Page 6B The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, February 1, 1995 Shields' reading outstanding GORDON TURNER For The Castlegar Sun What do you say to an author who's won most of thé big prizes like the Governor General's award, the Canadian Authors’ Association award, and the Ellis award for mystery writing? How do you talk to a person who has published 17 books and is at the top of her profession? It turned out to be easy. Carol Shields was the most approach- able, most gracious author I've ever made contact with. She was absolutely genuine as she enter- tained the capacity crowd of more than 70 people who came to the library Friday night to hear her. At first she told us anecdotes about various aspects of her life and writing career, Much of the focus ‘was on her latest triumph The Stone Diaries, She told the audience she has always been interested in writing about women. However, as she herself got older, she wanted to move further back in time and capture her parents’ generation. As she was writing the book, she realized she was developing wonderful characters, but the novel didn’t have much plot Worried about that, she happened upon the Australian novelist Patrick White's comment that plot doesn't really matter as most stories are about “life going on toward death anyway.” So Shields continued to write the story of one woman's life— how it passed through the various is an opportunity for you to increase your visibility in the marketplace and reinforce your existing advertising. You already know that advertising must be repetitive to be effective. Here's your chance to be repetitive at a very reasonable rate. Anyone can design and print flyers; however at The Castlegar Sun we can design, print and DELIVER flyers AND offer you an ad in The Castlegar Sun for less than you are. likely paying now for. just the design and printing! Give us_atry— your business will love you for it! Call Cathy: ¢ Nicole ¢ Fred 365- 2278 ST. PETER LUTHERAN WORSHIP TIME 9:00 am SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:15 am 713 - 4th St. Rev. V. Tech * 604-354-1527 ALL WELCOME! , Castlegar phases of living: birth, childhood, marriage, love, motherhood, death. In doing so, she used many of the of i Questioned about the photos inserted in the novel just as in a biography, she told interesting stories as to how the photos were acquired. One photo simply fell out of a library book she was reading, and it,fit so perfectly into the family scenes she wished to depict that she used it in the photo section of her novel. At one point, Shields comment- ed upon the pleasures of being a writer. She told us that one pleasure was the many letters she received from grateful readers. One lady from England wrote a remarkably long letter which she ended by giv- ing Shields the “correct” recipe for Malvern pudding, which Mercy is baking as the novel opens. Another reader loved the novel but wished Daisy, the main char- acter, “could have been braver.” Shields interpreted that to mean more liberated. She said there are lots of nov- els about women who are chal- lenging convention. As a writer, she wished to write about a dif- ferent'type of womalt—a woman who goes through the ordinary patterns of living. Indeed, she believes there are many women who live “unrecorded lives”. They don’t seem to have many choices or don’t recognize that they have any choice but the role they play as wives and mothers. It was this type of woman she captured the essence of in The Stone Diaries. The evening ended with Shields signing books and talking to peo- ple about writing. Before the evening was over, most of Shields’ novels owned by the library were being signed out. People were saying here is a remarkable per- son—here is a novelist whose books I'll have to read more of. Wednesday, February 1, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page 7B equipment. — Shirley Evdokimoft (right) and Lorna Vereshagin present Ken Talarico, adminis- trator for Castlegar and District Hospital, with a cheque for $2,000. The money was given on behalf of the former Shoreacres Recreation Commission members 1971-94. The money will be used to help the hospital purchase much-needed ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Ron Norman Carol Shields signs books at the Castlegar and District Publit Library following Fri- day's reading before a crowd of more than 70 people. read from bestiary Hartog to Submitted Bees, moths, spiders and mosquitoes are of the stuff we =) ST.DAMID'S ANGLICAN CHURCH 614 Chiistina Place 8:00 Holy Communion 10:00 Family Service ALL WELCOME The Rev. 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These “bea re generally not thought of inspirational or worthy of reflection in poctry and prose, but local writer Diana Hartog mixed metaphors with insects (and more) and pro- duced the acclaimed Polite '@ Bees, a bestiary. : A resident of New Denver, Hartog has been publishing her RETIREMENT DINNER tor BUD GODDERIS Saturday, Feb. 11th at the j River Belle Restaurant in Trail. Cocktails at 6 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. $18 per person Contact Terry Jones Trail Regional Hospital 368-3311 Ext. 223 EVERYONE WELCOME SUN STAFF PHOTO /Ron Norman work for more than 10 years. Her bestiary, or as defined by Web- ster’s, “a medieval collection of allegorical fables about real or imaginary animals,” was pub- lished in 1992, received rave reviews and was nominated for a B.C. Book Prize. Hartog writes about the things which, terrorize her—spiders, dragons—and explore$ through language and imagination how these insects reflect aspects of our human nature Hartog will give a reading from Polite to Bees and new works at Kootenay School of the Arts on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Har- tog will also lead a workshop Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. There is no admission to either Friday's reading or Saturday's workshop, but spaces in the workshop are limited. See us for all your natural gas o' propane fireplaces; app! furnaces; sales & inetallat FREE QUOTATION 1008 Columbia Ave., Castlegar '5-3388 (C)apsule omments choice. Speaking of coughs. first birth-control pill carne on the market. of pharmacy! January can be a dreary month. A condition called ‘seasonal affective disorder’ (SAD) can contribute to a depressive feeling due largely to the fewer hours of sunlight during the winter months. 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Linda Roney guest speaker _ Submitted Linda Roney of Nelson will be sharing on the theme.“Trea- sures in the Making is What We Can be in Christ” at the Febru- ary Castlegar Women’s Aglow meeting. Roney moved to the Balfour area in August from Smithers and Hazelton. Her first contact with Aglow was in Hawaii where she lived from 1970-87. She then lived in Seattle for four years. She was active in Aglow in both places as secretary on local boards and as Bible study teacher. Roney met her husband, Al, when he accompanied a friend to Seattle for a seven-week cancer treatment. They were married before the seven weeks were up and came back to Canada with him. The meeting is open to all women. For the record An article in the Jan. 18 .q Castlegar Sun reported that the Doukhobor Heritage Retreat Society is planning a retreat cen- ter in Genelle. 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One child had to have 16 of her 20 teeth extracted and a teenager had to have four rotting molars pulled before a volunteer orthopedic surgeon could begin work on her club feet, he said. In the course of his seven Cc ity Service organization which coordinates help for refugees in many parts of the world. In his slide presentation of his volunteer work in seven “assign- ments” in the Orient, Guatemala and South America, Morrow pointed out both the difficulties and the unexpected rewards. “If you can’t take at least a month from your work for vol- unteer assignments,” he warned, “you had better wait until you retire.” However, he added, “There are exceptions” and cited the exam- ple of a fellow Rotarian, also a dentist, who with his wife has for the past 30 years used his vaca- tion time for volunteer work in various parts of the world. Morrow and his wife worked in the Philippines and the jungle stations of Guatemala:~ “Two Catholic priests, Catholic cockney assis- tants from London and we two American Presbyterians: We worked great together.” He was also in Hong Kong, Beijing and 1,000 kilometers up the Amazon. Working conditions varied from having a young patient lying between his mother’s and the den- tist’s knees to the most modern of dental and medical equipment. “I worked on a fair number of wounds in some places, as well as teeth,” he added, noting that “all the males carry machetes.” On the other hand, the benefits included “some of the best fish- ing and diving in Bataan that I assig of = Tet Bh MERCUSY| 2795 Highway Drive « Trail, B.C. TRAL., B.C. AUG. 19-25,'96 “5 have ever experienced and a totally unexpected visit to the Great Wall of China.” Morrow was introduced by Dr. Mark Vanderzee and thanked by Don Buskas. 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