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NORTHWEST SKETCHES ‘
CO Signatures of the North . ae
- © Published by The Terrace Writers’. Guild
eo $6.95 or $12.00 for 1988-89 package =
Published annually, Northwest Sketches is a group effort: of.
the members of The Terrace Writers’ Guild.

_ There are stories and poems ranging from The 1944 Terrace
mutiny to a fond look back at the rural schools of Alberta. There
is even a devilishly good story about postal chess that will leave
you wondering! - -
"Authors fromas.far away-as-Duncan and Burns Lake con-
tributed their-work. The book is also well illustrated by artists
from Terrace and Kitimat. og

With Christmas just around the corner why ‘not pick up a copy
— they make great stocking stuffers! You might even want to —
pick up a copy for yourself for those long winter nights ahead! -

You'll find Northwest Sketches on sale at: Misty River Books;
Northern Drugs; Northern Light Studio; Chamber of Commerce
Tourist Information Booth; Coles Books, House of Sim-Oi-Ghets
(airport gift shop); and Overwaitea Foods.

The Terrace Writers’ Guild would like to remind you they are
now accepting submissions for the 1990 edition. All submissions
‘must be received by January 31, 1990. Please include SASE and
sent to: Terrace Writers’ Guild, 4620 Soucie Avenue, Terrace,
B.C., V8G 2E7. .

Adult Readers

by Andrea Deakin -

A garden hewn out of five acres of rough bushland surrounded
by orchards offers a blaze of red roses against a Rocky Mountain

| Distributing the wealth
‘and District Arts Council, and ‘Terrace Musi-
cians’ Association representative Gord Shaben.
took delivery of the last installment of Lottery.
funds, $7,996, that were used in the community
Performing Arts Shell project in George Little
Memorial Park.
Parker also brought along a cheque for
$11,160 to help fund the Gitksan Wet’suwet’an
Education Society’s Youth and Training Centre

in Hazelton. Society representative Val
Napoleon was unable to be present, =~"...

Skeena MLA Dave Parker was back in the
‘riding Dec. 9 bearing cheques from the B.C.
Lottery Fund. Standing next to Parker is Nora
Phillips, who accepted'$44,770 for the Terrace
Youth Soccer Association to help fund the final
phase of the Christy Park soccer playing fields
project. The money will be used to complete the
last two of five tournament-class fields. Phillips
said that when Christy Park is finished it will be
the best soccer facility anywhere in the north.
Barbara Kenney,. president of the Terrace

backdrop. It is the Peters’ garden in Creston. A formal French

garden offers serenity and peace in a 50 feet by 120 feet lot in

Hamilton. Harvey Sobel has formed himself a sanctuary. A sen-

sitive use of water and swaths of grass edged with herbacious

borders make Francis Cabot’s garden.in La Malbaie a peaceful
tribute to two great gardening nations, Britain and Japan.
From tiny plot to spreading acres, /n a Canadian Garden
celebrates the ingenuity, creativity and hard work of those who
have built themselves gardens, from Vancouver Island to the

Maritimes. .

' This is not a working text, rather it is a celebration made up of
personal accounts and insights from the garden owners supported
by the sympathetic vision of photographer Freeman Patterson. It
is an elegant book, a book to browse through, and unashamedly
a ‘coffee table” book. The success so many of the gardeners
have achieved with ‘difficult’ pieces of land offers inspiration, |
now have an idea of how to tackle that shaded rocky corner of
the lot. Whether your taste lies in formal arrangement or the
‘natural’? garden that allows nature to ‘‘do her thing’’ with but
little inteference, there is something here to capture your imagina-
tion. Zn a Canadian Garden by Nancy Eaton and Hilary Weston

is published by Viking at $45.

