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‘The Terrace and District
Multicultural Association. held
its annual general meeting the’

evening of Oct. 27th. Twenty-

one members attended, in-

cluding founding member Kathy .

Mueller. (presently of Prince
George).

by Betty Barton

’ Kathy was the guest speaker at
the meeting. Her topic was

“how to communicate and co-

Mehrzad Vahedl, a new Ter-
race resident from Iran, en-
tertained members of the
Terrace and District Multi-
cultural Association at their

recent annual generat:

meeting.

Alie Toop —

Here Val got her first glimpse
of Budapest, the capital city of
an Eastern Bloc country, a city
with a rich history and
beautiful old buildings. Popula-
tion: two and a half million.

Budapest even has a
McDonald’s, only one for these
millions of people. Every day
there are long line-ups of peo-

ple waiting their turn.

After Valerie had been there
a week, the other people from
North America arrived and
they got really busy. Not only
did they have to practise their
singing, they also had to learn
to sing in Hungarian. And if
that was not enough, they had
to sew their own outfits so the
group would be uniform in ap-
pearanice.

The group also travelled to
Vienna, Austria, where they
spent a week at a Bible school
there and sang in different
churches. And a visit to Vienna

. is not complete without going

to the Prater. The Prater is the
principal public park in Vien-
na. It is situated on an island
formed by the Danube River
and the Danube Canal. It is
four miles long and two miles
wide. It is a park where
families bring their children for
an afternoon of leisure. When
the group went to the park,
they gave an impromptu con-
cett and handed out their
Christian literature.

_ While they were in Europe
the weather was very hot,
mostly in the mid-thirties, then

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: Multicultural Association
gets briefed on volunteers —

operate within a. volunteer -

organization”. The main ‘points
of. the presentation were:

@ How to analyze personal
needs in joining a volunteer
organization and how to under-

-Stand our personal strengths and
' possible contributions and those

of others in the group.

- @ How to identify problenis

and their origins.
eHow to find  non-
confrontative solutions to those

problems rather than quitting
' the organization.

The presentation included a

written Personal Style Survey”

completed by each member. The
survey gave participants four
style choices — dominance, in-
fluencing, steadiness and
cautious, with combinations of.
any of the four possible. Once
the survey was completed, Kathy
spoke briefly about the attrib-
‘utes and contributions possible
from each style group, and gave
examples of possible con-
frontative situations and solu-
tions.

She said, ‘‘Often spouses have
very different styles which cause
conflict at home. Now that our
family has done the survey, we
find it much easier and calmer to
resolve our differences.”’ Small
group discussion followed. Peo-
ple discussed their potential and

-actual contributions to the

Multicultural Association or any

came back to the large group to °
synthesize the discussion.

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there were even some days of
46 degrees. .
During their stay in
Hungary, they travelled to the
different regions to reach as
many of the population as they
could: On one such camping
trip, they were giving an out-
door concert when a family
came with their very sick father
to listen. While the group was
singing, the people in at-
tendance were very moved and
some of them openly wept.
After the concert every
Hungarian there asked for a bi-
ble. Other than their literature,
they had no bibles to give.
away. Valerie was so moved by
the experience that she finally
gave away her own bible, the |
bible her parents had given her
before she left, the bible in
which her mother had written a
personal message. She gave her
bible to the family with the ill
father and they could not
believe their good fortune.
They cried as they thanked her
for this beautiful gift. Another
experience Valerie will never

. forget is July 29th, when Billy

Graham came to Budapest and
preached to 90,000 people, and
she was part of the 3,000-voice
choir,

Valerie is back in Canada
now and working at the
University of Regina. It was
not always easy and at times it
was difficult to be in Hungary,
but she feels that it was very:
worthwhile.

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- Education and CUSO have

The evening ended with a
wonderful surprise ‘‘mini-
concert’? by student and singer
Mehrzad Vahedi. He sayd Elvis’
*T Can’t Help Falling in Love
With You’’. and a Persian folk
song from his native Iran.

Other news at the Multicul-
tural Association’s annual

general meeting —
e@ Northwest Development

given the association a grant of
$400 for a spring workshop. The
topic will be decided in the new
year.

@ Lyn Okano reported that a
needs: assessment survey done
jointly between the Multicul-
tural Association and the
Women’s Centre has been com-
pleted. It analyzed the needs of
new Canadian women regarding
English as a second language
and health care.

@On Nov. 18th, the two
groups will sponsor a workshop
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Skeena Health Unit, ‘‘Where do
we go from here?’’ will feature
guest speaker Dr. Kathleen
Vance from -Vancouver. Pre-
registration is suggested before
Nov, 15th. Contact Lyn Okano
at 635-6526.

The Multicultural Association
is looking for project ideas that
can be implemented in Terrace

“other, organization., Then they = AD benefitJong-time residents, as

‘well as new Canadians. These

- could hopefully be done in con-

junction with the opening of a
Multicultural office and drop-in
center, if funds were made
available.

The Multicultural Association
is always looking for new
members (membership is only $2
per year) and volunteers. They
are presently looking for
volunteers to do translation
from any number of languages
into English, and for a volunteer
to sell UNICEF items on behalf
of the Terrace and District
Multicultural Association.

Contact president Linda Lee
at 635-6631 for further informa-
tion.

Kathy Mueller, guest speaker at the Terrace and District

Multicultural Association annual general meeting, showed

Rev. Stan Bailey how to deal with a “Personal Style Survey”
as part of her presentation on volunteer organizations,

Py

City backs Heritage
Park — with money

TERRACE.:— Heritage: Park

has been assured of city backing
for another year. A request by
Terrace Regional Museum
Society president Mamie Kerby
for $2,000 to cover 1990 utility
costs was quickly passed by
council. The only question came
from alderman Dave Hull, who
asked if $2,000 was enough.
“Have they allowed for infla-
tion?’’ he inquired.

A second request for $15,000,
to cover the wages of a full time
park supervisor and assistant for
six months next year, also pass-
ed, and there was a hint that in
1990 it could be even more. Ona
motion by Mo Takhar, $15,000
will be budgeted for the park,
but an added suggestion by

Terrace Peaks Gytnr
Kinsmen Club

alderman “Ruth'. Hallock: leaves -°

that amount ‘‘open-ended’’ for
further discussion during 1990
budget deliberations.

These positions were first
funded by council last year on a
trial basis, but an amount
greater than $15,000 would
make these year-round rather
than six-month positions, The
park would benefit from the

move under provincial policies -
that indicate once a heritage site ©

or museum has shown city sup-
port and the ability to open year
round, it becomes eligible for
provincial funding. This would
have the effect of reducing the
city’s financial commitment in
subsequent years following their
initial support.

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