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133 YEAR -37
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1981
SECOND SECTION
Fedor family hitting high. seas •
BY CATH WOODEN
For the last num years, the elegant hull
of the Sven has graced Goderich's waters.
For the last three years, in all seasons,
Allen and Kim Fedor and their five
children taVe lived on their homemade
sailboat.
On Monday afternoon, the family set sail
for an eight to ten month cruise which will
eventually take them to Vancouver. It will
be an adventure to remember for Allen
and Kim who have been planning a cruise
since they built the boat five years ago,
and a wonderfull education for Shannon,
11, David, 10, Jody, 5, and three-year-old
twins Amber and Wendy.
The Fedors built the Lugrig schooner
themselves and first began living on it .in
Port Credit five years ago before coming
to Goderich where Allen worked for
Huromic Metals as a shipwright and then
the Bruce Power Development as a car-
penter. It is 60 feet long over the bow
spread and 14't feet over the beam. The 3/4 -
inch hull is made of ferro cement which is
a highly reinforced concrete.
Allen and Kim built the boat with the
purpose of cruising and when an op-
portunity came up for Alien to go into
partnership on a farm in the Okanagan
Valley of his native B.C., the decision was
made for them.
"I think boaters and farmers are very
close in character," muses Kim. "You'd
think they'd be opposites but maybe its the
independence or the closeness of nature."
The Fedors will have to build a house to
live in on the farm and will charter out the
Sven.
"The children have almost grown up
with the boat. It has always been a part of
their lives," said Kim of her brood, all of
them scrambling around the boat and the
shore in a very sure-feoted manner but
wearing the Arer-present life jackets.
The older ones will be continuing their
schooling on the cruise through
corfespondence courses. ' They are
especially excited about their history
studies which include the great explorers
who sailed the same waters the Fedors will
be sailing. •
The Sven will be taking the North
Channel into Lake Michigan and down to
Chicago where they will sail into the
Illinois River and eventually pick up the
Mississipi. Once at the Gulf of Mexico in
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Kim Fedor and the oldest two of her and husband Allen's
children„Shannon, left, and David make ready for the family's
cruise around the continent"to Vancouver. The Fedors bave
New Orleans, they will head for Cuba or
the Ho nduros Islands. •
They hope to be in Panama. by Christ-
inas and will slice their trip around the
continent through the Panama Canal.
• Once in the Pacific and travelling north to
Vancouver, they will make stops in the
lived on the Sven in the Goderich Harbor for the past three
years. (Photo by CatirWooden
Line, Marquesas, and Hawaiian Islands.
• They do not fear the dangers of the sea.
"We're very , conservative tratellers,"
explains Kim. "Because of our young
crew, if the weather isn't right, we'll just
stay in port until it is."
The family will be .travelling as far as
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New Orleans with Ron and Joan Lee of
• Waltonwho spend their winters in Florida.
They are experienced • sailors also. "I'm
the novice in the group." laughs kim.
After a trip like that, all of the Fedors
will be full-fledged experienced sailors,
right down to the three -ear -old twins:
Paul Ormandy to
travel through Europe
with concert tour
Paul Ormandy, son of Trev and, Audrey
Ormandy of Goderich, received an ex-
citing letter this past week, stating that he
had been selected by a committee of music
directors, section teachers, counsellors
and staff of the Blue Lake, Michigan, Fine,
Arts Suurnr. ner School Camp to °participate
in an International Concert Tour of Europe
during the summer of 1982.
Paul was one of only three Canadians at
the summer school, the other two being
from British Columbia and Quebec. Ap-
proximately 1800 intermediate and senior
high school music students from Europe
and the United -Statedattended the camp,
which is situated in north western
Michigan.
After auditioning on his arrival at the
camp in July, Paul was selected as percus-
sionist with the Gold or top band at the
camp. He was also given an extensive in-
terview with the International European
Committee as a possible prospect for their
1982 European Concert Tour. During his
stay at the summer school camp he was
evaluated daily by all directors, teachers
and counsellors with whom he came into
contact, as to not only his musical ability,
but social and personal habits also.
The staff consists of members of the
Faculty of Music of many of the univer-
sities throughout the United States. The
summer school camp is a uniformed
camp, with all staff and students wearing
the same uniform. Regulations are strict,
with the emphasis on advancing musical
knowledge and performance. During the
camp, concerts and seminars are arrang-
ed for the students by well-knowii artists.
This past summer these were given by Red
Skelton, Victor Borge, Pearl Bailey, Peter
Nero, Woody Herman and William War -
field.
Those chosen for the International Con-
cert Tour of Europe will rehearse at the
Blue Lake Fine Arts School once a month'
during the next few months with a long
weekend in May devoted to the fitting of
concert and travel uniforms, etc. and
rehearsal. A full week of concentrated
rehearsals will be held in June and after a
farewell "Bon Voyage" concert, the group
will leave on June 21 from Detroit airport
for Amsterdam, Holland to begin the con-
cert tour. To date concerts have been ar-
ranged in the Netherlands, France,
Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and West
Germany, with more to be added.
Paul, a Grade 12 student at GDCI, has
been studying percussion for the past five
years, beginning with the music program
in Grade 7 at Holmesville School under
Mrs. Irla Stewart.
For the past four years he has been stu-
dying percussion weekly at the University
of Western Ontario under the direction of
D'arcv Grav, Faculty of Music and princi-
Paul Orrhandy
pal percussionist with the London Sym-
phony • Orchestra and, Professor Bob
Hughes. ••
During the summer Of 1979 and 1980 Paul
attended the Interprovincial music camp,
north of Parry Sound.
He plans to study music at university
after completingGrade 13.
He is active musically with the GDCI
concert band, intermediate , band, stage
band, choir, pep band, pit orchestra and
Goderich Laketown Band. He also travels
two or three times weekly to Kincardine
where he is a member of the Kincardine
high school's Knights of Jazz group. He is
also a member of the local musical group
"Shannon",
Although he will be travelling with an
American musical group, Paellas per-
rnission to wear a maple leaf flag emblem
on the left sleeve of his travel and concert'
uniforms. Unofficially he hopes t� use lots.
of Canadian stickers on his music cases
and his luggage!!
Meet your new high school and elementary teachers for this year
Wendy Steward, who is beginning her
teaching career at GDCI, is a graduate of
the University of Windsor and Althouse
College, London. She will be teaching Grade
10 and 11 French and Spanish to Grades 11 to
13.
Linda Grant is the new Grade 2 teacher at
Victoria Public School. She is a graduate
of Elborne Teachers' College, London and
MWMIT'onr-years-teraching-experienee-at-
Colborne Central School.
Carl Ziebarth, a first-year teacher at
GDCI, is a graduate of the University of
Waterloo and Queens University Teacher's
College. Carl is teaching Grade 9
mathematics and Grade 10 environmental
science.
Margaret Creamer is working as a
teachers' aid for the kindergarten class at
Victoria Public School this year. She
former-ly- worked- as-an_a' I at_ lito_wirk
Central School from October to June.
John Plouffe is a foriner Goderich
resident who returns to GDCI as a student -
teacher for the first term. A graduate of the
University of Western Ontario, John is at-
tending Althouse College and will teach
physical education and science in Grades 9
to 11.
Brian Moody is teaching intermediate
speciill-eduCation at the Queen Elizabeth
is.:a_graduate..ol.ar_ock _
University's College of Education.
Paul Dyck is • teaching Grade. 7 at
Robertson Memorial Public School this
year. He is a graduate of the University of
Waterloo and formerly taught at Seaforth
Public School.
Sister Anne Antaya is the new Grade 1
teacher at St. Mary's Separate School this College and • forpleyly tau ih( at St.
year. gh-iiii=7'n-e17107,aug lit in ,Zu Joseph's School, K ingsb ridge.
Cathy Madill is starting her teaching
career at Robertson Memorial Public
School this year as the junior remedial
teacher. She is a graduate of the
University of Toronto's teacherscollege.
Nancy' Park is teaching Grades 3 and 4 at
St. Mary's Separate School this year. She
is a graduate of Stratford Teachers'
e
David McConnell is teaching Grade 5 at
Robertson Memorial Public School this
year. .He is a graduate of Althouse
Teachers' College, London and taught last
year at Vanastra Public Scho51,
Karen Cleary is starting her teaching
career at St. Mary's Separate School this
year. A graduate of Althouse Teacherk
College. she is teaching Grades 6 and 7
along with French.
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