GREEN SEEDLESS GRAPES | Last night while I was at the regular macs dinner meeting of the Castlegar Rotary Club an old and famous picture came to mind. It represents, I believe, a scene from the life of the youthful Sir Francis Drake and shows an old “gea-dog” in Elizabethan costumo’sitting on the beach and telling tales of high adventure to two fascinated boys, while he points westward across ‘the Atlantic’ Ocean. While the historical validity of this picture may’ be in tion, ‘its is as p as ever. RUSSET POTATOES TASTE TELLS MUSHROOMS EDWARDS COFFEE a7 4 79 SNOW STAR Ice CREAM nin 453 B.C. WHITE SUGAR 10.56*° SUNLIGHT: LAUNDRY ‘DETERGENT «x 942° BONELESS BUTTOM BEEF ROAST HERITAGE BONELESS HAMS win 3999 Some discussion had come up concerning our present Rotary Exchange student from New Zealand, Ruth. Hender- son. She hadn't said anything Jim Lamont said, but he had the feeling that she was a little apprehensive about having to adjust to six different families in one year in a strange land. It is quite natural for anyone coming half-way ‘round the world to be a little apprehensive, someone else added, but what she needs right away. is the names and some. knowledge of her future host families — then she will feel that she will be staying with real people, like her own family. Furthermore, she is much better off than Adriana who spoke only Spanish when she came here. Ircmeombered Adriana Leon, She had come to Castlegar the year before on the Rotary International’ Student Exchange from Mexico and was one of the hundreds of high -.», school-level students who'leave their home countries each | - year to live in the homes and attend the schools of one of the 167 Rotary countries or regions across the world. “Here in the host country, they have the opportunity to learn about the culture and customs of the host country and to act as unofficial ambassadors of peace and understanding for their own country. When Adriana — a bright, attractive and vivacious 11-year-old — arrived in Castlegar and was registered in Grade 11 at Stanley Humphries Secondary School in 1981, she could speak no English and knew no one. Shortly before. she left for home last August she gave a‘slide show talk to i the Castlegar Rotarians and: Rotary: Anns ‘in. very presentable English. She had in the year made many friends for herself and her country, and she left with many words of gratitude to her Canadian “parents,” her teachers and fellow students — with not a few tears on both sides. As in the case of the young Francis Drake, some adults had fired her imagination and pointed the way for her to go. Others had provided. the means to help her. on her adventure, but the final success had depended on Adriana herself. Shortly after Adriana had left for Mexico, the other half of the student exchange began we had the pleasure of: announcing that Ken Ross, a Grade 11 Stanley Humphries Secondary student and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ross (one of Adriana’s Castlegar families) had been selected'to go for a in Pan ‘Castlegar Rotary ‘exchange look this photograph amothe Amalia:Gonzalez Negie! of his host and her maid is the son of Mr. and Airs. Ron Ross. Program in the City of Walla walla, Wa. (aot too’ ‘tae away from you) and the boy, (20 years old) is the only one at home with‘ us. About your, son, Ken: he is a wonderful person, all the time happy, very responsible and with high moral. values. We hope that during his ‘stay with us he had learned some about our country, our costumes, food’and our way of living and thinking. Any way, with the exchange he: has, the opportunity to, learn another ° ‘language and get some experience about people. * . Qur hope is that he had a good time with us and we are sure that we are going to miss him very mch. ‘ Tm enclosing ‘some-newspaper clippings and two pictures of him. He will tell you about the dance party we had at the Rotary Club. Please forgive for my. very poor English writing and the mistakes, but if you want the next letter I'll write in Spanish. Our best regards to you and the family and we hope ‘to see you some day here in Leon... Daniel and Amalia : Next ar in the same spirit but close to Home three -other Castlegar young people, also students at the Stanley. -y School. will be speaking: in’ compe- year to Mexico, It seems, also, that he is being not only ing well as‘an unofficial Desbansction for Canada. Al letter froti his first host; family, Dr. Daniel Gonzalez Negrete of Leon and his, wife Amalia, together with his pictures say it best, as follows: November 22nd, 1982 Mr. and Mrs. Ross Castlegar, B.C. Dear Friends: We think that you know that your son Ken had to move to his second home (Mr. and Mrs. Solis) and he has to spend there two and a half months, so we want with this letter to ‘have the opportunity to salute all of you and give a brief report about us and Ken. My name is Daniel Gonzalez Negrete, my tition at the Castlegar