vs Castlegar News october 9, 1986

————

John Charters...

Reflections

& recollections

Rotary student
writes from
‘down under’

Susan Ross, only daughter of Ron and Elaine Ross of
Castlegar is presently on a year-long tour of Australia on
the Rotary International Student Exchange program.

The Castlegar Rotary Club received this letter from|
her some time in September but circumstances have

holidays?

In any case, the € has probably r
since Ron and Elaine are themselves visiting her “down|
under” and we wish her joy

Well am finally settled back into St. George. This i
actually the first week (full week) I am going to hav
(since about May 16) in school because I've been on man:
tours and holdiays.

It all started back on May 18 when I left on a safari
with 48 other exchange students from district 964 a
963. It was a 19-day trip all around Queensland. The bus
we travelled on was “luxury”. It had three TVs, ta)
deck, video machine, air conditioning, and full carpeting.

The videos came in handy when we hit the day:
where we travelled up to 13 hours on nothing but flat,
long roads! The place we visited that I liked the most w
Lann Hill Gorge located between Mt. Isa and Karumba_|
There were beautiful waterfalls and aboriginal paintings,
and considering where it was located and how long it took
us to get there, it was excellent!

The stretch of road that we turned onto was all dirt)
and it took us two hours to do a 42-kilometre stretch. We}
kept on getting bogged down and all of us had to get off
the bus and push on the food trailer, which was attached]
to the bus. We had to do this three times.

Other places I really enjoyed were three different
islands. The first was Grun Island (east of Cairns) We
swam, snorkled, went on glass bottom boats to see fish
and feed them and sunbaked; then it rained just as we
left

The second island was Whitsunday Island. (east of
Airlie Beach). We took two yachts over — Southern
Cross, (12 metres), and Solo, (10 metres) — and spent the
whole day sunbaking and had a beautiful Hawaiian luneh|
aboard ship.

The last one was Fraser Island (east of Hervey Bay).
We went for a four-wheeldrive around it, walked through
the rainforests, had lunch, and went for a swim in Lake|
McKenzie.

Those were the places I really liked the most. There|
were a lot more, but I can't go on forever! I also wished
the trip was a lot longer because we were having a lot of
fun

The second tour I went on started on June 8 and
lasted for 10 days. We traviled around most of the New
South Wales. This trip was with my school. The place
that interested me the most was the city, Sydney. We
had a tour of the Opera House and the Harbor

We also went to the Centre Point Tower. Then we
went to the ‘Snowies’ (The Snowy Mountains) and Mt
Koskivsko (after the Polish hero). There was no real snow
but there was man made snow. It was like skiing on a
“slurpie” it was so wet and bad. Also, when we arrived
they were told we had three hours to ski and I thought
(and everyone else, too) that the lift tickets were
supplied. But we were told if we started walking up we
could get about six hours in. We were not pleased. My
next host brother and I managed to get about four free
runs (up the T-bar) for a total of seven. The day after we
left, it snowed for the first time and they got two feet.

The last place of interest to me was Canberra, the
capital of Australia. We went to the War Memorial,
legislative building, and to where they are building the
new legislative building

Out of the two tours, I think I liked the safari with
exchangees better because we always have fun when we
get together. It was a longer trip and we had a much
better bus and bus driver

I headed back to St. George for a week of school
holidays, then off to the coast (Gold Coast) for a week and
a briefing camp at Cedar Lake. (45 minutes west of the
Gold Coast) for a weekend. During the week I went to
Sea World, played tennis and bowled, toured Tamborine
Mountain and Lamington Park, went to a Rotary and
Rotaract meeting, and toured the canals and ocean, and
went to the district governor's changeover dinner and
dance! I had an excellent week

Then I went to a briefing camp on the weekend for
the outbounders. We inbounders and rebounders had to
go and tell of our experiences. There was also another
Rotary meeting we went to. It was a great weekend and
week. Then I arrived back in St. George on late Monday,
and left for Laidley (one half hour east of Toowoomba) on
late Thursday for my first host sister's and grandfather's
14th and 80th birthdays. 1 had another really good time.
We stayed the whole weekend and arrived back on
Sunday so I could go back to school

Those were all my basic and fun activities in the last
2", months. My next activity is on the 9th - 17th, when I
spend a week in Brisbane with a friend (an exchange
student from the U.S.). Then school holidays begin!
September 16 - 30 but I won't go back to school because
hopefully I'll be travelling four days after my birthday
(27th) with my parents when they arrive at the beginning
lof October! I'm really looking forward to that Mr
President!

Ron Ross is president of the Castlegar Rotary Club.

I've now settled in with my third host family. I've
only met my host parents Terry and Jenny Parer. They
are lovely people and have made me very welcome into
their family but I still have six other kids to meet! You
didn’t hear about my second host family because they
were just a temporary one until the Parers came back
from Italy. Their names are Kwin and Pat McDonald.

They have a son Henry (25 years old and works on a farm)
and two daughters whom I met briefly, and they have
families. I had a lovely time during the 1% weeks I spent
with them.

Well, this about wraps it up. I've actually run out of
things to say. So all take care and I still expect letters
from anyone who would sit down and write them to me!
Bye for now!

