Page 8B The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, November 16, 1994 A lesson in determination We have in our yard, a huge, pot-bellied and industrious which for the lack of a better name I have called 5 Henry, who is probably a Hen- rietta since he (she) is very large, = ©, belp you feel better CASTLEGAR PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC ~ Open: Mon. & Wed. 3 pm-8 pm Tues. & Thurs. 9 am-6 pm ¢ Fri. 9 am- 3 pm No doctor referral necessary 14588 Columbia Avenue © Nicholas Bourdon * 365-6737 had spun a beautiful web between a tall rose bush and a hy. and anchored with a five-foot long cable reaching across the front sidewalk. Because of its position in the throughway, the cable was broken by dogs and people and the web collapsed. The next night Henry reconstruct- ed the web, and the next morning it was down again. It soon became obvious that ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Henry is a lineal descendent of the spider who, 700 years ago, gave King Robert the Bruce of Branch 170 1 his famous lesson in ion, for he rebuilt and Sundays Mon. - Thurs. Fri. - Sat. 2 pm-8 pm 2 pm-10pm 11 am-11 pm Guests with members 248 Columbia Ave., Castlegar welcome! All Gift Items O% off Picture Place 676 - 18th Street., Castieaird Plaza 365-2211 HOUR PHOTO 365-7017 J lunch time, I have no idea of the dining hours of spiders, but doub- - less when things get cool he (she) will return to web center, have a light snack on the choicest of his (her) catches and roll up the rest, Spider fashion, in a silk lunch box and set them aside for supper. We also have indoor spiders— black, long-legged fellows who are usually to be found in the for a bath or a quick drink, and remove them gently to the car- port. The fact that when pursued they fold up their legs and pre- tend to be dead makes the evic- tion an easy one. I have only met black widow spiders (Latrodectus) a couple of times in my life when students brought them to the lab. They were known also as the “hour- glass spider” because of the red hourglass marking on their get very sick. But despite their deadly reputation they have a less than five per cent mortality rate. In any case, from an ethnocen- tric point of view, few creatures are so useful to man, and fewer still are so creatively beautiful and they have nothing to do with making it rain. Henry and his/her kind have, tummy. The fe i about 1-1 1/2 inches (including the extended legs) while the males are much smaller. Though greatly feared they are actually very timorous, preferring to hide in darkened areas such as old buildings, in wood piles or among ibles. If their webs are dis- ig racing fi ly about in the bottom of the bathroom wash-basin or the bathtub. Since, as a biology teacher, I have a beside the walk and shimmered silver in all its beauteous symme- try in the morning sunshine as tiny white flies blundered into it, shaking the silken strands in their frantic efforts to escape. In the meantime, Henry sat in the center of the web, sandy- I and watch- respect for living things and do not suffer from arachnophobia or fear of spiders (a friend of mine who does, always insists that whenever she Sees one that they aré gnashing their teeth at her and making ugly threats). On the other hand, I assume that my visitors are friendly and have just dropped by turbed, however, they may rush out and bite the disturber. Gloves are recommended, therefore, when working in these areas. Since the males die shortly after copulation, lady spiders often have the regrettable habit of among the largest living things on earth, and we are therefore giants in the land of spiders and other and smaller life and see things all to often from a giant's point of view. It helps our sense of perspec- tive, therefore, to take a good hard, close look at these smailer members of our world, Henry’s included, and a good place to start is from where you stand. Try a walk over the the Chapel House and look at Doris eating their small husb per- haps that is why they are called black widows. Their bite, while not immedi- ately noticeable, can produce dis- tressing symptoms, i.e. you can ing his larder swell all around him. Then after several minutes of satisfied contemplation he (she) walked slowly up one strand to the cover of a rose leaf, possi- bly for a snooze in its shade until CASTLEGAR'S 2ND ANNUAL MOONLIGHT MADNESS DEC. 2, 1994 5 P.M. - ? MOONLIGHT MADNESS ¢ Stores Open late e Friendly Staff ¢ Great Christmas Shopping This special section will appear in the West Kootenay Advertiser, Sunday, Nov. 27, 1994 RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY! DEADLINE FOR SPACE: NOV. 16/94 LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE CALL CATHY e NICOLE e FRED mov 8S S-2278 oe nee 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. VIN 1G8 Staff and students at SHSS made new poppy collec- tion boxes for the Castlegar Legion. SHSS shop instructor Dave Dudley presents one of the boxes to the Legion's Albert Calderbank sun starr PHOTO ‘aren Kerkhof! ATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 CASTLEGAR ARENA COMPLEX _Projects make communi up to 1/3 of project costs The next deadline is January 1, 1995 BC 21 Community Projects Community Grants Branch Phone: 356-1187 Fax: 356-9358 BC 21 Community visions realities. Nore organizations, local government bodies and community organizations can apply for small or large capital grants, up to $1 million covering For applications and information contact Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture 239 Menzies Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 or contact your local MLA Constituency office. SLIAONd « Building B.C. for the 21st Century ys 'P of the Land of small. You'll be impressed. I guarantee it. There is a wonderful world to be seen just beyond your nose— you just have to look. Scholarships awarded A modest ceremony was held recently at the Castlegar Campus to award $19,000 in Selkirk Col- lege Entrance Scholarships to 13 students, while three more were the Selkirk College board member Pat McLaughlin addressed his opening remarks to the assem- bled gathering of donors, recipi- ents and parents. Rick Georgetti, Selkirk College board member, presented the largest awards of the day, the Canada Scholarships in Science and Engineering, to Jason Cooper of Rossland and Hanna Van De Voss of Castlegar. Perra presented first-year Forestry student Daryl Carter of Castlegar, with the Cana- da Scholarship in Technology. Melanie Brownlie of Castlegar received the Castlegar-Robson Legion, Branch 170 Canada 125 scholarship from Legion Presi- dent Bob MacBain and the Dick Fowler English Scholarship from Sheila Seymour. Robert Maclean, chairman of pher Neufeld of Nelson, and the Robert Boyer Entrance Scholar- ship to Jason Cooper of Rossland. The Daphne Hamilton Scholar- ship was awarded to Gary Bar- clay of Grand Forks, and, for the second consecutive year, to Michelle Paolini of Rossland, who is continuing her studies at UBC. On behalf of all Selkirk College employees, Dr. Gordon Turner awarded Employee Endowment Scholarships to Michael Gordon of Fruitvale and of Rossland, Kalwind Saran of Trail, and Hona Sweeney of Argenta by Dr. Jack Colbert, a member of the Foundation Board. The recipient of the final award of the day was Allyson Hollman of Salmon Am, who received the Ronald William Waters Music Scholarship from Gilles Par- enteau, music instructor. Novel Idea #6: IT's TRUE — now The Castlegar Sun is delivered to local* rural subscribers on WEDNESDAYS. And we couldn't have done it without Canada Post's cooperation. “local area includes: Castlegar, Genelle, South Slocan, Valley, Slocan Park, Winlaw, Robson, Thrums, Shoreacres, Glade, Tarrys, Pass Creek, and Ootischenia Crescent Wednesday paper delivered on Wednesday . $3750 GST $§3°° GST (all subscriptions are prepaid) Local area* Outside local area wy istiégar Sun ZS 465 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, VIN 1G8 365-5266 The Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, November 16 1994 Dear Ann Landers: A year ago, I wrote to you about my fiance's family being very upset that I did not want infants at my wedding. You gave me the support I needed, and I was grateful. My sister-in-law refused to attend the wedding without her baby and vowed never to speak to me or my husband again. “Jack” and I are not invit- ed to any holiday family gatherings, which are almost always held at her home. I can't understand why my mother-in-law lets this go on. I'm sure if she spoke with her daughter something could be worked out, but she choos- es to do nothing. Jack feels that he is being punished by his family for not including the baby at our wed- ding. I know he is hurt that we are no longer invited to holiday and birthday celebrations. Jack's brother is getting married soon. Should I try to mend fences at the wed- ding? We want to be part of the family again. It hurts to be left out of everything. Please advise. - Out-Lawed in Barre, Mass. Dear Out-Lawed: By all means, speak to your mother-in-law about this spiteful exclusion. It should not be allowed to continue. Babies and very young children do NOT belong at formal weddings. This has been my position for as long as I have been writing the column, so you can blame me. 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