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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, March 8, 1995

A wonderful week with a trio of

Pythagorus, the famous Greek
philosopher-mathematician,
called the number three “the per-
fect number, expressive of begin-
ning, middle and end”.

Last week my
visit to Vancou-
ver had some-
thing of this
perfection, for I
not only met
three young, tal-
ented and attrac-
tive ladies of
Italian origin,
but enjoyed the
company of the monks of West-
minster Abbey, had a fine Chi-
nese dinner with family members
and the quite unexpected pleasure
of once again chatting with His
Honor, Lt. Gov. David Lam.

I had taken the bus to the
coast (the weather at this time
being very uncertain for air trav-
el) in order to attend a St. Valen-
tine’s Day concert by the
meteoric Italian mezzo-soprano,
Cecelia Bartoli.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for which a friend,
Cindy, a member of the Vancou-
ver Recital Society, had obtained
the rare-as-hen’s-teeth tickets.
The weather, of course, was per-
fect for flying on the day of
departure, but I had prepared for

my |1-hour trip with a small
lunch and a large briefcase of
books and writing materials and
anticipated a quiet catch-up time.

I was only partway into a

OVER MY
SHOULDER

across

aisle asked if

I was not Mr.

Charters.
When I

admitted to

» the fact, she told me that her
name was Laura C. and that she
had been my pupil many years
ago in Grade 8 at Trail Junior
High School.

I set aside my book of essays
by theologian Herbert
O'Driscoll and she, not unwill-
ingly, put down her ponderous
tome on American government,
and we chatted.

She is of Irish and Italian
parentage but loves Canada with
a passion particularly the north
countty and its people, having
spent some years in the Yukon
and the Northwest Territories.

She had also taken a recent trip
along the B.C. coast and up to
Alaska in the company of an
Australian duthor (who else?)

JOHN
CHARTERS

who has now become famous for
her retelling of the folk tales of
the coastal native people and was
making a tour of rediscovery of
places and people of whom she
had visited and written earlier,
which increased Laura's admira-
tion even more.

The degree in Recreational
Management that she had just
acquired, she told me, was to carn
a living.

Her first and lifelong ambition
was to compose and perform the
music inspired by those Canadi-
ans who live on the very edge of
our vast count

It was a wonderful idea, I
thought. We talked long about it
and I listened to her music and
enjoyed it. Good company makes
for a short journey and I look for-
ward to her success

My next lady was Maria, a
Mission music teacher and our
driver (her fiancee'’s and mine) to
Vancouver, The weatherman had
forecast a snowstorm but the
weather all day had been ideal.
Besides, Maria's car had all-sea-
son tires.

I made just two errors: I was
born and raised in Vancouver and
should have known better, and I
didn’t inquire about the condition
of the tires.

It started to snow the moment

we started out, and by the time
we had reached Burnaby we
knew the weatherman had.been
right, but we kept on for Vancou-
ver and the Orpheum Theatre for
there was little other choice and

from Rome, attractive, vivacious
and charthing, with a voice that
Swoops and soars just above the

We were too late for Gluck's

ladies

couver traffic and told him that I
was anxious to see him again.

In spite of the fact that he was
on his way to join a group of dis-
tinguished guests, including the
mayor of Vancouver and former
prime mi Kim C bell

‘After leaving the concert
we got hopelessly stuck
within 15 minutes and
arrived home only at
noon the next day’

Vancouver was a white disaster.
We three, and many more who
had been caught in the storm,
arrived late for the concert but
happily were admitted between
numbers. After leaving the con-
cert we got hopelessly stuck
~within 15 minutes and arrived
home only at noon the next day.
My admiration for Maria’s
skill, determination and courage
rose considerably after this little
adventure, and when I saw those
“all-weather” tires the next day, I
immediately addéd a band of
guardian angels to her list.
My third lady, Cecelia Bartoli
the object of these endeavors, is

“Orfeo” but, despite our seats
high in the “gods”, missed not
another note of the superb con-
cert. Somme moments last forever
and this was one of them.

It was made even more special
when at intermission I went down
to the restroom, while Maria,
knowing my talent for getting
lost, waited outside. When I came
out, there was the guest of honor,
Lt. Gov. David Lam and mem-
bers of his staff.

Maria had seen him passing
by, stopped him, introduced her-
self as the fiancee of the police-
man who had helped Mrs. Lam
when her car was struck in Van-

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he waited.

Always the perfect gentleman,
he greeted me warmly, and
among other things spoke glow-
ingly of his visit to Castlegar.

We have been incredibly fortu-
nate is his appointment as Lieu-
tenant Governor and his will be a
very difficult act to follow.

We owe, therefore, much to
his and Mrs. Lam’s example of
service and dedication ‘and we all
wish them a rest from their
labors and an early return to
Castlegar.

My sincere thanks to my sister,
Mary, and brother-in-law, Bill, of
Burnaby for giving us bed and
board in the midnight hour, to
Maria for making it possible to
hear Cecelig Bartoli and again
meeting Dr. Lam, to the monks of
Westminster Abbey for their
warmth and hospitality and to
Laura, for both her love of our
country and for reminding me of
how much I owe to others—fami-

ly, pupils and friends—and dili- ,

gent guardian angels.
A wonderful week for threes.

Music
exam
results

Following are the Royal Con-
servatory of Music examination
results.

PRACTICAL

ARCT performer piano hon-
ors: Elaine Chong.

Grade 10 piano honors:
Robert Kwan and Cecilia Mans-
bridge; pass: Sonya Han and
Lise Anne-Maria Matzke.

Grade 9 piano honors: Diane
Oser, Amy Wing-Mui Sept and
Rachel Stein.

Grade 8 piano first class hon-
ors: Michael Van Wijk.

Grade 7 piano honors: Maria
Chirico and Kelly Morganne
Hurford.

Grade 6 piano first class hon-
ors with distinction: Melanie
Gorman; first class honors:
Andrei F. Sherstobitoff;

Katie Elliott, Ryan Andrew Hill
and Karl Arthur E. Sommerfeld.

Grade 5 piano first class hon-
ors: Mary Louise McEwan; hon-
ors: Ami Melissa Hill, Danielle
Jmieff amd Kara Leigh-Ann
Ormond.

Grade 4 piano first class hon-
ors: Heather Ames, Camilla
Myra Sims_and Zaytsoff;
honors: Leah Soltesz and
Michelle Streich; pass: Deborah
Anne Higginson and Anna
Rachel Schickier.

Grade 3 piano first class hon-
ors: Tipper McEwan, Selina
Mary Mitchell and Sandra Lyn
Sawchuk, honors: Mindy Yader-
nuk.

Grade 2 piano first class hon-
ors: Shauna Marie Christianson,
Jennifer M. Oster and Selena M.
Sbitney, pass: Heather Angelski
and Jessica Clare Trstensky.

Grade_1 piano first class hon-
ors: Adrienne De Luca, Jenna
Gagnon, Tyler Menelaws and
Kevin Oakes; honors: Erin
Nicole Christianson, Jarrod D.
Thomas Cooke, Hanna E. Kush-
ner and Charlene Sbitney.

Introductory piano first class
honors with distinction: Ria
Verigin; first class honors:
Chelsea Markin and Narelle
Sookorukoff; honors: Kristy
Sherbenin.

THEORY

Grade 5 history first class
honors: Amanda Ann Romney..

Grade 5 analysis first class
honors with distinction: Amanda
Ann Romney.

Grade 3 history honors:
Sonya Han.

Grade 2 rudiments first class
honors with distinction: Sarom
Bahk, first class honors: Diane
Oser; honors: Dwilah Ruth
Sorenson.

Grade 1 rudiments first class
honors with distinction: Jennifer
Bevans, Brandon N. Pasqualotto,
Bradley Zaytsoff, Amanda J.
Brewis, Daniela Soltesz, Kareem
Rexford Johnson and Charlotte
Tona Suttie.

Wednesday, March 8, 1995

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OBITUARIES

Donald John Mitchell

Dr. Donald John Mitchell, of
Castlegar passed away Feb. 24,
1995 at St. Paul's Hospital in
‘Vancouver,

Dr. Mitchell, « long-time
Castlegar resident began his
teaching career at Selkirk Col-
lege in Castlegar in 1969. During
his tenure at the Castlegar cam-
pus Don served as chair of the
environmental sciences depart-
ment, acting chair of the allied
health department, and as acting
chair of the languages and litera-
ture department.

In 1980 he was assigned to
teach at David Th Univer-

There’s something for everyone at the station

Down at the CP Rail Station
Museum, the first of the ¢ommu-
nity markets started last Saturday.

These will be held every Satur-
day as long as interest is, shown
by the community, Tables are still
only $10. Book now and sell
some of the crafts you have creat-
ed over the long winter months!

Garden club

The Heritage Garden Club had
an extremely well attended. first
meeting at the museum. It's an
informal group and there is no
charge to join (although it would
be courteous to buy a Castlegar
and District Heritage Society

sity Centre in Nelson, where he
was department chair of academic
studies and performing arts.
When DTUC closed in 1984, Don
resumed his teaching at the
Castlegar campus and was again
named chair of the environment
science department in 1993.
Don's contribution to the
Kootenay classical arts communi-
ty was long-standing and highly-

. He founded the

ship and who your sup-
port). The group exchanges ideas
and plants. Please phone 365-6440
to register or drop in at the station.

Gift shop

The gift shop at the museum is
already expanding with.offerings
from Bev Kennedy's “I Love
Country” now displayed for sale.
A collection of unique herbs and
spices attractively displayed with

Kokanee String Quartet and acted
as concert master for the Cran-
brook-based Kootenay Chamber
Orchestra in virtually all its per-
formances since 1975.

