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Academic excellence

. THE NORTHWEST. Community College has.
announced its yearly award recipients as rewarded

byt the Academic Workers” Union (AWU).

Virginia Russell. of Terrace, won the Peter ~

Weber Memorial. Award.. The $500 scholarship is
awarded to the student who achieves the highest
grade point average (GPA) in full-time, first-year
university credit arts studies at NWCC;-who has

’ been enrolled in a minimum 60 per cent course ,

load during the year, and i is.re-enrolling in the fall
semester.
Eligible students’ were selected from the GPA

-list’\with final selection done by the university.
credit faculty.The scholarship was created to pro- |
vide a memorial to Weber's continued striving for.

. Opportunities for academic. education and excel-

lence in this region among the many students he ‘

taught.

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ness Administration Diploma graduate..

The Governor General’s Bronze Medal is ~

awarded each year to an outstanding student grad-
uating from a two-year diploma program. Normal-

‘ly, this prestigious medal is awarded to the student.
who has attained the highest academic standing ©

during two years of full-time study.”

Three Rhena Gardiner Memorial awards went .“]:

to a trio of Early Childhood Education (ECE) grad-
-_uates: Eva Rees. (Houston) won in the eastern re-
gion; Barbara Guderjahn (Terrace) was honoured

in the central region; and western region winner
was Patricia Roubicek (Prince Rupert).

Rhena Gardiner’ was an ECE faculty member '
who passed away several years ago. In her mem-_
ory, the AWU presents an award to a student who °
demonstrates maturity and commitment to. their. |,
. Studies and’ who has’a particular. interest in ‘Sup- :

porting children with special needs.
Finally, the Frieda Diesing Award went to San-

dra Conlon of Terrace, a Social Service Worker -

Certificate graduate.

Headstart hosting.
MORE THAN 100 pre-school educators from
around the riorthwest gathered here two weeks ago
to sharpen their skills at a three-day conference.

With a theme of “growing together,” the educa-

tors work for various native pre- school Headstart

_ programs in the region.

These are aimed at preparing native children
for school. They are financed by the federal gov-
ernment. .

Kitsumkalum, Kitselas and the Kermode
Friendship Centre offer Headstart programs in this
area.

Conference attendees visited : with these three ~

programs as part of the schedule of activities.

Record rolling along

THE RELAY for Life in Terrace May 6 raised a

record amount — that much is known.

Just how much the event raised keeps changing, -

however.
- “The: reason the amount keeps changing is

that people keep donating more money, which is |
great,” said Helen Owen, this year’s coordinator |

with the event.

As of last week, Owen said the donation total ”
was $81,263.13, though that figure is likely to’

keep rising. a

The Relay for Life is the Canadian Cancer So-
ciety’s main annual fundraiser. This year, in Ter-
race, 31 teams and 346 participants participated.

@ Louder still
GARION Miller, left, and Rebecca Watts -
play Oscar and Ann respectively in
Louder, | Can’t Hear You, the comedy
about a mother who craves attention
from her self-centred family. It’s being
performed this Friday and Saturday
by the Terrace Little Theatre’s youth
troupe. DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO

The Governor General’s ' Collegiate Bronze
Medal went to Terrace’s Carl Haugland, a Busi- +

affordable houses for those

ni Field trippers.

-|. BRADY Bolton, top, and Gabriel Sampare, students from Gitsegukla Elemen-

~ tary School, enjoy the playground at George Little Park June 8. They were part
of group of about 30 students who came with parents and school staff on a
field trip: They also went for a swim.”

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DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO

B Spirit of Terrace
lives on in mural

; By DUSTIN QUEZADA

WHAT STANDS seven feet high, 18 feet wide and can ‘ibe
~ found anywhere but in Terrace? »

You can feel,solace if the answer doesn’t spring imme-
diately to mind. Come this Saturday, however, iH all make

Sense.

Millenium Trail on June 17.
The mural is a dedication

to the late Jim .Ryan,. Ter--
race’s “Mr. Music” for 30:
"years. The longtime school -
_ band teacher.and founder of
both the Terrace’.Commu- |
“nity: Band, and: the ‘Terrace’ ~ [¢
Symphony Orchestra passed

away in March 2004. >
*His composition, .

west home,
centrepiece. A

The’ project’s initiator is.
~the Dare to Dream Founda- |
' tion, a non-profit, volunteer: .

organization established’ in
2000 to make sure the Grade

6 and 7 bands could, prosper _
* when budget cuts endangered theme *
Wayne Jones, with Dare to Dream; said: the tribute i is a a

; The.
, Spirit of Terrace, written in.
honour of his adopted north-~
is the: mural’ $s.

