CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, June 1, 1978 It was a big moment for members and friends of Kin- whaird Church of God as Ede :-Kowalko, chairman of the board + of trustees, struck a mateh and ‘ ignited the church mortgage, thereby symbolizing the paying sof all indebtedness on the . church building. The scene was witnessed by a large crowd of members sand friends from the com- * munity, plus a large delegation of young people from various parts of the province who were attending the youth convention “Being hosted by Kinnaird TChureh of God. Those participating in the celebration included city alder- : man Gerald Rust, who brought > congratulations and best wish- es from the City of Castlegar, Offering the prayer of thanks- giving was Rev. Richard Ss k of Kelowna. Rev. Robert Hazen, who, in July of 1968, led a work- group from Lansing, Mich. to assist in the erection of the ‘church, brought the official + address and reminded the con- : gregation that the purpose of a ! church facility is to serve the sneeds of the people of the + community. G Refreshments were served ; following the and Ends Years of Debt BURNING of the church mortgage, asmbatising the paying of all indebtedness on the Kinnaird Church of God, Is witnessed here by, left to right, Jake Senft, Bert Kitchin, Pastor 1. Johnson, Ede Kowalko, Wayne Bird and Dave Donely. The scene was witnessed by a large crowd of members and Church Celebrates Mc Mortgage Burning Castlegar Socials Mrs.H. Johnson 965-8294 J. Mrs. Edith Sherbike re- urned home Wednesday after- oon of last week after spend- » ing a week in Nelson as the gueat of Mr. and Mrs. H. Grummett. While in Nelson she iso visited relatives, and at- ended a meeting of Rose City der of the Eastern Star meeting. ° : Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ads- head apent the long weekend isiting’ thé former's brother, ‘Herbert Adshead, in Salmon ‘m. Mr. and Mrs. E. Rourke nd son Darrel spent two days ‘in Vancouver last week where they were joined by their - son-in-law and. daughter, Mr. and Mrs. B. (Maureen) Dickin- «son ‘and family, who were en friends from the community as well a¢ a large delegation of young people from various perts ef the province whe were- attending the youth convention being hosted ad Ktanaire Church of God. Voice of the People Hydro Not Hiding From Public ‘Editor, 1 + { guests had the opportunity to ‘our the building and to browse + through the historical record of ‘ the church, which church his- torian Mrs, Elsie Heagy has : : gompiled. " Kinnaird Church of God : looks forward to increased ser- avice to its community. ‘Fluoridation Linked With Heart Disease Heart disease death rates in U.S. cities began to decline : when the cities started fluori- ‘dating their water supplies, a ‘University of Rochester re- searcher reports. Donald Taves writes in the ‘science journal Nature that the .death rates dropped in non- fluoridated cities, too, but by a lesser amount. 2 He suggests that fluoride ‘may inhibit the deposition of calcium in the blood vessels of “the heart. That, in turn, would -raise levels of ATP, a chemical ‘essential to cell survival. Glenmerry NEW AND USED FURNITURE 3191 Highway Drive PHONE 364-1822 Many of roe eaeaere probably read a recent report in a Vancouver morning news- paper based upon a statement by a B.C. Wildlife Federation official that B.C. Hydro is “hiding from the public” a giant make-work power construction strategy for British Columbia. That suggestion was un- true. The facts of the matter bear repeating. It has always been B.C. Hydro's job to anticipate elec- tricity needs for the province and to develop whatever. ener- gy resources will best meet public demand — technically, economically, environmentally and socially. If the provincial govern- ment is attempting to attract new economic activity to B.C. and fails to do so because there is insufficient developed power available for new industry, Hydro has not done its job. There is no secret grand strategy involved. Hydro's job is to provide the electricity necessary to meet the economic goals of the province. It's no secret the power projects mentioned in the press report are indeed being assess- ed. This work is part of our continuing program of assess- ing pofential energy options for development as and when they may be required. Liard and Iskut-Stikine Rivers? Preliminary studies were done some years ago, and are now being updated to give us a current idea of their prob- lems, should these energy resources ever be needed. These studies were the subject of a press announcement by B.C. Hydro last year. Prelimi- nary transmission line route studies to connect these poten- tial power sites to the load centres are also being done. McGregor Diversion? Studies on that project were suspended early this year after ‘parasitology studies identified five parasites known to cause mortality in the Pacific (Mc- Gregor/Fraser) drainage sys- tem that, if transferred, could endanger fish in the Arctic (Parsnip/Peace) drainage sys- tem. ‘The news release announc- ing this decision stated “for the moment there appears to be no reasonable method of prevent- ing McGregor to Parsnip trans- fer affecting the Arctic.” Stud- ies will not be resumed unless the fish problem becomes sol- vable. We have stated that the McGregor could still be de- veloped as a conventional pow- er resource with ne upstream diversion into the Parsnip River, which would avoid the problem of parasite transfer. This limited project, however, is much less attractive than the Now, in Castlegar... CONTINUOUS © Aluminum EVESTROUGHS ¢ White or Brown Baked-On Finish Kelowna Aluminum Gutter & Soffit Co., at Earl’s Private Pools Call now, at 365-6774 would have been and is not presently being con- sidered. Flooding reserves? Most of the major rivers in B.C, have flooding and other map re- serves on them, held by the provincial government — not B.C. Hydro. Most of these reserves were placed long before B.C. Hydro came into existence. Reserves exist prin- cipally to indicate to resource users that there may be other potential uses for a river basin. A simple statement of fact. East Kootenay coal? BC.:" Hydro has begun preliminary feasibility studies for a possible thermal plant in the Fernie- Sparwood area, using waste coal from the metallurgical coal mining operations there. Again . this is no secret. We have had a number of representations from people i in the East Koote- nay urging this project be -~ started, - Energy from this soures may not be required before the there will. be ample publicity and project planning informa- tion similar.to that provided on the Hat Creek, ‘the McGregor, the Site C on the lower Peace River,:and the Kootenay River Divérsion projects. But when it : takes 10 to 12 years to bring a project into -:produttion: can: anyone seriously object to the” studies necessary for intelli: gent planning? : Even detailed study: of a proposal by Hydro does not in 2 ‘any way mean that its develop- - ment is_a foregone conclusion. mid-1980s, but could precede “Hydro must’ seek. formal gov- development at Hat Creek if it makes economic sense to do so. Studies ,will establish the facts of the matter. Murphy Creek? We have received inquiries about the possibility of developing ° the ** Murphy Creek project as a means of maintaining economic -" activity in the Kootenay Boun- dary Region now that hydro- electric construction appears to .. be coming toa close in that part - of the province. After the construction of several hydro- electric projects in the region there is a highly trained con- “ernnient approval.for any new generating plant- sthrough’ a public licensing process,and'for.. this extensive informiation- is needed to identify the potenti: * environmental, and social }im- pacts. We do not in any: “way 3 take the licensing process for* granted. Nor should our critics. W. Nash : ian Manager fot is route to South Korea from their home in Sundance, Man. The * Dickinson's will be in Korea for + two years on a job transfer, Mr. and Mrs, Sonny Ed- | "wards spent the long weekend in. Mica visiting the latter's brother, Mr. and Mrs, David Adshead and family, and. her sister, Mr. and Mrs. (Elaine) |. Matheson. Approximately 30 guests . from the Castlegar area, as well as from Nelson and Cres- ton, attended a party at the Dairy Queen on Monday after- :noon on the occasion of a fifth :birthday celebration for Andy DeGraff of Castlegar. Along with birthday re- freshments, guests and the , honoree enjoyed the entertain- :.. ment antics of a clown. Salted Peanuts, “Cheese Keep Dentist Away “The. British Medical Jour- nal'says an apple a day may not be_as effective as salted pea- nuts and cheese in keeping the dentist away. Surveying the apple's re- . putation as “Nature's tooth-