Terrace is her home now

By LYNNE CHRISTIANSEN
TERRACE IS home to people from
many different cultures and back-
grounds, and that is particularly evi-
dent at the Farmers Market. The per-
son selling that produce or jams some-
times comes from the other side of the
world, and how they came to Terrace
is a story in itself.

That’s the case with Josephine
(Giusappina) Bernardo. She left Italy
to come to Canada to join her husband
in May, 1953.

Mr. Bemardo had arrived in Canada
two years earlier to start work for a
CN company in Edmonton.

“Tt was a time filled with apprehen-
~ sion and: loneliness. The Bernardos
came to Edmonton alone, with no
family or friends, no home, and they
did not speak English.

Later they moved to McBride where
daughter Nina and then son Gepino
were born. In 1959 they moved fur-
ther west to Terrace. Their first home
in Terrace was on Lakelse Ave. near
the furniture store,

It was difficult, for a young mother
to mix in the community and learn the
language, as Josephine’s life revolved
around her children and houschold
duties: However, she met a lady
whose family came from the same vil-
lage in Italy (Aiello, in the province of
Cosenza).

The. woman’s name was Cynthia
Kenny. Cynthia encouraged Josephine
and other Italian immigrants to form
an Ttatian/Canadian club. Josephine

and Cynthia became good friends.

FARMER'S MARKET president lan Gordon questicns Josephine
Bernardo about her jams. The market is currently located across the
street from its usual location, in the park parking lot.

Then in 1968 tragedy struck the
Bernardo family when Josephine’s
husband was killed in a logging acci-
dent. The family was devastated, Two
years later anolher tragedy followed -
Josephine’s friend, Cynthia (at age
29) was killed in a car accident, leav-
ing a husband and two small children,

But Josephine wasn’t destined to
remain alone. Her friend Reno had
also moved to Canada from the vil-
lage of Aiello in the 1950s.

Reno worked in Edmonton for-26
years, vésiting Josephine a few times.
In 1975 he decided to leave Edmonton
and move to Terrace.

Now he and Josephine share a town
lot which produces snow peas, beans,
potatoes, early spinach cucumbers and
tomatoes.

Josephine and Reno Started selling
at the market about four years ago,
Last year was a good gardening year
and a good year at the market.

But Reno is finding the garden work
is getting too heavy, so. this may be
their last year at the. market. Make
sure you catch them this summer,
since Josephine and Reno close up
their stand abit carly in the fall to take
advantage of mushroom season.

After years of losses and heartaches
and the struggle to adapt to a new cul-
ture and country, Josephine now says
that Terrace is her home and there is
no place she would rather be.

Reno adds that coming to Canada
‘gave him a brighter future and a better
life,

Can’t cook? No problem

IT’S TIME to put on your chef’s hat
and come down to the Skeena Health
unit.

The health unit is now taking names

down for a waiting list to join a com-
munity kitchen.
- The health unit has joined forces
with the Terrace Anti Poverty Society
to help organize a number of these
kitchens, under an umbrella group
called the Food Security Network.

Participants will meet once or twice
a month to cook a variety of meals.
They will then take the meals home to
_ putin the freezer,

Community ‘kitchens are being
billed as a great way to save money
on meais, and save time in the kitch-
en, They can also be a fun social

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event.

So far seven local churches have of-
fered the use of their kitchens. There
have also been cash donations to pay
for helping to get community kitchens
underway.

The Food Security Network is still
looking for donations of money and
cooking equipment, inciuding pots,
pans, cookbooks, utensils, containers,

‘and small appliances and food staples.

Donations of cash will go towards
the purchase of food, to help out
participants who can’t afford the
groceries.

Community nutritionist Julie Ip says
a family of four in the Skeena. region
needs to spend $178.28 per weck in
order to buy enough nutritious food to

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feed the family. However, this same
family, on income assistance reccives
approximately $135 per weck, which
covers all costs not shelter related,

Ip says communily kitchens will
help more people to afford nutritious
food,

About 12 people have already
signed up to take part in kitchens.
Each kitchen will have three to five
participants, Some are already un-
derway, including ones being pul on
by the Women’s Resource Centre and
Mothers’ Time Off.

Anyone interested in making dona-
tions, becoming 4 sponsor or signing
up can call Julie Ip at 638-2220 or
Helga Kenny at 635-4631.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 15, 1996 - BS

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