‘The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December | 5, 1999 - BI TERRACE STANDARD: | INSIDE / COMMUNITY EVENTS B2 SECTION B ALEX HAMILTON | | 638-7283 Around Town Young women wanted ARE YOU a young woman between the ages of 12 and 207 Would you like to speak out on health issues that are important to you? The Tetrace Women’s Centre wants to hear your thoughts on what it’s like to be a young women in Terrace. Do you feel healthy? Are there things that. could’ make you more healthy? Are there certain things that you think make you un- healthy? The Terrace Women’s Resource Centre is hav- ing an informal discussion group for young women on-health issues January 11 from 6-8 p.m. at the Women’s Centre, 4542 Park Avenue. Fer more info call Sarah at 638-0228. There will be free food! Scouts sell trees BOY SCOUTS Scouts will be selling Christmas trees (Grand fir, Douglas fir and Lodgepole pine) at Canadian Tire Fridays evenings from 6-9 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sundays from 12- {5 p.m. and Wednesday evenings from 6-9 p.m. Trees cost $25. Holiday Celebration HOLIDAY FUN for children aged 2-5 years old will take place at the Terrace Public Library on the following days: Wednesday, December 15 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15, Thursday, December 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Join Holly and Santa for storics, songs, a puppet show and special treats to celebrate the holiday season. The program is free, but registration is required. Call the library to re- gister or for more info at 638-8177. Library closed THE TERRACE Public Library will be closed on December 24, 25, 26, 27 and on December 31 and January 1, 2000, All other days during the holiday season the library will be open regular hours. Boat launch, anyone? ANYONE INTERESTED in the development of a permanent boat launch on the Resswood side of. Kalum Lake contact: Hardy Mehs at 635-7460, If there are enough names, a meeting will be ar- ranged with the public and appropriate government departments. UVIC awards degrees LOCAL RESIDENTS received Nov. 27 degrees from the University of Victoria’s fall convocation ceremony. Donald Balcombe and William Stewart re- ceived Masters of Education. Michael Parker re- ceived a Bachelor of Commerce. Ryan Hobenshild from Kitwanga graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. A total of 1,240 students graduated at UVICS fall convocation ceremony. 50th anniversary HAVE YOU EVER participated in the Rotary Club of Ottawa’s Adventure in Citizenship program? If you did, the Rotary Club is looking for you. The club is tentatively planning special events to celebrate the 50th Anniversary in Year 2000 of its Adventure in Citizenship program. A reunion of graduates, this program is being planned for the first weekend of August, 2000. Over 11,000 senior high school students have participated in the program which has been heid each spring since 1951 in Canada’s capital city. This announcement is the continuation of a widespread search for these graduates of the citi- zenship program. , Between 200 and 250 students have been spon- sored annually by Canadian Rotary Clubs to attend the four or five-day Adventure in Citizenship pro- gram. Rotary is currently compiling the names and current address of all past participants who wish to be informed of the planning for the reunion, and who may decide to attend the year 2000 event. Former Adventurers, as well as Rotarians who are in contact with former Adventurers, are invited ‘Ito send the names and addresses of past partici- pants in the program to the Rotary Club of Ottawa. Please address letters to The Rotary Club of Ot- tawa, Box 9041, Station T, Ottawa, ON., K1G 3T8. You may also fax your address to the club at 613- 445-6438 or email them at rotary@Ottawa.com. Their web site is www.relaryotlawa.com Cancer society THE BREAST Cancer Visitor Program provides women newly diagnosed with breast cancer an op- portunity to receive peer support and resource in- formation from trained breast cancer visitor volun- teers. To request a breast cancer visitor contact Melanie Olson 798-9555. Emergency aid financial help to cover up to 70 per cent of costs related to transportation and medical supplies. Contact Kerri 635-555 (home), 638-2161. Canadian Cancer Scciety’s Cancer Information Service: 1-888-939-3333, Eating disorders ANYONE WHO is interested in attending an eating disorder’ support group please call the Health Unit in Terrace at 638-2200. FIFTEEN YEAR old Katrina O'Byrne dreams ahout singing in a famous Broadway musical. That dream might well, come true considering she has received the highest mark in British. Columbia’ for her singing category. Her top marks earned her a silver medat of the Royal Conservatory of Music, which she received last month. O'Byrne says she sings because she loves music. She'll sing her favorite pop und Broadway tunes in the shower, around the house, at school, and wherever else she gets the urge. “I think it’s really fun. If you like music, you’ll love singing. If you can learn how to read music, you can learn how to sing.” Katrina O'Byrne. Although singing in front of judges doesn’t bo- ther her a bit, she admits she’s often anxious singing in front of family and friends. “I’m never nervous at competitions,” she said. When I’m doing it I’m completely calm.” “But it’s different in front of strangers. It’s kind of embarrassing to sing in front of people you know! O’Byrne started singing ae “and taking voice lessons from local instructor Mari- lyn Brodie over a year ago and has been impressing judges at competitions ever since. _ She said she wanted to take voice lessons because she likes music - she also plays the piano and french horn. “T thought voice lessons would be neat to try out,” she