Rotary Club dinner: Donna Ozeroff,.. Sandra Lee and Martin Andrews are all candidates for the in- Ci which an all-expenses-paid trip to Ottawa and the opportunity to see Parliament at work. Copies of their application forms were issued for study to the club members by Community Service chairman Ken Carr since their performance and reasons for attending will be judged by the club as'a committee of the whole. We would like to wish them every success. Still in the same spirit, club president and Zuckerberg Island Project chairman, Wilf Sweeney, asked. for’ and received club support in raising the club commitment to the Island project from $5,000 to $7,000 in order to support for the project as a Summer MLD. (Obst. and Gyn.); my wife is Amalia and we are the proud parents of seven girls and one boy. Five of our daughters are married, the number six is far away from us, Works program, and provide 16-18 weeks of work for local college and. university students. We would like-to point cut f ae this is no “make-work” because she is studying in the City of and the little one (16 years old) is in the Rotary Youth Exchange buta part' of the future of the City of Castlegar. fcketeere Island has the” for the most {ful “people park” in the Southern Interior and I hope. that any students involved in its development would see it, not as just a job or an end in itself, but as a source of excitement and imagination, a finger pointing to the future of which they will forever be a part. Ruth Henderson acc in Canids via Los Angeles from New Zealand a little more’ than a month ago. She is now registered at the high school and has the Lamonts as her first Canadiaa “parents.” Since I have been away during that time, I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting her, but understand that she too is an excellent ambassador for her country. { Mayl assure her also that the people of Castlegar take great. pride in their. reputation for friendliness and hospitality and that we are most pleased she listened to the call to adventure and followed the pointing finger to our part of Canada. sa « 6 i The Castlegar Rotary Club is collecting used postage stamps on behalf of the Kosigaya Rotary Club in Japan. The Kosigaya Club, which has been collecting stamps for the past six years, will in.turn sell the stamps in aid of the Japan Overseas Christian Medical’ Service: {JOCs) whieh ‘sends | medical ‘Nepal and ‘children against ‘disease: — mainly TB. Teohentved _ Japatiese stamps or 20 stamps from other nations will realize enough money for. one vaccination. Don't throw away your used postage stamps, therefore, but leave them at the Chevron. Station in Castlegar c/o George Fontes or give them to any Rotarian for forwarding, , Stamps should be left on the paper (one thickness) with a quarter-inch margin around the stamps. ~ “If you are going to the hospital or near it, don't forget that Thelma Ehman of the Cancer Society is also collecting postage stamps and doubtless would welcome your donation. id . e Personal note: My warmest thanks to all of my friends who were so kind and thoughtful as to write or call on my birthday. The English poet Alexander Pope says it best: “Oh,'be thou blest with all that heaven can send: Long health, long youth, long pleasure — and a friend. : Prices Effective March 10, 11, & 12 IN THE CASTLEGAR STORE OA SAFEWAY LiMmITEO SALES IN RETAIL ‘QUANTITIES ONLY A half a dozen 1. priced owe heavy insulation and poly as standard features. 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Concrete ‘INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE Exchang Henderson was.on: hand at Tuesday's council meeting to present Mai jor Audrey ‘Moore with:a special gift ofa set of cuff inks and a. ‘Rotary International oe ‘later pi the royal wardrobe “VICTORIA (CP — Vera difficult to work with though (, Poncin, one of ‘the most and she was ‘easy to please. beautiful models inthe world Ton years of service drew when she was the’ toast of the two women ‘close and Paria in the.1920s and.’80s,. Poncin.‘ keeps private : her: was. watching Queen Eli- conversations . with (the zabeth's wardrobe | ‘with par-- ‘Queen. 7 ticular interest when ‘ahe ar- But she enjoys” discussing rived here March 8. many memories of the As Poncin, called Sumurun Queen. : for her exotic, dark beauty in “The Queen notices every- | the days of art deco and high thing," she recalled. “She's society, sits ‘in her Victoria most observant.” home itis easy toseehow her, “It was wonderful looking modost elegance had won after her. She has that won- royal favor. derful gift that: you know Poncin, now 87, became she's the Queen. I don't know sales head in 1958 for Lon- how — she conveys itina don's. exclusive, Norman quiet way — and yet she'll Hartnell boutique and was laugh with you and ‘joke. to the Queen. “She is the most wonderful city, i and. Mcars in turn presonted Henderson Bed a. “approved of” A VICTORIAN