CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 8, 1975 Interior Lumber Soler *: Reiy on Sound Cooperation *: To Achieve Market Objectives “It's a bit like the Fuller. Brush business—you have to go ‘out and knock on doors, except ‘we do it all by telephone.” That is how Duff.MeDonald, sales ¢ sales business In Castlegar, “Selling lumber. is an. ex- ‘remely complicated business,” ir. Duff said recently. “If Aszleft-handed widgits are selling ell we can't gear this mill to roduce only left-handed wid- use ‘probably 50 per int of the trees we cut aren't At the sawmill we spend 80 Eent of our time sling 20 ghperoximately 40 percent the lumber from the interior mmber operations goes to the nited, States, “The: Castlegar ‘mill produces an excellent end roduct,""Mr. Duff sald; “and Inother words, a customer. edar, white pine, lodgepole jine and ponderosa pine—and je can also order his lumber in variety of sizea and shapes, Wed “patterns” in the trade. Patterns refer to tongue ind groove, channel siding, jooring ete."The shipments are jot. wrapped as at’ Pohle umber in Terrace, but loaded. lirectly into covered rail cars, “We have first-rate, pro- tive people inthe sale depart ent ‘and se Every SSecting with the mill manager, dry kiln in, planer foreman, ship- 3per and assistant shipper. That SBaay we know exactly where we from one week.to the next, We have to co- o-operaté item, Iike cedar in the winter, we have to run it to keep the mill flow going," Mr. Duff said. Ed: Higgs, manager at interior. lumber operations, noted that when most of the interior sawmills shutdown, the Castlegar mill continued to Operate. “We, have gone through a slack period but have’ continued to operate ino normal manner,” he said, “and ‘we will continue to operate this way because we have the finest production crew and sales stalf in the interior, ‘This fs very important in sawmilling because if the em- ployees don't doa good fob, the commodity we produce won't be up to standard—and with poor-market conditions, the = product has to be the best if it's going to sell.” AW! You OF THE CDN EMBASSY CHAPS _ FRO ee | tsa Case of Metric Madness QNE of the things about modern society that ‘bothers’ me is: mouthy minorities attempting to es on silent majorities. feet ‘Another is the attempt by. * find the commen Senontinn: tor in everything, and try shove she rest of us in nat : Someticnes Tohave a nightmare about the future, and even smell alike. Everyone will be a sort of creamy. yellow ‘brown complexion. : We'll all be the same height and weight. All individual anomalies such as hooked noses, buck teeth and jutting ears will have been eliminated. Twake'up from thia dream screaming, at the’ point/ where I am just about to be told that we are all of the ‘same Sex. In,the , dfeam, gaversone, i - wl spe. the eam of bastard speech. like, Esperanto..." Literature will be extinct, except for a few scholars 4 will be lost. “I love you,” Ne tadore," and “Eu ‘te’ amo,” will all ‘come out as: “Yochamo” or something of, the sort. SHecause when ou pull the trigger. Even ifthe poor fora certain there are no decisions to. rit made,‘ be- cause there will no longer be Friday inclusive: ae DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS PUBLIC NOTICE Highway No. 3 at Genelle Bluffs,” SEPIOM. mately 7 miles North of Trail will be subject closure during the following hours Moncey 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 B.M. effective Mon, May. 5: Closures will commence the week of Apeil 2st, 1975. Subject to favourable weather ‘con- ditions, an alternate -route via ee 3B. thre ough Rossland is aveilable. J. W. Nelson, P. Eng. Regional Highway Engineer’ for Minister of Highways Furniture BIG. 10 SE 930 ROSSLAND AVENUE, TRAIL (Regular Hours) @ -2194 COLUMBIA. AVENUE, TRAIL Sugar and Spice 3 any difference between right and wrong, black and white, good-and evil. Tele- vision: will tellus what’ to think, painlessly, and why. ‘We will all smell alike — a subtle essence with traces of Chinese elm, Russian rborseht, Congo musk’ and American b.s, ‘We will all arise when the universal _ pill, a dinner pill, and at 2245 hours, we will simultaneous- «ly swallow our sleeping Pils z tad become fneonselous f for forty-eight retiring, we will universal cutture and ree: reation ‘period. - Something like counting our toes. It's only a nightmare, but each year that I live, the pleture seems closer and clearer. One of these days T'm afraid I won't wake up. ‘Two of the most recent steps by mouthy minorities and the people who cherish conimon denominators the attempts at the foreed application of Celsius tem- peratures and the metric 7d tayone‘ask you Ifyou wanted to swiich from Fahrenheit to Celsius? No. Did anyone ask :me? No. Did anyone ask either of us if we wanted * to ° “think 7 answer. > - Take Time. for Breakfast. Sparkling or grouchy— how do you feel when you wake up in the morning? No matter in what mood you get out of bed, pla tome time for'a good bre: Tn the estes the body's supply of blood sugar, which is ‘the basle fuel for the brain and ‘central nervous system, is at its lowest point. At least seven hours, and more likely 10 to 12 hours, have gone by since your last: meal and the body no longer has any food to produce blood sugar. ‘This is why it's so important to have a good breakfast:.Skip it and you become sluggish, slow- thinking. and’ inefficient by mid-morning. Studies have; shown over and over again that people perform ‘poorly and do less +” work when breakfast is, omit- . ted. Similarly, students lack’. concentration and learn more slowly. +, Of all meals, breakfast is the easiest to skip. We're usually in a rush,and too often, * ‘the menti is the same old thing © day after. day. But, who ‘said breakfast had to be so dull? Try foods that brighten ‘the table and contain protein, This, will maintain your energy uatil lunch time. LOCATIONS RVE YOU BETTER .) Goold English, with grilled kines 2 and sausages, buttered toast'and marmalade; French with-eheese, flaky croissants and cafe au lait, or Norwegian with smoked meat, kippers and eese. ‘There's also nothing. wrong. with Spanish omelet; chicken livers on toast or with potato pancakes; french-toasted tuna Tish sandwiches; scrambled eggs on rye with shredded cheese and crumbled bacon; fried egg, cheese and luncheon .meat sandwich, or even cottage cheese'and fruit salad. Sound _ Strange? They might just ap- peal to those chronic breakfast skippers... It’s obvious that you can't ‘go gourmet for breakfast every day. Some dishes take too long to prepare, so save them for leisurely weekends. On hectic mornings, serve fruit juice with cereal and milk, or a scrambled egg sandwich, or muffins with jam and cheese. Even buttered toast with pea- nut butter or cheese spread is hutritious. Being in a hurry is no‘ excuse for missing break- fast. ‘The best time to plan your breakfast is before you get up—like the night before. Pre- pare your omelet mix, pancakes or waffle: hatter, meat or vegetables and refrigerate them in covered containers, ~-You ean even set the table before going to bed. *~ Riverboat Era More than 250 sternwheel- “er riverboats plied the Yukon River near Dawson. City from 1696 to 1955. All, except fora handful of the big majestic riverboats, either sank or have been dismantled. amused to attempts to, timers by poltlan, newspapers, experts, my wife, That is what ey ars for, and at Jeast I can fight back.” But Ideeply resent simply being told by rend ‘Ottawa caret and media lpn pe. met that that someting 18 for the i neon ventencea tne me, Tl) go, along with it. , moment, the government is me, who'has never been unem- subsidize other “people's |» i, mi care, housing. Not a word of complaint... But what gets me is ‘the arrogant attitude that typi- ‘fles those whe espouse . They do + Gelsius an alld (to HORSESHOEING < A Dependable | Service” toa limited number 3 Book Now! ‘of horses. Con't be disappointed. 