B4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 4, 1982

Everyone calls her ‘Ma’

When I got to "Ma's Riding Stables” I knocked on her
door, walked around to the back, tried another door, and was
finally greeted with, “Hey, we're up here." “Here”, was the
roof of the barn where “Ma” (Clarissa) Morris and a young
woman were stapling down tarpaper and hammering on
shingles. She was wearing patched green overalls, the kind
that car mechanics wear. Under a cotton hat she had on
sunglasses and had done her long gray hair in braids. When
she and Jan, her farrier, had finished one section, Ma and I
climbed down the ladder. She found a seat on the edge of the
manger and running a thin stalk of hay through her fingers,
she talked.

“I was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and
when I was seven we moved by covered wagon to
Pierceland, Saskatchewan.” It took three months for this
family of 10 children to make the trip but those three months
were “the most exciting time of my life, with herding the
cattle, and the chickens scattered all over the wilds, and
we'd have to go and round them up.” Finally they moved into
a “log shack with a dirt floor and a roof.” When Clarrisa was
nine that log house burned to the ground and their family
lost everything. “To me, that was fun,” she said laughing,
“we used tin cans for cups, and pail lids for plates.”

In 1940 she went to England where she became a cook in
the armed forces. Even though she lived in England during
all the bombing, she describes her experience there as
“great.” “I wasn't afraid. A lot of kids would scream, but I
don't know, I just wasn’t afraid.” In fact, this girl —
nicknamed ‘Canada’ by her peers — gained the reputation of
being feaess, the one everyone counted on to rescue them.

After the war she returned to Canada, landing the same
day she-had left seven years earlier. She.went back to
Pierceland and ranched near Mudie Lake. “I took a hunk of
land with nothing on it. All my life I said I would own a
hundred horses, and in Mudie Lake I owned a hundred
horses.”

At this she gestured toward one of her horses, feeding
steadily at the manger and said, “I never read a book on
horses. The horses taught me everything I know!” It was in
Mudie Lake that she began her family of seven children.

The next place she moved to was New Zealand, After,

four months she and her children packed up again
and returned to Canada, arriving in Castlegar in 1974 when
she “saw an ad in the paper for a ranch and ended up down at
the D-D." Her children are Trevor, Terry, Philip, Peter,
Owen, Mark, and Goldie, in Grade 12 at Stanley Humphries,

Ma's was a familiar face down at the D-D until a year

and a half ago when she opened up “Ma's Riding Stables” in.

Robson. They've got 17 horses with “two babies coming next
month” on five acres of land. She also has “chickens, pigeons,
cows and lots of dogs and cats.” Ma rents the horses on an
hourly basis, and riders have many miles of mountain
pathways to choose from. The only thing that really irks
“Ma” is: “I hate to see horses abused.” Jan, her farrier was
hired by Ma in November and says that she loves it at Ma’s. I
heard her referred to more than once as “an extension of
Ma's arms.”

Now that her own children are grown, Ma, true to her
nickname,, is taking in more children. She's been a foster

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mother since 1975 when she realized that “down at’ the

ranch, the kids were always hanging around, they seemed to

like it there, so I phoned and volunteered to be a foster

parent.” Even though the authorities have labelled most of

her foster children as "problem", Ma says, “I don't find them
. that Bad." - :

But I realized as we talked that those kids don’t have
time to get in trouble. She gets them out milking the cows,
(“The thing they like best is squirting the milk all over each
other. They get milk everywhere."), cleaning the barn,
bringing in the firewood, until most of thie time they fall into
bed exhausted. ‘ ai

“Most kids haven't been taught to work. It's something
they have to learn.” Her foster children are all short term
which means she has them from a week to a year.

“The horses are great for the'kids,” she believes, “if
they can't talk to people they can talk to the horses. Kids

4

milles would do more things together, and she
piste parents to ride with ‘their childcen when they
come out to her stables, rather than just dropping them off,

Besides caring for a variety of short-term foster
children, “Ma” has recently set up a self-help project for
young people. Kids are naturally drawn to. stables and
horses, and Ma is offering jobs to potential problem kids in
town, getting them to do chores around her home and in the
stables.

Once a week Ma joins the ranks of the homemakers to -.
take care of a stroke victim. “People don’t take the time to is
talk with the handicapped. I can’t tinderstand why people
can’t relate to that. Just treat them like people.” To Ma,
trust is vital, and she takes the time to really listen. “I care

for people. If we can't help people we might as well not be |.

here.” Ma is a iiember of the Pro-Life Society and.the
Worldwide Church of God.

: i
‘MA’ (CLARISSA) MORRIS . . . tough and gentle

really like horses, even city kids. I let them come and play
with the horses, so they're not afraid of them.”

