The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - Bl = TERRACE STANDARD See . tables. Around Town Put your mind at ease HAVE YOU been tested? The HIV/AIDS Sup- port Group is holding two upcoming confiden- tial HIV and AIDS testing clinics - in recogni- tion of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. The first clinic takes place Friday, Nov. 28 from 9-11:30 a.m. The second is Dec. 2 from 1:30-4 p.m. No drop ins. By appointment only. To book, please call the Health Unit at 638-2200. Volunteers will also be at the Farmers’ Market Christmas Fair at the arena banquet room Nov, 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, You’re en- couraged to stop by for information and to enter a draw. Craft sale helps young. musicians travel IT’S ONE Christmas tradition that provides di- ‘vidends for months after the holiday season winds down, It’s the annual craft sale hosted by the ‘Thornhill Junior Secondary school’s bands, It's a great way to gel a jump start on your holiday shopping ~ and support local musicians. The event, now in its fifth year, is an im- portant fundraising activity for students in the school’s band program. Proceeds help cover — travel costs for the award-winning bands, which have been invited to attend a national music festival in Montreal this spring. Band leader and instructor Michael Wen wants to take 45 students. Fundraising helps ensure everyone who wants to is able to attend. The two-day sale takes place at the Thorn- hill Junior schoo] gym Friday Nov. 28 fram 3 to 9 p.m. and continues Saturday, Nov. 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will also be a bake sale. Upcoming gathering promotes healing SURVIVORS of the residential school system are invited to upcoming workshops at the Kit- * sumkahum Hall that target the whole person — the mind and body. There’s no cost to attend the Gathering and Workshops for Survivors and the Next Gener- ation of Residential Schools. The three-day event runs Dec. 1-3. It fea- tures a variety of workshops, concurrent heal- ing circles and much more. Workshop topics include laughter is the best medicine, understanding and using the Medicine Wheel, healthy relationships and healing, traditional healing and understanding trauma, healing through music, and “good grief”. Donna Moon presents a workshop on. alter- native dispute resalution process on Dec. | and 2 in the evenings. There will also be work- shops on individual massage and reflexology. Healing circles for men, women, and youth run throughout the three day event. Juno Nominee Marcel Gagnon, a Prince George- based = singer- songwriter, will provide music. Lunch = and dinner provided at no cost by the Area 4 First Na- tions Commercial Fishers Assacia- tion. There's also no cost for artist tables or to set up program and pro- ject information To register and. to get complete information, call the Indian Residential School Survivors Socie- ty’s Northwest Regional Office at 615-4700 or 615-9700. Or cali toll free: 1-866-615-4700. Artists get together A GROUP of artists is meeting on a weekly basis at the Terrace Art Gallery, notes gallery coordinator Laura Gosnell. The meetings take place on Tuesday even- ings. Artists bring their supplies so they can work on various individual projects. “It’s sort of like a support group for artists,” Gosnell says, adding the group will eventually become self-supporting apart from the gallery. Fees are also being discussed. So far, a mix of amateurs and pros are at- tending, offering up interesting possibilities. “Kitimat and Prince Rupert have similar groups and they're really popular,” she adds, Looking ahead, the art gallery will be Marcel Gagnon . closed during the month. of December, but opens up for a new season in January. The first show of 2004 is a textile show ex- hibiting the works of fabric artists, weavers, felters, quilters, First Nations basket weavers, and others, Close to 20 artists have come forward indi- | cating they would like to participate. IRoad ' rior Hew a university student from Terrace and her friend wound up running and cycling from one side of B.C. to the other — and raised thousands for charity By JENNIFER LANG SUKHDEEP ATWAL may not know it, but deep inside her chest beats the heart of a champion. The 21-year-old pre-med student and her friend Kasie Clarke completed an 800-km relay across the province in just 11 days. They started at Lake Louise on Aug. 18, running and cycling all the way to downtown Vancouver, where they arrived exhausted but jubilant — and five days ahead of schedule. Their Relay of Hope raised $6,435. They gave 30 per cent to the B.C. Rehab Foundation and the rest to Chris Anderson, the 23-year-old brother of a friend. An accident in April left him paralyzed from the waist down, Atwal and Clarke wanted to do something to help, But what? One day, Atwal picked up the phone. It was Clarke. “I said, ‘I just came in from arun.’ And she said, ‘I’m just about to go for a run.’ We were like, screaming aahkhk! Let’s doa run!” — A fundraising campaign was born, They lined up sponsors and planned their relay. “I wanted to say thank you to Terrace,” Atwal says. “Just knowing the community sup- ported me, it meant a lot.” _he would phone every day and Her family and friends, in- cluding her former coworkers at Safeway, generously donated money. Her little brother Harjin- der, 15, raised $500 just in Ter- race. “While I was on the road, say, ‘Oh I’ve got so much more,’*” Atwal says. During the relay, one woman | would run 10 km while the other biked 20 kin, alternating all day long. Driver Randy Baron shut- tled the relayers to the next drop off point in a camper that was well stocked with donated food. On the seemingly endless steep hills along the way, the pair found. motivation in knowing summer was nearly over and many of their friends in the Lower Mainland were going back to school. “There were days when we did 70 km each. It was intense. One day we went from Kam- loops to Hope. It was Pretty insane, when you ' think about it.” Atwal now has a new-found appreciation for B.C.’s natural beauty, which was stunning Sukhdeep Atwal even though forest fires were ra- ging in much of the province. In Chase, flames leapt at them from across the road. The Coqui- halla was closed due to fires, so they were forced to deal with the windy Fraser Canyon instead. Mostly, the relay taught Atwal how to believe in herself, . “It made me realize anything is possible, really. It's given me sa ‘much motivation. I feel like I can do Mount Kilimanjaro.” But not right away. They may plan a second relay this summer. “We totally inspired each. other every day. If it wasn’t for Kasie, T wouldn’t have done it and she’s the same. We just felt so good about it. We did it to help someone else, but it made us feel really good, too.” ; Apart from a few blisters, neither woman suffered significant injuries, The last 80 km were by far the most difficult. The pair set out from Mission determined to make it to B.C. Place (in downtown Vancouver) in one day. Continued on Page B3 . = Tis the season THESE WOMEN joined - two dozen or so other people who gathered Saturday to help the Salvation Army kick off its Kettle Campaign. Community Band — clad in fastive Santa Claus = hats and warm clothing well-loved Christmas carols as the crowd sang along. The band thoughtfully provided lyric sheets for people. The Kettle Campaign supports the Salvation Army’s Christmas ham- per program. Up to 700 hampers will be pre- ' pared for local families this year, Sgt. Curtis Butler said. JENNIFER LANG PHOTO Fans and ‘guest Fishies’ make charit gig a roaring success By JENNIFER LANG ONE HALF of the dyna- mic duo known as Dr. Fishy says it feels great to sell out. More than [50 people — many of them fans known affectionately as “Fish Heads” - turned out to hear Greg Linton, a local physician and band mate James Powell, a fish hatchery technician, ala recent benefil perfor- mance. The band lurned in a powerhouse performance, rewarding supporters of the sold-out charity event Nov. 15 at the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club with a show. that lasted DR. FISHY is Greg Linton, left, and James Powell. show for the song “Cranberry Tunction” a standout track from Dr. Fishy’s 2003 classic CD, Red Fisk Biue, an album that should be in every northwest B.C, resident’s music collection, (Red Fish Blue is available at Misty River Books, Sight and Sound and the North Store.) The show at the golf and country club isn’t the first time Dr. Fishy —- which formed after Powell and Linton first joined mu- sical forces at the Terrace Community Band’s annual Spring Fling - has played in support of a good cause. three hours. In doing so, the band raised $2,025 for the Ter- pass along a thanks to special “all the Fish child development centre School came in from J and F Dis- Robin Hollett accompa- FILE PHOTO In October, the band performed along with other music instructor local acts at a money-rais- ing event for the Terrace their voices in song with - Members of the Terrace .- - performed several: race Child Development Centre. The money will be used to help purchase spe- ctalized equipment for children - and support the centre's many programs: “We'd like to thank everybody. for coming oul and sharing. the. evening with us,” Linton sald, add- ing he and Poweil want to Heads” who turned out, The band had a lot of help on stage and behind the scenes in making the show a success. For in- stance, the. child dévelop- ment centre provided des- serts for the hungry crowd, An addition to the band’s ticket sales, additional fi- nancial donations to the tributors and the Anglican Church Women’s group. Sight and Sound dona- ted the use of all the audio equipment for the ‘show, arid.sound technician Chris Andrews donated his time. “It was a real commun- ity effort,” he added. ’ There were also some “Guest Fishies" on stage. nied the band on penny whistle for one song, as did Crystal Thomas, Lin- ton’s wife, and Yvette Bos, who is married to Po- well, . And local FM radio personality Lynn Terbas- kett of CFNR performed a live version of her .trade- mark weather report at the Hospice Society, for in- stance. The band donated pro- ceeds of a previous benefit concert to the Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation. Linton said the band has written some new ma- terial that he hopes wiil be included in an upcoming album. INSIDE SECTION B | COMMUNITY JENNIFER LANG EVENTS B2 638-7283