Telephone 365-5210 Mr.-and Mrs. Wm. Koochin of Winlaw are pre to announce the marriage, of thelr youngest doughter MK ines fo) perce son ¢ ir. and Mrs. fompson Revelstoke, 8.¢) Wedding fo take place on Oct. 8, 1983 In Winlaw. a 1e ect ‘Mae to Chris Ar- ind Mrs. to toke pi if ber3, 1 in Trail, B.C, Max ond Lucy Wiesner would like to express ir 8 a oppreciat ion to their relatives a versary. Special thonks to Bren- Sh . Shelly, Steve and Sede toy nel love and devotion and the hard wor And hug Buts for ive on and do all things # some. Feed not your loneliness on Burtt Coch ‘waking hour In in cheer, And |, in turn, will comfort you And never, never be afraid Sadly missed. Set Rulbebe tomily In loving memory of Mitchell Dean Kul ye When | must leave you for a little while, Please do not grieve and shed wild THE WIZARD OF ID New insertions, mae a ord e Castlegar News Business Directory. will be accepted up to & p.m., Aug. 30 for the momh: of September. . Your sorrow fo you v3, er out bravely witho it smile; Sefer my take ond in my name Brian L. Brown Certified General Accountant 270 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-2151 7 hand in comfort you near; alt ting for you in ‘am wal jor the sky! We've Got Your Muffler MAIN ST. MUFFLER 365-5411 (HAVE A WARRAIT FOR Your aeesr! = BUT, (A AN ATTORNEY ! at wos ER. 2 MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN Id like to thank everyone for git the beautiful shower and wedding gifts received. —Frank and Sharon Tassone ye We wish fo extend our heartfelt [. thanks) to our relatives and tH a sete | acer sa sincerely grateful to everyone. = and Detchkott families 1463 A special thank you to all those nds for the ‘nd sym. thy during the’ Fecent lost of -weeel guitars, 41 Certified General . Accountants 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 PIANOS, ORGANS & MUSICAL EQUIPMENT FOR LESS | o Roadie ASK CHES OR JOHN FOR | ~ BEAUMARK APPLIAN WITH B.E.W.C, TO PROVIDE ALL PARTS AND ALL FORTHE LIFEOFTHEMACHINE. SERVIC! E 5 the Trail, B.C. 7 Soligo, Koide & John Chartered Accountants 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar Phone 365-7745 LESSONS ACCEPTING REGISTRATION BEGINNERS * 365-6710 le whose efforts made the as ; 7jcounion sucha wonderful experience. “Michoo! Murphy THANK YOU to all sent cards, beauitlul flowers, and helped with and attended the memorial service. Your conser. and ndship wos. Oppreci- ated and will be remembered, ier be sons Colin and Mark Thank you also from lon's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, John Hernil- ton, Guildford, Surrey, England. * Donations will be gratefull cepted to the lan Hamilton it Memorial Fund. Contact: Albert S. Calderbank, A.R.C. Scouts, 1038 Columbia ‘Avenue, Castle- gor, B.C, VIN TH2. Pe Henry John, B.Sc., C.A. dent P > eee artner NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME NOTICE I ven that an gpleaion Will Be'mode to the “The Complete Sor smecancs: yee provisions of the "Name Act" by ppiiai »” O tre. 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Each artist was given a wall, a theme and a commission to cover basic expenses and paid from fed- eral and provincial grants to the community. 18 ART “We don’t just have pic- tures on the walls we have very valuable works of art,” said festival organizer Karl Shutz, who first conceived the idea of portraying the tourists Kitchen Aid — Jenn-Air \— Gibson — papers WARRANTY SERVICE INSTALLATION SERVICE - Castlegar Plumbing - &Heating - 1008 Columbia Ave. 365-3388 no empty parking stalls and === the sidewalks were filled a_i CARPET 365-3260 with shoppers. _ WICKLUM ROOFING Gov't Certified Licenced © © Savings _Loans “Mortgages Insurance PROFESSIONAL SERVICE For carpets and upholstered furniture “TERRY'S DRYWALL 9g, taping & filling. iene and-stipple ceilings FREE EST TES RUMFORD : PLACE - Super Sweep Chimney Services Ltd. © Complete Masonry Work Chimney Lint © Certed Fre Safety Inspgctions. Passa 1406 Columbia Ave 365-6141 UROR 367-7756 DRYWALL i CONTRACTING LTD. 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Owner Tony Monco grins when asks if the murals have improved his business. “It's up 25 per cent during the daytime,” he replied. “It’s almost as busy as it used to be when the mill was open.” SHORT VISITS The murals have been bringing people to Chemain- . us, he said, and his business has been benefitting. How- ever, he pointed out the visitors do not stay long. “There is nothing here we * Courteous * Professional CHECK & COMPARE OUR RATES EXPERT REPAIR SERVICE onall major appliances including fridges by qualified technicians. Authorized Repair Service large Stock of Parts Ph. 365-3988 Castlegar Plumbing & Heating 1008 Columbia Ave. Festival publicist Yvette Brideau is aware that the impact is limited and she agres that the town does not hold enough interest to keep overnight, But the i will history of the Chemaint area by murals that were hundreds of years old. With the last of the murals nearing completion, the town has been transformed, says pharmacist Joe Hudak. 