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by . Jem MacKenzie’

Windmills and Holland gO.

together. Everyone. knows
that—and most of us _Stop
Night there. 4

But come! Venture i inside
a windmill. |
Clump - up the | steep -

wooden stairs, wp into the
gtinding room _ itself—the
~ heart of the mill. Slide your been
' feet across the flour-dusty
boards of the floor. Smell the.
hard Prairie wheat. . ‘that .

_ specially-made plastic wit -

‘dow. and. watch the flour sift,
out from between the grey
‘stones and down the funnel.

into the open maw of the |

Waiting flour sack. Feel. the
‘whole building,’ sturdy as it.
is, rumble and quiver to the |

WHEELS SPINNING.

Never again will you geo a -mnil’s heavy timbers. are.

windmill . as: just “a. -pretty-
‘picture on a postcard. You
' will know something of the

‘power that once set 10,000‘.

Dutch windmills turning—--

mills that. pumped water —

“Sonn whe: “flatlands. into: thie

~ sea,-and mills that set factory.
_ wheels spinning.

ta The: Osoyoos. windmill : “on

B: .C.” Highway 3, lifts its
white vanes—68 feet. (20 .
metres) from tip to tip—high
above the lakeshore just half”
a mile. (one kilometre).east of
the town bridge. The mill is
the home, and the business,

of Dutch-born Bob Kuyten

and his wife Bonnie.

.

The - unusual enterprise
- began when Bob, inspired by::
a teasing remark: from a
fellow-worker, came home

with the - question: ‘How'd ©
you’ like’ to ‘live in’ a
‘windmill?’ =

- Once Bonnie had adjusted :
- to the idea, five years. of.
-, planning began.

Soon the red brick’ wand”
olive-green siding of the mill
began to take shape, .

sound of the © grinding stones. |

Moveable so that the vanes

EYE-OPENER

Now that it is. all but
‘completed and landscaped"

with

all year round. Date the -
summer months, their per- ~~

-sonally. conducted tours are”
available fiom 9 a.m. to 9 -
p.m. A- visit to the rail, has
‘an “ey er. for
hundreds of. North Amesican _
-tourists and. school children ©
aS well-as a breath of home ©
.for many new Canadians
, from Holland. 7
Bob had feared that his
fellow-countrymen —_ might
find fault with the building -
but says with relief: “‘There |
hhas_not. been one Critical

. This i is-no doubt due! to the. :
fact that Bob and Bonnie

worked : ‘hard. “to. achieve»
-maximum - authenticity. .The

‘planted.wide at the base, like

-a’man with his legs. ‘braced ©.

apart, for strength.

GRINDING FLOOR

“A ‘tour’ of the gvindmill :

begins in‘ the“ Spacious: first

‘floor—32\ feet (10°. metres) |

_across—which is the family.
Jiving-dining-kitchen area.
“Bonnie’s kitchen gleams with:

-100-year-old' ‘copper, brass
‘and pewter. Makkum tiles “2

from Friesland trim . the.
‘kitchen -counter.: Their gay
‘colours: depict fruit’ ..and
- flowers. and show the day-to- -
day activities in the land of
dykes and tulips. oe

On: the. second floor. are’ *

two -bedrooms
‘understandable

‘and ...(an®..

concession .

to’ modern : custom) a bath: |

room.

“ Butitis the third floor that
“is the highlight ofthe tour, -
 This:is. the gtinding floor; a.
‘tapeting: room capped by a~
‘rounded roof that revolves a
full 360 degrees. Turning on
a.“‘curb’’ or track on top of —
the tower, the roof is

that power. the grindstones
can be turned to take
_ advantage of changing wind

At- it, the mill is
preset will share with fellow cooks.

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enge 15, Angest 11, 1976 - North Shore News

: Share your favorite, economical recipe :with our readers: Every
week we award a voucher for $10 worth of meat of your choice from:

‘The Town Butcher Ltd. (in the Lynn Valley 7 Mall) + 1254 Lvnn Valley
-Rd., .N.V.

about an hour to grind 100

pounds (4S kilograms)’ of
our. Bonnie has learned to
bake with their home-ground
product and has recipes she -

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