:- The Terract Standard offers B What's Up e439 public service AO ‘ite readers nnd thore con: _ Ormmalzatlons la the * MARCH 2; 1990 — WORLD , DAY OF PRAYER, ‘Theme SAY (Better Tomorrow: Juitice’ for. V All. syriteen by the Christlan’- S women of Czechoslovakia. The! r - sturehes,” will: be held at 8 4 “‘p.m:,: Friday ai Knox United - 7. wurch, 4907. Lazelle Avenue, Everyone. Welcome! - , ee tek J ! ‘MARCH 3, 1990 — Pancake - \ Bréakfast ‘at Happy Gang Cen- . treat 8a.m, - 1/a.m. at Happy Gang Centre. Sponsored ‘by ' » Branch 73 B.C, Old Age Pen. . -, Sloners ‘Organization. oa eek : “MARCH 6, 190 — Terrace °; * Women’s “terdendminational Christian... “Women's Fellowshipat Terrace “Public: Library + Basement —: * C7 p.m For more info call Alice”. ‘638-0481 of Irene 635-5413, > F Se. MARCH 6,'1990 —.is the date’ : for the next meeting of the Ter. ‘race. Breastfeeding Support’ : Group: We - will focus - on vbr i etn iat No, 302, 4622. 5 or ae 635-9511 a pecial Series of Gospel each’ night at -Oli's De. Howard. and A, will: preach the Word, - “RACE needs volunteers to help. ot nS infonretion about the - or meetings please call 3. ie Twin River Estates”, is ,avallabie- from. the: me Street ‘adn Lakelse © ich h Taureey from 2 0. ‘pit at Kermode | } ‘Centre “Drop eerie “donnstaica): We tryed ‘style, Topics” DAY ‘preceding. “the perio week's isiue. fi | eta - Aglow The. : vith their Sickroom Baulpmien Opened ‘tong OLD TIME FIDDLE MUSIC courtesy of Norm Desjar- dins- was one of the highlights in musical heritage celebrations Feb. 18 at the arena. That’s Norm with two of his sons, Patrick and Norm Jr. Self- taught, Desjardins con- tinues. the musical tradi- tions of. his father and grandfather. Culture DIVERSE CULTURES were the focus in many local school last week as students and staff celebrated Multicultural Week. Among. the speakers appearing at Cassie Hall was. Melodie Johnson who had an atten- ‘tive audience for her talk on Tsimshian culture. Other visitors to the school included Sylvia Morales (Chile), Erlinda Okano (Philippines), Mo and Dar- shan Takhar (India), Maria’ Krumm (Portugal) and Norika Braganza (Japan). - i An. Davies, Guides MAUREEN GOOD of the Third Skeena Guldes, looks at a mural depicting various guiding uniforms. It was displayed at heritage celebrations Feb. 18 at the arena. Also on hand were scouts and cubs wearing uniforms of past years, ‘ing competition Feb. Contributed The Terrace Chapter of Canadian Parents for French held its 4th French public speak- 16 at Caledonia lecture theatre, Canadian Parents for French sponsors these competitions yearly at the local, provincial and national levels. This year’s competition had “28 students. from Cassie Hall and Skeena school, presenting 2-5 minute speeches, - The’ winners were Gr. 4, Hayley Gordon — Le Camping: Gr. $, Ian Bohle — Les Atonis et Les Molecules; Gr,.6, April Harkness — Mes. Vacances au Quebec; Gr, 7, Aisha Manji — Le Sida; and Gr. 8, Natasha Young — Programme d’immer- sion francaise a Terrace... Other competitiors were Col- my, Norman, Sor- be. raya Manji, Richie Watts, Shyla Young, Grace Mitchell, Bryan- na Straker, Terri Boyce, Amy Martin, Sarah Watts, Jill Spr- inger, Jenifer Gration, Allanna Turcotte, Sarah Kelly, Hannah Scruton, Chris Woodward, Charlotte Jordan, Wilf Geier, Jecelyn Coxford, Erin Davies, Robyn Harris, Suzanne Ebeling and Lucas North. This year’s judges were Jo Patterson (NWCC), Lepage (NWCC), Urs Gasser (Skeena ‘ school) and Mary- Louise -Lacourse (Cassie Hail school), Three of the students: will: be . going forward to compete at the provincial, competitions April 21 at UBC. .They are April Harkness, Aisha Manji ‘and Natasha Young, All): “students « received . cer- tints 6 recognition oF their Lena | Toys to aid orphans Heart-shaped toys will be on sale this weekend as a local mother continues her efforts to adopt a Romanian orphan. Laurie Mitchell says at least 500 ‘hearts’ have been made and people who “buy”? them at $5 each will have their names inscribed on an attached tag with the message ‘from Canada with - love.’? The toys are then sent to the children in Romania, she explained. Half the money raised will go into a local fund set up for transportation and legal c _ casts if adoptions are ap- Laurie Mitchell proved, She said the re- mainder will be sent to a Vancouver organization sending medical supplies to Romania. In a bid to increase the country’s population, former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu had outlawed the use of contraceptives or abortion and forced women to submit to periodic pregnancy examinations, Television pictures of that policy’s result — thousands of children packed into or- phanages and fed assembly-line style — sparked an interna- tional support movement. At least 20 northwest residents are now seriously interested in adopting a child, Mitchell said. She’s advising them to get legal adoption paperwork together so they're prepared if the rules governing the adoptions are suddenly loosened. There is still no indication whether Canadians will be per- mitted to adopt the orphans, she added. ‘‘We're sort of going with a wait-and-see approach, ” The toys will be on sale in the Skeena Mall this Friday and Saturday. Library exec. named Willy Schneider will serve a second term as chairman of the public library board and Judy Chrysler will again hold the vice-chairman’s post following that body's recent annual ‘gerieral meeting. Other results saw Mardy.Lorimer move to treasurer with Maureen Ogawa replacing her as corresponding secretary. George Clark, Stephanie Wiebe, Don Kerr and Don Brown repeat as directors and are joined this time by Francis Sabine. Set on the right path Adult Basic Education instructors at Northwest Communi- ty College last week completed their introduction to a new computer program which it is haped will bring new flexibility to the course, Manufacturer's representatives David Greig and Don Ped- die spent 10 days at the college preparing staff to use the Pathfinder system, Greig said it will initially cover five courses — reading and writing, mathematics, social studies, science and employment/life skills, Greig said one of the advantages the system offered was its “individual mode of instruction.’’ While all students in a given course worked off the same books, he explained, Pathfinder allowed individuals to progress at their own speed by giving them assignments related to their current “working level.” Therefore, students had the opportunity to advance more rapidly than might have been possible in an exclusively classroom system. ‘It combines computer technology with traditional learning from books,” he added. Greig said approximately 25 Pathfinders were now in place across the country and while it was still essentially in the testing stage, response to date had been “‘very positive. It's seen as the way to go in adult education,'’ he said, Greig said the company was now working on a French language version of the program and also developing a “‘native-sensitive” version of the reading and writing cur- riculum. College ABE co-ordinator Larry Bolingbroke noted fun- ding for the system was being provided by Canada Employ- ment and Immigration. Describing the installation of the system as a pilot project, he said instructors would assess how well Pathfinder integrated with the existing ABE courses. “GETTING TO KNOW YOU. Gordon Weese and Ada Sarsiat were among the NWCC adult basic education instructors who spent more than a week familiarizing themselves with the new ; Pathfinder system.