Publisher trom Aug. 7, 1947 to Feb. 15, 1973
BUAT CAMPBELL, Publisher © RYON GUEDES, Editor * TIM MESSENGER, Advert. Mgr.
‘LOIS HUGHES, Mng. Editor » RENE BRODMAN, Foreman * LLEW KEREIFF, Ollice Mgr.

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Cc re) ™ ™ E N T Thursday Morning, December 21, 1978

wees teerers sence,

3 There’s a certain satisfaction inherent
1A having fulfilled your own annual commit-
Tients to the gift-giving season and being
abte to sit back and devote the rest of the
holiday to watching other poor souls agonize
over last-minute choices which always turn
out to be the wrong ones.

= Even greater Is the satisfaction In the
kpowledge that you've selected a gift so
appropriate as to make Its recipient hesitate
before it. For this
which owes so much to those Individuals
“ho have so willingly provided It with
hpadiines over the past year, making the
appropriate selections poses a particularly
strenuous task.

+ {t is thus with undeniable smugness
that the Castlegar News presents—if the
ganteman In the back will kindly sit
dpwn—its own Christmas list for those
special people.

To the 1,155 voters who returned
Incumbents Gerald Rust and Len Embree to
thelr seats on clty council: treatment for
schizophrenia.

* To the Castlegar and District Chamber

of which

Our Gift List: It’s the
Thought That Counts

To 8.C. Hydro chairman Robert
Bonner: a Christmas card signed by 9,022
Central Kootenay residents.

To members of Castlegar Airport’s
advisory who feel local op

By McKENZIE PORTER

(From a column in the
Toronto Sun.)

ONE OF THE MORE
depressing spectacles at Christ-
mi that of the family and its
house guests squatting around
the sitting room and opening
gifts before they have bathed
and dressed, Small children
who arise at dawn in excite-
ment, and play for hours with
new toys while still in their
night attire, may be excused,
But adults in bathrobes present
a distasteful sight.

The disorder usually is
aggravated by the grey, stub-
bled faces, bloodshot eyes and
tousled hair of men with a
hangover and by the plastic
roller head-dresses and unpow-

of the women. Bare

g out of the ends

ji ys are rarely win-

some, Nocturnal vapors curling,

out of open-necked pyjama

jackets mi with the odor of

Christm igars and slale

dregs of booze in ‘unrinsed
party glasses, 5

ONCE THE FLOOR BE-
comes knee deep in gift wrap-
pings, Christmas spirits begin
to ebb,

Adults who bathe and

suits, before they go down to
open their gifts, will feel and
look more agreeable and so help
others to enjoy a better Christ-
mas,
sce

OPENING GIFTS IN
front of people who are not
family may be imprudent. Com-
parisons of value and taste
leading to feelings of superi-
ority and inferiority, and to

Is, after all, preferable to third-party

do not enjoy congregating In q ized
gfoups: a Volkswagen beetle In which to
conduct Its meatings.

: To Mayor Audrey Moore, who Is
reportedly growing impatient over the delay
In funding for Castlegar’s planned Arrow
Lakes water supply: a Shower Massage with
ahose long enough to reach the base of the
Hugh Kesnleyside Dam.

| To Fred Pyke, the Canadian Union of
Public Employees negotiator who plans to
take Selkirk College and four West Koote-
nay school districts ‘‘to the cleaners’? in
afbitration: a One-Hour Martinizing fran-
chise.

To the 29 regional districts now under
th

of the alrport: the same tin cup
the city has been waving. at the federal
transport ministry for the past two years.
To B.C. School Trustees Association
who kept a low
profile during the final days of the West
Kootenay schools labor dispute: a transcript
of Richard Nixon's oval office ‘stonewall’
speech.
To the Nelson News and Trail Times,
which along with other links of the Sterling

newspaper chaln were the object of an.

aborted sale: absorption Into the World
Hockey Association.

To the harried parents of the 15,000
West Kootenay students whose school

e of y-ap Muni-
cipal Affairs Minister Bill Vander Zalm: 28
shovels, -

‘ To the three unknown Castlegar home-
owners in whose basements federal and
provincia! health authorities have located
higher-than-average levels of radiation: a
B.C. Hydro research grant for development
of-an alternate energy source.

