_ came in second with six winners, Displays, challen mark scie _ TERRACE — The 24th Annual Science Fair began May 6 with a smash hit. — the Egg Drop. Out of 156 hopeful’ entries, only 28 survived the drop:to the pave- ment as. Terrace firefighters put each to the test. The. big winners here: .were students from Parkside Elemen- tary. Seventeen of the winning entries were theirs. E:T. Kenney. while Thornhill Primary, Veritas and’ Centennial. Christian Schools had one each. ; The Egg Drop was followed by the Paper Bridge Building contest. First prize for this engineering feat went to Fraser Dewalle and. “Ryan Orr of: Centennial Christian at the elementary level and Ryan Chen-Wing at the secondary level. Be, Contestants in this.event’ were ‘required to: build a one-meter bridge with only two sheets of paper and 12 staples. Dewalle and Orr achieved their win with a masterpiece that supported May 17, 1989 8 a four kilograms.. - The Paper Airplane’ contest was next and the big winners © _-here were students from Veritas, They. walked away with six of ‘the 12 awards, The Straw Tower | contest was the finalevent of the - ‘day and several local youngsters | reached unimagined heights. In the display and ‘experiment divisions Centennial Christian School was the hands-down win- ner. They won 15 of the the 25. awards handed out. That’s. 60 percent and a challenge to be -met next year when the Science Fair celebrates it’s 25th anniver- 7 sary. Centennial Christian was followed by Parkside: Elemen- tary, Veritas and Caledonia who took five awards each, and Uplands, Kiti K’Shan, Thornhill Primary and Thornhill Elemen- _ tary, who took one award each. - There were no entries in these divisions from: Grades 8 to 10 and no winners from Clarence Michiel and Cassie Hall — a suc- _ cessful fair but there’s room for improvement, An unhappy-looking youngster checks out his entry after It failed to meet the test of the “Egg Drop Contest” at the Ter- race school science fair. Most entries didn’t survive, but If the darnage wasn’t obvious, each had to be opened to ' sheck the contents — usually an oozing mass of raw » scrambled eggs. Curiosity teams up ~ with education -- “4¥ou can’t answer that now. But as you study, you will learn.” .* These are probably the favor- aoa “4h ‘minds to be inquisitive about é woe a ‘ite words of Professer Irwin -Talesnick as he challenges young “nature and seek the answers to ‘their questions. Talesnick ap- red in ‘Terrace at the invita- tion of the Terrace Science Fair ‘comimittee and performed for hundreds of students, held an operi session for the public, and was the facilitator at a workshop which attraced 27 area science Liquids that alternate from red to green, apparently at will; an electric clock that runs on i aan od cls “s apple juice; exploding. hydro- _geti-filled balloons — these are ‘alla part of the act. But it's not a spectacle to dazzle kids, Bvery . demonstration illustrates. @ scientific principle that causes young students to go back to school and ask for the answers. Through his talent as an educa- tor, he makes them think, and he makes them learn. Professor Talesnick is a mem- ber of the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University and an educator. of international re- nown who offers demonstra- tions of scientific. principles - throughout Canada and the U.S. He also edits “The Idea Bank”, a column that has ap-' - peared in two scientific journals since the early 1970’s. Caledonia high school science teacher Al Wootton says that many local people helped to ~ _make Talesnick’s visit a reality, .and on behalf of the Science Fair Committee, he thanks them all, a & a er . nce fair | Exploding hydrogen balloons are a part of his act that encourages young minds to study and tearn. Professor Irwin Talesnick made several appearances in Terrace, but with each. freee or ne demonstration, he offered no answers — “As you study you will learn,” he would say. ate CITY OF TERRACE 7 igigg NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH | A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 656 of the Municipal Act that Council of the City of Terrace intends to proceed with the construction of certain works herinafter described as a Local Improvement under the Initiatives Plan." GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK Upgrading (as required) and application of a (9) Metre strip of asphalt pavement with in- tegral asphalt curbing. ; Total Taxable _ Commuted Cost per foot Cost ‘Frontage - Cost 20 yrs/10 yrs. . , . (per foot) en THOMAS STREET $42,168.71 1,925.03 ft. $31.82 $6.63 ($4.28. (Park to Lanfear) “Further notice is hereby given that a copy of this notice has been mailed to the owner(s) | of the parcels of land Hable to be specially charged for the cost of sald works, and unless within one (a) month of the date of the publication of this notice, a majority of the ev asenting at least one half of the value of the parcels which are liable to be » cneclally charged, petition the Council of the City of Terrace not to proceed with It, the work may be undertaken as a Local Improvement. | _ Petitions shall be-lodged with the Clerk-Administrator, and shal! be deemed to be presented to the Council when so lodged, of which every owner of a parcel of iand! able to be specially charged under this Programme Is liable to take notice and be governe accordingly. ., BR. Hallsor — - Glerk-Administrator ci GITY OF TERRACE | oe SE Fah AOA EI TT eT Ae wen tome Dee 8 aR LR Cr emma a