{"id":31186,"date":"2018-12-14T03:41:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T11:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=31186"},"modified":"2018-12-12T13:00:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T21:00:34","slug":"community-milestones-archery-carter-wosk-awards-lamplighters-chanukak-at-kollel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2018\/12\/14\/community-milestones-archery-carter-wosk-awards-lamplighters-chanukak-at-kollel\/","title":{"rendered":"Community milestones … archery, Carter Wosk awards, Lamplighters, Chanukah at Kollel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adi Shapira (centre) willcompete in archery in the 2019 Canada Winter Games.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adi Shapira, 16, is an up-and-coming athlete in\nthe sport of archery. In Grade 10, she is part of the SPARTS program at Magee\nSecondary School, which is open to students competing in high-performance\nathletics at the provincial, national or international level, as well as\nstudents in the arts who are performing at a high level of excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since being introduced to archery only 18\nmonths ago, Adi has climbed in the ranks, winning two gold medals in the 2018\nB.C. Winter Games in the cadet category (15-17 years old) of Olympic recurve\nbow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Nov. 24, Adi won the qualifying tournaments\nagainst other female archers ages 15 to 20 and will be representing the\nprovince of British Columbia in the female recurve category in the Canada\nWinter Games in Red Deer, Alta., in February 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The games\u2019 website notes this is \u201cthe largest\nmulti-sport and cultural event for youth in Canada and the largest event to be\nhosted in Red Deer\u2019s history.\u201d It will feature more than \u201c150 events in 19\nsports and a major arts and cultural festival\u201d and welcome \u201cup to 3,600\nathletes, managers and coaches and more than 100,000 spectators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left to right: BillPechet, Afshin Mehin, Claudia Schulz and HenryNorris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Awardees of the Carter Wosk Awards in Applied\nArt and Design were honoured for their creative excellence at the 14th annual\nawards presentation Nov. 29. Bill Pechet, the architect for the restoration\nproject of the Jewish section of Mountain View Cemetery and the renovation of\nthe Schara Tzedeck Chapel and grounds, received the 2018 B.C. Creative\nAchievement Award of Distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pechet has dedicated himself for more than 30\nyears to creating environments that bring people together in refreshing and\nunexpected ways. He has made his mark on public spaces across the country\nthrough his street furnishings, lighting, urban infrastructures, public art and\nmemorial design. Many of his contributions can be found around the Lower Mainland,\nincluding seating and lighting on Granville Street and the Shipyards in North\nVancouver. In all his projects, he has extended the possibilities of merging\nsocial space with sculptural invention and sound ergonomics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2000, as a faculty member of the\narchitecture and environmental design programs at the University of British\nColumbia, Pechet has encouraged his students to consider how manners of\ncontemporary urban social practice intersect with material and spatial\ninvention, all impacting the experience of the built world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an artist and mentor, Pechet frequently\nlectures on the critical role that public space plays in healthy and vibrant\ncities. His work emanates from a desire to generate a generous sense of\nsimultaneous recognition and pleasurable strangeness in the public realm,\ngiving individuals the permission to see the world as a little bit wondrous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Carter Wosk Awards for Applied Art and\nDesign celebrate British Columbians who, through their creativity, contribute\nto the cultural economy of the province. Each year, up to three recipients are\nchosen by jury and each is awarded $2,500. This year, the winners were Afshin\nMehin (wearable technology), Henry Norris (furniture design) and Claudia Schulz\n(hat design).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awards honour excellence in art with a\npractical or functional application and are named in honour of philanthropist,\nacademic and visionary Dr. Yosef Wosk and for educator, designer and curator\nSam Carter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 2018 Young Lamplighter Award was presented to Ethan and Simoana Dreyshner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Dec. 9, at the Centre for Judaism\u2019s public\nmenorah lighting at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre in South Surrey, the 2018 Young\nLamplighter Award was presented to Simoana and Ethan Dreyshner for their\ndedication to community and those less fortunate. They have raised funds and\ngiven of their time and energy to various important causes, including the\nJewish Food Bank, B.C. Lung Association, First Call B.C. and the Louis Brier\nHome and Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parents (Marat and Ella Dreyshner) and\ngrandparents were on hand at the ceremony. Dignitaries in attendance included\nMLAs Marvin Hunt (Surrey-Cloverdale) and Tracy Redies (Surrey-White Rock),\nLangley Mayor Val van den Broek, Langley Councilor Rudy Storteboom, White Rock\nDeputy Mayor Helen Fathers and Surrey Councilor Linda Annis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cantor Yaakov Orzech lit the menorah and led\nthe Chanukah songs, and Adina Ragetli played the harp. In the \u201chuman menorah\u201d\npresentation (written by Simie Schtroks as a response to the Pittsburgh\nshootings), Louise Stein Sorensen, Moshe Fidelman, Joanne Yaakov, Marat\nDreyshner, Ettie Shurack, Ethan Dreyshner, Bayla Shurack and Schtroks each\nkindled a flame with a message. Dean Donnelly entertained the children, and\nwinners of last year\u2019s Lamplighter, Emily and Jessie Miller, were there to pass\nthe torch forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Right to left, Kollel Rabbi ShmuliYeshayahu, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart\u2019s chief of staff Neil Monckton andStewart share a moment with some of the many party-goers. (photo by AlanKatowitz)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Dec. 2, the first\nnight of Chanukah, the Ohel Ya\u2019akov Community Kollel hosted its Annual Latke\nVodka party at the Maple Grill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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