To the residents of Genelle: water
which does not glow in the dark.

< To Ald. Albert Calderbank, who has
tésommended the clty draw up an anil-
graffiti bylaw: a can of spray paint with
which to write it.

was during the recent
labor dispute and has now been Interrupted
by Christmas holidays: Jan. 2, 1979.

To Premier Bill Bennett, who scored
points locally In October when he opened the
25-kllometre Castlegar-Salmo highway link
in time for the Thanksgiving weekend: a
PhD from the P. A. Gaglardi Schoo! of
Political Science.

To our readers: more naws, comment
and entertainment from the best

Ss of envy and jealousy
may mar the spirit of good
fellowship.

Some people cannot sup-

(An editorial in the Cal-
gary Herald.)

POOR MANAGEMENT

of the Canadian economy by the
federal government is at least
partially reflected in the re-
duced value of the Canadian
dollar,

However, government
members have remained con-
vineed there was a bright spot
in the gloom: a devalued dollar
should make Canadian goods
easier to sell on world markets,

newspaper In the B.C. interior.

(Editor's note: items not returnable.
Some delays In shipping may result from
circumstances beyond our control.)

The city is now seeking a way out of its membership in the Kootenay Boundary Labor Relations

Association.
z *

*

City council takes look at the use of a tranquilizer gun by the city animal control officer after an

estigation of the recent death of a dog.
*

= School District No. 9 board of trustees submit bids for construction of additions to Ootischenia
and Kinnaird elementary schools for education. ministry approval.

thereby reducing the country’s
huge bul {-payments defi-
eit.

If HASN'T WORKED
out that way.

Latest figures show a 20-
per-cent drop in shipments to
non-U.S. customers in June,
hard on the heels of a 14 per
eent drop in May.

THE DECLINE APPAR-
ently doesn't result from a
failure by Canadian manufac-
turers to take advantage of
world markets. Experts say an
explanation can be found in the
slow expansion of the econo-
mies of European Common
Market countries, mainly West

—/ The Bierman Bite

Bathe First, and 0)

pen Your Gifts in Private

-Avoid Distasteful Yuletide Spectacles

“Just had a happy thought. . . next month's cost of living can't help but go down.”

press small gasps of disappoint-
ment on sighting the gift, thus
giving pain to the donor, Others
cannot fake convincing exela-
mations of delight. Forced ex-
pressions of surprise and joy
are embarrassing. When house
guests are around at Christmas
it is wiser for each person to
open presents in the privacy of
his bedroom and later flaunt
odd items of a character and
quality that will interest others

Germany, and Japan.

The Canadian government

can't be faulted for that, unless
the Trudeau policy of trying to
divert Canadian trade from
traditional
United States to Europe and

markets in the

without
emotions.

arousing unpleasant

PEOPLE WHO PILE

gifts around the tree many days
before Christmas may be ac:
cused by visitors of showing off.
A huge collection of boxes,
indicating an enormous number
of generol
lives, may inflict a stab of pain
on less fortunate persons.

friends and rela-

Inf: ith small chil-

dren, presents around the tree,

Japan has reduced the con-
centration of Canadian export-
_ers on opportunit

sin the U.S.
SADLY, WHILE CANA-

dian exports are falling off,
imports keep rising. If this
keeps up it could cause the

long before the great day,

weaken the Santa Claus illu-

sion.
.

1 SEND

ones. It seems silly to send

cards to neighbors, friends and
colleagues one sees almost
uy. For them the spoken
greeting “Merry Christmas” is

every

enough,

Some people

Canadian dollar to drop still
further in value.

Then maybe federal gov-
ernment members would tell us
that the even lower-valued
dollar should make our goods
more competitive than ever.

*
CHRISTMAS
eards only ta distant loved

send out

scores of cards in the hope of
getting scores back and

putting up a display that wilk}

impress visitors. This is vanity;
+ an unseemly trait at Christmas.

