16. Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 16, 1986 — Books for young readers Izzy is a good student, an attractive, popular, plea- sant young woman. She is atune with her parents and family, apparently well on the way to success. Then she goes to a party and on the way back her date, who has been drinking, crashes his car into a tree. Iz- zy loses most of her right leg. Overnight her life changed. by Andrea Deakin Terrace Book Reviewer ‘Izzy Willy-Nilly” (Cynthia Voight: Collier Mac- millan) is the story of how Izzy adjusts to a life she could never have imagined. Her parents are for- tunately well enough off that they can adapt their home to her needs, They are also very loving and sup- portive, but they cannot give her the special understanding she needs. Her friends suddenly show themselves as shallow and selfish, Izzy herself behaves with courage and self-control, keeping her wilder grief to herself, at- tempting to face the mark she now carries — that she is a cripple. Along comes Rosamunde, a gir] she has barely got to know before. Rosamunde is bright, intellectual, an iconoclast. She has the courage and the strength to make Izzy face up to her situation and begin to deal with it. This is another very fine book from Cynthia Voight, beautifully observed and sensitively stated, the characters are drawn with warmth and understan- ding. They are living, breathing, falliable and in- tensely human. Bestiaries have been around since very early times, and they were particularly popular in the middle ages and in the times of the first great voyages of explora- tion. It is possible that early explorers expected to be surprised by what they saw, that they could not make close accurate observations of the animals that they glimpsed, that perhaps, in any case, some descrip- tions made for better stories. The early accounts of fabulous animals were in- tended to be works of moral instruction, the later perhaps combined imperfect observation and the myths of the peoples with whom the explorers came into contact. ‘A New World Bestiary” by Mary Hamilton (Douglas and McIntyre) is an account of those creatures the early explorers of the New World thought they saw, or were told about from the Uniped, first sighted by the Norsemen, to Quet- zalcoatl, the bird-snake, Merpeople, reported by several voyagers including Henry Hudson, and the terrible man-woman giant, Gou-Gou, who lived in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Each creature is describ- ed in a combination of author’s text and quotations from her sources and each depicted in sepia conte drawings and richly-toned vigorous paintings. Kim LaFave’s illustrations compliment the text and add to the pleasure and interest of the book. The Canadian Library Association prizes have been awarded. The Book of the Year for Children Award went to Cora Taylor for ‘‘Julie’’. Julie is psychic, and she has to learn to live with the isolation that the gift imposes on her, ‘‘Julie”’ is published by Western Producer Prairie Books. The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for illustration in children’s books has gone to Ken Nutt for his il- lustrations for ‘‘Zoom Away’’ published by Ground- wood Books/ Douglas and McIntyre. Assistance rules amended Human Resources Minister Jim Nielson recently announced that people receiving income assistance from the pro- vince will be allowed higher earnings before their benefits are af- fected. Under previous rules, single individuals on were only allowed after eight months on ‘assistance. The new regulations will shorten the waiting period to three months, preserve the previous earnings ex- emption and provide an additional exemption equal to 25 percent of the monthly earnings. assistance were permit- ted to earn $50 per month without having their benefits reduced, and people’ with dependents were allowed earnings of $100 per month. These earnings Nielson said that the changes are being im- plemented to help mainstream welfare reci- pients into the workforce by providing additional incentive to work. ot o “ape Power pole replaced Some bizarre-looking technology was used by B.C. Hydro crews last week as they replaced an aging power pole on Lakelse Ave. Michael Kelly photo High wire work Allan Groat from the B.C. Telephone Company in Terrace revamps the telephone cables along Eby Street. Sherry Halfyard photo Municipal grants go up A recent report from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs states that revenue sharing grants from the province to municipalities are to be 5.6 percent higher this year than in 1985. This year Terrace will receive $445,216 from the province, an increase of about $13,000 com- pared to 1985. The grants are unconditional and can be used in any manner determined by the municipal govern- ment. Grants to cities, towns, districts and village will total slightly more than $100 million, Weekly fire update Cool damp weather has kept the fire danger rating in the Prince Rupert Forest Region in the low to moderate classes. Five new fires have been reported, bringing the regional total for the year to 93, All five fires were very small with the total area burned less than one hectare. The regional total area burned to date is now about 382 hectares. At this point last year, 136 fires had burned about 50,253 hectares, Almost all of last year’s total area was burned in two large fires in the Kechika Valley. The number of fires this year is running near the recent average. There have been no large fires in the region this year, however, and the area burned is well below average. Why not hive a student this week? Phone the Canada Employment Centre in Terrace at 6935-71734. Safety Camp ~ Kinsmen kiddie camp maintains local service The Kinsmen Kiddie Camp is serving youth clubs for another year. by Philip Musselman The Kinsmen Kiddie Camp was founded in 1946 by the Prince Rupert Kinsmen and was given to the Terrace Kinsmen in 1947, to operate. The camp provides free services for youth groups and accepts donations from business- es, Every year the main- tenance of the camp costs at least $3500 to $4000 and it is booked from May 1 to the end of September for youth projects. According to Ernie Wade, former Terrace Kinsmen president, the camp has grown over the. years and is two or more acres in size. The camp will sleep about 70 peo-. ple or more and is split up into two sections; the Green side and: the Brown side. Many ac- tivities take place at the camp depending on the _ group. using it and.since the site is located. at Lakelse Lake, a Water is held every summer. Recently the camp opened its new memorial kitchen which | is named after Gord Coulter, who was formerly an active member in the Kinsmen organization. The Kinsmen Kiddies Camp is located near Ole’s Place on Lakelse Lake and is operated by the Kinsmen of Terrace, but ownership belongs to the Northcoast Zone Kinsmen. The zone ranges from Telkwa to Prince Rupert. At Heritage Park The Pre-emption Style Cabin Split cedar logs were used to build this sturdy cabin c.1921 at the Lakelse Hot Springs south of Terrace. The cabin was part of a resort complex owned by Bruce Johnstone at Lakelse Lake on his 1907 land pre-emption. Similar to the Kalum Lake Hotel, guests from throughout North America came to the Hot Springs for the superb fishing, hunting and medicinal qualities of the Springs. The building now displays the logging history of the region.