TERR CE STANDARD | SECTION B CRIS LEYKAUF 638-7283 BOOKING INS PETER HEPBURN Magazine _ short shrifts — Canadians | ERHAPS THE most frustrating read in the periodical section of our library is that institition known as Sports Illustrated. A wildly inconsistent and even hypocritical “magazine, the litany of its shortcomings makes me question why I. Tegularly flip « through its pages. _: -No, it’s not.a-bad magazine. The photog. ‘raphy, for example, can be poignant or - Stciking despite caplioning that-is some- - times too clever, too leading. Happily, it’s - even possible to: find creditable reporting of major events in non- “major league sports, especially of the Olympic Games. Offbeat features can shine © through the interminable print devoted to football and baseball. I remember, for ex- ample, an excellent article on the bleak and depressed working conditions of. golf club caddies. “Despite ils reputation: and ‘eccasional fine ; journalism, the magazine frequettly reveals 7 ave flaws. : Sports. Illustrated seems ‘all ‘to0 often to, ‘have embraced the American preoccupation : with : establishing ‘heroes in order. to _ demolish. them later. Pete Rose, Mike _ Tyson, Tonya Harding, Jennifer Capriati — ‘each has been lauded. None has suffered a ‘ blow sa humiliating that it could nol be reported, ° Sports Illustrated champions the rights of. female athletes, collegians in particular. . Terrific, I say. Women, however, get a de- cidedly short shrift in terms of feature space — and cover appearances, To the best of my recollection, in the past year women | athletes featured on covers have been’ _ limited to two tennis players, essentially the -only women. athletes who make earnings comparable to their:male counterparts, A third cover was shared by spcedskater:Bon- ' nie Blair as one of 1994’s Sports persons of the year. What this count shows, in light.of the na- | ture of the cover stories on Mary Pierce and . Monica Seles, is that women sell more As- | " sues as victims than as compttitors. - Hither that, or put them in a bikini and. “surround them with tropical foliage and women become a brilliant marketing ploy to exploit the concupiscent longings of — adolescent boys, Still, and let’s be real here, Sports H- lustrated is a business and, therefore, seeks a profit. Men who care about Notre Dame football and blondes in Lycra are its target, _ not the fans of the Kansas State field hock- ey program. A fairly recent innovation is perhaps the ‘most galling. In the wake of the success en-. joyed by the Toronto Blue Jays, the maga- zine initiated -a Canadian ~ edition. Presumably all twenty-eight million of us _ must really care about.a small‘ group of overpaid Americans in Canada’ *s most self- centered city. .-. Hence, Sports Mlustrated Canada, No ’ minor hockey and scarcely any NHL news. No CFL coverage. The magazitie no more. , wrecognizes the existence of the CIAV-than = J... any Canadian in a non-university town. Oh, once a while a bricf mention ‘appears, a ‘Face in the Crowd” perhaps, That is how it defines Canadian sports. And so Sports Illustrated sits on a shelf at ‘the Terrace Public Library, and [ go peruse. it every so often. Sometimes I stumble upon a gem. Some-" times I actually thrill to the recounting of an. ‘endeavour, or I learn a t of the |: sporting world; > stress ~ management, © “And. sometimes, unfortunately, ” I flip ope A $4, 00 budget shortfall doesn’t sound like much, but it makes a big difference to staff and clients at the Mother’s Time Off daycare program, Mother’s Time Off. was es- tablished over 20 years ago for “parents and children, and is funded by the Ministry of So- : cial Services. ‘The program runs weekday.” "mornings and offers parents a © ‘chance to exchange ideas and — _ Skills, pick up parenting lips, . learn crafts and simply lake time out from caring for their children. » Last year there were aver - 1,200. visits to. the -program, run out of the Knox United Church. An average of. 8-12 ‘mothers attended every ‘day, bringing with them approxi- mately 12-14 children. ‘Tt’s not just. gabbing and having fun,’? says a parent who attends frequently. Guest. speakers. are a com- _ mon feature, teaching commu- nication ‘skills, dealing with giving financial tips and more. °° “We, have .a lot of single. moms | who. come here: and ~ young * “moms,” says Eileen: Howells, the. -Program man- ager. ‘The program is run ‘out of the offices of the Skeéna 7 Family Services. ° Nearly half of the mothers who drop : by. are people who've.” moved to Terrace. recently, and:are now isolated int family, ‘and friends. , _ Parents value time out DONNA ‘HEPWORTH, an assistant caregiver at Mother's” Time Off, gives two of her charges a big hug. Parents say their chil. dren enjoy the program as much as they do, Mothers Time Off gives them an opportunity to make friends and - re-build © a ‘support network, Se Now Howells fears the pro- * without the extra $4,000,‘ . ‘The money would be spent _ on more childcare support... Currently, there are four staff — a program coordinator and. - an assistant who t run the pro- gram could’ be in jeopardy . grams for the mothers, a waa ok _ care worker, and a. helper from . the early childhood education.’ program -at the’ ‘Northwest Community College. oe ‘But when there ‘are -14 chil- dren’ to supervise, staff from the parenting program. are the children, It’s not a satisfactory situa- Hon,” says Howells. Sothe- ‘care duties and th 7 _ whole’ point of: the program, me she says. ee pe! Typically - the: ‘children are cared for in one‘or: two rooms _ while. the mothers ' ‘gather in program. ‘was. ‘very. imp rtant times the moth S. n take over. som another room. **You can see. the “whole” mt children is brought: in; Howells, “Bvetyone, ‘tenses up. ” same room as Moms.: ; “Mother's Time Ole | greatly appreciated, ” wrote one client. “I don’t: Have: any: help at home? and. MTO gives me. the strength. - to, : tackle for: their ‘children, © ‘as wel for them. Many. of. the children, ‘don’t have many. playmates, and the: chance for ‘them to. > socialize and “play with other...) children \ was’ s important to’ their. ‘olten needed to help. care s for ; parents. - As. the. c- highlight of: ny": a week and my kid’s“ week to come here,’’ said one mom. In a recent’ “survey | of the. a mothers attending “the. .pro- gram, mothers were. asked: if.” they would attend the program’. if child care was not available, One hundred per. “cent of. ~ respondents . said they. would’. not. Another 74 per cent indi-... cated they. would not attend it. children were regularly | in the. DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF Rick Owens shows one of the escape . routes children might choose to use during a tire drill In the de- partment's Fire Safety House. The drills will be held next week. Fire safety week |: A’ NINE-YEAR-OLD child wakes to the souhd of a screech- ‘ing smoke alarm. What might be his or her first response — panic, fear or helplessness? Hopefully not, after Fire Pre- vention Week, October 8-14. Firefighters from Terrace and Thornhill will be talking to grade four classes throughout. the cily ~ next week, to teach them abaut “fire safety. But it’s not the talks that will likely have the most impact, It’s the mock at-home fire drill at the fire ‘department's fire: safety - house; ~ , “AIL grade fours throughout the city will havée.a- chance to test - their knowledge of what to do in a fire, when they go. through. this drill. The fire ‘safety house is a mini cross-section. ‘of a-teal . house, °- complete with. two children's bedrooms, and a variely of escape " routes incase fire should strike. © \ * We'tdach the'kids how ta roll: éa ae ar >. The. theme for‘ fire prevention a - smoke inhalation); craw to the week this: year is is to. watch’ what: ... door, and: to.touch the door: with The fire safety house comes’ complete .with children’s beds, ~ billowing smoke and doors that light up with the words.‘“HOT.” Owens, - To follow.up this drill, children ! are. encouraged to take an action plan-home, so ‘the whole. family can work together to create a plan "about what to do if fire strikes. | Escape routes: ‘should be clearly marked out on the plan, plus a - meeting place outside the house, » so family members -can verify... everyone is ‘safely. outside, The firefighters encourage families’ to’: ” practice these éscape plans. - Owens ‘stresses: that it's impor- tant not.to re-enter a house that's on fire, even to try and rescue pets. "Burning io'death is rare,” he explains. “It’s usually the™ fumes from’ ‘synthetics °’ and plastics © which’ will, | ee you, Even: two “Its quite -Tealistic,”” says Around Town Full of Christmas, - costumes. “Young poet their anthology, Path Not Taken. open spaces. her 2 =.” 19. million’ teachers world-wide Day, tomorrow, October 5. : face a changing world,” and thank you tomorrow. race Litde Theatre. members, feel: loge as well. Youth troupe is born - AND..ACTION! Young actors were ‘cast this ‘week for Terrace’ Little Theatre’s. upcoming ' Christmas ° production.- -Auditions® ‘were: “held last week for the- musical fantasy tilled A Wondeérfut: World’ Fourteen parts were cast, and the. thice lead: roles ‘were double- cast. The children range in ages: from’8 to 14 years old. “°°. | @There’s not-much: opportunity for’ children: aside from ‘schoo productions,” explains director: “Marilynn ‘Nenninger, : ‘She: ‘thinks this production, and one planned for spring, Will give children more” chances to become involved :t :in; the theatre: community. ‘During the. Christmas production, ‘children will also be’ encouraged to be active: behind the scenes, ‘helping’ with: Tights, ' “sound effects, “$e Rehearsals will likely’ start sometime next’ week, and ihe musical, runs December 15-17 at the McColl Playhouse, recognized A YOUNG poet from Nass Camp, has been published for the. first. time. Thirteen-year-old Jennifer Hayduk entered a competition fror "the National Library of. Poetry. in ‘Maryland, atid was. accepted f - Her poem is about the wind’s voice, and the fee of being out in “This is the first competition : she has entered,” ky said her ine other: Carolyn Hayduk, “She is, quite thrilled, and” we are ve ud of: "Terce * poet Ne Street was also accepted for publi Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is ‘is: a “way. of reeognizing and e