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| JENNIFER LANG

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SCHOOL CHILDREN. across Terrace. helped usher i in the Year of the Monkey last: week with: parades and.
other. festivities marking: Chinese New Year, dated year 4702 on ‘the. Chinese calendar: Students at Thorn-.~

- pitch, capping off-a week of leaming' activiti¢s based around: Chinese. New Year,’ a religious :and ‘cultural

makers - — went around from: ‘classroom to. classroom; collecting’ sludents’ for an ‘assembly.: Dozens. of par-

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> . gold coins. é- wrapped Inside bright. red d envelopes and fortune: cookies

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— hill: Primary: School. (above) took :part in a. dragon parade’: Jan,.22, It was ‘part.of a: ‘week: ong ‘reading pro-'
" gram. based around Chinese New Year. A few hours later; ‘celebrations-at-E.T. Kenney Primary, hit a fever.
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“festival celebratedby ‘Chinese, ‘Vietnamese and Koreans: ‘A parading: dragon ~: and: attendant noise-- HAPPY NEW YEAR! Melinda Nelson,
‘cipal Sue Springer prepare for a special assembly marking Chinese: New Year,

“ents: came to-watch a performance - by one’ of the music classes. ie students teceived chocalate:. observed! on t the 6 first day. after the newt moon. :

: The Tetrace Standard, Wednesday, January 28; 2004: .

alt, Taylor Abou, and “Mandeep Kular :
cradle a large dragon puppet. The Grade 3 students helped E.T. Kenney prih- -

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‘8 ‘JENNIFER LANG was
- A LONG- SERVING fire fighter, a very: diffi-
health ‘care advocate. and, a-local «cult... to’
businessman have been chosen to chose- who
‘receive the city’s ‘highest horiour: aoe the: person.
_ the Orderof Terrace. 2 °-” should. be,”
.- The three’ ‘award recipients" ‘are “; Mayor, “Jack
- Jim Stainton, da: Mohler and-Gor-. | ’Talstta. said”
don’ McConnell-They will'bé pres?! as. ‘he: made, a
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ane Outstanding: contribution: to. he.

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- be ‘repainted with more: cheerful: colours: a8. ‘T
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- Colourful campaign:

= : ° RED, It’s: just ‘the colour. to contrast with our dull; ope
prey” surroundings at.this’ time. of year. The ‘colou
red also symbolises a campaign that’s gearing ‘up < |.”
a Terrace. It's called: Paint the Town-Red for: the bee
|. Heart and Stroke’Foundation.of B-C.and Yukoi. 2. |!
..- During Heart. Month, businesses sell paper. hearts fee in
~ for $2°ench to customers, and display them, in, their. “IF You VE: ever-been told you, stink a sore ;
windows and on: their, walls, To find’o) v ; ‘thing, lake: heart; At some point early’on, ‘both:
involved,” all area ‘coordinator Terry. Runions at Greg. Linton ‘and James Powell, front-men for.”
639-9090. or email to trunions @hsf, be.ca° md Dey Fishy; one of, Terrace’s. best-I9cal : ands. ;
| “Feb, :13.is Dress’ Red “Day. Buy a $5 Dress: ane got told.they’d.nevér cut it ‘as musicians. |
button: and help: brighten: ‘up: the: town. by" dressing®. oe “Linton, a physician’ who sings “and: writes
ted. AM ‘proceeds’ to the foundation for. research, aa songs, quit taking piano. lessons was 12,0002.
2 education and Igcal-programs. #* ras was: just. ‘as well,’ his -teacher told, hin,
Jeo Inthe “last half/a century, ‘the’ foundation. hag: «- He’d-gone as: ‘far as “his: talent: would ‘take: him
7 helped. reduce the: death:rate ‘from: cardiovascular J Ae He ‘took up the guitar'instead,
5 disease by. 50.per. cent, Risnioris says." ~ [2 His bandmate Powell, “a versatile mus
Volunteers will-also’be ‘ "going | door.to door i in’ our songwriter’ and-fish.. jatcher employee, en,
“coinmuuity. You're asked to give. generously... ured ‘an even harsher ssegsmerit as: a child.
Tr Your financial ‘assistance: pays. for regearch: ‘and “You hiave absolutely. no: ‘musical: talent,” ‘a a
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Ses “meant” to ¢ lebrate: and |
~ honour the. recipient's .dédicdtion, ‘
generosity and achievement,

JENNIFER’ LANG :

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ARE YOU maily’in love? Does the thought of. your a : ; sche
‘partner. send your, heart all a- flutter. ‘and? your. spine. . wes Tes ‘been less than year: since Dr.

“leased its: ‘second CD,:a: postcard -to, ‘dife in»
all the foo qumning you: ‘into a Tauishy. puddle of goo} ol B.C., Red Fisk thes ‘follow-up to
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pommel why: you hit it-off,:and what - kept you woge-. : clude’ “thé talenits . of three :: musicians who
an ther, whether it's. been -five: days. or $0. years. : * helped put. the. CD. together ast year. ~
{i We: ‘hope: to: ‘publish’ some’ of your. stofies in. ai ‘. ‘There's Daryl "McDicken on ‘drums, ‘a School
upcoming issue of ‘the ‘Terrace: Standard 4 in recog... : 7

oh - Ida Mohler
anniversary: last’ month ‘al Hse

- Jim: Stainton, ‘a volunteer fire"?
fighter: with the’ ‘Terrace’ Fire De- |
-partmenit,: “has. demonstrated: out
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emergency. : iservices | in, the: com:

amunity,‘and the region. ."-- te
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depariment in “1967- and ‘ha _te-

IGNORE YOUR CRITICS: A word of advice from Or. Fishy. JENNIFER, LANG PHOTO.

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state of: the ‘Terrace’s health care |
system at the forefront... -

: os music: teacher by: day, and the foundation of.
So, write iis a note; “drop Us a ine vid fax, mail “] ° "Bassist Joh Kerisinger, ra ‘college i.
us-a'letter of.send us an. email. ~ ee i aio belones ‘to ‘local: luegrass:. ensemb er
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Please’ adress your: tory t oq ‘Andrews, a nimblefingeted : guitarist with, his we
te _ very, own recording studio, He: stepp ;
‘sound: ‘engineer, on; Red: Fish Blue,.
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“story” to newstoom@ terra sthtidard. com or, by: ‘fax. «

“the music at a’ summer. camp Andrews atten:
“ded > years ago. “I saw James. playing the,
guitar,” Andrews recalls. “if. never ‘mel. him, qT
might never have played guitar 0)
That would have -been-a ‘shame,.as numer-
“ous? ‘Dr, Fishy: fans, “knowin: affeclionat yas
-Figh:Heais,, will tell ‘you. )
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Like, other ‘successful: ‘songwriting duos; ce 7 of
Lennon, and, McCartney, 0 or: Keelor and: Cuddy,” ye

; “theit own. distinct: sound.’
~ Linton’s-are ‘bluesyy while]
‘sound: ‘more: folksyand quirky.

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