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Liberals on the move

in B.C.

The B.C. Liberal Par- ty’s three day convention ended in Vancouver on Sunday, March 9, witha united and a highly energized party that is in- creasingly optimistic about their electoral chances in the upcoming provincial election.

Iona Campagnola, the federal party président, said the latest polls in- dicate that 35 percent of British Columbians favor the federal Liberals and support has risen into ‘the high teens” provincially.

Skeena Liberal can- didate William Hayes Stated that people are turning away from the “‘them and us’’ mentality

and are coming forward to make a credible mid- die focusing party.

“Our policies focus on de-emphasizing mega- projects and outside capital, and we are in- stead concentrating on helping small busi- nessmen; especially start- ing entrepreneurs in the sunrise industries of aquaculture and _ silvi- culture. The key is pro-

Fred MacDonald

by Daniele Berquist Terrace Alderman

Fred MacDonald has

handed in his resignation which becomes effective March 31, 1986.

Willlam Hayes, Liberal candidate for Skeena.

viding an infrastructure in which many people can take small steps to become self reliant not a few large interests taking a couple of giant steps to become richer.’’

‘The B.C. Liberal Party is making a fresh Start with fresh ideas and we are quickly filling the void in the middle to develop confidence within the business com- munity and fairness within the social services community,”’. Hayes added. a

William Hayes runs a mixed agribusiness in the summer and is an educator during the winter.

Alderman resigns

MacDonald will be

taking a new post on ~

April 1 in Vancouver with the Health Science Centre, where he will be managing a drug treat- ment program.

MacDonald said he has enjoyed Terrace very much in the last five years. It's been a won- derful place to live and my wife Irene and I have fine memories of Ter- race: Our son Stefane, now five months old, was born here, Mac- Donald said.

MacDonald was _in- volved in programs at Terrace Community Ser- vices, Terraceview Lodge Society, the Skeena Unit Board of Health and city City Council.

~Women enri

by Stephanie Smart Ferrace Women’s Centre Associate

We've been lucky this winter with the weather being milder than usual, but many women still find themselves isolated in their homes due to small children, lack of transportation, shortage of free money or simply through loneliness and lack of contact with the outside world. It’s es- pecially hard for new- comers or non-white women to break out of this societal isolation, simply because of the lack of places to meet new friends.

The Terrace Women’s Resource Centre (first Opened in 1979 in order to provide a space where women, especially those with young children, could meet each other, develop new friendships, share their skills and ex- periences and also have available new programs and information that

could make their lives more positive for them- selves.

The free and comfor- table atmosphere of the ‘open door’? policy, the

Girl Wednesday

Terrace resident Nicole Pealo enjoys reading, swim- ming and dancing. She Is a Grade 6 student at Clarence Michiel Elementary School.

Good Vision

A British sclentist proved that a chameleon's keen distance vi- sion allows it-ta shoot out its | tongue to catch Insects with amazing accuracy. In an experi- ment, she made the lizards miss their targets by distorting their vision with eyeglasses, showing that chameleons use focus as their cueto accuracy.

Art critics speak

TERRACE — Guest art critics from Vancouver, Mia Johnson and Dianne Carr spoke at the Ter- race Art Gallery Sunday, March 9.

by Sherri Haifyard

Mia Johnson is an art- ist who has held art

shows in Vancouver as

well as New York. She is also a teacher,

photographer, writer

and art critic.

Dianne Carr is an art history graduate from the University of Oregon. She works as a freelance curator and art critic in Vancouver.

. Johnson and Carr were in Terrace to judge local artists’ work entered in the Northwest Regional Juried Show March 1986.

Art selected from the

show by Johnson and Carr is to be submitted to the Provincial Festival of the Arts to be held in Prince George this May.

Both Johnson and Carr were impressed with the organization of the Terrace art show. Carr commented, ‘‘] have never walked into a show that was so easy to handle.’ Carr went on to say that she was,

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Bread and Roses

coffee pot or tea kettle warming in the back, : and the variety of wom- en who dropped in when they could, all led to the development of women breaking free from their isolation, getting out and enriching both their own and their children’s lives, The centre soon began to ask these women what they wanted and set out to provide both informa- tional and social gather- ings that they requested. Childcare and all the en- suing ‘‘hassles’. were acknowledged and dealt with and women began to form their own groups for support and informa- tion. Women who had concerns about child- raising, family violence, alcoholism, unemploy- ment or. conservation (and many other issues) got together, organized themselves and took ac- tion through films, books, guest speakers, each other and whatever resources they could find.

TERRACE — Interna- tional Women’s Day was recently celebrated at the Kermode Friendship Center.

by Sherry Halfyard

The festival, in celebration of Interna- tional Women’s Day was held jointly by Ksan House, Pro-choice com- mittee, status of women in education, and the Women’s Resource Cen- tre and other interest groups.

Displays were set up by the groups supporting the festival.

A play area was put aside for children. A sing-a-long was led by Maureen Bostock and Gloria Mertens.

Women’s centres have spread throughout the province and nationally in many small and large communities. Primarily they serve as safe, sup- portive gathering places for all women. But in- creasingly, because their members and supporters chose this, they have also become useful politically and are a unified source of power of women.

Females make up 51 percent of the popula- tion, but because society tends to be patriarchal, they haven’t had much of a voice until recently. By speaking out as a unified group, women are making their con- cerns known and are en- suring that those in posi- ‘tions of power address their concerns.

Women realize that as voters, they will decide to support those who listen to them, respect their positions and at- tempt to remedy their concerns with concrete action. Issues concerning

One of the song’s chosen was Imagine, by John Lennon. Bostock said that, ‘Imagine, is characteristic of the women’s movement.’’

Maureen Bostock

ch their lives

family violence, child abuse, homemakers, hu- man rights and many, many more are being slowly worked on, Wom- en’s centres are becom- ing a welcome addition to the services available to women in many com- munities,

The job right now is to make sure that spaces for women continue to be acknowledged, worked for and made present in all communities, This means moré organizing on local, provincial and national levels. Times have changed, but wom- en must make sure that they don’t slip back into the days of not having an organized voice for themselves,

So write! Write your local centre, your MP, your MLA and any others who are ina posi- tion to address your needs. 1, for one, would love to see the day where any woman could stop in a new community, check the phone book and head on over to the local Women’s centre, no matter where in the prov- ince or country she may be!

Local females celebrate

Later skits were per- formed. A pothuck din- ner and women’s only dance was held at the Kermode Friendship Center.

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§ and Gloria Mertens lead a sing: a-long at the Kermode Friendship Center In celabration of “Women's Day”,

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Women attend the Interna: tional Women’s Day Festival at the Kermode Friendship Center In Ter- race,

‘‘pleasantly surprised by the high standard of art work in the show.”

Mia spoke to a crowd of approximately 30 peo- ple in the Terrace Art Gallery. She discussed the artist's individual style and the intention of a work of art. “What you can see is something

that no one else can see,’’ Johnson told the artists,

Both Johnson and Carr encouraged all those who entered the show to continue their work.

All the art work entered will remain on display during March.

Selected works from the show will be avaliable for purchase.

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