WHAT’S The Terrace Standard of- fers What’s Up as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organizations and those events for which there is no admission charge. To. meet our production deadlines, we ask that any item for What’s Up be sub- mitted by noon on the FRI- DAY preceding the issue in which it is to appear. For contributed articles, the deadline is 5 p.m. on the preceding THURSDAY. We also ask that all submis- sions be typed or printed neatly. OCTOBER 26-31, 1992 -- Kxim Ghan Ada Arts and Crafts fall native art show will be in the Houston Mail. For "more info call 845-7537, ee OCTOBER 28, 1992 ~ The Kitimat Cross. Country Ski Club will be bolding its annual fall General Mecting and Ski Swap. at the Roy Wilcox School, 7 pm. All skiers and interested persons are wel- come. For more info contact Detlef Beck at 632-5689, eke eH OCTOBER 29, 1992 - The Skeena Valley Car Club will ‘be holding its regular monthly meeting at ihe Terrace Kin Hut at 7:30 pm. For more info call Doug at 635-4809. eee Ok NOVEMBER 3, 1992 - The Terrace Breasttceding Support Group will be meeting at 8:00 pm in the Education Room of Mills Memorial Hospital. In addition to our regular -breast- feeding information, the Nutritionist will be showing a film and we will be discussing nutrition. For further informa- tion call Terry at 635-3287. ae NOVEMBER 4, "yo « Ter- race Pro-Life Education Asso- ciation is having a pot-luck dinner meeting at 7:00 pm in Veritas School Gymnasium. Guest Speaker: Cecilia Moore. For more info call Isabel at 635-9359. chee NOVEMBER 14, 1992 - Centennial Christian School Bazaar and Auction, to be held in the gym at 3608 Sparks St. from 2-4 pm. Crafls and baking sale, games and tea. Supper from 4:30-6:00 pm. Auction at 6:30 pm. . wae ee NOVEMBER 14, 1992 - Northwest Community College is having a Board Meeting at 9:00 am in room 208, Admin. Building, Terrace Centre. The public is welcome. ee he NOVEMBER 16, 1992 - Thanks to the support of dedi- cated members of the Hair- dressers Association, we will be holding a meeting at 8:00 pm in Augic’s Lounge to nominate a sub-committee for our town. All registered hair- dressers welcome. oem NOVEMBER 23, 1992 - St. Matthews Annual ACW Tea & Bazaar will be from 2-4:00 pm at St. Matthews Center, 4506 Lakelse Ave. Contact: Ingrid, 635-3139 or Susan, 638-1990, ee, DECEMBER 6, 1992 - Citizens of Terrace and area | are invited to attend the annual Christmas Carol Sing, sponsored by the Terrace Christian Churches Ministerial Association, to be held at the ‘| Pentecostal Assembly, 3511 J Eby, at 6pm, Enjoy musical praise by choirs and congrega- ‘| tional singing of favorite hymns and carels, For info cali 635-7725 or 635-7429, : , Seeene WITH OVER 30 YOLUNTEER positions at a variety of community organi- zations to choose from, we cari help you find the volunteer op- portunity to match your inter- ests and skills. Visit our office at 4506 Lakelse weekdays be- tween 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. Terrace Community Volunteer Bureau & Senior Information Access ALL TIED UP: Joshua Azak § secures ‘the ropes just prior to the raising of the totem pole. POLE CARVER Alver Tait touches his work for the last time. Ac- cording to tradition, he will never again lay a hand on the pole after it is raised. RAISING A POLE Canyon City natives replace lost ‘idols’ GITWINKSTHLKW UNDREDS OF Nisga’a natives and visitors from afar _ ‘joined™ “together ‘Oct. 17 to celebrate the making of his- tory in the Nass Valley. They met in Canyon City, now known as Gitwinksihlkw, for a totem pole raising — the first one in that village in more than a century. , The last standing totem poles in Gitwinksiblkw were cut down around the tum of the century on the orders of Anglican mis- Sionaries, who called them heathenous idols. Some were sold to collectors in Europe, but most were cut up and used to buttress the foundation of the village’s old Anglican church, which was later taken over by the Salvation Anny. ‘I was very disgruntled when J found = out, about | “Gitwinksiblkw' band” member Art Azak recalls. ‘But the good Bible tells us to for- give.” Now, more than 80 years after those poles were destroyed, Anglican Church and Salvation Army officials came back to Can- yon City to atone for that wrong, They stood stiffly in the blind- ing snowstorm to bless the new totem pole and to thank God for - the rich culture He gave the Nisga’a people, Gitwinksihlkw chief Chester Moore said the pole raising represents a move to reclaim some of the Nisga’a spirituality that,” | “council” that was lost during the 1 mission- ary era. The entire crowd was pressed into service for the raising of the pole. Every able-bodied man ‘and woman helped heft the pole or ‘grabbed a rope to help haul it upright. Once upright, the crowd fled the frigid weather and headed in- side the community hall, where Gitwinksihlkw wolf and eagle clan members hosted an elaborate feast of soup and traditional na- tive seafood. . After the feast, speeches, gift- giving, and settlement of the feast was completed, visitors were tcated to a display of traditional dancing that lasted late into the night. Pole celebrates village mother The new totem pole in Gitwinksthlkw com- memorates the life of Louisa Oyea, a woif elan woman who- livedf in the 1800s in Canyon City and is considered the mother of the village. Here is a brief biography of her life, courtesy of the Gitwinksililkw band cotncil. Louisa Oyea was a very beautiful young lady, born in 1847 and died on May 26, 1912. Many young men were interested in her and she had many proposals, but because she was the only surviving young woman in Baxkap, wolf Phratry clan, her uncle Chief Oyea (the famous carver) kept refusing her suitors because she was very important to the house of Gitlaxtiiyookhl. One day she decided to have her own way and cloped with a white man named Bob Moore, who owned a sawmill in Victoria, She raised her family of three boys in Victoria — Johnny, Jacob and Wil- : liam. Bob Moore died while the boys were still very young. Through the wisdom of one Killer Whale — Chief Peter Williams — Louisa Oyea was brought home to Gitwinksihlkw. He asked Chicf Oyea to marry Louisa, and permission was granted if Mr. Williams would take Louisa back home. He prepared his journey, and set off in a large canoe for Victoria to look for her. Once he found her, they bought a canoe from the Squamish people and escaped to New Westminster. From there they boarded a steam boat home, Be- fore they left they tipped the canoes over and pushed them out to sea, so that people would think they drowned and would not come afier them. They returned to Gitwinksihlkw in 1885, Chief Oyea was so happy, he wept for a long time and put on a big [east to celebrate, Louisa came home with "a sewing machine and much linen, and made hand- ‘kerchiefs and introduced them to the Nisga’a. From Peter Williams, Louisa bore two daughters - Martha and Agnes. Today the expansion of the - Louisa Oyea blood line populates over 400. UNDER ARREST NABBED: ‘Kidnapping suspect’ Robert Vagg gets his mug- shot taken after being arrested for the abduction two weeks ago of a leader with the 8th Terrace Cubs, The cubs at last week's meeting used a series of clues to solve the case, res- cue the missing leader and track down Vagg, who was taken away in handcuffs by Const, Jane Rage. The cubs got an ex- tensive tour of the RCMP detachment — including the drunk tank, the cells and the communications room. They got to talk to a real live prison guard, who told them the prisoners get three meats a day, which consist of microwaved TV dinners.