More than a year of planning. and fundraising will a
_nate with the unveiling of the Spirit of Terrace mural on the|

- Jim Ryan - ao

fitting one because Ryan was a big supporter of its efforts. .

“T think he would have felt wonderful by it,’ "Jones said. : :

“He supported the arts community.”

While Ryan’s march is the centrepiece, it also features s the ~

. reproduction of two handwritten notes found among Ryan’ S-

Personal belongings that reflect on. the theme, of musical i in-”

struction in Terrace. : . Ms
_ From businesses to citizens, ‘the. 162 financial supporters,

or spirit partners, are also thanked on the mural in \ categories -

, dependent on their level of. contribution. = es
. The signatures of seven supporting ‘celebrities are also
part of the mural, including Canadian j jazz icon Diana Krall,

Terrace-born | comedian Tan Bagg and B.C. La. “Gov Iona —

Campagnolo.

 Finally,.the mural features the logos of the project’ S part»
ners: Dare to Dream Foundation, the Coast Mountains School ‘

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District 82 and chief sponsor Alcan.
“The bottom line is this is a partnership,” Jones said. .,
The unveiling i is at 1 p.m. June 17 next to the e gazebo.

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Building shelter and memories |

CONTRIBUTED By

_ RACHEL BARBER

THE CENTENNIAL .
Christian School © grad—

_ class did something a little

different for its year-end

. Class trip at the end of last
. month.

Leaving from Terrace on
a school bus May 25, the I 1-
member class accompanied
by three chaperones (Harold

Braam, Ted Ewald and Char- -

lene Barber) rode the loop to

_ Calgary, through Red Deer,

and on to Edmonton. .
The class visited the fa-
mous Calgary Zoo and ate a

Dutch meal at the Veenstra’s .

(Ted Ewald’s in-laws). in
Red Deer.

While in Edmonton, .we.
devoted two days to helping.

at a Habitat for Humanity

Site. It's an international non-

profit, non-denominational
housing ministry that.builds
who lack adequate shelter.
The site contained four du-
plexes, each in various stag-
es of development. _

The class was to start its
first. day of work’ on May:
30.at 8:30 a.m. Despite late
risers and crazy Edmonton
drivers (not-to mention the
Terrace one), the class -ar-

‘rived at the site on time. |

First items on the to-do

list: watch a safety video

and sign a waiver saying
“If I should die while work-
ing...”

Then the class got suited.
up in borrowed boots,. hard
hats and work aprons. Once
we ‘got to work, we were
given lots of. advice from
“veteran” volunteers, some
who had been building with
Habitat for Humanity for
several years.

“Tt was really funny,” said
Sarah Webb, 17. “Everyone
had different ideas as to how
one job should be done.”

The girls nailed wooden

CENTENNIAL Christian grads. Tanya Dykman and Sarah Webb put up. vapor barriers in a house during the.
_class’s two-day stint helping build shelters for the less fortunate in Edmonton.

NATASHA OBZERA PHOTO. _.

sheathing onto House 3,
while the guys put up vapor
barriers on House 4.

A couple guys were taken

.to another site to put up a

chimney piece. Coffee break

-came at 10 a.m. but no do-
nuts presented themselves.
Then it was back to work-

until lunch break.
-The next day, there were

different jobs to be had. The

motto: “Safety before fun,

-and fun before productivity”

prevailed, but it was not re-

flected in the amount accom-
plished.

A faulty wall was tom
down, more vapor barriers
put up, insulation was put in,
and several flights of stairs
were erected.

There were also several

new volunteers on. the site. -
Among the crowd were a.

retired philosophy profes-
sor, several engineers, and a
symphony conductor.

The variety of people
made for interesting con-

~ versations during breaks.
The . philosophy’ professor |
discussed Plato and Sopho-_

cles, while the engineers
just laughed and shook their
heads.

‘Also among the volun- :

teers were several people for
whom the houses were being
built. Part of the stipulation
for getting a house through
Habitat for Humanity is that
the candidates must also help
at the construction site.

At the end of the day, the

boots were sanitized and the .

hats were given back.
As.the class headed out

the gate, a faint nostalgia:
rose over the sweat and tar.

smell.

” said
Tanya Dykman.

Rachel Barber is a mem-.

ber of the Centennial Chris-
tian School’s 2006 grad

class.

“I would love to “rewind
: life and go back. The memo-
‘ries of this experience will
- always be .with me,