THE GREAT CARD;
swap may become a rat race?
Last minute rushes to the post
office to mail a card in exchange
for one received are irritating.
Many persons regard a card
received from a mere acquain-
tance asanact of importunity, a
soliciting of friendship that en-
genders resentment and even
hostility toward the sender. In
other words, one can lose
rather than gain friends
through the dispatch of a
Christmas card.

Some years ago I had to
reproach a well-meaning Toron-
to nun who raises funds by
writing Christmas cards for
other people in return for a fee.
That is a convenience to the

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, December 21, 1978

EU CeCelceceereseceeetasevcens

OE ELE LOCC TEES

sender, maybe, but an insult to
the addressee.

We're Now
Taking
Reservations

rc

For Your

ay § Christmas Banquet
or Office Party

Tickets are now on
sale for the
New Year's
Eve Frolic

Time & Place

Christina Lake

447-9515

A
Better Restaurant
bya
Dam Site!

Call toll free
Zenith 2877

Specializing in

a,

Steak & Seafood =f7 Xz
Restaurant, Ye.
r~Open 8 a.m. tlil® p.m.
Closed Wednesdays
Ph. 447-9572 - Reservations
Christina Lake

Come In for the Finest

CHI
SMORGASBORDS
SPECIAL
HOLIDAY HOURS
Dec. 24 & 25, Closed
Dec. 26, 11-8 p.m.
Jan.1, 11-8p.m.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hours:
8a.m.-10 p.m.

ent
Sev RESTA! aes

479 Baker - 352.

Redgrave
Gift Shop

445 Spokane Trail
Ph. 364-2445

Butcher Knives
Kitchen Knives
“from

NELSON
FARMERS’ SUPPLY

24 Railway _, Nelson
352-5375

good selection
of Christmas

Come and See!

Bonnett's
Boys’ & Men's
Wear
233 Columbia
, Castlegar
Ph. 365-6761

Rockwell Motorized
TABLE SAW
tonly.... $259%

Macleods

337 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar

Unique Gifts
FINE SCULPTURES

THE BOOK SHOP
110Maple Castlegar

iFirst

Pole or
Swag
Lamp? ¢

° “ ‘A
Choices
Decorating &
Lighting Centre

78PineSt. Castlegar
Ph. 365-2633

K
BARBELL &
OUMBBELL SET
V-110 Vinyl set consist-
ing of: One 5 1/2-ft.
solld steel

volving sleeve.
collars. Two 16’ dumb-
bell bars. Two chromed
dumbbell sleeves, 4
collars & wrench. As-
sortment of plates In
these sizes: 4-10 Ib., 4-
5 |b., 4-2% Ib. plates.
One set of York courses
and wall charts.
$2995

CHAMPION

1241 Cedar Trail

Winter is the

time to
build...

Model
Aircrafts

1703-2nd Ave. Trail

© Pipes -
various styles
© Papers « Clips
OPEN till9p.m.

—all week —
Saturday tll! 5:30 p.m.

“Your Complete
Smoking Centre’

Bosch
Headlights

49°
RINE HLH

Halogen Headlamp
Conversion Kit
AGIFT of 100%
MORE LIGHT!

Castlegar

Bg Lovesoat,
Ce re
‘ Bs) Ottoman

.

ape. Suite

100% washable
Herculon

ONLY. $5 49

JUAL
FURNITURE

WAREHOUSE SALES
Alcrest Dr. Creston

WE’RE OPEN
THIS
SATURDAY
&
SUNDAY

10 a.m.-6 p.m.

SAM'S
NURSERY &
FLORIST Ltd.
1001 - Sth Ave., S.
Castlegar 365-7312

Double Insulated
$5058

GRINDER

¢ General metalwork

© 560 Watt mode!

© Removable side
handle

¢ 8,700 RPM

589%

IN ACKLANDS.
uiMiteo

1080 Pine Trall

pellev 0M ott
“ALL
CLOTHING

50% off

Regular
Sate continues
tili December 23
Best Prices In Town
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!

Little John Discount]
1305 Cedar Trail

YOu TOO Cai PLAY SANTA
AND gy SAVE

Carl Wetzlar
7x35

BINOCULARS
Only .... $82
CAMERA
CRAFTS

Christmas &
New Year's
We have a
large supply of

CORSAGES

Order yours,
Today!

