a a Be INSIDE A WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS What's Up! Thursday, February 24 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION of B.C. monthly mecting at NWCC preschool at 7 p.m. Friday, February 25 ERNEST MEETS THE EGGOSAURUS pup- pet show al the Terrace Public Library. 7 p.m. Friday Feb. 25 and again Saturday Fob. 26 at 2 pm. Call 638-8177 for more information. Sunday, February 27 HERITAGE DAY celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. at arena banquet room. Theme: ‘Our Heritage of Music’. Everyone welcome, Call 635-2508 for more information. Monday, February 28 LAKELSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION holds its general meeting at ML Layton Hotspr- ings at 8 p.m. Call 798-2449 for more info. Tuesday, March 1 WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE will be making a paper quill at the Canada Employment Centre at 1 p.m. LEGION LADIES AUXILLIARY meeting. Polluck at 6:30, meeting at 7:30 al the Legion. BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT GROUP holds iis monthly meeling in the hospital education room at 8 p.m. Call 635-4694 > 6 p.m. for info. Monday, March 7 NORTHWEST DEVELOPMENT EDUCA- TION Association holds ils 1994-95 program planning meeting at 7:30 p.m. in St. Matthews Centre. Bring your ideas and suggestions. Call Mary at 635-6233 for more information. Tuesday, March 8 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Pot Luck Dinner and evening of entertainment, by women, for women. Bring a friend and a dish. Starts 6 _ pm. atthe Kin Hut. ~ Wednesday, March g TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE holds ils monthly general meeting at 7:30 p.m, in the McColl Playhouse, 3625 Kalum St. SATURDAYS : ' BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION clinics take place at Emerson Medical Clinic the last Saturday - of each month. Free instruction by qualified nurses. Call Lita Flynn at 635-6263 or Emerson sf Clinic at 635-7234 for appointment. MONDAYS ORDER OF THE ROYAL PURPLE meets the - 2nd and 4th Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. Call 635-5121 for more info. MILLS MEMORIAL Hospital Auxiliary meets the third Monday of each month in the board toom al 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome. _ ALZHEIMER AND DEMENTIA support group meets at 1 p.m. on the last Monday of the mouths at the Terrace Mental Health Centre. Call 638-3325 for more info. TUESDAYS SINGLE PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP takes place the second (1 p.m.) and fourth (7 pm.) Tuesdays of the month at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre. Call 638-0228 for more info, LIVING WITH CANCER support group of the Canadian Cancer Society for patients, family and ‘friends, mecis at the Women’s Resource Centre _ the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p-m. Call 638-3325 or 638-0296 for more in- ‘formation. T & K SINGLES meet every Tuesday at 7 p.m. for coffee night at Mr. Mike’s, Events through February with T & K Singles will be: Jan. 4 — Steak nite; Feb, 6 —~ Hot Springs 1:30 p.m.; Jan. -11 — Fish and Chips Happy Gang Centre at 5:30 p.m.; Feb 13 — Kids Valentine party and potluck 3 30 p.m.; Feb, 19 — Movie night 8 p.m.; Feb. |) 20 — Family bowling 1:30 p.m, Feb. 24 Dessert nite 8 p.m, For more info call 635-3238, THE KERMODEI CHORISTERS invite boys and girls ages 8-12. to come sing along on Tues- days From 6:30 - 8:00-p.m, al the Skeena Band Room. Cail Terry Anderson 638-1183 for info, RELAPSE PREVENTION group meets Tues- day evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. Call 638-8117 for further Information. . “THE SPCA meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centte at 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAYS TALES FOR TWOS, a half-hour storytime, at Terrace Public Library at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays. TERRACE NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS mecls at 7 p.m. at the Women’s Centre, Also Sal- urday nights at 7:30. Fe Eee Te Ferre A LOCAL AUTHOR’ third chil- dren’s book has just been pub- lished. Brenda Silsbe’s Winning the Girl of the Sea was released by Annick Press, of Toronto, in Jan- uary and is available locally through Misty River Books. “T was thinking about the moon and then the tides, Then I thought of a girl washing up on the beach and it just flawed from there,”’ Silsbe says of her latest tale. . The soft dream-like colours of Alice Priestiey’s art in the book go well with the story. “It’s more dream-like than my earlier books,’’ Silsbe says. It’s a story of onc girl’s journcy of self-discovery to decide what she wanis to do. Her first book was a tiny format book called The Bears We Know, It was followed in 1991 by Jus: One More Colour. Despite her success, however, Silsbe says being an auihor isn’t an easy business. “1 counted my rejections the other day,’ she says. **I think it’s up to about 227,’” It takes a while for a book ‘proposal to get through the pub- lishing system. Winning the Girl of the Sea was accepted for publication in Sep- tember 1992, Right now Silsbe has about 20 other stories circulating as proposals at publishing houses. ““But they’ve got to be accepled first.’” Silsbe makes five per cent of sales — about 25 cents per copy on a book that sells for $5.95. She warns other budding writers that it sounds good, but --. /s-not--usnally -something--you can make a living at.. Her biggest