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Wednesday; January 20, 1993 &

History lessons a
real labor of love

Little did Dick Wayling,
Polly Corbett, John Landis
and Bill Oleski know that
they were creating a “hot”
item.

Everyone, it seems, wants
a copy of their book, The His-
tory of School District No. 9.
Enquiries from as far away as
Woolongong, Australia, and
Halifax, N.S., have made this
book a collector’s item.

A labor of love for these
four retired teachers, this his-
tory book draws together a
sense of what schooling was
like in this area over the past
94 years. Teachers’ names
that were once commonplace
— long since forgotten — are
unearthed. School registers
from, the past disclose their
secrets. Stories about. the
“way we were” — such as Pol-
ly Romaine’s stories about
teaching at Glade in the early
1930s — are remembered and
gathered here.

Some of the items in this
history are hilarious and
would be almost impossible to
duplicate. Dorothy Bruce, a
teacher at Renata School in
1943, in her letter of resigna-
tion states:

“I’ve enjoyed this year im-
mensely, but for another year,

I wouldn’t. There is no com-
panionship for a girl of my age
here and it is difficult to get in
and out to break the monoto-
ny.”

On one occasion in 1953,
the late Charlie King, secre-
tary-treasurer, wrote the fol-
lowing letter to a different Re-
nata teacher:

“I note you have included
one case of toilet tissue (On-
livon) on your list of supplies
for 1953. I was wondering if
this was an error as we sent
you a case in November, and
on the basis of its use here,
this should last approximate-
ly one year. Please advise me
definitely if your toilet tissue
is getting low.”

The intrepid teacher, Mr.
Schmok, replied that he had
78 packages left which would
last “at the longest till the end
of January, 1954.”

Complete with pictures of
schools, former school sites,
teachers from the past, class
pictures from various time pe-
riods and pages from old
school registers, this history
is a masterpiece of recollec-
tion. For further information,
contact School District No. 9
at 365-7731. This edition is
nearly sold out.

IN MEMORY

Brilliant Cemetery.

daughter in Vancouver.

dren.

Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

Stella Shukin

On Jan. 15, Stella Shukin of Delta (formerly of the
Slocan Valley) passed away at the age of 80 years.

A funeral service will be held at the Castlegar Funeral
Chapel Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. with burial at noon at the

Shukin was born Jan. 1, 1913 at Langham, Sask. She
grew up there and married Sam A. Shukin on Oct. 11,
1939. She came to B.C. and settled in the Slocan Valley
in 1945. She lived in Brilliant for a short while and after
her husband’s passing in 1989 she went to live with her

While in the valley, Shukin was a member of the
Slocan Valley Choir and the Nelson Ladies Choir. She al-
so enjoyed gardening, singing and handicrafts.

She is survived by one son, Joe of Sicamous, two
daughters, Virginia Erdman and Marion Bergen of
Vancouver, five grandchildren and four great grandchil-

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the

WAGON WHEELS

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Hauling wood around was a lot more difficult a century ago. This 100-year-old logging wagon
was recently restored by the Doukhobor Village Museum and is now on display.

@ Wednesday; January 20, 1999

Red Cross reuniting families

Most people are aware that
the Red Cross movement is
worldwide, but how many
know that the Red Cross will
utilize its vast international
network to search for lost or
out of touch family members?

In the past year, the Red
Cross Tracing and Reunion
Service in British Columbia
dealt with more than 800 cas-
es. According to Castlegar
and area tracing volunteer
Lynda Parker, “we usually get
to work when all other av-
enues have been tried. We'll
look for family members any-

where in the world and have a
surprising success rate —
mainly because of the trust
the Red Cross gets from au-
thorities around the world
and the fact that we have vol-
unteers ready to search in al-
most every country. All trac-
ing is done in a confidential
manner.”

The Red Cross will also
work to get family messages
in and out of areas of the
world where regular mail ser-
vice is not operating. .For ex-
ample, more than 20,000
message forms a month are

being handled by the Red
Cross for Somalia. The ser-
vice is very active in the for-
mer Yugoslavia also.

“I suspect that this service
is not generally known about
and hope that the word gets
out,” said Lynda. “There’s no
charge for the service and
from experience we know that
people can be brought togeth-
er.”

For information on the Red
Cross Tracing & Reunion Ser-
vice or to place a request, peo-
ple in the area may call Park-
er at 365-3911.

