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SEPTEMBER 16, 1992 —
Awana Clubs of Thornhill
**Kick-off” night, 6:30 p.m., at
Thornhill Community Center.
Clubs for kids ages 3 through
High School. For info. call
635-7169,

kreekk
SEPTEMBER 16, 1992 —
Skeena Walley Farmers Market.
There will be a meeting in the
Royal Canadian Legion starting
at 7:30 p.m. This meeting is be-
ing held to elect officers for the
1992 - 1993 year, ending
Sept./93, If you are interested in
securing the same spot as this
year, please make sure to attend
this meeting. Sot
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SEPTEMBER 18, 1992 — Com-
bined support group meeting for
people with chronic fatigue syn-
drome or. fibromyalgia at the
Happy Gang Centre at 7:00 pm.

Info available to anyone in-
- terested: phone Darlene at
_ 638-8688 or 635-4059.

wakkr

SEPTEMBER 19, 1992.— The

Terrace Little Theatre will host a
presentation to unveil its new

Ferguson (638-0268 or
635-3389).
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SEPTEMBER 21 & 22, 1992 —
Terrace Little’ Theatre ‘holds
auditions at The McColl
Playhouse at 7 p.m. for the play
“Thriller of the Year.” Five
women, aged 20 to 60 needed.
Call. Karla at 635-5463 or
638-0228.
kkekke

SEPTEMBER 26, 1992 —10th
Anniversary Terrace-Kitimat
Toy Run. Events begin at. 10
a.m,.and the parade of toys

. starts at 2 p.m. from the weigh

scales at Hwy’s 16 and 37: For
more info call 635-9217,
635-7651 or 632-3520 in Kitimat.
All-motorcyélists welcome. -

kkk kk
OCTOBER 5, 1992 —Terrace
Pipes and Drums Society Annual
General Meeting will be held at
7:30 pm in the Terrace Kinsmen
Complex {behind Heritage
Park}. For information phone:
Audrey Kerr at 635-3726 or
Barry English at 635-5905

kkk

OCTOBER 14, 1992 —The 37th
Annual General Meeting of the
Kitimat General Hospital Society
will be held at 8:00 pm in the
hospital cafeteria, Call the,
hospital for information.

kkk
TERRRACE & KITIMAT NOR-
THERN SINGLES: Events for
Sept. Every Tues. 7:00 p.m. Mr.
Mikes for coffee. Sept. 10 coffee
at Northern 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 13,
picnic Red Sand Lake 4:30 p.m
Sept. 20 Ski Hill for coffee 1:30
p.m; Sept. 26 bowling 7:30
p.m.; Sept. 30 swim at’ pool 8:00
p.m. "For Info phone 635-3238 or
632-3547... :

kik
WITH OVER 50 VOLUNTEER
positions at a variety of com-
munity organizations to choose
from, we can help you find the
volunteer opportunity to match
your interests and skilis. Visit
our office at 4506 Lakelse
weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. Terrace Community
Volunteer Bureau & Senoirs In-
formation Access.
KUKEK
EVERY MONDAY — Terrace
Intermediate Youth Choir, Now
accepting registration for 1992
-1993. Age: 12 - 18 plus years.
Time: 7-- 8:30 p.m. Mondays.
Lotation: T.B.A. Music Direc-
‘tor! Mrs. A ‘Kebernik 638-1230.
Accompanist: Mrs. S Doughty
638-0509. .
wkekkk

EVERY MONDAY. — Terrace -

Co-Dependents Anonymous
meets from 8-9 p.m, Call Karen
638-0707,

keanrk
EVERY. MONDAY. at 5 p.m.
Teen Survivors of Sexual
Assault/Abuse meet in. Skeena

Health -Auditorium. Bea .

635-4042 or Tonee 635-4822
{please contact first)
tok kkk

_sbuilding | plans. For. invitations, |.”
“please cal! Gordon Oates
(638-1131 or 638-0996) or Norah

“inthe coiral..

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 16,1992 — = age B B1

Death sentence gives new life

By CATHY DARGIE
HEY MAY be living with a death sentence,
but when Leonard Johnston aud Frederick
Haincault tested HIV-posilive, their lives be-
gan anew.

Former drug and alcoho! abusers, the men claim con-
tracting the discase encouraged them to get in touch with
their cultural heritage and develop a. program to help pre-
vent the spread of AIDS in native communities.

They conducted a seminar on the disease Aug. 17 and
18 at the Kermode Friendship Centre in Terrace. |

“7 used to belicve that traditional cultural things were
bad. Evil. That they belonged in the past, ”? Haincault
tells his audience.

“Since testing HIV-positive, - I've started learning

about my culture and heritage. J try to follow the old:
ways as much as possible. That spiritual i ity is very im- oS
_ portant te me —I think it’s what keeps me strong.”

Rejecting modern. drugs such. as AZT and DDI,
Haineault and Johnston treat their HIV-related illnesses
with faith and traditional native medicines.

“A fow yours ago I was really sick,’’ Jofinston recalls.

“Tn fact, 'd given up hope and thought I was going to

dic. I was even making Funeral plans.’

“Then my mother, who’s a medicine woman, had a
dream. She dreamed of the plants I should eat to make
ine well again. She went out and picked them and made
me cat them. Within a few days I was fecling much
healthier. [ had energy to do things again?’

However, Johnston’s health has deteriorated in the last

year. Pale and emaciated, he reports his blood count has ~

dropped to 100. A nermal, healthy person bas a blood

FALL
FAIR
FINALE

From Leo de Jong’s -rapidfire
banter to bring up the price’ of
market lambs, to the thrill and ac-
tion of Logger Sports, there was
something for everyone on the
Skeena Valley Fall Fair grounds
on Labour Day weekend,

Bul one of ihe prize moments
had to be when Cliff, Trevor
Muller’s: © reserve | champion
market stecr, decided to mn amok

A gate crashed “shut Un-
expectedly, spooking the 940-Ib
animal. He broke free and. took
off, wilh Trevor and his loyal as-
sistants in hot pursuit.

“We chased him across the
highway,’? he recalls. “Then we
chased him to the riffle range.
Then he went back .across the
highway and = headed for — the
river.”

count of over 1,000.

Although he tires easily, and expects to Icarn he has

full-blown AIDS any day, he’s convinced his traditional _

lifestyle has lengthened his tile,
“Things aren't working ‘quile the way, 1: planned?"

Johnston admitted. ‘There are, days I pet sick -and tired

of being. sick. I get angry about putting drops i in my eyes
or on my scalp five limes a day.?’

“But T think one reason | haven't ‘died ye is that the a
traditional spirituality helps me stay in hannony with the

discase,””

- “Tt helps me adjust ‘and adapt to it Tdon' Ufight it, 107

need a rest, I rest. If you fight it, you just get worn down

and the disease kills ‘you quicker.”” :
The men also. draw strength, from the Healing ‘Our.

Spirit: AIDS Project — a native run organization they or
founded: to help educate native communilics about HIV’

and AIDS, ..

_ As part of the project, Johnston and Hainenult travel lo” io
- aboriginal communitics throughout British~ Columbia
~ conducting AIDS prevention workshops and providing;

guidance to individuals infected with HIV.

_ "The workshops tire us sometimes, . but interacting
with the audience always re-cnergizes us, "Hainault
said. ‘It’s good to know that we may be saving people

from making the same mistakes we did,’’
Johnston said the most common myth he and Haineault .

* debunk is that AIDS is a gay discase. ~ .
“T's not a gay disease, or a white man’s discase,”’ be

said, ‘It cau affect anybody: — even heterosexuals and
women. Nobody is immune.’
‘People have to realize they are. responsible for their

own health aud that they have to make intelligent deci.

sions.”

“You can’t blame someone else for giving you the is.
ease if you engaged in high-risk activities and didn’ "tPra-

tect yourself?’

~ Although high-risk activities are usually defined ; as 5 ull
protected sex with multiple patiners or sharing needles
~ with intravenous drug users, Johnston and Haincavlt be- °
_ fieve drug and alcohol abuse also increase: the risk: of

contracting HIV.
“Drugs and alcohol lower inhibitions and clowd judg.

‘ment,’ Haineault said. ‘People who'are drunk or. stoned .
“. caren’t going to worry about protecting themselves from
AIDS. ”

“That's ‘what, Liapipendd to me. 1 only ‘worried about

- AIDS wheir I was sober.. When wis drunk, I never even

thought about il?”

“Johnston ‘and Haincault’s. ‘stories “are. depressing

_ similar.

Both grew up in large, liquor-sodden £ families i in north-
ern Alberta and were sexually abused in childhood, As
lecnagers they turned to drugs and alcohol to escape the
paint of racial discrimination and homophobia." *

“€T wanted to’ party. I wanted to. feel good again,”

_ Haincault said, ‘‘Many years of drinking later Twas no ”
‘longer able to make controlled decisions. I found. that:
“drugs and alcohol: had taken over my life in. ways I'd

never believed possible."

‘When I became aware that native people I knew’ were,

dying of AIDS, I scemed incapable of protecting
myself. ”

That?s where Trevor's father
finally fassooed the steer and
coaxed him into a-horse trailer.

Here are the results of the 22nd
annual Skeena Valley Fall Fair,
released last week:

General

Horticulture Grand Aggregate:
Div, 1-5; Maric Johnson {Perpetual
trophy)

Cut Flowers

Collection of annuals in vase —
Lori McRae.

Most pts — Nell De Jong.

Decorative Arrangements
_ Indian summer arrangement —
Alice Hamer. : .

