eat
ATEN
Ss 5
3 a

Pe

ones

°
High Blood Pressure
the few known|an elevation of his blo
pressure during his first vis-
it to a particular physician,
the doctor may assume that
the patient has unstable
blood pressure.
He has probably suffer-
ed for years from transient

most

The Canadian Medical
Association reports that an
inherited defect of some sort hypertension before perman-
is suggested. high blood pressure be-|P!

It is a well-established !eame 2 established.
fact that there are families! One survey indicating the
with strong tendencies to hy- | importa nce of heredity re-
pertension. Individual mem-j vealed some startling facts.
bers of such families will|In families where the par-
often show tendencies to ents had normal blood pres-
high blood pressure early in| sure, only 3 per cent of the
life. These tendencies might | children developed the dis-
include nose bleed, flushing|ease. Where one parent was
of the skin, migraine attacks, hypertensive, 28 per cent of

and n
When the patient shows Bed pressure. When bath

Inherited?

od|parents were hypertensive,

45 per cent of tne children}
were: date afflicted. {

the ‘GMA, that if a
history of hypertension is
regular awit

pan blood pressure children

parents carefully.

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Fall stock of BOYS’ Boots

and Oxfords is already in
Sizes 842 to 13 & 1 to 6

ina B.C. Government Photo $5.95 up to $9.95

e in

An chang
the B.C. General volaays was

‘was
the Rivervale Mental Ina
tute near V
week, after sppetlae © Ms
court on a charge of break-
ing and entering.

: le you ‘had entered
a not gu y, Blea efore ma-
gistrate H. C. P!

However, eter hearing
the plea, ie, magistrate re-

Be Peterson, Qc, minister of
Mr. Peterson, in a deci-
sion which he said “followed
consideratior# of written sub-
ions made to the bo:
decided to provide an alter-
native to the requirement

Changes Noted in Holiday Needs
After Action by Castlegar Chamber

Girl's SHOES with square
toes and square heels
Sizes 8 to 13 & 1 to 4

$3.99 up to $7.95..;

means any operation or ser-
vice normally carried on with-
out regard to Sundays or pub-
lic holidays and would there-
fore include hospitals, nursing
homes, hotels and many rest-
urants, garages and service
stations which remain open
seven days a week to cater to
the public.
An “section in

shoes

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ex-
amination for the woman.

Action in the court case
has been suspended and the
charge may be dropped en-
tirely, a police spokesman

said Wednesday.

200 Expected
At Swim Meet

Kinnaird council was in-

usage.

‘Mayor Carl Loeblich told
council Vthat a letter receiv-
ed from the West Kootenay
Health Unit stated that the
permit for next year’s ope-
ration of the pool has been

granted.

S. Rust report-
ed. tint ‘the, swim meet sche-
duled for Aug. 17 will fea-
ture 72 events and 200 parti-

MENA

cipants are expected to at-
tend.

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DICTIONARIES — Winston and Oxford
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LUNCH KITS — Plastic, Metal, Etc.
PENCIL CASES — Leather and Plastic

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CASTLEGAR

R. E. Goulet Corner of Pine and Columbia
Open Monday — Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday and Holiday Hours:

Fridays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
12 Noon to 1 p.m.

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6 to 7 p.m.

operations” be given time-
and-one-half for working on a
general holiday and also be
Sven's some other day off.
The former order be-
came effective May, 1967.
The new order req

of jane benefits be given;
ay | ccce. the employer has a
oice,
A “continuous operation”

Money is Missing
_From Local School-
Or Is H?

School trustees of Dist-

announced Monday night.
Theft? Well, possibly the
money was borrowed. Or just
put into a safe place. Or left
where it should have been
left. Or should not have been.
“We don’t really know
anything about the money,
except that it’s gone,” said
one school trustee. adding
that, come to think of it.
“Maybe it’s not even gone.”
The money, a collection

mises by principal Jim Cor-
bett, before he left on his
vacation.

Mr. patie said he had

“prover” place.
“ Mr. Corbett’s

port handed to district sup-
erintendent of schools Claude
Bissell.

No action is to be taken
on the money until Mr. Cor-
bett returns, or at least until
the elusive loot again looms
large.

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the new order

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where a

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that the employees not bound
by the agreement may have
their holiday coincide with
that provided fort in the col-
lective agreement’

One of the aries which
had indicated its dissatisfac-
tion regarding the previous

board to approve the substi.
tution of another

was
and District Chamber — of

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BLOUSES $1.39 & vu

SHELLS _ $1.99 & up|
SWEATERS $3.95 & up

Panties sizes 2 to 14
3 pr. for $1.00,

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Stanfield‘s
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VOL 21, No. 34

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1968

$1 Million Recreational Complex |
Proposed to Serve Whole District}

By BURT CAMP BE before area ratepayers in
Editor Castlegar Ni

A_ million-dollar- 1s. ” py- details of the

law to erect a regional re-| proposal public, Regional Re-

creation complex, hopefully|creation Commission No. 1

on HE tect 6 acre site located be-jexecutive members said the

the Kinnaird bridge|complex as it is -envisaged

oad the Selkirk College turn-/now would include a muitl-

off, is expected to be placed|use arena, a six-sheet curling

rink, a combination hall-gym-|
nasium, a 440-yard standard
track and field, and a heated
indoor 25-meter competition
size ee pool.

Oth i paring features
would include: ng ‘facili-
ties, a -kitchen,: administra-

GIFT FROM AFAR was presented to the
school board recently by chairman Mrs. Wal-:
ter Jacobson, who passed it on from the
Quebec students who visited here on the

|tion ‘offices, a ‘social
and club room, and an carts
tractive entrance plaza.

It is the: swimming pool
that is the big cost item:—
both from the point of vie
of original construction cos'
and then ‘continuing operat-

~|ing expense.

It is. possible, said

i | creation officials, that the by-

N|law would be presented’ with

the choice of the complex

Fleither with or without’ th

given to the board by the eastern visitors,
who said they wanted to present it to “the
meee official in the local school system.”

huge blue-and-white flag are board member.
George ‘off, centre, and assistant secret-
ary-treasurer John Dascher. The flag was

oe “well, that’s me ..

. I guess.” The local

board presented the Quebecois with a B.C.
flag. — Castlegar News Photo . ©

Recreation. ‘Complex Idea
Deserves_Consideration |

eee
EDITO R:
In disclosing preliminary plans
regional ‘recreation® complex to be located - near.
College, yn. No... 2
public d discussion of its plans.
One major area where the commission is, “still some-
what hazy, is in that of
While it is quite confident of its figures for the capi-
tal costs of such a project and the resultant t mill’ rate, it
is the operating expenses —— and thus the deficit taxpayers
would have to assume — that are as yet not fully known.
Proper financial’ appraisal awaits a realistic appraisal
of the rentals, admission and useage fees, operating expenses
such as salaries and other overhead, and maintenance costs.
This does not mean, though, that valid and worth-
while discussion of the commission’s proposals cannot yet
take place. After all, if public discussion were to disclose

ans this -week fore alee

that district residents feel strongly that a swimming pool|dum

is unnecessary, then the commission could stop eneinive
studies and architectual considerations of. this facet of the
proposal.

There is no doubt that a recreational complex of some
kind is{desirable. The need now is to find out what kind
ofa complex meets with the widest possible public favor
— and then determine by bylaw if residents are prepared
to pay for such a complex.

But the commission should not rely solely on the now,

voluntary submission of t briefs and opinions by individuals
and groups.

It ff should consider these only as a guide to the think-
ing of those prepared to take the time to make them and
then utilize this knowledge, on top of that already

Part of Area
I Gives Gkay |
To Garbage Plan.

pool,
The estimated cost of
the complex of $1%: million

$1 million if the pool’ idea
is discardéd, said commission
vice-chairman . Mitch |. W:
ford.

For a complex estimated
at a cost of $1.2 million noted
Mr. Warford; the assessment

hood of three mills.

would mean the average tax-
payer in Castlegar and Kin-
Pard would pay between £2

would be in. the © neighbor-|/§

and $13 a year. while. tax- |:

could drop to slightly under |™

‘THE LAST CRACK of upstream light peeps through under-
neath the upper gate, in this shot of the lock at the Arrow
dam. The gate was being lowered, prior to letting the water
level down its low elevation, to. allow the tug.and.its boom

‘of logs to pass through the lock and. on downstream. Two
tugs took part in the initial testing of the lock units, carried

BRU cee ea ad

f

out last Thursday and Friday. The testing showed up some
minor problems Friday, but these were corrected and the
locking procedure quickly became routine again. Tests were
termed “successful” by dam officials. — Castlegar News
Photo

(continued on page eight)

A new schedule of flights
being sought by B.C. Air!
es Proposes four. furboiet
flights per. mn Cas-
tlegar and: Vancouver, it was
announced’ early: week.
The application for, Class
“scheduled

coast, an
Srecting ri other B.C. .com-}=
tnunities, ‘was ‘filed with’ the |’
Air Transport Committee in

‘A’ recent referendum on
the:.question of :including “a| this
portion of Eléctoral - Area. Te
under the CKRD garbage

has-been’ approv-

and

mill in‘the first year and. . .
one-fifth mill each year there-
after z acenuay

The de!
ents. asked for the referen-
after the electoral area
asa whole turned down a
proposed plan whereby the
of Castle;

ener and

nade pone, with Electoral

Areas I and J, would provide

together’ a -common refuse

ground.

The proposed refuse site,

‘bei completed by

vas use
fill ty;

garbage is puried ater Bum jump

elimin:

ing,
of the mess and’ ode

to possibly hold public meetings or semninats with service
clubs, church groups, etc., in

The clears
the: wey, for Leese of |.

posal plan fo
ed by a vote of 24 in, vor
10 against. am

fined aren resid-|°"

Fy ketal in "serine

ey rece two flights:-Van-
couver-C: two

Penticton - Kelowna - Kam-

fg|100PS and one return flight

on ' ‘the. .Kamloops-
Smithers run and-o one Sight
a week initially, fro mith-

Sc Pro primate new air
ie which would connect
with mainline routes.of other

lin-|mer of 1969 if approved,

jairlines, will start in the sum- Airlines, a subsid-

iary Br "CAE Industries Ltd.,

B.C. Airlines Proposes Jet Service Here

routes. It’s first Interior run ATC probabix wiil
started this year with a Van-| hold a ae om. tire appl

said BCA marketing and cus-| Started in

‘tomer © service director Syd

and ‘is

well-known on ae ae

daily Co but no date bos beem

Reynolds. -

The routing would pro-
\wide ‘service Vancouver-Pen-
ticton - See ee

Penticton - Kelowna

Lal
anise ing Lal +.Burns Lake
‘| Smithers . and. Smithers to

¢SThe company “paid it

4 to | would, use three new Hand-

10 | Tey-Page 18-passenger  Jet-
stream

The routes ‘would pro-
vide © connections. with CP.
Air — which this winter will
start introducing Boeing 737
jets — and other airlines at
cities such as» Kamloop:
Prince George, Terrace, Kel.
owna, Penticton, , “Vancouver
and. Calgary.

on the routes, | Partm:

Action is to.be taken
eliminate what has. been ae
seribed9s a-dust nuisance | MHI

Wes es Montenay medical
health ‘officer’ ick
Schmitt of ‘Trail said the des
highways, for
whose projects the plant was
set up, is A tempting to have
the owners, Williamson Pav-

install

ent of

paving. -plant. -machinery,| air.
ar i Oobichenie y

Enforced correction of '
ine ciation is difficult, the
0 said, as there are no |

Water Scrubbers are Suggested
To Eliminate Paving Plant Dust

ee Dla doing: work
Bi is doing:

for the | Nelsombaset . higth-
in| ways-d

final

ing and Bia
water scrubbers on the out-
lets of the plant.
These would eliminate
the clouds of dust now be-
discharged ‘from the
plant.

