QUEZADA | USTIN THE Good Food Box program keeps growing as people realize. the importance ' of produce © in their diets... | “DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO ~Can’t keep.a lid on. growing food box - THE TERRACE Good Food Box (GFB) program turns four years old. In. November 2006, the program will reach its 50th monthly. distribution. Since August, GFB has averaged 280 boxes. split.between Terrace at 120 boxes and Kitwanga at 160 boxes. The Kitwanga based operation. serves its own | . village and sends-boxes' to Hazelton, Gitanyow, and Gitsegukla. It is operated by Gitwangak social development workers and volunteers. The Terrace GFB serves.citizen of Terrace, Kitsumkalum, Kitselas and Gitwinksihlkw. It is operated under the Kalum Horseshoe Community School Society with the, support of a dedicated ' group of volunteers. The program i is funded iby the BC Gaming Commission. There are now approximately 35 communities ° in B.C. with access to the program. This year, the | GFB has expanded to Kitimat Village, Kitamaat, Prince. Rupert and Moricetown. The program has _ grown due to the increasing awareness in commu- nities around the need for food security and the link between good health and eating fruits and vegeta- bles. Often the infrastructure to deliver fresh foods is limited; numerous First Nation bands transport ° Hoxes anid’ promote: them for ‘diabetic: “Clients, the - elderly, prenatal programs and staff.. The Good Food Box program relies on the com- . ‘mitment from volunteers. An average of 50 hours of volunteer work ‘monthly is needed to make the program work. Ev- ery month, people come together to sort and box all the produce for. pickup. . The organization, assembly, transportation and distribution of boxes is made possible with support from: Gitwangak Band, Family Place, Library, Skeena Kalum Housing Society, UNI Construc- tion, Knights of Columbus, Terrace Fire Depart-_. ment, Terrace Volunteer Bureau and transportation help from all participating bands.: - - In October 2006, an individual box for $15 con-. tained 11 produce items and weighed around ‘35° pounds. The estimated retail price of a box was $ 24.60. In January 2007; Terrace GFB will raise the price to $20 for a family box and Jaunch a smaller $10 box suitable’for students, seniors and singles. Next distribution day is Nov. 23 and tickets . may be bought at the Terrace Public Library, Fam- ily Place and Skeena Kalum Housing. Tales from Afghanistan WHILE CANADA’S mission. in Afghanistan is at the forefront of news coming back from the country, a local is making her story that has nothing to do with insurgents, casualties or the Taliban. Heather Bellamy is leading a unique project, developing a market garden, family park and teahouse that will benefit orphans and widows. She’ll give a free presentation at the Dr. R.E.M. Lee Theatre tonight (Nov. 8) at 7:30 p.m. about the Bamiyan Park:Project. Admission if free. EA gringo? ANIMATED guitarist and singer Facundo Gastiazoro of the Gringos Salvajes jams it up at the Kiva Nov. 3. Saxophonist Fran- gois Depey looks on. it & . ‘ The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - B1 seo agg Sts fais DIT MT } By DUSTIN QUEZADA “ANEWi initiative from the Ksan House Society has exceeded “even the hopes of its brainchild. The Hope. Chest is a program that offers new or gently: used clothing to women who need to look professional for — bul not limited to — job interviews. “I's been better than expected,” said Gail Murray, the _group’s coordinator. of the community connector program.. “(The idea’s] been in the back of my mind for a long time.” Murray says the idea was based loosely on a similar in- ternational program called: Dress for Success, which has a . Vancouver location. 638-7283 The Jocal program is less scrutinizing with the clothes it takes:but not much, says Murray. ” “It’s a good sign when you like the clothes that we have» here,” said Murray, perusing the donations she has hanging: - -in a.makeshift but smart- “looking. and inviting display at the Ksan headquarters. = a Career clothes are,the focus for the Hope Chest. wo a “The focus is for clothing for women who are first-time entrants .or. those ré-entering the workforce who need ‘to » dress for a first. interview or until their first paycheck, ” said Murray, adding as long as the selection is there, clothes will “be given for any event a woman has to attend and look’ ap- ‘propriately