CASTLEGAR NEWS, Jonuary 7, 1981

Canada, home of some
22 species of squirrels ©

By ROD CURRIE

OTTAWA (CP) — The
squirrels of Newfoundland
are immigrants. The progen-
itors of some grey squirrel

colonies in the Mar..imes got °

there on their own, by train,

The arisiocraticlocking
Woods is a member of an old
Ottawa family — meaning

they arrived before Parli-

ament and the politicians —

and the family outfitting

business founded in 1880
Arctic i

provinces as well as “she
Northwest Territories.

He was introduced. in :
Newfoundland in 1652 by,’

fishermen who brought sev-
eral pairs from Labrador. In
the same year 30 eastern
were taken there

The Rich 's ground
‘squirrel, commonly called a
gopher, isn't a gopher at all,

And there's a popular
misconception that grey and
black squirrels are separate

* Species and fight each other.

_ Actually they're ail
greys, with ‘black phases.
And they are incredible
high-wire artists, incurable
flirts of the “love-“em-and-
“leaye-em sort and great
‘travellers,

These are some of the 22

species in The Squirrels of |

Canada, published by the
National Museums of Canada
and written with precision
and humor by Shirley E.
Woods Jr., a lifelong out-
doors and wildlife enthusiast.

such as Sir William Parry.
"BUSINESS SOLD

An insurance executive
since the sale of the business,
Woods has written books on
birds and angling and re-
cently a history of Ottawa.

He got his unusual first
name, through: old connec-
tions with the wealthy Ogilvy

‘before ‘they pick one, mate

from Nova Scotia and now
range over 800 kilometres,
Experts figure ‘the grey

squirrels got to the .Mari-. -

times by accident, having
boarded grain cars in search
of food. The flighty females
often have a dozen suitors

and then part forever. |
The squirrels — or sciur-

family of
he chuckles that his grand-
father’s friend Shirley Ogilvy
shattered the family by run-
ning off with the governess.

Of all the squirrels the
American red, an industrious
chatterbox who loves the
sound of his own voice,
probably has the greatest

_ Fange and is found in all 20

DTUC students

open art

NELSON — Fine Arts
at David T

gallary

exhibits the work of 20 cur-
rent Kootenay School of Art

‘University Centre have gone
‘into business for themselves.
: + On Dee. 14, a student
‘group opened ‘The Student
‘Art Gallery in the DTUC
Student Union Building.
: Members of the third-
year gallery management
class are the collective cura-
tors’for the new venture.
‘Although they participate in
operating the Kootenay
School of Art’ Gallery at
DTUC, the students wanted
a place to display their own
work, |

“People here do draw-
ings and paintings and then
stick them in drawers,” said

Anita Herbert, student cura- |

tor. “We wanted a place
. where students could share

their work with other stu-

flents,” .
. The gallery's first show
“Works in Paper and Clay",

students. The curators plan
four more exhibits during the
coming semester, and are
seeking contributions from
fellow students at the Koote-
nay School of Art.

The gallery is, as yet,
unnamed. “We'll just call it
The Student Art Gallery
until we have a better idea,”
said Deidre Keohane.

Space for the ‘gallery
was donated by the David
Thompson Student Society.
Financial help was given by
thé West Kootenay Regional
Arts Council. Also helping to
get the gallery off to a good
start was the prize. money
won last year by art students
for their snow sculpture. in
Nelson's Sno-Fest,

Students plan to make

an about hours,

‘dae — are a broadly based

family comprising such di-
verse species as the -wood-
chuck, the black-tailed prair-
ie dog, a variety of - chip-
munks ang two flying squir. ©
rels.

CASTS LONG sHADOW

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UNFLOWER PETE'S
Guote of the Week
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Whether a man’
winds up with a nest
‘egg or a goose eas
may'depend on ti
chick he married.

"By DANIEL DROLET |
QUEBEC (CP) —'People
would come to the premieres

as much to see her as to see’

the show.

She always arrived a fow
minutes late and whoever
happened to be on stage
would be interrupted .while
the crowd turned to applaud
and hoot as she stode regally
to her’ front-row seat. :

For, as a whole gener-

ation of concert fans here’

knew, no premiere was com-

. plete until Henriette Belley

had arrived to show off her
latest outfit.
For nearly two decades

-. Members Eastern

Star hold social.

