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Miss Terrace 1989: tough task for judges

~, As each year’s Miss Terrace
+ Pageant progresses, some con-
-~testants begin to rise above the -
others, making it possible to

guess just which young lady has
the best chance to win. But not
this year. Following last

- weekend’s Banquet and Speak- .

ing Event at the Terrace Hotel,
Laura Huhn, the reigning Miss

‘Terrace, was heard to say, “Pm

sure glad I’m not running. this
year.”

by Tod Strachan

This was a comment that indi-.
cates the caliber of this year’s -

contestants and just how close

. they. are in the running. Every
topic was interesting and every

speaker was professional. It’s

become obvious that the judges

for the Miss Terrace 1989

Pageant face the most difficult:
— job in town,

First to the podium was Miss
Hairwaves, Rhonda Butler. She
began by asking who in the
audience remembered the fifth
grade. ‘“‘That was when we all

enjoyed going to school,’’ she

said. Then added, ‘‘Do you:-also
remember those silly little re-

_ ports that we just hated to do? ~
' The kind in which you had to
“prepare, then. present them at

the front of the class — standing

all alone up there with 30 pairs
of eyes staring right through:

your body.”

This set the theme for Butler’ s

message. Public speaking — we
all hate it, but for those who
want. to excel in the world it’s
something they must learn to

‘do. But most people don’t attain

this necessary skill and, ‘‘To me
this is a very sad thing,” Butler
said. Job interviews, business
presentations and future promo-

tions may never prove rewarding
| for those who neglect to nurture

._Terracite,’”’

the art of public speaking.
But following her training
during the Pageant,. Butler has

‘gained: confidence and believes

it’s something anyone can do.
She offered this advice: ‘‘There

are not set rules,’ she advised’

with a smile, ‘except you should

know what you want to say and

you should be fully clothed.”
_ Miss Kinsmen, Pamela Kerr,
told the audience she entered the

Pageant to become more ‘‘Ter-

race aware’’ and then described
what she had.learned by tracing
her family tree. Gordon Kerr,

‘her grandfather-who was born in

Rossland in 1905, moved to
Prince Rupert in 1908-where his
father ran a butcher shop. ;

At the age of 28 he moved to
Terrace and took over the oper-
ation of Benny Agar’s diesel
power plant — the only source
of electrical power in the area.
Kerr later added a telephone
service which in the beginning

served 12 focal residents. Kerr -

eventually built a house across
from where the library now.
stands. and the family settled
into the Terrace lifestyle. ‘I’m
proud to bea second generation
Kerr ..concluded.
“*And I’m proud of my family’s
contribution to the life and
growth of our town.’

Miss Elks, Jessie Carroll,
talked about the things in life we

‘feel are necessary to survive.

Food, shelter, water, enough
money to live comfortably,
warmth, clothing. and love were
the requirements she named. Of
these, though, love was the-one
item she said was the most

important.

*You.can get love in many
different ways. From a pet, a
friend, a.boy friend or girl
friend, and finally your fami-
ly,” she said, adding, ‘‘A pet

will love you as long. as you feed -

it and play with it. Your friends

are someone you can talk to,

hang out. with and have fun with”
— but often you have fights and |
‘do not remain friends forever.
‘But your family is always there
‘for you through good and bad

and thick'and thin.”

She described how parents
protect and support their chil-
dren and how they mold their
lives, allowing them future suc-
cess. And in conclusion, she
thanked her own parents for her
own personal success. ‘‘Many of
us tend to take our families for

‘granted,”? she said, ‘I myself

began to realize this through the
Miss Terrace Pageant and I

- would like to take this opportu-

nity.to-say ‘thank you’, especial-

ly to my mom, and that I really.

do appreciate your love and

support — even if I don’t always’

show it.””

Miss McDonald’s, Laura Ben-
nett, talked about vanity and the
different forms it takes. Some
people are vain because they feel
insecure, she said, while others
feel they must be stylish in order
to ‘fit in”. Then there are those
who like to ‘flaunt it’? — lei

~ others know just how good they

are. For -these. people, Bennett
said a feeling of insecurity can

be overcome, those who are
_trying to “‘fit in’? should remem-

ber we were never meant to be
clones, and those who like to
‘*flaunt it’? will end up with no
friends at all.

Bennett suggests a balance. “‘I
think it’s all right to be con-
cerned with your appearance as
long as it doesn’t become an
obsession.’? She explained that
it’s pérsonality that really counts
and, “People will like you if you
are friendly and caring to

others. Friends should like you [[

simply for what you are.””

_ Miss Mohawk, Laura Pruner, _.

chose Graduation as her topic.
With the exception of Jessie
Carroll, all of the Miss Terrace
1989 contestants are graduates
of the ‘‘Class. of 89°’ she ex-
plained. She described the past
12 months as a “‘great year”’ but
one that required a lot of hard
work as well. There was home-
work and studying to be done
and there -were many who
worked part time jobs as well.
‘Instead of driving around or
going to McDonald’s or playing
sports like we did in previous
years, we were constantly ac-
companying each other to the
library at lunch,” Pruner said.
But there was fun to be had as
well — “‘including a few ‘low
key’ grad parties and dances’’.
She went on to name other
events too: Moga Madness, the

Caledonia Fashion Show and

many other school functions. It
was a year that went fast and a
year all Grads will miss, but,

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‘Although my wish to go back
and do it all over again will
increase with the years,’’ con-
cluded Pruner, ‘‘I do have to go
on with my life and jump that

next hurdle in my life — adult-

hood.”

Miss Terrace Shopping |

Centre, Megan Walker, talked
about a holiday destination
overlooked by most Terrace res-
idents — Terrace. ‘‘There are
probably numerous things to do
in Terrace that most residents
have never done,’’ Walker told
the audience, ‘‘And summer va-
cation is the perfect opportunity’
to find out what these are.”’
She described Northern B.C.
as ‘‘an extremely beautiful part
of B.C.”” well known for its
glorious mountains, wilderness
and wildlife. Popular activities
she named included hiking,
canoeing, wind surfing and

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