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Something amazing and

pretty neat has happened at

Thornhill Nursery, The nursery

_is comprised of 15 greenhouses,
where forestry seedlings, split

_ ‘Over six or seven different
“species, are produced:

Joe. Pitzoff came to work for
the nursery this-year, and with
Mmanagement’s blessing one

-. greenhouse has been totally
devoted to the growing of.
- poinsettias. This is the fourth
_ crop Joe has grown himself.
He grew two in Nanaimo, one _

in the Fraser Valey, and now

- he is in Terrace doing the same .

thing here.
It might sound pretty simple

to grow poinsettias, but it
‘isn’t. To their knowledge, this
- is the first time a poinsettia
_ crop’has been grown this far ©

north in B.C. In order to grow

_ therm here, they had to adapt

their culture program to the en-

vironmental conditions.
Culturally, they are quite
demanding. Poinsettias are

. Susceptible to nutrient deficien-

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the more common nursery

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cy, much more so than a lot of

Crops. If the fertilizer program

is not on track, they will

develop problems very quickly.

The variety grown here is called

Annette Hegg: *
Poinsettias are a tropical
plant and native to Mexico, but |
are bred for the floracultural
industry in Europe. The variety
grown in. Terrace originated in ‘
Denmark. The crop was started
from.root cuttings July 20.
Pitzoff is a poinsettias en-
thusiast. Someday he hopes to
grow a variety called Jingle

‘ Bells. These plants are mostly
‘red, but have specks of dif-

ferent colors, There is also a
marbled variety, and then there
is a poinsettia called Lemon
Drop, yellow in color. In the
greenhouse, I never saw so
many beautiful poinsettias all

in one place. The color split is
’ 80 percent red, 10 percent pink

and 10 percent white. Most of
the production is in six-inch
pots,- but there are also some in
four-inch and eight-inch pots.
The plants, almost -3000 of _
them, are ready for the market
now and the nursery hopes to
sell them all locally. Each plant
is sold with a ‘‘care.card’’ and
a Thornhill Nursery tag with
the company logo on it. Make
sure you look for it, when you

‘buy your poinsettia. If you
_ don’t find them in your

favorite Supermarket, then go
to the next one, or to your |
favorite flowershop; for sure
they will be there. .

Alot of care went into this.

crop-and we should care equal-—

ly that as local people we sup-
port this local'industry. These
truly are ‘the best poinsettias
you will ever see anywhere.
Who knows, if this goes well
we might see some different

_ types next year.

Dies ist fiir Carla, Simone
Kirsten, Eric, Carl, Archie,

' Theresa, Florence und unsere

Lehrerin Inke Kase.

Es hat mich sehr gefreut
Euch tiber die vergangenen
Monate kennen zu lernen und
vermute, dass unser ‘‘Deutsch’’
besser ist als das von FELIX
(das ist der komische kerl in
VIDEO). Ich habe viel gelernt,
und hoffe Euchim kommenden
Februar wieder zu sehen.

Ich wiinsche Euch allen ein
“Frohes Weihnachten’’ un ein
giiickliches und gesundes
“Neues Jahr’’.

--Most of use know Betty
Campbell. She’s that smiling

_ lady doling out pizza bits at .

Safeway on weekends, Betty
has been retired from nursing

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for a while, but keeps busy do-.

ing part time jobs here and

there. She celebrated her birth- .

day last week and this one is ~
for you Betty: Feliz
Cumpleainos, Feliz Navidad y° «
Prospero Atio Nuevo.

This time of year is the
busiest for bake sales, bazaars, .
teas and Christmas sales. ‘The
Skeena Fall Fair Association

_ held their annual Craft and

Bakesale.at. the Co-op, As
always, it was very successful

- and deservedly so. Besides ©

some baking, I-also bought
some of the nicest crocheted -
snowflakes ve seen for a long
time.

Next year is the Skeena Fall
Fair’s 20th anniversary. The
Association hopes to produce a
special edition cookbook.
Anybody who has ever had
anything to do with the Fall
Fair in any capacity is invited
to submit a recipe. There have
been many exhibitors over the
past 19 years, They’d like to
see recipes from everybody;
drop them off at the Terrace
library. C’mon folks, let’s do

. it. This is a worthwhile project

and it is all local.

