Saturday, December 7, 1991 @ ec > © r ~~ S = or a regular meeting and you want it listed in AfterHOURS, let us know. Call our entertainment reporter Donna Bertrand at 365- 3517, fax us at # 365-3334, or drop us a line at DEADLINE Deadline for listings in AfterHOURS is Friday at 5 p.m. What’s on around the West Kootenay CLUBS CASTLEGAR Banjo’s Pub San Jose West Saturday, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 am., Sunday, 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Exotic Dancers to NELSON Nelson Museum History of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake: The South Side Runs to Dec. 20 352-9813 NELSON Hickory, Dickory, Dock Capitol Theatre's annual Gin 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. Karaoke Talent Search Every Monday 9:30 p.m. Comedians Every Tuesday 9:30 p.m. 365-2700 Dexter's Pub Crossroads Tonight, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m Top End Express Starting Thursday, Dec.12 365-5311 Marlane Hote! Exotic Dancers Mondays to Saturdays Noon to 12:30 a.m. 365-2626 ROBSON Lion's Head Pub Karaoke Tonight and Wednesday 8 p.m. to midnight 365-5811 TRAIL Crown Point Pub Eastern Breeze Tonight 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. 368-8232 ROSSLAND Powder Keg Pub House of Payne Tonight 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m Musician's Jam Session Sunday starting at 8 p.m. 362-7375 NELSON Library Lounge Chery! Hodge Tuesday toThursday 7 to 11 p.m. 352-5331 Boller Room Nightclub CASTLEGAR Centre Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 matinee at 2 p.m. TRAIL Trail Society for the Performing Arts Performance '91 Ballet North Jan, 14, 7:30 p.m. CASTLEGAR Castle Theatre Tonight through Thursday Curly Sue, 7 and 9 p.m. 365-7621 TRAIL Royal Theatre Tonight through Thursday All | Want for Christmas, 7 p.m. Shattered, 9 p.m. 364-2114 NELSON Civic Theatre Tonight All | Want for Christmas and The People Under the Stairs 352-5833 Beta Sigma Phi (Exemplar) 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. Various locations Next Meeting: Dec. 18 365-3114 Beta Sigma Phi (Preceptor) 1st Wednesdays , 7 p.m. Various locations Next meeting: Jan. 8 365-3401 Beta Sigma Phi (Ritual of Jewels) 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Various locations Next meeting: Dec. 11 365-6892 Out of Shade, an exhibition of fine woodworking and Festive Treasures, a selection of handcrafted Christmas gifts. Both exhibits run to Dec. 24 365-3337 Cc Cancer Society (Castlegar Unit) 2nd Monday of every other month 7:00 p.m. Castlegar Health Unit Next meeting: Jan. 13 365-6498 Castlegar and District Senior Citizens Action Committee 1st Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Next meeting: Jan. 7 365-8237 or 365-0085 Castlegar City Council Regular meetings 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7 p.m Council chambers Next meeting: Dec. 17 365-7227 Castlegar Hospital Board 4th Thursdays Hospital board room Next meeting: Dec. 12, 4 p.m. 365-7711 Castlegar School Board 3rd Mondays, 7 p.m. School board office Next meeting: Dec. 16 365-7731 Castleview Care Centre Auxiliary 4th Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. Castle View Next meeting: Dec. 18 365-3754 Christian Women's Ciub 2nd Thursdays 2 Fireside Inn Next meeting: Dec. 12, 11 a.m. 365-7728 Kinnaird Women's institute 3rd Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. Next meeting: Dec. 19 365-5441 Kiwanis Club Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Jenny's Cafe Next meeting: Dec. 10 365-2151 Knights of Pythias — Twin Rivers 1st and 3rd Mondays, 7 p.m. Masonic Hall Next meeting: Dec. 16 365-6149 Kootenay No. 9 Oidtime Fiddiers Monthly 2:30 p.m, Senior Citizen's Hall Next meeting: Jan. 26 359-7621 Kootenay Temple #37 Pythian Sisters 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Masonic Hall Next meeting: Dec. 12 365-5282 Lions Club 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Sandman Inn Next meeting: Dec. 10 Regional District of Central Kootenay Various times Next meeting: Nelson, Dec. 14,9 a.m. 352-6665 Rotary Club Tuesdays, 6 p.m Sandman Inn Next meeting: Dec. 10 365-2780 