i b ia i iy : k 5 ; ; if ar PS INSIDE A WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS What's Up! Aug. 15-19 THORNHILL COMMUNITY CHURCH Dai- ly Vacation Bible School for ages 4-12 happens at the Thornhill Community Hall From 9:30 a.m. to noon. For more info call 638-8024. Thursday, August 18 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME / Fibromyalgia support group mecis from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Phone Elreen at 635-9415 for more information. Saturday, August 20 THE 2nd ANNUAL Thornhill Community Pic- nic is being held at the Thombhill Fairgrounds from 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m, rain or shine under the tent. . - August 20-21 FEMINISTS’ RETREAT, an open forum for -feminists to dicuss current issues and directions, takes place at Crow’s Nest Farm 28 miles east of Terrace on Hwy 16. For more info call Maureen Bostock/Elizabeth Snyder al 638-9402 between 5 and 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 30 B.C. SPECIAL OLYMPICS-Terrace holds a volunteer meeting at 7 p.m. at the Aquatic Centre board room. Cali Joan at 635-5633 for more info. September 3-4 SKEENA VALLEY FALL FAIR runs Saturday and Sunday at the Thornhill Community Centre on Century Road. See Around Town on page B for more details on entry form deadlines, September 6 LEGION LADIES AUXILIARY September monthly meeting will be held at the legion hall. The potluck dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. TUESDAYS T & K SINGLES meet every Tuesday for coffee ~ - night at Mr. Mike’s at 7 p.m. Call Bea at 635- - 3238 or Carroll at 632-3547 for moré info. ZAZEN every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Daiko-Ji Zen Centre. Call 635-9242 for more info. TERRACE TOASTMASTERS meet the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Terrace Inn, Contact Karen at 638-7633 or 638-0418 for more information. SINGLE PARENTS SUPPORT GROUFP takes place the second (1 p.m.) and fourth (7 p.m.) Tuesdays of the month at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre. Cal] 638-0228 for more info. THE KERMODEI CHORISTERS invite boys and girls ages 8-12 to come sing along on Tues- days from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the Skeena Band Room. Call Terry Anderson 638-1183 for info. THE SPCA meets on the second Tuesday of every month at the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre al 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAYS SINGLE PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP meeis Wednesday afternoons at 1 p.m. at the Women’s Centre. For more info call 638-0228. TERRACE NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS mects at 7 p.m. at the Women’s Resource Centre. Also Saturday nights at 7:30. TERRACE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S AS- SOCIATION holds its monthly meeting the third Wednesday of every month. Meet for lunch at the Terrace Inn from noon to 1 p.m. Contact Joyce at 635-9660. HUFF AND PUFF Asihma Group holds its monthly meeting the third Wednesday of each month at the Women’s Resource Centre on Park Ave. from 7 to 9 p.m. FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY at the Church of Jesus Chirist of Latter Day Saints ls open every Wednesday and Thursday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Salurdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed Aug. 20. : HERITAGE PARK {fs open for tours from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday. . PROJECT LITERACY offers a scribe service to. help people with their reading and writing. Free help wilh your letters, forms or applications. Call Melissa al 635-9119, The Terrace Standard offers the What's Up community calendar as a public service ta its readers and community organizations. . This column is. intended for non-profit organiza- tions and these events for which there is no ad- mission charge. Ttems will run two weeks before each event. We ask that ilems be submitted by 5 p.m. on the Thursday before the issue in which it is to appear. Submissions should be typed or printed neatly, New children’s librarian 7 A NEW VOICE is bringing chil- dren’s characters to life at the Terrace Public Library, Holly Nguyen started August 1 - as ihe new children’s librarian at ihe public library, taking over in place of Gillian Campbell who retired June 30 after 13 years with the library. When Nguyen heard about the opening from the B.C, library job. line, she knew this was what she wanted. “My goal was to work as a children’s librarian and I always wanted to come up north,”’ said Nguyen “It was this perfect package for me because I got to come up here plus have the job I always wanted.”’ Nguyen has been working at li- braries since started her first job at the Halifax City Regional Li- brary when she was 16, “I know how important it is to introduce kids to books and reading and the creativity that comes with books,”* said Nguyen. “Pve always been involved with libraries somehow,’ she said. '*] know how important it is to introduce kids to books and * reading and the creativity that comes with books.’’ TERRACE STANDARD» The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 17, 1994- Bt SECTION B JEFF NAGEL 638- #283 She plans 10 continue the story time programs along with one of her great loves, puppet shows. “*T really love puppet shows — it’s one of my favourite things to do,”’ said Nguyen. ‘It might be difficult to find space io do them during this expansion but we’ll figure something out.’* She also plans to do story. time specials centred around themes and holidays such as ‘‘spooky stories” for Halloween. After graduating from high school in her hometown of Sam- bro, Nova Scotia, Nguyen com- pleted an Bachelor of Arts in English literature at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She left the east and headed west with her degree to a job at the Vancouver Public Library where she worked for one year. While working in Vancouver, .Nguyen said, she knew librar- ianship would be her career. She moved to London, Ontaric to complete her Masters in Li- brary Information Science in a 12 month program at the University of Western Ontario. . While taking masters courses, she realized it was the children’s courses that caught her attention. “T love working with children and [ love puppet shows,” said Nguyen “I loved to read when I was young and the library was al- ways an encouraging place for me.”? -. COMMUNITY : HOLLY NGUYEN, the new children's librarian at the Terrace Public Library, poses with one of the many friends she hopes will make the library a fun place to be for kids, Picturing her world in whole new way A LOCAL woman is seeing the world through a new Iens. Gizella Botz started photog- raphy as a hobby about two yeats ago but is now hooked to the art. **We just started the photo- | taking to give Gizella some- thing new to do,’’ said Nick Bains, Gizella’s day program worker through the Terrace and District Community Ser- vices. ‘“We wanted to see if it was something she’d enjoy and then we’d continue.” She bought a camera with the family eared working at Braid’s Insurance, Bains said, and she started taking it with her on their outings every Thursday morning. ‘*We started out with Gizella just taking pictures of places we went,’”’ said Bains. ‘We try to find people doing inter- esting things in beautiful places.”’ For Gizella, photography has now turned into more than just a hobby. She has been working at Braid’s Insurance doing gener- al office help for almost three years but when her employers found out she was also a fled- gling photographer, Gizella got an additional job. ‘They were really GIZELLA BOTZ has been taking pictures of the local area and people for two years. What began as a trial-hobby has turned into & a permanent hobby for the Terrace woman. enthusiastic when they dis- covered Gizella was starting to take photos,’’ said Bains of Botz’s employers at the insur- ance company. She now takes photos of homes for the insurance com- pany during busy seasons, ' “T tike taking pictures,”’ said Botz, who has four full photo albums and many loose photos to prove it. She uses a small automatic- camera and colour film, he said, creating some beautiful § photographs. Bains has seen a marked im- provement in her photography skills, “‘Gizella has just recently started making a point of look- ing through the lens every time and. pointing the camera in a specific direction,’ said Bains. ‘She's really improved and really seems to enjoy it now.” Gizella Botz Volunteers needed for kids fest HELP IS NEEDED to make the the August 27 Children’s Festival a success, Organizers Filamena Swanson and Candace Weller said about 20 volunteers are needed to help Tun various activities on ihe day of the festival. “Everything is planned and ready to go bul we really need some help,’’ said Swanson of the festival sponsored by the Tefrace Women’s Resource Centre. Any adults or studenis that have time (o volunteer can call the the women’s centre or attend the volunicers meeting at the centre on Thursday. at 7:30 p,.m.. The women's cenire has _ Organized the festival to celebrate. the International ‘Year of. the © Family, sald Weller. ’ “The festival will focus on kids _ but revolves around the whole family,"’ she said, ‘It’s for chil- ' dren and moms and dads.’? The festival is being held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Lower Little Park, There will be live entertainment in the bandshell all day organized by Karla Hennig, along with hands on activities such as playdough and bubbles, papier mache projects, discovery science ~ boxes and face-palnting. A lip-sync conlest is also beitig held from 10:30-11:30 a.m.. ; ' Those interested in Hp-syncing should call the resource centre to enter their name and song, Food wili be available from booths ‘un by the Phillipine’s Society, Lion’s. Club, Haisla Na- - tion and the Terrace Aati-Poverty Society. . Onganizers are also waiting: to confirm that’. the Harmony’. Clowns and: a- few Vancouver : _ Canucks players, will’ ‘be: festival: