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Terrace Standard Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Local wins academic competition A FORMER resident placed first at the Jeux de Commerce with his teammates recently. Brandon Merritt, in his third year in accounting at the University of Northern BC (UNBC) in Prince George, was one of more than 600 students from 12 business schools competing in one of 10 academic disciplines. The three-day event showcases academics, athletics, debate and an out-of-the-box social competition and gets the best business students together. Participants compete in all facets of business and develop networking, critical thinking and leadership skills. The academic competitions include accounting, marketing, human resources, international business and business strategy. Participants are given an academic case and they spend three hours coming up with a solution for presentation. The team then has 20 minutes to present its solution to the judges. This year’s competition featured the first Entrepreneurship Pitch, where students created business ideas and presented them to real investors. Starting in 2010, JDC West became the only case competition that emphasizes a focus on strategy for non-profit organizations.
February 14, 15, 16, 22, 23 and March 1, 2, 8, 9 Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club in Thornhill
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brandon merritt and his teammates Jessica Cave and Natasha Lukawitski, came first in western Canada at the Jeux De Commerce.
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Fax your event to make the Scene at 250-638-8432. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday.
Clubs & pubs
■■ THORNHILL PUB: Free pool Wed. and Sun., karaoke night Thurs. Karen and Mark provide musical entertainment every Fri. and Sat. 7 p.m. Shuttle service if you need a ride. ■■ LEGION Branch 13: Meat draws are every Sat. afternoon, and the first draw is at 4:30 p.m. Steak Night is held on the first Friday of every month. ■■ GEORGE’S PUB: Free poker Sunday 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Wednesday 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Karaoke Sunday. Live weekend entertainment. Shuttle service if you need a ride. King Triple Bypass plays Feb. 22 and 23. ■■ mt. layton lounge: Open daily noon to 11 p.m. Free pool, darts and shuffleboard. The lounge is located at Mt. Layton Hotsprings just off Hwy37 between Terrace and Kitimat. ■■ beasleys mix: Karaoke is every Friday night and free pool is every Saturday. Beasleys Mix is located in the Best Western at 4553 Greig Avenue.
Art
■■ the terrace art Gallery presents the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art Student Exhibition until Feb. 23. ■■ Terrace Art Club meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at Skeena Middle School Art Room. Park in the small lot off Walsh
St. It’s an open studio format with options to work on your own, view art videos or work on projects from the resource library. The club is free and all skill levels are welcome. For more information, call Joan at 638-0032 or Maureen at 635-7622.
Theatre
■■ Terrace Little Theatre is back with its dinner theatre production, Sexy Laundry, at the Skeena Valley golf club. A side-splitting funny, tender comedy running Feb. 22, and 23 and March 1, 2, 8 and 9. Tickets at Uniglobe.
the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. Four men. Four microphones. No instruments. This fabulous foursome has been entertaining audiences worldwide for more than a decade with their innovative jazz arrangements, genre-hopping covers and eclectic originals. With an infectious energy and a good measure of jovial stage antics, this cool cat rat pack of musical misfits is guaranteed to leave you shouting out for more. ■■ terrace community band holds its Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. March 9 at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre.
harry puts on his dance moves in TLT’s dinner theatre Sexy Laundry.
■■ high school zone Drama Festival takes place Feb. 21 to 24 at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. First curtain Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening is at 7:30 p.m. with three short plays each of those days. Awards presented Sunday.
Music
■■ the terrace concert Society presents Cadence at 8 p.m. March 2 at
You are invited to
■■ school band telethon with special guests the Soul Professors March 10 at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. Admission by donation to the Skeena and Caledonia band programs.
Reading ■■ northwords creative writers present author Sheila Peters discussing her latest novel The Taste of Ashes at 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at the NWCC library. Register for this free event at the public library or at 635-6511 ext. 5259.
Speaker
■■ unbc terrace Speaker Series presents “Skeena Salmon Habitat Monitoring Program,” presented by Greg Knox of SkeenaWild, from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 27 at the UNBC campus. Free. For more details, call Alma at 615-5578 or alma.avila@unbc.ca.
Annual General Meeting at the Terrace Sportsplex Rick McDaniel Room,
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Afterwards we will host an information session open to everyone who has an interest in tourism in the region. The focus of the evening is to provide insight into the current and future direction of tourism in Terrace and what it means for you and your business. If you have any questions please contact Tourism Manager Tyler Clarke via telephone (250) 635-4944 or email: manager@visitterrace.com