The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 30, 1992 - Page Bt JEFF NAGEL 638-7283 . g COMMUNITY NEW __-TERRACE STANDARD “HAPPY. NEW YEAR! The Terrace Standard offers What's Up as a public service to Its readers and community organizations. This column ts intended for non-profit organizatlons and those events for which there is no admission charge. lems will run (wo wee before each event. We ask that Items be submit- ted by noon on the FRIDAY before the issue in which It is to appear. For other contributed articles, the deadline is 5 p.m. on the THURSDAY before the issue comes out. Submissians should be typed or printed neatly. eee ne JANUARY 13, 1993 - Terrace Little Theatre members meeting at MeColl Playhouse 3625 Kalum Street 7:30 p.m. 2p36 eke ae ‘JANUARY 14, 1993 - Terrace & District SPCA is having its Annual General Meeting. Elec- tions for the *93 executive will be held and all members and inter- ested people are welcome. Place: Library Meeting Room, 7:30 p.m. 2p39 ae CRISIS LINE is open 24 hours a day for anyone in crisis. Call 635- 4042. tfn azn e TERRACE VOLUNTEER BUREAU for Volunteer Opportu- ‘nities io suit your needs & time available. Contact Lovina Tyler at 638-1330. Mon-Fri, 8:30 - 4:30. +e kk EVERY WEDNESDAY from 8- 8:00 pm. Terrace Narcotics Anon~ ymous "Steps lo Recovery" meels at the Skeena Health Unit audito- rium. eee eK EVERY WEDNESDAY - Ter- race Ladies Kermodei Lions Clubt’ meets at the Inn of the West, For times and more info contact Doro- thy Barisoff at 638-8183, eee EVERY THURSDAY at 7:30pm Overeaters Anonymous al Wom- I ens.Resource’. Centre... Call. 635- 6446. Coe ; oo ae EVERY MONDAY Terrace Co- Dependants Anonymous meets from 8-9 pm. Call Karen. 638- 0707. . ee ea’ EVERY MONDAY at Spm Teen Survivors of Sexual Assault/Abuse | meet in the Skeena Health Audito- rium. Bea, 635-4042 or Tonee, 635-4822 (please contact firsl). ees VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Terraceview Lodge Pet Visitation Program. Once a month commit ment needed. Dogs only. For more info call Bonnie at 633-0223. ek ae 8: : VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for "Child Health Clinics" for Tues- days fram 9:30 am - 12 pm and from 1:30 pm - 4 pm. Thursdays -L:30 pm - 4 pm. Duties include weighing & measuring children. No lifting necessary. For more information call Debra at 638- 3310. oneae TERRACE PIPES & DRUMS practice every Mon. from 7:30- ‘B:1G p.m. Jr, Table, 8:20-9:00 p.m. Sr. Table, 9:15-9:45 p.m. piping & drumming. Meet at the Kin Hut next to Heritage Park. Anyone interested in playing or learning to play, call Audrey Kerr at 635- 3726. eee t _CCB TERRACE AND DIS- TRICT White Cane Club meeting the 2nd Tues. of every month at 1:00 pm in the Women's Resource Centre. Everyone welcome. For information phone Sylvie at 635- 6422 or Elizabeth at 638-1397. aes: PIONEER KIDS CLUB meets . every Wed. from 6:30-8 pm. For kids 6-9 years at Terrace Pentecos- ‘tal -Assembly, “3511 Eby St, Ph. 635-2434 for moreinfa. we eens -TERRACE-KITIMAT NORTH- ERN SINGLES meet every Tues- day al 7 pm at Mr. Mikes. For info, phone 632-3547 or 635-3238. ; weet ALCOHOLICS ANONY- MOUS: Monday 8:30pm Anglican Church; Tuesday 8:30pm Catholic Church; Wednesday 7:30pm; Thursday 7:30pm Hospital Psych Unity Friday 8:30pm Kermode Friendship Centre; Saturday 7:00pm Hospital Psych Unit; Sun- day 7:00pm Hospital Psych Unit (mens), che +t TERRACE INTERMEDIATE YOUTH CHOIR meets cvery, Monday. Age 12-18 plus years, Time: 7-8:30 pm. Location: T.B.A; Music Director: Mrs. A. Kebernik, |. 638-1230. Accompanist: Mrs. S. Doughty, 638-0509, te , sat 8 4 CROSSROADER’S DIARY Caring and sharing in the drought zone Kirsten Murphy is a 24-year-old Northwest Community College stu- dent working in Zimbabwe with Canadian Crossroads International. Some of her latest experiences include: ¢ Battling scorpions in her house {not to mention tte entire insect kingdom). + Recovering from chicken pox, which she contracted despite spend- ing a smail fortune on immunizations. * Baking in the 45-degree weather. Kirsten enjoys her placement, however, and is requesting a four- month extension. This is her second article for the Standard. TSHELANYEMBA, ZIMBABWE By KIRSTEN MURPHY F ALL THE people I have met in Tshelanyemba, it is those with the least who have given me the most, Home care visits are a special source of inspiration as I am mect- ing people who struggle to obtain necessities we often take for granted. During one of my visits, Adelait Maposa and I ride b tietres in the blazing sun to a " a family of six who have not eaten o for atleast a day. In the shade of the main hut we sil on goatskin rugs and Adclait inquires how the family is managing. While the Gogo (Grandmother) answers in Ndebele, a weathered old man shuffles stiffly towards us. He painfully lowers himself onto a stool and after heaving a muffled sigh he adjusts the frames of his black plastic glasses. He stares al me, bul it is icycles four kilo- Adelait he addresses. “Did you bring the aes. mealimeal?’’ he asks in Ndebele. Kirsten Murphy Adelait explains we have brought clothing and reaches for the pack. She gently tells them if ihey want their mealimeal, someone will have to walk the four kilometres to the hospital to get it By then it is 10:30 a.m. and the temperature gauge is approaching “unbearable.” We distribute the clothes and as we get up to leave, I ask Adelait if they have any food intheirbut, © “Nothing,’’ she replies and begins walking towards her bicycle. I call to ber: ‘'Tell them Pll be back wilh their mealimeal. this afternoon.” oon mo The next homestead is a 15 minute slog through sand and soil. Once again we are warmly received — this time by what appears to be three generations of Zimbabwean women. The Gogo slouches hap- pily on a tattered goatskin rug, her tiny sun-dried hands folded neatly in her lap. We are given chairs to sit on whkle the rest of the family settles on rugs and mats. Adelait explains that I am from Canada and the old Gogo flashes a wide toothless grin. One of the daughters passes around fuzzy fruits the size of a bailed egg yolk, ] am told this is African chewing gum (a real treat) and one must first peel away the tough shell in order to gel to the chewy centre, We all dive ilo the tasty delicacy, some having more difficulty than others. When it comes time to band aver the clothes, the whole family takes part in the celebration of unfolding the package. [ am just about moved to tears as the daughter slips the tiny Gogo into an oversized grecn and white polyester blazer. The Gogo claps her hands and In the basket are four glorious chicken eggs, all of which the Gogo insists I take. I cannot control the lump in my throat any longer and the tears spill down my cheeks. praise. I think to myself uf only everyone was so easy to please... Before we Icave an unidentified hand slips half a dozen bails of African chewing gum in my skirt pocket. The final visit is to. a Gogo caring for ber disabled son. Although we have not brought anything for them, they arc clearly in need, Perhaps because of the visits prior to this once, 1 immediately feel a need to sil beside this woman and do so without invitation. She appears pleased by my decision.and we exchange a number of smiles and handshakes before she asks Adclait why [ am there and where I am from. Her adult son sits across from us, protected from the sun by the shadow of the kitchen door. 1 feel my eyes begin to water as the simplicity of his warld is added to the complexity of my own. The Gogo says something to Adclail and Adelail returns with a bas- ket from the kitchen. In the basket are four glorious chicken eggs, all of which the Gogo insists I take, I cannot contro] the lump in my throat any longer and the tcars spill down my cheeks. “Tell her I’m sorry,” I blurt owt wanting to run away, ashamed of how they might interpret my reaction, Adelait relays my message and without saying 4 word, the Goge lakes my hand and we sit in silence, enjoying a moment of cross- cultural kinship. ACK AT THE hospital, | fasten a 20-kilogram backpack of mealimeal to my back while Adelait patiently describes and redescribes the route to the first homestead, I manage to find it with no trouble and J am embraced by the joy of a family who will have food on the table that night. After saying a high-spirited and lengthy prayer on my behalf, the old mati sith the thick glasses offers me a chicken. Not wanting to offend his generous gesture, I decline on the grounds his happiness is my happiness. As I’m about to leave, the Gogo retums following a strenuous trip to fetch water. She removes the bucket from her head and smiles as her granddaughter tells her the news. a rr The Gogo turns to. me and offers her worn canvas shocs. | decline, explaining the Jove they have shown me is the. most precious gilt ] could have ever hoped to receive, Se ee ae Readers in Terrace can write to Kirsten with questions or comments,. 7 ~The address is: Kirsten Murphy, Tshelanyemba, P. B 5703; Maphisa, * Zimbabwe 6 2. : ee AIR weather — at least until the rain arrived. ORNE! - GRUISE:-CONTROL-Wwas-set-on hyperspace for-children fiying downhill-on: sleds‘on' the Hal-" tiwell Ave. hill at the base of Terrace Mountain. Snow last week provided perfect sliding Dancers square up Contributed The Skeena Squares Square Dance Club honoured cight new members who completed their basic and mainstream dance les- sons at the Christmas dance Mon- day Dec. 14 at the Carpenters’ Hall. The new members received cer tificates signifying their promo- tion to full-member status. There were four squares — 32 dancers in tolal — at the dance. New graduates were congralu- lated and enjoyed dancing to fes- live tunes called by Head Caller Carol Glen. : The club’s regular dances will restine. again on Monday, Jan. 11. bursts into an Ndebele song of: A veteran LYDIA ANGUS was honoured recently for 18 years of work- ing with Mothers Time Off. With her is Sean Christiansen, one of the younger participants. The program runs during the school year, four mornings a week. Mothers Time Off is one _of the Terrace Community Services Society's offerings but it actually predates the society, Ah Barb LeRoss Nurse receives bursary Contributed A local nurse is one of this year’s recipients of the Nora Langley Memorial Bursary. Barbara LeRoss, of Terrace, will receive the annual $300 bur- sary, along with Heather Hod- son of Telkwa. mo LeRoss, a registered nurse, has - lived in Terrace since 1978 and has worked at Mills Memorial Hospital for 12 years. She now works part-time in maternity. LeRoss Is also trained as a mid- wife in England and is enrolled in BCIT’s advanced - obstetrical course, , oo The Nora Langley. Memorial Bursary, sponsored by the Ter- race chapter of the Registered. Nurses Association... of - B.C. (RNABC), was set up in memory of Nora Langley to improve the quality of nursing care given in the northwest. Nora was a senior nurse in Terrace. who died in a 1977 car accident. . She worked hard to improve continuing education for fiurses and the bursary was set up to per- petuale her work, : The bursary is available to any . registered nurse in- the Skeena nursing education. °°. ‘ ‘district’ who is. pursuing: further: