The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 16, 1994 - B1 TERRACE STANDARD INSIDE SECTION B COMMUNITY - JEFF NAGEL EVENTS B2_ 638-7283 “LIBRARY EXPRESS HARRIETT FJIAAGESUND Videos, CDs, books and more RE YOU aware that as well as its vast callection of fine books, the Terrace Public Library has over 1,200 videos and 700 CD’s? T invite you to take a journcy with me aboard the Library Express, There's no price fora tick- et, so just climb aboard and find a comfortable seat. Our first stop is the children’s and young adult book section. The Story of Thunder and Lightning by Ashley Bryan (An easy book pub- lished by Maxwell MacMillan, Canada.) A tong, long time ago, Thunder and Lightning lived right here on Earth. Thunder was a mother sheep. Lightning was her son, a ram. They lived in a village on the west coast of Alkebu- lan. Alkebu-lan is what we call Africa today. Ma Sheep Lightning and Son Ram Lightning were good friends with Rain. Ifa farmer’s fields needed moisture, Ma Sheep and Son Ram Lightning would go high up into the mountains, Ma Sheep’s rumbling vaice and the flash of her son's fleece as he raced across the mountain would soon catch Rain’s attention. Then one day Son Ram Lightning wanted to show off his new homs to the King. And that’s when the trouble staricd! With its colourful illustrations, this is a wonderful folktale for the litle ones. - Living with Learning Disabllitles By David E. Hall, M.D. (Yeung Adults, _published by Lerner Publications Compa. . ny), Learning disabilities are very common. Up to 15 students in a group of 100 will have learning disabilities. A person with a learning disability is like a TV that doesn’t work properly. Some channels come in loud and clear, while others remain fuzzy. Having a learning disability does not mean you are dumb, You can be very intelligent and have learning disabilities. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb and phonograph, had a learning disability. Nelson Rockefeller, former vice-president of the United States, and Tom Cruise, the actor, also have learning disabilitics. You can learn to cope wilh a leaning disability. A worthwhile read for adults and young people alike. All aboard! Next stop: The video section. House of Fear Starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Produced and directed by Roy Willian Neill. The great detective (Rathbone) and his famous sidekick (Bruce) are in the thick of it again. This time they travel to the west coast of Scotland to unravel the mystery of Drerecliff House, There is a menacing Iegend attached to Drerecliff house: No man ever goes whole to his grave. Sherlock Holmes and Watson are called in when members of the Good Comrades Club be- gin dying under mysterious circumstances, The only clue to the puzzle are orange sceds, A must for Holmes fans! 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Starring James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas. Produced by Walt Disney, directed by Richard Fleischer. Three survivors of a shipwreck become in- voluntary guests of the sinister Captain Nemo. They witness the strange beauty and terrifying dangers of Nemo’s undersea world, every thing from an attack by a giant squid to the captain’ 5 ultimate act of i insanily. This old classic is as spellbinding today as it was forty years ago, Back on board, folks. Watch your step. The old Express will now take a swing down through the CD section. Kecp your eyes peeled for the filles as we rumble past. I’m afraid we won’t be making much of a stop here (your con- ductor is one of those dinosaurs who docsn’'t own a CD player. Good gricft), Rickie Lee Jones — Pop Pop Includes: Hi-lili hi-lo; My one and only love. Lilona Boyd — Paddle to the Sea Based on the book, Paddle to the Sea, That’s it, folks. We're pulling back into the station, I sure hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I did, and that you'll come back real soon. Your next adventure is as close as your, Public Library! Harriet! Fiaagesund reviews new books, CDs, and movies from the Terrace Public Library, Pro theatre, 1 northern style Company to perform Occupation of HeatherRose here CANADA’S NEWEST profes- sional theatre company is raising the curtain in Prince George, And it’s taking its show across the north to celebrate, Theatre NorthWest will bring its first production — The Oc- cupation of Heather Rese -~ 10 the stage of the McColl Playhouse in Terrace from Dec, 1-3. “There is reat concer in Cana- da that professional arts are too centralized,’ says Ted Price, the company’s founder and artistic director. ‘“There's a greater need for all the arts in Canada.”’ There may only be nine profes- sional theatres across Canada, but Price and his partner, Anne Laughlin, decided to set up in Prince George. The pair first visited Prince George as guest artists on con- tract. They soon began to feel a real Momentum for professional theatre in the region, but very few opportunities for professional ac- lors, “Some people think that just because it says professional it’s like a business or entrepreneurial, and it’s not that at all,” says Price, Theatre is always produced at a loss, says Price. The only exceptions are mega- productions like Miss Saigon, “It's just like the symphony, which is a non-profit society, but Part of its mandate is to make theatre more accessible to north- emers. That means taking shows like The Occupation of Heather Rose on the road across the north. The play is the story of a young nurse who begins her career by working on a remote native com- munity, She soon realizes that her naive expectations Iead to endless “The play seems to have special meaning for those who have lived and worked in the north. It covers all the bases: hard work, hard play, hard winters, even hard drinking.” they hire professional musicians who have their training and have all the skills," “Our mandate is to contract and engage people with profes- sional training to provide and produce theatre for the region,” Price says. Theatre NorthWest is attracting actors from all over Canada. misadventures, both funny and sad. ‘After the show, people always want to talk to us about the play,’’ says McLaughlin. The topic is very relevant for northemers, says Price. ‘People at the end of the show want to hang around and talk to us and relate their experience.” “It could be anything from people who worked in the health ficld in the north, bush pilots, teachers or cven just pure travelers,’’ he adds, “The play. seems to have spe- cial meaning for those who have lived and worked in the north; It covers all the bases: hard work, hard play, hard winters, even hard drinking,”’ Amadeus, the award-winning play. about Mozart, will be fca- tured by Theatre NorthWest and the Prince George Theatre Work- shop in February. The company’s final play of the 9495 scason will be Shirley Valemine in April. It’s about a middle-aged woman unhappy in her marriage who decides to take contral by going to Greece to find herself. The Occupation of Heather Rose, 2 play by Prince George's Theatre North-West, goes. on stage at the McColl Playhouse at & pm, Dec, J, 2, 3. Tickets $23 at Carters Jewelers. A Terrace Little Theatre presentation, Hi Winter wonder SNOWY PLAYGROUNDS are now easily found on some of the tralls and roads suiraunding the ity, especially at higher. eleva- tions. It's once again the time of year that locals watch the snowline de- scend like a white curtain -down. the mountains and - wonder how long before the white stuff is In town. - PHOTO — GIZELLA BOTZ African volunteer is in Terrace LINDA SESAY’S time in Ter- race has been filled with stark contrasts between her African home and Canada. She is nearing the end of a three-month volunteer visit to Canada arranged through Crossroads International, an orga- nization that promotes cultural exchanges between developed and developing countrics. Sesay arrived in Terrace Oct. 21 after a six-week stayin Whitehorse volunteering at the Yukon College. She's been staying with Nancy Ross and Joc Murphy and doing volunteer secretarial work at. the Terrace Women’s Centre. While the chill in the northern air has been one of the most drastic changes, Sesay said every day is filled with adjusting to the cultural differences between Can- ada and her home of Freetown, the capilal city with a population of two million in the West Afri- can country of Sierra Leone. “'There’s so much food here,’ said Sesay. ‘I just open the cup-. boards and there’s all this food to eat’? Sesay also said she has noticed a difference in how Canadians think about their family. ‘n- Africa, we consider our - close famlly to be everyone from our nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles,’’ she said. ‘‘Here people scem to be mostly concerned.» about. their husband, wife and ©] -.. ‘Sesay leaves: Terrace Nov,: 24 ‘ONDA SESAY has been in Terrace for almost one month, giving . for Toronto before. returning to” her Freetown where she works as ° a, scerclaty, in An. “{ntemational children.” “hotel. | “her tine as‘ a°volunteer at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre. She's a participant in Canadian Crossroads Internation- al, an-organization that arranges cultural exchanges . between a Canada 2 and developing countries. She leaves Terrace Nov. 24, oe Women’ S centre is luxury By LINDA SESAY THE CHEERFUL sounds ° of women talking and having coffee in the walls of the Women’s Resource Cenire is an experience indeed, This is a place where you meet women who provide counselling and personal information relating to women’s issues in all aspects of life, , I'm a Crossroader from Sierra Leonc, which is on the West Coast of Africa, with a population of about five million people. The capital, Freetown, is the. main commercial and industrial base of the country. Canadian Crossroads Interna- . tional is a non-governmental or- ganization which provides leam- ing opportunities for people living in developing countries to live and work in Canada and . fearn about their culture. Canadians go to these develap-. ing countrics as well, My first job placement was at the Yukon College and I’m al- most halfway through my job - placement here at the Terrace’ Women’s Resource Centre, There is nothing like this Centre. in Sierta Leone; so this is some- - thing new and I'm gid a to be ae Soclated with it. - » Cont'd page Bil...