The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 10, 1996 - B1 * TERRACE STANDARD INSIDE SECTION B ye COMMUNITY | CRIS LEYKAUF i EVENTS B2 638-7283 _ Volunteer of the Year Contest deadline this Friday REG HORNE Simple is best NE NICE thing about spring is that there are fewer bad hair days. A colleague was telling me how a haircut she had left her with spikes over the crown of her head. She asked for professional advice and was told the only solution was to spike it all so that it would then grow aut evenly. This she did reluctantly only to discover that every- one loved the new lock. If there is one day you don’t want to have a hair attack, it’s your wedding day. That could really spoil months of planning, if a high wind and rain doesn't do it for you. Another colleague announced her engage- ment recently and said that the wedding would be next spring to allow time for the planning. A wedding should be something to re- member. I can remember a few. One of my many nephews married into money and had to have a huge wedding with hundreds of guests. Everyone was at the church at the appointed ten o’clock, ex- cept of course the bride. She arrived half an hour late in a classic automobile. The service went well, after which the guests stood about on the church lawn waiting while the bridal party went ta the botanical gardens for the wedding photos. An hour later everyone was ready for the three course meal which was delayed fur- — ther by much toasting’ and speech making. Late in the afternoon, the Jag was loaded with the gifts and the happy couple drove into the sunset. The following spring, the groom’s younger brother married the bride’s younger sister. This was an invitation for one-up-man-ship if there ever was one. They had to have an even bigger wedding. She arrived an hour late in a horse and car- Tiage. The guests broiled lightly in the heat of an exceptional March day as the bridal party went to the park to have their photos taken sitting in a row boat on the pond. That took forever, The following spring, the groom's younger brother married the bride’s younger sister. This was an tnvitation for one-up-man-ship if there ever was one. Once again we sat down for a big meal and eventually watched the bride and groom set off in a small Honda loaded to the roof with luggage and gifts. I don’t know why they used a small car but maybe it made it look like they got more stuff. I can laugh at all this because I was a poor struggling student when we got married so we made it simple, Tt was arranged in less than two wecks. We bought all the necessary silk flowers from a store that was going out of business al a considerable discount. Everyone ar- rived at the church on time, save for the bride who was a modest ten minutes late. We had the photos taken at the chapel with our [ake flowers, gave everybody a piece of cake previously cut, and a cold drink and sent them home for lunch. We had a rented car with ‘Just Married’ scrawled on the trunk to take us to the air- port. I understand everyone stood around and visited and were very pleased with the whole affair. The one bit of continuity in all of this was the bridesmaids — my wife’s three nieces. They seemed to always be bridesmaids in those days. I remember sitting around one evening and pulling out the old wedding photos. There were the three of them, growing tal- ler and older as one wedding followed an- other. My wile just phoned to say that one of them is about to have her third child, My how time flies. Dr. Reg Horne is a member of the Univer- sity of Northern British Columbia Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies based tt Terrace. FRIDAY 18 your last chance to nominate someone for the Ter- Tace Standard/Overwaitea Volunteer of the Year contest, It looks like this year’s judges could have a bard choice ahead of them. This year’s judges are Lovina Tyler, of the Terrace Volunteer Bureau, Dale Lufkin, Overwailea manager and Rich McDaniel, city councilor. The nearly impossible choice of selecting one volunteer from the many dedicated choices we’ve seen so far will be in their hands, Many of the nominees seem to feel their activities aren't very noteworthy, but without them the city wouldn’t be friendly, caring place it is now. This week five more nomina- tion forms came in, If you'd like lo nominate some- onc, clip out the form on page BS and mail or fax it in by this Fri- © day. Lise Longpre & Marcus lvanoff Longpre was reluctant ‘to dis- cuss her volunteer work when she first leamed she'd been nominated. Thereasa McKay nominated Longpre and Ivanoff for all the help they’d given her over the past three years. “Even though Marcus has health problems of his own, he and Lise have adopted me as their ‘special project’,”’ wrote McKay, “For the last three years they have helped spring clean and keep my yard neat and tidy, of- fered at least