in town Is . | rent acar AB ‘Owned in Conada by Conadiene, The best car rental deal 1om Licensee Budget. 365-3300 -——_________ | Fourth Annual Xmas Faire Opening Today in Nelson The 4th Annual Kootenay Christmas Faire will be held at the Nelson Civic Centre this weekend, starting today and concluding Saturday. the largest crafts faire in the B.C. Interior, and it has the figures to back its claim. There will be 76 booths with the works of 170 craftspeople. The total value of stock is estimated ‘This year's faire is billed as COMMUNITY ©. . Bulletin Board HOSPITAL CAROLERS % In order to insure that only one group of carolers will be performing at the hospital at one time, would any carolers planning to go to the hospital please call Marg Baxter at 865-7130 or Mary Gemmill at 365-8087 _ to arrange times. ROBSON CAROUSEL The Robson Brownies, Guides and Parent Group will hold their Annual Christmas Carousel in the Robson Community Hall on Sat., Dec. 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. There will.be a Brownie and Guide Handicraft ‘Table, bake table, fishpond, popcorn, and an auction of - adoll house. There will also be two door prizes, one for children and one for adults. Tea and coffee will be 50 cents. CHRISTMAS TEA AND BAZAAR The Castlegar United Church Women will be holding a Christmas Tea and Bazaar on Sat., Dec. 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Legion Hall. JOB’S DAUGHTERS CHRISTMAS TEA Please plan to attend the Annual Job's Daughters Christmas Tea to be held on Sat., Dec. 10 from 2 to 4 p.m, in the Legion Hall. There will be a raffle, bake sale and many novelty items for sale. BLUEBERRY CREEK CRAFT FAIR The Blueberry Creek Craft Fair will be held on Fri., Dec, 9 and Sat., Dee. 10 in the Kinnaird Hall. : Crafts people interested in participating please contact Lynda Carter at 365-2318. Christmas present buyers please take heed! CASTLEGAR AND DISTRICT SENIOR CITIZENS BUSINESS MEETING ‘The Castlegar & District Senior Citizens will hold a business meeting .in-the-Centre today (Thurs.,- Dec.” « 1) at 2 p.m. The closing date for reservations for the Christmas Party is Dec. 9. Please contact Mrs. J. Heslop at 965-5458. CHRISTMAS TEA, BAKE SALE AND BAZAAR The Brilliant Ladies will be sponsoring a Christmas Tea, Bake Sale, and Bazaar in the Castlegar Russian Hall on Thurs., Dec. 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. DISCO There will be a “Disco” in the old Arena Hall on Fri. Dee. 2 from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight. Admission will be $1.50 per person. All proceeds will go towards the funding of the “Teenage Activity, Centre". Come on down and Boogie! CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE The Robson Womens’ Association wishes to extend a very hearty welcome to everyone, {especially the people of Robson) to come to the Christmas Carol Service on Sun., Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Robson Community Memorial Church. Tea and Christmas cookies will be served after the service. HOMEMAKERS WANTED The Castlegar and District Homemakers will be expanding as of Jan. 1, 1978 and will require more homemakers, Free training is available. Interested persons please call 385-3813 between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. weekdays. SOCIETY FOR SELF-AWARENESS The Society for Self-Awareness will meet today (Thurs, Dec. 1) at 8 p.m. at Selkirk College. Brahmananda will speak on sound and mantra. Visitors are welcome. For further information please call 365-3253. : STAMP CLUB CHRISTMAS MEETING The David Thompson Stamp Club will hold its Christmas meeting on Mon., Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Undereroft of St. David's Church, Members are asked to bring stamps in an envelope ($2 catalogue value or * $1 face value}, plus a small plate of goodies. Slides on Russian will be shown. i TURKEY BINGO ‘The Knights of Columbus will be holding a Turkey Bingo on Sun., Dec. 11 in the Legion Hall. There will be “Mini Cash Games” at 1:15 p.m. and the Turkey Bingo will be at 2 p.m. Proceeds will be forwarded to . charitable organizations. ROSSLAND-TRAIL SOCRED ASSOCIATION ELECTION OF OFFICERS ‘The Rossland-Trail Social Credit Association will be electing officers on Wed., Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the ; Union Hotel, Trail. All interested people are welcome. C.B. CLUB DANCE The Slocan Valley C.B. Club is sponsoring a dance on Sat., Dec. 3 at 9 p.m. in Winlaw Hall. Music will be * provided by “The General Store” of Slocan. Admission is $8 per single and $5 per couple. Everyone is welcome. Coming events of Cas' organizations are lis Canadian Cellulose’s. Interior ‘Operations. Please’ submit ‘Castlegar News by 5 p.m. A Public Service of Interior Pulp:and Interior Lumber Operations. Canadian Cellulose at $80,000. Last year's Christ- mas Faire registered an atten: dance of over 5,000 in the three days, and even larger crowds are expected this year. The Faire has experienced asteady growth in both quality as well as quantity in its three years of existence. The level of . public awareness of handmade CASTLEGAR ENTERTAINMENT LW District Schools Plan Yuletide Presentations This year 11 district schools have scheduled Christmas concerts, i Concerts include a joing performance for Kinnaird Elemen- tary and Valley Vista Elementary schools, Dec. 19; a Kinnaird Junior Secondary drama, Dec. 15; Blueberry Creek Elementary, + Dee, 16; Stanley Humphries Senior Secondary, Dec. 19; Pass Creek Elementary, Dec. 19; a KISS band concert, Dec. 20; Robson Elementary, Dec. 20; Tarrys Elementary and > Shoreacres Elementary, Dec. 20; Woodland Park Elementary, Dec. 20; Castlegar Primary, Dec. 21. ‘ crafts has d by e: sure to such events as the Christmas Faire, and it has created a demand for higher standards of workmanship. This is a fact recognized by both participants and organi- ‘zers of this event. According to co-ordinator Pauline Han- bury, “Over 75 per cent of our registered craftspeople are pro- fessionals, and this is what we need for a good faire.” If you were at last year's event, you will still find this year’s Christmas Faire differ- ent and exelting. There is 30 per cent to 40 per cent change in the craftspeoplé entered. Individual and group entries include pottery, wooden toys and woodworking, weaving, stuffed toys, sewing and knit- pad ROCKY (Sylvester Stallone) is playfully punched by the world champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), who announces that he will give the unknown Rocky a match for the world’s champion- ship. “Rocky”, is a United Artists release now playing here at the Castle Theatre. ‘ting, batiks, ip prints and paintings, stained and painted glass, jewelry and beading, and music instruments just to name a few. There exists a possibility of a last minute change of location for the Christmas Faire. If the C.U.P.E. in Nelson goes on strike, the Civic Centre will be closed and the Faire will be held at the DTUC (formerly NDU) gym. Store Owner _Is. Blissful ........ The Christian, Book and Yarn centre’ in “Davenport, Towa, has gone out of business only two months after owner . Richard Raute, having seen the light, opened it in place of his previous enterprise—the Swinger's World porno book- store. : “I realized there wouldn't be many customers,” Raute said after the recent decision to close his latest venture. “I only wanted to make ends meet.” The final week's sales amounted to $36. His best week was $206. He said neither was enough to pay the bills. His debts total $80,000. “It can't be the location be- cause we made over $100,000 a year in the other business here,” Raute said. ARTS—— Calendar . Dee. 1, 2, 3—Kootenay Christmas Faire in the Nelson Civic Centre. . p.m, s te Dec. 2 and 3—Two one-act plays by Beverley Simons at 8:30 p.m. in the main lounge at Selkirk College presented by Selkirk College at Theatre 112, Matinees on Dec. ist in the Selkirk College main lounge at 12:80 p.m. and in Nelson on Dec. 8rd at 2:30 p.m, in the Jam Factory. Meet the Play informal talk session at the Jam Factory in Nelson at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4th. . * *. Dee. 5 to 17—Paintings by Doolee McDonnell will © be on view at the National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 2 to 9 p.m., other days 2 to 5 p.m. : . o * Dec. 9 and 10—8rd annual Blueberry Craft Fair to be held in the Kinnaird Hall. Open on Friday from 12 noon to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bake Sale on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Raffl tickets on sale. Crafts of all kinds! : o * Ld Dec. 14—Drawing Co-Op will meet in the Craft Room at the Community Complex on this date instead of the last Wednesday. in .the month. Anyone interested in drawing is invited to come along. e * . Dec. 16—Canadian Writers Series presents Lionel Kearns in the Faculty Lounge at Selkirk College at 8 Selkirk College Theatre Students Present 2 Plays’ Selkirk College Theatre program.will present two plays, by playwright Beverley Si- mons, for those who enjoy live theatre. Performed by the program students, both are one-act plays: “Preparing” is a mono- logue tracing the life of a woman of wit “from early ~ adolescence to old‘ dgey, “The Crusader” takes an ironic look at war played for profit (the performances are not suitable for children). Performances will be held at Selkirk College today through Saturday and at the. Jam Factory in Nelson on Saturday. “On Sunday, the public will have an opportunity to meet the playwright at an informal talk session at the Jam Factory. One of Canada’s foremost playwrights, Beverley Simons, lives and works in Vancouver. She is a meticulous and power- ful writer, best known for her play “Crabdance” which has been professionally performed across Canada and in the United States. ight at an Takes Lead Role Margaret to Star Margaret Trudeau will star in a Canadian feature- length movie which will begin production in Montreal Dec. 5 Robert Menard of Vidéo- film Productions Ltd, of Mon- treal said Mra, Trudeau and British television star Patrick McGoohan have signed con- tracts for the lead roles in Kings and Desperate Men, “a . taut thriller” which is expected to cost $1.2 million, Menard said last week, —_ Community TV pe neon ES COMMUNITY ACCESS CH-10 Schedule (Sr Tonight 6:00-A Session in Family Counseling with Terry Jones. 6:35—Music Joy: with Mrs. P ly. 7:05—Stanley Humphries High School Pep Rally. 7:20—Food Talk: Topics in- clude, Metric Work- shop, Food Labels and Bean Sprouts. 8:05-Children’s Services Workshop: held in Trail. 10:30-Lookout: The Experi- ences of a Summer Forest Lookout. 11:00-Sign off. Troil Artist Exhibits Paintings at NEC One Woman Show Here This Nionth In December the National Exhibition Centre here is pre- senting an exhibition of paint- ings by Doolee McDonnell. A resident of Trail, Mrs. McDonnell became interested in painting while in public school. Her interest led to studies atthe Banff School ‘of: ” “Fine Arts, the University of Manitoba, the University of British Columbia, and finally at the University of Notre Dame in Nelson, where she completed her degree in Fine Arts. A large part. of Mrs, MeDonnell’s work has been in. the area of landscapes; many, scenes from the East and West Kootenays are committee to canvas in this exhibition. In addition she has done over 100 protraits on commission. Sever- al examples of these will also be ‘on display.” The official opening of the exhibit ° will take place on Monday. Principal of the Koote- Amid Colorful Decor DOOLEE McDONNELL nay School of Art, D. 0. McGregor,’ will be in atten- dance as guest speaker. The showing continues to Dec. 17 with the