Page 4A Local students win essay contest KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff cided with a unit in forestry which he was instructing, Three Stanley Humphries Stu dents were top essay winners in a West Kootenay contest celebrat ing National Forest Week which was held from May 2-8. The top essay winner, Sandeep Dosanjh, a grade ten student, received $75 for her essay “The Forest of Today”. Second prize was awarded to another’grade ten student, Takaia Casler for her essay on Silviculture Systems, while grade 12 student, Warn Franklin received third prize and $25 for his essay “Managing B.C,’s Coastal Forests.” Doug Carter, a Stanley Humphries English nine and Socials ten teacher said the entries were strictly voluntary, but coin- “Ip d the idea to them, but they followed it up and did research. It shows that if students have initiative and are given the opportunity and are motivated they can be successful.” Carter said that Warn Franklin, the third place winner, pursued the idea to enter the essay on his own National Forest Week is an annual cross~Canada event which is designed to encourage Canadi ans of all ages.to learn about the significance forests and forest resources have in their lifestyles. Students who-entered the essay were given the option of selecting the topic from a list of topics which relate to B.C.'s forests, or choosing their own topic. ‘ The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, May 12, 1993 ‘Sunday, May 16 $500 BONANZA ‘Door Prizes’ Arena Comp 60% Payout Early Bird 6 p.m. CASTLEGAR REBELS License #764833 Past Selkirk students to re-enact ‘The Great Trek’ KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Sometimes through a twist of fate, history is repeated. But sometimes history needs a lithe help to duplicate itself, and some Selkirk College graduates are providing that help for a re-enactment of ‘The labs there,” Shirley Moon, one of the charter mem- bers, and secretary of the reunion commit- tee explained, “As with any construction it was behind schedule, Celgar volunteered their bunkhouses for the college, We had classes, a recreation hall, cafeteria and our of charter scheduled members, The reunion, which is to occur July 1-3, 1993, will fea ture a re-enactment of "The Great Trek” Charter members, faculty and their fami- lies will board flat bed trucks at Celgar and then continue on to the college campus where the Selkirk College flag will be raised. Great Tre “The, Great Trek”, which occurred in January of 1966, was a “wholesale” move of Selkirk College students and Selkirk Col lege itself from makeshift quar- ters in the Celgar bunkhouse ‘There has been lots of enthusiasm from those who are coming.’ - SHIRLEY MOON Charter Member complex to the new Selkirk Col lege campus. In 1965 Selkirk College had registered 480 students, but they ran into‘a bit of prob- lem when it came time for cla: to begin construction of Selkirk College was not yet completed. So with the gracious help of Ce! gar officials, the students and faculty began their classes in Celgar bunkhouses. When the college facilities were finally completed and ready for occupation, “The Great Trek” to the new facilities took place. “Tt was all so exciting. It was something the students created and came up with.” In order to celebrate those humble begin- nings and “The Great Trek”, College graduates are organizing a reunion organizer some Selkirk For the occasion, Celgar officials have donated a stainless steel flag pole, and a replica of the first flag has been ordered. Moon said response to the reunion has been tremendous “There has been lots of enthusi- asm from those who are coming.” Besides “The Great Trek”, other activities are planned; such as a wine and cheese party, tours, guest speakers and a dinner and dance ‘at the Castlegar Com- munity Complex. Anyone who is interest- ed in joining in the celebration can contact Terry Moon at 365-7728 or the Selkirk College Foundation at 365-1240 on Wednesday, May 12, 1993 . Suzuki lectures Submitted CAN'T BEAR THE HEAT? 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He loved his view of the lake, and the birds and wildlife that flew or PROTEGE to new Mazda vehicles purchased CONDITIONING FROM MAZDA. dered on to his property. He will be sadly missed by daughters Alex (Ron) Ready, and K.C. Johnson, both of Castlegar, grandson Travis (Angie) Ready of Kelowna; Curtis Ready of Castlegar and Jason Ready of White Rock; great-grandson, Shawn; brother Robert (Jeanette) of Seaview, Washington and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Charlotte in 1988 There will be a memorial ser- vice at the White Rock Play- house, White Rock, B.C. on May 23 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations to the Arts Centre Pro- ject, 15125 Russell Avenue, White Rock, B.C. V4B 2P4 would be appreciated. George OR EQUIVALENT CREDIT UP TO $2,100. Why sweat it? Right now at Mazda, we've got air for the Fullerton On Thursday, May 6, 1993, George Fullerton of Castlegar passed away at the age of 70 years. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, May 11, 1993 at the United Church with Rev. Ira Johnson officiating. Burial took place at Park Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Fullerton was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, on January 8, 1923 and moved to Nova Scotia at the age of 14. He married Marjorie MacGlashen on January 1, 1948 in Nova Sco- the roomy Protegé; the dynamic, ote sophisticated MX-6 Mystére; the tia and they moved to B.C. in the early 60's and to Castlegar in stylish 626 Cronos; Canada’s number-one selling import pickup Trucks and the family- sized MPV. Plus, every Mazda is covered by one of the best full-line warranties in the business. And the Mazda Added Protection Plan is available. See your dealer for details. Now get air conditioning or equivalent credit from Mazda. No sweat. 626 CRONOS 576 detvered trom dealer stock at participating Maza Geaters from May 5. 1993 for irited time Offer a condtboning oF 91.500 tr sng ar condorang. £2100 on dua wr condoned modes sauder creat ch 323, Prop, MS Mystire, 626 Cronen nd MazGs ks «$1 00s oer may not be OMG wi anyother oer Limtad wopty and sock may vary by dear MX-6 MYSTERE ou or equivalent credit on MPV, 323, Protegt, MX-6 Mystere ‘626 Cronos and Mazda pickups. MPV credit is 1963. George was in the con- struction trade and worked all across B.C.. He was a member of the Local 115 Operating Engineers. George was also a past member of the Wildlife Association and of the Big Game Trophy Associ- ation of the East & West Koote- nays. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and liked to make his own tackle. He loved to travel He is survived by his wife, Marjorie of Castlegar, two sons, Rick and daughter-in-law Pam of Prince George, Robert and daughter-in-law Mary-Ann of Castlegar; one ‘daughter, Diane and son-in-law Ken Hebert of Nelson; grandchildren, Jennifer, Lisa, and Nicole; Katie, Jay and Jeff, foster grandchildren, Lehna and Jayme; and nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castle- gar Funeral Chapel TRUCK Thurs., Fri. 365-3752 Dr. David Suzuki, the. world. renowned scientist and environ- mental activist addressed a highly appreciative audience of over 250,.which packed into the Mary Hall cafeteria Saturday night for a benefit lecture in aid of the Nel- son University Centre. His announced topic was “The ¢ of an Und Liberal Arts Education” but this served merely as a starting point for his real message of impending environmental disaster. Hailed by several introductory speakers as a son of the Koote- nays, Dr. Suzuki set the fecord straight with a blend of humor and hard-nosed realism. His last visit to Nelson, he pointed out, was in 1945 when he and his fam- ily were being deported from B.C. as undesirable aliens. His one memory was of the bus ride from Kaslo to catch an train from Nelson during which his sis- ter threw up on the driver's neck. Reviewing the intervening 48 years, Suzuki commented on the vast scientific and social changes he and his contemporaries have experienced. In light of these, he asked, “how can educators antici- pate future changes, and how can we provide the exact knowledge to deal with them?” His answer was that they cannot, that “Futur- ism is crazy.” The only possible solution, he declared, is to pro- vide a learning process which imparts to all “educated” people a basic scientific literacy through a wide range of courses outside a student's ultimate specialty Politicians today, he said, do not represent us becau: ‘80 per- cent of them are either business people or lawyers.” The tragedy is that, as a recent poll showed, Vehicle vandalized Sun Steff A vehicle which was parked at the Celgar camp parking lot was the target of a vandal the evening of May 7. The vehicle sustained damage to its four doors by a sharp object. Castle gar RCMP members are still investigating the incident Two charged for impaired driving Sun Staff Castlegar RCMP report that the weekend of May 8 and May 9 was relatively quiet with no major occurrences reported However, RCMP said that most of the calls they received were alcohol related. Four liquor seizures were made when police observed alcohol being con- sumed in public. Castlegar RCMP also report that two peo- ple were arrested and charged for impaired driving. .at your house? It’s time to call your Welcome Wagon hostess. She will bring congratu- lations and gifts for the family and the NEW BABY! _ ov VetomeWiaon Gall Marie 365-2455 The Castlegar S Sun_ Page 5A Photo Samy Bishay Dr. David Suzuki, world-renowned scientist and environmental activist, addressed an audience in Nelson last week, in order to raise money for the Nelson University Centre. this group, and indeed most uni versity graduates, are not scientif ically informed, their knowledge of even basic concepts being “absolutely rock bottom”. Thus, most critical decisions get made for purely political reasons Tt was extremely frightening, he declared, that the power to deal with the problems posed by global warming, toxic posal, resource extraction and genetic engineering is in the hands of the ignorant. “Nowhere in this province,” Suzuki stated “can you get the kind of educa tion required to understand these issues”,.which is why he so strongly supports the integrated waste dis broadly-based education philoso- phy of N.U.C Then came his litany of disas: ter. Our population is exploding and our food production is falling The first time mankind reached the one billion mark was in 1830, after many thousand of years. By 1936 it was two billion and now we are at 5.5. The projection is that we will reach 10 billion in another 40 years. Meanwhile we are losing the use of 25 billion tonnes of topsoil a year. Forests are being destroyed and, here. in Canada, the Atlantic cod has become commercially extinct Suzuki believes we will never reach the 10 billion mark. “There must be a massive die-off first.” Approaching doom is further forecast by the discovery of toxic debris in Antari the highest known levels of PCB's found in the breast milk of Baffin’Tsland women and the fact that 1200 lakes in Ontario and Quebec have become sterile. Thanks to ozone depletion, ‘a sunny is a day of fear.” At the current rate of defor- estation, Suzuki warned, “by the end of the century there will be only 4 wilderness areas left’ (none in North America) “and in 30 years there will be none at all.” His voice shaking with pas- sion, Dr. Suzuki asked, “What are we going to leave for their chil dren? Fifty thousand species a year become extinct. The 1990's have been declared the “turn around decade”. We are three years into it and there is no change. Two weeks after the Rio Environmental Summit Group of Seven leaders met and said not one word about the environment.” To deal with all this, Suzuki Says, we must get rid of our “sacred truths” - which are nei- ther sacred nor true. Among them is the notion that we are different from or “above” the natural order. The fact is that we are “physical- ly linked” by the air we breath, the water which makes up 90 per- cent of our bodies and the soil in Nelson to benefit NUC which provides us food. All these are finite and we share their atoms with all past and future generations. “Politicians look at the tumors on Great Lakes fish and the toxic carcasses of whales and ask ‘Gee, I wonder if this 6:00 pm City Centre Square Sun., Tues.» Thurs., Fri. 365-3752 For The Years You'll \ Never Forge... Order your S.H.S.S. school ring NOW Charm ChS13B Pendent PS11L Good Selection of Gold Chains G Watches Bosse's Jewellery (1979) Lta. 1104 - 3rd St., Downtown Castlegar 365-7141 I! 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