The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 17, 1999 - BI

- TERRACE STANDARD

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~ COMMUNITY
_ EVENTS B2

| Around Town

Scholarships offered
for high school abroad

Imagine being a world traveller, living in a
fascinating country, learning their language
and culture, walking through ancient castles
and courtyards where knights and ladies, gla-
diators and explorers trod before you!

Nacel Canada, a non-profit student ex-
change organization, is currently offering
scholarships to glabally minded, flexible’ stu-

_ dents ‘who.could be suitable representatives for

our country and culture; while benefit form liv-

_ ing with a foreign host family.

You don’t have to be a “straight A” student;
we're looking for mature teenagers’ (currently
in Grade 10 and 11) who have good marks and
social skills, plus a record of community in-
volvement. while full credit is not guaranteed
for completing Grade 11 or 12: abroad, most
Canadian schools will recognise the high stan-
dards of foreign education systems.

. Nacel has a strong support network in. Ca-
nada and abroad, ready to: assist. you with any
problems that may arise. Selected students pay
only their’ airfare “and personal. spending
money; Nacel-will take car of fees for school,
textbooks, medical insurance, orientation,
transfers to the host family, full room and
board, and any other expenses of the program.
Naturally, you will need to: purchase your own
passport and visa; be aware your hast family
may with to take you with them on vacation to

‘Other countries nearby,

Furthermore, we have many other exchange
positions available and all applicants will be
offered partial financial assistance if their: fa-
mily is willing and able to host one of our in-
coming exchange students form abroad.

But HURRY, the deadline for the initial ap-

plication is Decernber 1, 1999. If you-or'same-

one you-know, could take advantage of this
opportunity, call Cancel coordinator Marian
Ennis at 1-888-828-2288,

Family storytime
Family storytime takes place at the Terrace
Public Library every Thursday night from 6:30
-7 pan. until the end of November for children
and parents of all ages. Drop in for stories,

-Songs, and puppets, FREE! Registration is not

required. For more information call the library
at 638-8177.

Book launched

~ Creekstone Press is launching on December
3 a new book in Smithers, called Gar & Sail:

. An Odyssey of the West Coast.

~The ‘book chronicles the adventures of the
late Dr. Ken Leighton as he rowed from Van-
couver to Prince Rupert in the mid-90’s.

At age 66, the late Dr. Leighton set off from
Vancouver’s Jericho Beach in a custom-built,
open rowing boat. Two years and a full log-
book later, with calloused hands and a joyful
heart, he dacked the Morag Anne in Prince
Rupert, 500 miles north of his launching point.

Dr. Leighton has since passed on, but. he
left behind a lively manuscript, which we are
now publishing along with illustrations by his
son, artist and physician, Dr. Rob Leighton,

The book Jaunch wiil take place at 7:30
p.m. on December 3 at the Smithers Art Gall-

ery.

Mint cookies still
available

Brownies and guides are still selling the fa-
mous mint cookies at Safeway and other loca-
tions around town. Call 638-8879 to place an
order.

Talent search

The Kinette Club of Terrace is raising funds
for the CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION by
sponsoring a “Talent Nite” at the Northern
Motor Inn (George's Pub). It will take place
Sunday, November 28, Anyone (must be 19-+)
interested in entering an act, please contact
Katherine Hicks at 615-9592 (days) or 638-
1782 (evenings), ;

Eating disorders

ANYONE WHO is interested in attending
an eating disorder support group please call
the Health Unit in Terrace at 638-2200.

Warm clothing
needed

As temperatures drop, registered nurses in
B.C. are inviting Northwest B.C. residents from
Houston to the Queen Charlotte Islands to join
them. in donating warm clothing. and blankets
for the poor and homeless.

Locals are asked to donate blankets, socks,
sweaters, coats, slecping bags and hygiéne

items such as toothbrushes, loothpaste, sham-

poo and combs, me
‘Contributions should be dropped off at Mills

* Memorial Hospital -or the’ Northwest: Health
_ Unit before November 19. an

Nisga’a

The Nisga’a are
helping indigenous
Peruvians set up a
school in Peru that
is modelled after a
post secondary in-
stitution in New
Aiyansh.

TAKE A MAP and draw an

_ imaginary line. from New

Aiyansh, dawn along the

North American coastline,

Head south past Vancau-
ver, Seattle, California,
Mexico and Central Ameri-
ca. Don’t’stop until you hit
the sandy shores of South
America. . | :

~ Then, follow your finger

to the Amazon: Basin: in
Peru, where 200,000 indige-
nous people live.

There, a confederation of
indigenous -nations known
in Peru as Confederacion de
Nacitonalidades Amazonicas
del Peru.. (CONAP) faces
increasing pressure from
multinational mining cor-
porations interested in deve-
loping their land.

According toits own lea-
ders, the people don’t have
the technical or business
training to negotiate with
corporations on an equal
footing. ,

They need technical
training. But they - need
training thal would keep
students in school (The uni-
versity in Lima has ‘a 71 per
cent drop aut rate for indi-
genaus students).

So they’re looking north
to the Nisga’a and their
post-secondary institution in

| SECTION B
: ALEX HAMILTON
~~ , . 638-7283

A GOOD PLACE TO MEET: Deanna Nyce and representatives of Ni
CONAP, an association of First Nations people in Peru meet in Terrace for lu
Nisga’a highway to examine a grass roots education system at work in the Na

sga’a post secondary institution and
nch before heading north cn the
ss Valley.

