INSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 ate Bn JUST A THOUGHT - KATHY FLORITTO Tasty worms T'S YOUR weekly day of worship. You and your family are sitting in your chosen pew, your attention divided between the ritual and prayers of the service and the not-so-muffled giggles coming from your squirming, restless children. As you contemplate the various de- grees of parental firmness that might be neces- sary to achieve noise reduction, a voice cuts through your musing... ‘The sermon for this. week is taken from Songs of our Childhood, Volume 2, versus 1 through 3. Please open your songbooks at page 119 and join our choir as it offers a rousing rendition of that old favourite, Worms. All together now... , Nobody likes me Everybody hates me I’m gonna eat some worms; (chorus) Long, slim, slimy ones Big, fat, juicy ones lisy-bitsy, fuzzy-wuzzy worms. Down goes the first one’ Down goes the second one Down goes the third litle worm. (chorus repeat) Upcomes the first one Up comes the second one: Upcomes the third tittle worm. (chorus repeat) Wonderful! Your smiles tell me that this silly litle song broughi-back many happy memories for you. Like you, J remember ‘sunny,-blue-sky days at summer camp; days filled wilh swim- ming, canoeing and hiking.. Each day wound down with camp-fire stories and sing-a-longs, ending with a prayer of thanks to ovr bencficent Creator who made such a wonderful, beautiful world. What a time that was. Such great fun when a _ part of our present, idyllic, as part of our past. As we greedily smacked our lips over 5'’Mores - those delectable litte graham wafer, chocolate square, roasted marshmallow concoc- tions that our diets won’t permit today - did any of.us understand how very precious those days of learning and laughter, those summers of our childhood truly were? Of course not Did we realize the effort it must have taken for our camp counsellors to set the world aside and devote their full attention to filling our waking hours with the stuff of priceless recol- lection? Not a bit. Whether we attended Camp for a week or the entire summer vacation, their lives and ours ~were entirely devoted to ensuring that we en- joyed ourselves, Their success ratio was astonishing! We not only’ bad tremendous fun, but through an in- explicable fonm of osmosis found only in such situations, we learned significant truths that have guided many of us.in the decades since our days as junior campers. The light-hearted lite number. we just sang with such gusto was merely a tuneful bit of noa- sense that allowed us to make the same ex- aggerated grimaces and dreadful gagging noises that your own children enjoyed producing this morning,...at least, that’s what we thought, if we thought about il at all. - But, [ wonder...was there a message in Worms that we learned in spite of ourselves? Is there any one of us who has nol, aksome time or. other, felt ignored or rejected? While we probably didn’t grab a spade and start digging for. nightcrawlers, did- the thought of hurting them before they hurt us cross our minds? If a friend inadvertently said something to us that cut to the quick, did we entertain the deli- cious notion of never speaking to that person again — making him or her suffer forever for causing us momentary burt? Did that or some- thing like it come under the heading of “‘T'll showhim!?*? Cut ourselves off from our + friend to show him how it feels ta be slighted? ‘Eat the worms to prove...wht? That it.was right to reject us? That we don’t care? In the words of a late, preat philosopher...‘ ‘Bah! Humbugl’® That delightfully sonsensical number from our campsong ‘Top 40°" gave us words to live by... “Up came the first one...” Now, let’s sing it again, Do encourage your children to sing along. And, on the ride home, you might want to teach them that old favourite, ‘There's a hole In the bottom of the sea.”’ Oh, there’s to special message hidden-in its many verses —: but it will keep them busy: for a long time. That, too, is a good thing. By CRIS LEYKAUF JUDGES FACED another difficult’ decision this year as they looked over namina- tions for Volunteer of the Year. ‘You want to give an award to everybody,’’ says Lovina Tyler, bead of the Volunteer Bureau. She oversaw the judging for the third annual contest. This year’s judges. were Dale Lufkin, contest co- sponsor aid manager of Overwaitea, last year’s Volunteer of the Year Jim Ryan and city counselor Rich McDaniel. When it came down to it, the judges were unanimous . in naming Carol Zucchiatti as the 1997 Volunteer of the Year for her ‘‘dedication to the arts.’’ Zucchiatti is president of the NW. Music Festival, overseeing hundreds of volunteers in a festival which has thousands of participants. She’s been in- volved with the festival for 22. years, She also works with the provincial Festival of the Arts, and has been involved with. many Terrace Little Theatre productions, But Zucchiatti describes her involvement with the aris as “‘just pure selfishn- ess,'’ She loves the arts, she explains and gets a greal deal oul of the. work: she puts in. ‘Carol has had a huge im- pact on a great number of people of all ages,’ adds Tyler. She's been president of _the Terrace synchronized swim club; and a volunteer at Blueback swim club meets. , ‘She’s also a director with the advisory board at North- west Community - College and has been a director with the Aurora Summer School of the Arts, Despile her long history of volunteering, Zucchiatti hasn’t had