INSIDE SECTION B COMMUNITY CRIS LEYKAUF EVENTS B2 638-7283 Volunteer of the Year Nominations close Friday | Mike’s involvement at the hatchery ensures that angiers great musical and arts com- munity,’ writes Thomson. IF YOU'VE been thinking about nominating someone for the 3rd WHAT? CHARLYNN TOEWS My fake talk show T WOULD feature all kinds of wonderful) women I know, forever going to school and doing plays and skits, and paint- ing their houses and buying and selling and cleaning them, and writing e-mail and rais- ing teenagers and babies, most often all at the same time. Whew! Work work work, talk talk talk, scrub scrub scrub. Makes me tired just thinking about it. Plus they are also highly aggravaling, thick-headed, blind-spotted, and oversensi- tive and insensitive mostly at the same time and all too often. And money money money. These women constantly natter about money — 3.99 a metre, asking sixteen seven, six for twenty, half again again, loonies quarters dimes nickels pennies, air miles, flyers, airplanes airplanes airplanes, the price these days to feed babies and teenagers and cats and dogs and fish and houseplants, at Safeway Over- waitea Co-op Copperside Mohawk Milk Store B&G Wayside, mall mali mall. Oh, my. For all their work and effort, they might as well shred- twenty dollar bills directly into the compost, some days. I hope you’re sitting down as you read this. In my fake talk show I would interview the various interesting women I know. We would be in a studio, like for Channel 10, with two chairs, a low table with a tele- phone (it’s a call-in show), a fake plant (which looks great on TV), and a fake studio audience. Perhaps there could be a laughtrack/applause sound board I could operate with a foot pedal. I might first interview Wendy, who adopted two babies from Romania (or was it one from Chechnia? — anyway, I7il ask her) and she used to do foot therapy for seniors out her basement in suburban Win- nipeg. Interesting already. Plus, she actually interviewed potential husbands she solicited through the personals, with a clipboard at the Burger King at the corer of Portage and Home. I would ask her about all these things, or rather, the callers phoning in would. This is where the fake part would come in. Beside the telephone, or under it, is a tape recorder. I say, ‘‘We have a caller,” and press the Play button on the tape re- corder. A voice (mine, although disguised) says, ““Yes, I have a question for your guest, Could she tell us about her adoption experience? Love your show,’’ and then I would click it off and turn to her for her response. It would be interesting to sce how long it would take various guests to say, ‘‘Hey! This is fake! Nobody’s calling in! You’re just pressing the Play button on a tape re- corder!’?? I don’t know how I would respond, perhaps I’d go to commercial. The commercial could be an infomercial with me (in disguise) selling a series of self-improvement videe tapes called “How you, foo can be an active feminist and not attend any evening meetings.’’ It works! With a money-back guarantee, void where prohibited. This would be fake, too, My next guest could be my sister, who would demonstrate faux painting techni- ques while jiggling an 18-month-old girl on one hip; then I would fly in both Joanne MacMillan and Leslie MacCauley and the three of us would talk again about how much we miss our dead dads; then I think I would like a cooking demonstration with those overhead shots of the pan sizzling, perhaps I could teach Jennifer Lang how to boil potatoes. I would ask her personal questions while we cooked, or rather, my callers would, . The fake talk show could be so over- whelmingly popular it could spawn a fake magazine (Charlynn Toews Living, avail- able at fake newsstands everywhere), and then, oh, what fake riches I'd have! annual Volunteer of the Year contest, then get those forms in soon. The remaining nominees will be profiled next week. Then all the nomination forms will be sent over to our judges — Dale Luf- kin, Rich McDaniel and Jim Ryan. Lovina Tyler, head of the Volunteer Bureau, will oversee the judging. The winner and two runner-ups will be announced on April 16. There will also be another award given io a volunteer who has devoted his or her energy to spe- cial services, such as Terrace Search and Rescue, victims ser- vices or volunteer firefighters. Nominees from previous years can be entered again. All nominees will be treated to a volunteer luncheon, thanks to Overwaitea. And the grand win- net will reccive a dinner for two from the Terrace Inn. Below are some of this week's nominees who’ve helped make our city a better place to live. Mike Homenick Every day for the past two and half years, Mike has walked down to the Eby St. fish hatchery to feed the fish. He’s there no matter what, whether it’s minus 20, or Christ- mas Day. The hatchery is part of a sal- monid enhancement Scottish IF YOU fancy a Scottish jig, then there’s a great opportunity during the music festival to get a close look at the rea] thing. Organizers are hoping to in- clude Highland Dance in next year’s festival, and in preparation for that there’s a great showcase evening this year. The event won't be judged, but it does promise to be a lot of fun. Candy Dilley has been teaching about a dozen students the intri- cate footwork that makes Highland dance so exciting to watch. Her students will be joined by some