cheque for six months worth of work was $1,600, Her smallest was $160. Annick Press has accepled an- _other book from Silsbe called The Watcher, She hopes it will come out in 1995. - Silsbe sometimes tests her stories out by reading them to kids. Silsbe is holding a book-signing at Misty River Books Sat, Jan. 26 from 1 to 2 pm. = COMMUNITY = Author’s third The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 23, 1994 - Bi AUTHOR Brenda Silsbe has just published her third children’s book — Winning the Gil of the Sea. But even for a successful author, rejections vastly outnumber successes. No. 13 was lucky for Smithereens IT’S BECOMING a regular event in the Bulkiey Valley. Another group of Smithers resi- denis pulled winning lottery tick- ets — this time the staff at Smithers* courthouse received fa- vorable verdicts. They held one of two winning tickets on the Feb. 12 Lotlo 6/49 draw for $5.7 million. Although the number hadn't been officially confirmed at press time, the 13 people were expecting to collect close to $2.9 million — about $220,000 each —- tax free. “This is 80 exciting,’’ said Junc Meers who organized the lottery pool and bought the winning tick- et at Home Hardware in Smithers. The other winning ticket was drawn somewhere in Ontario. “We're coming down, slowly but surely we're starting to come down from the clouds.”’ Meers works half time in proba- tion, the other half in the Crown counsel office. Others sharing the win with Meers include sheriffs, court registry staff, and the town’s Crown counsels. In the sheriffs department: sheriff Jack Elllot, deputy sheriffs * Buddy Quant and Mike Quall were winners... Over in court registry it was registrar Janet -Caird, deputy registrar Anne Mercs,. court clerks Leanora Krisher, Brenda Evans and Connie Randrup, and cashier Barb Smith. Houston court . adnilnistrator ~~ Wanecta Pelhke was in on the win. Crown counsels Declan Bien. . nan aid Shitley Meldrum were the other lucky, members of the» PO So far, nobody has decided to quit work. *'That’s the. nice thing, it s not enough to leave work, but it’s just enough to keep you walking around aboul two feet off. the ground,’’ said Anne Metres. Tt was Meer’s own contrary su- perstition that kept the number of people at 13, a number most con- sider unlucky. “We've had 13 people for about the last year and half. [t’s my lucky number,” she said. ‘‘It always feels like I have bad luck ‘and I always let black cats cross my path.’? Having bought about 26 tickets a week for the last year and half, she estimates the group has. spent $1,600 on the lottery. “That’s a preity good. invest- ment, I'd say,.’” Her mother was the one to first call and give her the winning numbers after watching Satur- - day's draw. “Maybe it’s fust a lucky little community,’’ Meers said of the * second big win in town within a few months. In October, a Smithers con- struction crew won ihe biggest lottery ever in Canada, splitting 415 million. The BC Latlery Corporation has never secn {wo-wins of such value happen so close together in _ one community, said communica- tions officer Kathy Kosowan. There were two back-to-back winners in Nelson in late 1992, _ but ‘certainly never in the same dollar amounis,” Kosowan sald. _ Just last. month, a Kitwanga couple: ‘also. won a. $1.9- million wa Jotlery. draw. ; - Around Town formation call Jane at 638-1594. Cpe Record Food Bank demand THE TERRACE Churches Food Bank sct a record over its monthly four-day distribution period last week. Nearly 500 bags of food were handed out, a jump over the pre- vious record of 450 for January and the 335 last November, “This is more than [’ve ever seen by a long shot,’ sald food bank organizer Terri Eikiw of the latest figures. ian passing month seems to be setting distribution records, she a “'We've never had these kinds of numbers before,” said Elkiw. She said food bank voluntéers processed nearly 60 new cards from elther individuals or families who have never used the banks’ services before. Despite the high demand, Elkiw sald the bank should be in good shape for the March distribution. “But we could be close to the line if demand keeps growing, ” she said. Quilt to mark Women’s Day A WORK OF community art is being created to help celebrate Internatlonat Women’s Day. The Terrace Women's Resource Centre is organizing making of a paper quilt out of recycled goods, along with Terrace artists Joanne Thomson and Lori McKay. It's all going to happen at 1 p.m. March ist at the Canada Employment Centre on Lazelle Ave. They'll do it again on March 3rd al the Skeena Mall in preparation for Inlernational Women’ 3 Day on March 8, Ering any paper scraps you want to contribute — brightly coloured flyers, letters from friends anything. Contact the Women’s Resource Centre at 638-0228 for mare info. Bringing people together HOW RESPONSIVE are Terrace’s service agencies to the eth- micand visible minorities of the population. That was the question put forward in a study by the Soclal Plan. ning and Research Council of B.C. Results were analyzed at a Jan. 28 meeting, where the group came up with a series of priorities, such as making up a list of translators to assist non-English speaking péople in an emergency. © Anyone wanting to joln the volunteers working towards change can come to the group’s next meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 23 at | 7:30. p.m. in the Skeena Health Unit auditorium. Fors more in “SECTION B JEFF NAGEL 638- 1283