Dr. Schmitt said: he wrote
a letter to the company about
one month ago, after receiv-

ing complaints from Ootis-
chenia residents.

Castlegar
_Mictoria A
8 | ormer app ointoient ofS 2

gistrar of the de de] vartment OF
with offices in Vic-

toria, has tet announced by
Don Bro-

igh, 8

arly.
pane commission — the first of its kind in the province

is to be commended for the excellent job it doing | of

‘and the Pubile should express its thanks taking an in-

ae for

disslased) a by, CKRD
Ss. of Kinnaird,
fe Sud te, felt it’ should me

beginning. use
the site has not yet been He

men participating in Saturday’s swim meet at Kinnaird
as winners (from left) Ken Burrows, Grand Forks, and Ed
Sorge and John McKenzie, both Kinnaird, can attest. But the
test of competition is’ winnin,

ready before long.

‘WINNERS in a a Tocal swim ‘meet included Ed Fornell’ and

their skill and eet

*200-YARD MEDLEY. was one of the tougher. races for the| Fred Tomlin, both local boys and well-known for their prow-
pool, | ess_as swimmers. Here, the two: are

being congratulated for

Johnson. The two were

among
all ‘three of these ‘win-| throughout the West Kootenay cho B took part Saturday at a

it by
: the | representatives ‘nom

e—and
ners look like they’re mighty happy about it. —
News Photo :

meet in Bob

News

Photo

Man Gets
ppointment

So far, he added, he has |i,
received no reply to’ his let-

“It directly affects resi-
dents of Ootischenia and, de-
pending on win lon,
affects the whole valley as
far as Blueberry Creek, Rob-

and Brilliant

Mr. Killough has been
‘€-| with the sin

March, 1963. After graduat-
ing from the University of
British Columbia Mr. Kil-
Jough taught in Prince Geo-

ce | 800,

as well as the towns of Cas-
ftlegar and Kinnaird.

when the whole valley has
been covered. with a dust

“There have been days),

of the
set of stop blocks at the Ar-
row dam will

Final Set of Stop Blocks
‘At Arrow Dam Saturday

be done “Sat-| been goad.’

Ys
tion manager Bryan Quinlan
said yesterday.

Mr. Quinlan said that

Sunday if problems
countered. but this seems un-
Bey
‘kers are paneer aes
helped” ‘by the fact that this
the fourth operation of
this
formed at the
During the other three
such installations, there were
periods .of wide fluctuation
in the water levels helow the

Operational: testing of the
lock using Celgar tugs and

this operation may run into/=
are en-|1!

type they will have per-
dam. t

of logs
present, however, Mr. Quin-
Tan said.

Workers are “about to
complete the second rola
wey. O gate No. r he con-
tinu: ed.

A. Killou
of the 1955 SHSS|took

rge and North Vancouver. He | haze. 3
leave of absence from “I regard this as a pub-
last . winter |lic health nuisance. ane dust

le ie th
gis-| former Faith - Toogood. of|more chronic effect with long
e | Castlegar: term exposure.” 3

log booms is continuing, Mr.
Quinlan: added.

He said that operation
of the lock so far has been

cellaneous problems. espec-
ially with minor pieces of
equipment quring the first

ly so,” and the others are
nearing completion.

AMONG THE BEST female swimmers who performed’ at
Saturday’s swim’ meet in Bob Brandson Memorial Pool was
i11 | Denise Young of the Kimberley Seahorses, winner of the
girls’) aggregate trophy for 15- and 16-year-olds. The meet
was carried out all day Saturday, under skies that changed
from bright sun in the morning to an almost steady rain by
ate afternoon. — Castlegar News Photo

BEST IN HIS CLASS, 15- and 16-year-olds, was Kimberley’s
Ken Burrows, here being presented the aggregate trophy for
his age group by Kinnaird Ald. Clarence Ackerman. Much of
the work of the meet and the sometimes complex job of em-
ceeing the event were handled by Aldermen Ackerman and
Steve Jankola. — Castlegar News Photo