WHAT'S UP The Terrace Standard offers What's Up as a public service to its readers and community organizations, This column is intended for non-profit organiza- tions and those events for which there is no admis- sion charge. To meet our production deadlines, we ask that any item for What's Up be submitted by noon on the FRIDAY preceding the issue in which it is to ap- pear. ' For contributed articles, the deadline is 5 p.m. on the preceding THURS- DAY. We also ask that all sub- missions be typed or printed neatly. AUGUST 21, 1992 — Combined : Support group meeting for peo- ple with chronic fatigue syn- drome or fibromyalgia, Informa- tion available: phone Darlene at 638-8688 or 635-4059. Meeting is at the Happy Gang Centre at ‘7:00 pm. We will also be having 4 guest speaker on stress Manage- ment at this meeting. : ehh kk AUGUST 1212,. 1992 —- B.C.0.A.P.0. No.73 members - Annual Bar-B-Que at the home of Hazel & Alf DeFrane, 4814 ' Scott. Saturday at 2 pm, Call 635-9090: for further informa- tion, kkkkkK ‘AUGUST 27, 1992 — The Skeena Valley Car Club will be holding its regular monthly meeting at the Terrace Kin Hut on the corner of North Sparks and: Halliwell. On Thursday, at 7:36 pm. For more informa- tion call Doug at 635-4809 or Larry at 638-8746, ( kkkke WITH OVER 50 VOLUNTEER positions at a variety of com- munity organizations to choose : from, we can help you find the volunteer opportunity to match your interests and skills. Visit *4:30° p.m. Terrace Community Volunteer Bureau & Senoirs In- formation Access. © wkkkkk EVERY MONDAY — Terrace Co-Dependenls Anonymous metts from 8-9 p.m. Call Karen 638-0707. kak EVERY MONDAY at 5 p.m. Teen Survivors of Sexual Assault/Abuse meet in Skeena Health Auditorium. Bea 635-4042 or Tonee 635-4822 (please contact first) kkk EVERY WEDNESDAY — Building Healthier Babies holds weekly groups for anyone that is pregnant and would like infor- mation on pregnancy, labour, parenting and everything inbet- ween! It is a chance for you to talk with other pregnant women and. also enjoy guest speakers. We provide a snack and would be happy to pick you up. 1-2:30 at Building Healthier Babies in the Child Development Centre. Call 635-7664 for. more info. kak ‘EVERY WEDNESDAY from § -8:00 p.m. Terrace Narcolics Anonymous ‘Steps to Recovery’? meets at the Skeena Health Unit auditorium. Por in- fo. call 638-8117, KEKE EVERY THURSDAY at 7:30 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous at Women’s Resource Centre. Call 635-6446, : Kkknk EVERY WEDNESDAY at 7:00 p.m. in Sexual Assualt Centre, Female Survivors of Sexual Assault/Abuse. Please contact Loreen 635-4042. kkkik PARENTS IN CRISIS meets ‘once a week, Contact Rosemarie 635-6985. kkk ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Monday 3:30 p.m. Anglican Church; Tuesday 8:30. p.m. Catholic Church; ‘Wednesday 7:30 p.m.; Thursday 7:30 p.m. Hospital Psych Unit; Friday 8:30 p.m. Kermode Friendship; Saturday 7:00 p.m. Hospital Psych Unit (Ladies); Saturday. 8:30 p.m. Hospital Psych Unit; Sunday 7:00 p.m. Hospital Psych Unit (Mens). wkkks ' BCTV OFFERS TOURS: of its studios in Burnaby to families and small groups. The tours run throughout the summer, Mon- day to Friday at 12:00, 2:00, 4:30 and 6:00 pm. For more informa- tlon or to schedule a tour, please all.Laura or Bob at 421-9451. _ week ART GALLERY SUMMER HOURS: make -it easy to visit. 10am - 7pm Saturday to Mon- day, and 10am - 9pm Tuesday to Friday. . KEKE SKEENA VIEW TENNIS COURTS (on Halliwell) are now open to the public. Piease be courteous of others and follow the rules posted. Have fun, be respectful, and enjoy! the game of tennis! ve ‘tacks the grace of Cliff Bolton’s among his people is dead. switched ta steel axes and learn how to make canoes. He ap- qur office al 4506 Lakelse f repairing other, canoes, ;. Weekdays Between, ‘$:30 a.m. and” BY CRIS LEYKAUF FISHING CANOE .draped in plastic fies alongside a grass- covered path. Hewed from a cedar log that was headed for the kindling pile, this canoe just stick in.” Race canoes are Bolton’s specialty, but he also makes war, river, fishing and .ocean-going canoes. The difference between the styles is evident sometimes just in the size. An ocean going canoe can be over 70ft long, 10ft wide and Sfthigh. — Though Bolton’s canocs echo old northwest coast styles, he feels no compunction about using modem tools to make the job easier. For instance, he uscs power tools to hollow the canacs, “We're always getling asked “Why don’t you burn it out like the old people did?’ -— but I don’t have 10 winters to do it,” Bolton says. When the ‘old people’ made canoes they would light a fire in- side of the log, and. pack wet moss around it to control the burn. Then. they would chop out the ashes with stone adzes to hal- low the cance. | “When the white man came with steel, they switched to steel axes atid adzes,”’ says Bolton, ‘‘I imagine if Columbus came with power tools. they would have used those, too.”’ Once the rough work is done, Bolton tums to old-style knives and adzes, which have the curved blades and shapes needed for more precise work. ‘We make some (of the old) tools,’’ he says. ‘“‘We’re always _ Scraunging around trying to buy ‘some.”’ : _ After the canoe is hollowed, the bow is shaped. Depending on the type of canoe, there are many dif- ferent styles of bows. A split bow stem on a,river canoe lifts the bow so it won't drive into the water, inaking the canoe float high, At the other end of the canoc, dhe stern.is oftcn decorated with =: crests. The: imagesiof raven: and a. wolf adorn the stern of a war other sleek creations, But it’s ob- viously one of his favourites. “You can stand up inside it,” Bolton says of the 24-foot canoe, ‘And it’s very steady, Wouldn’t £0 over too casily.”” Bolton, a Kitsumkalum band member who lives near the Zymacord River, has made canoes for more than 12 years, but says the art of making canocs “There’s almost no one alive among our people that knows how to. make -canoes,”’ says Bolton. In order to get northwest coast desigus dating back to the 1900s, he bad to find old photog- raplis and pictures. “When the white man came with steel, they adzes,’’ says Bolton. “I un- agine if Columbus came with power tools they would have used those, too.”’ Curiousity prompted Bolton to prenticed with his step-son, Mark Point from Chilliwack, a self taught master at the craft. “Tl was his joe-boy,”. says Bolton. ‘‘I did the chopping, and helped him clean up.’’ Now the two frequently work: - together, building cedar canoés-in the Salish or Nootka style, and “Cedar was ‘the most poplar wood chosen for canoes in early times, but cottonwood, despite its tendency to absorb waler, was canoe Bolton recently finished, It lics..on, his front. lawa, long THIS 42FT WAR CANOE, though built in the tradtional style, isn't intended for vitched battle. Cliff Bojton, standing by’ the 400/b canoe which seats six, carved it for the Port Simpson band. curved lines splitting waves of also valued for its density. ‘The old people said with cedar canoes if they got speared right, the canoe wood would split,” Bolton says, ‘But with grass. “IVI cither catch the enemy or outrun them,’’ says Bolton. But this 42ft, 4001b cedar racing circuil. Bands competing on the racing circuit are the primary buyers of cantocs right now, as many have lost the art.of canoe making, or canoe, though built in the tradi- the cottonwood, the canoe tional siyle, isn’t intended for band them, Racing is growing in | popularity members _ in _constructing and Bolton’s children, grand-. children.and step-children | fre- quently take part using his crea- Bolton expeets orders. for- canocs [rom many bands this year so they can altend:a gathering: of Pacific Rim peoples in, Bella: Belia in 1993. He is also making a special canoe for his family lo wouldn’t split — the spear would pitched battle, unless it’s on the there is no interest among the _ tions. altend the event, B | | Fron the street, the small society's judges, Yvonne . house at 4445 Lazelle looks Moen,:. Graf and: Belgrave’s DONNA GRAF sits on an ok wagon wheel she rescued from obscurity and a likely ip t ta the dump. After a little work it now occupies a prominent spot in her garden which is filled with many other recycled objects, from bedpans and buckets, to engine parts and old glass, like a picturesque British bed and breakfast, . Complete with white picket fence, it’s the kind of place at which you'd love to spend a fow days. Step through. the wraughtl iron gate and trellis. framing lhe entrance to the. backyard and you’ve feel like you've stepped into’ stepped into” Ter- race’s own Shangri-la, Blooms of every size, shape - and shade boldly dominate the , their. scents combining * yard, into one sweet smell of suim- mer. Discreetly tucked: in here and there are tomatoes, zuc- ching, polaloes,: Water gently): splashes over. the side of a fountain. rough, wide steps Manked with unmatched flower pots, Jead- ing down into the garden, it’s hard to see everything at once. Some artistic innovation: greets’ your cye wilh every glance. And the creators of this back- Maurice Belgrave - this year’s winners of the Terrace Beauti- ; fication “Society’s’ “résidetitial 7 warden category. According. to 2 oe of ‘the: e 2 contest are: yard wonder? Donna’ Graf and,’ i honourable mention. garden was chosen not only fer its looks, but because of its use 7 of recycled materials. . When Graf first. moved in,, the yard was completely un- finished. She knew she wanted a garden, and whea she saw big pieces of concrete frotiaa - nearby | demolished building, “she and * “Belgrave wore in _ spired, : “The : concrete chunks. were’ turned inio steps and: the: ‘Bar den was born. “*We'liked the old look of ~ everything,’” said Graf. The gate leading inta the gar- den js a transformed iron head- board from a bed; a brightly. ; coloured lantern filled with “flowers: was rescued from ‘the . Bavarian Inn; old bed pans are - | Pausing: on the ‘top of the: a reincarnated as. flower ‘pots; and, the’ cheery. red inailbox in. -— the front was once an engine parte aT rel) Other winners from the Ter. . race, “Beautification « Society’ 5 A&W Restauran|, a - commer. cial” Terraceview: ve 2 instituttonal B. C. Hydro — ~ industrial Twin’ River Estates received.