oe INSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 [nn ee Around Town Get creative ARE YOUR dreams of becoming a writer collect. ing dust in a corner? ing novelists, playwrights and poets. And guess what? ‘You don’t even have to leave your home to, take it. ‘ Creative Writing 209 offers challenging as- signments, feedback from classmates and instruc- tion by an experienced teacher — all online. Taught by. Sheila Peters, whose awn poetry, fiction and non-fiction has been widely published in Canada, students will have the opportunity to develop skills in memoir, narrative and poetry; workshop each other’s work and explore idea sources. “The course is designed to provide the same supportive group learning environment fostered in creative writing workshops, while taking advant- age of the flexibility of online delivery,” Peters said. The new online course is part-of BC Campus, a province-wide internet education program. Stu- dents who complete Creative Writing 209 receive transfer credit to other BC post-secondary institu- tions. For more information contact Sheila Peters at the college: 250-847-4461, local 5804. Art that walks the walk LOOKING FOR an art fix? This month, shopkeepers and shoppers alike will have the opportunity to enjoy original local artwork through the Terrace “Art Walk,” “Basically what we've got is different art spread around town,” explains Aron Strumecki, Director of the Terrace Art Gallery and the man responsible for coordinating the program. “It’s just to raise awareness of visual art in the communily,” he says. The Terrace Art Walk Program was originally Started in the mid-80s. It lost steam over the past few years, but Stru- mecki is hoping for a revival. “We have a lot of very active professionats and talented artists in town,” he says. Participating Art Walk businesses are Bevelled Edge, Hava Java, Ev’s Men’s Wear, Central Flo- wers, Grace Fell Florists, and Glass Slipper Bri- dal Boutique. , Featured artists include Gail Turner Seas, Joyce Findlay, Betty Demmit, Kae Williams, Maureen Worobey, Patsy O*Connell and PJ. Van Henke. Acting to heal HALA’IT —~ it means “healer” in the Tsimshian ‘tongue, And healing is the theme of a new local theatre project that deals with the experience of residential school survivors. The project, headed up by director Marianne Weston, hopes to enlist First Nations youth ages 15-25 to develop a theatre performance this fall. “What the performance will be we don’t know — that's the exciting part,” Weston says. “It will address the legacy of sexual abuse passed from residential school survivors to later generations.” Weston says the project will begin by having the youths meet with elders and residential school survivors. ; From there, the young actors will have the op- portunily to analyze the ripple effect of abuse and the consequent loss of First Nations culture. “It’s as much about the process as it is about the performance,” Weston explains. She hopes participants will -also be able to learn about traditional First Nations forms of healing, , Weston will be promoting the project this Au- gust and is aiming for at least a dozen partici- pants by the fall. The theatre performance project is sponsored by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. For more information call Marianne Weston at Skeena River Players 250.635.8873. Burma bomber LOCAL RESIDENT Del Holtom is looking for- ward to next year when he attends a reunion of comrades from the Second World War. Holiom was a nosegunner in a B-24 Liberator bomber, assigned ta Southeast Asia in what's been called “the Forgotten War,” That’s because the events in Southeast Asia didn’t receive the kind of coverage the European campaign did or the mostly-American campaign did in the Pacific. Heltom was a Burma Bomber, the name given to Commonwealth aircrew based in Southeast Asia who flew to targets in Japanese-held Burma, Malaya and elsewhere. While the Second World War ended in Europe in May 1945, fighting in the Far East didn’t end until August of that year. A good number of those in the Forgotten War were Canadians and they’ve banded together to form the Burma Bombers Association. Members alsa come from other Commenweatth countries and from the United States. Reunions are held every two years and the 2003 one takes place in Niagara Falls, Ontario from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. ' The association welcomes South East Asia. ve- terans and more. information can be had by con- tacting Larry Wyrin, 9 Abinger Crescent, Etobi- coke, Ontario, MOB 2¥4, _ This fall, Northwest Community College is of- . fering a new course specifically tailored to aspire * SECTION B ENNIFER LANG 638-7283 ‘ YOU AUTO. TRY ONE! aye 2 TROOPER'’S BRIAN Smith rocked out a record Terrace crowd on Riverboat Days as hundreds came out to watch the classic Cana- dian band raise a little hell. An excited throng of Northerners danced and sung along with the seasoned rockers as familiar tunes blasted through the hot August afternoon. Below right, Diane Francis played the “lady of the lake” character for the Ter- race Skeena Valley Rotary Club's third annual treasure hunt on Ferry Island. Almost 800 parents and kids attempted to find tempting treasures by solving mysterious puzzles and riddles. JOANNA WONG AND ROD LINK PHOTOS. AT THIS year's concerts in the park, Terrace resi- dents enjoyed music, mouth-watering foods and a variety of children’s activities such as swings and slides. Below, eight-year-old Linea Waechtei adds to the Riverboat Days community clay pot, a com- munal effort set to go on display in the near future, Lefi, six-year-old Justine Willlams shows off her funky blue balloan hat. JOANNA WONG PHOTOS