‘ “e ‘ CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, September 8, 1977 : remony Unites Couple A traditional Doukhobor wedding ceremony held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michac! Davidoff of Tarrys united in marriage their daughter, Leona Shelley and Fred F. Sherbinin, son of Mr, and Mrs, Fred A. Sherbinin of Crescent Valley. ‘Given in marriage by her parents, the bride made a _ charming picture in a gown styled with a fitted bodice, long sheer sleeves ‘and full skirt, enhanced with a random pat- “tern of lace appliques. The high neckline featured a flower trim of Venice lace and the deep founce at the hemline extended. _ into|a cathedral train, Pedestrians, Moming Rush Hour Retum . Holiday Over for Motorists The holiday is over; motor- Organdy bows and sced pearls formed the dainty head- dress which’ secured her’ two- lier elbow-length veil edged with Venice lace’ daisies. She carried a bouquet of white miniature carnations, orange roses and baby's breath. ‘Miss Val Zaytsoff of Pass Creek was maid of honor and the bride's sisters, Misses. Beverly and Lenny Davidoff of Tarrys were bridesmaids, Atl were identically. attired’ in A-line silouette gowns of pale orange floral sheer overlaying deeper orange ‘taffeta, with high necklines and floral sheer capes. Wrist-length white gloves completed their en sembles and each attendant daisy mums and orange baby's breath, Completing the wedding ‘party were Mr. Steve Malekow of Crescent Valley as best man and Mr. Dan Katasonoff ‘of Cranbrook and thp _ groom's brother, Mr. Johnny Sherbinin of Crescent Valley, as ushers, For’ her daughter's wed- “ding, Mrs, Davidoff chose a floor-length gown of mint green polyester, with sheer cape en- tone and a white Catalyea orchid for contrast. The groom's mother wore a formal gown of pink sheer over taffeta, with silver accessories and white orchid corsage. The reception hall of the Castlegar and District Com- Coffee Needs Hazard Label, Scientist Claims A scientist said recently there. may be a case for selling coffee with a hazard label which’ reads: “Drinking. more . than eight cups a day is damaging to your health.” Dr. John Greden of Ann Arbor, Mich., listed 17_symp- toms of caffeine ingestion in- cluding nervousness, : irritabil- ity, yawning, fatigue, insomnia, muscle twitching, headache and munity Complex. carried the wedding thome colors of orange and white as did the three-tier wedding, cake centering the .. bride's table, Iced in traditional white, the cake was decorated with miniature orange: roses. and white sugar bells, the tiers separated by small liqueur glasses and the top: layer’. adorned with two bells. ; . A tablecloth of white lace with orange underlay, as well as two large floral arrange- ments completed the, table decor, . Mr. Leonard’ Voykin of Pass Creek, a brother-in-law of the groom, was master of core- ° monies, and read a congratula- tory message from Vancouver. The bride's uncle, Mr. ’ Bill Davidoff ‘of Pincher ' Creek, Alta., presented the bridal toast. nae Prior to’ leaving. fora honeymoon trip to the: west coast, the bride donned white slacks, a green and white striped shell and green blazer, with which she. wore a. white orchid corsage and ‘white ac- » _ cessories, Guests attended. from Cranbrook, Pincher * Creek, Creston, "Vancouver, Grand Forks, Montana, Kelowna, Sal. * mo and various local areas. ' HOMEPLAN MORTGAGES — ‘ *- “© HOMEPLAN uh ra s - features first or second mortgages * For the purchase ol existing homes "” * For renovations or additions * I you own a home, for consolidation of debts * Rates as low as 13.6% * No lock-in, no bonus i You are dealing with the mortgage division of . 