I spent the morning having breakfast with some of my cronies at the University of A & W, Castlegar Campus. I found them all well and still full of valuable information fit for any educational class. Marilyn was allowed to sit at table #2 and experience the aura.

Some seats have been vacated due to travel arrangements with the “spirit world” but the rest courageously carry on.

Castlegar Sun Fest is on this weekend and I decided to sit on the sidewalk in front of Kootenay Market and enjoy the parade. In order to be able to park the car and get sidewalk space, I used that parking lot and noted the Castlegar Rotary Club was having their usual fund-raiser Pancake Breakfast. It was impossible to walk by all these great Rotarians and so I ate another breakfast and was able to talk to Gerry Lee, a retired Cominco Engineer who came from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He had graduated a year earlier than me and we had kept contact over the years.

The other entertaining table guest was Wilf Sweeney, a retired Pulp Mill Manger and a graduate Engineer from the University of Toronto. I had participated with both Rotarians for much of my 35 years in Rotary. We covered the many years that Castlegar Rotary had sponsored the Pancake breakfast as they raised money for local projects and especially, Bursaries for local scholarships.

The subject of the Grandview Seniors project was brought up and what will happen with the Supportive Living Project which I had been involved with. Age and subject matter become predictable as everyone is concerned with seniors care as we progress through our lives. Not much that I could tell them as I am not sure what is taking place.

The Sun Fest Parade was due to begin at 1100 hours and so I took my lawn chair out and headed for the sidewalk. Already the spots along Columbia Avenue were few and the crowds were already well situate on either side. There were empty chairs that soon were filled by Jim and Inga Lamont and their family. It didn’t take long for their daughter to start talking about Whatshan Lake Retreat and how she had attended several Weaving and Sewing Retreats, She just could not stop talking about the beauty of Whatshan and how peaceful it was. Well that was an unexpected and pleasant surprise.

I missed the marching bands and the only band was the Maple Leaf Band from Trail but they were all on a flat deck truck compliments of MTI. No Kilties and bagpipes this year. The candies and suckers were being thrown from all the Fire Department vehicles from Castlegar, Robson, Ooteschinia, Tarrys and others. It was nice to see all the youngsters charging after their prizes. Yes, I took a few also.

Then on my way home as Marilyn was to be occupied with our granddaughter’s, Kara, wedding Shower and I thought about mediating for awhile. The phone was ringing with quotations on lodging at Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and Yorkton for our choir planned trip to Heritage Days in Veregin July 15 and 16. The plans are shaping up well and I am looking forward to a great Doukhobor cultural exchange between the Saskatchewan and British Columbia brethren.

I just started looking for the words to this hymn that kept humming in my head when Jim Laktin showed up for our customary weekly “Safety Meeting”. Marilyn was not around to read the minutes of the last meeting but we carried on regardless. That radish and green onions was good with the Scottish beverage.

I can’t really find anything wrong with the entire day.

Under construction as of June 04, 2017, 0230 hours. Amended 1530 hours by Elmer