presentable. _ The principle behind the program | is s that first i impressions make a difference. “We all know. women who got hired and were allowed to learn on the job because they looked professional,” said . Murray. “Others are,not hired even though they are qualified because of the way they were dressed.” The “store” is stocked right now in large part to the Xi : _ Beta Mu, a local chapter of an international sorority. Murray, a former sorority member, made a presentation to the women, who were sold on‘her vision... | * Member Christine Crawford says all women have been - ‘in the position where they don’t know what to wear. Having. : ~ something nice and’ appropriate for the ocassion is impor- tant, especially when employment is on the line, she adds. “It’s nice to help people return to the workforce and al-: . _ Jow.them to go somewhere and be comfortable,” said fellow - sister Barb Eigeard. .. The group sent letters to friends and co-workers for a late. _ October clothing drive that wielded plenty of quality clothes, qe for women. “Looking around, it was extremely successful, ” added Crawford. «The group will have an ongoing drive and seeks acees: sories as well as clothing. Murray says she hasn’t. been surprised by a the community ©. response. oo a “Donations have been coming from all over town’ - in- dividuals.and business women, teachers, nurses, a lawyer,” Murray said. . * The concept had been operating on an ad hoc basis: at » the house for at least a year when different women learned that other. women in the community were often scrambling to outfit themselves. The project got off the ground this spring thanks entirely to donated materials, such as paint and carpeting. ° Again, it’s no surprise to Murray. i “Anything is possible when you identify a need,” ” she said. {This community comes through i in an overwhelming - way.” The Hope Chest has everything from underwear to out * door coats. ‘To use the service, call the Kean House at 635- 2373 to GAIL Murray looks through some of the selection available for local women who. book an appointment. Women c can then come and be assisted need professional looking clothing. _ DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO ‘to pick out clothes. , Family 7 isn’t only bond for artists | THE. MEMBERS » of Thornhill’s’ Myhr fa may scoff at the notion they are fast. becoming a powerhouse in local art. But that notion-is getting a strong backing as the fam- ily has its second show cur-. _rently’on at the Terrace Art ; Gallery. “The show features ‘the “work of Dyan Myhr i in one’ gallery, while “itie. work of her. two daughters — Kara and. Trina — and the latter’s " partner, Joey Lundtigan, fills: the other. ‘Dyan (like Diane) i is hard- ly new to the art scene. She’s ‘been drawn to the canvass ever since she took a work- shop at the local college 1 17 years ago. She’s had three previous, shows at the local gallery, as well as displays in the North- west and in Vancouver. Her exhibition is titled, Watching the River Flow, and is almost exclusively water colour paintings of wildlife and nature. “I get the neatest effects with (water colours),” Dyan said. You only have to do the | math to realize Kara and family. ART i in ‘the > family: Dyan Myhr second from left, is flanked by daughters Kara, left, and Trina. On the. right i is Joey; ' Lundrigan. Their individual art is on display together at the Terrace Art Gallery. Trina, 25- and 24-years-old tespectively, we’re in the middle of an artistic envi- - ronment growing up. “We've always been * 4 ” drawing and _ colouring, Trina said. , Instead of enrolling in Fun in the Sun, the girls would be doing. workshops, learning all sorts of art me- dia. Sc - “You guys always had a knack for it,’ Dyan said of her. daughters. . The sisters, too, have tak- en to particular art forms. . Kara started taking pho- tos in her Grade 11 year and hasn’t stopped. Her contri- bution will mainly be pho- tography of inanimate ob- ‘ jects and human subjects. » Trina, who took studio art at. North Vancouver’s Cap- ilano College, will contrib-. ute acrylic and conté works to the collaboration. Lundrigan, meanwhile, appears to be cut from the - same artistic cloth. “I grew up in Terrace and I never liked TV — I always liked drawing,” he said. | A piercer for a living, Lundrigan enjoys painting and drawing and mixing the two. Cont'd Page B3 - DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO . .