Alaskan folki

Singing duo
here Friday
TWO OF ALASKA’S
foremost singer-
songwrilers are in Terrace

this Friday as part of a

tour down the West
Coast.
Pat Fitzgerald and

Robin Dale Ford are
coming south for a few
months to tour their
.. respective «CDs. and: get
the chill out of their
bones.

Fitzgerald plays guitar,
fiddle and harmonica.
The songs on his most
receal CD Wild Harvest,
convey- a revealing
urgency found in the lives
of characters living on the
‘fringe.

Fitzgerald describes
hiniself as a native Fair-
banksan, “born the son of
an iceman."’ -He started
playing drums at age 13,
guilar at age 16 and has
formed and fronted over
ten major Alaskan bands.

He plays a healthy dose
of roots rock, and his own
originals.

In the late 80's, Pal be-
gan performing solo at
concerts, clubs and festi-:
vals around Alaska, using.
the guitar, fiddle and harp
to present his hundreds of
originals.

Robin Dale Ford began’

her musical career by

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es bring out the fringe

SON OF AN ICEMAN: Singer/songwriters Pat Fitzgerald and Robin Dale Ford bring their Alaskan roots sound
to the Evangelical Free Church here on Friday night.

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playing piano, She aban-
doned it when she was 18
in favour of the banjo,
‘fan instrument that was
easier to hitchhike with.”’

She finally settled out-
side of Fairbanks, and be-
gan playing banjo in old-
timey string bands.

Her focus shifted for a

while to electric bass,
which she used to play
bluegrass, jazz-grass and
ultimately all forms of
American roats rock.

In the early 80s she
found a medium for crea-
tive expression in song-
writing, and in 1986 pro-
duced her first alhum or

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original songs, State of
Grace.

A few years ago she
dusted the cobwebs off
her banjo and began
using it as accompani-

ment for more madern
songs and her- own
originals.

’ In 1994 she released the
CD Down in My Heart, to
wide public acclaim.

In this southern tour,
Fitzgerald and Ford com-

bine their unique song-
writing and singing styles
to create an intimate and
riveting: - evening = of
original music.

The duo play at 8 p.m.
on March ‘14 at the
Evangelical Free Church.
Tickets for this concert
are $8 each and are avail-
able at Sidewalkers and
Uniglobe Travel.
Sponsored by the Terrace
Musicians Association,

Around Town

Ribbons stop racism

RIBBONS WILL be available al the Terrace Women’s
Resource Centre for March 21, the day sct aside to pro-
mote ending racial discrimination.

“You can show the community that you are a racism
free zone by tying a ribbon to the antenna of your car,
to your belt loop, your back pack or your baby’s stral-
ler,’ says the centre,

Ribbons can be picked up between March 19 and
March 21. Orders for bunches of 25 can be placed by
call the centre at 638-0228, There is no charge.

Students succeed

TEACHERS AND STAFF at Caledonia Senior
Secondary are congratulating three of their grade 12
studeuls for the top marks they received on their Janu-
ary provincial scholarship exams.

Kathleen Duffy, Robert: Hewitt and Ryan Orr all
scored higher than 1,700 in their three best scholarship
exains, They now qualify: for $1,000 provinciat
scholarships, provided they fulfill graduation require-
ments,

Another 32 students at Caledonia also did welt on the
scholarship exains, and have a good chance of qualify-
ing for provincial scholarships in June.

TV show explores

immigration
IF YOUR grandparents bad applied to immigrate Cana-
da today, many of them would be rejected under
loday’s rules,

That's one of the topics explored in a one-hour docu-
mentary on illegal immigration on the Knowledge
Network tonight at 7 p.m, on Channel 12,

The documentary, called fnvistble Nation, offers a
rare opportunity far the public to see how immigration
policing works. It’s the first time a documentary crew
has received access to the work of immigration enfor-
cement agents,

Invisible Nation follows some of the 36 investigators
ding their job in metro Toronto. The crew films factory
raids, arrests, deportations and the process of jailing il-
legals.

Some of the approximately 100,000 illegals are
criminals, while others are simply dreamers. /nvistble
Nation challenges easy opinions and comforting
slercalypes about immigration, and makes human the
face of a nation.

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PRINCE RUPERT
First Nations language courses
B Level 1, 3.and 4 Sm’algyax (Tsimshian)

° Fall 1997 Course Offerings *

B) Courses will be offered in Terrace and Prince Rupert, as well as via
I the World Wide Web thraughout the region. Registration packages

will be available from the UNBC Office and from NWCC campus
centres by early April.

¢ Future Degree Feasibility Study Underway *
UNBC Co-op student Denise O'Donnell is currently preparing a fea-
sibility study to help plan the future offerings in the region. Contact

her at the numbers below to give her your views or see her at the
UNBC BOOTH atthe TRADE SHOW!

@ For further information contact the UNBC office at 624-2862, 635-
6511 X 5742, or tall free at 1-888-554-6554

Leod poisoning is tonsidered the
most Important children’s environmental
heolth problem in the United States, The
continued concern about lead comes
[tom the growing evidence that
cognitive development in children may
be domaged by lead exposures at levels
which hod previously been considered to
be sale.

Some exposure is inevitoble,. The
stulf is off around us. OF importance is
the foct thal we con limit our family’s
expoture by knowing where itis that we
ore most likely to romainto contact with
it, then’ controlling these risk factors.

Potential Exposures in BC Children,

In general, blood lead fevels in BC
have fallen over time. This is largely
due to the elimination of lead in

+ gasotine. Howeves, a significant number
af children moy still be ot risk of fead
exposure from industrial -amissions,
house paint, water, soil, food ond mini-
blinds,

Load wos used in house points until
the early 1950's, and it was not until
the -mid-1970s thal the Conedion
government sol limils on the lead
content af interior paint, Children in
alder homes may therefore ba at risk of
lead paisoning due to exposure to paint
chips ond dust sesulting from old paint
on movable windows and doors. The
possibility of exposure Increnses during
home renovations which can disrupt old

Environmental Health Issues: Lead

paint and mobilize dust with leod
pariides. Children ond pregnant women
should not be exposed to the renovation
process, Don't use electric sondets tliat
might make point dust became cirborne
and make sure dust in contained ond
cleaned vp before if con spread
threughout the house,

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Environmental Health -
Officer for Skeena

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concluded thot 82.9% hod elevated
blood lend levels due to industrial
emissions. Wherever possible thase
emissions must he limited. Workers
exposed 1o lead should wash it off their
hands regularly ond alweys wear proper
mosks and clothing.

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