other young students of Vicki Parviainen and the adult Scottish Country Dancers, There evening will also feature a chore- ographed dance, some old fash- ioned fiddling and music by the Terrace Pipes and Drums. Dilley has been teaching Highland dance on and off since 1980, and this fall she began tak- ing on students again. Dilley teaches according to the mules of the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dance, so her dancers must follow the tradi- tional forms exactly. “Ty requires intricate footwork and great dexterity,’’ she says. She’s excited about the op- portunity for her students to dance at the testival. There aren't many competitions In the north- ern half of the province, and al- though this one. won't be judged this year, it will give her students some exposure, ‘For some kids, this is there ouly chance,’’ she says. She teaches students aged six to 12, and requires long hours of practice from them. Three of her dancers will be going to a Highland dance festi- project, ° have ever-increasing numbers of adull cohos to catch. I’s important for the fish’s health that they be fed every day, so Mike’s work at the hatchery is invaluable. . Martin Forbes nominated Mike, and says that it’s largely thanks to Mike that anglers enjoy such good coho fishing. “Tt gives me something to do,”’ says Mike, now 80-years-old. “Otherwise I'd be sitting at home watching T.V.”’ He enjoys watching the young salmon swarm to the top of the water as he throws the pellets into the cages. Carol Zucchiatti It seems there’s little this active volunteer hasn’t been involved ia, “T have known Carol since she came to Terrace in 1972,” says Jean Thomson, who nominated her, ‘‘She has always been very . willing to ‘accept‘social responsi- bility by contributing her consid- erable organizational and per- sonal skills as a volunteer worker”? . Caral has been the president of the Terrace Synchronized Swim Club, and a voluntecr at Blueback swim club meets. She’s a director with the ad- visory board at Northwest Com- munity College and been a direc- tor of the Aurora Summer School . of the Arts. dance a festival highlight She was also part of the accom- modation commiltec for the B.C. winter games and a secretary for Terrace Little Theatre, and was actively involved in a number of TLT productions. Carol was also instrumental in starting the French immersion program that the school district runs. The list doesn’t end there. Carol has been involved with the Pacific N.W, Music Festival for 22 years, and is currently the president. When she wasn’t president, Carol has served in almost every other capacity at the festival. Her work in the arts also in- cludes being the social convener for the provincial Festival of the Aris and a delegate and secretary for the strings section. However, Carol downplays her involvement with the arts. “The music and theatre, that’s just pure selfishness,”’ she says of her volunteer work. “'T just love the end result.” Participants in the Riverboat Days festival have alsa benefited from her involvement, as she has been a judge for the parade, hat contest and teddy bear contest. And in her spare time Carol canvasses for the Heart Founda- tion, Kinsmen’s Mothers March, Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Diabctes Assoc, “Tt is through Carol and people like her that we are blessed with a Louise Morton Sometimes seniors and people who are disabied can’t make it out to the grocery store. That's where Meals-on-Wheels comes in. Volunteers deliver hot meals to seniors and shut-ins, and one of the program’s most dedicated voiunteers is Louise Morton. She started delivering for Meals-on-Wheels 16 yeats ago when a friend whe was coordinat- ing the program at the time asked her to help out. ‘She is often the only out-of- home contact for some shut-ins, and provides a fecling of security and safety as they can count on her to check on them,’’ says Betty Stewert. She nominated Louise because she is such a de- pendable and dedicated volunteer. “She can be refied on to be prompt on delivery day,’’ wrote Stewert, ‘‘She enjoys what she does and sees it as a valuable pro- gram in Terrace, She also sees it as being very rewarding to donate her time to an essential service.’ Louise says she likes meeting the seniors and other clicnts of Meals-on-Wheels. ‘I’m shy around strangers but not around them,” she says. “The Lord’s blessed me with health, so [ do what I can.”’ NIMBLE FEET — Dea Ward, Lindy MacRobbie and Kimberly Penner will be on their toes during the first ever Highland Dance Showcase at the upcoming Pacific NW Music Festival. Organizers hope to include Highland dance as an off icial category in next year's festival. val in Bums Lake to compete on April 11-12. And a few more will be going to the Gathering of the Clans in Price George at the end of May. As for herself, Dilley isn’t Scot- tish, but might as well have been, having been raised listening to Scottish records alll her Sie, “My dad would put us on his feet and dance around with us,’’ she says. Dilley’s been dancing in com- petitions since she was six ycars HAVE YOU NOMINATED A VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR? NOMINATION FORM PAGE A3 old, and if she can find some time lo practice she also hopes to dance in the Highland dance showcase. IVs on Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the REM Lee Theatre. Admission is free or by donation.