CASTLEGAR NEWS, Friday, May 28, 1976 School Board Accepfs Teachers’. Resignations Resignations of several teachers were accepted at the last regular meeting of the board of trustees for School District No. 9. They are as follows: i M, Desai, Stanley Humph- ries Secondary School; Ms. K. J. McIntee and Mrs. F, Leitner, Kinnaird Junior Secondary School; Mrs. C. Alvarez, Bril- liant Elementary; Mrs. M. Johnstone, district staff; Miss 8. Fellner, Kinnaird Elemen- tary; Mrs. L. Johnson, Twin Rivers Elementary; Mrs, M. Peck, Woodland Park Elemen- tary; N. Fishwick, Slaniey Humphtias Secondary School; vi ¥: Harry Bate L. ae Twin Rivers Elemen- "the board has also granted aone year's leave of absence to Mrs. John Dalziel for medical reasons, ° Appointments were also announced, These included Mrs, B. M. Horcoff and Mrs. N. Rainier to the staff of Kinnaird Junior Secondary School, Miss T. Hallas to Stanley Humphries Secondary School, Mra, M. Dunsford to the district staff and assigned to Ootischenia Elementary, Miss M. DeAnne to district staff and assigned to Pass Creek Elementary, and Miss C. Chalupa to district staff - -and assigned to Woodland Park Ye All are effec. tive Sept. 1, —— i CHURCH BL | News Feiss Views ‘R y P| A.C.W. Meeting Guest speaker at the May meeting of St, David's Anglican Church Women was Mra, Ann Holden. She was welcomed by president Mrs. J. Donnan who also welcomed several visitors who came to enjoy the talk and the pictures. Mrs. Holden spoke mainly on the 18 months she and her husband and children had spent in Nigeria, where Mr, Holden was part of a Canadian team sent to make ‘a study of a proposed dam near the city of ° Kano, Salaries and expenses of the study were paid for by the Canadian government as a_ contribution to the developing nation. _ The talk was a moat "SHOES THAT MAKE AN IMPRESSION" FOR SAVAGE SHOES AND + ALL YOUR FAMILY FOOTWEAR Phone 865-7025 — Pine St. peel Welcome peu 38 and as was evidenced by the discussion which followed. On behalf of all present, Mrs, J. F. Killough thanked Mrs. Holden for coming with her pictures and her very able presentation. In the short business meet- ing preceding the speaker, Mra, Gwen gave a report of get-well cards sent out and the recent Thrift Shop party. Four ‘‘ .C.W. members had attended the regional co-ordin- ating meeting held recently in Rossland, under the leadership of Mrs. Vernita Lynde, Brief reports from Mrs. J. Donnan 61 Crescent Street Castlegar an WALDIE'S PLUMBING & HEATING LTD. Phone .365-7531 Kimbel Wash, Service Station, Satur- cay, May 29 starting 10 Fm Art Exhibit for Local Artists, National Rangers Car Pluss Texaco NOTICES Annual Meeting Castle gar & District Arts Coun- cil, Selkirk College, Mon., May 31, 7.30. Perform ance by Vivienne Rowley Pianist. LEST hs ee 1m, yy" Nv and Mra. J. F. Killough of the day-long session were enjoyed, ‘and it is hoped that when the next regional meeting is held in October, more of St, David's A.C.W, will be able to attend. Tho June meeting will take the form of a plenic lunch at the home of Mrs. C. Idle at Christina Lake with details and date to be announced ‘later. Since the meeting, word has been received from the house mother at the Marion Hilliard Home in Kamloops, that the three boxes of baby clothes had been received and were accepted with thanks. Mrs. C. W. Kennedy gathered, layndered, and peck- ‘ed the used baby clothes as another contribution of St. David's A.C.W. to the home,’ and her efforts are much appreciated by the members. New Arrivals Members of St. David's will be happy to know that the Rev. Desmond Carroll recently of Dublin, Ireland, has accepted the position of priest in charge of St. David's Anglican congre- gation and will commence his duties on June Ist, taking his firat service on June 6th, Rev, Carroll and his wife, Marion, with their three chil- dren Fiona, Nicola, and Mark, arrived in this country in late March, di from Dublin where he was working with the “Anglican Church in Ireland” specifically in youth work. Members of the congrega- tion held a reception and pantry shower for the Carrolls yeater- day evening in the undercroft, A New Home We understand that Ted, Gwen and Family and Gwen's parents are now ensconced in their new home up Pass Creek, with the transfer of household effects ete. all but completed. This has been a tremendous undertaking and all are to be congratulated on their achieve- ments. Sunday School and Congrega- tional Pienic is to be held next’ Sunday following the 11.15 . Anglican service. Oy Illingworth Kerr Paintings To be Exhibited June 3 fo 5 The National FIT-RITE Eremenko's "22 Centre in Castlegar is: pleased to announce the display of 25 INingworth Kerr paintings on loan from the Saskatoon Art Gallery. These colorful Saskatcho- wan and Ontario landscapes were ‘painted between the vigual that capture scenes of farm- land, woodland and mountain in a very appealing and fresh manner. : The National Exhibition Centre of Castlegar is grateful to the Saskatoon Gallery’ and Conservatory Corporation for’ making this exhibit available to QUALITY SHOES for the family For Dress — Casual end Work ‘years 1927 - 1984. 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Verigin Turns Sod For Doukhobor Centre Regarded as the tradition- al home of Doukhobor culture, Brilliant was the site on Tues- day evening of last week for the sod-turning ceremonies, mark- 4a= the long-ewaited construc- tion of the Brilliant Cultural Centre, The ceremonial spade was presented to John J. Verigin, honorary chairman of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, by project supervisors Mike Semenoff and Nick Ogioff. During the turning of the sod, Mr. Verigin read the psalm “Our Blessed Home", marking . the official start of construction and ‘giving the project his blessing. On hand for the historic occasion ‘were “Acting Mayor Audrey Moore; chairman of the Regional District of Central Kootenay, John Moran; region- al director of Area ‘J’; Martin © ‘Vanderpol; Mrs. Anna Gattin- ger of the Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Society; and William Oglow of the Doukhobor Soci- ety of Canada, Library Development Services Granfed One Year Reprieve Closure of all direct Li- brary Development Commis- sion services to the Kootenay area, scheduled for March 31, 1977, has been extended for one more fiscal year, to March 31, 1978. E These services include op- eration of the East Kootenay Branch of the Commission in Cranbrook, Open Shelf ‘service =, », from Victoria, grants to individ-:- 7 “yal libraries, inter-library loans, and other services’ and: Yard to the area.) 2052. The ‘commission: had an ‘nounced last September that it® could maintain this di sup- port to the! Kootenay: Library >: fiseal year and i called ‘off,’ the. Kootenay Li. ., Service only until the end of this fiscal year, by which time it was anticipated that the Koote- nay Library ‘System proposal would have come to referen- dum in the three. regional districts of Central Kootenay, East Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary. 2 In view of the fact that due to ‘the provincial government ~policy ‘of fiscal restraint, fund. ing previously approved for the system was withdrawn for this e referendum brary, System ‘Society recom- mended to the commission that the direct services be extended for an additional year. The society was notified late last week that the commis- sion ‘had accepted the: Tecom- mendations. > | However, the commission did not accept the recommenda: tion that the Bookmobile dem. onstration continue, due. to * lackof special grant. funds. Steps have already bee he taken | end this service after tho last week in‘ June. Castlegar Fully Converted by 1982 New Building Needed Now Castlegar should: be fully c ct verted to Electronic Common Control (ECC) by 1982, accord- ing to a story in the current edition of B.C. Tel News. ‘The. province-wide ECC program, ‘expected to involve more than $377 million in capital expenditures, “will al- low...the :provision of- faster, more reliable atid more diversi- fied services to customers,” the-. story says. ‘In turn, new services will generate additional revenue— revenue needed to help hold the _ cost of. basic telephone service at a reasonable level.” ‘The story says that ECC. © opens the way for services such as touch-calling, or push button telephones or automatic num- ber identification. The latter ‘means that electronic equipment instantly identifies the originating num- ber when a subscriber places a directly dialed” long: distance call. Other futuristic optional sy services include three-way or “SILVER BIRCH ADULT ACTIVITY CENTRE 211 MAPLE ST CASTLEGAR PHONE 365 2811 invites you te take a MID-WEEK BREAK WEDNESDAY. LUNCHEON by RESERVATION only SALAD, HOME-MADE SOUP _ BREAD. AND BUTTER Tea or coffee weve eee: $2.00 ie AEN BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ‘ calling Without ad- vance preparation by an opera- tor, an ‘electronic tone that advises a subscriber that an- other call is waiting on his line, and call forwarding which per- mits a subscriber to punch up a forwarding number for all calls to his regular number. ‘The story says that mal- ~ functions may be:dlagnased by” computer which. also advises’ -maintenance personnel on the best corrective course to take. This process can often’ be’ carried out before a subscriber detectS trouble with his tele- phone, ‘the story says. Peter D. Harvey of B.C. Tel's public affairs division said that conversion to ECC at Trail, involving 6,400 lines, would require a major addition to the company's building. $ Conversion in Castlegar would call for a new building in a new location, he said. Full conversion at Nelson in the existing. building would be" ‘complete ~ by” “1084, Tie Harvey, sald. “Cranbrook | is'scheduled for 4 full conversion in the existing building by 1981. * He indicated that there were no plans at present to convert Grand Forks service to cc. Proposed $7 A Day Fee Decreased fo $4 a Day The B.C. government has dectded to increase extended care charges to $4 a day, .instead of the proposed’ $7. Health Minister Bob Me- Clelland told the B.C. Legisla- ture Thursday night the $4-a- day charge for extended care would be effective June 1. -The only exemption will be for children” 19 years old and under, .) Earlier ‘this year, in the budget speech, the government had proposed to increase hospi- _ talcharges to $4 a day from $14 day for acute care and to $7 fora $1 a day for attended ee There will be a $4-a-day charge for all people in provin- cially operated - facilities—ex- ‘tended or acute," Mr. McClel- land said. “It was. ‘brought forcefully. to our attention, and certainly we miscalculated the number of people. who were not in receipt of mincome payments and who ‘would suffer very severe hard- ships because of the $7-a-day charge,” the minister said. “Even dropping it to $4, however, we find that a lot of people who have young‘ chil- dren ‘in polio wards, palsy” wards or who are retarded, are still faced with severe hard- ships because they are general- ly young’ parents and they. really haven't reached the peak of their earning power yet. “But they have to spend. more than most people do, so for all children 19 years and und the rates will remain at $1 a da: He said’ the government. would continue the previous . practice of picking up the tab for destitute people. a plan to make your best years even better the early Doukhobor pioneers were Wil- liam Podmoroff, William Popoff and Mike Gleboff, all three of whom had worked on clearing the land for,the early ‘settle- ments in the area. Also present was the full executive of the Union of Youth of the USCC. Representatives from the Doukhobor Community were Mr. Verigin, Mrs. Anna Mar- kova, and members of the USCC executive, under whose direction the’ various commit- tees are being co-ordinated; the three committees involved with the organizing of the activities related. .to_.the_.. cena id ‘Women's: ‘Committee, ‘finan and building committees, The designer of the pro- ject, Harry Soloveoff.and en- gineer Elmer Verigin were also present, Construction of the bulla ing will be in three stages. The firat objective is to complete the shell by fall. The second stage includes installation of windows, doors, heating, elec-, tricity, plumbing and finishing of the upstairs, . | Estimated cost of these two ‘phases is $825,000. Finat stage will be completion of the downstairs area. When completed its’ mod- ern appearance and its in- tended purpose as a centre of ethnic activity, will further complement the many. cultural and recreational facilities in the area, such as Selkirk College and the new Castlegar Arena, The building will measure 120 ft, by 72 ft, and will be constrieted_of colored bricks, The main’ area will ‘have a seating capacity of 1,200. + Special features will in- clude a gradual raised approach , facilitating entry of the handi- capped; an interior design pro- viding for quality acoustics, and a 66-foot outdoor stage to add to the pleasure of summer performances. Historically, Brilliant has been the centre of Doukhobor cultural activities. Some of the Christian Community of Uni- WANT'TO SELL YOUR HOME? "Call Mary’ 365-5244 or 364-2507 STRAND & MOSBY REALTY LTD; versal Brotherhood commercial enterprises such as the packing house, jam factory, wheat ele- vator and sawmill were located here. y Its manyother enterprises in the pralries and other areas were administered from the Brilliant headquarters, The original founders of this thriving community, Peter (the Lordly) Verigin and his son, Peter’ P, Verigin, are buried in a tomb not tar from the site, GET SUPER CHROMACOLOR “Bull better to ~last longer” Mike’ 's TV Service now located at 625 Columbia Ave. The BOOKMOBILE ANNOUNCEMENT service Is being discontinued, Ono more complete ‘ereult will be made by the Bookmobile on the .. fegular schedule beginning Monday, May 31 to — Shoreacres, South Slocan, Riondel, Boswell, Gray Creek, Crawford Bay, Slocan, New Denver Silverton, Edgewood, Fauquier, Burton, Hills, Winlaw and Slocan Park. “ROBSON ‘RECREATION ’ SATURDAY, MAY 29 WITH MUSIC BY “The PLAMONDONS” Refreshments available — Lunch will be served Robson _ Hall 9 P.M, — 1:30 AM. 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