Project

| Literacy

on the
move

Overwhelmed by its own suc-
cess, Project Literacy is on the
move to larger premises,

Program co-ordinator Nat
Purcell said the shift will be car-
ried out this weekend and, as of
Monday, March 2, Project
Literacy will be found on the
upper floor of the ald Anglical
Church building on Lakelse
Ave.

Emphasizing the need for
more classroom space, Purcell
said overcrowding had become

a severe problem at its Tillicum

building location because of the
number of people wanting to
take the literacy tutor training
courses,

The new location would solve

Ready
to leap

‘COUNTING DOWN.
Marty Christiansen
celebrates his first birth-
day this Saturday. if he
‘looks a little big for a
one-year-old, you have
to remember Saturday
is Feb. 29 and that only
comes around once
every four years.
However, mother Lynn
says that doesn’t mean
he's been deprived of
birthday parties.in years
past, just that this one
will be a bit special. !n-
-cidentally, Marty's a
--third generation Ter-
racite and great-
grandson of Will’ Little,
- George Little’s brother.

that problem and also mean
more people could be accom-
modated in Project Literacy’s
English as a Second Language
programs. | ;

Pointing out the
Multicultural Association also
planned to set up shop in the
same building, Purcell.said the
proximity could be beneficial to
both organizations. —

For example, in cases where
students ran into problems
which were beyond © Project
Literacy’s ability to help, they
could simply be referred next
door, That referral process
could work in reverse, he add-
ed,

Given the Volunteer Bureau-

ae nea

Seniors Information Access was”

already headquartered in the
old church and the Northwest
Development Education

association “was also con- ©

templating moving in, Purcell
looked forward to the building
becoming a. significant educa-
tional centre in the community.

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While Project Literacy’s con-
tinued strong growth has
‘justified our presence’,
Purcell says there’s a question
mark hanging over its future,

Noting all the talk of the pro-
vincial government facing a $2
billion deficit, he explained a
moratorium on all new spen-

North works its

Each place Denise Linley
has lived has brought
changes to her paintings.

However, after less than
four months here, she’s
discovering the influence of
the northwest could lead to
the most far reaching change
yet,

Linley has been painting
for 18 years, beginning dur-
ing her days in Maple Ridge.
Her love of her horses and
their popularity in that com-
munity meant equine sub-
jects dominated her work
back then.

Moving to Victoria, she
found inspiration in the
whales frequenting the Island
waters around Ucluelet and
the scenic coastal backdrop.
And in Mackenzie, it was the

wildlife — ‘‘l saw my first
grizzly there, with triplets’’.

As for Terrace and the
northwest, she suspects
native images will increasing-
ly be a part of her work. As
evidence, she points to their
appearance in the painting
she is presently working on
and intends to enter in next
month’s Northwest Juried
Show in Prince Rupert.

It took a while for her to
discover what she’s certain
will be another significant in-
fluence in future works —
the scenery,

That’s not surprising
because she arrived in
November, just in time for
three months of unremitting
cloud and rain. The skies
having finally cleared ta give

her unobstructed views of the
mountains, Linley’s verdict
on the local landscape is une-
quivocally enthusiastic. ‘‘I
have never seen anything like
it.’

However, while the subject

m

Past successes in-
clude winning the peo-
ple’s choice award in a
1989 Juried Show.

matter changes are perhaps
to be expected, it appears
Linley may be about to make
a significant stylistic change.

Referring to her previous
paintings of wildlife subjects,

she said the animal or a

PRIDE AND JOY. Denise Linley i is seen above with the oll painting Which w won her the people
choice award at a juried art show. Two years in the completing, the painting was based on a
photo taken at Exhibition park 20 years ago. Linley says she has. kept It as a reminder of what

she can do if she puts her mind to it. :

ag

head-and-shoulders study of
it was presented in a portrait
style. ‘‘That was my
trademark, you could say.”

