially invited to attend the inaugural
school board meeting of School District No. 88 (Terrace) at 7:30 p.m. at
the school board office, 3211 Kenney Street, Terrace.

Tuesday, Dec. 4 — The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian
Legion, Br. 13, wil! be holding a pot luck dinner, combined with the
elections meeting. Supper is at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at
7:30 p.m. Don't forget to bring a gift for exchange, some food for the
food hamper and a gift for the needy. The Salvation Army will come at
8 p.m. to pick up our donations. If you are interested in our catering
menu, please contact Anne at 635-3955 and you could become a
member by contacting Goldie at 635-6038. See you at our election
meeting.

Wednesday, Dec. 5 — The Ksan House Society will be holding their
annual general meeting in the library meeting room. All members and
interested people are invited to attend. For further information, call
635-2373.

Wednesday, Dec. 5 — Meeting of the Terrace branch of Ganadian
Women In Timber will be held at the Skeena Health Unit gymnasium at
7:30 p.m. Phone Diana at 638-1602 for more information.

Saturday, Dec. 8 — Mrs. Santa is having lunch... come and join her!!
This is the time of year for laughter, making new frlands and joining
old friends, for sharing hopes and aspirations, but above all for having
. fun. If you are interested, join us at the Terrace Women’s Resource
Centre, 4542 Park Ave., between 12 noon and 2 p.m. Each person
should bring one present for the gift exchange (under: $5). Limited
seating, so please register ahead. For more information, please cail
Bev or Pat at 638-0228.

Saturday, Dec. 18 — Choices annual Christmas party at the Terrace
Arena banquet room. Doors open at 6 p.m., supper at 7 p.m. Live music
to follaw. Tickets are available at the Choices office, 2-4216 Eby
’ Street. Ticket deadline is Dec. 5. For further information, call Jo at

635-7863 Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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other delights; three shows: 11 a.m., 1:30 and 3 p.m. in the children’s -

from 9 a.m. to § p.m. Call Lars Reese-Hansen, 635-4939, for further in- .

A little Christmas extra for Terraceview Lodge residents is what ladies from the Skeena Valley
Rebekah Lodge #68 are providing by donating $175, the proceeds from a recent raffle. Evelyn
Baxter and Renee Cox presented the gift to Terraceview director of resident care Doris Mitchell
and Terrace Health Care Society CEO Michael Leisinger last week.

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Decembrists: events in history

compiled by Tom Taggart

‘“‘Mionroe Doctrine’ defines U.S. hegemony over Western Hemisphere (1832).
FULL MOON, 1990 ~

Australian bareknuckle boxers Jack Smith & James Kelly go 186 rounds (1855).
Cape Town: Dr. Barnard performs the first human heart transplant (1967).
Killer fog/smog envelopes London, 4,000 humans die in four days (1952).
Prophecy Fulfilled (Proverbs 31:7): U.S. repeals prohibition laws (1933).

Six American military planes disappear into ‘‘The Bermuda Triangle” (1945).

Munitions ship explosion kills 1963 people at Halifax, Nova Scotia (1917).

Irish Free State proclaimed (1921).

Washington, DC: Star Trek, the movie, sets pace for 1980's decade (1979). -
Montreal: Anti-feminist with assault weapon murders six college women (1989). —
Tora! Tora! Tora! Japanese military surprise attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1941) .
Cincinnati: 145 year overdue library books returned (1968), fine waived
Great earthquake (6.9 Richter) kills 30,000 humans in Armenia, USSR (1988).
Birth & Death, resp., of the poets, Horace (65 BC) and Lennon (1980).

BODHI DAY (Buddhist Holy Day).

Palestine: ‘‘Intifadah’’ uprising against Jewish occupation begins (1987).

Virgin Mary appears to Juan Diego at Guadalupe, Mexico (1531), demands shrine.
Christian troops (Brits) take Jerusalem for first time in 818 years (1917).

Death of the blues singer, Otis Redding (1967), R. I. P.

Birth of Emily Dickinson (1830) and Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (1918).

Gander, Newf: 255 U.S. ‘‘Screaming Eagles’’ die screaming in decrepit plane (1985).
Katzenjammer Kids, Hans and Fritz, appear in the strips (1897).
HANUKKAH, 1990 (Jewish Holy Week). .

Canada: Former socialist leader, Ed Broadbent, gets $100,000 yearly job (1989).
Russia: ‘‘Decembrist”’ uprising against Tsarist government aborts (1825).
Amundsen, Hanssen, Massel, Bjaaland and Wisting find South Pole (1911).
Death of Roger Maris (1985) and Andrei Sakharov (1989).

- USA: Monday Night Football: ‘‘Niners’’ blowout Chicago Bears 41-0 (1987).

Freedom Now! Thirteen wolves break out of Toronto Zoo/jail (1985).

Boston Tea Party incites revolutionary fervor in the ‘‘Colonies’’ (1773).
Napolean throws over Josephine for failing to produce male heir (1809).

Birth of the poet and anti-slaver, John Greenleaf Whittier (1807).
Aeroplane carrying Orville & Wilbur Wright flies for 12 seconds (1903).
Toronto: Santa Claus and six elves arrested for promoting war toys (1988).

Panama: 24,000 U.S. troops drop in for the holidays (1989),

Scotland: Terrorists bomb PanAm as payback for U.S. Navy action in Gulf (1988).
WINTER SOLSTICE/St. Thomas Day (EVENT OF THE MONTH))

‘“Squeaky”’ Fromm takes a short walk in the snow (1987).

Canadian Reginald Fesseden transmits first radio broadcast (1906).

CHRISTMAS DAY (Christian Holiday)
Romania: President Csesescu makes final payment on IMF loan (1989).

BOXING DAY, Canada, Finland, England et al.
Afro-American Jack Johnson KOs Canadian Tommy Burns for heavyweight title (1908),

Birth of Johann Kepler (1571), Louis Pasteur (1822) & Marlene Dietrich (1904),
USA: Police arrest Emma Snodgrass for wearing men’s trousers in public (1851).
First battle of Wounded Knee, S. Dakota, goes to the Indians (1890).

Russian Elite poison, shoot, stab, mutilate and drown Gregori Rasputin (1916).
British ship records 86 ft. high wave in North Atlantic at 59°N, 19°W (1972).
FULL MOON, 1990,