said. “I wanted to ex- pand on what I do, and not just limit myself to playing’ (wo instruments,” she said. She practices singing . scales and songs for half an hour about five times a week. “Almost every week I _ learn something new,” she said. “Marilyn’s a very good teacher.” ‘Her favorite songs are theatre musical numbers including Cabaret, Some- where over the Rainbow, and Don’t Cry for me Ar- gentina. She said most people don’t understand how chal- lenging singing can be. “There’s so much to learn about singing that people don’t reakize, like learning to breath proper- ly.” She said it’s easy to tell whether a singer she hears on the radio has ever tak- ing voice lessons or not by the sloppy mistakes they make. O'Byrne encourages other teens to take voice lessons and learn how to sing, properly. ~ “T think it’s really fun,” she added. “If you like music, you'll love singing. If you can learn how to read music, you can learn how to sing.” af Local singer earns top mark = KATRINA O'Byrne got the highest examination mark in B.C. for Grade 4 sing- ing, earning her a silver medat of the Royal Conservatory of Music. Caledonia student tours Ottawa with 130 teens A LITTLE hard work paid off for Caledonia student Sukhdeep Atwal after an _ extra curricular essay she wrote earned her a free trip to Ottawa. She first learned about the opportunity lo go lo Ottawa anouncement over the loud speaker at school. Caledonia principal Geoff Straker urged stu- dents to apply to Encoun- ters with Canada, a Cana- dian studies program that invites more than 3,000 students every year to Ot-- tawa for a week to learn | about Canada. “I didn’t like polities before I went, but aow I do. I know a lot more about Canada,” ~ Sukhdeep Atwal The program allows young Canadians aged 15- 17 from different back- grounds and regians to meet, get lo know one an- other, discover their coun- iry, and gain a better un- derstand of Ottawa’s major institutions. After learning about the Encounters with Canada program, Atwal applied to the Legion's Ladies Auxil- iary, which sponsors stu- dents, by wriling an essay on why she should be cho- sen to go to Ottawa. Seven other Caledonia students were interviewed by the Ladies Auxiliary, but they chose Atwal to go. “It was an experience of a lifetime,” she said of her week in Ottawa, ; Atwal said she made listening to an . CALEDONIA STUDENT: Sukhdeep Atwal, 17, spent a week last month in Ottawa as part of En- counters with Canada, a Canadian studies program that teaches students about Canada. dozens of new friends from across the nalion, in- cluding students from Nu- navut, PEI, and -New Brunswick. Sharing a dorm room with 40 other girls was an wild experience in itself, Atwal said. “The first night we got in so much trouble! We were up all night talking.” While her nights were spent chatting and petting lo know. the other 130 stu- : dents, her days were spent — touring Ottawa, the paclia- ment buildings, mecting members of the House of Commons and attending Question Period and Se- nate meetings. “I didn’t like politics before I went, but now | do, I know a lot more about Canada.” - But the best part of her trip, she said, was spehd- ing time with her new friends. “IL Have been e-mailing . people like crazy,” Atwal said. “Everybody misses _ each other so much.” Relief agency seeks donations By JOHN DORLAND THE SEVENTH-DAY Adventist Church is in- valved in communily service projects locally, na- tionally, and internationally through The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), and is currently soliciting donations from the community. Up to 40 per cent of funds collected locally are retained in Terrace to finance projects in this area. Locally, ADRA, staffed by local church mem- bers and friends, runs a Soup Kitchen that provides a free hot meal to anyone in need every Saturday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. in the Health Services Au- dilorium. If the auditorium is not available, the food is served outdoors under the band shell in the park by the library, no matler what the weather. Between 50 and 150 men, women and children are served each week. Surplus bread, donated by local supermarkets is also distributed for families and individuals to use it home. The operation is in its third consecutive year. This year a Christmas turkey dinner and a child- ren’s party are being organized. ADRA is also involved when disaster strikes. During the last bout of flooding, ADRA valunteers prepared and served food for all the relief crews. Short term assistance with food is supplied to needy families. Clothing, is distributed three to four limes a year, and furniture is also supplied as available. Internationally, about 25 per cent of ADRA aid is used in disaster situation. ADRA was and is hea- vily involved in supplying aid, including medial supplies, to Kosovo and other citics affected by the war in that area. The other 75 per cent of available funds are used for development of humanitarian projects, particularly those that will help people in third world countries develop their own on- going small businesses. ' Throughout Africa and Asia hundreds of rural communities have been provided with a safe water supply by drilling wells or piping water from springs or rivers. In parts of Kenya, suburban shanty towns are being rebuilt with standardized low-cost housing, utilizing local ‘materials and construction methods for the most part. As with Habitat for Humanity, owners of the new housing put’ many hours of la- " bour into helping to build their new homes. All donations to ADRA are used exclusively for aid and projects. Administrative and travel ex- penses are paid from other church resources, The. government of Canada matches all funds allocated to overseas projects 3-1-or 41, depend. ing on the project.