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| Pub ats Bay » - lic Librafy 'Ont. Jl TERRACE BAY NEWS VOL, 22 NO, 2 JANUARY 17, 1979 25¢ PER COPY COUNCIL QUOTES The regular meeting of the Council of the Township of Terrace Bay was held on January 8 at 7 p.m. Present were Reeve C. Bras- sard, Councillors M. Hamilton, C. Lepine, P. Romanuk, D. Speer, Clerk Co-ordinator W. Hanley and M. Simmer. Minutes of the previous meeting were adopted as presented. Reeve Cyril Brassard and Don Stuart (or Marj Hamilton as al- ternate) will attend the 0.M.E.A. Convention in Toronto, March b to 6. Claude Lepine was appointed to the Thunder Bay Health Unit (alternate Marj Hamilton), representing Terrace Bay and Schreib- er for 1979. Council has agreed to donate $250.00 to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind for 1979. The Ministry of Inter-government affairs has advised that they -will continue to pay expenses of members of council offices for out of town trips. A letter was received from a chiizen commenting on the block- age of driveways and the high snowbanks caused by snow removal. The town has employed a snow blower to blow back the high banks. Wardrop and Associates have advised Council that they have completed sewer repairs in the Terrace Heights Subdivision to the bast of their ability. The Ministry of Environment has informed council that a mic- robiological survey which was carried out in August, 1978 has revealed that the water here is satisfactory both chemically and biologically. The Minor Hockey Association was given permission to conduct a bottle drive on Saturday, January 13th. Jim Spencer has been re-classified as Head Maintenance Care- taker as per Union Contract effective January 17, 1979. CONTINUED PAGE 2 escssssssscense Overture Concert THEY CAME, WE SAW, WE WERE CONQUERED Rossianka, a group of specially chosen Russian performers on an 8 week - 45 performance tour, were in concert January 9 in Terrace Bay. The guest artists, Ludmilla Semyenova and Evgeni Khokhlachev in colourful, native dress performed dances of the Urals plus Russian and Ukranian dances. |'m sure a great many spectators nursed tense. and aching muscles from just watching these two, leaping, whirling and high-kicking their way across the stage. Vocalist Tatania Filimonova, accompanied by the "Rhythm" ensemble, captivated us with Gypsy song and 'dance. A duet comprised of Velery Azov, bayan soloist, and Oleg Glukhov, bal- alaika virtuoso, performed "Fantasy on Russian Melodies - Rus- sian Romances", and returned for an encore because of a per- sistent, hand-clapping audience. The Georgian dance quartet, "Tseruli", in Georgian native dress, left little of the stage unused as they performed mock battles and frenzied dance segments. Their special repertoire included precision handling of daggers and shields. Leonid Khari tonav sang Russian and Ukranian Folk songs accompanied by the "Rhythm" ensemble. Senior citizens were later able to ap- proach Mr. Kharitonov and delighted in speaking to him in his native language. Marj Lundberg introduced the Rossianka: troupe to the aud- ience and Kenneth Asch, Overture's representative travelling with the troupe, had the opportunity to describe the various instruments used by "Rhythm". Special thanks are extended to Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gusul, Mr. & Mrs. George Dashkewytch, and Mr. George Turenko who Yater attended a private reception and helped us tremendously with the language barrier. Mic. Filimonova commented that hearing Canadians speak with them in the mother tongue made them feel very welcome and at home in Canada. Dora Weaver, Connie Bryson and Tamara Fortin, members of the Eastern Star were in charge of the reception and are to be CONTINUED PAGE 2