Donald was also active in the
Rossland Light Opera Players
Orchestra where he served as
concert master in many of their
performances since the early
1970s.

He is survived by his mother,
Dora Mitchell; sisters Kay
(Bob) Davidson and Dorothy
(Alan) Fothergill; niece Moreah,
of Saskatoon; and nephew John,
of Calgary.

He was predeceased in 1955 by
his father, Dr, John Mitchell.

A memorial was held March 4,
1995 at Selkirk College in
Castlegar.

In lieu of flowers, the family
would appreciate donations to the
Don Mitchell Memorial Scholar-
ship Fund, in care of the Selkirk
College Foundation, P.O. Box
1200, Castlegar, B.C., VIN 31.

bas 1996 LWwhh-OTIW vErTA red
Paul Chernoff

Paul Chernoff of New Settle-
ment passed away on Wednes-
day, March 1, 1995 at the age of
63 years.

Funeral service was held at the
Krestova Russian Hall on Friday
and Saturday with burial at the
Krestova

Mr. Chexnoff w was born Feb.
23, 1932 at Rossland and moved
to Winlaw with his parents when
he was only six months old. He
grew up in Winlaw and married
Emma Kalmakoff there on Oct.
4, 1952. In 1961 the family
moved to Vancouver where they
lived until moving to New Settle-
ment-in-1973. During his life
Paul worked as a member of the
Rock and Tunnel Workers.

He was a member of the
Christian Community and Broth-
erhood of Reformed
Doukhobors, Paul enjoyed all
kinds of music especially playing
the violin and accordion. He
enjoyed singing, gardening and
woodworking.

He is survived by his wife
Emma of New Settlement; one
son, Paul Jr. of Vernon; three
daughters and sons-in-law, Ann
and Peter Chutskoff of South
Slocan, Tammy and George
Kinakin of New Settlement and
Lydia Barisenkoff of New Settle-
ment; seven grandchildren; two
brothers and sister-in-law, John
and Polly Chernoff of Krestova
and Steve Chernoff of Winlaw;
three sisters and brothers-in-law,
Mary Braun of Matsqui, Anne
and Kaye Poohachoff of Slocan
Park, and Polly and Nick Zayt-
soff of Slocan Park; and many
nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of the Castle-
gar Funeral Chapel.

We weld anything...
Anytime ¢ Anywhere

ap 'Y recipes caught my

eye, as well as
potpourri pack-
ages and crafts,
Postcards,
hand-made

“pressed flower

hasty notes, and
Len Howe's
impish view in
“Drolleries and
Imperti-
nences” —
books and cards.

Plenty of volunteers

One hundred and seventy vol-
unteer hours were racked up in
February, and 350 visitors signed
the guest register—a big thanks
to each and every one.

Upaeeiay events

CAROLEE
Fitz-GeERALD

um is available
for meetings
and communi
ty events,

Old news

A peek at
the 1948 “Cas-
tle News”
reveals the
financial report
of School Dis-
trict No. 9 - year Jan. 1947 to
Dec. 31, 1947. Total receipts
were $138,352.81 and disburse-
ments $138,352.81—including
$2,589.04 cash in the bank!

The monthly meeting of the
school board held Feb. 28, 1948
bemoaned “the high costs of the
new schools” and Mr, Hunter, Mr,

ig events to
‘eae the Third Annual Easter
Egg Hunt on Zuckerberg Island.
Anyone wishing to help with this
popular gathering please call Deb
at the station. The regular month-
ly meeting is March 13 at 7:30
p.m. at the station, All are wel-
come. Remember that the muse-

King and Mr, Humphreys were
the 7 named to travel to
Victoria to meet with the Superin-
tendent Of Education on this and
other matters.

“Fiery Katharine Hepburn and
strong, silent Spencer Tracy...”
were starring in “The Sea of
Grass” with “Added Paramount
news” at the Castle Theatre

evenings; the Saturday matinee
was “The Fabulous Texan”

including the last chapter of the
SERIAL. Admission was 10
cents, as I recall, and those
cliffhanging serials kept us going
back every Sdturday—so did our
mothers who took full advantage
of the original electronic babysit-
ter..... Having the news conversed

ly once a

several weeks old—in the com-
fort of the theatre with its spa-
cious “loveseats” was also
considerably less stressful than
today’s nightmare news delivered
thrice daily imto the peace and
privacy of our own televisions.

The biggest bargain was the
“Buy one get the second for one
cent” dress sale at West's—regu-
lar price $8.95—-in the Feb. 28,
1948 edition.

Thanks to the late Les Camp-
bell, founder, and Burt Campbell,
his son and Castle(gar) News
publisher for many years, we
have ready access to over 40
years of observing the Castlegar
and district scene in the carefully
preserved and bound volumes at
the museum.

Try some nostalgia surfing
yourself. Hours are 9 a.m. - 5
p.m. weekdays. Summer hours
begin in April:

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