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In-school mentors
help local kids achieve

DO YOU want to help a child? A mentoring
program that helps primary and elementary
students reach their potential is looking for
adult volunteers throughout the school year.

The in-school mentoring program was intro-
duced as a pilot project in Terrace last year,
says Lois Doehler, the executive director of
Big Brothers and Sisters of Terrace.

very short period of time,” Doehler says.

Big Brothers and Big Sisters screens the
adult volunteers and helps-administer the pra-
gram, offered on school premises during the
school day.

The mentors aren't tutors, Doehler says.
They don’t help the child do homework or
study -- they just hang out during the school
day on school property.

“They can play cards. They can build Lego,
they can go to the library and read a book,”

was doing some gardening.”

velop problem-solving skills, confidence, and
self-esteem, she says.

Adult mentors spend about one hour per week
with a child.

This short time commitment can produce

are more likely to stay in school, go on to sec-
ondary education, and are less likely to skip
class, Doehler says.

mentor get one.” For more information call
635-4232,

Artists For Action

A GROUP of potters needs yoyr help.

nell, Barb Sheridan, Pat Irving, Gayle Schmidt
and Patsy O’Connell — are putting together an
all clay show at the Terrace Art Gallery called
Hands In Clay.

[When they :realized there would’ be a lot of:
empty wall space, they decided to organize a.

silent auction to run alongside the exhibit from
Nov. 2-30.

Proceeds of each winning bid go to the Ter-
race Churches Food Bank. Buyers will get a
income tax deductible receipt.

For artists who have never shown their work
in a public space, it’s a chance to exhibit their

around a goad cause.

ree Works in wood,
fibre, glass, oil,
photography, acry-
lic, watercolour
and other media
would be welcome
additions to
show.

piece to the Ter-
race Art Gallery.

“3 Include a_ mini-
4mum bid, your
"name, address and
| telephone number
gallery

Call Aron at 638-8889 for details.

Search and rescue
recruits new members

IF YOU'VE ever wanted to find out more
about search and rescue, here’s your chance.

Terrace Search and Rescue is holding an
introduction night for new volunteers Monday
night.

The program helps the RCMP find lost or
missing people. It also lends mutual aid to
other northwest communities.

skills.
Ground pounders and fundraisers are nee-
, ded, as are volunteers with computer mapping
knowledge and people who are trained as
- radio, water and avalanche technicians.
; Activities include wilderness survival, First
Aid, rope works, avalanche training, water res-
_ cue, helicopter safety, map and compass work,
‘and searching and tracking techniques.
You should enjoy spending time outdoors.
_ Volunteers must be 19 years or older and con-
‘sent to a criminal record search. Call Debbie
Cobbs at 638-8832 for more information.

4526 Grieg Ave.

_ Locals earn degrees

- THREE STUDENTS from Terrace are part of
‘Simon Fraser University’s fall graduating
“class. They have each earned Bachelor of Arts
‘deprees; Malte Schindler in communications;

Christine Eys'‘majored in geography. .
* ‘The Burnaby, B.C.,. university held its fall

‘ convacation ceremonies earlier this month.

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Teachers refer students to the program.

work — and established artists are able to rally.

“We saw benefits for these children in a,

she says, “We had one mentor last year wha

Even just playing a pame helps a child de-

big results - children paired up with a mentor.

“I'd like to see. every child who wants a

The six potters - Kae Willipms, Laura Gos- '

the :

To donate, drop off
your show ready -

The group is looking for people with diverse |

‘ The introduction night takes place Oct. 21-
at 7 p.m. at the Search and Rescue hall at .

Leslie Ann Dickson majored in English, and

TERRACE STANDARD

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - B]

OMMUNITY-

SECTION B

LEONORE KUEHNE, a friend of Eleanore Muehle’s, gazes up at the south siope of Terrace Mountain. The former Muehle property
that spans several hundred metres on each side of the old bridge has been turned over to the city to become park land.

By JEFF NAGEL
THE CITY has been given a
large chunk of new park land
a third the size of Ferry Island.
It’s just one of the parting
sifts to Terrace from the estate
of a local woman who died last
November at the age of 74,

Eleanoré “Muehte also -be-

quested .£400,000 to” several

local charities, says Dave. War--.

ner, the lawyer who adminis-
tered her will.

Her nearly 50-acre tract of
land near the old bridge has
been transferred to the city on
condition it only be used as
parkland, Warner said.

The land donation was at the
request of Sybille Hecke,
Muehle’s niece and closest sur-
viving heir in Germany, and Leo-
nore Kuehne ~ a friend and care-
taker who was also included in
the will.

The land is a large expanse of
hillside on the south flank of Ter-
race Mountain. It runs several

hundred metres on either side of

the old bridge, as far west as the
intersection of Marsh Cres, at
Kermadei Park,

“It’s a nice, natural wooded
area,” Warner said, adding the
city has been asked to call the
area Muchle Memorial Park,

Parks and recreation superin-
tendent Steve Scott said rough
trails already on the. property may
be improved to provide an alter-
nate route connecting to the Ter-
race Mountain trail from the old
bridge area.

The city never actually owned
the land under the east end of La-
kelse Ave, near the bridge - the
city. roadway encroached on the
Muehles' property. The contribu-
tion resolves that problem.

Several other organizations
were surprised to find themselves
in Eleanore Muehie's will, |

“She donated $100,000 to the
library,” Warner said. “And simi-
lar amounts to other charities in
town here.”

Librarian Ed Curell called it an
incredible gift.

Choral workshops let singers stay home

class will learn from the experience ~ the -

classes are open to all registrants. - ‘
“| gain a lot from watching other singers

being coached, says Karla Hennig, who plans

SINGERS FROM around the northwest will
travel to Terrace early next month to take part

in a region-wide workshop.

Autumn Song, a weekend long event, is for
vocalists — from choir members to individual

performers.

It features Marc Hafso, a well-known vocal
specialist from Alberta who's the director of
choral music at Augustana University College

in Camrose.

The Nov. 2 and 3 workshop offers singers an
opportunity to work with a widely-experienced
professional without leaving the north, says or- .

‘ganizer Marilyn Brodie.

"We have many talented people in our

Parting
gifts

One woman’s legacy of bequests
_and park land makes heirs of us all

Eleanore Muehle

“It’s the largest we've ever
had,” he said. “It’s reaily
amazing.”

Muehle, who once served as a
library board trustee, stipulated

‘Rae said. “She always supported
+ the hospital very well.”

Hans Muehle

ell said, “We didn’t know about it
until she'd passed away.”
The local chapter of the B.C.

Old Age Pensioners Organization .

also received $100,000.

“The sad part is you never get a chance to say
thank you. We didn’t know about it until she'd Ppas-

sed away.”

the library must use the money for
acquisitions anly.

“The sad part is you never get
a chance to say thank you,” Cur-

teachers.”

region,” she says, “but unfortunately, they
often have to travel south to access different

Day one of the workshop will concentrate
on choral singing. It will cul-

It was the second significant
bequest from the Muehles, says

Happy Gang Centre president -

Mary Anne Dilley, The first came

istration office at the Terrace Co-
‘op. “She was a very: quiet person,

minate in a free public perfor-

forth.

mance al Knox United Church.
Community members are invi-
ted to come and hear what one
day of rehearsal can bring

‘On Sunday, Nov. 3, Hafso
will work: with individual vo-
caiists who sign up for master classes. |

Even those who don’t sign up for a master

teachers.”

“fSingers] often have time to make notes and
have to travel south concentrate on the areas which
to access different

tion package of for more. : informations, call
Marilyn at 635-5312,"

nearly two decades ago when hus-
band Hans Muehle left money
that helped establish the Happy
_ Gang Centre,

“We were really quite sur-
prised when we got this,” Dilley
said, adding the couple weren't
Happy Gang members.

The R.E.M, Lee Hospital Foun-
" dation also received $50,000. ~

“Eleanore was one of our first
directors .on the. foundation,” said
foundation organizer Helene Mc-

The Northwest Education “88”
Foundation received $100,000,
bolstering its ability to provide
annual scholarships for Caledonia
graduates. And the Salvation
Army received $50,000. -

Muechle emigrated to Canada
from Berlin in 1957, a year after
her husband Hans arrived here.

She had been -an actress in
Germany prior to coming here.

Hans arrived with no money
but an instinct for business, And
he moved quickly to make local
connections.

“He borrawed $50 from Carl
Pohle to join the curling club,”
recalls friend Henry Kuehne.
“Then he said ‘Do you know what
curling is? I don’t know anything
about it.””

Hans learned the sawmill busi-"
ness at the old Pohle Lumber mill
- the precursor to Skeena Cellu-
lose. He first became an accoun-
tant there, then managing director _
and part-owner of the mill,

A longtime member of the
Kinsmen club, he died in 1983.
They had no children.

“They. were super citizens,”
Kuehne said. “They left so much .
of their wealth in the town.”

“Eleanore worked in the admin-

a very private person,” co-worker |
Yvonne Moen recalls. © > > -

Eleanore Muehle spent her
winters. in Hawaii, where she fled ~
to escape the cold and wet.

. ‘s os ua.
. Her generousity.will leave ‘Ter-. +
race with a warm glow For years « a

to come.

to attend Autumn Song.
“When you are watching, you -

are pertinent to you,” she says,
adding she hopes to take in all
the master classes,

The workshop i is open to all in-
terested singers. For a Fepistra:

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