gallery open daily. The National Exhibition Centre is located opposite the Castlegar Airport, adjacent to the Doukhobor Village. Church Women Hold — Pre-Christmas Tea. Members’ of St, David's Anglican Church Women held their annual pre Christmas Tea and Bazaar on Saturday in the Legion Hall, with Christmas decorations arranged by Mrs. D. Marcellus, assisted by Mrs. R. West.” Brea Rev. D. Carroff opened the tea with Mra. R. C. Donnan at the door to greet the guests as_ they arrived. The serving table was covered with a white ‘tems for this bi-monthly feature should be telephoned: to Mrs, D. Miller-Tsit of the Castlegar and “Community Arts Council at 865-7850. Castlegar Savings’ istrict: Sponsored by Credit Union 3 7 i 1 ered table cloth _cen- tered with a circle of styrofoam decorated in red and centered with a red taper. Although all committees, were kept busy, the most popular table was the Bake Table run by Mrs. F. Hostetter, “Mrs, C. W. Kennedy and Mrs, K. Hayashi. Tea tables were super- vised by Mrs. J. Robinson, Mrs. ‘D. Marcellus, Mrs. Susan Wear- mouth, Mrs. D. Eldridge, Mrs: R. Deans and Dianne Johngon. Sewing and novelties were in charge of Mrs, J. F. Killough © and Mrs. C. King. The kitchen was well taken care of by Mrs. W. Leduc, Mrs, H. Bate, Mra. H. Edmonson, Mrs. M. Brandson, Mrs. N. Fishwick, and Margaret Truss- Jer 5 we WR eR IIR ERS. Entertainment Pages - News and Ads "Deadline 5 p.m. Mondays TARR, Presiding at the urns were Mrs. Scarfe and Mrs, A. MeNeil, with Mrs. Kennedy and __ Mrs. Hayashi filling in for the | last half hour. : Mrs. B. Trussler sold tick- ets on a draw for a Christmas cake, hamper tickets were sold + by.Mrs. H. Perkins, and tea tickets were sold by Mrs. R. ‘West and Mrs. A. Mackereth. ‘Mrs. J. Kavic won the door prize, Mrs, G. Anderson the winner of the hamper and Mrs. . J, Holden winner of the cake. ‘ SAFE DRIVING Safe Driving means winter has already. arrived in some parts of Canada, and well onthe way to others. By February, most drivers have learned to go with a change of pace to meet driving conditions prevalent in winter. Those who haven't learned may not have to! Save 10 - 20° OFF Upholstery Materials In December BOOK Upholstery Work During December, For January & February o. 7 Upholstery Asked if'he thought Mrs. Sei Ann LANDERS — i a JOSS RIA TIAA IAIIA IIA TITS SOUND COUNTRY an The duo first evolved on the recently. at. the Londen lo One Show Only «8 p.m. 1, Trudeau showed promise as an actress, Menard exclaimed: “Oh yes, no problem!" He explained that the film's ‘producer and director, Alexis Kanner of Kineversal Two Shows -7 and 9 p.m" Friday and Saturday Dec. 1-3 SMOKEY and the BANDIT" (Mature) ‘* Sunday through Thursday. |: Ine., had seen her ina televisi program in Vancouver. “Saturday, Dec. 3, «| tines 2 p.m. “Kanner had the feeling Senn that she could be a great actress,” Menard said. “It's just one of those things you can feel easily.” The amount Prime Minis- ter Trudeau's estranged wife will be paid for her part in the film is “a secret,” said Menard. Mai __WILDSTALLION Sun. - Tues, Dec. 4-4:..;. NOT NOW COMRADE Lesile Phillips .5.;4) Dec. 7-9... HERBIE GOES TO . See our selection of renowned CHILDREN’S BOOKS And our large assortment of ~ COOKBOOKS — The Book Shop 110 Maple St., Castlegar 985-5658 oc" His whole life was a million-to-one shot. PODER MW NG AOE SR SLIME. TORY _ MONTECARLO. .. 