. oa 18 Terrace Review .- Wednesday, April 1, 1987 Freida Diesing (left), master carver and instructor, told the fascinating legends of long ago that are recorded on the totem pole. Fedella O'Brien arranged for the tour of the totem pole carving building at Kitsumkalum Viliage. O’Brien is the Native Home and School Coordinator for Clarence Michiel Elementary School. | visit the, Kitsumkalt Carvers | TERRACE — Grade 4 students ‘of Division 13 at Clarence Michiel Elementary School in Ter- race recently visited the Totem Pole carving building at Kitsumkalum Village onthe out- [ skirts of Terrace. — . 7 The program was coordinated by Fedelia O’Brien, native home and school coordinator. for Clarence Michiel Elementary School.-The students were told legends of long ago which were carved on the 40-foot long totem pole. **Seven native carvers have been working on the pole for a couple of months,”’ said’ Freida Diesing, master. carver and, instructor of the Totem Pole. ‘‘However, the pole the children visited that day is a special one,’’ said Diesing, **This is going to be the first pole inmemory of one lost in the great flood of ’36.” Diesing added, ‘‘The Totem Pole will be raised the first week of August during River- boat Days.”’ The students participated in a question-answer period after Diesing finished telling of the wonderful native legends. Three of the seven carvers of a totem pole to be erected during Riverboat Days are Myrtle Laidlaw (left), Sandra Wesley and Dorothy Horner. The totem pole will be a perfect replica of one lost in the flood so.many years ago. The paint for the basic col- ors, black and red, wil! be made the way it was done before technology came along. | ~ Lucky day for Grade 4 | _ Elementary school reps — TERRACE — The students of Mrs. Hamilton’s Grade 4 class at Clarence Michiel Elementary have decided that Friday, March 13-was not an unlucky day for them. . Qn that day they had the good fortune to visit the site of the Kitsumkalum Band’s totem pole project. The well known master carver, Freida Diesing, and six student carvers are hearing completion of a 40-foot red cedar pole, the first on the reserve since the 1936 flood carried away the band’s original poles. Soccer scholarship awards to be presented ‘Thirtecn boys and girls who have been actively in- volved with B.C. Youth Soccer for at least three years, will be recipients of | meeting in June. ‘The children were treated to a detailed description of the traditional methods. of painting and carving being employed, and to a charming and learned explanation of the origin and meaning of each of the eight figures. oo . All members of Hamilton’s Grade 4 class who will be here for Riverboat Days in August hope to be able to accept the invitation of Mrs. Diesing and her students to attend the pole raising ceremony. Grade 4 students of Division 13 at Clarence Michie! Elemen- tary School admire a totem pole being carved at Kitsum- katum. The totem pole will ba erected the first week of August - during Riverboat Days. — Jessie Eades from Division 13 at Clarence Michiel Elementary School in Terrace recently visited the totem pole carving building at Kitsumkalum. The youngster carefully examines the tools used to carve the totem pole which wi} be a replica of one lost during the great flood of '36. girls who have maintained a C-plus scholastic aver- scholarship awards when they are announced at _ B.C. Youth Soccer Asso- ’ eiation’s annual general Youth Soccer will hand out these scholarships, which have an overall total of .more than $4,000 to deserving youths who have graduated from the minor soccer ranks and gone on to older soccer divisions, and to further study at post-secondary. institutes, = - ‘Since 1973, Youth Soc- cer’s scholarship fund has distributed. over $27,000 to about 100 boys and age during their final high school year. Applicants must be under the age of 18 by January 1 of this year. -