A en te |: Amovin WHEN LESLIE Barnwell found. out her friend Rose- mary Hauswirth had breast cancer, she didn’t set out - lo.write a book, Rosemary, a librarian "and museum assistant who also worked as an artists’ model, continued to sit for life drawing sessions after learning she had breast cancer in March 1994, Barnwell, an accom- plished visual artist based in Kispiox, continued ta draw and sketch her friend. She wrote poems and kept 4 journal, too, recording her feelings and her strug- gle to make sense out of what her friend was going through. ; The result is The Rose- mary Suite, a collection pros¢, poetry and delicate- ly-rendered life drawings detailing Rosemary Haus- wirth’s long, often difficult Struggle with breast can- cer, Bamwell, whose writing is included in a previous From B1 ESS, ak a AUTHOR Leslie Barnwell Semi reads mary Suite Friday at the Terrace Art Gallery. offering by Smithers’ Creekstone Press, Creek- stones: Words and Images, didn’t know she would eventually shape her ef- forts into a book. g tribute to friendship © The words and poems she pul. down on. paper were her way to cope. The drawings illustra- ting included in the book provide a life-affirming counterpoint to the text passages and poetry, which describe Rose- mary's harrowing and in- exorable decline as the cancer steadily takes over her increasingly frail body. Barnwell, as painful as she finds the experience, never looks away and never stops recording what she sees and feels, Consider the heart- breaking truth in this line: “When she hugs me J] hold her brittle/body close but not too close/ I am afraid to hug too hard.” Barnwell reads from The Rosemary Suite Fri- day, Nov. 29 at the Ter- race Art Gallery (in the lower level of the library). It starts at 7 p.m. A selection of her draw- ings will be on display. ‘We’re Canadian to the core’ Many signed an auto- graph book he keeps be- hind Plexiglas in a stand by the front gate. He plans to put out a collection box for the Ca- nadian Cancer Society next summer, His next project is Youghal’s distinctive clock tower, an elaborate brick structure with rows of windows and a wide arch. That, and the light- house, will be displayed in the back yard, stresses Jim, who ran into a bit of trouble two summers ago when someone complained to city hall about the height of his miniatures. Were they lawn orna- ments or structures under the zoning bylaw? “Structures” would have to be moved. But, after several agonizing weeks, he was simply told io build a fence along his driveway, screening the view from next door. aan Jim Allen’s tiny town could have ended up in a yard in Australia instead. He and his wife, Jose- phine, an Irish girl from a nearby town he married at 21 in England, decided they would emigrate. They wrote to the Ca-"| - nadian and Australian con- sulates, vowing to honour whichever reply came first. _ It was Canada. The Al- lens have lived in Terrace for 48 years, raising six children. You have to wonder, looking at the miniature town in their front yard, do they miss Ireland? “No,” Jim and Jose- phine chime in unison. “We're Canadians right down to the core.” Terrace Art Gallery's 25° Annual CHRISTMAS ARTS & CRAFTS SALE 4 at the Terrace Art Gallery 4610 Park Ave. Lower Level of the Library Fri., December oth - 5 to 9 p.m. Sat., December 7th - 10 a.m, lo 4 p.m. A wonderful showcase of Terrace’s Arts & Crafts, Admission: Adults $1.00 Seniors & Students .50 et Admission helps raise funds for fulure exhibitions ‘ December 31,2002 First Night Ceremonies. YOU'RE INVITED . to join us & Celebrate 75th Anniversary of Terrace December 31, 2002 Opening Ceremonies 4:00 p.m. - Terrace Arena Banquet Room Complimentary Birthday Cake and Coffee Free Swim & Skate 4:30 - 7:15 p.m. Fun! Games! Prizes “First Night” Family Dance Skeena Mail 8:00 p.m. - midnight and Alcohol-free, Family-oriented ‘ Prizes! Favours! Fun! Ld4 $10/family | has A Me" Advance tickets required for smug Wes. skate, swim and dance Available at City Hall, Pool & Arena 9 STaveRearr ‘For. more information call 638-4722 2003 l JIM ALLEN and his new lighthouse tower. The couple has gone back to Ireland just four limes in the past half a century. They enjoy visit- ing family, but before long they’re anxious to return. “Especially Terrace,” smiles Jim. “It’s God’s 29 days until ... she sees her gift in your hand. It’s a little box with a pretty bow. And inside is a velvety jewelry box. And her heart starts to race... country, here. When the sun shines on the snowy mountains, it looks just like pink ice cream.” i > 4 Northwest Smile Design Center Di. B.A. Okimi, Ine Fri Dey, il Foc Oho, TAL * Serving the Northwest for 10 years # Full Face Orthodontic Care * Invisalign - the invisable brexes « TA, Treatment * Porcelain Crowns ond Veneers * Tech Whitening (Bleaching) * Latex Free Office Dr. Peter. A. Okimi 200-4619 Park Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1V5 (250) 635-7611 Did you knaw thal a child should ba seen for their first octhadonic screening before ope 7# = oo © Friday December 6th 7:00 pm_— Saturday, December 7th 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm Sunday, December 8th 2:00 pm at the McColl Playhouse 3625 Kalum Street Tickets $5.00 at Unigiobe Courtesy Travel _ Proceeds to Salvation Army Food Bank and Terrace Emergency Shelter A staged mime reading for the whole family ~ hed WAX ep Re Pee Our official ticket outlet is cour ree 4718A Lazelle Ave y The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - B3 ®