1. will ‘also ‘be available for horse traini an riding i Instruction: Experience in both En! DAVID GREENING- "Taner" "Appledale RR. No, 1 — Winlaw, B Now... for Lucky Users of CASTLEGAR NEWS “Us "Phey’ aay vaguely’ that everyone elso is doing it, So what? Ifthe latest fad is folning the Fiat! Earth Society, must I become member? If everyone else is “picking his nose in public, that mean that E should, too? Metric maniacs insist that metric {s_ more accurate. More accurate than what? Is wu thousandth of a centimeter More accurate than a thoisandth of an inch? Of" cot not. shorter. Or longer, I'm not a . ¥ Canadians, with their wild |xtromes of timate and vast, expanse’ of “geography, should ould bate le this ‘so-called tof "thelr 3 sont Yes, the word was “ounce.” ‘Do y: dirty word, if the .metric marauders have their way? very flavor asa nation . should we allow this metrie- + Celsius pap to flow over us and flatter us‘ into ‘a dull - * facsimile of all those other . dull nations. For one’ thing,: it woukt ° cripple our conversation, 60 | per cent’ of :which > begins “with a pseudo-eomplaint © about the heat or the cold. It:would destroy our idioms. Can you ‘our hero “centimetering” his way along the narrow ledge, rather than “inching”? “He's all wool and a meter wide" doesn't exactly : stir me. Nor does, “Third down and a'meter, 40 centimeters : to go for Winnipeg.” Well, the’ varninis havent t aure-which, and I don’t give - diddle. ith every ounce: “0 +c WT PRIZES DURING MAY 144 Bottles of Coca-Cola & 4 Buckets of Chicken ' ~’ 6 LUCKY PEOPLE WiLL EACH WIN 26 BOTTLES OF COCA-COLA WHILE : ‘4 LUCKY PEOPLE WILL EACH WIN A BUCKET OF DAVE’S CHICKEN . ; 100 BOTTLES OF COCA-COLA Castlegar s ‘worked for Cominco until his retirement in 1966. He and his wife enjoy. golfing, travelling and . Mr. Walker came to Senior Citizens’ Home Discussed By Slocan WI Various activities of the Slocan Women's Institute were discussed ‘at their monthly Michayluk offered toknit {tems to raise funds: for thejinew given'to institutes from: the CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 8, 1975 QUALITY YOU KNOW. . at prices youl like! provincial "A report. was given: by Mrs. B. Blades about the WI. district ‘conference’ held;.in Castlegar on’ April 3u, 3 Mayor Mra. A. Winje, citizons’ home in Slocan, ' * It was‘ decided to‘-gather, + \ Information about Canada fdr a ‘scrapbook to be put on'display at the district conference next year. Cultural convener Mrs. J. Simmons, showed a display of + handiwork that had been made “py the’ members’ and encour. raged Bardictpaljon | in'a monthly handicrafts meeting next fall ° Other “conveners .brought : interesting ‘information to the = meeting: important facts about Blocan ‘was brought to: the ‘attention of the lain: H group was pl Industrial workshop planned for’ W. E. Graham’ Secon School; and an interesting © letter was read: from ‘a\ member in| England. Roll call: was answered with each member saying a nursery rhyme! Tea time raffle was, won by Mra. D. Barclay SMOKED PORKPICNICS aE CHUCK STEAK : POT ROASTS OF BEE PORK LOIN ENDS ===... RIB STEAKS OF BEE MEATY SHORT RIBS ae BEEF SAUSAGES =~" 1 CANADA GRADE “a MATURE GRAIN FED BEEF... : CANADA GRADE “A” MATURE GRAIN +, FED BEEF ... MATURE GRAIN FED . $a 2A Mere Wakes and t ” Federation of BC. Naturalists Spring a Mecting raw or inade cirwap Enderby and: Salmon Arm. aclice of Indiserimin- ale isn of pleasure crafts Golding tanks inte the prov. juswop Lake and | ye focus: Dor attention because of, hei heavy hguseboat” 11) The’ meeting called for an of dumping only a skirmish, yun Tneed reinforcements. Come of, all: you : thousands: who Let’ yt off letter to your editor, for a, start, Then we'll roll up the * big guns. * "€-O-N-T-E-$-T RoU-LoE-S WEEKLY PRIZES: ‘Anyone who places: a Classified ‘Ad in a porticoler issue of > = the Castlegar. News during May is eligible-for the six weekly prizes’ of 24. bottles of, Coca-Cola’ and four prizes: of buckets of dalicious Dave's GRAND PRIZE; ‘Anyone who places a Classified Ad in any ‘issue of the Casile- iicken, uth dumpio ane eraceiecon areas The. 80 ‘Helegites and ob: stations with tighter rul ‘governing the ‘ase of. hess stations. They’ aldo called for stiff, penalties for violators of existing pollution laws.” ‘A resolution on slash burn- “ing, ‘kindled by the Eden’ fire near Salmon: Arm two years. created a strong discussic Gn Ove teri of fre manage: slash burning until is effect on Interior. forests. can’ be 2 aac NGA OLE al ralist Club, an F.B.C.N.:: a ber group, was sup) resolution calling for the prohi: bition of the discharge of any. firearm within a quarter mile of the a of any highway.’ *\ Phe: proponents of ‘the cocoate based their argu- “BOOK NOW PHONE 399-4337 ; CUP-N-SAVE ment on the lackiof wildlife, visible along the highways and | the obvious depletion of many of the game species of wildlife. ‘Anotlier North (Okanagan resolution, calling for a permit syatem for) the commercial harvesting of such wild plants as False Bo: “defeated alter considerable dls. | ‘cussion. However, a resolution restricting bosters'to 6 horae- power on lakes where boat speed is presently -limited (Sehedule C) was passed by the ne “meeting also au iy ‘The resolution, if accep! by the provincial government, lal ‘gathering'of wild berries, fruits,” andthe: decorative plants often weed by funeral parlors, “A resolution: calling for shipping se tease ea vile) :in thee: all for, specifi reserves and’ parks // Feereation “tn their respective areas. would also effect, the conimer: ” The ICE CREAM RELISHES CALLON PAL PAILS: _ BICKS ASSORTED . (i ae 5 LANCIA LUNCH GOOD HOST. 24 OZ. TIN 74° OZ, PKG. FRUIT DRINKS’. ~~ 9Q¢ | TOMATO SAUCE BRAVO 7.0Z. TIN FROM THE IN-STORE BAKE SHOP WHITE OR CHOCOLATE MOTHER. DAY. CAKES. Si, M9 Club was musperied {in its call for restrictions on vehicle traf. fic, hunting and trapping in the watershed of thé Tsitika River and its ihntacieah ‘This group ~ ‘Act to permit battery-powered electric motors on no-power-". boat lakes (Sehedule, B)-was The Valhalla prope for uoan10 3, 59 “UPTONS. CHICKEN NOODLE unexploited ‘area on the east. Co at Vancouvel ala ind. vaney area on'the west side of "/Slocan Lake was the main tople eva aa and: Wayne Soo “the best of luck in thelr, ‘Weyne. are’ looking forward to’ giving. the ‘same Stony, efficent service | aN the, people.c ‘of Slocan, _ District sree aw. venture, S : e parks branch last July and will be examined this summer, “Richard Caniell: presented “an outstanding selection of slides’ to illustrate the ‘unspoilt. 5 beauty of Slocan’ Lake and the: * poor logging practic ‘mere already, encroaching on The. Valhalla conservancy. area consists of 122,000 acres, and presents complete and unique wilderness aspect from > lake level to mountain peak, {Reports came from Jim -Horswill on the annual meeting: / of: the- Federation’ of‘ B. Naturalists held on April 19 and 20 in Kamloops aid from the field:trip to Dee “o3The month of Mey en bea busy? one,” with’ field trips planned for. each weekend. It was also decided to make a joint \trip with the Kaslo Naturalists to Meadow: Mountain in late: July. ~The next regular meeting will be held; on May 26 at Selkirk © College, when Ted Rutherglen‘will present a sub- ject of interest, to everyone— ‘bears. f sate yon 1.29) POTATO CHIPS NALLEYS TREPACK THROOM CLEANER ‘GRADE SB. MEDIUM PINESOL 28 OZ, : TISSUE HOURS OF BUSINESS. Teme IO pm. |: gar News during May is eligible for the Grand Prize of 100 battles of: Coca-:, Cole. and 80. pieces of tasty Dave's-Chicken. 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