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Did you know that April was the wettest
month on record in the Lower Mainland?
Of course you did... that’s why animals
were seen pairing up and roaming around
looking for big wooden boats to board.
The month of May can only get better,
right? There’s no guarantee, but at the
very least we should be getting lots of
May flowers from all those April showers.
At least people who sell umbrellas for a
living are smiling. Here’s some news
from around the College to get you
through to summer.

Dramatic goof, crafty correction . .
In last month’s INside Zone, we reported
that six Theatre Program students would
be attending the Banff Centre for the Arts.
Wrong! The six students who will be
attending the prestigious summer institute
are actually from our equally renowned
Stagecraft Program, which got started in
1987 thanks to the efforts of Dorothy
Jones, Drew Young and Gordon Gilgan.

There’s life in the old bones yet...
You have your seven wonders of the
world, and then you have the Fourth Floor
Fossils, who last month shocked
themselves and everyone who knows
anything about floor hockey. After a
mighty playoff effort, the Fossils, a staff
team, emerged as intramural league
champions after a convincing 5 to 2 win.
The dressing room celebration was a
flood of champagne and Geritol, and
contract holdouts for next season have
already started.

Liming with Gisela...

Personnel Receptionist Gisela Roth
recently returned from a year’s leave of
absence, which she spent in Barbados
with her partner. She says it was a good
opportunity to experience a very different
culture. The people and the sun were the
highlights, but she’d rather live in
Canada, although all that ‘liming’ (the
local term for hanging out on the beach)
was very relaxing.

The Sun Run contingent...

A team of 22 runners from Douglas
College participated in the 22,000-strong
Sun Run on Sunday, April 21. Staff,
faculty and administrators ran, jogged and
walked in the annual event. Yvonne
Mostert from Administration served as
team captain and ran the show with an
iron sneaker. Congratulations to all for
finishing!

Frank Leonard lauded...

The December 1995 INside was pleased
to report that History Instructor Frank
Leonard had published his first book, A
Thousand Blunders: The Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway and Northern British
Columbia. This month, the book received
a Canadian Historical Association award
as the year’s most significant publication
concerning BC. Frank is “surprised and
delighted” with the good news.

Skills a thrill...

Congratulations to Thomas Haney’s
Heather Anderson, Systems and
Computing’s Doreen Kreschuck and
Consumer and Job Preparation’s Sarah
Bertin for completing the Instructional
Skills Workshop in April.

Staff changes...

Philip Cloma has been promoted from
Computer Technician to Supervisor,
Production & Network Service. Rita
Marchorio has joined Systems and
Computing as Receptionist/Clerk, while

Lynne Currie has replaced her in Student

Services. Mary Boname has returned to
her position in Consumer & Job
Preparation after an eight-month leave.
Brenda Pickard is now Administrative
Clerk for the Instructional Division. Lisa
Barone returns to Financial Aid after a
one-year maternity leave, and reports that
daughter Bianca is as cute as ever.

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Coffee’s on Connie...

Connie Frick, Buyer in the Purchasing
Department, won the Foundation’s April
60/40 draw, a cool $799.20. Student aid
increased by $532.80.

Events at Event...

David Zieroth has been editor of Event
Magazine for 10 years, and he figures it’s
time to take a break. He’s taking a year
off beginning in September, and will
concentrate on teaching full-time.

Creative Writing Instructor Calvin
Wharton will step into the editor’s
position. Calvin has extensive editing
experience, including stints at Arsenal
Pulp Press, Writing magazine and Voices
magazine. His most recent book is
Rowing, with Silken Laumann, while his
poetry and short fiction have been
published in a wide range of literary
magazines and anthologies.

This year, in addition to celebrating its
25th anniversary, Event has been
nominated for two National Magazine
Awards for Poetry. The poems are Tim
Bowling’s Aprons, Nocturne, and
Neepawa, and A.F. Moritz’s The Little
Walls of China, in Event 24/2..

Goodbye until June! |