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6. Terrace Review = Wednesday, October. 1 5, 1988 = ]

‘Farewell, old friend [E

- Commentar "V — by Stephanie Wiebe

We used to own two cars: the
“Good’’ car and the ‘‘Beater”

‘ear. The Good car is a 1982

Dodge station wagon, well-kept,
immaculate and washed often

enough for the neighbors to .

tease us about it. (“Washing it
again, eh?’’ “Oh, look! It’s
those shiny clean car people!’’’).

Then there’s the Beater car.

- This 1973 Chevy Nova has a

leaky roof, a collapsing window,
and sometimes you need to puta
stick in the carburetor to start

the engine. The door sometimes

flies open on right turns, and it
occasionally smokes after a
It doesn’t shine,
though I do wash it regularly,
while bits of rust fall off the
fenders when I do, and water
runs in through the window
frame and the bumper loosens a
little each time. When it rains,
the front. seat passenger gets
dribbles of water on his leg.
Sometimes the windshield
washer squirter won’t shut off
and the tank just has to run dry.

With the Good car, we’re
careful where we park, always
locking the doors, and we don’t

‘allow the kids to put their feet

up on the seats. We clean the
radio buttons with a Q-tip.

With the Beater car, we could
push shopping carts out-of park-
ing spaces, never lock the doors,
and let the kids eat potato chips
inside. We have told the children
that they must not stamp their
feet on the floor of this car, as
they might just go right through.
We never used Q-tips on the
Beater.

We like the Good car, and
plan to keep it. But the Beater:
Should we sell it or keep it? It
can be handy to own a car that

-you don’t care about. You can

park it anywhere, not worrying
about scratches on the paint job
-— who'd notice anyway? When
you drive a Beater car, other
drivers tend to move out of your

way. They .know you’ve got
nothing to lose by crunching a
fender or two to get where
yow’re going. And it is a conver-
sation piece.

On the other hand, it’s nice to
stay dry when you drive in the
rain. It’s nice to crack a window
just one inch for a breeze,
without having it fal! totally
open by itself, And it’s nice to

start a‘car without having to —

shove a stick in the carburetor,
too. The kids were embarrassed

to be seen in it, and I worried

that one day I'd wash this heap
of rust, and the body would
simply disintegrate.

We decided to sell it. I wanted ©

to paint flames on the sides, and
jack up the back end of it, but
my husband didn’t find this
amusing. So I polished the rust,
vaccuumed. the interior, and
washed the tires. The next day,
the transmission died on us. We
had that fixed, and then we
couldn't sell it because ''we just
put $250.00 into it!”’

One day my husband came
home, slammed the Beater door,
and the entire window fell down
inside the door panel. We knew
then that the old jBeater’s days
were numbered, | %

It only took a simple ad: ‘‘for
sale — car — best offer’. Im-
mediately, people were flocking
to see this amazing machine. It
seers that people /ike beaters.
We had to turn them away. The
first customer made us a‘ good
offer without even a test drive,
and the Beater was sold.

Does the new owner realize
what a treasure he has? Can he
appreciate the freedom gained
with owning this magnificent
beast? Will he bump shopping
carts out of his way at the mall?
I hope so,

' Farewell, old Beater. We'll
look out for you on the road,
Then we’ll move out of the way.

Outdoor adventure
tourism training —
course offered |

> |

In order to help meet the
needs of the tourism industry in
the Northwest, Northwest Com-
‘munity College will host an
‘Adventure Tourism seminar on
Oct. 21 and 22. The guest
speaker for the seminar will be
Brian White, coordinator of
Outdoor Recreation and
Tourism Programs at Capilano
‘College and ‘past chairman of
the Outdoor. Recreation Council
‘of B.C. a
> Topics will include a variety
of ‘‘Adventure Products’? such
‘as rafting, backpacking and
wilderness: resorts-and describe

how they can be packaged and
sold. Also on the agenda are
profiles of domestic and foreign
clients, effective marketing and
advertising techniques and pro-
tection of wilderness resources.
According to Elain Maikapar
of NWCC, the seminar will pro-
mote tourism in the Northwest
by helping to develop a more
professional approach to Nor-
thwest tourism opportunities.
Maikapar says that space is
limited and anyone interested
should register as soon as possi-
ble by contacting the college at
635-651).
The event will begin with a
guest speaker at a wine and
cheese social to be held at Mount
Layton Hot Springs on Friday
from 7 to 10 p.m.The workshop
portion will take place at the
NWCC campus from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Saturday. Cost for the
seminar, including the wine and
cheese social and information
package, is $45,

Skeena student council |
begins planning»

The newly elected Skeena-Junior Secondary
School Students’: Council: has a busy year
planned. Initiation Day took place last Thursday
and this will be followed by some other novelty
events such as Nurd Day, Punk Day and a Talent
Day. Also on this year’s agenda are some more
serious events, such as an indoor track meet and
the popular 24-hour starvathon fund raiser.
Dances, too, will provide some popular extra-
curricular activities. Present plans include: a
Hallowe’en Dance, Hall of Fame Dance, Christ-

mas Dance, Spring Dance, two or three Sock
Hops — and the grand finale — the School
Prom. a
Students’ Council members are (left to right):
Rear — Jason Krause, President;; Jason
Sutherland, Public Relations; Shelley O’Brien,
Secretary; and Roger Williams,: Staff Rep-
resentative. Front — Kannin Osei-Tutu, Social
Convenor; GiGi Olson, Vice President; and
Rochelle Pelletier, Sports Rep. Missing from the
picture is Treasurer Susie Dow.

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If you wish to announce:

the birth of YOUR baby, please fill out the form ‘
available in the maternity ward at Mills Memorial
- Hospital. We will pick up your forms every week.

MARY DUNOR and DON PARMENTER JR. — announce the birth.of
Donald Joseph Dunor-Parmenter (born into a world not of his making)
October 11, 1988. He weighed 9 lb. 15 oz. (one ounce short of a load); a
brother for Tracey, Trisha, and Mariclare; grandson for Louise and Don
Sr: and Joe and Margaret MacDonald, Kaledon, B.C. Special thanks to.

Dr. Gillian Hodge and nurse Cathy.

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