WHAT’S UP The Terrace Standard offers What’s Up as a public service to lis readers and community organizations. This colume is intended for non-profit organiza- tions and those events for which there is no sdmis- sion charge. To meet our production deadlines, we ask that any item for What's Up be submitted by noon on the FRIDAY preceding the issue in which it is to ap- pear. For contributed articles, the deadline is § p.m, on the preceding THURS- DAY. We also ask that all sub- missions be typed or printed neatly. AUGUST 9, 1992 — The Terrace Beautification Sociely are again having the judging of the Best Garden Award. Categories: residential, commercial, in- dustrial. Judging will take place on the week of Aug. 9. Entry forms can be picked up at the Co-op Garden Centre, Uplands Nursery, Skeena Broadcasters and the Terrace Standard; or phone Yvonne, 638-0423. Presentation to the winner will be made al a later date. keke AUGUST 12, 1992 ~ There will be a Directors Meeting for Ter- race Little Theatre at 7:30 pm at McColl Playhouse, 3625 Kalum St. All members welcome, Call Marianne, 635-2942, for more information. kkhkk AUGUST 17-18, 1992 — Aids Awareness Workshop at the Ker- mode Friendship Centre. Phone Tim or Elaine at 635-4906 for this no-cost, educational seminar. kakkk AUGUST 121, 1992 — Combined support group meeting for peo- ple with chronic: fatigue syn- drome or fibromyalgia. Informa- tion available: phone Darlene at 638-8688 or 635-4059. Meeting is al the Happy Gang Centre at 7:00 pm, We will also be having a guest speaker on stress Manage- ment at this meeting. kahkke NOVEMBER 14, 1992 — The Dr, REM Lee Hospital Founda- tion will be holding a Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair. Door prizes and a raffle held. 40 craft tables available. Craft tables are now on sale and going fast. To book a evenings. akkkk 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. Kk EVERY MONDAY — Terrace Co-Dependents Anonymous meets from 8-9 p.m. Call Karen 638-0707. tkkkek EVERY MONDAY at 3 p.m, Teen Survivors of Sexual Assault/Abuse meet in Skeena Health Auditorium. Bea 635-4042 or Tonee 635-4822 (please contact first) kreikk EVERY WEDNESDAY — Building Healthier Babies holds pregnant and would like infor- mation on pregnancy, labour, parenting and everything inbet- ween! lt is a chance for you ta talk with other pregnant women and also enjoy guest speakers. _ We provide a snack and would be happy to pick you up. 1-2:30 at Building Healthier Babies in the Child ‘Development Centre. Call 638-7664 for more info. 1 tekknk EVERY. WEDNESDAY from 8 -8:00 p.m. Terrace Narcotics Anonymous ‘‘Steps to Recovery” meets at the Skeena Health Unit auditorium. For in- fo, call 638-8117. kkkkk EVERY WEDNESDAY at 8:00 p.m, Overeaters Anonymous al Women's Resource Centre, Call Terry 635-6446, kk EVERY WEDNESDAY at 7:00 p.m, in Sexual Assualt Centre. Female Survivors of Sexual -Assault/Abuse. Please contact Loreen 635-4042, kek PARENTS IN CRISIS meets once a week, Contact Rosemarie 635-6985. kkk ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Monday 8:30 p.m. Anglican Church; Tuesday 3:30 p.m. Catholic Church; Wednesday 7:30 p.m.; Thursday 7:30 p.m, Hospital Psych Unit; Friday 8:30. p.m. Kermode Friendship; Saturday 7:00 p.m. Hospital Psych Unit (Ladies); Saturday 6:30 p.m. Hospital Psych Unit; Sunday 7:00 p.m, Hospital Psych Unit (Mens). wey TARE ; table contact Debbie at 635-4601 weekly groups for anyone that is Stargazing E’RE ALL just a bunch of Icft- overs. All of us — humanity, plants and animals, the whole planct — leftovers from the time when our sun formed, said Bill Burnyeat, a com- munity astronomer who was in town last week, Cosmic burps, ninja turtles on the moon, and an account of what happened when Martians atlacked Santa were only part of the offcrings of a special astronomy night at Lakelse Lake provincial park. Bumyeal, who works for Vancouver’s H.R. MacMillan Planetarium, entertained over 90 park visitors with a slide show on basic astronomical facts in the new Lakelse Lake ampilheatre. Afier the show, everyone got a chance to peek through Can- ada’s largest portable tele- scope — a 25-inch reflector — which Burnyeat had aimed at key spots in the heavens. Terrace was only one stop on Burnyeat’s two-month tour of 35-40 provincial parks. The tour compliments a series of summer programs offered by provincial parks. — Burnyeat began the slide show by asking the audience {o do some mental exercises. One of. the problems the aver- age person has with astronomy is trying to envisage the in- BUTTON BLANKET dancers from the Kitsumkalum ‘Band were. one processions in the annual Riverboat Days parade held Saturday. The b who awarded it second place in the non-commercial division.’ finity of the universe. So Bumyeat started off on a smaller scale —- the galaxy. ' “'There are two to three hun- dred billion stars in the gal- of the many colourful floats and axy,’” he said, But that kind of and’s float impressed the judges, number is meaningless, so Burnycat compared the galaxy Astro-burps, turtles and | Martians _ toa swimming pool, “It takes one billion drops of water to fill up-an Olympic. : sized swimming‘ pool;’’ he said, assuring the audience of the scientific accuracy of that statement. ‘‘So imagine 200 of these swimming pools, filled to the top. That’s how many stars there are in the galaxy.’’ And those stars aren’t exact- ly packed in there, They’re spread out rather, like large ‘cities are spread out in Cana- da, he explained. “Tt takes one. billion drops of water to fill up an Olympic-sized swimming pool. So imagine 200 of these swimming _ pools, filled to the top. That’s how many stars there are in the | galaxy.”’ Once the audience had stretched their minds to ac- commodate these numbers, Burnyeat got back to some- thing everyone could identify with — food. 7 If you want to know what the birth of a star looks like through a telescope, there’s a variety of opinions, said ¢ -Burnyeat, At. the last provin- ° cial. park, he was,at; RO ane could decide whether these « baby stars looked like a sugar-: frosted donut, a cheerio or a fruit loop. Other familiar images, such - as a poodle and a-ninja turtle can be found a little closer ta . home, on the face of our. moon. Honest. You just have to know where to look. Our young voyageurs are bound for Quebec Nine focal students are off to Quebec tomorrow on a journey of discovery. Link Baker, Josee Banville, Bobby Basanti, Patrick Brophy, Stella Haigh, Carmen Lucier, Natalie Michaud, Yvette Renaud and Tanya Renaud will make the trip to la Belle Province as, the first half of a youth exchange pro- gram, It's all part of the federal government’s $3.5-million Voy- agewrs ‘92 program, which is sending 37,000 young people travelling the country in this sum- mer of national reconciliation. Each federal riding is twinned with another riding across. the , country. The Skeena riding bas been twinned with the Quebec riding of Berthicr-Montcaim, in the French-speaking country side north of Montreal. Parent Mary Haigh, who will Kids on stage The play’s the thing in girl guide Junch bags, the mystery was solved: and two military types (Malthew Crompton and Matthew Halinski) brought in the thieves, ‘The second ‘play of the night: “The Chinese Cinderella’? was presented by. the senior yroup, Clever doubling. allowed the stage manager and Cinderella“ (aka Pear “Blossom, aka Pigling) to be shared among the talented cast, The step: sisters were horridfy delightful and the ‘plain’ heroine ex- tremely engaging. = ee Katic Mordanas the stage manager exhibited a strong talent . for stillness and’ focus,.Meghan Westerman, wha played. the acrobat, wowed the - audience with her splits, 0. 97 ~ Don’t mess with a troupe of girl guides, a couple of thieves discovered when they tried to steal a bag- ‘ful of gems. Are vigilante girl guides taking over Terracc? They are on the stage of the McColl Playhouse, where the Terrace Litde Theatre Summer Drama School for children hosted the first of three summer performances on July 17, A full house of parents, siblings, friends and. one young galecrasher was entertained by two plays. “The Paper Bag Mystery’? was presented by the junior group, ages seven to nine years. Two extremely swarthy and suspicious chaps, played by Allen Wooten and David Andreszyn, ap- peared on stage carrying slolen gems in paper bags. A group of prissy girl guides led. by Miss Enders « _ (Amber Braid) created problems for the criminals, « After some. scurrying and repositioning of gems ~ Marianne at 635-2942.) accompany the students, said none of them have ever beca ta Quebec. ' They'll meet their nine Quebec counterparts tomorrow in the host town of St, Gabriel-de-Brandon,. “None of us have found it on the inap yet,” Haigh said. “But we're all very exciled.’’ They'll spend a week taking in the Quebec countryside. Their plans include visiting a fort at Trois-Rivicres, sceing the Gilles Villencuves museum, visit-, ing a sugar shack, taking in din- ner and cutertainment at an inter- national music festival, and a trip to Quebec City. ° “Tt really sounds great,’ Haigh added. ‘They've allowed us a couple of free days just to spend with our host families,” . She predicted the language bar- rier could be the biggest difficulty - Heritage Park, the totem poles at dren on stage; Iwo more sessions, July,27-August 7; and August 17-28) will: run this* summer, and there “are ‘still ‘spaces available, To. register call they’l] face, since the riding they'll be in is 94-per-cent French-speaking. “The French thas spoken in Quebec is nol the Parisian French we learn in school,’’ slic noted. The Terrace students return here on the morning of Aug, 15, and a week later,'on Aug. 21, their: newfound Quebecois friends will arrive for a week in the northwest. The tour here will take in Lakelse Lake, Shames Mountain, K’ san Village, Sinithers, Moricelown, the Alcan smelter in Kitimat, Mount Hayes in Prince Rupert, and a couple of bikes and walks near here, The Terrace portion of the visit is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus through the Catholic Church, she added. . . ; helped with the painting. Wall-to-wall ICE Nt ape ee, FACELIFT; Desiree and Thomas Hyzims help paint a blue-sky For ‘those parents interested in:secing their chil- ] mural on the inside of the park bandshell last week. About ten members of the Vandalwatch committce’s responding teens group