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The depressing back

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to school,

summer's over, September blues

School is back in, and getting into the spirit of things, I'm goug 10 write about something that all adolescents experience the September blues.

For many of us adolescents September means the end of free dom, a special freedom that we have enjoyed all summer long Some of us kick ourselves for not doing the most that we could with Our free time, others for working all summer and being tied down Any individuals in these situa tions envy those who went away for the summer, and wish that they weren't so naive that they took their summer for granted. So, now that September has rolled around, we find ourselves in a common predicament—school

Whether vou're going to col lege or high school this fall, or even if you've decided to take the year off to work, most of us know individuals who have left to attend college 0: university out of town. Many of us may have had to see our closest friends leave town to pursue bigger and better things, leaving the other in Castle gar.

First of all, this is not going to be a complaint session, nor is it going to be for the sole purpose of

whining” about personal items the September blues are real, and

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One of the biggest sources ot September blues is when someone my age arrives at college, and all the “hype” is dead. One comes to

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several realizations. Many must leave friends afd family behind to advance in their academic careers. only to find an incredible string of obstacles to overcome

First of all, there is the great cost Of post-secondary education With increasing tuition fees and room and board, as well as food and books, transportation, et costs are rising each year Fund ing for post secondary education is not in abundance, nor is it always easy to come by

A lack of fund. personally can identity with, just recently I had to make a very dif

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ficult decision with regard to attending college this fall with most of my frends. I had a few alternates: | could scrimp and

save during the year (plus having

1 part-time job) and attend college with no money left over for enter tunment or clothes; work all year ind attend college part-time; or work full-time (or as close to it as possible, this is Castlegar!) and wait for a year before I go to Selkirk. As many others before me, | found myself deciding to work and forget about schoo! for this year, at least

Then, of course there is finding 4 good, steady job, and as every adolescent in Castlegar knows that is next to impossible. Howev. er, that’s another story.

Next, there's the transferability (or lack of therein) of university programs at various locations.

Most universities have the ir

~ Own variations on the programs

they offer, and if you don’t have your eyes open for these differ ences from day one, you could be out of luck.

This is a very irritating problem ents find they must now face; many find them selves lacking in courses orawhat ever they need to accomplish their ultimate goal, and must settle for something else

Many institutions are so diverse that they demand different Prerequisites than other institu Gions with similar programs. If an individual wants to go to one

that several adole:

institution rather than another (for various reasons), he or she may tind that upgrading is needed before they enter into their pro. gram of choice

For most, the end of summer is not only the end of beac hes, sun shine (well, maybe next year), ‘n stuff like that, but it also means personal sacrifice and even great personal loss in some cases

Those who must work fora year lose the opportunity to advance and improve themselves for a year or so, lose also the opportunity to experience collége or university life for the year: in effect, their life is on hold

If they don’t have the opportu nity to improve on themselves, they miss a turn in the game of life. As illustrated, the September blues is very real to many individ uals, and due to the=length of this column, only a selected few of the sources may be covered.

I would like to state here that any example I use from my own experience will only be used for the sole purpose of making public awareness on a common problem faced by adolescents, not to gen erate public sympathy for some thing I have experienced. In no way do I want to use this column unfairly to my advantage

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Have you ever had so much to do that your mind just goes total ly blank? Not even your scream ing, fighting, bored (summer's almost over, thank heavens) kids can filter through the daze that you are in. All of your faculties (physically, that is) are in order but you just can’t seem to put it all together.

This is especially horrid when someone answers the pho d you forget who you were calling. Or worse yet, when you have been put on “forget” and appro. Priately cannot recall who you were talking to when they come back on the line. (Don’t EVER do this to your boss!)