SAM'S

NURSERY &

FLORIST Ltd.
1001 - 9th Ave., S.,
Castlegar

1358 Cedar Trail

365-7312

NEW DC101

DIAL
CALIPER

* Outside, Inside &
Depth dimensions

« Hardened stainless
Steel

* Measuring Faces
precision ground

539°

/S ACKLANDS
LIMITED

1080 Pine Trail

3Only
AM/FM STEREO

Wi/Cassette Recorder/
Playback Deck. ST 8700

GLS Electronics
Castleaird Plaza

© Fisker
Scissor Sets
GIFT CERTIFICATES
© Knitting Needle
Gift Sets
Columbia
Fabrics &
Draperies
1369 Cedar Trail

All Bouer &
CCM Skates ‘1:

* Discontinued lines |
in broken sizes

Sporting Equipment Ltd.a,
Columbia GC .

eureeceuert

Dine Out!

Unscramble the Scramble Below.

You may win a

*40 Family Dinner

Congratulations to last week's winner, Mrs.
Anne Yaseniuk of Slocan Park, B.C. |

ONLNISNAC

Send in your entry form today to:

Castlegar News
Restaurant Guide
P.O. Drawer 3007

LEIS TAN LEADER CEUCEV ETE

: Complete

| line of

1 Model

ailroad Kits
Accessories

ARACEAE LOMAS

a

eases,

703 -.2nd Ave.

Trail

CALENDARS
POSTERS
74

[1978 + + + 1979
Available at:

THE BOOK SHOP
110 Maple

Castlegar

Include tea, nuts,
candies, and more...

Granny's
Pantry

Castleaird Plaza
Castlegar

& Needlepoin
KITS
An ideal gift!
Columbia

Fabrics &
Draperies

7

SEE Us FOR
Aquarium Kits
Pet Stockings

ropical Fish

T-Shirts

© Silk screening
© Photo Lifts

© Custom Printing

GIFT HINTS
EXPERTLY FILLED.

Hotpoint

MICROWAVE OVEN
Reg. $689.95

Now - 20% off
Macleods

337 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar

$395 each
CHAMPION
SPORTS

1241 Cedar

Trail

& CeramicProducts
Brush Kits
& Basins

«Macrame Supplies
© Paints & Paint Kits
Silver City
Ceramic Hut

943 Rossland Ave. Trail

Finished Macrame

Wondering
what to buy her?
. GIVE

FABRIC
specia. 30% off

and
SCISSORS
now 20% off

from
CLASSIC FABRICS
82 Maple Castlegar
365-3214 *

VIVITAR 603
POCKET CAMERA
OUTFIT, w/FLASH

mie! ai
AMERA
CRAFTS

1358 Cedar

Trail

Loveseat, Chair, Sofa
and Ottoman
In plush orlon

ONLY... $799

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FURNITURE

WAREHOUSE SALES
Alcrest Dr. Creston

1369 Cedar * Trail

G

We have anice
GIFTWARE
SELECTION

STEPETTE

STEREO
CASSETTE PLAYER
TRQ303

If
you can't find

“>| what you need

in the way of

TLL HAVE TO WING IT...
THERE'S NO‘ DEREGULATION

Castlegar, B.C.
Winners will recelve a $40 VIN 3H4

dinner from the regular .
Please enter my name for the $40 Dinner
ment althe restaurant of Voucher Draw as outlined above.

° Many Toys - sale
riced.
° Selected Jewelry - up
to 50% off.

Unscramble the letters and
write the name of the restau-
rant on the line provided.

sth. | HOBBY
for the Handyman!

Neons, Sia- i dt ,
e mese Fight- ROLLE! LED p

“We'll print anything
for youl"
“Fish

awe Cena n REPAIR IL ISS,

‘

IN FUNK AND WAGNALL
EITHER...

Chstlegaw News .

Entry forms must be In by

Saturday noon each week.

© The voucher is valid for one
visit toa selected restaurant
within 14 days of its Issue
date.

* Winners are also required
to select the restaurant of
their choice within 10 days

their choice, selected from
the Castlegar News/Mid-
Week Mirror Restaurant
Gulde.

