TERRACE STANDARD OMMUNITY= INSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 AT THE LIBRARY SHEELAGH MEIKLEM Don’t sweat that move — or anything else UMMERTIME is the peak season for moving, as you will discover if you happen to need a moving van! Whether you are moving for good or just for a little while, there is a wealth of multi-media information available, Avery useful publication in magazine format is the Moving to and Around series. Information includes city maps, real estate prices and lots of lifestyle information. The only drawback to the series is that itdeals solely with major cities, such as Vancouver, Toronto, and Ottawa. International cities are explored in video by Lonely Planet. it’s New York City Guide is the newest acquisition in this media. A major factor in any decision to move is the availability of employment. For international job hunters we have The Canadian Guide to Working and Living Overseas which profiles over 700 potential employers and gives essen- tial tips on how to get the job of your dreams. If you are happy with your country but nat your career the annually revised What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles may be the tool you need. This mamial for job hunters and career changers is full of practical advice; how to determine the ideal job for you, how to write the most effective resume and how to ace the interview. Also by Richard Bolles is the 1997 What Color is Your Parachute — Guide to Job-Hunting on the Internet, The Moving Book: a Kid’s Survival Guide is written for children to help them take control of the moving process, so it is fun and exciting rather than lonely and unsettling. Laura Langston’s book No Suck Thing as Far- away tells of one small boy and his sadness at leaving a place he loves. New places hopefully mean new people, new friendships. Even in the most remote corners of the globe this can be true as Deanne Kawatski discovered during her years in the remote Ninguusaw Valley. In her book Clara and Me she tells the story of ber friendship with the only woman in the area, the mentally challenged Clara. You may find, despite all this motion, not much in your life has changed. This is because there you ure.’ If you fee] more like moving around. than moving away, Pat Kramer has a very informa- tive book that may be of use: B.C. for Free (and Almost Free). This book takes us through B.C. delailing the services ‘and attractions available in cach community, most of which. are free. - Whale watching, wine tasting, gold panning, rock hounding, all manner of music Eeslivals as well as countless historic sites are just some of ihe many great things our province has to offer the traveling family. : Hiking the Rockies with Kids by Celia Mclean is another book for the adventurous family. Her ‘ pook describes 65 hikes that are scenic, acces- sible and suitable for family hiking. It has his- tory, geology, flora and fauna as well as safety ‘tips and some recipes for interesting hiking grub — such as Dave’s Glorp, a campfire casserole, You may find, despite all this motlon, not much In your life has changed. This ts because “wherever you go, there you are.’’ We bring our own expectations, our. own prejudices, our own view of the world everywhere we go. If you wish a change, the change has to begin in- side yourself. Richard Carlson has a new little book to help with that; Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff..and it's all Smail Stuff, This book is full of self evident truths to remind us that life is a fleeting moment and should be enjoyed to the maximum, A Jot of the stress of our lives can be eliminated by simple shifts in our outlook — accepting crili- cism as well as withholding it, trying to see op- _positig, viewpoints, accepting that “now” is all there really is. By CRIS LEYKAUF “SHE TOUCHED everybody’s life.”” The many friends of Gert Grund- mann, or Gertie, were saddened lo leam of her sudden death last Wed- nesday, July 23, from an aneurism. Grundmana, 78, was a long-time tesident of Terrace and although retired from her job as nurse, was an extremely active member of the conumunity. “You name the organization, and she was involved,” said her friend Maric Cousins, The Happy Gang Centre, Heart and Stroke Foundation, hospice society, cancer socicly, blood pres- sure clinics — if it involved health and wellness there was a good chance Grundmann was involved. “She helped me immeasurably with Heart and Stroke,”’ said Betly Campbell. “She was the one per- son who never said no.” Grundmann helped Campbell organize Hearts in Motion — a winter walking program in the mall, and often canvassed for her. *Tt’s just been a terrible blow,”’ added Aileen Frank, seniors’ ad- viscr for Terrace. “She was the mainstay at the senior’s centre. We’ve been so dependent on ber.” granddaughters into the world about 30 years ago and the two had been friends ever since, Grundmann organized bus trips, Christmas lights tours, rentals, the seniors’ lottery and bingo for the Happy Gang Centre. “I?’s impossible to know how much she did,’ said Frank. “It’s Gert Grundmann really too bad that we put too much on her. She just spread herself out olunteer never said n The night before she died, Grund- . mann spent the evening writing 4 speech she