B8 Studded tires are permitted after Sept. 30 From May 1 to Sept. 30, vehicles equipped with stud- ded tires cannot be legally operated in British Columbia. Section 19.03 of the motor-vehicle act regulations permits the use of studded tires from Oct. 1 to April 80 of the next year. Special album for children held in care A special album to re- cord the roots and memories of children in the care of the province was introduced to- day to Human Resources Minister Grace McCarthy. “The thousands of chil- dren who are long-term wards of the province need a special way to record the milestones of their childhood years,” said Mrs, McCarthy. "In this Year of the Child and the Family, I am pleased to announce that these children will receive a personal album, entitled ‘Watch Me Grow,’ to help them develop their roots and strengthen their identi- ties. “Through unfortunate circumstances beyond their control, these children no longer live with their natural families," said Mrs. McCar- thy. "By using ‘Watch Me Grow’ to record their ex- periences, they will be able to_ keep their personal histories alive and real.” The books can be used to record birth details, health and inoculation information, souvenirs, photographs, school reports, and memories of both natural and foster parents and friends. The idea for the books was developed by ministry social worker and Vancouver Island foster parents, includ- ing the current president of th B.C. Federation of Foster Parent Associations, Mrs. Phyllis Primeau of Port Al- berni. Don't be bugged - - try entomology Most people cringe at the mere mention of the word insect, while images of tiny six-legged demons pop into their minds, The fact is that there an astounding amount of beauty and grace to be discovered in the many varieties of insect life. Very few insects are ac- tually harmful to humans, and most of them are well enough known to be avoid- ed — it is hard to imagine someone innocently chas- ing a hornet! Summer is the time when the butterflies emerge from their meta- morphosis, when crickets and katydids chirp and gentle ladybugs add a touch of color to all the surroundings. So rid yourself of any unnecessary fear, replace it with curiosity and go out and find the many beautiful examples of life in miniature present in the insect world! On or off the job Treat chemicals you buy for use at home with as much care as they receive in the workplace, advises the Wor- kers’ Compensation Board. For instance, beware of mixing chemi Bleach CASTLEGAR NEW! Soptember 26, 1979 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, Eaton's sale prices add up Allweather pant coat, cape front and back. But- ton out pile liner. Sizes 6-18. 99 Camel color only. e Double-breasted trench coat Button out liner. Quilted sleeve. Scarf. Tan and brown. Sizes 6-18. . Maytag avtomatic washer : 3 wash levels. 4 wash & rinse temp’s. Special ‘Soak & Wash’ cycle for delicates. White color. Harvest wheat or almond 10.00 extra, Model A107. 49.99 Maytag automatic dryer ‘y 4cycles. White, Color 10.00 extra. Model DE409. 449.99 Maytag built-in dishwasher Energy-saving, no-heat drying, water-saving wosh system. 3 cycles, Porcelain enamel tub. Colored panels included. Model WUS300. Denim Jeans 629.99 G.W.G., mill rinse jean. Boot cut. Sizes 30-40, Reg, 23.95. Sole 18.99 Drillers drill work shirts or pants Cotton/Polyester blend. Permanent press, Pant in sizes 32-46. Long sleeve shirt in sizes 15-17%. ea. 11.59 | Climber work socks 90% wool/10% nylon. Assorted colors. . 2.99 Casual shoe “Weather Guard" boot Men's leather shoes with Women’s 7" cocktail boot. crepe soles. Sizes 7%2-11. 100% ‘ waterproof. Vinyl. 24.99 Acrylic pile lining. Side zip- per. Black or dark brown. Full sizes 5-10. Reg. 17.98. Sale 12.99 drain cleaners and some abrasive chemicals when mixed, say in toilet bowls or sink traps, can release deadly chlorine gas, Summer Special: Topsoil © Gravel Sand © Etc. 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Shop Early — Sale Ends Saturday First Alert smoke detectors : Dual-ionization, low-battery warning indicator. Loud 85 db. orn. : 26.99 Black & Decker deluxe workmate Limit one per customer. Dual height/giant vise sawhorse. Portable. Folds for ata i t ” 53.2 Spiderman game Popular game. Idea! for ages 6 and up. Reg. 16.99. Sale 14.44 Ceotie Game Pre-school fun for ages 3 and up. Reg. 5.99. Sale 4.99 © Tex-made flannelette sheet sets Clearance of discontinued assorted, floral and geometric pat- terns. Each set consists of 1 flat sheet and 1 fitted sheet and 2 pillow cases (except twin set—one pillow case), 5 Twin bed set. Reg. 29.98....... Double bed set. Reg. 34.98 ... Queen bed set. Reg. 39.98.00... . cece cece Brass and glass occasional tables Nesting tables ........ Cocktail table. .. Bunching table .. | ie: A |: “Squire Il" hide-a-bed c er y by with 4’ 6" ‘Sl Regular size, King’ mattress. Table about 36" x 48", extends to 60" 149.99. Four Tan Troy chairs 60.00 each. 389.99 ‘Sale priced. The classic blazer : 49°? Lined velvet blazer. Single-breasted. Two-button closure. Pockets with flaps. Cotton/viscose with lining of 100% acetate. Choose from black, plum, brown or camel. Sizes 5-15. Peppertree, at or through all Eaton's B.C. Stores. - 7-piece wok set - Set includes: 14” carbon steel wok with wood handle, alumi- mun cover, ring, spatula, ladle, cleaning brush, strainer, re- cipe/instruction booklet. 