_ & ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Mar. 9, 1977 VARIETY TELETHON Terrace Junior High to ’ Health. Minister Bob. The students at Skeena Junior High School in Terrace topped all high schools in the province with their donation of $1,100 to the Variety Club’s 1ith Annual Telethon last week. Young Variety encouraged junior and senior high: schools across the province toparticipate and many did, bringing several thousand dollars in individual con- B.C. . ' - Chief Barker Gordon tributions. Students at B.C. Institute .of Technology in Burnaby pledged at least $10,000 from the commitment by students of. unused portions of caution-fund deposits. People from across British Columbia have once again pledged record- breaking support to Variety Club work for children in this province. Responding to appeals for funds primarily for use in construction of a new children's hospital and diagnostic and treatment centre, they pledged a total of $947,678 during the 20 hours of the 11th annual Variety Club Telethon, carried by the BCTV net- work to 98 percent of B.C.’s population. This compares with pledges of $754,000 durin e 1976 Variety Telethon. past ed orormanee is repeated in actual receipts, the club will get -more dollars than were pledged. Last year’s receipts totalled $766,167, marking the third time in four years that receipts exceeded pledged amounts. Pledged amounts are to be sent to the Variety Club Telethon, Box 7400, Van- couver and people who couldn’t get through on the 107 telephones in use can still contribute by sending in ~ It takes a special kind their cheques to that ad- dress. In 10 previous telethons co-sponsored hy CG, Television and the Variety Club of Western Canada, receipts have totalled $2,982,085, all of it for ’ projects the club undertakes to provide facilities to serve handicapped and = un- derprivileged children in Weber said receipts stay in B.C, to be put to work for children through such projects as the Variety Farm Training Centre in Ladner, Variety’s Treat- ment Centre for Children, situated in Surrey and serving crippled and cerebral palsied children and Variety’s Bob Berwick Memorial Centre for the B.C. Mental Retardation Institute at U.B.C. Most of the 1977 telethon Teceipts will go toward the elub’s $5.5 million com- mitment to the new health centre for children of all of British Columbia — a new children’s hospital and diagnostic and treatment centre. The 200-bed hospital, complete with diagnostic and ambulatory treatment. facilities, is expected to cost a total of $30 million and will replace the existing and aging Children’s Hospita) in Vancouver. Dr. David Hardwick, chief of medical staff at the present Children's Hospital, said the need for a new physical facility is urgent since the present hospital is cramped for space and inadequate. Its diagnostic and treatment centre is in two old converted frame houses about three miles away from the main hospital. of operator to handle this . business machine. . This machine means business. And the Canadian Armed Forces can show you how to operate il, How you can become part of a team in a Combat Group thal's ready to operate this business machine anywhere in the world. As part of a Combat Group, you jake on a special kind of job. A job thal can build you up physically and mentally, Thai can ET. INVOLVED z. | 1 ores 4 WITH develop your potential as a leader. THE Coma on. Think yau can handle this © CANADIAN , business machine? Call or visit your nearest : a ; ARMED recruiting unit and tind aut. FORCES. Canadian Armed Forces Recruiting & Selection Unit A Military Career Counsellor will be In Terrace at the Canada Manpower Centre on Wednesday, March 16th from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. McClelland, who opened the 1977 Telethon and then returned Suncay afternoon to deliver a cheque for $50,000 as .a_ telethon donation from the B.C. government, said con- struction is expected to start on the’ new hospital this spring. Completion is scheduled in 1980. it was McClelland who met with Variety Club people about a year ago and accepted Variety’s offer to join with the province and the Children’s Hospital Society to finance the new project. McClelland, Weber and BCTY president Ray Peters all expressed a sense of deep satisfaction at the continued enormous response of British Columbians to the Variety Club appeal. Said .Weber: “After this therecan be no doubt that- people throughout British Columbia are anxious to see ‘the new children’s hospital in place and operating. We already have committed $700,000 from the 1976 Telethon receipts toward the cost of the diagnostic and treatment centre anti are well on the way to our $5.5 million commitment.” The telethon went on the air live from Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre at 9 p.m. Saturday and ended at 5 p.m. Sunday. The show featured such stars as Bob McGrath, Blake Emmons, Bobby Curtola, Rita Moreno, Rolf Harris, Kay Turner, Gloria Kaye, Barry Morse, Leon Bibb, Jim Perry, Big Miller and Dame Vera Lynn, who did several songs from her war-time hits. The show was carried live throughout the BCTV net- work, which for the first time went into the Kootenay region of southeastern B.C. The Variety Club con- tinues to support many organizations in its work for children and, during the 1977 telethon, got a big boost in its Sunshine Coach program. Sunshine Coaches are buses for carrying children to and from their places of rehabilitation and treatment. Two have been donated for use in Terrace. Two $12,000 vehicles and one $6,000 vehicles were donated during the show and will bring to 36 the number. ‘the club has on the road. The coaches were donated by McDonald's _Restauranis, the Elks Clubs of B.C. and Ernie’s Kentucky Fried Chicken, the latter a $6,000 vehicle presented to the Children's Hospital. A recipient of one of the larger buses was the S.H.A.R.E. Society of Coquitlam. — McDonald's presented the show with a cheque for ps all B.C. high schools $32,000 which includes their bus, representing con- tributions made by customers of 91 outlets in B.C. who donated in a blitz balloon-give-away program conducted by the restaurants during the last 10 days. The Elks Clubs raised a total of $15,000 and added $3,000 in cash to the $12,000 bus. The ‘third annual Rollathon at Stardust Roller Rinks in the greater Van- couver area brought in $22,000; Junior Chamber of Commerce units in the province raised $6,000; B.C. Hotels Association began an annual collection in January and brought contributions of $7,500. National inquiry The Canadian Conference of the Arts, a_ national association of arts organizations appeared before a sub-committee of the federal Cabinet to ask for a national inquiry into the state of the arts in Canada. CCA said it was deeply troubled about the future for the arts. Past governmental investment in the arts has given substantial benefits to all Canadians, but it is now imperative that public expenditures be increased. CCA called for immediate action by the federal government. Increased public ex- nditure is needed because inflation and economic recession are threatening the vitality of Canadian artistic expression. CCA said that the increase in the Canada Council’s 1977-78 budget would not cover rising costs. It urged that federal support, in real dollar terms, be increased immediately. “The need for greater public support is real and urgent,"’ said CCA president, Elizabeth Lane. She said- the federal government should recognize the contribution the arts make to em- ployment, tourism and industry, as well as to national awareness and common understanding. “We have concerned ourselves with the financial needs of the arts and have not given adequate attention to how the arts contribute to the economy. Governments have also ignored the economic impact of the arts.” CCA said all levels of overnment should Support e arts, but called for continued federal leader- ship. It said the federal government should give reater attention to the, inter-relationships among its policies and those of provincial and municipal governments. In calling for an in- dependent inquiry into the arts, CCA said: “‘The issues we have raised are of great importance. We advocate an inquiry as an essential first step toward a better un- derstanding of the present situation and the develop- ment of federal policies truly appropriate to _ the future.” Terrace Centennial Lions Club Friday, March 18th ~ Thornhill Community Gentre — Dancing 9 p.m. - 2 am. Lunch will be served Refreshments 4 TICKETS $5.00 EACH OR $8.00 PER COUPLE Tickets on sale at Sight & Sound, Kelly’s Stereo Mart, Household Finance, | Avco and the Herald.