The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 6, 1994 - B1 INSIDE. - CITY SCENE B2 ‘A WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS What's Up! Sunday, July 17 SKEENA VALLEY KENNEL CLUB holds a fun match, with confirmalion and obedience classes plus a fun ring at Lower Little Park at 11 a.m. Spectalors weicome. Monday, July 18 KERMODE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY hosts a summer.youth day camp at the Terrace Odd Fel- lows Hall at 4634 Walsh Ave. from 9:30 to 3:30 p.m. Cali Elaine at 635-4906 to register, Tuesday, July 19 STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP takes place at 1:30 p.m. at the .Women’s Resource Centre on Park Ave. For registration or informa- tion, call Alice at 638-0228 or 635-5275. The - workshop will be repeated in the evening if there — is enough interest, Wednesday, July 20 PROMISEKEEPERS men’s Christian outreach | group meets at the Evangelical Free Church from - 8 to 10 pm, lriday, July 22 FOR YOUR INFORMATION, a free monthly . workshop of the Terrace Anti-Poverty. Society lakes place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Car- penters Union Hall at 3312 Sparks. For more info call Gerry al 635-4631. WEDNESDAYS SINGLE PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP meets Wednesday aflerncons at 1 p.m. at the Women’s Cenire. For more info call 638-0228, TERRACE NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets at 7 p.m. at the Women’s Resource Centre, Also Saturday nighis at 7:30. TERRACE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S AS- SOCIATION holds its monthly meeting the third Wednesday of every month. Mect for lunch at the ~ Terrace Inn from noon to 1 p.m. Contact Joyee ¢ at 2, 689- -9660. ee nae ena etd SKEENA VALLEY QUILTERS meet the first and third Wednesday each month at 7 p.m. in the home ec. room at Skeena Junior Secondary School. Beginners and more experienced quilters welcome. Call 635-2230 for more information. TUFF AND PUFF Asthma Group holds its -monthly mecting jhe third Wednesday of cach ‘|; month at the Women’s Resource Centre on Park : Ave. fram 7 ta 9 p.m. THURSDAYS THE HEALING CIRCLE meets every Timrs-~ day from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kermode Friend- ship Cenire. For more information call. Benita ‘Chapdelaine al 635-7670. "ALANON meets every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in the Mills Memorial Hospital conference room, ‘TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every _ Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Skeena Health Unit auditorium. Weigh-in at 6 p.m. THE TERRACE BRIDGE CLUB meets the second and fourth Thursday of every month. They get slarted Oct. 14 at the Legion. Call Pat at 635- 2537 or Ethel at 635-5046 for more info. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meet every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Women’s Resource Centre. TERRACE HIV INFORMATION SUPPORT - Group (T-HLLS.) meets the third Thursday of every month al 7:30 p.m. in the Mills Memorial -. Hospital board room. Contact Carrie at 635-4885. SATURDAYS BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION clinics take _ place at Emerson Medical Clinic the last Saturday ‘of each monlh, Free instruction by qualified nurses. Call Lita Flynn al 635-6263 or Emerson Clinic at 635-7234 for appointment, SUNDAYS TERRACE PENTECOSTAL Sunday Sclioo! holds a special children’s program for everyone ages 4 to 11 starting at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday - until Sept. 4, MONDAYS ARE YOU HAVING trouble seeing your grand- children? A support group io promote grand- _ parent ties to families and access to grandchildren mects Monday nights at 7:30 p.m. at.the United, Church, Call Claudette at 635-1645 for info. The Terrace Standard offers the What's Up _ community calendar as a public service to its _ readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organi iza- - tions and those events for which there i is no ad mission charge, Items will run two weeks before eich event. .. We ask that items be submitted by 5 pan. on the : » Thursday before the issue in which it is to appéar <. » Subiaissions should be oped or printed neatly, ROOKIE CARVERS Titus Auckland, Clifford Bolton, Dorothy Honer, Sandra Wesley and Ben Auckland displayed their works YOU COULD sce the pride in the eyes of students last week at the Kitsclas band carving shed on ” Queensway. Ben Auckland, Titus Auckland, Clifford Bolton, Dorothy Honer, Brian McKee, and Sandra Wesley completed a. 16-week intro- ductory course in Tsimshian na- tive art design. And instructors Dempsey Bob, Stan Bevan and Ken McNeil - celebrated Thursday with a public show of their works and a feast and ceremony in the community hall that night. The artwork adorning the walls ranged from intricately carved plaques and bowls to ceremonial masks and canoe paddles — and the results surprised even the ine siractors. “There’s a lot of potential hore,’ said Dempsey’ Bob, a Tsimsian master carver, of the studenis” work. Tt was the first time such a course was offered by the Kit- selas carvers, Students were taught basic de- sign, ,tool-making and beginners’ carving, said McNeil, who has 18 - years experience as a carver. “They grew up with native art all around them, but they had no idea how complicated it was to ‘do,’ McNeil Said. ‘“To actually design it, make the tools, aid 'toit is something else, To see it and to do it are two completely uifferent : . things.” ~ ’ After cutting his teeth bere, 21-: year-old Ben Auckland wants to pursue carving. ~ "It awas an experience,’ he said “I’ve been interested in it ‘for a while, but never tried it until now.”’ __ Tt was a chance. to get a better TERRACEVIEW'S new special-care unit for residents with Alzheimer's and other forms of. last Thursday after completing a 16-woek Tsimshian naive art design course under Ken McNeil, Stan Bevan and Dempsey Bob. Carving anew generation understanding of their culture, he added. His brother, Titus Auckland, was first introduced to carving 10 years ago in Duncan under Coast Salish master carver Simon Char- lie. He returned to Kitselas with the | hope that someday he could get back to his: roots and-leam to _ carve in the Tsimshian style. Then he heard-about the course the«Tsimshian instructors were. offering in Kitselas. “* “T jumped at the opportunity, ” he said, The class progressed from simple plaques to spoons, bowls, amd finally masks —- which fas- cinaté Auckland. “SUT get ‘it realistié, lo ‘get the’ placement of the eyes right, was just totally different from what I had learned before,’’ he said, ‘You could just feel your mind ~ expanding with all the knowledge they were pouring into us.” The Kitsclas band’s’ Willie. MacKenzie developed the pro- gram and the money to mn it came from the Skeena Aboriginal Management Board. ‘“‘They did’ a fantastic job,’” MacKenzie said. “I's beyond my expectations of what I ex- pected to see out of the first class.” MacKenzie says he hopes they Will be able to offer an advanced . course for the students this fall. It would train them in more ad-: vanced techniques, and would be- gin to look at things like boxes, button blankel design, and totem “poles! fs And plans are underway f for an--- other beginners’ course next spring. dementia was officially opened June 28. Above are Mindy Peden, an LPN working in the new unit, resident Helen Jefferson and health care worker Lynne Truscott. New unit at Terraceview AFTER ALMOST two years of work and planning, Terraceview Lodge has ils 28-bed special-care - unit. The unit is designed and staffed for ‘he. care of residents with — Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia... 2*. : “Quality of life i is what it’s all about,” said Terraceview head of resident care Doris Mitchell. “We want to really focus on providing meaningful activities,’ While the first residents . moved in on April-18, said Mitchell, the. official | opéning. ceremony, was June 28, _ Two existing, wings of the lodge’ - were. converted: ‘into: the > separate eS a unit.” “It's a quieter environment and . there’s more flexibility in this unit,” said Mitchell, ‘It didn’t really work that well for these residents to be placed throughout ‘the facility.” “Quality of life is what “it’s all about,’” said Doris Mitchell of the new special- care unit at Terraceview Lodge. _ The staff is separate from. the ~~ main lodge staff and are. Irained: in Gontlocare, a course on-how. to » fot. residents. ‘Alteines's “and. 1 other fot dementia. ‘*This course encourages a gen- tlc, . accepting —_approach,"’ Mitchell said, adding that 28 Ter- raceview staff recently completed the course. Gentlecare. was designed at the Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavillion in Victoria, she sald,’ -A4$92,000 grant from ihe health ministry: paid. for most of the renovations.’ Local ‘donations of about $8,000. has helped them to ‘buy . equipment and furnishings, sald “Mitchell. For. row; she ‘added, residents will be: placed: in lhe new unit off : he same” wait-lst: as ‘the main Town Scouts to collect cans THE FIRST Terrace Scouts are looking for recyclable tin cans. If youve got some and you want to help out the local scouls,. give James a call at 635-3656, Cans should be clean and not crushed. They'll also pick up bottles: and aluminum beverage cans, Lotto winner in Kitwanga KITWANGA RESIDENT. Vernon Smith won more — than $10,000 iast week on a ‘Totlery ticket. The commercial fisherman bought a nine-number Combo Play ticket for the June 15 Lotto 6/49 draw from Seven Sister Services in Kitwanga, The nine-number combo mixed the nine’ numbers he selecled into 84 possible six- number conibinations. Smith’s 385 purchase. paid off — five of the six regular numbers appeared on his combo lickel, The S0-year-old’s fotal win- nings cameo $10,173.80. Afier purchasing the. ticket, Smith had left the ticket in the sun visor of his vehicle. “I was watching TV with my son and wife and I recog- nized four or five, numbers,’ he sald, “{I told my son to go lo-the car and get my tickel,”’ “I couldn't believe. -it,’’ Smith said ipon discovering his win, ‘It was quite a. nice evening’? ==! pe Smitf will celebrate his win by. paying the bills and taking - _the family out for dinner. ‘Around | | SECTION B | : JEFF NAGEL eo _ 638-7283. i: