\ Around town _-

Art gallery shows set

Oil paintings and limited edition prints will be on display at
the local art gallery from Feb. 14, the opening day for Orlean
Hermann’s one-woman show.

Residents can take in Hermann’s works 12 noon to 3 p.m.,
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday even-
ings and 2-3 p.m. on Sundays. The show runs until March 6.

Also finalized is the gallery’s schedule through to the end of
the summer. B.C. children’s art will be on show in March,
local artists Joanne Thompson and Vicki McKay exhibit in
April and May sees local quilters take over the gallery.

The works of Dawn Germyn, Marjorie Spisak and Carolyn
~ Hayduck can be seen in July and August will feature the an-
nual members show.

Raffle winners announced |

Coming away with the prizes in the Usk Community
Association’s recent draw were Sandra Shippit, Rhoda
Seymour and Karen Groth, first to third respectively.

The association said the raffle was a great success and ex-
tended its thanks to all the local businesses who helped out
through their donations.

NON-SMOKING WEEK was again marked by nurses at

Mills Memorial hospita! by giving special bibs to new ar-
rivals. Inscribed “I’m a born. non-smoker", - the-bibs |. -

make the point everyone is barn free of the habit and it
pays to stay that way. One of last week's recipients was

Jeremiah Rinaldi, born Jan. 20. He's seen with mother
- Joani and maternity-nursery head nurse Lita Flynn.

Enviro-defenders sought

Know a person or organization that has made a noteworthy
contribution on the environmental front? The federal En-
vironment ministry is now accepting nominations for the 1992
Environmental Achievement Awards.

Awards are given out in six categories including non-profit
organization, corporation, municipality and individual
(lifetime achievement).

Past winners from western Canada have included the
Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Ducks Unlimited
Canada,. David Suzuki and the Mohawk Oil Co. from Bur-
naby.

There is also an award for the best Environmental Science
Fair project but nominations are not required here — the
Youth Science Council and Environment Canada select this
winner, :

Deadline for nominations is Feb. 15 and they can be sent to
Enquiry Centre, Environment Canada, Main Floor, Place
Vincent Massey, 351 St. Joseph Boulevard, Hull, Que., K1A
0H3. More information can be obtained by phoning (819)
997-2800.

Quick off the mark

Getting the New Year off to a good start with $50 wins in
the Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation cash calendar draw
have been Calvin Hill, Richard Hayden, Clifford Gravelle,
Evan Fortner, James Morhart, Dianne Bell, Ken and Bev
Morris and Ron Gowe of Terrace, Christen Clausen from
Smithers, Lawrence Adams of Gitwinksihikw, Michael and
margo Young of Victoria, Houston’s Ronald Dinelle, Willis
Ludiow from Dease Lake and Brenda Stephens of Prince
Rupert.

With all names selected going back into the draw, they all
have lots more chances to win again before the year is out.

Award allows

achieve lon

Today Ottawa, tomorrow
Nicaragua,

That's Frances Birdsell’s
itinerary following her selection
as one of only ten people in
Canada to receive a 1992
Development Education
Award.

Birdsell is in Ottawa this
evening to receive the Canadian
International Development
Agency award which recognizes
“outstanding devotion to inter-
national development educa-
tion’’.

Along with the recognition,

‘ winners receive $5,000 towards

the cost of carrying out the pro-
ject outlined in their submission
to the awards selection commit-
tee,

And that’s where Nicaragua
comes in.

Birdseil’s proposal was to
visit that country and study at
first hand the situation and op-
portunities facing both women
and indigenous groups there. _

“1 feel very pleased and

ue

FLYING START, In an-
ticipation of Heart
Month, local Heart and
Stroke Foundation presi-
dent Doug Patterson
(above) brought the
group’s special flag down
to city hall for last week's
flag raising ceremony.

Pygmies set count record

The local 1991 Boxing Day
bird count set a new provincial
record, says count co-ordinator
Diane. Weismiller.

Among the thousands of
birds detected that day by
volunteer spotters were eight
northern pygmy owls, she ex-
plained. While eight may not
sound like a lot, Weismiller said
that figure is double the number
reported by any other count in
B.C,

* -Also-notable were the pair of
- peregrine falcons seen making a
kill over New Remo. Although
peregrines have been seen in the

- grea before, she said this is the |

first time any have shown up in
the Boxing Day count. —

-. There were other oddities in -

‘the 1991 count which

Weismiller attributed to the
unusual weather this winter.
Open water meant quite a few
ducks were spotted including
some shovelers — it’s been a

‘number of years since they

showed up in the count.

Canada geese numbers were
high with a flock of about 200
seen on Braun’s [sland and 91
trumpeter swans were recorded
at Lakelse Lake, almost triple
last year’s total.

Down sharply, however, was’

the number of small birds
recorded. The tally of Oregon
juncos was just 135, compared
to 711 in 1990, while kinglets
were not seen ai all, She sug-
gested the mild weather meant
more food was available in the

wild and therefore few of these

smaller birds showed up at bird

feeders.

Weismiller said the count had
been conducted by 11 observers
who roamed an area from New
Remo to Gossan Creek and
Lakelse Lake to Deep Creek.
Three more volunteers kept an
eye on their home bird feeders.

A total of 3,682 birds were
spotted (2,079 in 1990) and 45
species (that's slightly above the
10 year average).