Or how about getting your gas and driving off without paying for it. All the while, as you glance in your rear view mirror, wondering why this little man in the blue suit is frantically racing down the street

My favorite is getting half way. across West Edmonton Mall (MILES and miles) before dis covering you walked out of a

Other au

As summer ends and we face the autumn rains, I am reminded of other autumns and climates,

While living in south-eastern Australia, we had spent many hot summer aftemoons immersed up to our noses in Lake Glenmag- gie, which lies about two hours drive due east of Melbourne

When the temperature is 44 Celcius, and a hot, north, desert wind is blowing, life on a beach can be uncomfortable. You can- not walk on the sand in bare feet, but must flee to the water to cool your burning soles.

Such conditions also speed up the rate of evaporation so that, in autumn, Lake Glenmaggie often shrinks to a mere shadow of its former self. In very dry years, such as 1983. the lake has been Known to virtually disappear This is hard to imagine as viewed on a summer's day, Lake Glenmaggie covers quite large area, perhaps several kilometres in width and length. Lake Glen maggie was formed by damming a small stream, storing water dur ing winter rains, and then chan nelling irrigation water in summer to a vast network of farmlands stretching along the Latrobe valley in the foothills of the Strzlecki range

The lake is well-used by the local residents for fishing, water skiing, para-sailing, boating, windsurfing and swimming There are boat ramps, picnic areas and playgrounds. Residents have built cottages along one edge. Crowds flock to the lake and yet, it never seems crowded

Hot searing winds had spread grass and bush fires along a large part of East Gippslad in the autumn of 1983, now known as “Ash Wednesday”

In search of respite, we drove out, with the windsurfer, to lake

Obituary

Raymond Bos

On Sunday, August 29, 1993 Raymond Henry Bos of Nelson Passed away at the age of 26 years

Raymond was born in Van couver to Gus and Peippe Bos, and moved to Nelson at an early age. He received his schooling in Nelson attending St. Joseph's School, Trafalgar and graduated from L.V.R. in 1985.

Raymond loved music"and played in the band “Sam Fear" and also enjoyed reading. He has worked for the past 7 years at the Castlegar Tanker Base

Raymond is survived by his parents Gus and Peippi of Nelson; his grandmother Irma Baus of Florida; grandmother Mrs. Christi. na Bos of Nelson; an uncle Raimo, of Finland, aunt and uncle Hendri. ka and John Cherenko of Nelson; and cousins John, Reg, and Dennis Cherenko in B.C.

A Service of Remembrance will be held Thursday. September 2, 1993 at 5:00 p.m. at the Savoy Hall with Mr. Peter Fans officiat ing. Cremation

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store with something in your hands

Have you ever said “excuse me” to yourself in the mirror? (Boy, I hope nobody saw that!) Or worse yet, to a mannikin

Turned left in a right hand lane? (or tried to, anyhow) Walked into the wrong gender washroom? Worse, STAYED THERE before you discovered your mistake, Put paper plates in the dishwasher? Got a curling iron stuck in your hair? Deliv ered a speech to the wrong group, classroom, whatever? Mailed a blank cheque? (VERY FUNNY!) Showed up for work on Saturday or otherwise your day off? Got into the shower with clothes on?

Cooked a meal and then remembered you were going out that night? (That's: BAD) Took the dog’s worm pills instead of your Vitamin C? (Yech)

Said “thank you” to the oper ator recording giving you a tele phone listing? Put the salt shaker away in the fridge? (where is that

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silly thing anyway) Forgot to move the clock ahead and gave your kid royal “what for”

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for the young, old and willing Brenda Scatterty

you forgot the teabags. (Pretty weak tea, wouldn't you agree?) Put salt‘in the sugar bowl? Put the ice cream in the fridge? Took someone else's grocery cart? (Oops! I promise I didn't look in the purse )

Well, I'm not necessarily speaking from experience, you understand. However, there is a name for this. It's called absent-

because he missed the bus? Took something out of the oven with- Out mitts? Threw away money? Left money in a motel room? (one hundred miles away)

Walked into a VERY CLEAN glass door? “Fell” out’ of your car? Called the wrong person back? (No ma'am, I promise you we did NOT lose your account!) Forgot to put your cheque in the deposit envelope at the bank machine? (They REALLY don’t like that one)

Made a sandwich and forgot

. ‘© put anything on the inside? (at

least there was butter!) Poured tea for friends and discovered

di SS or better known as

“what planet am I on” syndrome.

