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“Around Town.
Be aware of FASD

KERMODE FRIENDSHIP Society, in partnership
with .Terrace Make Children First Initiative,

Northern Health Authority, Kitsclas Health and °

Wellness, and Ministry of Children and Family
Development. invites the public in Terrace to
celebrate International Fetal. Alcohol Spectrum

Disorder Awareness Day on Saturday, Sept. 9, for ~

a full day of activities.

The day’s programming is as follows:

From 8:30 to 10 a.m. a free pancake breakfast
will be served at the Kermode Friendship Centre
» (3313 Kalum Si.)

At 9:09 a.m. Sirens and bells are rung (bells are

rung at.9:09 a.m. in every time zone from New ©

» Zealand to Canada during this internationally cel-
-ebrated day).

At 9:30 a.m., a panel discussion on the effects
of FASD will happen at Kermode.

In the afternoon at I p.m., there will be another

panel discussion on the effects of FASD — this time
at George Little Memorial Park. °

Also in the park, children’s entertainment will
be provided all day, including free family activi-

ties such as a fish pond, a dunk tank, face painting, .

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By SARAH ARTIS.

THE MUSIC scene in
Terrace is very much alive

and growing, according to °

one of its central figures.
The scene is “opening
up” because more venues
- are now available and ‘more
artists are performing origi-
nal music, says. Sight and
Sound store ‘manager Tony
deMelo, who also drums for
a local band.

Finding venues is the big- .

gest challenge for the. musi-

cal community in Terrace,

he says.
Since Gators bar in the
basement of the Best West-

— comfortable,
get to know each other, and:

usIC Mar

Live music’s local pulse is getting stronger _

Owner Eryn Griffith says
this is one of the main rea-

sons the coffee shop moved |
into a bigger space earlier |

this summer.

She wanted to create a
venue where people were
regulars could

artists could express them-
selves, she says.
The plan is to host all

kinds of events such as poet-

ry and book readings, sushi

nights and cooking classes. ,
So far though, the biggest

interest has been in music.

Many artists have ap-.

proached the Cup and it now
hosts music nights a few

kinds of shows,

form and people can dance.
“fT like theidea of big, 1o-
cal bands,” Griffith says,

Qyezalae who, as he puts it,
“tr ying to be it music pro:
moter”

“P’m open to anything, except anything

too hard core.”

-Eryn Griffith _

-Cover charges here need

to be affordable. (free to -

$10) because people won't
pay much more and that
‘can make it difficult to host
bands: from elsewhere, she
says.

Breaking even on those
let alone

making money can be hard.
At least, ©

that’s been

Earlier this, summer,
Quezada arranged. for two"
separate groove bands from.
‘the Lower Mainland to play.
at Gators in Terrace. 7

. The bar opens on special ©
Occassions. _

‘The first, band was Jal-
ready touring the Northwest
as part of another project and
only played one.show here.

Eryn Griffith

ting to all the shows on top
» of a full-time job was stress- .
ful, he says.

But’ people keep asking

It was a huge success and |
he even made a small profit.
-“The reaction was -fan-

lastic.”” Quezada says. “It: "
Q y him when his next show will ue

made me realize that the en

; th be and that makes him want. oo
market was there for to keep trying to make it i
“new live music.” p trying }

work, he says.

times a month. ©
The music styles range

from DJs (disc jockeys) to

jazz bands to acoustic .

_ guitarists and singers.

, “Pm,open to any-

thing, except’ any-.

ern Terrace Inn closed a few
years ago, George’s Pub at
the Northern Motor Inn-on
Saturday nights has pretty
much been the only place to
see live music, deMelo says.
Mostly local, classic-rock |

bubble blowing, info displays, a free barbecue, and
’ lots more between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.’

For more information, call Kermode Friendship
Society at 635-1476. You can also visit HYPER-
LINK  “http://terracechildren.org/fasd_day2006.

; | htm” http://terracechildren.org/fasd_day2006.htm
to learn more about FASD.

. Dustin

the experience of

a 7 a cover bands play there. . thing too hard core,” Hosting. » the “T definitely want to keep.
1 ; — . However, new venues Griffith says. “We second band -
Going once, twice... such as two coffee shops don't really havev ¥ was a bit more doing this parttime.” oo
THE TERRACE Art Association’s Celebrity Art’. in town, Cafenara’ and Art- the space”. gl complicated,: T don’t play an_instru-
Auction was a financial success. ful Cup, are now hosting all * The build- however. - ment so this is a different
More than 100 Association members and vari- types of musicians. ‘ing holds a Quezada ar- | way to bring pleasure to the | e
_ ous people around town were asked to support the And: deMelo thinks this maximum ranged a four-day’ people”: .
| - Terrace Art Gallery by. producing a miniature piece and an improved | economy of 94 people: tour of the Northwest — He hopes to ‘get help | from
# | of art that went to a public auction on Aug. 18. ° will get ‘more people «i with space near — the band played one; other music lovers in the re-
g The-result was just over $3, 300 raised at the -}° volved i in the scene. the front where “show in Smithers, one in gion, then host more bands oo
i. - auction. About 50 people participated and virtually A new venue for live mu- . artists can per- ‘Prince Rupert and two o in throughout the fall and win- 2
i. [ - all the pieces were sold. - | sic is long. overdue, ©. 3 ns :, Terrace. - te
The highest priced mini canvass — by Wally he says. - Three out of ‘the four “Music is definitely in the,
Hargrave — went for $150, the second highest art, Art- nights were well-attended fabric of this community,
by Norreen Spence, fetched $87 and Robert Nelm- ful Cup and the band felt positively Quezada says.

