NN MOLL ESSIEN soe DPD: /OUNG CANADA BOOK WEEK concluded ‘Saturday when a Cass ra ah Wena vie cate er friend precedure. Curious George is the Pee 3 Sy) sie oat by Naber Lasoo aba New oho) the bocal library. There pepe! sha ad ry tne was hla Castlegar branch. the basemest of the oesioge see em es Make Your Own .)))): _ CHRISTMAS GIFTS a) MMACRAME! ve DECOUPAGE. and BEAD SUPPLIES Also Available Ready Made Local Hand-Crafied cit M&J Antique & Gift Shoppe 272 Columbla Ave,, Castlegar — Phone 365.8281 Tues. thru Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m: Fri. 10, am, A Gu READ THE eas re ‘Letter to the Editor SOMAy ae “Hoy wu would you survive if no good? It Is sc Suite say npelting ‘that. Saray Iwill pt today that about ‘five years from now Uh CL LLMLADD Predicts Monefary Crash more sane coonomy. The same ~ thing will happen in some other ‘countries where inflation is like bere, but at a'later date. ‘Thousands of new people :poured-iny-mainty: from‘ {he United States. Then there were the Doukhobors who got kicked around in Russia because they dodged, the draft,.and: got ‘icked:around in Saskatchewan because they wanted to live communally, and ended by buying land in southern B.C. When Andy immigrated in 1970.he moved to Port Coquit- lam, then, after’ about six months, he headed up to Prince to work in a car wash for $2.50 an hour. ‘Av friend of his bought a little: place in the Slocat and asked Andy, to come along and conditions in the smelter. ‘We are committed - to ‘ongoing improvements in work- ing conditions, and this particu- already have spent a great deal of time and money in. this ehirekaes anda fond d coal more Treks baghouse addition will bé_ built atop -the present smelter = baghouse, a device which filters alr r through a ‘series of elot When the project is com: pleted, air from various work- ing locations in the furnace area will be channelled through a system of hoods and ducts to. the new installation. Detailed design work is well underway and construc Mon will begin’ next year, he: en as OE CLIP-N-SAVI 10% OFF “fe Opening Special y¢ Present iy a during: ou opened GOOD ON nN ORDES OF to AND OVER (U Ad Per Customer) 10% OFF ‘ Our. “Tarkiood of Seafoods: will be in Castlegar Monday, December ? at the Castlegar Hotel Parking Lot Bit) 11 am. to 7 pum. ‘Several Varielies of Seafoods, such as: SALMON — TUNA’ on, All SHELL FISH ETC. COD — SOLE — HERRING — octopus c Special cae be taken prior to Christmas | | by Phoni 5 é 428-9477, Creston, Land was cheap there then. The farmers were selling to eachother at $100 per acre and they were selling to the hippies and draft dodgers for- four times that amount, Why not? Anyway, Andy liked. the area. He borrowed a little cash from his mother, who was still teaching schoo! in California, and picked up five scrubby. acres just outside of Winlaw. Then. with little more than a hammer and a band saw, he built his first house, That winter was unforget- table; he went through five cords of wood by the end of. December and was cold at that. He got a job working at a mill owned by Triangle, but left there in February in favor of pounding spikes on a CPR. section crew. Whenever he got laid olf or and scrap steel up and down the valley. He would have the coal’ delivered by the boxear load to a siding then’ take’ care of it from there. First you back your truck up to the door of the boxcar, open the door to expose the wooden shoring’ holding’ back the coal, take a chain saw and saw away the shoring and you end up with a truck load of coal. - That's the first five tons. ‘The yest of the 40-ton load you move by shovel and wheelbar- row at 200 pounds a crack from . the boxear to'the truck. It'was ‘on one of his coal hauling trips that Andy ran into my friend Mary-Lynn. She packed 1 a bad- marriage, packed up her kids and furni- ture, then headed to the Slocan * to live:on her land and build a. ‘She was lonely and short handed,’ he"was Just 'fruckin’. Mary-Lyno fs a bubbly kind of woman who likes to be around people and talk: Andy is the type who can stand on the ‘bank of the Slocan River just where it meets up with Lemon Creek and east for trout with Mepps No. 1 red spinner from now until supper. But they got on really well.” In fact, they fell in love. On Sept. 1 Andy Flagg ended his career as an itinerant laborer and Independent tr tra er. He opened u| The building we caeea - wood frame with sliding doors _ for each of the two bays. There is one cement pit which comes © in handy when you don't have a hydraulic lift. ‘A hand-operated forge fills ~ one corner next tothe anvil and there's a hand-cranked. me! dritl press against one wall, ‘There isn’t a stich of insulation inthe whole drafty place but dy made a stove out of an old water ta He had to go into debt for . the wiring and the tools includ- ing a NAPA:Balkamp Engine Systems Analyzer with a dozen different dials and gauges that can tell you practically every. thing from how your ignition Is working to what you had for breakfast, 1 He's not worried though;. ; you and I both’know a. good mechanic is hard to find. In the last few weeks Andy has laid in eight cords of ‘wood quit, he'd go on and work on his house. Tt was a kind of a loose existence; never in 4 hurry; learning about the country. and how to survive; going on his first hunting. trip _and freaking out when he brought down his first deer—all that life ending with just one shot, But he learned. ‘About a year-and-a-half ago Andy decided to go into business for himself. He bought a 48 Chevy three-ton, put a little money into the. motor and: starting" hauling. coal, lumber B11 am: to 7:30 p. TRUCKLOAD SALE OF FISH Over 50 Varieties ~~ TOMORROW, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 WEST COAST SEAFOODS : over at th at the garage. He slill gets ‘A-Touch of ~ BRASS . See KOOTENAY. BUILDERS LTD. © ‘some fishing in-and bas. plans for a bit of*hunting, but hat garage comes first. He turns up at work with his lunch bucket and a can of tobacco sharp at’ nine in the morning every) Tuesday through \Saturday and you won't often catch him leaving before five in the afternoon. He's a family man now and it looks like he's settling in for more,than the winter. Andy Flagg ts as certain about his future as aby of us can be. “This “is going to be ey life, until I change my mind. So if you're ever driving © down the road that cuts off halfway between Castlegar and ‘Nelson and takes you through the Slocan Valley on the way to New Denver, keep an éye out for Andy's garay st as you Dane *: ¥ aul hello. ‘Ther wll probably by anextra beer in the fridge in the summer or a coffee on the stove in the winter. 2 operetta NOTICE OF . MINIMUM WAGE REVISION Alter public hearings ‘iuoncol the: Pro- vince, the Board of Industrial Relations has insti- tuted a new Minimum Wage Order: for British columntie. The Board has given notice that, ef- ive December 1, 1975, the new: minimum ait e will be $2.75 per hour for employees 18 years.of age. and over, end $2.35 per hour for employees 17 years of age and under. These mint mums will become $3.00 and $2.60 respectively ‘on June 3, 1976. . 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