WELCOME A whole town gone mad VICTORIA (CP) — royally, mad. There were people everywhere, some waiting for hours under soggy umbrellas and other rain gear, shivering with cold against the bitter gouthwest wind — all for a glimpse of their’ Queen. «They showed up, more than 20,000 strong Tuesday, for "Queen just — ae security ~ *. LONDON (AP) — The Queen maintains her: weight at a steady 112 pounds, wears a minimum of makeup, prefers garter belts and stockings to tights and likes, bavloge as many as nine dogs as her : It was as if the whole town had gone what was billed by B.C. Premier Bill Bennett as “chmig the world’s biggest tea party, to greet Queen Elizabeth and -Prince Philip on the first day of their Canadian trip. At least 5,000 people gathered Tuesday evening to see the Queen light a symbolic beacon to guide the royal yacht Britannia out of the narrow. Victoria harbor en route to Vancouver on the next step of the three-day visit; +. The.winds proved too strong for the bonfire orginally planned, and a considerably smaller one nearly went out of control fanned: by gusts of up to 60 Kilometres an hour. - And more than 10,000 were on hand just. before: the - yacht left for Vancouver, braving the strong south: westerlies and the threat of rain, to view the Beat Retreat performed magnificently by the Royal Marine Band. .. The royal couple and ‘Prime Minister Trudeau, who had arrived shortly before, watched from the deck of the - Britannia as the band played — including a rendition of Rule : Britannia, ‘This promp th able Their paws pick up so many ‘pins ‘that - couturier Hardy Amies has presented the Queen with a satin- * Bnits.aren't done a former Englishinan to note that “the the col The Queen, looking ‘pale and wan, and Prince Philip covered magnet,.a new hy of the says. Extracts from The Queen by Ann Morrow, appeared in The Daily Mail. The book will be published April 7. ‘The writer says the Queen, who will be.57- April 21 and came to the throne in 1952 when she was 25. has only once since then been seen publicly with tears in her eyes. It was at Aberfan, the South Wales mining village where 116 children were killed in 1966 by'a collapsing mountain of colliery waste, , Other points in the excerpts: The Queen is cool and courageous. about her safety: and hates full over security. She was “extremely agitated” when Prime Minister Thatcher felt the British monarch should cancel her trip te a Commonwealth conference in Zambia i in 1979 because i ‘ol lla fighting in - now Zinkabee. The Queen went. ‘The first time the, Queen was ordered to rest since she became monarch was after the traumatic July. of last, years * 2 Her doctor told her to take things easy for a ‘month after intruder Michael Fagan broke into her bedroom at Buckingham Palace, her personal bodyguard: Michael Trestrail had.to resign in a scandal over his homosexuality ‘and a close friend died, Lord Rupert |. 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Ruth Sharpe, who described: ‘herself a as an old lady, said she was thrilled when the Queen spoke to her — having met ‘her in 1945 when as a member of the Canadian Air Force she - had been inspected at Buckingham Palace. . “It boosted. my self-esteem now that.I’'m an old lady,” she said. The security, described as the most extensive possible to ensure the royal visitors get no nasty'surprises, included the police, Canadian armed forces divers and rooftop surveillance. Special emergency. response teams.and bomb-disposal experts also were on hand, ‘An RCMP vessel hovered around the Britannia all the. time she was in port. - However, British officials said that security here was Jax when compared to that imposed on the royal couple during their sojourn. in the United States. JOHNNY'S GROCERIES AND GAS warm, friendly place to shop." “VANCOUVER (CP) — A continuing labor dispute be- tween. 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Madame Vera's affection is by the “When Prince Charles was fabrics and designs. - “The Queen dus -when we were ready and we Queen. showed. her-sketches and I The Queen, she said, “al- loyal subject. I wanted’ to ways:wore natural fabrics in give my congratulations, She my time,: never’ rayons or replied to me, not by a lady- polyesters, always pure silks in-writing but in her hand- or wool.” writing. You can imagine the Her guidelines were royal excitement here: when: iit taste and public acceptance. came special delivery.” There :could:: be-nothing-: ‘Tha Queen's letter is besuz tifully- written oir pulacé_sta: iles were considered, and you tionery and the envelope have to watch ials that d “E-R” is pi they didn’t crease.” ously‘ missing a stamp — The Queen's taste was not proof of its royal origins. ‘ HOMEGOODS FURNITURE Tues. - Sat., 9:30 - 5:30 China Creek “Drive a Little toSavea Lot” WAREHOUSE: N 2 West Kootenay Trade Fair. |. Western Expressions $3. 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