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The Best from
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by Harriett Fjaagesund

The Ransom of Black Stealth One by Dean Ing
~~ Adult fiction published by St. Martin’s Press —
~ Black Stealth One. An apt name for a spy aircraft that seems
more science fiction than fact. The Americans have it. The Rus-
sians want it, Badly.

Weighing less than 500 pounds with a 60-foot wingspan, no
fuselage to speak of and no tail at all,.a two-seat cockpit pod

- that bulges on each side like the multifaceted eyes of some alien

insect, Black Stealth One looks like a huge bird of prey.
But that’s only the beginning. Its engine is no louder than a
stiff breeze, it cannot be picked up on radar, can take off and

land vertically, and has a chameleon skin that renders it virtually

invisible!

Then the unbelievable happens: Black Stealth One is stolen.
There are only two men in the entire world who can fly the air-
craft -- one is accounted for, the other is dead.

But someone is flying it. Russia and the United States engage
in a deadly game of chase, each side prepared to sacrifice
anything... or anyone.

Then it’s learned there is a hostage on board Black Stealth
One. And suddenly the game becomes much more personal.

Black Stealth One is just about impossible to put down. |
stayed up one entire night to read this book, the story simply
would not let go of me!

Dean Ing is co-author with Dr. Leik Myrabo of The Future of
Flight, high-tech non-fiction.

“EF” Ig for Fugitive: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
by Sue Grafton ..
Adult fiction published by Henry Holt and Gompany, Inc.
The only remarkable thing about. Floral Beach was the long-
ago murder of Jean Timberlake. Bailey Fowler confessed, was
properly processed and’ ‘convicted.

A year later Fowler escaped from the men’s prison at San Luis
Obispo, never to be seen again. But the residents of Floral Beach

didn’t pay much attention. =.

Seventeen years later, by sheer fluke, the cops stumbled on
Bailey Fowler. And.the case roared murderously back to life.

Royce Fowler, slowly being eaten by cancer, wants his son’s
name cleared. Kinsey Millhone agrees to take the case, even
though it’s a long shot.

As Kinsey probes beneath the calm surface of Floral Beach,
her uneasiness grows. All the evidence against Fowler is circum-
stantial, yet someone seems to be going to a lot of trouble to see
him put behind bars again.

The case takes another bizarre twist when Fowler’s mother is
murdered with a lethal injection. Kinsey has too many leads that
seem to go nowhere.

“FH? is for Fugitive is an excellent read. Kinsey Millhone is one

tough detective!
Other titles in the Kinsey Millhone series are: “‘A’’ is for Alibi,

“B” is for Burglar, “C” is for Corpse, ‘‘D’’ is for Deadbeat and

““R’’ is for Evidence.

All titles reviewed by Harriett Fjaagesund are available at the
Terrace Public Library.

Last Saturday a meeting was
held at the Terrace Art Gallery
to discuss the feasibility of a
Summer School of the Arts in
Terrace by 1991.

The B.C. government has
declared 1991 the Year of Music.

The City of Terrace has ex-
pressed its support of the idea by
setting aside $3,000 to look at a
plan for a Summer School of the
Arts in the Terrace area. Ald.
Darryl Laurent sees it as “‘a way
to put Terrace on the map”’, and
‘it is definitely a dollars and
cents issue’’. The feelings of the
group present at the meeting
were that a Summer School of
the Arts would have a strong
economic impact on the area,
through increased tourism and
interested patrons of the arts
coming to this area, in addition
to participants in the school.

‘A Summer School of the Arts
would bring people from other

- parts of Canada and interna-

tional centers to teach at the
school and also to learn. It
would also ‘‘flush out the
resources we have locally’’. All
the arts would eventually be rep-
resented at the school, but the
first year of operation would
start on a smaller and less com-
prehensive scale.

The school would provide in-
struction for students,
‘workshops for teachers, - per-

-’formances ‘forthe public and»
_ possibly a festival. The idea is to

complement,. rather than com-
pete with, other successful Sum-
mer Schools of the Arts such as
those established in Courtenay,
Vanderhoof and Banff.

