INSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 AT THE MARKET LYNNE CHRISTIANSEN’ Try the Arbuah’s snacks at the farmer’s market. Achimo. served at parties and special occasions. found in Accura, the city where they lived, wonderful fresh fruits, like from loud speakers. prevalent in Ghana. , uniforms in Accura. the cilies, however, is the climate. cardigan, Veronica said. Farmers market. manuel came to Terrace in 1995, Terrace View Lodge, African treat, the end of October. SECTION B Achimo cookies | he Arbuahs have travelled a long way to sell their homemade Nora and Veronica Arbuah are from Ghana, Wesi Africa. The two women, along with Nora’s children, Vicotia, 10, James, 8, and Agnes, 3, sell a cookie at the market called Achimo is a biscuit spiced with nutmeg that is rolled out, cut and then either deep fried or baked. Nora says Achimo is often The Arbuahs are used to farmers markets. They said there are large open markets One Jarge market in Accura incorporates open grocery stores. People go there to buy mangos, oranges and pineapples. Music also plays Felicia, one of Veronica’s daughters, compared life in Terrace to life in West Af- rica. She noticed that people in Ghana seem to be more expressive about their religion than people in Terrace, so a lot of gospel music is played at Accura’s market. She also noted that religious slogans are more Other differences between her native land and Terrace is that school children wear The most noticeable difference between From November to January, Ghana has a cold dry season called Hamatan. During these months cold dry winds blow in from the Sahara desert. But the temperature isn’t so cold that you can’t be comfortable in a Nora said she finds the community inter- action to be very different here. The dif- ference in climate and population brings people together on the street in Ghana, she said. The Arbuahs like the interaction at the Willie Arbuah came to Canada in 1977. Veronica followed a year later and they were marricd here. James Arbuah came lo Canada in 1987. Nora came out about a year later and they married soon after. Two other Arbuah brothers, Joseph and Em- Nora’s husband, James, works for CN, Veronica’s husband, Willie, works at the saw mill, Nora and Veronica both work as nurses at Mills Memorial Hospital and at Come down to the Skeena Valley Farmers Market and try Nora’s and Veronica’s West The market is open from 9 to 1 p.m. on ', Saturdays and 4 p.m. on Wednesdays until OS DIGGIN’ IT: Thornhill Junior Secondary sludents competed against each other in a ditch digging competition last Friday. The ditches are THESE TWO Grade 8 students won ditch digging compe tition, Tyler West Johnson and Danny Anderson won the contest with a time of 3:34. Grads get set to party Terrace’s first dry grad was so popular last year, parent organizers say they’re doing it again (his year June 26. Approximately 80 per cent of the graduat- ing class attended last year's dry grad, This year organizers are hoping for a 99 per cent participation rate. "Kids that chose not to go last year really missed out," said Giselle Birch, an organizer of this year’s party. "Afterwards they were upset they missed out on the fun and the door prizes." Dry grads provide an opportunity for all grade 12s to celebrate together in the arena without the interference of drug or alcohol abuse. Students who are determined to use al- cohol in their partying can and will find op- portunities to do so before and after the of- ficial grad. However, during dry grad they won't be any alcohol. Whether or not to have a dry grad was a controversial topic last year, since some parents were skeptical that students would want to attend a farewell party without al- cohol. But when It was all said and done, last year’s dry grad ‘was a success, "It warked out fabulously last year," Birch said. "The kids and the parents had a really good time." To énsure no one drinks before the dry grad, students are driven to the arena in buses right after the cap and gown ceremonies. And 10 make sure the dry grad stays dry, Kinsmen will act as security. No one is al- lowed to leave the arena and come back in again. Inside the arena, students can expect a va- riety of carnival-style-events. There will be hot tubs, sumo wrestling, L.C.B.C.’s im- pared olympics, and fots of other cool things to do. Birch didn’! want to reveal too many of the activities, since it’s supposed to be a surprise For the students. "There is enough for people to do from LO pm. until 6 a.m. when the dry grad ends," Birch said, Graduates chose the theme of "the sky’s the limit", so decorations will include suns‘ and moons and stars. Door prizes this year include copious amounts of clectronic equipment, including one major prize, which is enough to make anyone celebrate. The dry grad is now only a month away. Organizers said they are lacking parental involventent, More than 150 students will be graduating, but only a handful of parents have volunteered to help out so far. Volunteers are needed to fill in spots from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. needed in order to lay Irrigation pipe so that sprinklers can water the trees that students planted in May. eta otudents at Thornhill Junior secondary really dig their school TEAMS CAREFULLY planned their strategies and in- spected their shovels. Onlookers offered critical advice. And everybody compared dirt. And then the ditch digging competition began. Thorhill Junior Secondary students raced against the * clock last Friday to dig a six-foot-long, knee-deep ditch to join irrigation pipe needed on school grounds. Daryl Anaka, a Thombill Junior Secondary school teacher and Darryl Bjorgaard from the regional district works and services department thought a ditch digging compelition would a great way to get the job done. Students could help their school, get some exercise and win prizes to boot. The irrigation pipe is needed so that sprinklers can be in- stalled to water the 29 new pine trees and the rock garden students planted in May. The regional district provided the shovels, pipe, sprinklers, water and the fertilizers, and will also look after the irrigation, All the students had to do was dig. So dig they did, And fast, too. The fastest time was achieved by two Grade 8s: Danny Anderson and Tyler West Johnson, They dug their ditch in 3:45. Second place, with a time of 5:01 were Siobhan Hallock and Tommy Sager, two Grade 10s. . Students won movie tickets and gift certificates from Chervron, North West Motor Inn, Copperside foods, and the Thornhill school spirit fund, Aficr the competition, students compared battle wounds. A couple of large oozing blisters on sweaty palms and fin- gers were the worst of the injuries. Around Town Head for the park SCHOOL CLASSES will be spending time al Lakclse Lake Provincial Park this month. Educational programs for classes are part of the over- all summer interpretative programs planned, says Greg McDonald, the program contractor hired by B,C, Parks, “There'll be nature walks and hikes and all kinds of activilies for classes from Kitimat to Terrace to Prince Rupert,’’ says McDonald. There will also be programs of a general nature each Saturday night through June, These will be held at the amphitheatre at within the park’s Furlong Bay campsite. Call the B.C. Parks office at 638-2277 for more in- formation on the time of the Saturday night programs, Learn to strum like a pro The Bulkley Valley Guilar Workshop is taking registrations for this year’s camp August 17 to 21 at Camp Caledonia on Tyhec Lake, outside of Smithers. The workshop features two classes of instruction each day by Amos Garrett, Bill Henderson, Alex Houghton, Daniel Lapp and Cindy and Lioyd Larsen. For more information call Tom Strong at 847-4048,