26.99 Chateau de Bois wine rack Wooden wine rack. 9-bottle capacity. 6.99 G.S.W. step-on garbage can Plastic liner. Choice of white or gold color. 8.99 Deluxe teardrop hiker bag Water resistant, strong nylon, padded shoulder strap, 2 com- partments, nylon zips, and rain flaps. Reg. 22.98. Sale 16.99, Se ‘\ Mini rucksack Nylon pack. Reg. 2.98. Sale 1.97 Tall executive sleeping bag Nylon cover. 3 Ibs. Dacron Il Polyester fill. Reg. 33.98. Sale 26.89 With Whitecaps logo and team symbol. Official size and weight. Reg. 24.98. - Sale 18.99 Down and feather-filled vest vee « Nylon outer shell, diagonal quilt design, full-length nylon zipper, 2 front pockets, adjustable waistbond. Adult sizes XS- XL: Reg. 65.00. Sale 39.00 Spokane St., Trail: Phone 368-5232 Es Greg McDonald of Grand Forks with his grand champion steer A pickle’ s proof, 1 { | { is in its pucker!’ The next-tinie your . sweetheart says ‘pucker up!", don't be surprised if you get a gherkin instead of a kiss! Pickles are in. In fact, pickles probably have the longest popular- ity run in history, as the’ art of pickling predates recorded history. Cleopatra loved them, ‘as she believed that the pickle was a source of beauty and health, The University ‘of Victoria scholarships Five students from southeastern British Colum- bia have been awarded en- pickle has won the hearts of countless thousands over the ages, and even though pickling is no long- er necessary.as & major method of food preserva- tion, the pickle reigns su- preme. But what exactly is a pickle? It covers a much broader range. than most of us would suspect! _A pickle is any fruit, vegetable, or combination thereof that has been Pre: Pickles may be sugared, honeyed, saccharined, dill- ed, peppered, spiced, sour- ed, fermented, brined or wined. They may be whole, chopped, diced, minced, trance e University of Victoria for the current academic year. President's Special En- “trance Scholarships of $500... + each, went to: Huw George, Nakusp; Miryam Huchet, Ri- ondel; Stephen Maryka, Gen- elle; Brian McKinney, Trail; and Pauline Pilon, Slocan. UVic entrance scholar- ships worth a total of $44,100 - went. to 79 students from 44 British Columbia i. or sliced. In essence, the only lim- it presented by the pick- : JS, YOur, OWN: Pickling is ry simple process. You need only follow a few basic rules regarding the type of ingredients you use, along with basic hygienic procedures for all canning. Whatever you choose to _ make, the results will be vy ties. Pp haa picklisfous! y Record Tracks *, by George Gammon LED ZEPPELIN: In Through The Out Door Old rock and roll bands never die — they just con- tinue to thrive on past -suc- cesses. When a band takes a three-year break between records, some noticeable changes should occur. In Through the Out Door is the title of the: much awaited Led Zeppelin LP, but as the band itself'so appropriately put it, The Song Remains The Same. The album is what could be referred to as a bookends endeavor. The first and last song are the only thing that holds: it up, with. the ‘re- : mainder -just provided as filler..In The Evening starts off the: record, providing some excellent moaning gui- tar work by Jimmy. Page, accompanied by Robert Plant’s usual echoey vocals. The song works well until the “oh, oh, I-need your love” chorus manages to destroy the tempo and mood of the song. At one point in the num- ber Page manages to make his guitar sound. like he dropped it and slid down its neck with stocking feet, pro- viding the only imaginative moment in. an otherwise mundane album. The second side ‘begins with Carouselambra, an over- extended piece using all the riffs, whinny vocals, and stu- Sponsored by: dio-produced ‘overdubbing identified with Zeppelin. It is reminiscent of almost all the songs on Houses of The Holy, which prompted many critics to declare “the blimp has - gone limp.” . With song number two, - All of My Love, the band once again promises more than it can deliver with an interesting intro that ‘gets buried under the simplistic repetitive chorus. Tm Goint To Crawl opens like the theme from a romantic. movie, and then develops into a well used but effective bluesy throb that eventually wanes due to lack . of intensity. Staunch Zeppelin fans may not find the album that bad, but when you've been waiting for three years —‘ as some of the more drastic changes in rock are occurring — it is disappointing to find that a once-innovative group is churning out the same old For those of you who collect unusual album covers, In Through The Out Door packaging gives you more for your money.,than does the music. The album is wrapped in a brown paper liner to hide the outside jacket, which has six different graphics report- edly relating to the same theme. In addition, the jacket sleeve changes from plain old black and white to color, just adding a bit of water. Now that’s innovative. ck Creek and District i er . Ps a bs ist Mike Schorn of Bridesville walked away with Senior High Point Perpetual Trophy ‘ is prize-winnin: My insurmoun EVERY September, alter a long summer. vacation, several of my colleagues ask me, jeeringly, I’m afraid, “Well, did you write that novel?” Or, ‘Did you polish off your play?"" ! i Bill Smiley And every pa have to come up with an ex- cuse, ‘No, I broke my pelvis sky-diving.”? Or, ‘1 had it well in hand until the day I Was out sailing we crashed in- to a 200-pound sturgeon, and I suffered a bad concus- sion,"" : One gets pretty good at the instant retort, the swift riposte, after twenty-odd years of it. To tell the truth, “Well, uh, (no, I spent the summer drinking beer and going to auction sales and swimming and cutting my toe-nails, and trimming the corn on the ball of my foot, - and reading. four hundred . novels, and cooking up a storm of frozen dinners,” would be out of character. Because every June I swear to all and sundry that I'm go- ing to turn out apiece of prose that will make Dylan Thomas, Ernest Hemingway, Mordechai Richler and Margaret Laurence g bull calf. —News/MirrorFotos by Tina Bourne wish .. they’d been born thirty years later. Some ycars it’s going to be an autobiographical. novel, with absolutely nothing held back. J warn my wife: **Can you take it, sweetie? There will be .no holds barred. Everything exposed. The whole business down in black and white.” She nods as she finishes the dishes. Other years it’s going to be a play that exposes the whole rotten, corrupt, perverse, middle-class life of this coun- _ try. The wet tea-bags in the sink, the un-made beds, the after-breakfast martinis, the secret racism as we watch the Indians being decimated on the late-late show. But, somehow, after twen- ty years of this charade, I might as well face the fact that I am neither a Margaret Trudeau nor a Tennessee Williams, . A new piece of fiction that is going to sell, must have certain ingredients: sex, drugs, violence, perversion. How cana guy write a red- hot article when he has lived a practically pure life for a number of decades? How cana guy write eapli- cit sex scenes about nipples hardening and the scream of an orgasm, when all he’s seen for the last twenty years is a couple of robins having an affair in the back yard? How can a guy write about drugs when his nose is so- many times fractured that he can’t even smell onion- breath, let alone the sweet scent of marijuana on the air? How can a guy write about violence. when the worst in- cident he has seen in years is one grandboy giving .the other a cheap shot in the back when the other wasn’t looking, knocked the other’s head against thé corner of the picnic table, and drawn blood and tears? It's not ex- actly Attila the Hun, How cana guy write about perversions when the only thing he's seen for years is a baby-girl blucjay trying to pretend she’s a baby-boy blucjay? Or a hen-pecked husband trying to pretend, when his wife has gone to the ‘john, that he’s Henry VIN? No, I'm afraid you'll have to stick to TV, the movies, and Harlequin Romances, if you want your favorite ingre- dients. I just don't scem to have any background upon which to draw. When my wife says to me, after a particularly brutal party or weekend, ‘How come you never have bags under your eyes, like m 1 merely answer the truth: “A clean heart and a pure mind, my dear."’ 1 must admit that after the thirtieth repetition of this little slogan, she enitted an unladytike remark, But it’s the truth, More caution | is needed when painting If you are painting the outside of your house, be careful of the utility lines. Workers’ Compensation Board regulations direct that people working near ener- gized Jines cannot use metal or wire-reinforced ladders or . paint rollers with long metal handles. Even if you think you are well clear of the lines, remember that accidents can happen and take as much care as if you were doing the work for a living. CASTLEGAR NEWo, seplomaer 26, 1979 table novel Cl It's nov that | haven't had fois of experience, I went through a world-rending depression and ate potato- skin hash and porridge soup. L went to work at 16, for thir- ty dollars a month, twelve hours a day, seven days a week, J survived a war in which both sides were shooting at me, especially the British Navy. I was almost kicked to death by a German’ Feld- «webel, just because I’d stolen his pipe and tobacco. I ate + mangels and drank rainwater in a prison camp. f spent a year in a T.B. sanatorium, I've survived thirty years of marriage, two rotten kids, and am still coping with two grandboys who are the most ingenious methods of torture since the Inquisition, [ even graduated from a university, with honours, when they still had standards. 1 spent eleven years in the editorial chair of a newspaper, which has buried many a man. 1 have tived through, and thrived ‘on, teaching teenagers, which has sent more people to an early grave than did the editorial chair. But still’ whenever I think of writing a searing play, ora violent autobiography, 1 can't seem to put fingers to typewriter. 1 think L_ know what's wrong. | didn’t hate my father, That seems to be what you need to get you going. Or, if you're Jewish, your mother, My father was a pfild de- cent man. He didn't heat me. Indeed, he didn’t pay much attention to me. 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