22, 1995

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Penticton author Vernon Frolick reads from his book
Descent into Madness at the Castlegar library last

Reading full of
laughter, suspense

JUDY WEARMOUTH
For The Castlegar Sun

It was an evening of laughter
and tears, poetry and suspense
Jim Chapman and his nephew
Vernon Frolick gave the audience
at the Castlegar library an event
to remember last Thursday as
they read from their respective
books and told family stories,

Chapman, with hair a delicate
shade of pink (no, I won't tell
you why—you should have
been there) first gave an emo-
tional tribute to his late sister,
Gloria Kupchenko Frolick, read-
ing her poem on the death of a
young soldier.

The passages from his book,
The Horseman of Shandro Cross-
ing, were also moving and funny
as they told of the loneliness of
the early Ukrainian immigrants
to the Prairies and their ways of
coping with it

The warmth and humanity of
the writing brought tears to my
eyes as well as Chapman's.

When Vernon Frolick stood up
to give his reading, he was also
in tears and laughing at the same
time about the Kupchenko family
habit of bawling in public

As Crown prosecutor in Pen-
ticton, he confessed, he often
cries when presenting details of a

lot of cases!

We could believe it, Reading
from Descent into Madness, he
gave a spellbinding account of
Michael Oros's crazy flight from
reality, resulting in the murder
of a trapper.

Const. Mike Buday died as an
RCMP. SERT team attempted to
pick up Oros, knowing he was a
very dangerous psychopath. An
eerie malfunction of Oros's gun
prevented the death of another
police officer and Oros himself
was shot

The diaries of Michael Oroso
revedled him to be a sensitive
and imaginative writer; while
reading them, Vernon Frolick
managed to see into his soul and
pity the derangement which
wrought such tragedy

As a friend of Buday, Frolick
was unable to read. the passages
covering his death. We all had
lumps in our throats as we lis-
tened to the parts he could read;
the wondrous descriptions of the
intense silence of the frozen
North and the brilliance of the
Stars, or the suspense of the
snowmobiliers’ approach to their
cabin, wondering if Oros was
inside, aiming a gun at them.

This strange case will become a
legend in Canadian legal history as
it contains such surreal elements;

week.

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Ron Norman case to the jury, and thus wins a and it may become a movie.

TRAIL & DISTRICT
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He is one of Canada's leading folksingers and ‘one of
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Sunday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Greater Trail Community Centre

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Tickets: $15 Available at Alpine Drugs
in Rossland and L & J Books in Trail
and Pete's TV in Castlegar

Magic Mirrors on
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SHARLENE IMHOFF
For The Castlegar Sun

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For more than 2,000 years,
they have been considered the
gateway to the supernatural, the
soul and the mysterious workings
of the universe. They are mirrors,
and next month these reflective
surfaces will also raise money for
the Canadian Red Cross and the
National Exhibition Centre
gallery during a gala auction

Local artists have used their
talents to create Magic Mirrors,

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which will be placed for auction
April | at the NEC ina gala
fundraiser. Viewing begins at 7
p.m. with the auction to follow
shortly thereafter, A silent auc-
tion will also feature similar
works by area artists. All money
raised will benefit the Red Cross
and the NEC in a 50/50 share.

Approximately 30 area artists
have lent their talents to this
cause, including Robson's Dar
McDowell, who created a table
runner using mirror to display a
spring snowdrop flower.

Because the flowers droop,
their beauty can only be truly
appreciated by looking into the
mirror on which they sit.
McDowell's piece is on display
now at the NEC.

Advance tickets only are now
available for_$20 from the
National Exhibition Centre, the
Red Cross in Castlegar, The
Castlegar Sun, the Castlegar
Library and the Up The Garden

Path in Nelson. SUN STAFF PHOTO Shariene Imhoff

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Dar McDowell prepares her piece for the upcoming
Magic Mirrors gala fundraiser at the NEC.

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Dr. David Patrick, associate director of the division of sexually —— diseases

at the B.C. Center for Disease Control, spoke to participants at the re

drug use workshop in Castlegar.

HEALTH WORKSHOP SAYS

ent injection
SUN STAFF PHOTO /Karen Kerkhoft

Street drug nurse needed

KAREN KERKHOFF

Sun Staff

ANKORS, the West Koote-
nay/Boundary AIDS Network
outreach and support society has
applied for funding to hire a street
drug nurse for the West Kootenay.

The nurse would travel
between Castlegar, Trail and Nel-
son and would be responsible for
needle exchange, testing for HIV,
hepatitis, sexually transmitted
diseases and other associated
high-risk activities.

Local public health nurse Cindy
Talarico said a recent intravenous
pain use workshop which dis-

cussed risky behavior drew some
startling conclusions.

“There is illegal injection drug
use in our communities. It has
been an increasing issue, We do
have concerns around that.”

Through the workshop, partic-
ipants were able to determine
that there are at least 36 injection
drug users in the Castlegar, Trail
and Nelson area, as well as
“casual users”

Despite the distance from
maior cities such as Vancouver

id Calgary,

been a lack of information shar-
ing in the helping community.
This, she explained, leaves coun-
sellors, physicians and others
with only a “piece of the picture”.

This in itself is limiting when
trying to help someone with dis-
eases associated with illegal
drug use, she said.

with intravenous drug use, such
as HIV, hepatitis B and C, have
found their way to the Kootenays
This has left caregivers and
other concerned residents grap-
pling with the implications.
Talarico said the workshop
helped with information sharing
and to devise a concerted
approach towards these problems,
More than 40 people attended
the workshop March 10 at the
Ootischenia school.
Talarico said the workshop
was valuable in that there has

Telephone customers in
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to Vallican.

B.C. Tel communications
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effective March 29, te
customers in Siocan's (355)

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“Operator” when calling Vallican
telephone nunibers,” Clark said.

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phone customers still have to
pay long sistance charges on
calls to Slocan.”

The expansion of this ser-
vice is a result of the referen-
dum carried out last year which
indicated the majority of voting
telephone customers (79 per-
cent) in the “355” exchange,
favored the removal of long,
distance charges with an
accompanying increase in

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Workshop participants,
through discussion groups held
after listening to guest speaker
Dr. David Patrick, associate
director of the division of sexual-
ly transmitted diseases at the B.C.
Center for Disease Control, were
able to identify strategies which
might be effective

“We determined we needed a
better sharps [needle] strategy and
that halfway houses are needed.”

Talarico said the houses will
help detox users keep their dis-
tance from some of the connec-
tions which are associated with
their habits.

Educators who participated in
the workshop suggested that they
would like to see more detailed
health education at an earlier age.

As well, legal personnel, such
as lawyers, and RCMP, indicated
that they felt it’s important that
parents and children understand
the legal consequences associated
with activities that lead to HIV
and hepatitis.

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