The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 6, 1999 - B] INSIDE ‘COMMUNITY _ EVENTS B2 SECTION B ALEX HAMILTON 638-7283 SPEAKING: OUT. SARAH de LEEUW New Year’s wish list anuary is finally here. After this, the next new year is the tum the millennium. Soon the holiday bills will come rolling in, Christmas trees will be shedding needles all over our living room floors, and the kitchen will have lost the lingering smell of gravy and cranberry jeily. The boxes that were more fun than the toys in- side them are starting to rip and sag, and believe it or not, the days are finally getting longer, Those January resolutions should be in full swing. This time of year we all resolve things for the future, even if our resolution is just to never make another one again. Often our resolutions revolve mostly around ourselves or our immediate family, But with only one year before the new millen- nium, why not resolve to listen a little more closely to some very powerful wishes coming from the people who will make the future: young people who will soon be shaping this city, the country, even the world? At Cassie Hall School, Kids for Saving Earth aetse ome were safe. Celine Dion wasn't singing in the background when the ship sunk, took the plunge in the “Titanic.” The boat sank in the water but mother and daughter THE GREY SHIP WENT DOWN: Margaret Christenson and her daughter Terry Zitkie is an active and concerned group of young people ranging from Grade 4 to Grade 6. When they were asked what their wishes for the fu- ture were, this is what they said. “Twish we could all live in harmony and that there’d be no more wars or anything and that } could do something to stop child labour,’’ said Nadia Ouellet, a 10 year old in Grade 5, Another 10 year old in Grade 5, Jessica Sin- jur, said ‘I wish that everyone would have a house and not have to sleep on the street.” t ‘{ wish people would stop poaching animals like elephants just for their tusks when they don’t even have to eat them,” said Grade 5 student Kyla O'Donnell, Stacey Lopushinsky; also 10 and in grade 5, wished ‘‘that there’d be no more violence.’”? Three Kids for Saving Earth participants are nine years old in Grade 4. Santannah Morgan and Augusta Morrison made their wish together. “We wish there was no more violence like robbing or killing or guns,’ they said in unison when asked for their dreams of the future. “I wish people would plant more trees and nol cul down so many trees,” said Louis Van Koughnett, a class mate of Santannah and Augusta’s, Leaha Broome and Chida Henry, both 10 and in Grade 5, both had wishes about learning. ‘I wish every kid could go to school,”’ said Leaha, while Chida wished ‘‘that all the kids could get the education they necded.’” Lots of girls, all in Grade 5 and all 10 years old, had a thing or two to say about the new year and things they would like to see. For New Year's I wish everyone would have enough food on their table ‘to eat and that there was more food banks. in every town,’’ said Kaare-Ann Borgen. Along those same lines, Samantha Kirkaldy, who is [1 and in Grade 6, wished ‘‘there wasn’t no mare homeless kids and people.” Other Grade 5 girls had wishes about animais aud the environment. *{T wish people would stop poaching animals like elephants just for their tusks when they “don’t even have to eal them,’ said Kyla ‘O'Donnell, - Sarah Nonnandeau wished ‘that people would stop. mistreating cats and dogs and their “pets. ”? Alyssa Carson hoped “there wouldn’t be as : much. pollution. that. would kill -people and animals because in the year 2000 there'll be too. much: pollution,” while Leanne Whyte’s wish. was “‘that there’d be more garbage cans around and less litter on the streets because garbage is sad.’ , : The only two boys in the groups, a quiet lot who sat close to the back, also had thoughts on their future, “{ wish thal there was no need for money so * that poor people: could always get food,’’ said 10 year old Aryk Joachim, a Grade 5 student, ' Gabriel Munson, an eleven ycar old in Grade 6, had one of the most globai hopes, wishing that ‘there was no need for police and no need for passports to go anywhere and no armies to “conquer anyone.” ‘Keeping these profound thoughts in mind, The ®: Terrace Women’s. Resource Centre wishes: - -everyone all the best in the New Year, Local residents plunge into icy — Lakelse Lake WHAT STARTED out as a dare many years ago, has now become a tradition for one local resident, For the past six years, Dale Lufkin (tepresenting Overwaitea) has donned his swim trunks on New Year’s Day to dunk his body in the frigid Jake for the Kinsmen and Kinette Club’s annual Kermodei Bear Swim. Dressed up as the New Year’s Baby, Lut- kin emerged from the icy waters of Lakelse Lake as pink as a popsicle, oo Kinsmen cut through three and a half in- ches of ice to carve a hole for jumpers, who dunked into chest-height frigid water. Twenty seven other crazed locals took the mighty plunge into the icy lake. A mother-daughter team of Margaret Christenson and Terry Zilkic took the dip in a cardboard Titanic replica that took six hours to make. The vessel split seconds after hitting the water. The Titanic hit an iceberg and there we were in the icy water, said Zilkie who was dressed as a first-class passenger. Her mother -— dressed as one of the lower class stecrage passengers — laughed and said it was a good way to celebrate the holiday cven though she was hoping the even! would be canceled at the last minute, Afterwards most swimmers said the water was warmer than they'd expected. “Vd definitely do it again,’’ said first time jumper Oleepecka Roches. ~All proceeds from the swim are going to the Kinsmen Rehabilitation Fund. This is a non-profit organization providing services and technology to paraplegics and quad- riplegics, Swim. organizer Patrick McIntyre said ' $2,522 was raised in pledges, which is way up from last year’s $1000, The most money raised in pledges ($350) was by Jim Checkly, g int The baby girl Is Tettace's first baby of 1999. birth to. Kehaya-Squo Febril Jan. 1:at 10:23 am. ' cal CHILLED: Dale Lufkin went to the eighth annual Kermodel Bear Swim dressed as the New Year's baby, New Year’s baby a blessing, says mom Kira Febril is thankful for all the gifts she has received for her New Year’s baby, TERRACE COUPLE Kira and Terrance Febril tad good feasou to celebrate the New Year. Their second daughter Kehaya-Squo (a Cree word mean- ing Eagle Woman) was bom Jan. 1, 1999 at 10:23 a.m. Delivered naturally, Kahaya-Squo weighed 7 poutids, and was 51.5 cm tall on her birthday. . “She's doing greal,’’ Febril said, “'Sbhe’s Sleeping a lol.” As for her own recovery, Febril said she fell great. "I feel very fitand healthy,’ she said. “I’m in absolute- ly no pain whatsoever,” Febril said it was a big surprise wien she went into labour Dec, 31 since the baby wasn’t due until January 14, After almost 24 hours in Jabour, she said she was thank- ‘ful when the birth was finally aver, “To bring in the New Year with a new baby is a very special occasion,”’ Febril said. “11 brings people togeth- er.”" She explained that strangers have been vislting her and the baby to wish them luck, She said many people have given her gifts, including her doctor, Mariette De Bruin, who gave heracarseat, — **People just want to sec the New Year’s baby,” Febril said, “It’s truly been a blessing having her.’’ 4 Febril added that both her daughters were bor on special AYS vas ee, “My first daughter was bom oni Father’s Day)?