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Kids home for the summer, the solstice,
the Jazz Festival, and hopefully the end
of the hockey season are a few June
things that come to mind, but before we
swing into summer, let’s catch up with
what happened in May.

Correction...

In May’s INside Zone, we gave Janet
Knowles the wrong title. She is Manager
of Centre 2000. We apologize for the
error.

Grannies take over Library...
There’s a passel of new grandmothers in
the Library these days. Helen Rowan’s
new grandson is Matt, Jean Hammer’s
grandson is Curtis, and Maureen
Wilkinson’s is Aidan. Meanwhile, in the
Department of Child, Family &
Community Studies, faculty member Elva
Reid celebrated her 65th birthday in May
and the birth of a grandchild. CFCS
Director Bev Miller has a new
granddaughter, Jenna, and has something
else to celebrate, too...her husband John
Gillespie is the new president of BCIT.

Silvia boards Peace Train...

Retired College faculty member Silvia
McFadyen-Jones will fly to Helsinki this
summer for the Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom conference
in Helsinki, Finland, in August. Then

she’ ll board the Peace Train from
Helsinki to Beijing, China, where she’s a
representative at the United Nations
Fourth World Conference on Women
from September 8 to 14. The train trip to
promote peace and human rights includes
stops, receptions and workshops
throughout Eastern Europe and Asia. You
may remember that last April, we told you
about Silvia’s trip to South Africa to help
monitor the elections there. Silvia retired
from the College’s Early Childhood
Eduction program, which she helped
found, in 1988.

Ros hedges her pet...

A pet can become a very important part of
the family, so Ros Wilson in the Lower
Cafeteria was naturally very upset when
the family dog Beau passed away in April
after a long and happy life. She and her
family weren’t planning to get another
pet, but apparently her daughter brought
home a hedgehog one day last month, and
it quickly became a fixture around the
house -- an expensive fixture, because
male hedgehogs retail for about $200, and
females for $400. Ros’s is a male, and is
named Spikey.

Wedding bells...

Maureen Holland, Registration Clerk in
Continuing Education, wed Stan Rutter
on Saturday, May 20 in a small ceremony
at their home in Port Moody.

Moving staff...

Student Services welcomes Chris
Walmsley to their front counter, replacing
Rita Marchioro, who has moved to
Financial Aid for Lisa Barone while she’s
on maternity leave. Eleanor Schnitzer has
returned to the Registrar’s Officer from
educational leave and a stint in Student
Services as an Academic Advisor.

Kudos...

On May 1, School District 43 and
students from Terry Fox Senior Secondary
hosted an evening function to thank all
the participants in their Partners in
Education Program. Douglas College was
well-represented by three of the nineteen
partnerships. Marian Rossell was thanked
for her role in the College’s Office
Administration and Physical Education
partnerships, which allow students to
receive college credits for certain courses
taken in high school. Alan Taylor was
recognized for his contribution to a joint
venture of four Lower Mainland school
districts and Douglas College, which are
working together under the auspices of
the Consortium to effect sustained

multicultural change. Also,
acknowledgement was given to Douglas
College for the Pinetree Way partnership.

Holidays, holidays...

Liz Wilson, Women’s Centre
Coordinator, is recently back from
Motown (Detroit, Michigan) where she
was delighted to catch a concert by
Martha and the Vandelas. Assessment
Officer Georgina Ferguson spent three
wonderful weeks in Chile travelling the
countryside and visiting art galleries and
museums. She recommends Chile as a
holiday destination for anyone. And Cathy
Gibney of the Registrar’s Office returned
from a trip to the Emerald Isle (Ireland)
where she spent time visiting family and
friends. The Printshop’s Arnie Driver just
spent a week in Bangkok and two weeks
in Japan, visiting his daughter and touring
by bike and by train.

Thank you...

To Anne Fenton, Chair of Douglas
College's BCGEU Bargaining Unit for all
her hard work over the past 4 1/2 years on
numerous committees and as Steward and
Bargaining Unit Chair. Anne hopes to
take it a little easier and concentrate on
her position in Accounting as well as her
duties as a member of Douglas College’s
board.

Singing in the rain...

We bet that’s the last thing auxiliary BOE
Technician Bruce Armstrong wants to do
when he starts off the Bard on the Beach
1995 season (Monday, June 19, at 8 pm)
in Midsummer Magic, a Solstice
Serenade. Bruce is section leader of the
baritones in Diane Loomer’s popular-
prize winning men’s choir Chor Leoni.

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