I asked “Ma” what makes a good foster parent. “Be
broadminded,” was her quick. reply. “No matter what

-«-questions they have, tell the truth. Don't tell stories, and.
xdon't: act ‘shocked by’anything they say.” : a

What causes problems kids? “There's no family, life.
TV's taken over, when a kid comes home, Dad says ‘shhh’
he's watching the TV and doesn't have time to talk. And
Mom's busy watching her soap operas. How many parents
read stories to their kids now? I don't have a TV." Sh

Bais 5 ¢ < 7

everyone calls me ‘

As to how Ma got her nickname, she told me that.
everyone 'has called her that for a long, long time. “It's
funny, everyone called my mother ‘Ma’, and I couldn't
understand why other children called her ‘Ma’. Now

. ‘Ma has a'tough'arid gentle way, it seems tome, of caring
for her foster kids, She respects them. She listens to the, but
on the other hand she takes no guff. Her philosophy of

lf-suffici can be di il in she said not
more than five minutes after I met her, “If you're looking for

‘a hand, look at the'end of your arm.”

LEISURE TIME’. . . horses at Ma's Riding Stables.

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Lillian tost 160 pounds.

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At just cvera i feet sal. Ullian Leger weighed a hefty 268

April, 1980. In the next 13 months,

services

Services began April 2 and
concluded April 3 from the
Union Spiritual Communities
of Christ Centre in Grand

koff, 70, who died March 80
at her residence.

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Born June 7, 1911 at
Verigin Sask., Mrs. Podov-
innikoff came to Grand Forks
in 1912 with her family. They
settled in the Nursery Area

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Fears Leger where she lived 69 years. She

of Chilliwack,

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to. 25 pounds tn

Forks
Fred cst ‘orks in July of 1981,

Mrs. Podovinnikoff is sur-
vived by her husband, Peter
C. of Grand Forks; three
sons, Mitchell Chernoff of
Castlegar, Peter P. Podovin-

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one daughter, Mrs. Jack
(Kathleen) Watkins of Co:
quitlam; 10 grandchildren
and two sisters, Amy Gleboff
of Ootischenia and Eunice
Soukeroff of Grand Forks.

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By TED BRISTOW
Castlegar United Church
Do you tend to be re-
active, or pro-active?

T've only recently met with
this pair of words. I've found:
them quite helpful in looking

y at mysolf, and why I do what
do,

A re-active person reacts
to their circumstances. What
they do is determined by
what happens around them,

} because they're always res-

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Fine-line pencil drawings will be rendered of

Castlegar, Nelson and-Sandon.

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. ponding to something else.

They wait until a toothache
to visit a dentist. They wait
until someone gets upset be-
fore facing an unhappy situ-
ation. Instead of looking for
trouble, they let trouble
come to them.

It's one way to live, and it
often makes sense. Taking
things as they come is often
better than trying to make

By DON McLEOD

ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP)
— Among the partisan
crowd, patriotism explodes in
applause when Premier A.
Brian Peckford, face flushed
and fist hammering home the
message, thunders from a
podium in tiny Wesleyville:
“No more, no more, no

_ more.” 2

In Corner Brook, 400 kil-
ometres away on the west

, coast of Newfoundland, he

heaps sarcasm on the federal
government's claim to off-
shore juri

Len Stirling and Peter Fen-
wick, leader of Newfound-
land's tiny New Democratic
Party, Peckford tells yet

ernment for more than
840,000 eligible voters.
Stirling is the fourth leader
his once invincible party has
tried since wi

again of the
who cornered him in a Cal-
gary. hotel after he said
goodbye to Alberta Premier
Peter Lougheed, his dinner
companion,

“So good to see you, my
son,” Peckford told the man
from Joe Batt’s Arm. It de-
velops that there are 50 other
Newfoundlanders waiting up-

stairs to ask Peckford this

“Give them hell,. Brian,”
shouts one of the assembled
Progressive Conservative
candidates and workers.

Ina televised debate in St.
John’s with Liberal Leader

° °
Girl killed
by’ train
KAMLOOPS (CP) — A
1é-year-old girl was struck
and killed by a train Friday
while crossing the CP Rail
tracks adjacent to a local

shopping centre.
* ROMP said the girl, whose
name was not released, was

hit by a westbound train. She
died instantly.

“When can we
come home?”
TOUGH TO TOP

Peckford spun the yard
again and again on the 1982
campaign trail. It was his
punch-line in the leaders’ de-
bate. 3
Fenwick, as the camera
then turned to him for his
closing remarks, winced and
said:,“That’s:a tough act-to
follow.” i

That's what Stirling and
his plucky Liberals, still try-
ing to regroup 10 years after
the downfall of Joey Small-
wood, are up against Tues-
day in the Newfoundland
election.

The NDP has only 28 can-
didates in 63 ridings and no
hope of power. The Liberals
are the sole alternative gov-

(Vital Sta

born March
DICKIE — TO Mr. and Mrs, Robert
Dickie of Castlegar, @ son, born
March 27, -.

DOWKES — To Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Dowkes of Nelson, a son, born
Morch 27,

DUARTE — To Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Duarte of Costleger, a son, born
March 29,

DJAKOVIC.— To Mr. ond Mrs.
Milorad Djokovic of Nelson, a
son, born March 26.

FUSS — To Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Fuss of Nelson, a son, born Morch

HARBRIDGE — To Mr. ond Mrs.
Dole Harbridge, o daughter, born
March 23,
HODGE — To Mr. and Mrs. Stern
Hodge of Nelson, a son, born
March 25,

HORST — To Mr. and Mrs. Robert

Horst of Robson, a daughter, born
Sr

HORSWILL — To Mr. and Mrs.

Alstan Horswill of Castlegar, a

daughter, born March 27.

HUTH — To Mr. ond Mrs, Bob
Huth ‘of Nelson, a son, born Mar-
25. ‘

LAWRENCE — To Mr. ond Mrs,

tistics 7

BRANDSON — Matthew Bran-
don, 76, of Castlegar died March
17, Funeral service was held Mar-
ch 19 from St. David's Anglicon
Church, Castlegar, with Rev. Des
Carroll officiating. Cremation
followed. Memorial donations
Soclely for cap

couch — Uisalotte Couch, 62, of
Trall died suddenly March 25 in
Trail Regional Hospital. Service
was held March 30 from Carberi
Memorial Chapel with Chu

Wyatt of the Elks Lodge of-

ficlating. Cremation followed.

DRADER — Phillip Edward
Drader, 59, of Castlegar died
March 25, Service was held March
29 at the Castlegar Apostolic
Church with Rev. Ed Wagner of-
ficiating. Burial was at Park
Memorial Cemetery, -

ELASOFF' — Pete Elasoff, 73, of
Salmo died March 18 in Kootenay
loke District Hospital, Service
was held Services began March
31 and concluded April 1 from the
chapel of Thompson Funeral Ser-
vice, Burial wos in Nelson
‘Memorial Park.

OCEPOFF — Pearl Ocepoff, 97, o!
Trail died March 28 in Trail
Regional Hospital after o brief
illness. Service was conducted
April 1 from Carberry’s Memoria
Chapel with Father Harry Clarke
officiating. Burial was at the
Frultvale Memorial Cemetery.

a8
defeated in 1971. An insur-
ance salesman, he won the
job more than a year after
Peckford piled up an increase
majority of 83-19 in June,
1979, his first election as PC
leader.

One Liberal member late®
crossed the floor and one seat
was vacant at dissolution
March 1, leaving the Con-
servatives a 34-17 edge.

Stirling pledges to “make
work, not war,” using federal
money to bolster the fishery
and create jobs, He says
Peckford is preoccupied with
offshore oil and gas revenues
that are at least a decade
away while people are hurt-
ing now.

Peckford says’ Newfound-

jand resource wealth has.

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Peckford picked to win

been given away to outsiders
for centuries, a trend he
wants to stop. He says his
proposed offshore deal with
Ottawa will mean thousands
of jobs quickly.’

CHANCES NOT GOOD

Can Stirling the peace-
maker overturn the avowed
revolutionary Tuesday? That
has to be labelled highly un-
likely. :

Liberal insiders concede
they started .as distance
underdogs. The party would
need 27 seats for legislative
control. Their most optimis-
tic estimate wes 24. seats,

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things happen. It’s usually
more helpful to wait until
someone brings their prob-
lem up than to tell them you
think they have a problem
which we've got to do some-
thing about right now.

T guess I'm often re-active,
waiting for something to
come up before dealing with
it. Sometimes that’s laziness,
but sometimes that's good
strategy.

At other times, we defin-
itely ought to be pro-active.

To plan ahead, and take
action to make our plans
come true. To head off a
potentially harmful situation
by taking precautionary ac-
tion. To go after somethin,
we believe in. .

To pro-act means to act
first, to start something, to

times it's the only way to ac-
complish anything, because if
you just wait for the right
opportunity to turn up, you
might wait forever.

Jesus could sense what

CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 4, 1982

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KOOTENAY DOUKHOBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ANNUAL MEETING |

Sun., April 21, 1982

7:00 p.m. at the Doukhobor Village
AGENDA: Minutes from last annual meeting: reports:
treasurer, granis, AV, hospitality, artifacts, president and
nominations,

Refreshments and entertainment will be provided,
EVERYONE WELCOME

was best for each situation.
There was on memorable

time when He was p! tive,

Jesus went to Jerusalem,
to the hot-bed of His op-
ponents, to confront them
decisively with His word
from God. He might have
stayed safely away from Jer-
usalem, perpetuating a shaky
truce between them, but in-
stead He brought things toa
head.

Jesus’ final week in Jeru-
salem was the most impor-
tant week of His life, for the
whole world, because He -
acted when action was what
was needed.

What Jesus did for us,
there, in Jerusalem, has be-
come an invitation to us to
become pro-active, in our °
lives, about God. :

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