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CASTLEGAR NEWS 197 Columbia, 365-7266 Peppercorn TERRA NOVA MOTOR INN 1001 Rossland Ave., Trail Reservations 364-2222 — | — Sales — Service & Filter Queen Stan Harding Jr. 693-2369 INTERIORS WE SELL Be GINSTALL WATERBEDS & QUILTS 354-4858 636 Boker St., Nelson WICKER ’ a QUALITY a THINGS ‘AT LOW PRICES Mon. to Thurs. & Sat. 10-5:30 Fri. — 10-9 1403 Bay Ave. Trai! 3ab-gis =" __. + Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” EWS WEATHERCAST Clear with cloudy periods tonight and occasional evening showers or thundershowers. Lows bet- ° and 17 Tonight: sun Periods and a few af- ternoon showers and thunder- showers, Highs near 30°. Chance of precipitation, 60 percent tomorrow, 50 per cent tonight, VOL. 36, Now 64> "__ \CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST. 10,1983 td 3 Sections (A, B &C) B.C, Hydro has decided’ to continue planning for the Proposed Keenleyside’and Murphy Creek power Projects thatypoint towards a d despite current load f in the demand for electricity. But the future of the two projects will not be’ deter- mined until early next year, said a Hydro spokesman: Tuesday. At that time, utility officials will study load fore- casts and decide whether it is feasible to submit an appli- ior cation to the ii ceed with the projects. FILM CREW - VISITS. By CasNews Staff ~ The Doukhobor Historical to pro- i Museum will be featutred, along with various other. West Kootenay beauty spots, in a television show: docum- filming sequences focusing on’ the natural beauty of the region. Aerial ‘and ground footage will be shot of the Kokanee’ Glacier, ‘the -Val- halla ‘Mountains, and ‘the Kootenay, Arrow ‘and Chris- tina Lakes. : AAThis is the secorid time that we have had the plea- KBVA * sure’ of hosting this: group,” | January and reshown recent- fi ly in-July.” i ‘ ‘The ‘film: crew will ‘visit Nakusp today’ taking in ‘the local ‘hot springs‘ and other spots’ of interest. Then tomorrow, the crew is: ex- pected to visit Lemon Creek and join in a canoe ride on the Slocan Lake. ; Friday should see filming of the Doukhobor Museum, Christina Lake and the Ren- aissance Faire in Grand Forks. On Saturday, the film crew will shoot footage of the ospreys at Taghum and will visit Sandon, the Kokanee Glacier site and Kootenay Lake. Then on Sunday, the crew will take part in a heritage walking tour of Nelson as well, they will explore the Valhallas by air and are scheduled to visit the Doukhobor Museum, once again. . Whally Pease, the host of All footage shot by will be made available to KBVA and OCAN CLOWNS « . . The Slocan Valle “We're planning for flexibility to move'as the économie situation requires it,” explained Hydro community affairs officer Bill Mykes in an interview. . : : For the past two months, planning “had virtually come to a: standstill” as utility officials wrestled with economic inditators and load forecasts to decide whether to go ahead with the studies, Mykes said. The uncertainty resulted in the cancellation of a meeting with local: government officials “and groups. scheduled for last June. The meeting has been » delayed until next month. The September meeting should Fitness ‘and Su Cultural Festival held over theweekend _ had alternatives. We want the of the two projects. “We're see the establishment of a format for discussing the impact Mykes says Hydro also plans to continue with impact studies; starting next week, two utility workers will be in the area to begin a photo survey cf the types of houses that could be affected by the proposed power 5 trying to get an impression of the types of Properties and residences that might be affected in conn- ection with the reservoir development,” Mykes said. Pr. will be ph dro will continue studies. Projects, Following the photo survey of about 200 properties in the Genelle, Robson and Castlegar area; workers will conduet a study of about 50 basements in the affected area. Residents will be contacted prior to the survey, Mykes Impact survey reports will be released this fall outlining the and Hydro office. something erybody: including face painting for the any questions on the survey can be directed to the local demonst MINISTER'S LETTER SAYS. 7 Go to Trail for’service © ve By. 6 CHERYL CALDERBANK : * Staff Writer ‘A one-day-a-week émploy- ment service, provided by the federal government, was cut in April 1981 because citizens - of Castlegar -had “ready access” to the Canada Employment Centre in Trail.- The comment was.made in ‘a written reply to Castlegar Ald. Bob MacBain from Don- ald Johnson, minster of state for encomic d and will be used by theAssoci: tion for promotional purposes at travel shows. minister of state for science and technology. MacBain had questioned Johnson on the matter. sev- eral months ago when John- son visited Trail, and. only this week received the reply. Johnson also wrote that the distance from the Trail centre is 82 km (20 miles( on “fairly good roads”, therefore Castlegar doesn't warrant an office. Commenting on the minis- ter’s reply, MacBain said: “I think it's virtually a cop-out.” He added that he intends to take the matter further. “Twenty miles, doesn't seem VANCOUVER (CP) — -Lumber prices have plung- ed by as much as 30 per cent in the past two months and the retreat from early-June highs pro- bably is not yet over, says an industry executive. Prices are sagging be- cause demand is softening in the wake of rising in- terest rates, while mills in both Canada and the U.S. continue to operate at high rates. “Market psychology is terrible right now,” said Mike Robson, vice-pre- sident of wood products marketing at Canadian Forest Products Ltd. “Everyone is scared to death, which is why there (isn't any large amount of Lumber prices sagging wood moving through the system.” * A reduction in interest rates could stimulate - in- ventory-building, particu- lary by retailers, said Rob- son, but if money costs don't go down, “no one is going to move.” 2 Following. the recent one-half-point increase in the U.S. . prime lending rate, some Canadian mort- gage lenders have started to raise their rates. Wholesale prices for Western spruce-pine-fir 2x4s fell from $248 (U.S.) a thousand board feet early in June to $178 last Friday. Studs dropped to $192 from $260. “This week we are tak- ing business at $7 to $10 waeiyees below last Friday's levels,” Robson said. Clive Roberts, President of Seaboard Lumber Sales Co. Ltd., suggested the price.drop might not be as severe as it appears. “I don't. think the last $20 of the rise was realistic ‘and I doubt that much bus- iness was done in 2x4s at the $240 level,” he said. Madison's Canadian Lumber Reporter of Van- couver said in its industry newsletter last Friday that “the retail side of the market may be busy, but retailers are still not re- Placing stock because of uncertain economic signs.” Demand for lumber usu- ally picks up shortly before the fall. and further.” , Judge Stewart Enderton in like a long distance,” he said, but he noted that a 40-mile return trip is a great distance to travel, especially if one is unemployed. “Forty miles if forth miles. We'll just have to persue it The employment centre in Castlegar was open for sev- eral years, before it closed in 1981, according to a Trail employment centre spokes- man. Prior to the closure, it had been open every Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4P.m. closing for the noonhour. It offered em- ployment services and Social Insurance Number registra- tion. An average of 25 people made use of the services each federal government regard- Friday. ing the issue and he said he MacBain said he would like will do so as soon as he has to speak to someone from the the opportunity. ALD. BOB MacBAIN .. . will pursue it further Sexual assault case adjourned A> sexual assault case five counts of sexual assault against Dr. Robert Terence involving children under the Pagan, director of the Selkirk ‘age of 12. He is alleged to Health Uait, has been adjour-’ have committed the offences, ned to Aug, 16. involving three children, be- Pagan entered no plea tween Sept. 1, 1982 and July when he appeared before 1 this year. He has been suspended Nelson provincial court Mon- from his duties as health unit day. He is expected to choose “director. Dr. Monty Arnott, either trial by judge or trial director of the West Koot- by judge and jury onthe next enay unit, will take over as court date. director of the Selkirk Health Pagan, 62, is charged with Unit in the interim. from the street and of various contracted to study the impact of the two Projects and the transmission lines on the surroun area. As well, the utility plans to release its mitigation, continued on page A2 LEAVE THEIR JOBS _ Protestors rally against cutbacks VANCOUVER (CP) — B.C. Federation of Labor, Thousands of angry public- who was hoping to better the sector workers left their jobs 20,000 who attended a rally today and streamed