B6 Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 27, 1990

"The scene on Saturday, June -

- 16, at the Farmers Market was

one of people strollirig in the —

beautiful sunshine, enjoying

themselves. _ |

After many years of setting

up, rain or shine, in the park-
ing lot adjoining George Little

- MemorialPark, they now have
moved across the street to a
permanent location. The new
location is much bigger, has

is much better suited to the
market atmosphere. Over the
years the market has: proven
itself to be a valuable asset to
our downtown. It is much en--
joyed by the locals as well as .
visitors and vacationers. It isa
meeting place, a place to
socialize, but foremost it is a
place where friendly people sell
their wares. |
Sue Peacock is one of the
vendors and travels up from

Kitimat every week to be there. .

She brings her spinning wheel,
equipment and things for spin-
ning and weaving. She spins
and dyes her own yarns. She
mixes angora with wool and
other fibers to come up with
the most interesting textures.
and colors for knitting, weav-
ing and other crafts.

Another thing at the market
that attracted my attention this.
particular day were the lawn
chairs, the traditional fold up
kinds :But this is where tradi-
tional ends and the new starts.
The chairs have woven seats

woven with polypropylene
cords:in different colors, and
as with any other handwoven
article with multiple colors, the
effect can be most unusual.
The beauty of it.all is that now
we can color-coordinate our
outdoor furniture to be in har-
mony with the exterior of our
homes. Flora Kerr was there

demonstrating on how to make

your own. She sells the frames
for the chairs, the cords and
the special hooks. She had in-

struction booklets and a how-to

video. If you are not a do it
yourselfer, she’ll happily sell

- you a ready made one. In-
teresting stuff! ©

-Lori McRae is a semi-regular

Bits’n’Pieces

vendor at the market, Once the
flowers are in full bloom in all:

"by Alle Toop

their glorious colors on. her
property, she and her young
daughters pick arms-full and
sell the fresh flowers in
creatively arranged bouquets.
Now that the market has
moved to its new and permanent
location, here is an opportunity

. for all crafts people to be part
of ‘this unique enterprise.
lots of room for expansion and . .

Each spring the official

_ opening of Heritage Park is
- celebrated with Music in the

Park. This is the day that fami-

: ly.and friends of Ginny
‘Lowrie’s students fill the

dancehall to capacity to listen
to the vocal selections the
students have chosen. All were
accompanied by the ac-
complished Jose Cooseman on _
piano.

Sonya Sheppard, Jennifer

"Mills, Ellie Higginson, Romy

Maikapar, Joanne Greening
and Betty Patterson all took

part. It was the same program

Jennifer, Ellie, Romy, Joanne
and Betty presented for their
conservatory exam on June
21st.

- Ellie, Romy and Joanne also
represented the Pacific North-
west Music Festival at the B.C.

Festival of the Arts in Saanich

last month and sang very well
there. Since variety-is the spice
of life, Norm Desjardin and his
talented. friends livened up the
park with their old-time fiddle

tunes.to a very appreciative au-
dience. Norm has lent his
talents to this event.every year
since Heritage Park first open-.
ed. .
Other regulars on these
special occasions in the park
are Nancy and Kris Nelson and
Yvonne and Ken White. They
arrived at the park in their
horse drawn carriages. The
Nelson carriage is called.a sur-
rey. In the old days it was used
as a family buggy. The carriage
the. White's arrived in is a
sulky. It is an old-time racing
buggy. Much to the delight of
some Terraceview residents,
Kris Nelson gave them a ride
home in his buggy.

afternoon was much enjoyed

and backs. These creations aré 4. music. They played some lively -

- The Skeena Squares'‘rounded:
| off a perfect afternoon with a

variety of dances. It was a
beautiful sunny day and the

by all, a
Heritage Park first opened
its doors to the publi¢ in 1984.

and wasrunentirely by: ~~ .—.

volunteers. They’ve come a
long way since,.-This years very
capable-park attendant is
Valerie Erho. She is assisted by.
tour guides Shauna Yeske and
Tracey Carey, and yours truly
will be there to fill in when
needed. For more information

" on the park or of tours phone

635-4546 or Mamie Kerby at
635-2508.

The Centennial Christian
School gymnasium was a
beehive of activity on Saturday,
June 16th, when fourteen per-
sons of the Skeena Valley:
Quilters got together to each
make a Trip Around the World
Quilt in a day.

Bright and early that morn-
ing they arrived with loads of
fabric, their cutting boards and
sewing machines. They
measured, cut and sewed, and
sewed and cut. These get
togethers for the quilters are
like an outing, except they
don’t go anywhere. They let
the quilts do all the travelling
on the sewing machine. There
is just nothing like it, they tell
me.

This was a day to socialize
and to be there for each other
if a problem arose. Everyone
had the use of a large table to
sew on. They all took a break

at midday for a most delicious... 1574
“lunch and desert and after that Ensign, carrying the Union Jack in the upper quarter with the

it was back to the sewing
machines. By four thirty that
afternoon quite a few of them
had almost finished the top
panel. Everyone agreed that
this was a most productive and
fun day. This was their last get
together ’til the fall when the
Skeena Valley Quilters will be
at it again.

For information on the
§.V.Q. phone president Cathy
Baxter or Treasurer Hilda —
Euverman or any of the
members. They wil! be most
happy to talk to you.

NS yet

The-Tertace Farmers’ Market is a gathering place for artisans and. -™
buyers Idoking for unique, hand-made to

‘Kerr is offering something new
of polypropylane rope... °°. .

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vat

cal craft items. Flora Jean
this year: folding lawn chairs made.

Nancy.Orr photo

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-Fathers of Confed-

' the alphabet in a

of Sir John A.

0nd.

“by Fae Mooney ~~

You've heard:the’ -
story. about how: .
Canada got its
name? - oe

Unable to agree. -
ona name for the.

new nation, the -

eration decided to
place the letters of

hat. It was the task

MacDonald to
draw letters from
the top hat of a
fellow Conserva-

tive George-Etienne Cartier. To the gathered Fathers of Confederation
he read aloud what was on the first slip of paper: .

“C, eh.’? “C.:.A4...” Liberal George Brown dutifully recorded.
Sir John dipped his hand into M. Cartier’s hat a second time and -

announced, ‘‘N, eh.’’ George Brown dipped his pen in- the in-
kwell, then scritched, ‘“‘N...A...”” Again Sir John withdrew a —
paper slip and read, ““D, eh.”? Mr. Brown recorded, ‘‘D...A...”’
Mr. Brown looked at the letters he had scribed. -“Canada,’’ he
uttered. The Fathers smiled at each other and nodded in ap-
proval. Our nation had an official name.

O Canada!

The story of how our nation got an official flag that uniquely
represented Canada is not so simple,

The issue of a Canadian flag was debated from the time of

Confederation until just 26 years ago. mo,

At the time of Canada’s confederation in 1867 our official flag
was Britain’s Union Jack. In fact, the Union Jack had been the .
official flag since 1763. But it could not represent or reflect that
which was unique to our country.

After confederation the Union Jack was not the only flag that -

flew officially in Canada. Quick Canadian Facts. records that ‘‘in
1892 ships of Canadian registry were authorized to fly the Red

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‘badge of the Canadian coat-of-arms in the fly on a red

- background”. Although its authorized use was restricted, over

the years the Red Ensign gained widespread acceptance and its
use increased. A 1924 order-in-council decreed that the Red En-
sign could be flown over Canadian government buildings abroad.
Another order-in-council in 1945 approved the flying of the Red

Ensign over federal buildings within our country. For lack of any -

other, the Red Ensign became Canada’s unofficial flag.

Nevertheless, Canada was still without an official flag of her
own.

After World War I, with nationalism running high, King
George V granted our country on Nov. 21, 1921, ‘our present
coat-of-arms with its motto, the Latin phrase ‘tA mari usque ad
mare” (from sea to sea), and official colors of red and white.
Four years later Prime Minister Mackenzie King appointed a
committee to investigate possible designs for a Canadian flag.
Nothing came of it. And almost annual debates thereafter in the
House of Commons produced no Canadian flag.

_.- Continued on page B16

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Local seniors got an alry ride at the annual grand opening of Heritage Park recently. The surrey:
‘and team are owned by Kris Nelson, shown here in the driver's seat. Kris and Nancy-Nelson add
“historical color to the proceedings every year. .

___ Photo by Alle Toop

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