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TheReview Wednesday, May 27,1992 — A5

“Man rebuilt

steam engine

The man who rebuilt the Royal
Hudson’s steam engine before the
train was put back in service
passed away in Saanich Peninsula
Hospital May 19 at the age of 83.

NICHOLAS STORASCHUK

Nicholas Storaschuk was bom
in Stuartburn, Manitoba, on Dec.
23, 1908. He left school early to
work on his parents’ farm and in
1932 married Kate Sluchinsky.

He continued to farm until 1939,
when he joined the army and
served overseas until 1945.

Following the war, he returned to
farming until 1950, when he began
working for the CPR as a steam
engineer on the Prince George, an
Alaska cruise ship.

After 23 years’ service, he left
the ship for a new challenge:
rebuilding the Royal Hudson
Steam engine.

Reconstruction of the steam
engine was his last job before
Tetirement. After retiring, he
moved to Victoria and, in October
1979, married Marguerite Frances
Worden.

Except for a few years in 100
Mile House, between 1984 and
1987, the couple continued to live
in the Greater Victoria area. Stor-
aschuk was admitted to Saanich
Peninsula Hospital extended care
following a stroke two years ago.

-His wife, Marguerite, still lives
in North Saanich. He is survived
by his wife, by three daughters,
five grandchildren and one great-
granddaughter, three brothers, a
sister and several nieces and neph-
ews.

Funeral services were held
Monday.

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Parkinson’s studied on Peninsula

A Harvard University study into
the genetic background of Parkin-
son’s disease has involved a client
of the Mt. Newton Daycare Centre
in Saanichton.

Earlier this year, the centre
hosted researcher Dr. Zbigniew K.
Wszolek of Nebraska as he met
with the Parkinson’s disease
patient and the patient’s family.

Executive director Patsy Berger-
North said’ special arrangement
were made to open the centre on a
Sunday.

Dr. Wszolek collected genealo-
gical information from the family,
who had already traced their back-
ground, and took blood samples
from family members.

He also videotaped the Parkin-
son’s disease patient and took
blood samples.

Berger-North said the daycare
centre and the family agreed to
participate in the study “in hopes
this will help other people with the
disease.”

The study is tracing both the
genealogical and cultural back-
ground of Parkinson’s disease
patients, in hopes of identifying
how the disease has been transmit-
ted through generations and
throughout the world.

The long-term research project
is sponsored by Harvard Univer-
sity in Boston.

LEARNING ABOUT THE Skyhawks, the Canadian Forces
parachute team, at Parkland Secondary Friday was Grade
10 student Jennifer Scott-Polson. She drew a crowd while
being fitted with Skyhawks gear in the anti-drug event.

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