much recognition for ber work. And that clinched the decision, said Tyler. Two volunteers were also The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 16, 1997 - B1 CAROL ZUCCHIATTI has been chosen as the 1997 Volunteer of the Year for her dedication to the arts. She shares the spotlight with Yvonne Moen and Muriel Michiel, given honourable mentions, and Rex Rema, who was awarded the new special services award. SECTION B CRIS LEYKAUF 638-7283 given honourable mention this year -- Yvonne Moen ‘and Muriel Michiel. “It was.a.dead heat be- tween the two of them and the others werent far be- hind,’’ said Tyler. Moen is better known. for bringing attention to the ac- complishments of others, rather than being in the spotlight herself, She’s a columnist for the Terrace Standard, and every week features the life stories of local citizens. Over the years she’s also become a repository of local history. Stacks. of old newspaper ‘clippings ‘and: photographs tower. on tables: and clutter the floor in a spare room in her apartment. Moen was first drawn to volunteer through activities her children were involved in, such as Brownies, Yvonne Moen Plant some trees this Sunday Guides and Cubs. She’s also worked with the track and field club, Blueback swim club and helped start the fig- ure skating club. She’s a-willing canvasser ‘every year for groups. like the Heart and Stroke foun- dation and Cancer Society. Moen also has a long his- tory with the Miss Terrace pageant and is still involved, helping with the fashion show and making sure the girls are inviled to important events throughout the year. But Moen is probably best known for her work with the Terrace Beautification Society. She’s been presi- dent of the society for the last few years, oversecing such projects as the im- provement of the land along the overpass, the planters and the murals. ‘7 get far more in retum than what 1 give,'? says Mcen. She shares the award with Muriel Michiel. Michie] is well known to seniors for the volunteer work she does with the Happy Gang centre. She’s been active there for 15 years, and regu- larly visits seniors who are sick or shut in, She’s also made herself available to drive seniors to events around town, such as church. “So many don’t have a vehicle,’’ she says, ‘‘or get to the silage where they can’t drive anymore.” Michiel is a legion mem- ber, and helps out at steak nights regularly. She also coordinates the winter mall walks pul on by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, ‘*Y just like to get out and be with other people.” Rex Rema was the recipient of this year’s new award for special services. His . volunteer work _ is unique and many would say unpleasant, as well as plain physically difficult. Rema finds moose who’ve been killed or injured on the train tracks, drags them back to his truck and loads Muriel Michiel them up. Then he gives the moose to needy families. Meat from one moose can last a family a halfa year. Rema goes out in any type of weather to search for moose, because he says he can’t stand to see the animals suffer, or the meat go to waste. “I’s an ugly, ugly job he docs,’’ says Tyler, ‘‘but he fills a great need. We wanted to-make sure he got some recognition for.it.’’ wa special services award ‘supposed. to go to volunteers ‘who received training to do a specialized type of job, bul the: judges all agreed that Rex’s work definitely required a unique and dedicated volunteer, Choosing the recipients of the awards was a hard job, said Tyler. Some might question the judges’ choices, for instance, wondering why Betty Campbell wasn’t selected, But the judges wanted to make sure that the people who won hadn'l had much prior recognition. And since Campbell has a street sign named after her, they de- cided) other volunteers deserved recognition as well. All the ‘nominees for Volunteer of the Year have been invited to the annual volunteer luncheon this Fri- day at. the arena banqnet room. That’s where this year’s winners will be honoured. WHAT BETTER way to celebrale Earth Day than by getting out to do your part for the environment? A number of local groups have joined forces for a coordina‘ed effort along Howe Creek on April 20. Volunteers are needed for streambed preparation and tree planting along the creek, The community work bee starts at 10 a.m. Volunteers-are asked to bring gum- boots, gloves and shovels. If’ you ‘can’ make: it by 10, work will be going on all day. Volunteers will be working along the new bend in Howe Creek, put in over the winter when the fisheries department relocated a section of the creek and created a pond. The area of the creek in question is located off Eby Street, nearby the fish hatchery and Parkside school. Trees to. be planted along the new creek bend include willows, Mt. Ash, and dog- wood. Money for the trecs came from the Terrace Greenbelt Association. Volunteers are also needed to plant evergreens in some - bare areas near. the creek. “Tf treeplanting isn’t your thing, how about , chipping i in to do some work on three new bridges which cross the creek? All that’s left to do is nail the planking on. Families are also invited to bring their children. Kids can help spread grass seed or take part in activities planned especially for them. Hot dogs and drinks provided, courtesy of alocal business. The event is Sponsored by the city recrea- tion department, the . Department of Fisherics and Oceans, the Greenbelt Asso- clation and the Terrace Beautification ‘Society.