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The clay cap can still allow some dion repairman living in Guelph. y Waterlogo life has many aspects to Angry people fill council cham» of this contaminated water through Schewtschenko's extraordinary story is one i learned while it The ans are an area too often be“ whenever a developer of. ‘0 pollute these “Wife“ reading my brother David‘s column last week in the Coaster. a neglected while other equally municipality wants ‘0 dull a tiny Silioofluoride, arsenic, lead. "‘9'" community newspaper in Harbour Breton. Nfid. important areas such as sports and hole through that WNW” clay cury and radioactive materials in his column. my brother shared the excitement he felt business are from and centre. layer. or wants to shave several feet accumulate in our bodies 0W" a when a used Hohner Camilla accordion that he had been anx- h behooves a proud university off it. Yet we sun up my workers in lifetime. Science Shows they harm iously waiting for arrived safely at his Newfoundland home. [ town to give more than a passing haz~mat 5”"5 and 35“ them $9an all "VINE things. 8V9" m minute thanks to our sister Cathy (King). a teacher at Kitchener’s Cir- nod to the arts raw' untested hydrofluorosrlicic acrd trace “mums- cadian Music School. In uptown Waterloo we. have a into our otherwise pristine water, Am 1 the only one who is "0‘ OK Our sister Cathy purchased that accordion from Nicoli gem ofa national museum with “11mg " fluondauon: With ““5? I‘m V°""K no to “‘9' Schewtschenko. “it was an exchange that almost never hapâ€" man local su nets Remarkably. wednnk only 1 ‘02 fluoridation 0“ October 25- . pened,’ my brother wrote in his column, “because Nicoli All, like mifigfsporis, needs a per cent ofmunicipally “fled. , Peter Marne" Schemschenko is Jewish. Meaning. as a young man Nicoli was helping hand to take its rightful Vim” While allowmg 8V3?“ maionty Waterloo marched. with a considerable number of other people of Jew. .. place in the community. (“my back into the envrronment. 4. 7.. . . , .g . to . 4..“ ish origin. into an open field where soldiers intended to exe- It is my hope that council will- Sewage "‘3th PM d9“ if ‘ " ' " .z . *1- cute them all. But because there had been an incident the support the Clay and Glass Gallery “0‘ remove srlicolluoride. 3,59le .35 : . . . .7 night before. when the firing squad had staged a drunken in its endeavour to maintain its lead, mercury and radioactive mate~ "‘ ‘ . brawl. the soldiers needed an accor- _4___A_a_- sition alon ide other small but rials. all found in the hydmfiuo- ‘ . dion repairman. , . , l: nant Caisadian galleries msilicic acid used f“ fl‘mfidm‘m‘ . ‘ 51' "So. upon determining Nicoli had \ l ‘\ l lhl l \l l p0 ' Therefore. the“ pollutants in . l a: just such talent. they pulled him from ‘\ l i l \ mm mob sewage will”! are being passed ‘ ' .' the crowd and ordered him to fix their ‘ Waterloo directly ““0 ourenvtronment. . , _ damaged instrument. And once he Even something as Simple as . . 7 , ‘ _ had proven such usefulness to them. I ' his captors decided to keep Nicoli ‘ around â€"â€" an outcome quite different a 3 ti than that of his comrades who. he 0 U a UV 0 c He UV perspec V8 learned later, were all killed in that - field that fateful day.‘ ‘ {you ever want to get a better appreciation of question ofwhat surprised them the "105159309“ It was 0“." 5‘5“" Cathy who first ‘ Iyour own country. your own city. and even your plenty ofspace. told Davrd ' the story of 4 ‘ own life. take a look at it from the perspective of in TOKYO. the M0115. Who probably fit in t0 the Schewtschenko 5 bills" will] death. ‘ someone who comes from a completely different uppermiddle class range. live inahome which totals intrigued, Pavrd phoned him foran . MARSHALL 1 culture. about 70 square metres. rntervtew: Yes, (being an accordion WARD l This past weekend. we hosted the Mon family, They simply could not believe Diana and 1 share repairman saved my his). but every- . . from Funabashi, Japan, a suburb of ‘ a space almost fourtimes that size. one knows that story. by now.” Schewtschenko told my broth~ Tokyo. . I Thirteen‘year-old Takahiro's jaw er. “That was a long time ago -â€" I would much rather talk Our oldest daughter Allison taught in l )l l l l . ( ll ‘ dropped when he was led to his guest about accordions. l used to play the little button accordions japan for almost two years, and one or “01”le l bedroom. like your friends play in Newfoundland. not the piano accor- her students was Takahim Mori. ‘ “So big!" he said ofthe same space dion like your sister bought for you.