-EVENTS B2 INSIDE COMMUNITY Around Town shoebox deadline THOSE WANTING to participate in Operation * Christmas Child have until this Saturday to drop off their gift-filled shoe boxes. ‘Operation Christmas Child is an annual ef- fort of Samaritan’s Purse, a non-denomination- al Calgary-based relief organization. All people have to do is pick up an official shoe box, or use one of their own, and fill it with a variely of items for either a boy or a girl according to a specified age category. Boxes are available from Canada Safeway - or the Alliance church which also distributes them to ather churches. They can alse be returned to Canada Safe- way or to the Alliance church. Also available are guidelines as to what items are suitable and what ate not suitable. Alliance pastor Andreas Tabert last week said the church received about 500 boxes for individuals to fill this year. Last year more than 260 boxes were te- turned to the church for shipment to Samari- tan’s Purse in Calgary. Canada Safeway doesn’t keep track of local ; : returns, but an official from its Calgary office: said that more than 350,000 full shoe boxes have been returned to its stores in Canada over ihe six years the company has participated. Take this quiz IF YOU’D like to find out more about drug, al- cohol and problem gambling, head over to the Skeena Mall Nov. 15. Northwest Addictions Services has planned a display timed to coincide with Drug Aware- ness Week, which starts Nov. 15 and runs to Nov. 22. The agency will also be doing school pre- ’ sentations all next week to help increase pub- : lic awareness. Meanwhile, Northwest Addictions Services . invites you to challenge your child by taking the following quiz. _ See which one of you knows more about this topic. . sd. Peer. pressure.is.the number-one. reason why kids experiment with drugs. A, True B. False ‘ 2. Which of these substances is not con- sidered mood-altering? A. Alcohol B. Heroin C. Aspirin D. Penicil- lin E. Caffeine F. Tobacco 3.Which drug causes the most harm and ' greatest costs to Canadians? A. Alcohol B. Heroin C. Methamphetamine D. Marijuana E. Tobacco F. Cocaine G. LSD _» 4, When is the best time to start talking to kids about drugs? A. 4 years B. 8 years C. 10 years D. 12 years E 15 years §. You should talk with your children about your own use or non-use of drugs. A. True B. False Answers: 1. False. Kids experiment for a number of ° reasons, but generally it has to do with curios- ity, “it looks like fun” and “a way to fit in”. Most kids say it has less to do with peer pres- sure and more to do with peer influence. 2. Penicillin. This medication is considered a drug but is not mood-allering. 3. Tobacco. Smoking kills 40,000 Cana- ‘dians each year, impacting health care system - costs. 4. All of the above. It’s never too early or too late ta communicate with your children ‘about alcohol and other drugs. 5, True. In general, it’s best to be honest _with your children. Women audition for a special play tonight ‘IT’S MORE THAN a smash hit play about that _most intimate and misunderstood of female body parts. It’s-a cultural phenomenon. And you could ‘ be part of it when it comes to the stage in Ter- . race early in the new year. Auditions for the upcoming K’San House . Sociely and Terrace Little Theatre presenta-° tion of The Vagina Monologues take place al 7 TERRACE STANDARD. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 81 SECTION B OMMUNIT ¥-2: Band notes Terrace Community Band president Wayne Jones looks back at two decades of music — and much more — as the band gets set to mark its 20th anniversary By JENNIFER LANG THE PHOTO album is filled with pictures, newspaper clippings and old concert programmes - each lovingly set aside and carefully placed in the album’s plastic cov- ered pages for safe keeping. Astonishingly, the thick, detail- filled volume is just one of seven or eight the Terrace Community Band’s historians, Theresa Ross and Marilyn Nenninger, have compiled over the past 20 years, says society president and band member Wayne Jones. The band originated as a sum- “mer pops band that would give re- turning students and adults an out- let for displaying their talents. Its . success gave rise to a communily band that is now celebrating its “20th anniversary as the 2002-03 concert’ season glides into full swing. Original director Jim Ryan, who stepped down in 1998, took’ the band to a national standard of performance. He was at the helm when the band brought home bronze, silver and gold medals from the nationals. “Jim had the vision to create the band - our job is to make it _ move forward.” Now led by Bob Butchart, the band launched itself into cyber- space earlier this year in the form of a-web page, giving-fans.a way to stay informed and giving band members past and present a place to reminisce — and stay in touch, The band is organizing a 20th reunion. Former band members ate invited to register for the re- union on the site. The band has lived up to ils we! YOU'LL PROBABLY recagnize these faces, but the fashions may look a little dated. Some of these musicians, who gathered for this photo in 1990, ara still with the Terrace Community Band. mission statement — In Concert with Community and With Life ~ in more ways-than-ones-- +... “We also believe community bands build better