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“This Saturday marks the
_| 26th annual Terrace Science

Fair organized by local
volunteer teachers and
residents can take a look at
the work of tomorrow’s bof-
fins by visiting Caledonia
Senior Secondary — school
from 9:30 a.m, onwards.

Drop by the gymnasium to
take in all the experiment and
display entries from local:
students of all ages. By then,
judging will have been com-
pleted ; and those selected for
prizes will be appropriately
marked.

Also on view will be the
entries in events sponsored
by Canadian Women in
Timber, a newcomer to the
fair. You'll be able to see the
results obtained from tree
seeds planted in early
February and the scale
models students have made
"| of logging or forests.

Also well worth seeing are
the number of competitions

being staged throughout. the

day. They ares wiles rote

-@ Scavenger’: bont. —.

Teams of three students have
20 minutes-to collect a varie-
ty of objects and solve cer-
tain problems, Owing to the
overwhelming entry (more
than 150) last year, this event
has been split into two
categories, years 1-4 and and
‘grades 4-7, It gets underway
at 9:30 a.m. in the Lecture
Theatre,

« Two-egg drop — An
ever-popular event, this re-
quires contestants to put two
raw chicken eggs in a two-
litre milk carton cut down to
measure 10cm x 10cm. The
container is then dropped
from the top of the fire truck
ladder and the winner is the
one whose eggs survive the
fall uncracked. To see how
it's done, be in the parking
lot at 10:30 a.m.

e Foil boats — Con-

testants are given a 20cm
square piece of aluminium
foil and 10 minutes to con-
struct a vessel that will hold
more pennies than any other
without sinking. Be in Room
2/at 11:30 a.m. to catch re-
enactments of the Titanic.
‘| © Paper airplane — The
‘| hallway outside Rooms J and
‘| 2 will be the proving ground
for .. young ‘aeronautical
engineers as they. put their
craft to the test. Planes must
be made on site. The contest
begins at 1 p.m. -

'@ Tree aging — ‘Another ;

Canadian Women in Timber
event, entrants, have, to count
the rings on cross sections of
trees to establish its age.
| Most accurate count plus the
‘ability to answer questions
-[ about tree aging will deter-
| mine the winner, Room 3 is
the venue and, the: contest will
-f run from 1 p.m. ‘to 2pm,

“6 Block tower building —

Two-man teams. are given 10

minutes to. build ‘the tallest

tower they can using wobden

blocks, . Start time: is: 41:30

p.m. in.Room 2.

[© Straw tower building _
The same idea. ‘as above but

‘Tthis time using straws:.and

{straight pins, ‘The tower must.
I be--free standing. “and!"'no |

eewrite every day,,.even if
you only write two sentences.’
That's the advice offered young

' authors by writer [rene Watts.
““And read as much as you
can,” she adds, ‘‘otherwise
where are your ideas going to
come from?’?

This Friday Watts ends a
three-week stint here as author-
in-residence, the second con-
secutive yeat she has been in-
vited to bring her expertise to
Young Authors Week...

Watts said she started writing
when she was nine years old —
“Tt was always my favourite
thing to do at school.”’ Upon
leaving university, however, she
changed direction and went into
the theatre, first as an actress
and then a director.

Recalling it was directing that
turned her back to writing, she
explained, ‘‘I wanted to write
my own plays for young au-
diences.’” Since then, plays aim-
ed at youth have made up most
of her published and performed
works, “You find your niche
and that seemed io be my

Earth Day provides theme for young writers
Trumpeter swans

For their contribution for Young Authors Week, Etia
George's grade 5/6 class at Cassie Hall focused on Lakeise
Lake's femed trumpeter swans. A Visit with Lakelse resident
Lioyd Johnstone gave them an opportunity to both hear
about and observe the majestic birds. Below, three examples
of haiku poetry produced by the class. , The drawing, is by

; Nature and the environment are the subjects
j tackled by local school students taking part in this,
the eighth annual Young Authors Week in Terrace

and Thornhill,

Those choices reflect the Earth Day theme

adopted for this year's event

. organized by the teacher-Hibrarians of school

district 88.

Natalie Monteith

Pety Nirwan
By ANDREA. ARNOLD

_.. Through the years ;

We've been ignorant

And. now the time

Draws. near.