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Morning rush hour is now ~ more hectic than, usual,’ with many more pedestrians on the - ft streets, catching buses and with parents hastily dropping their children off at schoo} corners. “Many unaccustomed safety hazards face the officer commuter, particularly once schoo! has just opened, which he/she does not encounter during the relatively light traf- fie conditions of the summer,” — says Bill McKinley, president of the British Columbia Auto- . me Association, The motorists should ‘pay particular. attention to school zone signs. which may have been ignored all summer—blue pentagons bearing. the white silhouettes of children. This sign means the speed limit is 20 mph between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on school days. Local signs now read, 30 km/h. : The speed is almost the same, only the metric termin- ology is different. It still means to drive slowly and with great caution. : McKinley. urges motorists to.leave a little earlier than usual for work and to take special care when confronting these school traffic conditions: e@ crossing guards and safety patrols helping students cross streets; @ children weaving un-, steadily on bicycles or skate- boards; e children crossing un- garded streets; ~e children walking on the roadways; * @ youngsters darting out from between parked cars; - _@ toddlers on their own in traffic for the very first time; @ parents stopping to let children off in front of schools; and i e school buses stopped to load or unload pupils. Motorists should remem- ber, says McKinley, that in B.C. it is illegal to pass a school bus either from the front or rear when it is loading.or unloading students. He adds that the law ‘also applied to motorcycles and bicycles. Drivers must remain stopped as long as: the lights continue to flash and should proceed only once certain that all youngsters have crossed the street safely. Only vehicles ap- proachinga school bus from the opposite direction on a dual- lane roadway may proceed ‘if. there is a median strip or similar barrier between the bus and the vehicle, the BCAA of- ficial explains. Motorists should keep on the look out for crosswalk signs in school areas and remember. that all drivers must yield to pedestrians within. the cross walk, % “If a vehicle has slowed down or stopped at a crosswalk for children don't pass or over- take him,”. says’ McKinley, MINISTRY OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS Kootenay Lake . Ferry Schedule ‘The following schedule will be effective on the Kootenay Lake Ferry Tuesday, September 6, 1977. LEAVES BALFOUR VESSEL LEAVES KOOTENAY. BAY 12:20a.m. MV. Anscomb * | Ministry of Highways and Public Works “20 Nelson Avenue, Nelson, G. R. Kent District Highways Manager August 25, 1977 - “particularly if you are on a four-lane street.” There may be further youngsters starting to cross whoare hidden from view by the vehicle ahead of you. Parent& should encourage their children'to walk or cycle ° toschool if possible to cut down on the’ amount of traffic con- geation around the school yard, However, if the children must be driven, McKinley adds, they should be let off either directly in front of the school or in some quiet location where they won't have to cross a busy lane.of traffic? All parents should take time. to walk over their chil- dren's route to schol with them and to point out any potential traffic hazards. The students should be carefully instructed on how to be good pedestrians carried a bouquet of white nausea, . y and cyclists and sent off to . school in plenty of time so they won't be tempted to jaywalk or take other time-saving risks, “Remember, &thool” chil- dren are excitable and exuber- ant when together,” warns the BCAA president. “They haven't fully developed the necessary skills for walking safely in traffic. They are less able to localize sounds than adults, or to understand road signs and traffic terms. Their safety depends on cautions - motorists.” Solar Power Melts Hole ‘Through Steel “In the largest solar power test ever, scientists mustered light equivalent to 1,100 suns and burned a hole through a - quarter-inch steel plate. (Scientists viewing the ex- periment at Sandia Laborato ies’ Solar Thermal Test Facllity in Albuquerque, N.M., said the test brought to bear twice as ». much solar optical power as has ever been generated else- where. : The facility, . slated .for completion early next year, will be ‘used as the first ‘major - demonstration of solar energy to generate power. But scientists had to per- form the test twice due to. inexperience They also inadvertently scorched at least two insects to death with the concentrated beam of light... - In the first try, as more than 100 people wearing sun glasses watched,- a computer-. controlled field of mirrored . plates, called heliostats, cen- tred the beam on the target for just over a minute. * Scientists then announced that because of the unusually bright day, the beam not only melted the target's steel plate —it melted the fiberglass in- sulation behind it. A moment later, however, they said they -hadn’t burned through at all, and pointed the heliostats—each made up of 25 mirrors—back' at the target, which was mounted 135 feet up on the test tower.