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forthe haggis —s_ J

by Harriett Fjaagesund—

The Happy Gang Centre cele-
brated their annual Robbie
Burns night last Saturday with a
potluck supper and a rollicking
evening of traditional Socttish
dances. The festivities were
opened with the ceremonial
‘piping in the haggis’’ by Ter-
race Pipes and Drums member
Jim Allen.

Long-time Terrace resident

Volunteer
coordinator
sought

If you are a well-organized,
caring individual who enjoys
working with seniors you may be
interested in a volunteer position
presently available at Terrace
Home Support Services. The Meals
on Wheels program already has a

number of excellent volunteers, but -

they’re lacking a coordinator.

This is a volunteer position that
would require about one hour of
your time every Monday, Wednes-
day and Thursday, plus any addi-
tional time you might like donate.
Interested applicants can phone
Betty Stewart at 635-5135 for
more information.

Missionary
conference
next week |

The Terrace Alliance Church
begins its annual missionary
conference Feb. 6. The conference
is held every year to inform local
people of the churches activities in
distant places and to offer
information on the lives of people
who live in those places.

This year’s guest speakers are
Helen Lee, missionary to Peru, and
Rev. Harold Klassen, a missionary
to Indonesia. Both missionaries
will speak and present a slide
show on the evenings of Feb. 7
and 8 and at 11 a.m. the following
Sunday.

Further information is available
from the Alliance Church.

AlO , Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 30, 1991

Lou Gair explained with some
amusement that the haggis,
which was purchased from Safe-
way, barely made it, in time for
the festivities because the store
was all sold out and had to order
another batch that didn’t arrive
until that day.

Haggis is a traditional Scot-
tish pudding (it is also con-
sidered a cooked sausage since it
is filled into a casing, made of
the heart, lungs, liver and tripe
of a sheep or other animal. Mix-
ed with suet, oatmeal, onions
and spices, the mixture is placed
inside the eviscerated animal’s
stomach and boiled.

The derivation of the term,
also known as hagges, haggus
and hagas, is unknown, but the
dish was made famous in Scot-
land (and elsewhere) when the
Scottish poet Robert Burns, in

A wary-looking Lou Gair marched the hagg
night at the Happy Gang Centre Robbie
performance, having filled in at the last minute for another piper who had to beg off.

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is in to the skirl of Jim Allen’s p
Burns celebration. Allen was commended for his

ipes last Saturday

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The future isn’t what it used to be.

Our new school system will
give them every opportunity.

concerned individuals and organizations.

You asked us fo prepare B.C’s

children for the 21st century.

So the new emphasis will be on what in-
dividuals can do, not on what they can't.
Each individual will be encouraged to achieve

his or her personal best.

The immediate changes.
(1) The new Primary Program is being
successfully introduced in many school
districts. It will be implemented system-
wide by the fall of 1991.

(2) Dual entry was also introduced in 33
districts in 1990, with 96% of parents sur-
veyed expressing their approval. Dual
entry permits children to enter school
within four months of their fifth birthday,
in either September or January, instead of
having to wait up to eight months.

intermediate and Graduation Programs.
Drafts of these proposed programs have
been submitted to parent groups and
others sharing a concern for our education
system, with requests for their response.
Phased implementation of the Inter-
mediate Program will begin optionally in
the 1991-92 school year; the Graduation
Program will begin in 1995-96.

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