Selkirk Weavers and Spinners Guild 3rd Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. Castlegar Doukhobor Museum Next meeting: Dec. 18 365-5918 SHSS Parent Advisory Council 4th Tuesdays, 7 p.m. SHSS Library Next meeting: not set 365-7735 Strokers Club 2nd Wednesday of each month 11 am. to 2 p.m. Senior Citizen's Hall Next meeting: Dec. 11 359-7480 or 365-3540 West Kootenay Family Historians 1st Monday of every month 7 p.m., downstairs at the Castlegar Public Library Next meeting: Jan. 6 365-6519 West Kootenay Naturalists Association Last Monday of every month 7:30 p.m. Selkirk College Next meeting: Dec. 30 365-4933 Women's Aglow Monthly Various locations Next meeting: Jan. 8, 10:00 a.m., Legion Hall 365-3279 SPECIAL EVENTS Musical Celebration of Christmas Sunday, Dec. 8, 2:30 p.m Castlegar United Church Everyone welcome for an afternoon of song Seniors Christmas Party Sunday, Dec. 8, 1 to 4 p.m. Slocan Park Hall Robson River Otters Bingo Dec. 14 Early Bird, 6 p.m Regular, 7 p.m. Castlegar Community Complex Trall Skating Club's Christmas Performance Sunday, Dec. 15 Cominco Area, Trail 364-2724 the winter semester. ham all begin in. taught by three Marc Dupuis. A lata entry (Soa corgicolan is Whitongs sloan photographers: Jeremy Art school announces seven new courses The Kootenay School of the Arts in Nelson will offer seven new courses for Acrylic Painting with Susanne Brackbaver, O See, Can You Say — Creative Writ- ing with Tom Wayman, and Mask, Movement and Theatre with actor Michael Gra- an intermediate-level course di Fred Rosenberg and eosieet sions et WEST KOOTENAY LEGION BRANCH 170 APPLIANCE We Buy & Sell Used Appliances 352-7787 Nelson 365-7017 ‘WOURS: Mon. Thora. = Spm 11 pm. Fi. Sat Noon. } am GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS very Wird Tuesday in mon 7:30 pm ‘ THURSDAYS - Binge — Eaty Bir p.m Fieg 20m WE CATER TO ALL" D&E Catorow nue 365-8369 Uptown R 362- 01818 urPEOPLE Kids club needs only a spark Wi Newcomer Judy Hudema works on bringing Castlegar & bike group .. youths a proven favorite — one groups, a sewing group, a sheep group, “I can have all these different public speaki ti the same with whatever project they . and they can all form in their club. That's probably the evelyn the dott and “They. ork j in levels, start at level choose,” Hudema said. Judging rallies are a big part of the 4-H club. Members learn how to be a 4-H club Donna Bertrand NEWS REPORTER Judy Hudema is looking for six young people who would be interested in a chance to travel, make new friends and learn skills that will last a life- time. If she can find at least that many, Castlegar can start a 4-H Club. “My daughter has been in 4-H for four years and has gone just crazy with it,” Hudema said. Michelle, 14, was a member on Gabriola Island where the family re- cently moved from. And without it, she’s been a little lost. “It’s the friendship mostly,” Hudema explains. “Friendships with the same interests.” Anyone between the ages of nine and 19 can join. Throughout the year, members will attend judging rallies, regional and provincial camps, learn public speaking, earn scholarships, and have a chance to take part in a Japanese exchange program. “There's lots and lots of opportunity with it,” Hudema said. “Like, my hosted a Jap. girl last summer, 80 she’s going to Japan this ‘naatl® The 4-H Motto “Learn to Do by Doing” judged as well as how to judge other people's projects. “To practice, we start with pencils, pails, cookies and stuff like that,” Hudema said. “You line up four pencils and the child has to pick the best pencil out of the four degrading down to which is the worst pencil to use. “So you have one that’s broken, one without an eraser, one that’s really short and then a perfect pencil. They have to figure out why this pencil is bet- ter than the others to use,” she said. “And it’s always in a positive man- ner, never in a negative manner. It’s ‘the reason I chose this pencil over the others is because...,’ not ‘this one is a terrible pencil, it’s awful,” she said. The judging, the public speaking, the travelling and meeting new people, working with younger members