“a good. car ride... it doesn’t mat-

~ YOCK HING CHOW: Came to
~-Skeenaview in

1953.

".Terraceview Lodge has. ex- “
‘tended an invitation to the entire
‘community for the 100th birth-

day party of Terraceview resi-

- dent Yock Hing Chow. The par-
‘ty will take place next Tuesday ©

‘from 2 io 3 p.m, and Ter-
-raceview staff say there will be
-. plenty of coffee and birthday
cake for everyone.

’ Both Skeenaview and Terrace-

view ‘staff members have many
“fond memories of Chow’s 36-
years in Terrace and describe

- him as ‘“everybody’s pet’, He’s
happy, polite, modest and loves
sugar they say. But he also loves.

ter. where to... One employee

recalls that he often used to get’

into ‘any available ¢ car. that had a a:

‘driver behind the: wheel and de-.;
mand (in a‘nice. way) aride. And.
because Of: this | amiable “per=
sonality, the wish ‘was often ‘|

granted. ... °° ©,

But his love. of cars. also in- ©

cluded washing them. And many
of thosé occasions are not re- .]
membered with thé samé fond. |.
ness. Apparently he paid little
attention to the fact that the: |

windows may be down, and
Many car interiors were scrub-
bed just as thoroughly as s the ¢ ex-
terior. Ps

. Another staff mmiember recalls
an ‘incident that describes
Chow’s wit and humor, He tells
a story of a:time in Chow’s life

_ when he was enrolled in Occupa-
tional Therapy sessions at i
‘Skeenaview Lodge. Joe Wide- §
man used to drive the van be- |}

tween the: residence and the

‘therapy building, and one day, |
when he asked Chow to sweep

out the van, received a straight
forward and honest ‘self-
evaluation of Chow’s view of

the world; “Me King,”’ he. said. Yi
-“"Me no work.”? |
Chow has been, a member of

the community for a number of

‘years, and although a little less
agile at 100 than in years gone

by, he used to love long walks
and could often be seen on city
streets: or. the .banks of. the
Skeena, where he liked to watch

local fishermen: ty their luck. i

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_ Books for Young Readers

by Andrea Deakin “© ae
This week I want to concenirate on n books for the younger
child. | ;

Hugh takes Seal with him everywhere, but suddenly Seal has:

-disappeared. We can:see her in the land of Jost toys. She misses

Hugh as he does her, but then a kitten enters Hugh's life. He.

cannot forget Seal altogether, but he is consoled, while Seal

learns to make friends with the other lost toys. A simple little —

‘ " - ms a in)

Nedneiday, January 4, 1939 37

story about accepting loss is enchantingly enlarged and enriched |

by Karen Patkau’s warm, funny (the chaos in Hugh's bedroom).
collages. The solid textures of the real world and the bright fan-
tasy of toyland are vividly contrasted, and the last picture, Hugh
with the kitten cuddled against a fuzzy pink blanket background,
is perfect. Seal is Lost by Patricia Galloway, with pictures by:

Karen Patkau, i is published by Annick Press at.$12. 95 5 and 4. 95

. (in paper).

John Burningham has illustrated a@ series of paperback concept
books for.young children with his inimitable wit and exuberance.
The Opposites book has a small child straining to hold up an

elephant. for ‘heavy’, while on. the ‘light’ page he dances under

- the weight of an equally large balloon. In Colours, blue is a blue —

boat on endless water, grey a rainy day, and green a table full of
jumping frogs. The vitality and imaginative humor in the pages

_. Make these a delightful addition to the nursery bookshelf.

Colours, Opposites, Numbers and Alaphabet, all by John Burn-

ingham, are published by Groundwood Books at $4, 95 i in paper.

‘Kathy Stonson’s latest book for children, Teddy Rabbit, tells.
the story of Tony and his toy rabbit. The two go everywhere
together and he plans on taking his rabbit to. the Teddy Bears’
Picnic on Centre Island. Although Tony worries that rabbits
might be forbidden on such an outing, he leaves, clutching Rab-
bit. A series of adventures finds Rabbit being rescued from
beneath a subway train by a thoughtful attendant and taken on:

the ferry, still clutched tightly by an apprehensive Tony.

However, when he and his father reach Centre Island they find .
other children have brought Teddy Lions and Teddy Monkeys.
Teddy Rabbit is quite at home.

The story, packed with incident that a small child can easily
relate to, is crisply and sympathetically told. The book is il-
lustrated by Stephane Poulin with realistic warmly-perceived
detail. The picture of the small boy in his father's arms on the
ferry, protectively clutching his Teddy, Rabbit, is outstanding.
Teddy Rabbit is published by Annick Press at $4.95 paper, _
$12.95) hardback, oo

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The Terrace Scouting movement, represented here by members Mike and Adam Sn yder,

helped cheer things up around Mills Memorial Hospital.
of a Christmas tree. Hospital maintenance chief Ch
Jackpine above the entrance, said it was the only live tree a

arlie

over the holidays with the donation
Lindstrom, who installed the
it the hospital this year.

"Christmas bird count shows
_more species than average

Contributed by »
Diane Weilsmiller -

Terrace held a very successful
Christmas Bird Count on Mon-
day, Dec. 26 in spite of rather in-
clement weather which was cold
in the. morning and very showy
in the afternoon.
_ Seventeen observers took part
in this year’s. count.. Most
surveyed their areas on foot and

by car, while others spent time

counting the birds: that came to
their backyard feeders.

We observed 56 different
species and counted a total of
2,370 birds. This is less than the
record number of 67 species
achieved last year, but much

— higher than our average of 43
-- during the last nine years.

Some of. the more ‘unusual

a sightings: for. this - ‘year were” a

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. Blue-winged Teal,

Golden
Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk and a
Red-breasted Sapsucker. Birds
seen in higher numbers than

capped Chickadees (97), Robins

(84), Golden-crowned Kinglets
(78) and Juncos (483). Numbers
were down for Crows and Star-
lings. .

usual were Flickers (15), Black-

; ae }__ NOTICE

The City of Terrace will pick up » discarded -

Christmas trees on January 5th and 6th. .
1989. Please place trees where refuse i is nor-
mally left for Pick up

Public Works Department

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