Castlégar News July 23, 1986 Man loses years CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) — Imagine waking up in a hospital bed with no recol- lection of the last 10 years of your life. Lowell Nicholson knows what it’s like. The last decade is a blank for the Cross Roads, P.E.I., man who lost a chunk of his memory after being hit by a car in 1983. Nicholson can't remember his first marriage and woke from a coma not knowing his second wife or his son. He couldn't even decide what to wear based on a weather report. “The radio gave the tem peratures in Celsius and I didn't know what Celsius was.” Nicholson was at the end of his driveway, unloading packages from the back seat of his car, when he was hit by a passing car. That was Dec. 15, 1983, and he was 41 year& old. He woke out of a coma in a Halifax hospital about a month later. He thought it was 1973. “When I woke up in Hali fax I thought I was 31,” he says. “I thought I was in Oshawa, Ont. I had lost approximately 10 years.” He explains be had an operation in Oshawa in 1973. Because of the accident, he lost all memory of the inter vening time. Nicholson had to accept the fact he had a family and his family had to accept the fact he didn't know them. He didn’t know his neighbors or his home. “I didn't know where things were kept in my own house. Other things change, like your personality and even the foods you like,” he says. A rehabilitation program helped put him back on his of life feet. “Going through rehab was the best thing that happened to me after the accident,” says Nicholson. “I didn't have much speech and when you lose that many years of memory you also lose what you had learned.” He's tried to fill in the blanks by gathering infor. mation from family and friends and by reading news papers from the period. But he'll never regain the years he lost and that still poses problems. When he runs into people he met during the last decade, they'll say hello or stop to chat. He doesn't know who they are. The disability also makes BUSINESS DIRECTORY MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Cast Chimneys ] 1908 Universal Press Syndicate Ph. 365-7287 for emp! Although he's taken a work adjustment training program and is enrolled in a computer course, the former real estate insurance salesman isn't sure if there's a place for him in the workforce. “Mal a resume is diffi cult because I don't know about 10 years of my life. If they ask about those 10 years and you mention you are brain damaged, you might as well get to the back of the line.” Nicholson says his life is “like being in jail years after the accident.” But he's stub- born and he tries to remain optimistic. Besides, things aren't all bad — he and his wife recently had a second son. “I have to make a new life for myself and try to make the best of it and always keep going and moving up the ladder,” he says. “I know I will never get back the things I could do before, but I will do as much as I can and I can always keep learning.” Death stirs debate VANCOUVER (CP) — death Saturday of a retired Penticton, farmer after a fruitless six-month wait for open-heart surgery has stir- red the debate over an apparent shortage of nurses in British Columbia. William Dutchak, 70, died of a heart attack while awaiting scheduling of cor onary bypass surgery. One of his arteries was completely blocked, the other 90-per cent blocked. Dutehak's daughter, Mag gie Fitzgerald, said it was The time the government did something to solve the nursing shortage. But Health Minister Jim Nielsen said the government isn't to blame and is trying to find out why nurses are leaving British Columbia. 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A number of kids took advantage of sunny weather and the Castlegar Recreation Department's activities at the pork CosNewsPhote by Pri Colderbank SHSS drama classes pay off for actress By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer The drama classes at Stanley Humphries secondary school are paying off for Felicity Rego Born and raised in Castlegar, the 1978 SHSS grad is currently entertaining audiences at Expo 86 in one of the most popular and talked-about shows at the world’s fair Rego, who celebrated her 26th birthday last week, is one of five women and two men who portray The Storyteller, an elderly native Indian man, in the Spirit Lodge at the General Motors pavilion Rego and her six fellow actors were chosen from more than 100 applicants for the part She performs in 12 to 22 shows a day, five days a week and described the role as “quite a stretch.” “Playing a male and playing the age I've never played someone that old,” said Rego, her voice brimming with enthusiasm in a telephone interview from Vancouver. However, the part has its price She said the costume that transforms her and the other actors into The Storyteller is “quite exhausting and hot” to work in. But