Page 8B The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, March 29; 1995 GORDON TURNER For The Castlegar Sun How do you get the “city” out of a woman? You marry her off to a rancher in the drylands country of southwestern Saskatchewan. Then you send her on long walks over the hills and along the trails while her husband is off chasing cattle in far pastures. The result could be instant craziness, or as in this case, a realization of the awe- Nature writer Butala visits ranchers are often true mentalists. They work on the land-—and with it-—in so many ways. In fact, the book takes city environmentalists to task for their put-down of workers like ranch- ers and loggers. Butala states that these hard- workers seem to function without much comment upon the land- scape within which they work, but that doesn’t mean they don't understand it: Those working on the land have a connection to it some power of the de and a desire to write about it, At any rate, fate that mn can rarely attain—and certainly never und 1 that Sharon Butala would leave her city-life behind and experi- ence a spiritual rebirth in the country along the Frenchman River near Eastend, Sask Recently, Butala shared that experience with a Selkirk Col- lege audience Selecting pieces from her book Perfection of the Morning (1994), Butala weaved the story of her fascination with the new land- scape and what it meant in terms of human living. One discovery she made was that living close to the land was a kind of therapy of the soul, a cure for some of the angst of city living. Her ultimate discovery was that farmers and The vastness and wisdom in Butala’s book goes far beyond the comments mentioned above A much-published author over the past 12 years, Butala is the author of five novels, two books of short stories, and the recent book of non-fiction listed above Her work has twice been listed for the Governor General's award and she has won a variety of prizes, most recently the “Spirit of Saskatchewan” award. Two novels—Luna and Gate- way to the Sun have been repub- lished recently by Harper Collins. Fever, her award-win- ning short story collection from 1990, is still in print. Sharon Butala . .feads at Selkirk College Family historians in computer age Submitted * C.B. to dealer **$1650 D.P. or trade at 4.9%, Fare. rauicde ws 209" ne 41,295" pep == . zm A TRAIL B.C. | 2795 Highway Drive « Trail, B.C. 1995 F150 , 4.9 litre +5-speed cloth bench srear bumper driver side air bag *AM/FM stereo wiclock *3 yr./60,000 km. bumper-to-bumper warranty eroadside assistance The West Kootenay Family Historians are continuing to meet once a month. The group has been meeting for a number of years to help and encourage each other in the tracing of their family roots. But more than just being “genealogists”, these local resi- dents have taken an interest in local history. For the past few years a number of have The computer age has changed and is continuing to change the way that people compile their family tree information, With special programs, which are user friendly, you can record your family information, stories and pictures, producing everything from a simple family tree to a family biography. As well, more and more infor- mation, is becoming available on disk, CD ROM, and on the been visiting the local cemeteries and recording in detail the grave stones and markers. Many of these are in Russian and when the information is recorded it is then checked by someone who can read Russian and any corrections made. The information has then been put into a computer and when all this is complete, they will have a complete list of all the graves in the area. There will be an alphabetic index, so that *nyone research- ing a certain name, will be able to find where their ancestors are buried. Copies of this information will be distributed to the Genealogical Society of B.C. and to local libraries. PAYMENTS Highway”. Soon you will be able to access records around the world, which is one reason why geneal- ogy is the fastest-growing hobby in the world. The local group consists of people who have been research- ing for years as well as those who are just starting out. There are many reasons for compiling a “family tree”. For some it is part of their reli- gion, for some it is curiosity about where their grandparents came from, for some it is when grandchildren start asking ques- tions about grandparents. Or it can be an interest in world history that compels one to find out where their ancestors were living during certain histori- cal events. Whatever the reason is for starting the research, it is a fasci- nating hobby that takes you down many paths, and into many interesting corners. As well as finding long lost relatives, you gain many new and interesting friends around the world. The group's next meeting will be held April 3 at Stanley Humphries Secondary School at 7 p.m. The guest speaker is Richard Wolff who will demon- strate computers and their appli- cation in family history Wednesday, March 29, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page 9B Gouk criticizes railway back-to-work bill Kootenay West-Revelstoke MP the arbitration process contained in ermment's back-to-work rail legislation, Bill C-77, is “flawed and Peet. for the various railway companies involved in the Present emplo; yee dispute He urged Labor