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in The News.
Jonathan Green
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ON THE
ICE

Congratulations
to coach Dave
Anderson and
the 14 members
of his Green No.
3 team for
winning the Pee
Wee Jamboree
in Castlegar last
weekend. The
Greens knocked
off the Orange
No. 1 squad 10-2
in the final
Sunday, the first
half of Minor
Hockey Week
activities here in
town. Coming up
this weekend is
the Spokane
Tournament at
both the Pioneer
and Community
Complex. Come
out and cheer fo:
our youngsters.

IN THE
HOUSE

Atip of the
curling hat to
Russ Babcock
and his Trail rink
for capturing the
Sunflower Open
Mixed Bonspiel
at the local club
Sunday.
Babcock’s crew
took home the
Dexter's trophy
after downing
Dave Leake’s
Rossland rink 5-
4 in the A final.
Arne Akselson’s
squad won the B
event, Rob
MacPherson’s
rink the C and
Mike Balahura’s
foursome the D.

REBEL
REBEL

Don't forget the
two Rebels
games this
weekend at the
Complex.
Saturday, they
host division rival
Rossland at 8:30
p.m. and Sunday
it's East Division-
leading Columbia
Valley at 5:30

Bebele with everything from an At
The one E handed out went to
_ forward Corey _—

_ grading system in
not a failing grade but rather a _ The
borderline pass. ‘F’ and only an ‘¥”
represents a fail in the obviously
different Winnipeg school system of

fora \ree-gal € my day and age. _
the East Kootenay in October and
earlierthismonth —s_" :

Because of that, I thought I had a
pretty good idea of what kind of a

‘As the grade reflects on Ross, it
wasn’t meant to be malicious. It
wasn’t any easier to hand out than the
At, especially when the guy who got

trary to the
schools, it was ir
not to offend the masses, the Rebels or
their loyal fans. Instead, it was to :
offer an in-depth analysis of —
Castlegar’s team — a team I'ma
faithful follower of. :

As for the thought that nobody
cares about the Rebels, I can truly say —
that is hogwash. Believe me, I know.

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West is the best as Grand Forks duo runs rampant

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Jonathan Green
SPORTS REPORTER

The stars shone brightly in Castlegar Saturday night and the best
place to see them was at the Community Complex.

Forty of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League's best
were in town for the KIJHL’s annual all-star game and gave the 600-
strong in attendance their money's worth.

Combining for nine points, Grand orks Border Bruins’ Marc Ric-
ciand Derek Bird led the way as the West Division doubled their East
opponent, 10-5.

West coach Sam Skinner said he was happy with both the effort
his squad gave and the night in general.

“I think the boys performed extremely well,” he said. “I think it was
a lot of fun.”

Leading 1-0, Bird put the West up by two at 11:24 of the first when
he broke down the left side, cut in and slipped one under Spokane
goalie Peter Mattson.

Sixty-six seconds later, Nelson’s Shawn Gendron went down the
middle from one end to the other to make it 3-0, a lead that would
eventually swell to 6-1 on Gendron’s second goal at 15:36 of the second.

Citing the big difference in standings between the East and West
Divisions, Skinner said the final score was a bit of a shock.

“I thought it should have been 10-1,” he laughed. “I was quite sur-

p.m.

Jonathan Green
Under the
watchful eye of
Golden's Jora
Dhami,
Castlegar
Rebel Kevin
Leiman turns it
up ice at the
KIJHL All-Star
Game
Saturday.
Despite being
held off the
scoresheet,
Leiman was
still a factor as
his West squad
dumped
Dhami’s East

- crew, 10-5.

prised.

“T certainly feel there is more talent in the West than the East.”

Rallying after Gendron’s second, the East climbed back into it
thanks to some real teamwork.

With the assist going to teammate Mark Guss, Columbia Valley's
Lewis Kinvig made it 6-2 at 13:37 with a snapshot that beat Nelson
goalie Pat Gris to the short side.

With Bruin Travis Hancock in the penalty box, the East made it 6-
3 less than three minutes later when Spokane’s Ryan Tansy beat Gris
from fellow Brave Darin Talotti at 10:50.

Still going, the East narrowed the gap to 6-4 at 8:45 when Golden
Rocket Trevor Bose cashed in a two-on-one with teammate Jora Dha-

mi.

But that was as close as it would get.

Replying with goals from Bird and Ricci before the end of the peri-
od, the West went into the dressing up 8-4 after two and never looked
back.

With five Bruin skaters combining for 13 points and one netminder
giving up just a single goal, Skinner said his half dozen felt right at
home with him running the show but added he didn’t go out of his
way to help them.

“It helps when your coach is behind the bench,” he said, “but I tried
to make all the boys feel at ease.”

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