about their experience here,

« es’s work was bought for $80.
Bids on 10 other canvasses reached $50 or [- but overall Quezada . lost
more, with the majority of the others being sold at 7 money.

Finding venues, ‘deal-
ing with logistics and get-

more than the $10 minimum bid allowed.

Terrace Art Gallery coordinator Kim Woodd
said the community and media support | was ter-
rific. ,

“We really appreciate all the bidders for their
generous donations,” she said.

 .The auction, a first for the gallery, was part of °°
the 25th anniversary of the its operation. The gal-
lery is a public, non-profit facility that is dedicated
to the promotion and advancement of the visual
arts in the community.

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ROBYN Cater receives the 2006 Gover-
_ nor-General’s Medal from Cam MacKay ‘last
week. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO .

_ Honours continue

: ROBYN CATER has been awarded the Governor-
: General’s Medal for 2006 as the top academic
i achiever at Caledonia in her senior year.

Cater, 18, earned the yearly award by virtue of
her 95.5 per cent average in the courses she took
in grades 11 and 12.

~The award came as no surprise to her former
principal at Cal.

Cam MacKay says Cater has always excelled in
school, from elementary to high school.

“Robyn has been successful in the academic
stream and I look forward to seeing her succeed in,
the future,” MacKay said.

TIM Townsend, lead guitarist with Vancouver’
_ groove band Kaejema, rips it up during a June
10 show at Gator's. . DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO.

a

Religious tour makes stop here

ineithe a,

But MacKay calls Cater, who will begins her
studies in sciences at the University of Victoria
_this week, a well rounded student.

She participated in many sports, including bas-

- ketball, volleyball, track and field, she worked as a
lifeguard and was involved in the community.

The award caps quite a year for the teen, who
cleaned up at school’s June ceremonies. She won a
$22,500 entrance scholarship to UVic, was co-win-
ner of Cal’s outstanding student and was named
‘the nominee for a regional Premier’s Award of Ex-

‘ cellence among other accolades. ,
~ Cater is also one of seven Caledonia grads who
earned $1,000 provincial scholarships on the basis "
of their provincial exams. Brianna Benzer, Sean
Davidson, Nadia Ouellet, Jay Ross, Shawn Saran,
and Heather Titterton round out the winners.

The scholarships are based on results from

graduating students’ top three provincial exams. _

Five faiths to
‘gather and
explore their
similarities '

IT’S A question people of
faith face continuously: If
there is a God, how can that
be reconciled with human
‘suffering?

A conference next Sat-
urday, Sept. 16 attempts to
answer that .question and
others when representatives
from five religious’ com-
munities meet at Northwest
Community College.

It’s organized by the Ah-’
madiyya Muslim Commu-
nity of B.C., which is based

in the Lower Mainland in’.
‘this province and which is

holding similiar conferences
but on different themes in
Prince George and in Prince
Rupert.

It’s all part of the Ahmadi-
yaa goal of bringing together
people of different religions
to explore what they have in
common, says Rizwan Peer-
zada,:a communications of-

‘ficial with the community.

“What we want to offer
is an educational forum,” he

‘said.

Representatives from the

Christian aboriginal, Islam-
ic, Buddhist and Sikh com-:
munities will make presena-
tions and answer questions.

Two are local — Pastor ©

Andreas Tabert of the Alli-.

‘ance Church who will speak .

from the Christian perspec-
tive and’ Davinder Singh
Sangha who will represent
the Sikh community.
‘Leonard Ward from
Prince George will speak
from an aboriginal perspec-
tive while Buddhist Judith
Johnson is coming from
Vancouver.
Representing Islam is
Naseem Mahdi, the national
president of the Ahmadiyya

Muslim Community. who is

based in Ontario.

The moderator for the .
evening is Northwest Com-
munity: College’ president
Stephanie Forsyth.

The evening begins at

.6:30 p.m. in the main caf-

eteria building of the col-
lege with light refreshments.
There will be more refresh-
ments during a break in the
proceedings.

Admission is free but
organizers do want a rough ©
idea of how many will be at-
tending so the right amount

of refreshments can be or-

dered. Call 1-877-767-1965
if you plan to attend.

Stephanie Forsyth