Weismniller said the results of
the Terrace count will now be
forwarded. to the American
Birds. magazine, produced by
the National Audubon Society.
They will appear in its annual
publication detailing the results
from more ‘than 1,500. counts
conducted across North
America Dec, 26, _ _

‘fata ray re hein

Frances Birdsell
honoured,’’ she said of the
award, adding, ‘‘I've wanted to
go and work overseas for a long
time, For me this is like an
opening of the door.”
Birdsell’s desire to work
abroad had been the reason she
pot involved in development

SES

education more than 12 years
ago, helping to form the Nor-
thwest Development Education
Association,

She had wanted lo learn more
about the issues in developing
countries 50 that, when slie got
the chance to go, she had some
understanding of the situation.

“Tt helps to be able to put
things in perspective,’” she ex-
plained.

And having got the oppor-
tunity to fulfill her ambition,
she has also decided it will begin
a new life for her family and
herself, one that will see them
settling in Central America,

Noting her time in Nicaragua

would “introduce me to the

people and groups that I would
dearly love to work with,” Bird-
sell hoped it would also
translate into future employ-
ment contracts in either that or
other Central American coun-
tries.

So when she and daughters
Brie, 10, and Kara, 8, head out

Birdsell to
time ambition

of Terrace in early July, it will
be a permanent move. '‘We're
going regardless and we'll worry
about long term work fater,’
she said,

That journey will itself be
something of an adventure —~
they'll be driving all the way.
Birdsell said they would take
their time getting there, ‘camp
and have fun and take the sum-
mer doing it’’,

Once there, she expected to
spend her time either in the
capital Managua or on the
Atlantic coast among the
Miskito people.

One possibility she will be ex-
oloring while on the coast is
establishing an exchange pro-
gram between the Miskito and
the northwest’s
Gitksan-Wet'suwet’en natives,

For special events planned by
the Northwest Development
Euducation Association for
next week, turn to the story
on page Bi4,

This Saturday is the first day of February and
that means it’s also the beginning of Heart
Month.

All ready to launch their annual door-to-door
canvas for donations, members of the local Heart
and Stroke Foundation branch know their efforts
are important and necessary. .

Although the Foundation has made much pro-
gress over the years in battling the nation’s
number one killer, those volunteers are aware 680
British Columbians will have died of heart disease
or a stroke by the time the campaign ends Feb.
29,

Apart from the door-to-door canvas, president
Doug Patterson said branch. members will also be
welcoming donations at the. edticational display -
table to be set up in the Skeena’Mall Feb. 13-15.

The display will offer a wide selection of
literature on the subject including information on
heart healthy diets, important considering there is
a proven link between what people eat and their
chances of suffering heart disease or a stroke.

He pointed out there will also be an opportuni-
ty for passersby to have their blood pressure
checked, free of charge.

Although Heart Month is a highly visible and
important part of the branch’s effort to raise
money for the Foundation, Patterson said it’s not
the only one during the year.

There's also Jump Rope for Heart in May, a
school-based event which not only raises money
through pledges but also-encourages the younger
generation to be concious of the need for a heart
healthy lifestyle.

The annual golf tournament in September and
November’s Dance for Heart — another pledge
event —- also helped contribute to the $30,000
raised locally from July '90 to June 91, the Foun-
dation’s Jast financial year.

With the ’91 golf tournament and Dance for
Heart having got the branch off to a good start,
Patterson expected the final total for the year en-
ding June *92 to top the $30,000 mark,

Provincially, he said the Foundation hoped to
raise $7.7 million this year with that money being
split about equally between education and
research,

Although there may no obvious return of that
money, back to Terrace, Patterson emphasized,
“There is a benefit to the community.”

That benefit, he explained, came in the form of
new drugs and other treatments developed
through research financed by the Foundation. It
might not be visible, but the difference it made to
the lives of people here showed the value of sup-
porting the organization and its work.

Volunteers know efforts important

ENVIRONMENT CANADA
Information line: 635-4192

Consultations: 635-3224

LAST Max. Min. Snow Rain Sun
WEEK Temp. Temp. (cm) (mm) (hrs)
Jan. 18 3.8 -2.4 0 4.2 0
Jan. 19 4.6 1.0 0 21.6 0
Jan. 20 3.3 0 Trace 14.6 0
Jan. 21 2.0 -0.2 3.6 Trace 8)
Jan. 22 0.8 1,7 3.0 0 0.2
Jan. 23 1.2 -1,6 1.2 0 0
Jan. 24 1.8 0 Trace 0 0

LAST Max. Min. Snow Rain Sun
YEAR Temp. Temp. (em) (mm) (hrs)
‘Jan. 18 2.4 -3.2 2.2 0 47
Jan, 19 “1.7 -7,1 0 0 1.0
Jan. 20 +2.6 -7,6 6 0 0.6
Jan, 21 13 -8.3 8.0 Trace 0
Jan, 22 0 -3.9 Trace Trace 0
Jan, 23 0.8 -4,4 Trace 0. 45
Jan. 24° -1.7 9.9 ) 0 63

The 12 mins. af sunshine
recorded on Jan, 22 did
boost our manth total to date
to 42 mins., but that’s still
way short of the previous
record for the dimmest
January 14.5. hrs. set in 76,
*Remember the great flood
of 1978? How good's your
memory of the years since?
For example, what was the
snowilest year since then? It
was 1990 with 567.6 cms.
The cloudiest was 1984 with
only 1,317 hrs. of bright sun-
shine, while 1989's 1,727.3
hrs. made it the sunniest in
the past 14 years. And, sur-
prise, surprise, the welfest
was fast year with 1,502.9
mm. of rain. ,