Barb Kenney from the Terrace
and District Arts Council sug-
gested that the other summer
schools be contacted in order to
build on their experiences,
rather than ‘‘re-inventing the
wheel’

Marylin Davies of the North-
‘west Academy of Performing
Acts reported on the Suzuki
School that was held here in the
late 1970's. It attracted a head

Fred Penner is a geniune
master children’s entertainer.
And he’s coming to the
Prince Rupert Performing
Arts Centre on Tuesday;
Feb. 20, with two shows at
4:30 and 7:00 p.m.

Fred Penner opens
children’s imaginations to a
wondrous world of fantasy
and excitment. And that is
why he has not only earned
the loyalty of millions of
children, but has captured
the hearts of mothers,
fathers, and grandparents as
well, Fred Penner, balladeer,
humorist, weaver of tales.

His Prince Rupert ap-
pearance is being sponsored
by the Family Support [n-
stitute (for families with han-
dicapped children). Tickets
are available at Sight and
Sound in the Skeena Mall

has 80 regional resource
parents throughout the pro-
vince, They offer training for

The Family Suport Institute

regional resource parents,

Kids’ favorite i in Rupert

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provide workshops for
parents, publish a newsletter

and provide personal support
education and advocacy. _|

Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 14, 1990 B3

instructor from J apan, and par-
ticipants from as far away. as
Los Angeles. and Winnipeg —
and it made a profit. The North-
west Academy is having their
own summer school this August.
A plan of action was estab-
lished at last week’s meeting in-
cluding:
@ a brief to sell city council on
the viability. of the Summer
School of the Arts as an
economic development tool for
this area, and to ensure that such

- a school would be artistically

successful.

@ forming a society in order to
access grants available through
the provincial and federal
governments and arts councils in
recognition of 1991 as the Year
of Music. Although the reality
of the school is more than a year
away, funds would need to be
secured for hiring a full-time co-

uy for

ordinator, setting uz au office as

a focal point and meeting place
for all organizations and in-
dividuals interested in the arts or
already involved in arts. ac-
tivities, and providing the start-

‘ up costs for a Summer School of

the Arts until it becomes a finan-

- cially independent society.

The next meeting of peoplei in-
terested in a Summer School of

the Arts in Terrace will be held
at 10 a.m. on March 10 at. the.
Northwest

Academy ¢ of
Performing Arts, It is hoped.
that people will come to that
meeting with a slate of possible
nominees to form a board of
directors for the society. A com-
mittee has already been struck to
complete the application for
society status for the organiza-
tion, When that’s approved, the
work can begin.

New faces come out
for TLT auditions

Last Tuesday and Wednesday

evenings, the Terrace Little

Theatre held auditions for a set
of one-act plays to be performed
later this spring.

More than 30 people came
out, interested in either acting or
behind-the-scenes: “work: -They
were an enthusiastic and talent-
ed group, Director Daniel
Barnswell said it was great to see
so many new faces, with a real
variety of voices.

The auditions were held for
three plays:

No Problem by Katherine
Butterfield. Little Theatre
treasurer Gordon Oates will
direct the play. Gordon’s most

recent role was acting the part of

‘presents —

When you care enough to send. the very best...

\, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH

“| x 4:30 & 7:00 P.M.
“\ ATS Prince Rupert Performing Arts Centre
Tickets — $8.00 |
Available: Prince Rupert —. Gordon & Anderson |
Terrace — Sight and Sound
For more Information call 624-4341

‘“‘Brownie’’ in George F.
Walker’s ‘‘The Art of War’’.

Forever Yours Marie-Lou by
Michel Tremblay. Ken Morton,
a long-time member of the Ter-
race Little Theatre, and director
of many of their productions
(the most recent being Ladies in
Retirement), will direct this”
play.

Room 44, written by. Terrace’ §
own actor/director/playwright
Daniel Barnswell, will be

directed by Barnswell as well.
Since the play is still in the final
stages of being written, he will
hold final auditions for the two
male roles and two female roles
on Thursday, Feb..15 at 7:30
p.m. in the McColl Playhouse.

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