4 DCSE oe WRSs oSRR UNE AGAINST TIME AND TERROR... ROUss A UNIVERSAL PICTURE TECHNICOLOR * PANAVISION * SELKIRK COLLEGE THEATRE 112 presents : TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS: BY BEVERLEY SIMONS PREPARING, monologue, traces the tife of a woman of wit from early adolescence to old age, j THE CRUSADER takes an Ironic look at war played for “> profit. * AyaShe ute * Please note: These performances are NO’ sultableforchildren. —Two EVENING PERFORMANCES ora Castlegar: Dec. 2&3, 8:30 MAI Tickets $1. (available at the Selkirk College Books! Tickets $2.00 at the door *'? — TWO FREE MATINEES Castlegar: Dec. 1, 12:30 p.m: . MAIN LOUNGE, SELKIRK col Dec, 3, 2:30 p.m. = JAM FACTORY — MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT — An informal talk session at THE JAM FACTORY, Nelson, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 4 Nelson: Royal Canadian Legion BRANCH.No. 170 - Invites YOU to Participate in These Functions a : MEETINGS Ast & 3rd ~ Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. ARET irda! vir & Satur a y, ae n= Fri. tte if 7p.m. jer 7 p.m. be ‘onight= Quests Must Pe day be Signed in ny Yyoar Ann Landers: I am sick to death of hearing children complain Kecause they have to care for an elderly parent—or In some cases, Uoth:parents, Wouldn't it be a fine world if parents decided not to care lor their children? Unie + I worked at a home for the aged for two years, You wouldn't believe how many people at that home waited day after day for a visit“trom-a‘ loved one (this {s love?) and nobody came. I can't ifnagine what is ‘in the heads of those kids anyway. They are: fe nying their parents the thing they need most. A sign of caring. 4 My grandfather once told me, “Two parents can raise 12 children but 12 children can't take care of two parents.” I realize this doesn’t apply to all children, but there are plenty out there ‘who will know I' mean them, so please print my letter. If it gets : jgstione child to visit an elderly parent it will have been worth the effort. —Seen It AllIn Kenosha Tear Seen It: Here's your letter—and now to all you readers who F then country music scene In 1969 Vienna, Austria, for: two . shows at Stadthalle, which were taped and broadcast by the: Austrian TV. and’ radio network, Since. th . appearances have kept the endalls busy. Daughter Jeannie Is an accomplished and. talented songwriter as well as adynamite vocalist. Donna Fargo celebrated a and was gifted with Leaving on: — have a parent in a nursing home—if the shoe fits, put it on, In fact, * piut on both shoes and walk, ride or run and pay a visit to someone who is waiting. . t e. 8 i Hear Ann: In June we'received an Invitation to the wedding of od friends who live in another state. The postmark on the hvelope was a month later than the wedding date. By the time we bceived the’ invitation, the wedding was over. - Tn August we were invited to the wedding of a nephew, Two weeks later'a letter came. saying the wedding was postponed “Indefinitely”. A month later we received a picture of the bride and groom and a’newsy letter from the groom's mother telling us how sbrry they were we couldn't make it, i $_.2Is this a new trend to‘ get gifts from people they‘don't have r@th for at the wedding? Should we send a gift as nice as if we had received the invitation in time—and actually went and enjoyed the febtivities? Please enlighten us. We are si Feeling Used Dear Fr + I've had enough experience with'the U.S. postal sgrvice to place the blame on them rather than on,the parents. In the case of:the nephew, however, it seems to me that in the were coming. I'd send a slightly less important. gift to them, but alye the first, couple the benefit of the doubt. Dear Ann: Five years ago when Twas H senior in high school I had agexual relationship with a teacher. He was much older than I and igftidn’t last long. He taught music and I took private lessons from +, hfin after school. ‘. The affair ended when I. graduated. He went out of my thoughts completely until a month ago when I went to work in the séme office with his wife. She's a terrific lady and keeps inviting née to come to dinner and see my former music teacher. The - woman has no idea of what went on between us. = Ym running out of excuses and need some help. if 3 —Feeling Guilty Dear Feeling Guilty: Accept the. invitation! 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