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The Robson Choir performed “May It Be” and “Dona Nobis Pacem” at the Hiroshima Day commemoration event at the Mir Centre for Peace on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Choir members are Dawn Graham, Jeannie Tellier, Cathy Bogle, Rose Anne Van Mierlo, Evangeline Reddicopp and Deb Martens. Marvin Beatty
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The serene grounds of the Mir Centre for Peace, on the Selkirk College Campus in Castlegar, was again the venue for a gathering to commemorate those lost in the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. After a moment of silence led by Leonard Voykin, those gathered on a Tuesday evening some 68-years after the cataclysmic event which hastened the end of the Second
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World War heard from a number of speakers. Mila Richards read the 2013 Peace Declaration from the Mayor of Hiroshima. It began with the story of a baby boy born the morning the atomic bomb was dropped. While he survived, his entire family was lost. “I have never once been glad I survived,” read part of the declaration. Alex Atamanenko, MP for British Columbia Souther Interior, spoke about the importance of avoiding another nuclear
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holocaust and the connections between human conflict and global issues like climate change. City of Castlegar councillor Gordon Turner reflected on the loss of innocent lives at Hiroshima and read a poem title “Hiroshima Child” by Nazim Hikmet. The City of Castlegar is planning to join the “Mayors for Peace” initiative, along with more than 5,700 other cities including Hiroshima, who are working to abolish all nuclear weapons by 2020.
Other speakers, such as Laura Savinkoff of the Canadian Peace Alliance, spoke about humanity not learning from mistakes of the past, striving for peace and reducing our demand for electricity which can spur the growth of nuclear facilities. Members of the Robson Choir performed and Netta Zeberoff also sang while her sister Toinya Fominoff accompanied her on a harp. Antoinette Halberstadt, a candidate in the upcoming Castlegar by-election,
spoke about the health effects of uranium mining and commented on the type of world left for younger generations. John J. Verigin Jr., of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ said peace “comes from the heart” and reminded those gathered about the importance of teaching young people. The event was sponsored by the Kootenay Region Branch of the United Nations and the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ.
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