communities,” Jones says. Not only does the band perform at charitable. and community events around town and at local schools, the society also works to help foster support for the performing arts in Terrace, That ‘includés..pffering scholar- ships to studertts and even provi- ding-instruments (6, adults who otherwise wouldn't-be-able to par- ticipate. The band has also tra- velled over the years, performing in other northwest communities and even the steps of the Parlia- ment Buildings in Ottawa.in 1996, Three original members who are still with the band (Bev Epp, MEDAL MOMENT: Yvonne Moen watches as Andy Burton gives Ailean Frank her Jubilee Medal, as the third tocal recipient, Mary Anne Dilley talks to NTV. MP calls medal earners recklessly It’s since the Hipps. age on Nov. 11. The Johnstones celebra- ted their 61 years of marti- Kathie Simpson and Rachel Reay) will present Ryan with a founder's award Saturday: night, when the band performs a special, 20th-anhiversary concert at the ‘R.E.M. Lee. “We just want people to share our music,” Jones says. The foyer will be filled with memorabilia, ensuring a trip dowm memory lane for fans and members alike. 4 Challengers we: claim longest ! married title Two more couples say they’ve | been wed for 60-plus years By JEFF NAGEL WHEN WE marked the recent 60th anniversary of Joe and Olga Hipp we speculated they might be Terrace’s longest-married couple. How foolish of us. been brought to our attention . that Lorraine and Lloyd Johnstone of Lakelse Lake are well ahead of Eva, it seems, figured out Tom was working al the sawmill and told the mill owner to send Tom t to visit her. The rest was history and , they exchanged vows on Sept. 28, 1940. The Hovlands moved to B.C., eventually coming to Terrace, where they’ve lived for 33 years. oe ’ Tom is now 86 and Eva _is 84, ’ They say their secret is staying active and they’ve followed a mainly vegetar- ian diet for years. | had no idea that the beautiful girl I .}. had gotten acquainted with lived only .1. volved in local affairs including being a , . founding member of the Heritage. Park half a mile from where | was working.’ A Museum and most lately, being part of.a | group which published a collection of . 20th century stories about the area. Moen has been a long time community ‘affairs columnist for The Terrace Stan- dard, is a member of the regional histori- cal sociely, a member of the Terrace Beautification Society and most recently, _p.m. tonight at Northwest Community College in room 206. ; The Vagina Monologues began as New Yorker Eve Ensler’s one-woman Broadway show, writlen after she'd interviewed more ‘than 200 women. ; From there it evolved into a series of mono- : Jogues featuring different women and their - stories. Oprah Winfrey, Susan Sarandon and Glenn "Close are amang the dozens of famous women who have starred in versions of the show, ' which is often presented as a “V-Day” benefit event to raise awareness and money for pro- - grams that help prevent violence against women, The Feb. 1, 2003 performance at ‘the R.E.M. Lee Theatre will be a benefit for the transition . ‘outstanding citizens’ THREE LOCAL people were congratula- ted for their community involvement as they received recognition at a Nov. 4 cer- emony here, Mary Anne Dilley, Eileen Frank and Yvonne Moen each received the Queen’ Elizabeth golden jubilee medal marking her 50 years on the throne. ’ “We're here to honour three outstand- ing citizens and that’s what it boils down to — outstanding. citizens,” said. Skeena MP Andy Burton who made the presenta- tions on behalf of the federal government. “They've. made contributions for the betierment of their community over the long term,” he said. “Terrace is a much betier place for the contributions these Then we heard from . . Tom and Eva Hovland. ; Tom does a lot of golf- They were married 62 10g. years ago in Fairview, Al- He says he golfed the berta in the Peace River Skeena Valley golf course’ country. 115 times in a season a They met briefly on a couple of years ago. the co-author of two local history books. . farm located south and — He shuns motorized golf — MC Marylin Davies and acting mayor east of Fairview they were carts, and almost always Lynn Christlansen [a student of Frank’s] working on together at walks the course. also spoke about the contributions of the . harvest time in 1939, He took up the sport three medal recipients. Then Tom found work when he was 65. _. Twenty northwesterners in all received * at a local sawmill. Are the Hovlands the the golden jubilee medals and Burton has “T had no idea that the city’s longest married cou- aces” house. K’San House Society is raising money three ladies. have made.” been travelling the-riding to make the. beautiful girl I had gotten ple? to build a wheelchair- accessible transition: Dilley is a former nurse and, for the presentations. . . . noquainted with lived only. Or do others have them house frei. ‘all M 635: 29 42‘or | Past.elght years, has been president of the. The Terrace ceremony took place at *. a half mile from where i beat? For details ca arianne at or Happy Gang seniors centre. the Happy Gang Centre where coffee and was working,” Tom re We-expect we i find Kristi at 635- 2373, . Frank is a. former teacher Jong: in- ‘calls...’ > out soon, cake followed the presentations.