At the close of their -

regular meeting held Dec, 16
in the Masonic Hall, members
of Minto Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star, enjoyed a
_ Social evening.

After the A red,

perhaps the widest known is’

the woodchuck or groundhog,
independent, curious and not
too bright, found everywhere
in Canada and the Yukon
except Prince Edward Is-
land, Newfoundland and
Cape Breton.

Hoary marmots have
most fun — there's lots of
social contact in the colonies
with tail flagging, nuzzling
and standup boxing and
wrestling matches, with both

sexes and all ages taking *

part. By contrast, the Colum-
bian ground squirrels live

under a despot, the dominant .

male who spends his entire

time patrolling his boun-*

daries, breaking up scuffles,
chasing away outsiders or
standing sentry.

The sciuridae are div-
ided into two main groups —

ground dwellers, who usually’

hibernate and have straight
claws for digging, and the
tree dwellers, active year-
round and with curved claws
for climbing.

The book devotes a
chapter. to each spécies under
oe Beadings of behavior,
person-

and upcoming shows soon. :

slits. ‘habitat and the like. ~

. were
served by Mrs. J. Raine ‘and
Mrs..D. Stewart. The draw-
ing of the.tickets sold on two
quilts and a pair of pillowslips

took place, with first prize .

going to Mr. G. van Beynum
of Slocan Park, second prize
to Mrs. Dorothy McNichol of.
Castlegar and third prize to
Miss Pamela Wesley of Port
Coquitlam. *

Instead of oxchisnging’
gifts,” ‘members placed some

money ona lighted Christ-

mas Tree; these donations to
be used where. needed,
Members extend. their
thanks to all who bought
tickets on their draw, also to

‘Mrs. Lottie Stier, who. had -

imade and donated th:
quilts and to Mrs. H.
lenberg ‘ who donated ‘the

“27, several

“Dd
residents of Rota Villa-en- .
joyed a bus trip to Spokane, .

where they attended the af-

_ternoon showing of the Ice.
Capades and a dinner after-

wards. Thanks were extend-
ed to those who had arranged
the day.

Redefining. -
deodorant.

OTTAWA — Ani amend;
ment to the May 1, 1980 ban
on chlorofluorocarbons

“the wording in the CFC
1 Deod

turing companies have mis-
interpreted the intent behind

(CFCs) as’ spray propel-
lants for hairsprays, deodo-
rants and antiperspirants
was proposed. Dec.’ 22 by
Environment Minister John
Roberts and Health and
Welfare Minister “Monique
Begin.

The proposed amend-
ment, under’. hee federal

has

been interpreted in certain,

eases as applying only to
underarm deodorants,
“The proposed ‘amend-
ment to the CFC Regulations
will rectify this misunder-
standing by stating that “the

-usé of chlorofiuorocarbons

will ‘be banned ‘in all body

Act, was ae up to clarify;

the meaning ‘of. the word:

» “deodorant.” Some. manufac:

mani.

factured.in, or imported into’

Canada, after February 1
1B.

: * until her death Inst spting.at |

age 74, Belley was something

of a local institution. A: seam-*

stress who made her living
by telling fortunes, sho be-

longed to that special class of *

people gently referred to as
eccentrics,

. She could be’ seon, both
in the streets and at pre-
mieres, wearing . anything

from a plastic miniskirt to’.

imitation leopard-skin coron-
ation robes on her -stocky,-
four-foot, four-inch frame.
DEFIED RIDICULE
Those who dared to
laugh at her. outfits, all
home-made, found her an ex:
pert ‘in ‘the acld- Htongued

: put-down.

“People called her crazy,

* but she was far from it,” said

Jean Dansereau, a 82-year-

old high-school teacher who
* was her agent. “She was a.

social phenomenon.”
Her .wardrobe, which.
Dansereau acquired after her

death, is of staggering PYOP- Arts Program which begins-

ortions,

-Over the years, she had
sewn’ herseif 500 costumes,
lncludlag. 238. lame’ outfits
and 200 sun dresses. © -

She‘had 186 fake fur
coats, 600 hats, 80 pairs of
hoes, 50 pairs of boots and

800 pairs of socks, sacks.of.

wigs, several’ dozen purses .

and parasols and an eclectic
assortment of accessories.