and the responsibilities that go-with each project all work to shape the youths in- to good citizens, Hudema says. “It’s a lot of moulding the person in- toa good citizen. It’s really a learning experience that lasts a lifetime. And . Funding ily from the B.C. Ministry of Agricul- ture, Fisheries and Food. However, bers start out by ch a project of anything they are interest- ed in. what we'll do here,” she said. “We would start in January with in- each ber must have an adult spon- one where they learn, say, basic care for _ sor. a horse, the grooming, the feeding. The troducing them to their projects and older they get, it progresses more. It’s youth The cost of sponsorship is $1.50 per The following is an excerpt of a letter 14- year-old Michelle Hudema wrote to the editor of the Gabriola Island newspaper shortly be- fore moving to Castlegar. Before leaving Gabriola I would just like to briefly tell other kids about the 4-H program and let them decide if they would like to become a 4-H member. When I arrived on Gabriola four years ago, Keni Lorrette gave me the chance to join 4-H with one of her horses, Brandy! ercutias the word... my Japan exchange. This summer I hosted Kiwako Hasimoto from Japan. I now have the opportunity to go to Japan next year for three weeks! Look out Japan!! Ifyou are 9 - 19, and say you're bored cause there is nothing to do... — you haven't found the 4-H club. All you need is an interest and 4-H has a place for you. eee The following i is a poem extolling the value Brandy and Stoney Ridge farms soon b very close to me. Through many long hours of grooming and mack- ing, I learned that hard work pays off. We went to judging rallies, public speaking, speak offs, horse shows, and camps (that are totally number one), schooling shows, VIEX, work parties, corn roasts, Easter egg hunts and Christmas rides. You learn how to judge the quality of everything from horses to cookies. Friendship to me is a big part of 4-H. You work hard and play hard and meet a lot of great friends, you'll laugh and cry with them (especially cry at last day of camp). All of my three horses have taught me new things and it is hard for me to leave all of them behind. An- other very special opportunity 4-H has given me is ofa4-h ship: There once was a girl who won ribbons, mostly blue Came home from the fair with a big trophy too. With a voice glad and proud, she said to her Dad, “tis the very best year that I’ve ever had.” Said her wise Dad, “Dear, I'd like to hear Why you think that this was a very fine year.” “Why Dad, you well know all the prizes I've won, How I've come out on top in most things I've done. Just look at the ribbons that hang on my wall, And think of the money I've-made since last fall. From premium checks and a big auction price You can't help but think cash and ribbons are nice.” But the man said, “My dear you're not thinking right, Blue ribbins, ‘tis true, are better than white; But ribbons will fade and trophies grow old, Money is soon spent and fame soon grows cold. The important things, Dear, are not ribbons and pins, And sometimes it’s really the loser who wins. Now here are the things most important, it’s true Your 4-H experience has accomplished for you: You've seen how a business meeting is to run, This knowledge will help in years to come. You've conquered the fear of addressing a crowd. You've learned to stand and talk nice and loud. Patinece you've learned in your projects too, As well as your skills that will always help you You've learned the fine feeling it gives you to lend Aglad helping hand to a stranger or friend. You've learned to cooperate with majority rule, To give in with grace and not be a fool Who must always have his very own way, Be it in club work, in school, or play. You've learned how to lose without making a beef You know the judge judges to his best belief. You've learned how to win without boasting loud Akid can lose friends if she is overly proud. These are the things most important to you You'll remember and use them all your life through They'll help you become a mighty fine lady They'll do more for you than a prize ever can.” — Anonymous