was to give the next day to the adult daycare centre. But she never had a chance to read it. That evening she was also on the phone, lining up volunteers to do hamburger sales at the seniors games. , Just over a year ago she was nominated for Volunteer of the Year by Aileen Frank, the previous year’s Winner. “Fo my knowledge there is no one in Terrace more worthy of recognilion,’’ wrote Frank. Grundmann also knew the impor- tance of relaxing. She loved to travel and play golf, and she was an avid fan of duplicate bridge. Cousins remembers one time she aud Grundmann were golfing at the Terrace course. "We were teeing off of the 3rd hole and then there was this 350Ib bear.” Cousins was ready to abandon the game but Grindmann advanced towards the bear, saying, ‘‘just clap your hands Marie and he'll go away.”? “He coulda’t have been more than five feet away,’’ remembers Cousins. cident by giving Grundmann a gold fly swatter lo chase ihc bears away. Grindmann and ber husband Otto made a big impact ou friends as well. Donna Ziegler said she’s known the pair since the 1970s, “She was the mainstay at the senior’s centre. We've been so dependent on her.”’ “I was on my own at that time. The children and[ used to go aut to their place for Christmas dinner or Easter. We've been celebrating those special days together for a long time.’ Ziegler said Getic was always very supportive of her. ‘She was always there to help me when my mom and papa died,’’ Grundmann’s wonderful sense of humour helped Ziegler and many others through rough times. “She was a fine diamond with many facets,"’ added Cousins. Grundmann’s funeral was held on Monday afternoon at the Knox United Church. She is survived by “Wherever you 0, Grundmann brought Frank’s twin too thin.’” Later she commemorated the in- her husband Otto. High energy play opens tomorrow | THE SMOOTH glide of the two-step, and the coordina- tion needed for line dancing has proved a challenge for some of the cast of Cruel Tears, The play opens July 31, and the actors are promising to get their dance steps down by then. If not, well, more laughs for the audicnce. Cruel Tears is a. country- western Version of Shakespeare’s Othello. The play is set in a small town in Saskatchewan, and features hard drinking truck drivers, a waitress with loose morals and one heck of a trailer party. Shakespeare’s themes of love, jealousy, betrayal and maurder have been reset into modem times, and now they’re accompanicd by a live country-weslern band, Actors sing and dance their way through the play —- sometimes with hilarious consequences. Those seated in the front row should lean back during the solo dance nunibers by the truck drivers. The cast of the play is huge and that’s created a great energy level which is building towards opening night, says Joelle Walker. She plays one of the lead roles, Kathy, the pampered daughter ofa trucker boss. “So much of the energy comes from the music.’’ She says the band does a fantastic job, taking cues from the actor to slow or speed a song up. As opening night gets nearer, Walker says the cast is ‘‘running on the ragged edge. You’re feeding off the energy of the other actor you're doing a scene with,” says Walker. Her. co-star, Jay Kryk- lywyj, agrees, saying open- ing night should be cx- plosive. Kryklywyj plays Johnny Roychuck, the beau hunk truck driver trying to win Kathy’s hand, The energy the actors create sucks the audience into the play like a whirlpool. And if the actors are doing their jobs, the audience will feed that ener- gy back to them says Kathy Patershuk. She plays the wife of Jack, one truckers who's jealous of Johnny. That energy level is kept throughout the play by fast Scenes, such as a raucous trailer party — with actors crammed into an = wn- believably small space. Comedy is also evident throughout in characters like Debbie Lou, an easy bar maid, played by Amy Turner, Playing a waitress in a country bar didn’t come nat- urally to Turner. She hates country music and hasn’l THE PROPOSAL — Johnny Roychuck, the beau hunk truck driver, asks Kathy for her hand. JACK CONFRONTS trucker boss Jensen, trying to worm a raise out of him, got the slightest idea how to * balance a tray full of drinks. So far she’s soaked two other actors. “We've got a contingency plan lined up in case she does it again when the, play’s on,’? says Hal Sted- ham who plays Jack, the scheming trucker. He’s one of the ones who gol soaked. Debbie Lou is so cager for male companionship she even turns to the audience at one point. Yet another character, a trucker, demonstrates a talent for peeing and singing at the same time. ‘Rednecks are going to come to this play and say, ‘Right on man,’ ”’ says Stedham. Walker describes the play another way, saying “it’s a little bit saucy.”’ The man who’s brought it all together is director Daniel Barnswell. **Tremendous recognition has to go to him,’’ says Stedham. ‘‘He has an amaz- ing passion that comes from him for the work. It excites you, It’s contagious.”’ Cruel Tears will run July 31 through August 4 and . then Aug, 7-9. It's being produced by Cold Dark Matter Productions, Daniel Bamswell’s company. Tick- ets are available at Uniglobe Travel for $15, ACTORS HOPE to get their line dancing more coordinated before opening night.