. Part of the-. wardrobe
was exhibited in the-Musee
du Quebec in’ 1971, The

exhibit drew 60,000 people .
— a-near record for the.

museum at that.time, -

._” Dansereau, whose fond-
est dream is to put the ward-
robe and other Belley mem-
orabilia-. or ‘permanent ‘dis-
play, hired Luce Pelletier and
Sabine Voisard,. two speci-
alists in theatrical costumes,
to sort out the clothes and
accessories. They’ were:
amazed at what they found.”

“It ranged from the
realty, really. beautiful to the.
really, ‘really cheap,” said
Pelletier. i

“Outfits that seemed or-.

dinary were, special on her,”

Pelletier said, adding wih 8

jour or five basic’ sachet

“By adding a cape or sleeves

or using a different material,
Belley created the effect she
wanted.

“She sewed ‘but she
didn’t sew well,” “Pelletier
said, noting that most of the
costumes, having been made

.to'be_worn-orlly once, lacked

buttons or zippers or finished
hems, Belley used pins in.
stead.

After she had done with:

‘them, ee stuffed the out-

Holding
numerous
‘workshops
*.. NELSON .—- Weekend
workshops in ‘photography,

painting, 'color theory, cera-
mics ‘and theatre are featured

in David Thompson Univer- .

sity ‘Centre's Community
this month,

‘A total of 59 workshops
will be offered in nine com-

munities. between January .

; fits s tito boxes. or: she: het
in the: racks that: clyttergd
har small, ‘dark apartment in:
the working-class St. Jean-
Baptiste district. The 300
pairs of socks were found in a
box, knotted ‘together and
unwashed,
ILE AS CHILD -
“As they rummaged
» through the clothes, Pelletier
and Volsard found them-
selves wondering what kind
of woman would have such a
passion for,outlandish outfits.

. Born Henriette Lambert
in nearby Beauport in De-
cember, 1905, Belley spent
most of her childhood in
* hospital, sult from tu:
berculosis.

In her early teens ake
went to work for a seam: .
stress and she was taught to

read and write at age 22. It :

was around that time that
shé began telling fortunes.
Married in 1942, she was’
widowed about 20 years ago
and soon began showing up
at premieres.
She made several, ap .
on local

and Apri), C host-
ing workshops include Cas-

+ tlegar,: Trail, Nelson, Mid-

way, Grand: Forks, Nakusp,
Salmo and the Slocan Valley.
... ‘Workshop teachers ‘are
drawn from DTUC faculty
and graduates and from dis-
tinguished professional ar-
tists who live.in the area.
Two of the artist/teach-
ers are Peter Flanagan and
Patty Rivard, graduates of

-the ceramics’programs at the

Koatenay School of “Art,
DTUC. Flanagan and Rivard
are now establishing them-
selves as Kootenay potters,
They will be offering work:
shops in throwing, glazing
and handbuilding.

Other instructors in-

_ clude Les Weisbrich, Phyllis

Pamela

as her reputation grew bnd-
her death from cancer ‘in
‘April made the front page of
the popular tabloid Le, Jour-
nal de’ Quebec,

“There's a ‘side of her.
that verged on craziness,”
Pelletier said, explaining that
they had found 30-dresses of-
the same pattern and the.
same material.

But Voisard, who said”
she and her friends used to
try to’get tickets to pre
. mieres so they could laugh at
“crazy. Madame Belley,"
found diaries and_ unpub--
lished love stories that left
her with a different impres-
sion of the’ woman. .

Poor and unattractive,
she had lived a difficult life.
Yet her stories spoke of love

Meredith Bain’ Woodward,-

Cathie Marrion, and Linda
Hastings and DTUC faculty
members Al Bain and Steve
Swift.

Details of workshops j are

_ available in the Continuing

smile: “She
Quebec City's: first * ‘pk
clothes.”

-The outfits = all.900. of
them —-were.cut from. only

istri-

‘buted to local communities
this. month, ;or from David -

Thompson ‘University Con,
Hen v7 S BE

‘and white knights and beau-
tiful princesses.

“Like a five-year-old girl ‘
who becomes a princesa by-
draping herself in a curtain, *
she lived ina falrylghd, ” said
Voisard. ?

By ‘living out her’ fan-
tasies, “she succeeded in
having everything — she.
wanted in.the -world.+- even

if she.didn't reslly-have it”,

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