“ _ From the beginning of September all provi cial highways and most municipal signing will be converted to the metric system as quickly as possible. Signs designating distances in miles will be changed to kilometres (km). Speed zones in miles-per-hour willbe changed to kilometres-per-hour (km/h). New metric specd signs will become legal when they’are: ited. Overpass and bridge clearances wil ¢ signed in both feet and metres. £ o © WHY THE RUSH? This is an important part of Canada’s nation- wide metric programme to convert all'stand- ard measurements to the decimal system — the simple arithmetic method used by most coun- ~ tries in the world. : > _ ‘We have already become accustomed to the -_ change'in heat measurement from fahrenticit . toCelsius. Weights will change from ounces to grams; pounds to kilograms. Fluid measure- mentsare already changing from pints, quarts and gallons to.standardized litres. Distances willbemeasured in millimetres (1/1000metre); centimetres (1/100 metre); metres and kilo- metres (1000 metres). . It has been found in other countries that phases of metric conversion introduced “cold turkey” gain the quickest acceptance, Those of us who laboured as schoolchildren to con- vert fect to yards to miles may have a little trouble at first, but metric is being taught in our ‘schools; it is the universal language’ of scientists and engincers; and, in the near. fu- “ture, will see full useage in the United States. Let's doit now! DISTANCE , One kilometre(km)is.621 ofamile.One mileis 1.609 kilometres (km). However, the easiest way to visualize a kilometre is as % of a mile. Here's a simple example of conversion: 100kmxS . S00 . gon pn 8 8 62.5 miles SE or if 100 miles x8 _ 800 _ 5 The newlyweds are pres- ently living in Tarrys. |... me SPEED ‘ : Remember, that as they are posted, new speed zones in kilometres-per-hour (km/h). auto- matically become legal, even though they may nat be a precise conversion from the pre- vious specd limit in mph. Here are some you should become familiar with as soon as pos- sible. : 3 ‘ : On winding highways we urge extra caution in approaching curves with advisory speed’. signs converted to km/h. ‘These signs wam you-what speed the curve or. corner, may. be safely negotiated at. Take it'stowly until you become thoroughly familiar with the metric system. Paty - ‘Province of British Columbia P.O. Box 3372, Castlegar 399-4122 - ometer indicates only mph, we rs PARKSVIL! E CAMPBEI.L h'VER Soaps so Most 1977 and all 1978 model cars have speed- ~ ometers and odometers calibrated in km/h and km. Some earlier model cars have speed- ometers with dual calibrations. Ifyour speed- il may find'this conversion scale handy, Familiar speeds are in large type. Fay e km/no 10° 20 30'46 50 607080 90100 a ee cathe Always drive’ at-the posted speed. You'll be |, im - surprised at how little time you really ‘save when you exceed speed limits. at ¢ , 4 Here are some tips: 6° fade 1. Think (and talk) kilometre. Make it family fun while driving together. 3 SOR Hy 2. When taking short, familiar trips mentally con-._° vert your mileage to kilometres. Remember the 5:8 formula, Beta ne 3. On longer trips, make sure you have a current “Beautiful British Columbia" road map (published by Tourism British Columbia, Ministry of the Pro- ‘--vincial Secretary and Travel Industry) available at tourist information centres. ‘It has .conversion tables for most destinations in the province and ticarby, a F 4. Keep our metric folder in your vehicle. :- ‘ — Overhead clearances. Both advance.and facia | signs for.limited clearance overpasses will be in Ictres..For a reasonable period of time. a sign in fevt will appear fora short distance in advance of the metric signs. “ , mn ; Fuel consumption. Gasoline will continue tobe. = =~ sold by the gallon until January, 1979 when they, s will commence conversion to litres. Kilometres : per gallon will be used to measure fuel consump- tion until that time, : ' : Ministry of Highways'and Public Work: ~ ramen nach