INSIDE - ee | "EVENTS B2 _. BOOKING IN. PETER HEPBURN Polish up rusty reading skills et again, mine is the task of writing a column detailing the Opening of The Library Expan- won’t mention it again until the end of the column: Saturday, September 9, at noon. I won’t even discuss the. Grand Opening at all for the next several paragraphs. Sorry. Although I believe this column could be a superlative instrument for publicizing li- . directly. That is to say, I hope that yau fol- library, and thereby make . other: library- “related discoveries. Digression of a similar ae things. oo - novels that I enjoy when I’m not churning out this monthly composition, I’ve been re- |. reading a novel that I once studied at uni- versity. Since ] rarely re-read books, this ~~ one may truly be considered a favourite. It'sititle is La peste; it was written in 1947 ‘by Albert.Camus as an allegory for the oc- , cupation of France during the Second ‘World: War. In the.story, however, it is the bluntly quarantined, suffering the presence ‘of an outbreak of bubonic plague, My. copy is not one from the library but y own paperback edition mottled with ‘Notes, underlines, and exclamations in blue ink, I’m not even certain whether the Ii- brary has its own copy. There is a transla- . Aion in the collection — I-know this because [curiosity over the translation recently com- .pelled. me io have the book resurrected ~ from storage and signed out, “Allin all, the French collection at the 1i- brary is not especially large. Worse still, I seldom think to use it. Tucked in near the : young adult books, the section scarcely “ries out for the chance to remove that rust f from my reading skills. °° "And of course, the French collection is not a part. of the rotating foreign language - collection. This latter group was formerly - | “housed alongside the Terrace collection in a |. small room, now extinct. Now residing at | the end of the non-fiction section, the for- | eign language books are part of a province- -. Wide collection maintained by the Library ; Services Branch i in Victoria, Three times a year, material for this sec- “tion is exchanged throughout B.C., a pro- ‘| © cess conducted by alphabetical order of lan- ‘| -guages. Thus languages | in A to G will soon rotate and then not again until 1996, “J, With 50 books in each language (150 in -[: ‘Punjabi to .meet a significantly greater “may be somewhat limited. However, Inter- jes can alleviate the restrictions slightly. |. At present, the collection features books ‘| “in nine languages, roughly one-third of the variety offered by the LSB. A few books do | would not be unwelcome, may dust off those other language. skills, ~ when you feel so inclined, at the library. : brary’ expansion. Noon, Saturday, Septem- , ~ bere. Th see you there. planned events of the Grand © sion. Well, keep the date in mind since I brary events, I would prefer that it do so in- ‘low up on what is written with visits to the — - Nature, after all, is s how I usually write these “So anyway, in between the’ mystery demand), the choices at the end of a year . library loans among the North- Const librar- af belong. to our library; donations, moreover, Kathy Willcox handles the foreign lan- 4 guage collection at our library. Feel free to - ' direct inquiries her way, much as I did for . information for this column. Then you too’ ... po And please-do join us for the speeches ~". Fand eake, clowns and music, the books and ~.} >the building at the Grand Opening of the li-. Nothing to do? you're looking for ways to liven up this “a take back the night march, childran ‘| "end the public Is Invited -to.the grand " epening af the: Terrace Public brary. |; week, turn to page B2 for ideas on what | to:do; Women are invited to take partin: Ff -celebrate the birthday: of a large rad dog, : A ROUGH pencil sketch hints at i trees, rocks and bushes along a _. flverbank. Scrawled on the edges .. Of the sketch are notes. Turning “<< yellow. orange describes a tree ot . bough,. further down is rock Po bluish - . the”. ‘basis. of all - Humphrey’ s a ---welrospective of works by the lo . - sooo galpainter opens this Friday at "the Terrace art gallery. photographing it, is _” tographs,”’ English accent, still heavy after « "by sitting and looking at them. ‘Algerian port city. of: Oran‘that-finds itself - J. ‘ells, and) new binders, The - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 06, 1995 - B1 TERRACE STANDARD & - SECTIONB “CRIS LEYKAUF 638-7283 | Armed with a metal easel ‘These sketches and notes form Wally paintings, = A “Sketching scenery, rather than unusual among modem painters. “T don’t take any slides or ‘Pho- says Humphrey in an” 21 years in Terrace, “If you can't bloody well: draw it, you can't paint it... remember the colours . That's what painting is about.” He gestures ‘out his studio window to the wildly overgrown garden, “You got to get out. there,”” Many of bis oil colour paintings are of scenes within walking dis- A RETROSPECTIVE of works by local painter Wally Humphrey opens this Friday at the Terrace tance of his house. Humphrey and his short, phimp dog Suzy take daily walks down to the Skeena river, just: minutes away, via a . secret path, the entrance of which is hidden by tall weeds in Humphrey’s front yard. Another trail winds its way through his back yard. Past the homemade pond where toads and frogs hide between the grasses, it makes a wide turn around a large ; devil’ ’s club and skirts the edge of an overgrown woodpile where salamanders, ‘toads and a fox bunker down. during colder months, From there the trail curves into. the forest, . where Humpbrey points-out a ‘patch ‘of sunlight that has filtered. through Art Gallery. Humphrey is flattered by the show, joking that a painter usually has to be dead in order | tohave a retrospective, ” a the canopy. “If I lived in New York, ive paint buildings,” Says ‘Humphrey. “But Pm here, sol paint trees.?? When —: weather. ‘permits, Humphrey packs his paints into a portable metal. ease] and heads outside. . ‘Once I: spent the ‘day sur- rounded by bears as [ painted. It’s the linseed oil in the paint — they like that.” But a native’ friend once. taught him a trick to keep ~ the bears away.’ “T just bang the paint brush on. the metal. box,’’ be demonstrates with a small. tap of the. brush, *‘and they run away... You know what.the moral of this story is?” he asks. ‘‘Don’t go ‘in the bush With a wooden easel,” ‘Risking possible bear. attacks and braving cold weather to.paint outdoors is worth the discomfort _to Humphrey. He- learned ‘long ago that art comes from real life. . “Working from: photographs is garbage. As soon tas ; reproduced, Even now, he’ will have had. any of his painting: the show, ‘organized by. collecto Jake Muller, who has four or ‘Five. of Humphrey’ s paintings. : ne If you happen to see Humph at the art gallery during the show, _ His disdain for. nm ex- _ don’t make the mistake of: calling hina ari artist. os Pm, not an. antist,” Tm painter, An artist can geta bucke of dog CrAp,. fire -it on: “the wall, and that’s art.” He shakes’ bis tends to prints of his work, They, can’t possibly” replicate “the cdlours, the Tanggsal,, grays,’ ‘he complains. than some of those fancy pelts, a This upcoming retrospective . they get today.” ne SCHOOL'S BACK ALREADYI? That's Rob Greenwood, prinal- pal at Skeena Jr. Secondary, on learning that students would be heading back to school this week. Actually, he and vice principal Fred Woods have been very busy, trying to make sure the first week goes smoothly for retuming students. Back to school THEY MARCHED off yesterday, armed with fresh, crisp stacks of loose leaf paper, sharpened pen- destination? Elementary, . high school. and: college classrooms across Terrace." ‘At Northwest Community Col- ~ Fege, a number of new services - were Intraduced for students, An - -On-CAMpUus daycare, more Oe, “activites ‘designed - to, welcome “etudents, and iricreased support. woe ‘for first nations students are some © _. Of,the ‘changes students will see ‘sy this September, ~~ Starting college or going back to school is exciting, but it can so be -stressful . because it Our:goal is to help make the ‘tratsition-as smooth as possible, ‘that college will be a positive eriénce for: mee student.” oe P epresents a ‘big change in a per- 'g life? says Ella Goodlad,— ordinator of access services, . vit’ dayeaie arr : by. calling 635-6511;° Toca ay 5290, before September 14, New students looking for a little fun. at the start of the year can ‘stop by for a free barbecque, Thursday at lunch hour, outside” the cafeteria, or line dancing at noon, — Other planned events include a - Staff vs. student soccer game at 3 p.m. today, or-if baseball is more your style, challenge. the. staff on. “the campus’ baseball. field” at 3: - |. the Brock House Society and the Hongkong Bank of Canada . If you fear your riéntal muscles - , ‘ate. ‘in -worse’ shape~ than. your ~ _; physical ones, you.can’ brush up: ’ on study skills. with workshops or - ‘p.m. on Thursday, , sign up for’ the popular peer titourlng program. « me - New to: the campus this fall is the First Nations Co-ordinator. There are plang: to. provide native — _ Student support services and form a’ Grst’ nations student. society, -Guets will be Invited throughout the year ta speak on native is issties, J. Around Town Theatre offers season tickets FOR THE first time, theatre enthusiasts will be able to purchase. season’s tickets to Terrace Little Theatre plays, : The line-up of plays in this ticket package includes Blood Rela- tions, Waiting for the Parade, Hey | Naked Lady, Qleanna,, and the. spring dinner theatre production. There will be four packages to choose- from, varying. fom a ‘full season’s pass, to tickets for’ opening night: Productions, including : wine and cheese reception. ; Subscribers to the season’s ticket packages will receive ‘advance: notice of all regular productions, to ensure preferred access to avail-_ “ye able tickets, For more information, stop by TLT’s booth at Club's Dey on Sep ‘tember 16 in the Skeena Mail. Seen any lost moose? _ PUBLISHERS of a. successful series of books ‘on Life in the north are looking for stories and’photos for their latest book... -, © The first Lost Whole Moose Catalogue was published in, 1979, and was a distinctly Yukon product that celebrated the northern . bush lifestyle. It’s successor Another Lost Whole Moose Catalogue » was published in 1991, with more than 200 people contributing a - variety of stories, gmphics and photos to the book, Another sold. more than 20,000 copies and is now and its third printing... J This new book The Great Northern Lost Moose: Catalogue ex tends its reach into northern B, c, for more. stories about the north em way oflife; .° -, '‘Northemers all have a ‘Tot i in common, living wiih extieines of light and temperature, with wilderness on our doorstep,” says Lost’. Moose organizer Alison Reid. The. book will cover everything from bush life, dog driving, rais ing kids, living off the land and sea... in. short, atuff we north types do all the time. Practical ideas, like. aurviving. n¢ northern winters, tall tales and personal accounts aré also welcome. The deadline for submissions is October 31,1995. You can. Seti submissions to Lost Moose; 58 Kluane Crescent, Whitehorse, YT YIA 3G7, fax 403-668-6223 or phone 403-668-3441, ae ‘Senior nominations sought. | NOMINATIONS: FOR: the twelfth annual B.C. Senior Award’ are: _ being accepted until September 13, The award is. co-sponsored by. The award will be given to a Canadian citizen who is 65-or ok ' a resident of B.C, and has a demonstrated record of voluntary co; munity service. With the award comes a medal: and a $10, 00: - free grant from the Hongkong bank. ©... > The award creates greater public awarencss of the importat iributions sentor. eltizens are making to society, and recognlz accomplishments, er Last year's winner was former a Kaloo Mas Peter. wine or nomination forms, wag Wii call B. Be ‘caw Awad, -Houise Society, 3875 Point Grey Road, V B.C, V6R 183 "Call: 11-604. 228-146 head.: i G like kid’s art. It's: ‘better: os