Most poinis -—- Alice Hamer.

Contalner-grown Plant
Most points — M. epson:

Frutts
Most points —-B. “Ames, Kathy ©
Tycho.

Vepotatles

Most points — Marie Johnson. : f oe

Fireweed Honey - we
A&R Fireweed Honey coe

BUSTING LOOSE: Cliff, a 940-Ib steer, de-
cided to go for a stroll at the Fall Fair and
there was little owner Trevor Muller and his

\ helpers could do to stop him. After leading them as far as the rifle range, Cliff
was finally roped at the banks of the Skeena. Leo de Jong, bottom right, was ‘
{ entertainer, announcer and auctioneer all rolled into one. The pretty prices paid
were in part tribute to Leo.

Farm Produce :

Most points — Marie Johnson,

Best fruit wine — Marc Frey.

Best overall wine — Mary Stewart.
Best beer — Cari Johansen. :

Home Preserves ~~

Canned fruit and- vegetables (mos! :

points} — Marie Johnson.

Jams and jellies (most points). —
Marie Johnson.

. Pickles and relishes (most. points)
— Marie Johnson.

‘Pickling contest — Marie Johnson.

“Home Baking |
Whole wheat bread contest _

«Catherine: Baxter, Ian Monro, Marie -

Johnson, —
Most paints (breads) _ “Marie
Iohnson. a :
“Muffin ‘contest — Jean Hamer,

- Lynda Town, Marie Johnson.

Cakes (most points) _ Marie.

Johnson. -

Cookies ‘and’ squares, (most points):

— Marie Johnson.

Chocolate ‘chip cookie contest a

Terry Fox runners hit
the bricks on Sunday

This year’s Terry Fox run is set to blast off from the library park

at noon this coming Sunday,

Organizer Gail Sheasby says most schools will be participating in

the run on Friday.

—Tt's a fun event,” she says, olso noting the run raises money

each year for cancer research — the number two killer in Canada,
“We're going for numbers more than snything this year,”

Shensby said, adding they're also hoping for Increased donations.
Last year, about $1,600 was raised in the Terry Fox run — about

15 cents per capita,

Some communities manage to raise as mutch as $2 or $3 per

capita, she noted.

“We'd like to improve jour standing a little bit,’ she sald,
The Terry Fox Foundation is spending $1.15 million on cancer re-
search in B.C; this year. Nationally, the foundation Is spending $9.2

niillion.

Terry Fox died on June 28,1981, after a long battle with cancer.
The one-legged miner who ‘inspired the nation ran froni the east
coast as far as Thunder Bay, halting his Marathon ‘of Hope on 1 Sept
1, 1980 after 143 days and 5,565 Kilometres.

‘Shenshy sald-a donation jar will be available at the park on. Sun-

_ day, and pledge. sheets: ure | avaliable’ nt many local schools and

“businesses,

Ist Jean Hamer, 2nd Frances Monro,
3rd Mary Stewart.

Pies and tarts (most points) —
Marie Johnson.

Apple Pie Contest —. Gladys. -
, Anaka, 2nd Marie Johnson, 3rd Sher-_. .
- rie Hamers |

Candy (most pais)” _— Mie:

Johnson: =.
Embroidery (most: min) —_ Patt

Noonan. o

“Textlles”
Hand knitting . (ost. pins) —
“Sherrie Hamer.

Smart.
Best quilt — Pat Boudresull.

Displays

~ Best display: of textile aint.

~~ Patti Noonan.

> Display of arts and cratls (amateur),
— Trudy Rafuse. °

Homemakers
Noonan. -

Arts and Crafls
Best painting —i. McCloskey.

-isple y

Sewing: (best gurmient) _ Josey

» Patti’

Dolls and toys {most points) —
Patti Noonan.

Best handwoven garment — Trudy
Rafuse, .
Handwoven
Ratuséi; :
Most “points “arts and crafts _—
T rudy Rafuse.

Best black and white photo —
None.

Best colour print’ —
Graydon.

‘Best colour enlargement — Frances

article aT. Trudy

Heather

Monta, coe ;

~ Children’s Horticulture
‘Most. points (age 7 and under) —
~ Aaron Geeraert; runner-up — Rachel
Muller. -.
- Most points (age 8- -12) — Mitchell
. Warner, runner-up Solveig Adair.

* Children's Baking
Most: points (age 7 and under) —

Elizabeth Thomson.
“Most points (ope 8- -12).—
Warner. *
- Most’ points (age. 13: 16) — Sandra
Penner. -

——M itchell

‘Rice Krispie contest — J, Town

‘4si, 2nd Angie McRae, 3rd Jeffrey

Cont'd B2

NEW SHOW :

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND visitor Nor
‘new display of batiks and. spiniatures, att

ube

ma Macisaac and her daughter Linda check ‘out ihe.
he Terrace Public Art Gallery that opened last week,