NOW INSTALLED in an office on Lakelse Ave., Project Literacy

coordinator Nat Purcell is busy setting up the program which will of- fer the functionally illiterate an opportunity to upgrade their reading, writing and arithmetic skills.

Young skaters give fine performa nce

I hope you were out to see the ‘Yee Carnival, March 27-28. The ' Terrace Figure Skating Club did a wonderful job of the Wizard of ‘Oz, putting on an evening of great skating. “Congratulations too to the

‘-parents who worked so hard on

all the costumes — they were just beautiful! From the sound ‘of the crowd, everyone was en- ‘joying the show, from the per- formance of Shelley Lefebvre as Dorothy.‘ to the lovely little Munchkin tots.

IL have-a first here, by the way, When the figure skating ., club, first’ started up following ” - the. ‘Opening of the arena, T was . on its committee. °

We had 629 skaters from pre-

‘schoolers to seniors. The club : now. has 115 members but the

cost: of ‘skating has gone up ; some since those early days.

: The -club’s pro is about to

leave them so they are looking

for two coaches. If you know

~ -anyone -who would like to

coach, please phone Anita Page at 635-6451. Da io ok _ A bit of an update from local singer- songwriter Debbie Toovey:. - She - says things are . going great’ so far. She has managed |

to:get some. airplay in various. - parts of B.C.:Some’ stations’

have been ‘playing her songs “during: gospel. programs while ‘her other, country music songs, _ have been played on others. .73.The.latter- include. CKER.- 7 Edmonton which has also had _her’on-for a second interview. -Closer::to home, BVLD- ‘Smithers: has been giving her airtime as well,

yim, November - of last year Debbie. ‘sent a tape to Lee _ ‘Roberts, the hast. of County Line in Michigan and received "an immediate response. He did ‘an. ‘interview with her - which

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gram at present.

Debbie and husband Rod left for Nashville April 2 where she met Lee Roberts and attended a few seminars. Of course, she was very excited at the prospect.

She would < like. to acknowledge Jon’s Photographic for the picture on her’ album, cover, ,Sight. and *Sound anid. ‘Treasure House “Books for’ “selling” “her ‘recor dings, and. the many people. in Terrace who have purchased her tapes and their kind letters and calls offering words of en- couragement. -

She says, ‘Bless you all. ”

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Remember I .was asking a while back if anyone knew what happened. to the Bill Roper family? (Daughter Terri-Leigh was the first baby born in Mills Memorial hospital).

Bill was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Roper whose other children ‘were Don, Bruce, Beryl, Judy and Maxine. The family lived on Highway 16 west. |

- Bill and family left. Terrace some years ago for ;Everett, Washington State, where he drove logging truck: Apparent- ly, Bill was killed in a car acci- dent there. .

_His, father, Ernie, was a heavy machine - operator. and

also moved away from here, to.

live down south. He too was killed in a traffic accident when

his vehicle struck a deer while he -

was driving home from his last day at work before retirement. I do have Terri-Leigh’s ad- dress so will be writing to her. - Wik kkk

Project Literacy Terrace this week began in earnest its efforts. fo meet the needs of those who.

have difficulty with reading,

writing or arithmetic.

In this, the first in a two part series, project co-ordinator Nat Purcell provides details on 1 the program.

Project Literacy should | be seen as ‘‘an opportunity for people to upgrade and: hone their skills without feeling em- barrassed,’* says Purcell,

And while the, most crucial and perhaps difficult part will be persuading learners to take the opportunity to do so, he em-: phasizes there is little doubt there is a need.

As evidence, he points to the results of a provincial study which determined there are more than 7,600 “functionally illiterate’ people in the Skeena region.

Other studies, he adds, sug- gest as many as one-in-five “‘have trouble reading at a very fundamental level.” As aresult, many tasks, such as filling out application or government

- forms are extremely difficult, if.

not impossible for them, Purcell expects learners will |

most likely come. from those who, for any ofa number of

reasons, either left school early -

or who were unable to make the desired progress ‘in the then school system. That included

‘the -55-plus age group, the lear-

ning “disabled, street kids, unemployed single mothers and natives.

Initial - efforts to draw : ‘learners have included talking

to all those agencies and organizations whose mandate usually brings them into contact with the functionally illiterate. Pureell. hopes word-of-mouth will: also help get the message out,

=Conceding learners will be those “‘courageous enough to come here and try it for three months,”” he emphasizes they are assured complete confiden- tiality.

Anyone wanting more infor- mation on Project Literacy can contact Purcell at 635-9119 or drop into the office on Lakelse Ave. (an the ground floor of the

. Tillicum building).

Next week, Purcell explains the training program for tutors, teaching methods and plans jor the future.

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I have received a , short note from Jean Froese Burr in Clear- brook, who has just returned from a two-month vacation.

She misses the many friends she ©

made during the 35.or more years she lived here, but likes being closer to. her children and gr d dé Ve Be

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News from the “Willows: First, everyone at the Willows would like to say.a big thank- you to the people ‘involved in the Easter Bunny Run.

Easter Bunny Ron Fleming, fire. chief Bob Beckett and Sharon Prinz from Mills Memorial hospital made.a stop at the Willows with Easter eggs for everyone (they were generously donated by local merchants). :

Then’ Cecile and Mel got busy

making up Easter baskets which ©

they hung on the doors of all the

‘tenants ‘after they’d gone to

bed, From what I hear, the seniors. were very pleased. Apparently, Ron, Bob and Sharon also made stops at Ter- raceview, ‘-the Tuck Ave. seniors’ housing complex, Mills Memorial. hospital and Osborne

, House.

Birthdays at ‘the Willows for

April arez’ Juleite Tremblay,

_Apr. 4; Mildred Hjort, Apr. 18;

and Molly Gauvreau, Apr. 28. Kkkkt

‘I would like to send out

special birthday greetings to

‘Stella. Miller for April 5 and

hope everything went well,

Happenings at Terraceview Lodge: A group of singers from the Alliance Church entertained last Wednesday...the lodge will be holding two pub nights this month...Donna says everyone up there is doing well.

April birthdays are Patty

¥,Dorion, .77,.0n -Apr. 1; Marie -. Poelstra; 58.0n Apr. 8; and Carl

‘Clausen, 84 ‘on a Agr. 15,

: Lee Hospital Foundation cash calendars last year was multi- : __ple wins were possible. A

$100 — Berg’s name was drawn again April 5 to give her

>ash winners

One of the points emphasized by those selling Dr. R.E.M: a

And last week, Wendy Berg of Terrace became the first to ° benefit from the fact winners’ names go straight back into the [ draw, Hard on the heels of her March 31 success'—- worth”

another $50.

Other $50 winners during the past week were Sheryt Fan- dray, Don Snider, Andy Davis, Joe Mandur and Sean Moldenhauer, all of Terrace, and Lucy Moar of Alonsa, Manitoba.

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