Enter as many times as you
wish.

Winners under 16 years of
age must be accompanied
to the selected restaurant by

Nama

Address

Clty.

Postal Code.

Phone

of notification of winning.

at least one adult.

(Please print)

the
WARFIELD
INN

© Great Service
© Great Food
© Great People
© Great Place
for your party
#3 Schofield Hwy.
PHONE 368-3333

For Reservations

Hew Year's Eve
Panty
Dimwt & Dance
At the Slocan Inn
Music by the Incredible Odz

Tickets: $30 per couple
. 75 couples

Make Reservations Now
Dinner 9:30 p.m.
(Adults 19 or over)

Call 355-2225 or 355-2511

SLOCAN INN

- Slocan City ,

Relax
With
Us...

5to10p.m.

Sundays.
5to9 p.m.

: Closed Mondays
rts F770 er

Columbia
Steakhouse

600-2ndSt.,S. 965-2421

Every Friday 5
Saturday & Sunday at the
Crown Point Restaurant

Fisherman's
Breakfast..... $3°°

Canaries

; Annable -
: Aquarium

© Bird Stock

a Pet Supplies
1g0M Trall

35mm Camera

only... 9147

CAMERA
CRAFTS

1358 Cedar Trail

See the large selection of
Mirrors
Decorative or Other

First Choice

Decorating & Lighting
Centre
78PineSt. Castlegar
Ph. 365-2633

° Xmas Rolled Wrap &
Boxed Cards -

25% aff.

° Fragrances for Him
& Her... free gilts
with purchase!

° 25-Bulb Outdoor Set
Only $8.99.

SALMO DRUGS

Salmo

357-9444

* Compact. Only 22"°
high
© Featherlight. Less

than 5 Ibs.
* Supports 1,000 Ibs.

$9 each

1080 Pine

/s ACKLANDS
LIMITED

Trail

Reg. $199.
Special

GLS Electronics

Castleaird Plaza

19-drawer

STORAGE
ORGANIZER

3135

Castlegar

SUPPLIES
we'll find it
for you.

1703 - 2nd Ave.

Trail

Regular Sale Continues
tll) December 23
Best Prices in Town
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Little John Discount}
1305 Cedar Trail

Farmer’s
Breakfast.....92°° |

Special Smorg on Sunday sy
4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

1399 Bay Ave., Trail

1241 Cedar

adidas=4¢
ICO SHORTS

for Christmas.

“Columbia
Fabrics &

Draperies
1369 Cedar

: CHAMPION
1 SPORTS

Trail

Agift forher. ..gS

Trail

Bellave It OF Nott

ALL

STEREO
EQUIPMENT
Records, Tapes, etc.

40% off

Regular Sale continues
till December 23
Best Prices In Town
MERRY CHRISTMAS]

Little” John Discount
1305 Cedar Trail

SKILSAW
Deluxe Lightwelght
Gasoline

CHAIN SAWS

Ideal for suburban/
rural home, farm, &
professional use
Patented Inertia
Sal-T-Brake
* Solid state electronic
{ignition
Chain catcher, plus
much, much more

$159°%5

rN ACKLANDS
LIMITED

1080 Pine Trail

ARTISTIC

Sofa

&
Chair

yee aa
Now °699

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FURNITURE

WAREHOUSE SALES
Alcrest Dr. Creston

For the
FESTIVE SEASON
We have

CENTREPIECES

and

BOUQUETS

SAM'S -
NURSERY &
FLORIST Ltd.

1001 - 9th Ave., S.

Castlegar

365-7312

Hardcover
&
Boxed Gift Sets
BOOKS

make a loving gift...
from

THE
BOOK SHOP

110Maple Castlegar

For
Daughter
&

Son
SNOWMOBILE
SUITS
only.....°14%

Macleods

337 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar

Another
Eye-Opener
from

First Choice

Decorating & Lighting

Ph. 365-2633

First Choice

entre
78PineSt. Castlegar

© Hot Underwear
@ Night Dresses
© Belt Buckles
© Dog T-Shirts
Paint-Your-Own
T-Shirt Kit
Open till 9p.m.
— All Week —
Saturday U1 5:30 p.m,