With her Juried show en-
try, a wolf’s head is still eye-
catchingly front and centre,
but not the only image. Both
the northwest’s towering
mountains and native images
have found their way on to
the canvas.

Linley says this n mosaic or
collage effect is new for. her
and the first real style change
in her years of painting. Now
she’s waiting to see if it sticks
and where it will take her
next.

She doubts, however, her
‘realist’? approach to her
subject matter will ever
disappear. ‘I can’t abstract
nature,’’ she explains,
although some had assured
her she would eventually
“‘snap out of it,’’

Apart from avidly taking
every art course available
during her high school years,
Linley has taken some even-
ing classes on various: aspects
of art and some private tui-
tion,

Past successes include win-
ning..the. people’s choice
award in a 1989 Juried Show
in Victoria and an extremely
successful one-woman show
in Coquitlam: Her paintings
have also found homes in
California, Britain, Hong
Kong and Japan.

Linley hopes to one. day
get a chance to hold a one-
woman show here, but adds
she'll have to rebuild her in-
ventory first. and, with that
in mind, she’s avidly recor-
ding. all the tips she can get
on promising wildlife view-
ing locations in the region,

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 26, 1992 — Page 81

ding had been’ imposed until the
new. legislature sat and the

budget came down.

Therefore, . ‘like all literacy
programs in the province,
‘We're waiting to see what sort
of money we'll be working with
come April/May and the
following year,’’ he added.

In the meantime, however,
Project Literacy is trying to in-
sulate itself against the possibili-
ty of cutbacks in the amount of
government money it receives
— and largely relies on.

Purcell said efforts were be-

‘ing made to secure local cor-
porate sponsors who ould, if

necessary, step into the breach.

A dinner with a difference is
taking place next month, one
that not only offers a meal but
also food for thought.

It’s the First World-Third

World dinner and auction being
organized by Canadian
Crossroaders Kirsten Murphy
and Kim Saulnier.

What makes it different, ex-
plains Murphy, is those atten-
ding won’t know what they will
be eating until they arrive and
most will find themselves served
a most unusual meal.

Unusual, that is, for people
from a developed country such
as Canada — and that’s the
point:

“When you come to the
door, you'll be given either a
blue chip or a white chip,”
Murphy said. The people with
the blue chip will enjoy the slap-
up meal usually expected at this
kind of event here. However,
those with a white chip will dine
on beans, rice and pita bread.
There will also be. other
privileges for. the blue chip
crowd. ‘

“We're not doing it to be
mean,’? she emphasized. In-
stead, the idea is to convey what
life is like in a Third World
country where five per cent of
the population control the lives
of the remaining 95 per cent.

The theme is appropriate
because money raised at the
event will help send Murphy on
a four month cultural exchange
to the African country of Zim-

 babwe beginuing in September.

The exchange is being carried
out under the auspices of the

Kirsten Murphy

Canadian Crossroads Interna-
tional program which requires
participants to raise the moncy
for the trip themselves...
Saulnier was Terrace’s first

Crossroader, spending four
months in Ecuador. in:. late
1990-early 1991, Since. ‘her

return she has given a number
of talks and slide shows on her
experiences, Murphy wil be do-
ing the same once she. returns
from Zimbabwe. : :

Held; at: the: Northwest: Com:
munity. College’ cafeteria, the
March 15..evening will also see
an auction of donated. items
local ‘residents. picked. up, on
their travels abroad and goods »
contributed by iocal businesses,

Only 100 tickets — they’re $8
each — will be'sold and they can
be obtained by calling Saulnier
at. the college, 635-6511 local
279,

mall office,

Deadline reminder |
Miss Terrace Pageant organizers want to remind young ar-
tists the last date for getting in entries for the pageant’ § poster
contest is this Friday, Feb. 28,
Prizes are offered in three age categories — 10-12 years,
13-15 and 16-19. Entries can be ‘Sropped off at the Skeena

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