(Still trying to get an accent!)

Auxiliary
member
honored

Olive Muir, South Slocan
resident and one of the
founding members of the
South Slocan Hospital Auxil-
iary, has left to retire in
Langley.

To thank Muir for her con.
tributions to the community,
friends held a dinner for her
at the Fireside Inn.

Hospital auxiliary mem
bers honored Muir at a
luncheon held at the home of
Bobby Mackay. ~

Assisted by five new mem
bers — Joan Mallard, Dor
othy Brickwood, Faye Tay-
lor, Alice Swan and Diane
Dunsmore — the auxiliary is
raising money by raffling a
handmade quilt, a painting
by Rose Allenbrand and a
hand-hooked Christmas

Energetic °

Hard Working
Reliable

A Man Who Can Get
Things Done

On October 22, 1986
ELECT

Howard. DIFKS x SOCIAL CREDIT 9g,

TO THE VANDER ZALM TEAM ‘
Call 354-4900 For Transportation to the Polls

SUSAN ROSS
exchange student

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The only way

this man will get the
Oppo

to give

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wreath.
Ten members attended the
area conference where they

shared their knowledge of
craft construction.

Handmade items as well as
cook books are selling well at
the hospital gift shop and will
be sold at the Christmas
Craft Fair at the Chahko-
Mika Mall on Nov. 13, 14, and
15.

A bake sale will be held at
the Kootenay Lake District
Hospital Nov. 6.

Auxiliary members are
asked to bring home-baked
goods to the next meeting
Nov. 6 at Betty Ridge's
home.

FBDB
rep to
speak

A representative of the
Federal Business Develop:
ment Bank will be the guest
speaker at the Castlegar
Chamber of Commerce's
monthly meeting Monday at
the Sandman Inn.

An FBDB workshop will
follow the meeting.

The chamber's annual gen
eral meeting is set for Oct. 27
at the Hi Arrow Arms Motor
Hotel. It will include annual
reports and the election of
officers.

As well, the chamber will
honor past mayors of Castle
gar and Kinnaird at a special
gala dinner and dance Nov. 8
at the Fireside Inn banquet
room

Flu

vaccine
clinic

The Central Kootenay
Health Unit will hold flu
immunization clinics this
week and next week. Clinics
will be held Tuesday and
Thursday this week and
Thursday next week

The flu vaccine is pro-
vided free to adults and chil
dren suffering from chronic
ill health, particularly those
with cardiovasuclar or pulm
onary disorders.

While most immunization
programs are directed to
wards children there are
certain disease against which
adults should also be boosted
each 10 years

a Fresh Start...

Next
Weeken

Super Anniversary Sale

AY FOR DETAILS

Our Action Ad Phone
Number is 365-2212 .

POSTMUS

ond
Pestmus. @ boy. born Oct. 14.

SEIGO — To Leura and Bill Seigo
of Kaslo, two boys, born Oct. 9

ERICKSON — Henry Allon Eric
son died suddenly in Penticton at
the age of 71. He is survived by

‘

...iS if you elect his
team on Wednesday,

October 22.

ROSSLAND-TRAIL

AUDREY MOORE

SOCIAL CREDIT,

LETS MAKE A FRESH START FOR B.C. TOGETHER

HOME SUPPORT . . . Myrna Heroux, Castlegar home support worker, assists
Henrietta Chartier with her shopping, one of many service provided to seniors and
disabled by the Castlegar and District Home Support Service Association.

Home support service
to hold open house

The Home Support As-
sociation of British Columbia,
in conjunction with the Can.
adian Council on Homemaker
Services, has proclaimed Oct.
19 - 25 as Home Support
Worker Week in B.C.

Home Support Workers
enable seniors and disabled
persons to function inde
pently and remain safely in
their own homes and com
munities.

In Castlegar workers pro-
vide services to clients who
are convalescing, who re
quire long term care and who
are terminally ill.

The workers number be.

tween 50 and 60 and their
hours range from two hours
per week to 40 hours a week
(full-time).

A worker may help as
many as four clients in one
day. The workers are a
trained and give more than
physical assistance; they de-
velop a close relationship
with clients and work with
professionals to ensure that
the best possible interests of
the client are achieved.

Some of the services pro-
vided include: personal as.
sitance (hygiene), shopping
(for food and to pay bills),
mobilization (walking, exer.

cising), and general cleaning.

These services allow
clients to remain in their own
homes as long as possible.
Last month each client re
ceived an average of 12.5
hours of home support work
er assistance.

The Castlegar and District
Home Support Service As-
sociation is having an open
house at the Legion Monday
from 7 - 9 p.m.

Home Support workers,
clients, board members and
the general public are wel
come to drop in and find out
more about the services
available.

-ELECTION ’86-

NEWS LEADER
COVERAGE ON...

8:00 P.M.
OCTOBER 22ND

8 Reporters with “all”
local results from returning
offices and campaign headquarters
in Nelson/Creston and
Rossland/Trail ridings

ELECTION COVERAGE A PRESENTATION OF:

—Curriers and Rossland Ingurance Agencies
—Rumford Place, Castlegar
—Rosling Realty, Nelson

—Sterling Home Furnishers, Nelson