New Aiyansh called Wilp
Wilxoskhl Nispa’a, or
WWN.,

And through help from
the World Bank, a four-per-
son CONAP delegation vi-
sited the Nass. Valley last
week, a

“We are very honoured
to meet you,” said WWN
CEO. Deanna Nyce at an in-
troductory luncheon in Ter-
race Nov. 6, ,

“! believe in my heart

that we have a story to tell,
that we can contribute a
very valid story to the world
of academia.”

After a week touring
Nass communities, mecting
WWYN dignitaries and feast-
ing on traditional Nisga’a
food, the group will have

written a draft agreement, -

sctling up a partnership he-
tween the two indigenous
nations.

Nyce and a delegation of

three other Nisga’a will
then travel south for a fitst-
hand understanding of indi-
genous lerritory and people
in Peru,

The agreement breaks
north-south boundaries be-
tween aboriginal people,
who ‘will develop a-grass
roots university in Peru in
association with established

‘Peruvian universities

Using WWN's relation-
ship with UNBC as a

GOOD AT HIS GAME: Walter Raedeke and Christine Koefed play a game.of Scrabble November 6 at a
tournament at Northwest Community College. Raedeke won the tournament, undefeated in all seven of
his games. Another tournament is scheduled for February 5, 2000.

Scrabble wiz wins second
Terrace tournament

WALTER RAEDEKE is a typical
Scrabble wizard.

He’s creative, imaginative, and
he’s fascinated with words.

“I do love words,” he admitted.
“I'm always looking at. the etymo-
‘logy (the root of the word.)”

But being a good Scrabble player
dovsn’t necessarily come naturally.

Racdeke practices playing and
studies the Scrabble vocabulary
book for about 45 minutes each day.

“I generally play and study'on my
own,” he added, 2 ,

What Racdeke likes about Scrab-
ble, is that no two games are alike.

“It’s a creative: game,” he said.
“It’s about words and using some.
imagination,”

Considering his love for the
game, it?s 10 wonder that Raedeke

-lead the Tertace’ Scrabble * tourna-

ment November 6, winning all of his

seven games.

He averaged 364 points per game,
which is incredibly high, considering
a great score is anywhere from 400
to 600 points.

+.

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“t do love words. I’m al-
ways looking at the ety-
mology (the root of the
word,)”

— Walter Raedeke.

‘He explained that anly phenomi-
nal. players like World Scrabble
Champion Joe! Wapnick, who is.Ca-

“nadian, often score 600 points.

“Runner‘up. in the Terrace tourna-

_ment was Geri:Mantel, who won four

out of seven games.

Division Two was won by: Rob
Relling (5-1) with runners up. Brenda
Silsebe and Larry Bollingbroke,; both
winning four out of their six games.

Last. minute entrant Karen Mc-
Athy, the ‘unofficial Croundworks
“champion”, won’ the tough juck
award, carning her’a one’ year mem-
bership to the Nationa! Sctabble As-
sociation. :

‘High Game went to Rob Relling
with 465 points in his first game of
the day. .

Raedcke said special thanks go to
Karen Chrysler, Angeletie Korutz,
and Kelly. Kline. for being. word
judges al this event, as well as Phil

 Bialobzyski who tallies the scores,

The Terrace-Scrabble Club meets

every: Saturday morning at 10.a.m, in

the Tetrace Public Library.
~The club “has planned another

‘tournament February $.00 0,

model, CONAP will work
toward their ultimate goal
of crealing a new level of
indigenous professionals in
the Amazon.

Its people will be able to
develop their own natural
resources, administer their
own businesses and contro]
their awn economies.

Ideally, the setup will
also foster a student ex-
change program between
WWN and CONAP.

Musicians
Joe Trio
are comin’
to town

“THEY'RE young,
they’re hip, and they’re
music is timeless.”

That’s how Concert
Society president Karen
Birkedal describes classic-
ally trained musicians Joe
Trio, performing here No-
vember 25,

Since this Vancouver
violin-collo-piano trio was
formed in 1989, they have
performed concerts across
Canada and in the United
States.

Their repertoire consists
of the classics -— from
Haydn to Shostakovich.
They also play new works
by contemporary compo-
scrs, as well as their own
imaginative arrangements
of popular jazz and rock
lunes.

“They're very user
friendly,” Birkedal said.
“They can play a wide de-
aree of music.”

In 1997, Joe Trio recor-
ded their first CD, A Cup of
Joe, which is regularly
played on the CBC.

All three performers are
lop-natch musicians, Vio-
linist: Cameron Wilson is
currently a member of the
Vancouver Symphony Or-
chestra, Cellist Laura Mc-
Pheeters has played in
Showboat and the orche-
stras of the Vancouver
Opera and Modern Baro-
que Opera Company. Plan-
ist Allen Stiles has played
in the Canadian and Inter-
national’ productions of
Phantom of the Opera and
the touring productions of
Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Music of the Night and Jo-

seph and the Amazing

Technicolor Dreamcoat,
The Concert Sociely
will be selling wine and
beer at this concert.
Tickets for Joe Trio cost
$23 at Uniglobe Courlesy
Travel. ,