B10 Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 24, 1990

Bits ‘n’ Pieces — ty Alle Toop”

- Terrace has its share of peo-
ple with hopes, dreams and
ambitions. Former Terrace resi-
' dent Skyé McGowan is one

- such person, who saw his hopes”

and dreams become reality last
November 6th, 1989,

‘Skye, son of Alan and Mary

_ McGowan, was born.and raised

here, went to school in Terrace

and graduated from Caledonia. -

in 1983. The next year was
spent at Northwest Community
College, and the five years
after that he made Victoria his
home and attended the Univer-
sity of Victoria.
_ Skye always knew what he
wanted to do when he finished
. school. His ambition was to
teach English to the Japanese
in Japan. When first starting
University and looking to make
some extra money, he was in-
‘troduced to a young Japanese
fellow who was going to a
private school and wanted to
be tutored in.the English
language. Through this young
man, Skye met the father, who
would fly over occasionally
from Japan to see how things
were going.

As Skye and Tom, the father
of the young man, became bet-
ter aquainted, they would
sometimes play a game of ten-
nis or golf and talk about
things. When Skye was asked
what he wanted todo after
graduation, he talked about his
hopes of going to Japan to
teach. One thing led to
another, and when Tom return-
ed to Japan, he (with the help
of a market analyst) did a
feasability study.

The analysis showed that the
key people to go after were the
well-to-do Japanese housewives,
aged 45-65, and in a city the
size of Tokyo there are many
of them. Skye and Tom
became partners in this en-
trepreneurial venture.

After Skye received his
university degree last year, he
left for Japan with his friend
and assistant Tracy Shaben. A
location for the school was
secured (it is a private school)
and brochures printed. The
school was even named after
him: (He had nothing to do
with that.)

According to Japanese belief
and tradition the school opened
for business on a “‘chosen’’ day
or “‘lucky day’’, which was on

‘ Monday, the sixth day of the
eleventh month, 1989. To teach
the Japanese English is an ar-
duous process and takes much
patience and concentration.

“The classes are limited to

. four people. Classes are taught
“in the afternoon and one at

’ night. Skye and Tracy spent the

Christmas holidays at a resort

?

. skiing. Skye.is enthusiastic .

about this venture and they are
enjoying themselves. very much.
To. both of you my very best’ —
wishes for continued success..

When you read a magazine,
do you‘ever wonder how it is

_ all put together? Inside the first —

few pages, they usually give a -
long list of people responsible
for making it Happen.

There are editors, managing
editors, associate editors, ar-
ticles editors, art directors, .~
presidents, vice presidents, ex-
ecutive assistants, publishers
and a marketing salesforce.
What this all leads to is a new
Vancouver magazine, which
made its debut in this very
competitive field in November
1989, .

The premier issue of - “Van .

couver Scene’, a quarterly, +

was distributed free of charge
to all hotels, motels, offices .

-and other businesses. The

magazine is to be used by peo-
ple visiting the city for business
or pleasure. It gives the
traveller an opportunity to find
out about dining, shopping,
arts and entertainment, anti-
ques, museums, accommoda-
tions, restaurants, clubs, pubs —

‘and churches.

The magazine was the idea
of Cliff Faber and his brother -
Greg, sons of Ben and Marion
Faber. Both young men were
born in Terrace and went to
school here. Cliff met and mar-
ried his wife Rolande in Ter-
race. His big dream always was
to live in the city, so they mov-
ed to Vancouver to seek their
fortune.

He started out working at
Footlocker and had various
other jobs until he came to
work for Unique Marketing
and later Plus Magazine. This
is where and when he got the
idea of publishing his own
magazine. .

In the mean tinie his younger
brother. Greg had married
Marylou in Terrace, and soon
after that they left for Van-
couver, Greg worked in con-
struction for a while, but after
listening to his brother talk
about his dreams and ideas for
a magazine, they joined forces.
First things first, and the Faber
Publishing Co. was established.

Soon they found themselves

selling their idea to the business
world and getting advertising

for their first issue. Cliff,
Roland, Greg and Marylou col-
laborated on the entire content
of the magazine. They sold
their own advertising, wrote all
the articles and stories and all: -
the other information needed,
to make the magazine what.
they wanted it to be. They also
did their own production work.
The only thing they did not do
was the printing.

The second issue for the Spr-
ing is about to be published. It

is at the printers right now and ©

already they are all hard at
work on the Summer issue,
which they hope will be four
times the size of their first
publication. .

They are an ambitious _
bunch, and we wish Faber. ~
Publishing much success.

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Former Terrace resident Skye Gordon realized his business dream late last year when he
opened a private school in Japan to teach English. A promotional pamphlet for the school

is reproduced above.

Continuing with the first let-
ters of first names, it is I, J
and K for this week.

Names that begin with the
letter I have the strong point of
Philosophical humor,
humanitarian instincts, artistic
and social service, and compas-
sion.

All names that begin with the
letter J have the strong point of

THE SIGN OF A
GOOD BUSINESS
NEIGHBOR ...

THE SIGN OF
A MERCHANT
WHO CARES
ABOUT PEOPLE...

_ This ‘emblem identifies

the civic-minded
businessmen who sponsor

“Welome Wigan.

In the community.

Vi —'635:5672
Erlinda — 635-6526

Brenda-Lee — 635-2605 }

creative leadership, self
development, balanced judge-
ment, mental analysis.

Strong points of all names
that begin with the letter K are

intuitional inspirations, feeling

special, subtle control, quick
decisions and dignity.

Did you know that this is

WORKERS.

hours per month.

welcome to apply.

Terrace and District
Victims Assistance Program

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

TVAP is presently accepting applications from
people interested in becoming VICTIMS SERVICE

Successful applicants will receive 30-40 hours of
training and must be R.C.M.P. Security Screened.

' VICTIMS SERVICE WORKERS will deal directly
with Victims of Crime
@ acting as a liaison person between the Courts,
Police, Social Agencies and the Victim.
® Candidates must be mature, responsible in-
dividuals who possess strong inter-personal skills.
@ be 19 years of age or older
@ be willing to make a committment to work 16

People of any and all ethnic backgrounds are

_ Interested persons should contact the TVAP Co- .
. ordinator, Karen Walker at 638-0333 or can pick
> up .an information package from the Terrace

Non Smoking Week? It goes’
from Jan. 22 - 28. You cannot
celebrate unless you butt out. It
is worth a try.

Until I-see you again, have a

great week and remember,

phone me at 635-2723 with Bits
‘n Pieces for this column.

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