by Michael Kelly The Expo 86 site is three and a_ half kilometers in length, winding along a narrow strip of the northern shore of False Creek from Quebec St. to the pilings under the Gran- ville Bridge. The site is surrounded by chainlink fencing, the central boulevard is primarily mud, and cranes, der- ricks and other engines of construction cast metal filigrees against a sky the color of freshly- poured cement. Workmen lay paving stones, wrestle wheelbar- rows, perch on scaf- foldings and stand in small congregations over drawings, scratching their heads. Despite the construc- tion activity, Expo 86 is taking on a finished look. A tourguide stated that construction is in fact, six weeks ahead of schedule. The recent media preview was conducted from an official Expo 86 nine-passenger van by Bill, our official Expo 86 tour guide. A cursory ex- amination of the site at a rather brisk pace, took nearly an hour. It’s big, densely structured, and it glitters — the facings on many of the buildings are made of reflective materials such as glass, mirror and chrome; many others are finished with intense primary col- ors in jarring and bizarre juxtapositions. Sun- glasses are recommended for the visually timid. Ticket program Expo organizers have announced a new school/youth group ticket program that augments the special ticket packages already available for children and teenagers. The new program of- fers one day Expo tickets at $6 per student, provid- ed that a minimum of 20 school/youth tickets are ordered. Included in the package are complimen- tary tickets for the chaperones — one per 20 children — and group bus drivers. Those eligible for the program include all B.C. school/youth groups that fall into the kindergarten through Grade 7 age group. Group tickets must be purchased through a school or recognized youth organization, used only on public school days and are valid May, June, September and Oc- tober. Saturdays, Sun- days and statutory holidays are not includ- ed. 20> Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 2, 1986 Expo nears completion Transportation around the site will be provided in the form of an overhead monorail system which resembles an elongated bullet. The track snakes circuitously through pavilions and plazas, and the train will stop on demand at designated points. The French are introducing a high-tech gondola which will allow a panoramic view of the site and crowds at a stately pace. Expo promoters are fond of referring to these systems, and even Van- couver’s ALRT, as ‘‘people-movers”’. Canada Place, the on- ly off-site pavilion, will be accessible through a special spur line of the ALRT (free), or by means of a ferry which will sail around the foreshore of Stanley Park into the Burrard [n- let (also free). Features at Canada Place will in- clude audio-visual displays of the Canadarm in space, and programs about Cana- dian technological in- novations in deep-sea ex- ploration. People-moving into outer space will un- doubtedly be a major theme in both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. pavilions. The Soviets have the largest international pavilion on the site and are promising a first- class performance. Bill says Expo 86 is the first event of its type in North America to host the USA and USSR and People’s Republic of China on one site. Boat-bullding _ The marine plaza will feature traditional boat- building of various na- tions, including a massive Haida war canoe currently being labored. over by Bill Reid and his crew of native artisans in the Queen Charlottes. The aviation plaza will be taken up with restored antique aircraft and mock-ups of futuristic flying machines. One of Britain’s contributions will be the presence of the Supersonic Concorde jetliner at the Ab- botsford Air Show in August. Bill hinted that Options continued from page 19 ment of birth, you can plan for a safe — and a good — birth. A solid question you may wish to use as a starting point for discovery is: “Who is having the baby — me or the doctor?’’ If you don’t believe you can do it, then the doctor will have to do it for you. The choice is yours. there may..be a limited number of $100 tickets available for faster-than- sound flights over the North Pole. The theme of transportation will permeate the entire at- mosphere of the fair; there will be continuous and successive series of symposia on coming, g0- ing, arriving, getting away from anywhere to nowhere, and every stage in between. There will apparently be something for just about anyone, including fast-food fanciers. McDonald's will be a sort of floating burger emporium set on a renovated river scow, christened, of course, ““McBarge’’. Up On Granville St., however, is a reality of a different order. I entered Granville from Georgia St. by the Pacific Centre, pockets heavy with coins (there is atendency to accumulate these if you use the tran- sit system). At the rate of one quarter per panhandler, my pockets were empty before I hit Robson St. — one block. I stopped for a moment and spoke to one of the spare-change artists. Karen, 41, has a cough with the ring of in- “curability about it, ac- quired through endless days of standing in the rain. She has been begg- ing coins from passers- by on Granville St. for the past 20 years, and has no memory of the first two decades of her life, When I asked her if she had any thoughts about Expo, she paused reflectively, and replied, ‘What is Expo, anyway?’’ Down on the east side, a stroll along Powell St. discloses around-the- corner line-ups for the soup kitchen and food bank across from Op- penheimer Park. “The World is Com- ing’, proclaim the Ex- po promoters, while in the place the world is coming to, some people make their homes in abandoned buildings and sleep in culverts and under viaducts. Over in False Creek, solutions to global transportation problems will be pro- pounded; but transpor- tation was never a pro- blem to begin with for those who have nowhere to go. Back up on Granville St., a gentle, persistent rain falls on the hatless; street lights cast moving green reflections on the hard, amorphous pave- ment. In the mist over False Creek, gulls wheels and shriek like bereaved mothers; the fair goes up, life goes on. Participants in the Disney on Ice performance recently staged by the Terrace Figure Skating Club at the local arena. . AS , Skeena Junior Secondary honor roll Honor Roll eligibility — Grades 8, 9 and 10 All eight subjects are © considered. All students must have 19 points or better on the basis of 3 for A, 2 for B, 1 for C plus, 0 for C, and -1 for C-. They must not have a D, FE, or an N. A perfect score is 24 points. * indicates students who have been on Honor Roll for the second time. 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