“ I They have remained in contact since our then l3~year-old daughter called As the youngest of five siblings who learned to play the Allie left five years ago. and he. along with - ' tiny nine years ago. accordion, David's column resonated with me. bringing back - his Mom and Dad, added two days to ‘ later on in the evening. we found Vivid memories of our sister Cathy teaching me to play songs their North American trip so they could i“ Takahiro sitting on the floor in the bed- like The Battle Hymn of the Republic, an American abolitionist l meet up with her. room. unsure ofwhat to do with all the hymn. I can still hear my mother's voice chiming in from the When we visited lapan, we were ‘5‘ 3‘ A fumiture. living room as she sang the chorus. "Glory. glory. hallelujah! shocked by the noise and the crowds. and 4 0111’ ViSil to the Farmer's Market was Our 00d is matching on," as I practiced. . how everything seemed to function so . a; ‘ equally eye opening. They could not DEMd'S column also made me think about the number of efficiently under those condition; . ' e believe the vast amount and freshness ‘ songs Schewtschenko must have learned OVQI’ the years. While So we were interested to discover what of the produce â€" and most impressive, filling his home with a vast and eclectic accordion collection. the Moris would notice first on their . ‘ the price. Fresh fruits and vegetables “People call me from everywhere, looking for accordions arrival at Pearson. BRIAN l arevery expensive in )apan. they cannot find where they live," Schewtschenko told my While we might consider that not the l BOURKE ()fcourse. they wanted to see Niaga- brother. “Because I've got lots of them: 32 in the living room. best introduction to Canada. they felt I . ra Falls. and we took them on a tourof 35 upstairs, another 10 '0 ‘5 in another room. and that's not entirely different. They commented on ‘ ' ‘ that particular icon, but what really counting what I've got in the kitchen and dining room." how clean the air was.‘and howquiet it was. And that stnick the family the most was our own lifestyle. According to our “5'" Cathy â€" Who visited Nicoli ’ was when we picked them up at the airport, The Moris spoke a surprising amount of English. Schewtschenko's home in Guelph â€" his hands are still steady. The drive to Waterloo was eventful for them. First and through Alfie's knowledge of Japanese. we were “Well, yes.” Schewtschenko agreed. "3‘“ for fixing accordions. ofall, in Japan. they tend not to spend that much able to have some good discussions. not for playing them. l'm ‘00 Old now for playing. 1 “59d 10 time in the car, [Everything in Tokyo is accessible by We found a lot ofcommon ground _ the moms play in the States. But now. i mostly fix and sell them. I studied 1 train. and although they have a car. it's not really were able to bond over their children. while dad and engineering “ that was my profession. l'm a builder and an used very much. 1 ' I found an easy way to communicate from Brick inventor.” . . .. it's hard to say what might have been the highlight Brewing. "OK. one more!” is the same in both lapan- schCMSChCNkO COHCIUdC‘dv “It 5 a life; you “WW? ofthe drive â€" the “huge" houses, or the almost cho~ 850 and English. A life indeed â€" a long, unconventional and remarkable mographed appearance on the side oflra Needles B . 80 m 12:. f he [05 3 KOOL FM one. 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