ye 4 Se iv Our person for Our People Glen Freeman 365-7266 WELCOME HOME Stanley Humphries Secondary School student Todd Bondaroff, 15, arrived home from three months of living and learning in Kochi, Japan. Bondaroff was on.a Ministry of Education sponsored exchange. He said “I had a good time but I’m really glad to be back.” Ah, there’s no place like home. GIVE USA Are you tired of not having your community event covered in. The Castlegar News? Well, chances are we just haven't heard about it. Give. us a call at 365- 7266, and we'll try our best to write you and your group happy. 0 Canada iTerre de nos QteUX, Hon front est cemt Vde fleurons glorieux! It’s obvious that the citizens of Castlegar are proud of their country. First Bruce and Nancy Ketchum started a cross-country tour to let the nation know that “Our Canada includes Quebec.” Then more than 100 residents showed up at the Community Complex to wish their home and native land a happy 125th birthday. Above, members of the Multi- Cultural Society lead a etineene rendition of “Oh Canada” in Englis and French. An eager young man (bottom left) patiently waits for his slice of the ‘ Saturday, July 4, 1992 @ OurPEOPLE _ Happy Birthday, Canada et e ra. nos toyers 8 droits. Y ay he Gold River Follies (bottom right) sang, danced and just plain entertained the crowd of delighted Canadians. News photos by Jonathan Green @Saturday, July 4, 1992 Yoga courses set for Slocan Valley @ Top instructor back in the West Kootenay Yogashri Yogacharya Dr. Sushil Bhattacharya, founder and director of the Patanjali Yoga Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal returns to the West Kootenay on July 21 and 22 to offer yoga classes for young and old. The classes with Sushil are being offered by the Slocan Valley Recreation Commission and are the only classes he will-be of- fering in the area this sum- mer. The instructor will be stopping here after com- pleting a series of work- shops in Europe and be- fore doing another series in Japan. There are evening class- es being held at the Slocan Park Hall on July 21 and 22 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. These classes will focus on demonstrating advanced yoga poses and improving your yoga posture. As well, Sushil will be of- fering an afternoon work- shop on July 22 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Slocan Park Hall for children six and older. This class will help children discover the animal kingdom and the world of nature through yoga poses. Sushil won the All-India Asana Championship in 1983 and founded the Patanjali Yoga Centre in 1985. He has many years experience instructing yo- ga to both Easterners and Westerners. For more information or to register for these classes please phone the Slocan Valley Recreation Commis- sion t 226-7711 by Wednes- day, July 15. TOP COPS News photo by Glen Freeman School District No. 9 chairman Gordon Turner honored Castlegar’s RCMP for their outstanding service in the community's schools. Here Cpl. Al Brown picks up an honorary plaque. Heritage Society hosts profitable Sunfest weekend HH CPR station bust with activities as scoiety continues with fundraising campaign A boardwalk sale has turned the old CPR Railway Museum into a busy place it once was as Castlegar’s train station. The bake and flea market sale held by the Castlegar and District Her- items of garden and patio decor do- nated by Society executive member Charles Horrey and Mrs. Horrey proved to be popular with boardwalk customers. The original handmade bird carv- ings and bird houses have fast disap- peared, contributing to the Society's itage Society June 26 as part of Sun- fest celebrations was one of this year’s special events meant to attract visitors to this oldest heritage build- ing in Castlegar. The sale is part of a continuing fundraising effort carried out by the Heritage Society for their longtérm restoration project. Noted Castlegar area author Leonard Howe and wife Doreen did brisk business at the bake table, sell- ing most of their own and other do- nated baked goods. All proceeds will go to the Heritage Society. At another table, wood painted Heritage Society and the Art Club for those artists willing to have paintings on display later into the summer. Jason Peil — the 16-year-old Stan- ley Humphries Secondary School stu- dent featured.in the club’s special presentation of his Riverboat of the Kootenays sketches — will continue ‘Jason Peil — the 16-year-old Stanley Humphries Secondary School student featured in the club’s special presentation of his Riverboat of the Kootenays sketches — will continue to display his showcase art pieces after a short break...’ table proceeds. The current Kootenay Art Club show on display in the upstairs gallery room of the historic station has also enjoyed a busy Sunfest weekend. Two paintings by Castlegar pioneer Marjorie West have sold over the weekend to out-of-town visitors. The art show, which was to run un- til the end of June, has been extended by mutual agreement between the to display his showcase art pieces af- ter a short break this week when some of the collection will go to the printers. The young artist is having eight of his 13 riverboat sketches made into prints. In other Heritage news, both the CPR station and Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park were filmed this week for a 30-minute TV special by Pyman fh... Video Production of Mississauga, Ont., along with other Castlegar at- tractions and Sunfest weekend events. : The footage will be shown on The Sports Network at a time yet to be announced. The CPR Station made its film de- but during the December 1986 shoot- ing of the movie Housekeeping, where it appears — very attractively — as a fictional station called Finger- bone. The Heritage Society thanks its supporters and volunteers fortheir _ help in making it a fun Sunfest week- end. Colorful station hats, coffee mugs, cards and other souvenir items are sold at the CPR station office as part of routine operations. The station is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day and weekends. Visitors to Zuckerberg Island can find the same souvenir items plus Is- land specialties at the Chapel House, open daily from 9 a.m.to 6 p.m. Audrey and Norm Pye of North Vancouver (left) took a sentimental through a photo album at the CPR station in ‘an effort to track down a piece of family history. The Pyes were all smiles when Nancy discovered an old photo of her grant grandparents’ Castlegar home. Meanwhile, Lori Verigin of Thrums used the Sunfest weekend to sell her educational toys title Discovery Toys.