The Annual Farmers Market ~

Christmas sale was held at the

Arena Banquet Room. A real

variety of goods were offered”
for sale. Some people like
Marion, Linda, Norico and
Margret work year-round on
their crafts; in their spare time,

that is. They then sell their «~~

wares at sales like this and

‘4. others, They call themselves. the.

| forming Arts.

phone 6 student Soren Hedberg was one of the featured adts ata recital to. launch the
ews Season forthe Northwest Bt Anadorny a of the 6 Performing Arts. ans

Pha, ob» Allie le Toon. .

|. Thimbleberry Workshop. Other

tables. were set up with

beautiful quilting, stained glass,

home canning, jewellery,”
potatoes and vegetables, nuts
and honey. The poinsettias

_ across the room caught my eye,

’ They were displayed in wooden
baskets made by Rene and Ella —
Vienneau of Nail ’n’ Needle: . .

Craft. They were the nicest ©

poinsettias I’ve ever seen and
no wonder; they were locally

grown, All together, it was a

good Christmas sale.

A recital on Sunday,
November 26, marked the
beginning of a new season for
the Northwest Academy of Per-

Some younger students and
students in their teens perform-
ed on a variety of instruments
for a very appreciative au-
dience. As well as performing
solo, some teamed up for
duets.

There were special guests,
like Colleen Craig playing the
clarinet. She was accompanied

‘on piano by Bonnie MacNeill.

Soren Hedberg was the sax-
ophone guest, Jenine Sheppard
playing flute teamed up with
Leslie Dickson on piano for a
duet called ‘‘Cuckoo’’. Usha
Mary Francis came down from

“s Hazelton to perform her artis-
“..| try on the ivory keyboard
_ with “‘Golliwogs Cake Walk’’.

The Grand Finale was a duet

" called “Square Dance”' played
- by Jane Zagar and Cathy

Dickson. To make it all the
more authentic, they even

dressed up in Western garb,

complete with cowboy hats.
Pupils taking part in the.
‘recital were: Teresea-Fleming,

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Robert-Gervais, Carmen

Unruh, Andrea Miskelly, |
Sheena Worden, Eric Walker,
Colleen Craig, David Fleming,
Julie Brewer, Steven Owens,--.

“Cathy Dickson, Soren

Hedberg, Kevin dnd Matthew ° .
Zakresky, Steven Unruh, Leslie
Dickson, Thomas Ames,’ -
Trevor. Warden, Jenine Shep-
pard, Jane Zagar, Paul Flem- «.
ing, Stephen Fleming and: Usha
Mary Francis. —

‘Refreshments were served
afterwards.

Last Wednesday was Seniors
Day in the Skeena Mall. All the
seniors were. treated to a cor-
sage and special discounts
throughout the Mall. The
Grade 6 band from Clarence
Michiel school came out.and
entertained everybody with
some nice tunes. Walking
through the Mall, I talked to
Mary McGowan and Bob.
Goodwin, who were there mak-
ing people aware of the |
Distress Alert Systems. These

-_ systems are available to ~

anybody: who needs one. They
are ideal for persons who have

problems getting around, or for

persons with heart trouble or
people incapacitated through il-
Iness or circumstances. If you
missed seeing the systems at the
Mall, please phone Mrs. Betty
Stewart at 635-5135 for more.
information. It is worth look-
ing into. :

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Kermode Friendship Centre *

was one of the places to go last”
weekend for.another Arts and .

Craft show. I saw some
unusual ceramic tableware with

. hand painted Indian designs by

Robert Odonaghy. Moccasins,
handmade jewellery, crocheted
items and what have you, it -

was all there. _ Murphy Stanley

showed visitors the art of

silversmithing and James -
Draper displayed his unusual
original artwork, which is done
on sandpaper. To be able to
transform a piece of sandpaper

_ into.a piece of art requires a

special technique, which took
him 20 years to develop.
The Terrace Art Association

also had their annual Christmas

show in the Gallery. It was a
very successful show. Ex-
hibitors came not only from
Terrace, but also Houston, |
Hazelton, Telkwa, Smithers. .
Many of you know Joan Hum-
phrey. She came up from
Nanaimo and brought lots of
her beautiful weaving. It was
nice to see her again, it’s been
a while.

There was something for
everybody at the Gallery; pot-
tery, paintings, photography,
silk scarves, weaving, woodcar-
vings, jewellery, crochet, dried
flowers, atid lots of other craf-
ty things. The Gallery lends
itself so well to a show like
this, It has such a good at-
mosphere.

it has beet a busy week f
all this rain had been shdw. We

would have had almost eight = :

feet of it last week.- See you
tiext Wednesday. :

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