Yellowknife exchange. Students
back home after Terrace tour .

by Betty Barton

The Yellowknife high school
Students and their three teacher-
sponsors Steve Lacey, Kevin Cor-
bett and Archie Johnston who
visited Terrace recently returned to
the Northwest Territories May 9.
In the eight days they were here,
the exchange group was involved
in a number of activities including

a tour of Skeena Cellulose. com-
puterized sawmill and a logging
show; a visit to Heritage Park,
Thornhill Nursery, Prince Rupert
and Alcan in Kitimat; and a dem-
onstration of totem poles being
carved in Canyon City.
Yellowknife teacher Archie John-
ston said during an interview, "The

hospitality has been fantastic!" The. .

highlight of his visit was a fishing

Beautification Society
chooses cleanest schools

Terrace Beautification Society
member Debbie Simons present-
ed an appreciation certificate
May 10 to representatives of Up-
lands Elementary the winning
school in the ‘‘Cleanest School
contest’’.

The schools in the Terrace-
Thornhill area were subjected to
a rigorous scrutiny by a pair of
judges at unscheduled intervals
during Beautification Week to
determine which were being kept
the tidiest and most litter-free.

The judges were impressed
with the state of the grounds and
had difficulty making a choice
but finally decided to make the
following awards:

First place: Uplands Elemen-
tary School.

Second place; Copper Moun-
tain Elementary School.

Third place: Veritas Elemen-

tary School.

Honorable Mention: North-
-west Community College.

“The college is to be com-
mended for the state of its
grounds,’’ said the judges, ‘‘We
went into every nook and cranny
— the playing fields, the dug-
outs, around the dormitories,
the cul-de-sacs, the shops, the
parking lots — it was very im-
pressive.

**We felt it was in a category

by itself, because of the different -

age group and other factors and
decided to give it special men-
tion.”’

‘Everyone is a winner;
really,’’ said the judges,
“especially the community —
this example of citizenship from
our youngest members is an ex-
ample we should all follow.”

Dance Revue 91

The 16th Annual Performance

by the Vicki Parviainen Dance Students

Saturday, May 25 at 8:00 p.m.
at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre

Proceeds to the R.E.M. Lee Theatre Alive Society.
Tickets available from Students,
Sight & Sound or 635-7455

Adults: $6.00
Children Under 12 &
Senior Citizens: $4.00

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trip with Jim Steele down the
Douglas Channel, where they
caught four salmon. "I'll be back
this summer for more of those," he

adds. Sheila Wong, Rob Sunder-

land and Michelle Self, all Grade 9
students from Yellowknife, shared
their highlights: "Skateboarding
here was awesome!"... "The
weather - it’s so warm."...
"The sights and the tours", All the
Students said they had a good time,
met lots of people and did lots of
shopping

Each of the Yellowknife students
is keeping a journal of the trip to
be shared with their classmates
upon their retum to Yellowknife.
Now that the Terrace students have
been back from their trip to
Yellowknife for almost two weeks,

they’re starting to assimilate the.

experience. Keri Fell, Gynett
Gogag, Kari Eisner and Ron Thor-
sen say, "The families were differ-
ent”... "Everything was SO espen-
sive"... We saw caribou being
smoked and dried."... "We tried
dog sledding."... and, "We col-
lected lots of pins."

Would they go on another
exchange? Tomorrow, they all
said,

Thomhill Junior Secondary
School teacher Elizabeth Metz-
meier concludes, "It’s been a long
time preparing for this (the
exchange), but looking back, it’s

~ all been worth it."

Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 15, 1991 Al5

and, |

The Reading Place opened last weekend with a ribbon cutting by
Gillian Campbell, Skeena MLA Dave Parker and coordinator Nat
Purcell. Located in the Tillicum Theatre building, the centre is
intended to help alleviate illiteracy among local residents. :

Literacy centre now
open and teaching

The Reading Place for literacy
training opened officially May 11
with a ribbon-cutting ceremony
and cake and cookies. Coordinator
Nat Purcell, Gillian Campbell and
MLA Dave Parker cut the ribbon.

A year and a half ago, two
people, Larry Bolingbroke and
Elizabeth Snyder, became con-
cermed about the many adults in
our community who lacked basic
literacy skills. Their needs were
not being met by existing educa-
tional institutions. The two organ-
ized a meeting in December 1989
to determine the need for a down-
town literacy centre. Inspired by
this vision, a non-profit society

Railway worker killed

A 46-year-old Canadian National Railway employee, Terrace resi-
dent Leslie James Clarke, died in an industrial accident at about 11
a.m. last Wednesday morning. According to Terrace RCMP, Clarke
was working in CN’s Terrace rail yard when he was crushed
between a CN locomotive and a rail car. The RCMP, Terrace cor-
oner and the National Transportation Safety Board are

investigating the accident.

Coroner Jim Lynch said yesterday Clarke was involved in.
preparing a coupling at the back of a locomotive for hook-up when
the train moved unexpectedly and he was crushed.

was formed. They applied for a
grant through the Ministry of
Advanced Education and the Sec-
retary of State for cost-shared
funds available during Intemational
Literacy Year 1990. The Reading
Place opened in April 1991.

Since then, coordinator Nat Pur-
cell has achieved miracles, says
Gillian Campbell. There are now
10 trained volunteer tutors —
Dawn Allen, Mae Derrick, Ann
Kantakis, Ann Robinson, Dina von
Hahn, Catherina Faber, Noel
Reidy, Doug Foster, Doug Watts,
Ella Goodland, Patti Barnes, Clair
Hill and Ruby Husina — matched
with 10 learners and a waiting list
of 15 learners who have already
been assessed. The next tutor
training session is tentatively
scheduled for late August to corre-
spond with the upcoming school
year.

Purcell is amazed at the response
of both tutors and jearners to the
Centre. He has also had many
inquiries about English as a second
language, but says, "We have to do
it slowly and build a firm founda-
tion first."

“Telephone cables are the lifeline of your community.
lf these cables are cut during excavation or construction
projects, everyone pays in one way or another.
The public could be cut off from emergency services.
The cost of restoring the cable is high (particularly for fibre

optics cable).

Anat the persons responsible for the damage will be
ed with the repair and associated costs.
B. Cc Te can help you avoid this unnecessary expense.

Dial 611 before you dig, and we will provide you with the
location of buried telephone cables.
B.C. Tel is ready to serve you.
DIAL 611 BEFORE YOU DIG.

BC Tel
K2

1891-1991

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