This strange phenomenon occurs whenever our minds are clogged up with hundreds of lists of chores etc.. Some individuals are very good at achieving this “state” at will

After all, there are advantages. You don't have to answer tu any- body (you have NO idea who you are, presently); you can blame it all on stress, (or-a bad ease of indigestion); you can “forget” to do everything on your list. (and if anybody complains, threaten to leave the laundry for them).

So next time you find yourself

tumns and other climates

Glenmaggie thinking we would spend the day windsurfing

To our dismay, there was rather more beach than we had expected. Lake Glenmaggie had shrunk to a few pools in the mid- dle, with dead trees, once well below the surface, now exposed. What had been the main beach, once well below the surface, was

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now exposed. What had been the main beach, near the boat- launching area, was now hundred of metre There was barely a soul on the beach With windsurfing out of the

from the water

question, we thought we would

at least have a swim, so We drove along the sti

slope and a parking place with

king a steeper

shade, closer to the actual water

We found a likely spot and drove cautiously out among the rocks and stumps. Suddenly the car sank into the mud and we were stuck. Investigation indi cated we should go no further, so we decided to change and go for a swim before trying to free the car

We changed hastily into our bathing suits, locking our clothes in the boot, and squelched through the ooze to the water. It was not pleasant. The water was almost hot, rather like the South China Sea

There were a few fish and frogs swimming about, looking desperately for cooler water. We

soon decided we had enough.

When we go back to our bogged Ford, we discovered that the keys to the doors and ignition were locked in someone's trouser pocket in the boot. We had no tools with which to pry open a window, and we were reluctant to break one.

We spotted another older model Ford parked not too far away, with a family gathered nearby, so we walked over to see if we could get some assistance. A friendly Australian, appraised of our plight, gathered up some tools and walked back with us to our car.

When he saw it was a Ford, he reached in his pocked and tried his keys in the driver's door. No, that would be too easy. Then he tried them in the boot lock and, to our surprise, the boot opened! The Aus- tralian grinned. “Ford Australia only makes so many keys!” he said But you look pretty bogged! Here, I'll give you a push

So, while I rocked the car back and forth, the men attempted to push it free out of the mud. The first spin of the rear tires completely covered them in thick, smelly mud! They looked like apparitions from the swamp! I was laugh- ing so hard I could barely drive the car. I climbed out and described what they had looked like

They loeked at each other and started to laugh, and then we all howled as they described what each other looked like They suddenly stopped and looked at me, still clean and dry, and laughing heartily

They moved towards me men- acingly, growling and threatening me with all sorts of dire conse- quences if I did not be quiet.

I quickly got back behind the wheel and renewed my efforts to move the car first forward, then backward, silently thankful to be out of the muck and guck, while the wheels spun and mud sprayed up into the faces of the two strug- gling men.

With a sudden squish, the car shot forward, and I was able to get it up onto some grass, where I Parked it. As I got our of the car, I could just see the two men disap- pearing into the lake. “You will be charged with polluting the lake!”

I shouted at them, but they only waved happily as they washed off the offending mud

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approaching this PLEASE give yourself a break from the routine monotony, end less tasks and “should nots” long enough to sit down with 4 cup of tea (or what

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4:30 p.m. inclusive

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regular office hours

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CITY OF CASTLEGAR 1993 General Local Elections

Inspections of list of registered electors

NOTICE is hereby given that the public is invited to inspect the List of Electors for the City of Castlegar at olumbia Avenue during regular office hours being Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to

OBJECTIONS TO NAM ELECTORS:

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An objection may only be made on the basis (a) that the person whose name appears has died, or

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Objections may be filed between 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 1993 and 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 15,

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