Charity
_ lands big |

Money in

auction

‘ALL BUT three of the shiny,
_ colourful, seven. foot tall
‘fibreglass bears that have,

been on display i in the region -
» for the: last year will remain :

in Terrace.
Fourteen of the Kermode’
‘Spirit Bears in the City were

sold off Oct. 16 at an auction _

in Terrace raising more than...

"$63,000 for the BC Lions ff
Society and its children’ Ss.

: charities... a

i...» The City of Terrace spent
$4, 500 on Haisla Spirit Bear,
a bear covered in black and ©

ed Haisla designs. .°
‘Councillor ‘Marylin Da-
vies’ says it’s . taxpayer’ s.
j moriey wellspent.. °/
* “T believe if you added up

the benefit to. children i in this -

area: who. go to Vancouver

and: some children going to .
art pieces.

Bear. Fishing, painted by: .
“Terracecity councillorLynne
Christiansen, sold for $6,000 ~

‘camps, I think the city. has

ae given back just a. small. por: .
..,. tion. of what’s'been spent in:
~~ the Lion’s charities .over the .

years here,” Davies says...
‘The city’ also .kicked in,

$500 toward, the Northwest

Community College’s Spirit.
-of Learning’ bear, which was

purchased for $3,500 by the”:
Downtown “Merchants As- -

sociation.

And Tim Clark, a former:
Terrace resident. and owner *::

of V1500 Holdings Inc., a

“= “construction company | based
~. ‘out of the Lower-Mainland,

- bought Luna’s Pod, the blue |

_ bear that had been on display.
~. along the millenium trail, for --
$3,500 and re-gifted it back sy

“ to.the City of Terrace.

The . Downtown .. “Mer

a ‘chants” “Association © sold’.

“Bear Shares” ‘leading upto
‘the auction in hopes of buy-

-. ing back the bear that had © -
' been displayed in -front -of . «
. the Scotiabank: for the last

Spirit Bear

several months —
Mother.

_ “It actually surpassed my ”

” expectations, I was thinking

we might be able to gener- —
ate $5, 000 from this,” says |

Dave -Pernarowski- of the.
Scotiabank, who spearhead-
ed the fundraising campaign
along with local business-
man Gord Shaben.

its goal.

think, a-bit of a surprise and
certainly very appreciated.”
The Spirit Bear Mother
has been erected in front of
the Scotiabank already. It’s

other bear, decorated by the ©
-students at the Freda Diesing

School of. Art is temporarily

on display at the Coast in of .

the West.
, °° Terrace’s Munson family,

* which own hotels, pubs and
’ forestry related companies,
bought three of the bears —
two will go on display at the.

_ Bear Country Inn‘in Terrace .

and one will be on display at
the Thornhill Motor Inn.”

The family paid $4,000 . E

for All Spruced Up, a bear
. that is covered ina collage

of area forestry photos dat-

ing back generations. That
bear was designed by Joe
. Mandur Jr. :

It also bought Joe Man- .

dur. Jr.’ s Raven's Promise,

the bear which has been a .

the Terrace Public Library
and features a viewing area

in the belly of the bear which ~

runs video footage of live
Kermode bears. °

It’s third bear,
Susatia, shows a

called
raven

For your past
bunting trips,

Your present
Dunting trips,

And your future
bunting trips

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The group nearly doubled .

“Getting 9,000 was, 1

‘GORD Shaben,

left, and Dave Pernarowski, who spearheaded a local fundrasing
- Gampaignsto retain Spirit Bear. Mother, re-place the artwork back in front of the © ‘
_ Scotiabank at Lakelse and Kalum streets last week.

DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO

> “painted stylistically on the.

bear and cost $3,000. ©
Daniel _Belanger, who
owns = ABC . Plumbing,

picked up two of the giant

while Ganwilxo’ oskws. Dip’
ii sold for $3,500." ..

They are on display at
-Terrace Honda and, Terrace
_ Chrysler. ey

~ ENTERPRISES LTD.

5012 Hwy. 16 West

635-4074

“Know who your
child will be out

‘His brother, Bruno Be-
langer- also . purchased a
bear, called Max Gam OI for
$4,000. It-is on-display out-
side Gemma’s , first nations

" store in the Skeena Mall.

* Local businessman John

Ryan put $6,500 on the-table -
for a bear that. had: been on:
display in ‘front of the Crest
Hotel in Prince Rupert. It.
will find ‘its new, home in .,
~ Clarence. ‘Nyce, John Ryan’
and a third man. " >

front of Boston Pizza.

One bear was: purchased -

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the il eek AANe

ig ght be

-.an impromptu selling. off of » «

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” “Sharp or pointed toy
weapons are uns
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afe and |

by an out of town telephone
bidder and Alcan picked up —
two of the bears for a com-
bined cost of $12,500. °

’ The 14 bears were sold :
for a total of $63,000. .

More money was. raised
through a silent auction and oS

Mayor Jack Talstra’s tie. °
The ; latter resulted in |
an extra $550, paid for bye

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will publish their pictures in our Remembrance Day
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