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ABOUT INGE COULTER


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Sunar's Indian Chief and the Aircoupe in the snow on the Victoria Airport Showing Camanos Durin...

Born in Berlin, Germany her full name was Ingeborg Rosemarie Ritterin von Grocholski. She is the great-granddaughter of the Viennese Architect Otto Friedrich Thienemann. The family Thienemann Archives go back in time to the year 1526. Inge's father Dr.-Ing. Alfred Grocholski was an electrical engineer, her mother Marieanne a librarian.

Riesenrad in Vienna Inge studied architecture in Vienna under Professor Architect Oswald Haerdtl (photo) and Professor Architect Franz Schuster. After graduating from the
Universitaet fuer Angewandte Kunst, also known as Akademie fuer Angewandte Kunst, she worked for Architect Ferdinand Kitt, the ARGE Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, and other well known architects in Vienna Austria. In Canada, she worked for
Peter Hemingway Architect in Edmonton Alberta.

Inge's son Robert (Bob) Obsieger from her first marriage to Architekt Prof. Gerhard Obsieger graduated as Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Alberta. Bob is presently hiding behind a computer as a Senior Software Engineer of IBM. In Canada she learned that a husband who likes to go to school does not necessarily want to pass exams or even finish school. Better yet, doesn't want to get an education or a job. She had to have the lawyer explain to her that Canadian men are a different breed with regard to education. She gave her second husband 14 days to come up with his future job description. When after a one week extension he failed to present her with his goals, instead planned to buy a new pair of skis, she divorded him. This behavior of Canadian men is foreign to Germany and Austria. Although, they are good in doing the laundry, house cleaning and cooking, she decided Canadian men weren't worth the trouble.

Inge loves classical music, opera, jazz, theatre and haute couture. Rumor has it that she brought four ball gowns to Canada in anticipation of the winter ball season. What a disappointment! While Canada is known for its outdoor recreation, it lacks classical music, opera, jazz, theatre and haute couture.

Inge is an ATM-Silver International Toastmaster.
Her favourite author Delano Ames.

Inge has quite a pedigree... or do you call it resume?
Her ancestry is spectacular. She has 1085 relatives all over the world and many of them living on this continent. In Austria, Inge competed in gymnastics and fencing. Inge's specialties in track and field were the javelin, the high jump and the hurdles. In Canada, she enjoyed hiking, backpacking and touring the Canadian Rockies, cross country skiing and downhill skiing. And she was good at it, always showing off below the lift line! Her favourite mountain was Whistler Mountain North of Vancouver, Canada. Inge skied Whistler on the day it opened! We still have the clipping from the local newspaper, the Whistler Question.

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When she was younger....

Inge learned scuba diving in Edmonton Alberta. On Vancouver Island, she was partner in the restoration of the Yangtse, a 1912 Bristol Channel Cutter. Inge sailed the 36 ft Cutter through the Gulf Islands, the Strait of Georgia and the Juan de Fuca Strait with only her experience from dinghy sailing on the Old Danube in Vienna. Inge enjoyed flying her Aircoupe CF-VTB over Alberta and B.C., and she flew the single engine aircraft all the way to the Oshkosh Airshow in Wiskonsin. Upon arrival in the circuit, Inge lined up her Aircoupe behind 42 other aircrafts waiting for their turn to land on the Oskosh Airfield. During this largest Airshow in the world three aircrafts are being cleared for landing at the same time on the same short runway. One aircraft lands at the button, the second one in the middle, and the third one on the end of the runway.

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Aircoupe CF-VTB

Inge taught her first boxer to wear a seat belt in her red MGB, and later in her Aircoupe. Inge competed with her boxers in obedience and tracking. Arrigo earned four titles in his short life, an AKC/CKC TD & CD. He died of a heart attack - too much stress! Now we have to eat a healthy diet.

Inge is the founder of the Cassidy Tracking Club on Vancouver Island. In 1988, she started breeding boxers under the CKC registered prefix Camano Boxer. The name Camano is a tribute to Camano Island in Washington State where Inge and the boxers spent a white Christmas on the campground.
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