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Wednesday, October 11, 1995

The Castlegar Sun

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Elaine Hillstead of South Slocan is The Castlegar
Sun's winner in the Smiling Faces of Summer con-
test. Hillstead won two tickets to the Black Watch
concert in Vancouver, air fare and accommodations
for two. Helping Elaine is son, Daniel.

SUN STAFF PHOTO Sharlene Imhott

| Technology-based careers

more than dinosaurs
and earthquakes

Submitted

On January 17, 1995 an earth-
quake measuring nine on the
Richter scale struck Kobe, Japan,
leveling much of the city.

Two hundred and seventy-
five thousand people were left
homeless. Within nine wecks,
the first of 110 fully assembled
temporary housing units prefab-
ricated by a B.C. company were
on the way to earthquake vic-
tims in Japan

At the same time, huge
dinosaurs were rising from the
ground in Vancouver. In spite of
their looks, these were not live
dinosaurs, but real fossils and
life-size replicas in the exhibition
‘The Greatest Show UnEarth’

For Harold Clifford and Henry
Murphy, earthquakes and
dinosaurs are part of their job.

Both men are Applied Science
Technologists who routinely
solve the technical challenges
posed by a variety of projects:

Their jobs are examples of a
wide selection of technology-
based careers which are often
overlooked by students making
career choices.

People who get in on a career
as a certified technologist or
technician have typically gone
through the practical, job-ready
training provided by technical
institutes such as BCIT or one of
British Columbia's colleges.

Science and Technology
Week, October 13-22, is a

province wide initiative 10 help
young people discover the
options open to them in research
or the applied sciences

This year’s theme is ‘Jnvest In
Your Future

Displays, special events, and
publications are planned by com-
panies, organizations and cduca-
tional institutions.

Both Clifford and Murphy are
members of the Applied Science
Technologists and Technicians of
BC (ASTTBE), a professional
association that represents 7,000
technologists and technicians
across the province

“Our members work in four-
teen different disciplines of tech-
nology” says Shawn Boven,
AScT, Community Representa-
tive for Castlegar.

“We think there has to be a
great future in jobs based on
technology. Everything in our
lives, from traffic lights to the
houses we live in, is becoming
more and more technology driv-
en. Science and Technology
week is a great chance for people
to learn more about some of the
technology we take for granted.”

Members of ASTTBC work in
technology disciplines such as
building design; biological sci-
ences; biomedical engineering;
civil and structural engineering;
electrical; electronics; environ-
mental; fish, wildlife and recre-
ation; forest resources,
metallurgy/mining: surveying
and mapping; and industrial/sys-
tems engineering.

West Kootenay Naturalists honor Genial George

“Submitted

On August 9, a large group of West
Kootenay Naturalists gathered near the
entrance to the Alamo Trail on Mt. Idaho to
honor the memory of a former member, the
late George Whitehead.

“Genial George” was our best botanist and
had patiently passed on much of his know!-
edge to many of the naturalists, parks
employees, museum collectors and the gen
eral public.

He was well known throughout B.C., Alber
ta, and Saskatchewan in the provincial_and

national parks and museums, Even though he
spent the last few years attached to an oxygen
bottle, he still managed to write until his last
day the nature articles for “Best Years”, a pub-
lication for senior citizens in Trail.

George led the W.K. Naturalists on many
enjoyable camping trips from Pacific Rim
Park at Longbeach, V.Is,, to Manning Park,
Slocan Valley, the East Kootenay,
Kananaskas Valley and Plateau Mount
from Waterton, Lakes to Writing,on-Stone
Park in southem Alberta, to the Cypress Hills
in Saskatchewan.

George knew where rare plants grew,
where prairie sloughs were located and the

bird life which inhabited them, and the fauna
native to those areas, He also knew the histo-
ry of the First Nations and white settlers in
the areas which we visited

Over the years, George compiled a botani-
cal booklet on West Kootenay wild flowers,
The plants are listed according to their fami-
lies—i.e. lily family, orchid, rose families
etc.—and noted where and when each flower
can be seen in the area, Many bought this
useful booklet

In 1981, a copy of the booklet was pre-
sented by the West Kootenay Naturalists’
Association to the West Kootenay Visitors’
Centre for public use.

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Obituary-Nick Evdokimoff

Nick Evdokimoff of Shore
acres passed away at the
age of 78 years on Tuesday,
Oct. 3, 1995.

Funeral service was held at
the Castlegar Funeral Chapel
on Thursday, October 5, 1995
and Friday, October 6, 1995
with burial at the Krestova
cemetery

Mr. Evdokimoff was born
April 21, 1917 in Kamsack
Saskatchewan. He moved to
Brandon, Manitoba and then
to B.C. as a young man

He enjoyed fishing, hiking
gardening, and spending time
with his family

Mr. Evdokimoff is sur

vived by his wife Helen of
Shoreacres; one son and
daughter-in-law, Paul and
Shirley of Shoreacres; four
daughters and sons-in-law,
Helen Poznikow of Camp
bell River, Violet and Peter
Holovoff of Tarry’s, Elaine
and Ted Miller of Kelowna
and Ann and Ray Makaroff
of Tarry’s; one brother
Paul of South Slocan,; and
one sister, Margaret of
Crescent Valley; thirtgen
grandchildren; ten great
grandchildren

Funeral arrangements
were under the direction of
the Castlegar Funeral Chapel

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