she said the transformation, consisting of makeup, a mask and a blanket like cloak — “scary” to look at in a mirror — makes the role “easy to get into.” The part is also demanding because of its duration and repetition, she said. By the end of Expo on Oct. 13, Rego and the other actors will have performed the part some 2,000 times each. A new Spirit Lodge show starts every 10 minutes, 12 hours a day, seven days a week. Two actors are in costume at any given time, alternating three shows on and three shows off. There are two shifts of actors each day “Maintaining this role for six months is the hardest thing,” said Rego, who holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in theatre from the University of Victoria. She said the challenge in performing upwards of 100 shows a week is to keep the role of The Storyteller “fresh and alive.” But she said keeping a role fresh is the responsibility of an actor and her training has taught her to approach a role differently for every performance. “If 1 did the exact same thing every time I would get bored,” she said. “Every time has to be like the first time.” Remembering that the majority of every audience is seeing the show for the first time also helps her to do her best each time out, Rego said. While much of Expo is geared to high-tech shows and displays, the show in the Spirit Lodge is “down to earth and human,” she said. The role of The Storyteller draws on West Coast Indian legend to tell a story of transportation and change. In the story, the elderly Indian questions the humanity of high technology and contemplates the meaning of trans. portation in native images he conjures up in smoke rising from a fire. But while the show is down to earth and human, steeped in myth and magic, the process behind the show is strictly high-tech. Thanks to a new process called Holavision, smoke rising from the fire appears to be completely controlled by the actor on stage. Images appear, animate, transform and disappear as the smoke twists and forms itself into the ghosts, spirits and memories in the story told by the live actor. But although the actor appears tocontrol the ghostly images, the opposite is the case. Rego and the other actors must time their precisely choreographed move ments to the predetermined Holavision patterns. Because a patent is pending on Holavision, much of how the process works is secret. What is known is Hola vision uses the smoke in the show to focus a three-dimen sional image, which appears to be suspended in space continued on poge AZ LOCKINGTON, England (AP) — Sixteen people were feared killed when a four-car train filled with plowed into a small truck at an unmanned railway crossing in North- east England on Saturday. Police said six deaths were con- firmed, but that 10 more people were feared dead, their bodies trapped under the train. At least 45 people were reported injured, 10 seriously. There were no reports of Canadians among the casualties. The train travelling to Hull from the seaside city of Bridlington was carrying nearly 200 people when it rammed the truck at a grade crossing in Lockington villag. and three railway cars jumped the tracks, British Rail said. One car overturned. “The train started to career to the left and suddenly it was on its side; the windows exploded and I hung onto one of the seats for my life,” said passenger Ian Simpson, 19. Awa Castlegar city Sy coat iy a $60,000 paving contract to a Trail company during a special meeting Thursday. There was no debate on the motion to accept Jack Williamson Paving Ltd's low tender of $49 per tonne. The only other tender was from Pineridge Paving Ltd. of Nelson which bid $52.08 per tonne. The paving contract is for street improvements which include the re surfacing of 6th Avenue from Ist Street to 3rd Street, 6th Street from Districts to continue pursuit By CasNews Staff The four regional districts interested in buying West Kootenay Power and Light Co. will continue their pursuit of the utility following their receipt Thursday of a positive feasibility study. George Cady, chairman of the committee representing the regional district of Central Kootenay, Kootenay Boundary, Central Okanagan and and O) says in a news release the report is “very positive.” Cady says the report, written by the Vancouver firm Coopers and Lybrand, deals with a number of important issues such as future sources of power. including expansion of existing facili ties and continued dependence on Cominco and B.C. Hydro as suppliers. Future capital expenditures and cash flow analyses are also included. Cady says. The report has not public Cady says he plans to approach Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Ritchie again about a legislative amendment that would allow the four regional districts to buy WKPL. Ritchie has said he won't amend legislation to allow the districts to buy the utility. Chairmen of the four regional districts will meet in Grand Forks July 30 with Coopers and Lybrand officials and deputy minister of municipal affairs Chris Woodward to discuss further the $10,000 report The districts must make a tentative bid on WKPL, which has been put up for sale by its parent company Cominco, by Aug. 1. been | made nen no way they could have survived.” “A girl flew past me though the air and smashed against a seat and just lay there unconscious. There was a lot of Firemen from all over the county of Humberside were called in with every available piece of cutting, lifting and moving gear to help free the injured and dead. A fleet of ambulances carried the seriously hurt to the Royal Infirmary in Hull, one ne aged about 18 lying by the side of the track. It was a nightmare. It's a wonder anyone was left alive.” Simpson said: “I saw at least four bodies. I saw things that no human should see.” The level rail crossing has warning lights but no gates or barriers. rds contract 10th Averiue to the lane between 8th and 9th Avenues, and 9th Avenue from Sth Street to 9th Street. As well, 23rd Street west of 11th Avenue, 6th Avenue north of 20th Street and Meadowlark Lane in the Ogiow Subdivision will be paved. In other news, council tabled until a special meeting Monday at 4 p.m. a recommendation to accept a tender from Heritage Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd. in Nelson for the supply of two new half-ton pick-up trucks and one new one-ton truck Ald. Leni Embree, chairman of council's works and services committee which made the dation, said immediately south of the Park, is also designated industrial light and will be included in the amendment even though the regional district has not had a request for a change to that property's zoning status. Ernie's Towing is the current the reason for the delay is that council is “seeking new information.” Also at Thursday’s meeting, council agreed to send a letter to the Regional District of Central Kootenay advising that the city does not object to a proposed regional district zoning bylaw amendment that would permit the operation of gasoline service stations on two properties zoned industrial light just outside Castlegar city limits. pant of the property. In advising the RDCK that the city doesn't object to the amendment, council makes clear “city policy does not permit the extension of water and sewer services or fire protection (other than as provided under the mutual aid ag outside city The regional district will hold a public hearing on the zoning amend- ment Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Castlegar Community Complex. t Vander Zalm tops leadership poll VANCOUVER (CP) — Former cabi net minister Bill Vander Zalm is the overwhelming choice of British Colum. bians to lead the Social Credit party, says a poll by Marktrend Marketing Research Inc. The poll, done by the Vancouver firm for the Vancouver Sun, shows that Vander Zalm is the most trustworthy of the 12 leadership candidates and would be the one most likely to end confrontation in the province. The poll was criticized by some candidates who said the public's media-created perception of the race is far different from that of the 1,300 Socred delegates who will choose B.C.'s next premier Wednesday at Whistler Vander Zalm was picked by 46.5 per cent of respondents who were asked which candidate they would like to see lead the party. Provincial Secretary Grace Mc Carthy received 18.7 per cent, Attor ney General Brian Smith nine per cent and Bud Smith, Premier Bill Bennett's former principal secretary, 4.7 per cent Those four are the acknowledged front-runners in the race to succeed Bennett Pollsters surveyed 402 people at random by telephone, asking a variety of cuestions related to the leadership race and the ability of the candidates to win the next general election. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 per cent 19 times out of 20, said Marktrend spokesman Richard Basford Vander Zalm led on every one of seven “issues” questions, such as which candidate would be best at dealing with unions, native land claims, Ottawa, and which candidate “would seem” to care most about the poor and elderly. On all these questions, McCarthy came a distant second and Brian Smith an even further third. Vander Zalm said the poll “sounds fantastic. It makes me feel good.” McCarthy countered the poll with two of her own — one by Marktrend and the other by Toronto-based Gold- fare which show she has the best chance of beating NDP Leader Bob Skelly in a provincial election and is the best candidate to unite the Socreds. Neither Brian Smith nor Bud Smith were available for comment, but John Laschinger of Bud Smith's campaign said he wasn't surprised at his candi- date’s poor showing. Smith is the only candidate who has never held elected office, so the public doesn't know who he is yet, Laschinger said.