~ Robert Westall is well established as a writer of gripping im-
aginative books for young people. Antique Dust is his first book
for adults. It is a series of ghost stories woven around the
character of Geoff Ashden, ex-bomber pilot, but now in civilian
life making a living of sorts as an antique dealer. Through his .
hands pass not only the Georgian tables and Victorian bric-a-

brac, but also the personal belongings, each of them still carrying

some essence-of their owners. As. Ashden puts it, ‘Passing .
through my hands, they give off joy, loneliness, fear... I have
known more evil in a set of false teeth than in any so-called
haunted house in England.” . .
Much of the evil and unhappiness does come Ashden’s way. °
There is the familiar devil which, locked in the body of an anti-
que doll, causes havoc and destruction. There is the disgruntled
spirit that haunts children on a school outing. There is the
mother seeking help to find a lost child who nearly costs Ashden
his life. A pious and sensitive young girl picks up a pair of
glasses in Woolworth’s, and sees life all too differently through
Catherine de Medici's spectacles. .

Westall can be chilling, he can keep the reader on the edge of
his seat, bui above all his observation of those around him is
subtley conveyed in the casual expressions of Ashden, and the
hautiting search for happiness, For some connection with her
dead lover, of Chalky’s girl. . | :

Antique Dust, a chilling and stimulating collection of ghost - .
stories by Rubert Westall, is published by Viking at $24.95;

Speech arts workshop planned

Contributed.by Jo Falconer _ Parents and teachers who at- pathy with the students. We.
° Ys ". tended the 1988. B.C: Festival of look forward to welcoming him

The Pacific Northwest Music the Arts were impressed with to Terrace and benefitting from
Festival is pleased to announce Mr. Eadie’s work and his em- his expertise.

that Mr. James Eadie of Ed-— . —
monton, Alberta. will be pre-— | N ORTHWEST ARTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR

senting a Speech Arts workshop.
R.E.M. Lee Theatre — —

on Jan. 26 and 27 at Clarence
Michiel School in Terrace.

Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. — Skeena Jr./Thornhill Jr.
Christmas concert.

- Mr. Eadie was the adjudicator —
for Speech Arts at the 1988 B.C.
Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. — Thornhill Primary Christmas
‘concert.

Festival of the Arts in Kimberley
Dec. 22 at 1 p.m. — Skeena Christmas Assembly.

and will be adjudicating at
“festivals in Edmonton, Medicine

Prince Rupert Performing Aris Theatre —
Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. — “Repercussion”.

Hat and two locations in B.C. in
Kitimat Mount Elizabeth Theatre —

1990. He is an experienced actor
and drama educator in Alberta,
Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. — Elementary and beginner band. -
concert.

‘teaching courses at Grant.
McEwan Community College,
the University of Alberta and

‘for ‘The Other Agency’. He
‘recently played the leading role
in the George Walker play
‘Zastrozzi’ at.the University of
Alberta.

A new category, ‘Public
Speaking, has been introduced
into this year’s festival, and. the - " “Double Time”.
workshop begins with a session |- |
on Public Speaking on Friday, Terrace Hotel -- ee
Jan, 25 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Augle Ss Lounge — Karen Ljungh, vocalist and planist.
Saturday, Jan. 27 will be Gigi's Pub — “Greywolf”. me
devoted to Choral Speaking
from 9 a.m, to noon and
Dramatic Scenes, 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. Registrations must be

-. made by Jan. 9. Mr. Eadie will
also be giving private lessons on
_ Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
For further information, call Jo
Falconer .at 638-8061 after -5 ‘|:

Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m. — Evening of “Winter Celebra-
tlons” MESS drama and music students.

Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. = “Repercussion”, African to Ragtime,
Classical to Jazz. ST

Northern Motor Inn — | |
Monday to Saturday In George’s Pub, Jim & Jean,

Inn of the West —

Jan. 8 — Hugh Fraser Quintet.

Skeena Hotel — .
New Year's Eve dinner and pub night.

_ Royal Canadian Leglon, Branch 13 — SAE
New Year's Eve extravaganza at 7:30 p.n., music by

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Hanky Panky's New Year's Eve dinner and party. - - nas os

__ “Northern Pride”.

- p.m, or Bila George at 635-4751.

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