12 Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 27, 1986

Any second “I'li let go’ youngsters shout as they

transport themselves across metal rungs hands first.

Justinn Bracken, 21 months, tries his luck at the fish

pond with mom Naomi Bracken.

Children’s festival _

2

a smashing success

i

Jumping and running on a “tarpaulin” was a real thrill for youngsters who attended the Terrace Children’s Festival held

recently at Lower Little Park.

’

TERRACE — This year
over 1,000 participants
and spectators took part
in the Terrace Children’s
Festival.

by Daniele Berquist

“We are very pleased
with this kind of success,
said a member of the
Children’s Festival Com-
mittee, Elizabeth Sny-
der,

Events that took place
at the festival included
face painting — a
favorite among all, soap
bubbles, woodworking,
puppets, movement and
games, balloons and a
sing-a-long. Clowns and
other performers helped
make the festival the suc-
cess that it was. Snyder
said all the workshops
were very popular; I
couldn’t say which was

"goodies" to the children.

loved the most. ;

This is the festival’s
third year in operation.
The event is free to the
public. Snyder attributes
the success to the fact
children can participate
in the event and not just
be spectators..

The Terrace Chil-
dren’s Festival was held
Sunday, Aug. 17 in
Lower Little Park next
to the public library, be-
tween the hours of 1!
p.m. and 4 p.m. The
festival was  co-
sponsored by the Terrace
Coffee House Society
and the District of Ter-
race.

Anyone interested in
volunteering for next
year’s festival is asked to
contact Elizabeth Snyder
at 635-3487.

Popcorn anyone?-this clown volunteered to distribute

3 cit

This young fellow hangs on tight to the prize that he
caught at the Fish Pond during the children’s festival.

Terrace Art Gallery — An exciting show — water-
colors, oils, photography, pottery, jewelry, Ukrainian
eggs — by a variety of local artists, in the lower level
of the Public Library on-going until the end of August.
Gailery hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Satur-
day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday 11 a.m. to 68 p.m, and
Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Al-Anon Famlly groups. Meetings for friends and
relatives of alcoholics. Meatings are held every Mon-
day at 8 p.m. at Mills Memorial Hospital, the con-
ference room In the psychiatric ward.

The Terrace Women's Resource Centre announces the
closure of the centre for the summer — trom June 29
until Sept. 7th. Have a good summer!

Terrace Association for Community Living — is
needing advocates for handicapped people living In
Terrace. For more information please phone Janice at
635-9322 or Caroi-Ann at 635-3940.

SRR Ren perro

a

a

pie ae” a