B6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 27, 1999 Erom Page B4 TLT play coming soon mance in Daniel Barnswell’s “Room 44”, Kevin was recognized with a Special Merit Award, Henry Stiksma, Home Hardware owner, has a national television commercial for Home Hardware as his only acting. exper- ience, Henry has‘a tenacity and verve to become Murray by opening night. Brent Nixon, as’ Speed, the salesman, - chews on a cigar throughout the poker game at Oscar and Felix’s apartment, That he actually chews the ends off the cigars . drives the cast crazy! Jonathon Doane, as Roy, Oscar's -ac- When asked about the obstacles to dir- ecling sich an eclectic group ‘of actors, ‘ Brorup Weston explains that-with new ac- tors the director needs to know exactly what she expects of them and must be able to contmunicate it. With experienced ac- tors, the director throws out an idea,. the actors work through it and throw it back. : She adds that everyone: is surprised at . the amount of work il takes to put.the play . together, The job of the crew, mostly ex- perienced Terrace ‘Little “Theatre mem- bers, is (o shaw: the actors that once the pain of learning lines and the blocking countant, is actually the baby of the proup, but his poker-buds Vinnie, Murray, and. -- Speed help him out both within the play and — outside, As a group, they have actually be- come “buds’, observes Brorup Weston, The four poker.player have very few lines, but they’re unbelievably difficult to pull off. Two conversations overlap as the four eat and play cards. (movements an stage) have been over- come, it will be fun.° = 2. : “They'll all feel so good ~ they get-there,” she:said. “The Odd Couple” is showing at the McCol].Playhouse at 8 p.m. on November 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, and December 2, 3, and 4. Tickets can be purchased at Uni- about it once glabe Courtesy Travel. BCOAP update By Hugh Power THE MONTHLY meel- . ing of Old Age Pensioners Branch #73 was held on ' Thursday, October 14 at the Happy Gang. Centre with president Mary Ann Dilley in the chair. A minuic of silence was observed in memory of Jake Drooger, who passed away recently. He will be preatly missed. For those who were un- able to atlend this meeling, please note that as of Jan- vary 1, 2000 the Happy Gang Centre will’ be a smoke free building. As most of you are aware, W.C.B. will be en- suring all workers in British Columbia have a safe and healthy environment to work in, and therefore the centre must enforcing this policy. ~ 20th. Some of the ongoing im- provements in the centre will include upgrading the floor curling area in the basement, and the removal of trees from the planters oulside due-to lack:of root space. Flowers will placed in the planters next year. Member Olga. Power made a brief “multiplex” presentation and ‘urged those present to consider all the facts about what is being included in the pro- posed sports facility. She encouraged members to at- tend an open houses No- vember 3rd in: Thorshill and November 4th in Ter- face and to vole November Members should mark the following dates on their calendars: CHOIR Tuesday afternoons at 1:30 MEETS © p.m. Come out and join us! SCRABBLE GAMES are planned Tuesday after- noons at 2 p.m. Bring your Scrabble boards and jain us! Potluck dinner is planned on October 28 for our Halloween costume evening, Sign up please! Next Meeting ison Wednesday, November 10 al 2 p.m. On November 11, the Royal Canadian Legion will be hosting the youngsters who will have taken part in the Remembrance Day Par- ade at the centre. ALSO: a. reminder that the Annual Tea and Bazaar will be held on Saturday, November 20, Come and bring your friends. The more the mer- rier. 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WITH MORE than 1,000 fleet-owned or private vehicles converted fo natural gas in the northwest since 1983, Farwest Fuels has established itself as the dominant alter- nate fuel presence in the region. I's also unique in that it offers a com- plete range of services connected to using the alternate fuel - from conversion them- selves to maintenance and to natural gas sales alerward, says local manager Mike “The Cleaner Gas” gas. “Natural gas is the best, the cleanest and the cheapest alternative to gasoline or to diesel,” said Docherty. The company alone sells 2.3 million litres a year of natural One key factor is the experience Farwest’s employees bring to the business, Docherty added, “We're committed to a high degree of service and to new technology,” said Docherty in noting Farwest has invested more than $1 million in natural gas since it began doing conversions in 1983. Priest: Walural Gas GEIS Automotive Fuel Conversions & Service 4904 Hwy 16 West, Terrace, BC 635-6617 Back row left to right: Dave Andrews, Jocelyn Galloway, Kevin Michel, Joe Whitney. Front row left to right: Lisa Dunn, Sally Ryan, Janet Hamel, — Lorry Jones, . The Community Futures program is funded by the federal government to promote business, jab creation and economic development. There are 76 Community Futures oHices in the four western provinces, including 35 in BC. Each Community Futures oHice is governed by a local, volunteer Board of Directors. 16/37 Community Futures is named afer the hwo main highways in our region - Highway 16 going east/west and Highway 37 going north/south. The 16/37 region covers about 1/10th of the province, including 27 communities from Kemano in the south to Dease Lake in the north, from Kincolith in the west to Moricetown in the east. *We are “counsellors who lend”, not “lenders who counsel”. We offer businesses free help with planning, problem-solving and financial forecasting, 16/37 Community Futures provides loans but we are not a bank. *16/37 Community Futures delivers the Self-Employment Benefit ‘program, which provides an allawance to approved new businesses during start-up. Check with your nearest E.1, office to see if you are eligible, . 16/37 Community Futures can help businesses and non-profit community groups to obtain funds from other sources - such as other federal or provincial programs, banks financial institutions and private investors. ‘ In the 10 years that 16/37 has been in operation, we have loaned and levered over $41 million, created over 2000 jobs and supported over 900 businesses. If you have a business idea or a job-creation project in your community please contact our office and we will help you make your dreams come true. Community Futures |. #204-4630 Lazelle Ave., Terrace 1-800-663-6396 or 635-5449 ¥