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. 18 Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 11, 1987.

TERRACE — On Saturday, Feb. 28 a special
‘Heritage Day’’ was held in the Terrace Arena
banquet room. =~

The event featured live music and special ar-
tifacts which honored the day. Items like dolls,
crystal, musical instruments, quilts, clothing,
etc., were on disyiay.

Participants paid 50 cents each, or $1 for a
f’ amily: to enjoy many activities which included
music; dancing, a coffee corner and a variety
of fine exhibits.

Heritage Day was sponsored by the Terrace
Regional Museum Society and Terrace Parks
and Recreation, who would like to thank all
participants for making ‘the event so en-
joyable.

Glen Sheppard (left) and Leo Duplessis entertained the
crowds at “Heritage Day” by filling the Terrace Arena banquet
_ foom with the sounds of old-time fiddla music.

Ten year weather|

TERRACE — Just when most people thought
winter was pretty well over with, Terrace got 12
inches of snow in a 24-hour period. Some areas of
the city got as much as two feet of the fluffy white
stuff.

by Daniele Berquist

Weatherman George Blakey safd the month of
March has always been known for notorious
weather. ‘‘It's still winter time,’’ said Blakey. The
pattern of the weather system is not all unusual for
March, but the amount of snow certainly is,
Biakey added.

From Tuesday, March 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday,
March 4, Terrace broke a record set over 10 years
ago when 40 centimeters of snow fell on the town.

The Highways department had to work twice as
‘hard and around the clock both Tuesday and
Wednesday to accommodate Terrace citizens.
Despite all their efforts and all the hired equip-
ment, it was impossible to keep up, said a repre-
sentative for the department.

Terrace RCMP urged motorists to stay off the
roads, unless absolutely necessary, during the
storm, At least a dozen accidents were reported by
the police, caused in most cases by slippery road
conditions in the community. .

Canadian Pacific Airlines and Pacific Western .
Airlines both had their share of problems too. —
From March 2 to 4, all airline flights were affected
by the sudden switch in the weather. Passengers

_ were bused to Prince Rupert since it was impossi-
‘ble for planes to land at the Terrace, Kitimat air-
‘port, said Tom Laurie, sales and service manager —
for CP Air. The Pacific Western division also had
“to move some of their passengers to Smithers. .

Visitors at the recent “Heritage Day" in the Terrace Arena admired the Hali family’s display of heirlooms. The event was spon-
sored by the Terrace Regional Museum Society.

Maritime folk music inspired some impromptu dancing at the
Terrace Fagional Museum Society's recent Heritage Day

dispiay in the Terrace Arena.

Leadership
candidate
coming to
Terrace —

TERRACE — Michael
Harcourt, MLA for Van-
couver Centre and former

mayor of Vancouver, is:

scheduled to visit Terrace
March 26 as part of his
campaign for leadership
of the B.C. New Demo-

cratic Party (NDP).
Harcourt has also.

scheduled a stop in
Kitimat as part of his
northwest tour.

Harcourt announced his
intention to seek the party

leadership after Bob Skel-

‘ly resigned from the posi-

tion in the wake of last
year’s election defeat for
the NDP. To date Har-
court’s leadership bid has
not been challenged.

Marg Casey helped the Ter-

. face Regional Museum Socie-
ty raise money at Heritage
Day by selling Heritage recipe
calendars.

Carol Gien brought a 100-year-old quilt to display at Heritage
Day, held recently In the Terrace Arena.