Minister Lucienne Robillard on Jim Gouk says the federal gov- However, in a prepared release he pointed out that any attempt to enact amendments to the bill at this point would only serve to further delay legislation that has already been held up by the Bloc Quebecois in the House of Commons. “If we had more time, I would certainly have liked quickly to ensure that this process would be refi “Overall, I remain supportive of this legislation, because I believe it is essential to our economy to get this strike over with, and rail workers back on “the job as soon as possible,” said Gouk, the Reform party's transportation critic. “But that doesn’t mean I think C-77 is a perfect piece of work—far from it.” to seen brought into this legislation that would put the three rail companies on a more level playing field, in terms-of the composition of the arbi- tration team scheduled to sit down and hammer down a néw contract agreement after the strike. Right now, the Liberals’ bill gives clear preference to CN Rail in this situation, and possibly ‘Via as well.”” 15 UNITS Addition proposed for Stellar Place RON NORMAN Sun Editor Stellar Place, the seniors housing complex located in south Castlegar, could soon be expanding. A Vernon developer is propos- ing to construct a 15-unit addi- tion on two lots immediately south of the seniors’ project Peter King has applied to rezoné the two parcels from sin- gle-family residential to special residential. he addition would be built behind the two houses that are located on the lots. The properties are owned by Doug and Diana Hildenb and Council had several concerns about that proposal, primarily that the 30-metre frontage was ess than half that required in the zoning bylaw. However, in the latest proposal the 15 units will be incorporated into the existing Stellar Place development. “The developer is proposing to access the site through the Stellar Place development,” Phil Markin, chair of the technical planning committee, said in a report to council. Markin said the developer has started talks with the Ministry of Highways about improving the existing access and upgrading the Gerald Card. This is the second multi-fam- ily development proposed for the properties. The first was a separate 36-unit townhouse omplex that was before coun- cil in January storm drainage system. The entrance to Stellar Place regularly floods during heavy rains. Markin noted that the two acres on which the ‘new units will be built exceed the 1.7 acres required in the zoning bylaw OBITUARIES Dora Sapriken Dora Sapriken of Glade, B.C. passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 1995 at the age of 83 years. Funeral service was held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel and the Glade-Hall on Thursday and Fri- day with burial in the Glade Cemetery. Mrs. Sapriken was born Dec. 27, 1911 at Arran, Sask. and moved with her parents to Kresto- va in 1915. She moved to Glade and lived there since 1932. She was a member of the USCC and enjoyed gardening and needlework. She is survived by one son, William, of Glade; seven grand- hilds 1 A proposal to provide water and sewer service to two resi- dences outside city boundaries ‘was sent back to Castlegar conncil’s works, services and parks commnyitice last week for a more complete report. upgrading water and sewer lines for the Krajnc residence on Arrow Lakes Drive, and installing water service for the Sewer, water requests sent back for review *Stanbra residence, also on The report recommended . Arrow Lakes Drive. As part of the proposal, the residences would provide a three-metre road allowance, for which the city would assume all legal and survey costs. The city requires the road allowance for the planned upgrading of Arrow Lakes Drive. However, Councillor Bob Pakula said he wanted “a fuller report™ before proceeding, gr and one sister, Molly Novick, of Princeton. She was predeceased by her husband, Alex; three sons, John, Norman and George; one grand- daughter; two sisters; and one brother. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castle- gar Funeral Chapel. LaFace Contracting Roofing Bedbugs Pest Remedies * Bedbugs are found primarily in the homes of ‘a humans. * Bedbugs require a meal of blood from mammals or birds between each molt and have a special affinity for humans and their habitations. These noctumal bugs are small, 6-9 mm long, oval, flat, tough and wingless, but are elongated and swollen when engorged with blood. They are brown,-rust-red or purplish. — — rast Bill C-77 would put workers at CN, CP and Via back on the job within 12 hours of being passed. The arbitration boards that will be set up for each company following the strike are expected to contain one government arbitration representative, one company representative, and one union repre- sentative Gouk questioned the legitimacy of “possibly stack- ing the deck in favor of the government here-—-a gov- ernment that clearly wants to privatize CN, and needs amore management-friendly contract to do this.” “This provision of the bill caused me indirect control of the government. And yet under this arbitration proposal, the government and CN are supposed to each get representation on the board That could very well leave the unions out in the cold when negotiations begin. 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