Scottish singers Tam and Jack Alexander performed recently at the REM Lee Theatre, and
master of ceremonies Charlie Meek got into the act as well.

A touch o’ Scotland
comes to Terrace

The internationally
famous Alexander
Brothers brought a touch
of Scotland to Terrace
recently.

by Daniele Berquist

The talented duo
entertained a large au-
dience at the REM Lee
Theatre with Scottish
ballads, pop music and
country and western
tunes. On the stage the
brothers were very
warm, and delivered a

-great concert. The au-

dience in turn responded

‘by singing along; and by —

giving Tom and Jack a

standing ovation.

The group celebrates
their 28th year in show
business this year. They
have travelled through-
out Britain, Australia
and North America. The
brothers’ first major

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As the vehicle ahead .

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same object is your tim-
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break came while they
were booked during the
summer season at a holi-
day resort in Scotland.
In 1959 Pye Records of-
fered the Alexander
Brothers a _ contract.
Since then, they’ve
soared high on the charts
in Scotland and abroad.

After a fun Scottish
evening, master of cere-
monies Charlie Meek

said to Tom and Jack,
‘Haste you back.’’

The show was pro-
duced by CJFW-FM and
a Touch o’ White
Heather. Charlie Meek
also expressed sincere
thanks to Bill De Jong
from Terrace Totem
Ford for the courtesy car
provided to the Alex-
ander Brothers during
their stay in Terrace. -

System changes
considered for _
‘city computers

TERRACE — Recently
a memo concerning the
city’s computer system
was received by Clerk
Administrator, E.R.
Hallsor.

by Philip Musselman

The memo from city
treasurer F.K. Norman
involved the expansion
of the computer system
to incorporate the Public
Works Department. Ac-
cording to Norman the
expansion for the Public
Works Department
would require: an IBM
5294 Controller, an IBM
Display Station (ter-
minal), and two Modems
for communication pur-
poses, at a cost of about
$7,600.

Although this system -

would accomodate the
Public Works Depart-
ment, Norman suggested
an alternate expansion to
the system for several
reasons, Apparently the
Public Library’s new
computer checkout
system has caused some
minor problems because
of its connection with the
city’s main computer.
The library presently
uses close to 50 percent
of the memory that is
available. The usage of
the main computer by

the library has caused a ,

reduction in response
time on the computer,
and the library, which

operates after normal ci-
ty hours,needs the main
computer to be left on.
This means that the
system can mever be
powered down after
municipal hours.

Norman’s solution to
the problem includes the
purchasing of a PC 5364
at a cost of about
$15,000, but possibly,
there could be some help
from service clubs in this
purchase. Also, to aid
the Public Works
Department, the current
library system could be
given to them because
the library would no
longer require the use of
the terminals that it is
currently using. The
value of the equipment
that the library offers is
about $5,600, but the
Public Works Depart-
ment would require the
purchase of a display sta-
tion at a cost of approx-
imately $2,000.

The addition of the
PC 5364 system at the
library would allow all
its files to be transferred
to this system and erased
from the city computer,
Then the main system
could be powered down
and there would be a lot
of available memory to
spare.

Norman’s proposal
was received by Terrace
council on Sept. 8 and
set aside for further
study and consideration’

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 17, 1986 7
Terrace woman chairs
child birth committee
for world association |

TERRACE — Local
resident Marianne
Weston has been ap-
pointed by the Interna-
tional Childbirth Educa-
tion Association (ICEA)
to head up its ‘‘Cesarean
Options Committee’’,
Weston was elected to
the Board of Directors
earlier this year as Direc-
tor at Large and was
Province Coordinator
for three years previous
to her term as Board
member. She has been
active within ICEA as il-
lustrator for the popular
class handout series and
posters, as a writer, and-
as head of a task force
on family-centered
maternity care.

Weston comes to her

appointment as a result
of many years of- in-.

volvement with cesarean
birth and alternatives.
Her own two children

_ were born by cesarean

section followed by two
natural births. ‘‘I am
hoping that my own
varied experiences with
cesarean birth and op-
tions will stand me in
good stead as Committee
Chair.”? Weston said.
She has also worked
closely with Prince
Rupert’s Drz -Roger
Gustafson, whose work
with natural birth after
previous cesarean has

.drawn attention all over

the province. Gustafson
recently transferred to
Kamloops to take a posi-
tion as obstetrician. ‘‘We
will certainly miss him,

but on a local level, I am
confident we have many.
good physicians to carry
out the work,’? Weston
said. Weston’s main con-
cerns revolve around the

-ever-escalating cesarean

rate, which recently has
come under strong criti-
sism from the Canadian
Society of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists. She
says it is time to halt and
reverse the trend towards
surgical birth, Some of
the ways recommended
by professionals include
a trial labor for women
with previous cesareans,
more conservative man-
agement and less in-
tervention in the birth
process, and training of
physicians in breech de-
liveries. Weston said,
‘We need to educate
parents to understand
that in many cases it is
preferable to have a
natural birth after a sec-
tion. Most people still
believe in the age-old
adage, ‘Once a cesarean,
always a cesarean’.
ICEA will be adressing
this need for education
in several ways. It’s an
exciting challenge.’’
Weston teaches- pre-
pared childbirth classes
and works as a labour
assistant in the Terrace-
Kitimat-Prince Rupert
area. She believes every
couple can benefit from
personalized support
from an experienced and
trusted woman compa-
nion, ‘‘We work at
establishing a strong

relationship in the
pregnancy period. I do
not leave at shift change
and I am available to
support the couple in
their home prior to entry
into hospital. When well-
supported, most women
labour more effectivelv
in the home environment
in the early stages of
labour. We work out
with the physician ahead
of time when transfer
Should ideally take place,
and I help the couple re-
establish a comfortable
atmosphere after enter-
ing the hospital,’’
Weston stated. She: em-
phasizes that labour sup-
port is hard work. ‘‘You
do it because you have a
calling to be there for
women who need you, I
am very fortunate to
have a husband who be-
lieves in my work, and
my kids get just as ex-
cited as I do when a baby
is born. They even lay
bets on what sex it’s go-
ing to be and they can
have quite definite opi-
nions about the names,
too! A few close friends
are available to take the
kids on a moment’s
notice; it?s a community
effort, in a way.’

In her spare time
Weston works on illus-
trations for a textbook
on midwifery, a joint
undertaking with two
nurse-midwives from the
University of Lethbridge
and Oxford University,
England, to be published
in 1988.

Terrace

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