Convenience and greed
Has taken its toll °

And now danger’. -.
Approaches here. ey

“Toxic. waste; oil spills, woh

CFCs, radiation,
Malignant garbage:
Killing the earth: - :

“Who is responsible ao ue
For this destruction? :
‘Only one power fe aan
The commercial earth, AM

“By LISA ;
I used to, watch the mi lien sun

: masts are allowed. Room 2is |: gre

A'the venue. for . this at.

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lrene Waits
niche,’ she added.

However, her most recent
books have taken her in a new
direction. ‘“When you get ald,
people think you know

everything, they want you to
write tips and hints for the

arts and sciences celeb
‘Starting young | is the secret

classroom,”’ she said.

The result? The Great Detec- -

tive Party and. Just a Minute ,
books aimed at teachers and
parents. The former is a par-
ticular triumph for Watts, hav-
ing received a Children’s Choice
Award from the Canadian
Children's Book Centre.

American reaction to was so
enthusiastic an expanded ver-
sion has just been published
there, And there is a northwest
connection for that book — it
includes drawings by Hazelton
and Kitwanga students which
she received following last
year’s event.

Watts said her visits to local
schools this time saw her spen-

-ding 10-15 minutes telling a

story, then discussing its con-
tent before moving on to drama
activities based on the story.
Founded in the Japanese, Inuit
and Punjabi cultures, the stories
varied depending on the age
group involved,

However, grade 12 drama
students were given a ‘‘unique’’
opportunity — ta workshop

Below, in a small sample of the works produc-
ed, Nathalie Monteith and Gavin Wallace of
Parkside and Clarence Michiel’s Pety Nirwan wax

poeilc about the arrival of springtime while

which is again

By NAFALIE ‘MONTEITH
So long to ‘ice'on the lake:
So long to weekend ice hockey:
So long to howling, freezing
wind,
So long to itchy, warm scarves.

Welcome to birds’ nests,
Welcome to cool breezes.
Welcome to rain pitter-
pattering.

Welcome to bugs. You can land
on me.

By PETY NIRWAN
Summer, Summer, -
You're such a bummer,
You're so hot,

Even in the parking lot,
Winter, Winter,
You’re so cold,

' | wish every snow flake was

made of gold,

Fall, Fall,

Your leaves fall,

And pile up to cover the school
wall,

Spring, Spring, —

You're the king

Of all the seasons.

Because you’re not too hot,
And not too cold.

Caledonia students Andrea Arnold and Lisa
Lamb turn their attention to the more somber sub-
ject of pollution.

Gavin Wallace

By GAVIN WALLACE
Toodle-oo to heavy coats.
Toodle-co to shoveling the
driveway.

Toodle-oo to sliders.
Toodle-oo to hot chocolate.

Hi to flowers blooming.
Hi to baby birds.

Hi to my summer pyjamas.
Hi to new grass.

Lisa Lamb

I used: to: ‘drink the water from
our lakes and from our streams,
silver; salinon swam; oh, what a
beauty, to ‘bee,:

food. was safe to eat,

through smog and
ey:

Pe

Hoot Avhere ‘my. suinget ‘ought to ~

Our lakes aren’t safe to swim in .

polluted a and filled with ooze.

We cannot wonine anything .-

from dur lakes Or our streams,
the silver:‘saimon: stitl remain
there: fidating an the. waves

cy you're told...

SPELLBINDING, To see the rapt attention Irene Watts commands

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 24, 1991 - Page Bi

when she talks to local students is to understand why she was in-
vited to return for this year’s Young Authors Week. Above, Parkside
Elementary youngsters listen attentively to a Japanese tale told by

Watts.

Goodbye, Marianne,

racism,

“They are the first group of
actors who've had a look at it,"’

Watts’
latest play the theme of which is

she said, adding their thoughts
on where it might need rewriting
would be important because the
play was aimed at the age-group
immediately below them.

David Finnerty.

Swans swim elegantly

across the clear waters.

Floating gracefully,
Fiona Taft

Neil Hailey

Graceful, peaceful

birds.

Soaring through nor-
thern skies

wings.
Camilo Deseirto

flapping strong white

Fiona Taft
Feathery, precious
swans,

delicate and delightful

Feeling wonderful.
Neil Hailey

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