three times per week to take me shopping or do my shopping for me and done minor repair jobs in my home,”’ “Tvs just something between fricnds,”’ says Longpre, However, Longpre’s and Ivanoff’s volunteer work is deep- ly appreciated by its sole recipient, “All these things have been done out of the kindness of their hearts,’’ wrote McKay. They are “honest, kind, loving people,”’ Jim Stainton The average length of service at the Terrace Volunteer Fire De- partment is 14-15 years, That’s unusual in ‘itself, since most people only stick around two to three years at the most. But Jim Stainton has been there for over 30 years. Now caplain of the fire depart- ment, Stainton has attended several major fires over the years in Terrace, including fires at the Terrace © Community Centre . (Lower Little Park), Terrace Hotel and the buildings between Northen Health Supplies and Westem Sportsman. Lonna = Fisher ~~ nominated Stainton and says, ‘‘knowing thal there are people like Jim Stainton ready and able to help us in our moments of crisis help tu make Terrace a safe and secure place to live.” Siainton also served briefly as Unit Chief of the Terrace Am- bulance Station and was a mem- ber of Terrace Search and Rescue team several years aga, With this background it’s no surprise that he’s currently coach- ing a team lo compete in an Auto Extrication competition in carly May. When asked about his dedica- tion to volunteering, Stainton says, “I enjoy this type of volunteer work. But you won’t find me selling raffle tickets on a street comer. That type of volunteering isn’t for me,’’ Norah Ferguson ‘Norah Ferguson is a person who always gives 110 per cent to whatever she does, and is very successf{ul,’’ says nominator Jean M. Thomson, Ferguson has been an active volunteer since 1969. She has worked with the Girl Guides as a district commissioner and music adviser, the Kinettes, holding every possible office, was the Chair of the Aurora Summer School of Arts and a member of Theatre Alive. Those are just her past accomplishments, She is currently active with the Pacific NW Music Festival, on the board of the BC Association of Performing Arts Festivais, a member of Terrace Little Theatre and on the board of directors for Theatre B.C. “She is generous with her many talents and has devoted many hours to the belterment of our community,”’ says Thomson. “Choosing to nominate some- one deserving of this honour is a daunting task; so many in our city are fongstanding and loyal volunteers. I chose Norah, be- cause not only has she spent many years as a voluntecr, but her cheerful and friendly per- sonality brings joy to many.” Gertrude Grundmann Last year’s winner of the Yolunteer of the Year contest, Aileen Frank, decided to pul her own nomination in this year. “To my knowledge there is no one in Terrace more worthy of recognition for the Terrace Com- munity Volunteer of the Year 1996 award than Gertrude Grund- mann, Since her retirement from 44 years of nursing (many of those years in Mills Memorial), Gert has served the Terrace com- munity... and made Terrace a bet- Easter fun CASSANDRA ZUDA and Stephanie Scott ware making Easter baskets and eggs late last week in preparation for the Easter Bunny's visit. Cassandra was a bit worried about the Easter Bunny's safety though. Her family owns four salamanders, and “they eat anything that wiggles,” she explained. And if the Easter Bunny made it past the salamanders, she was concerned it might eat the basket she was carefully preparing in her class at Parkside, % ter place to live,’’ wrote Frank on her nomination form, “She is gerierous with her time and effort to assist in many fund- raising events to such causes as the hospital foundation, the 1i- brary, and all health related pro- grams.’’ Frank also noted Grundmann’s volunteer work with seniors, par- licularly at the Happy Gang Centre where ‘she keeps most activities on an even keel.”’ “Gert Grundmann is a valuable asset to the Terrace community,’ concludes Frank. Jean Hamer VOLUNTEERING I5 a life- long commitment for some, al- though it docsn’t always start out that way. Jean Hamer started volunteer- ing in 1952, wrote her son Mur- tay on his nomination form. “T got active in volunteering through my children,’’ said Hamer. She started out with the Girl Guides and was a leader for a few years. Then her children became interested in horses, and Hamer became involved in volunteer ac- tivities with the Totem Saddle Club. When Hamer’s’ younger daughter wanted to join a 4H club, Hamer helped start onc in town. Now that her grandchildren are getting older, Hamer finds herself as active as ever in local youth groups. She’s also the secretary and Terrace representative to the Yel- lowhead West 4H council. ‘It’s just something to do,” says Hamer. ‘I enjoy working with the kids and helping.’’ She also enjoys the social aspects of voluntecring.