into Em- on the lawns of the legis- pire Stadium to attend what lature in Victoria two weeks organizers said isthe biggest ago. said today he was rally yet to protest the un- amazed at the turnout. Popular restraint legislation ~ “This shows that- people government. are behind labor and it’s time The withdrawal of services for the government to recog- meant that buses didn’t run, nize that,” he said in an supervisers and relatives fed interview. the elderly in di The d Mayor Mike Harcourt were to speak at the rally along with , union, church and community group leaders, Employees Union, although Provincial Secretary Jim Chabot warned civil servants Tuesday that they would be docked pay and have a letter are instituions and all 60 gov- pi ig the | of placed in their e 3 ernment loquor stores in a package that slashes govern- 100-kilometre radius of Van- ment services, loosens from government mail school teachers. ad y ff Bennett ignores tens of thou- > Most government agencies. will be ‘at ‘his own peril! were behind information’ “I really don't see’ how a picket lines as the workers’ government that wants to left in chartered buses for the | survive politicially can ignore stadium Operation Solidarity the vast majority of the which” organt: the paid $12,000 to rent. An hour before the rally he files if they left work to join the rally. y Kube” sald “if, di sands of protesting voices, it _ gOv- ernment facilities to pressure workers. “The demonstration is a voluntary assembly and as far as Operation Solidarity is A2 was to start most of the 52,000 seats in the stadium were filled. The speeches were scheduled for the noon hour. : Art Kube, president of the Premiers agree on need for trade and 850,000 indirect jobs if it reclaims the share of world trade it held in 1970. British Columbia Premier Bill Bennett said trade can be improved if government costs are cut while Saska- tchewan Premier Grant De- vine focused on areas like wage settlements and the need for more research and any attempt to build a long- trade is to the Canadian ferendum on the reinstate- closed session of their two- Langley, now retired and ences. said Canada could have an inals are filling the jails and to lose.” increasing and concerned page A7 and photo B3. A free vote of Parliament Tt TORONTO (CP)—Can- RCMP ve Ss ada’s premiers agreed today that the country’s trade pol- want icies have to be revamped in lasting economic recovery. death “For maybe the first time 5 we all realized as a group penalty how important infbrnational VANCOUVER (CP)—The economy, especially in the RCMP Ve A Atlantic . provinces,” sai .of Canada, Vancouver divi- New Brunswick Premier sion, is circulating a petition Richard Hatfield as the prem- calling for ‘a national re- iers emerged from the first ment of the death penalty for day annual conference. He capital murder. \ called discussions today the Wally MacGuire, a former’ best he had heard in five RCMP detachment head at .years at premiers’ confer- working as a security in- The discussions followed vestigator, said: “We feel presentation of a paper in that something has to be which Ontario Industry and changed. Trade Minister. Frank Miller “Hardened, vicious crim- additional 850,000 direct jobs they don’t hesitate to kill somebody, whether inside or when they're back on the street, as they have nothing MacGuire, who is on the executive of the 500-member association, said the inci- dence of murder in Canada is citizens should be allowed to petition the federal govern- ment for a national refer- endum. on the subject of the death penalty was held in on July 14, 1976, but it was defeated.” Pay juire said the citizens of have never had the opportunity to express their wishes on the reinstatement of the death penalty for capital murder. night, see page BI develop saying, “Frankly, we haven't been working hard enough.” But the general focus appeared to be on a need for © better financing arrange- ments. Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley said provincial lead- ers expressed concern at the morning session that “Can- ada:is unable to finance in-: ternational tYade in the Third World in the same way that, for instance, Japan has been doing.” : © The Slocan Fitness and Cultural Festival held over the weekend was a huge'success, organ- izers say. See results 4, y 8 Columnist John Charters takes his readers on @ gourment seafood adventure, for the mouth- watering details see page B4. cp Transports has moved into its $500,000 new facility in Castlegar, for details and photo see the weekly feature Street Talk on page AS Toronto Blue Jays dumped New York Yankees in American League baseball action Tuesday