CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 16, 1970 March 23-25 at Selkirk College Spring Festival of Awareness leased by Soclety tor Self-Awareness For the second year in a row, members of the local Society for Self Awareness have been busy with the details involved in organizing and staging the Spring Festival of Awareness, to be held at Selkirk College, March 23, 24 and 25. © First evidence of the affair are the lime-green posters and brochures posted around town listing at least 30 workshop instructors who will participate. Although the final agenda for the workshops on Saturday and Sunday will probably include more, some of this year's titles such as “Uranium Mining in B.C.” denote a more active interest in ecology, while work- shops on both male and female awareness show continuing in- terest in the exploration of male and female identities in today's society. Planning the event, which drew 300 participants from By BILL SMILEY I've been helping a student, the lively and lovely Julie Noack, to prepare her speech for the Lion’s Club public speaking contest. She wrote it; 1 just listen and make critical comments. We've had a few laughs. Her speech is in praise of travel in Canada, instead of taking our lame dollars off and spending them on the often spurious attractions of other countries, It’s a sort of travelogue of Canada, and’ sounds pretty good. But at one point she broke me up. We have just crossed the Ottawa River from Quebec and are cruis- ing around the capital, “where dwell,” according to the speech, “‘our Prime Minister, ambassadors from all over the world, and..." She slurred the “tambas- sadors” a bit, and it came out, ‘Our Prime Minister, bastards from all over the world..." I couldn't agree more, 3 Another one that shook me up was when she said that, “Canada is more than ‘a few acres of snow’, as the French writer, Voltaire dismissed it."" Voltaire came out as Volare. The powers of television! However, one point in her speech got me thinking along’ a different track. She pointed out that, despite the vast variety of vistas this country offers the tourist, it is expen- sive to travel in this Canada of ours, Too true. Hotels and motels are southern BC, ‘and northern Washington last year, has been an on-going process begun in January by what is usually _ called a coll or an un- College. Anyone is welcome to come to these meetings and offer their ideas and help, The Society for Sell: is’ fit structured group, of the so- ciety's members at their weekly meditation meeting, each interested in all kinds of “ ie age” skills and knowledge. It meets monthly on the first Thursday evening at Selkirk Thursday evening at Selkirk College, to hear speakers on many subjects, Some of those heard this fall were Eli Popoff from Grand Forks, who gave a description of Doukhobor spiritual ideals, and Harry Jukes, who spoke on the history and uses of hypno- ais. ridiculously costly. Many of the big new hotels in the cities want an arm and a leg for a place to lay your head for a few hours. Motels want from $20 to $36 for a plastic room, * no room service, often not even a place to get a cup of coffee, and get out by one P.m., no matter what time you checked in. Restaurants in this country are equally usurious, with a very few exceptions. I don’t mind going out and spending a day's pay at a good restaurant, with suave ser- vice, food carefully chosen and cooked with care, and nobody hustling you out the minute you've sipped your last crop of fifty-cent coffee, But it burns my butt to be served a leathery omelet with the inevitable piece of limp lettuce, the inexorable one slice. of green house tomato, and the ubiquitous helping of french fries, none of which you want, and charged enough to feed a fair-sized family a good meal, at home. Then there’s the mark-up on drinks, anywhere from one to two hundred per cent. Don’t believe me? Check it out. A bottle of beer at home costs about 35 cents. In a restaurant it'll cost you Stolen Vehicle Found: Jail Sentences Given. Two men appeared .in Rossland provincial court Tues- day to face charges related toa ear theft and a subsequent chase involving at least two police vehicles, Castlegar ROMP were noti- fied by police in Grand Forks on Thursday that a pickup truck had been stolen. It was spotted near Nancy Greene Lake by Castlegar RCMP and during pursuit one police car and the stolen vehicle were slightly damaged. Police took two men and a juvenile girl, all of no fixed addresses, into custody. On Tuesday Stanley Per- ron was sentenced to nine months imprisonment for dan- gerous driving. He was also given a further nine month sentence, to run concurrently, for theft over $200. Henry Dutka was sen- tenced to one month in jail for being in possession of stolen property over $200. about one dollar. A drink at home will cost you approxi- mately 45 cents for an ounce and a half, with free tap water thrown in, In a bar or restaurant the same drink will cost you from $1.25 to $1.60, depending on the decor, for an ounce and a quarter. And if you prefer wine, they just triple the price, No wonder so many restaurants and bars go broke. The business is so pro- * fitable that too many people want into it, and the law of supply and demand looks after the rest. Travel in this country is equally unappealing. Inter- nal airfares are ridiculously high. It costs almost as much to fly from Toronto to Van- couver as from Toronto to London, England, a thou- sand miles or more, Trains are a dying species. They have lost their old grace of service, good food and ex- citement, cut off all their branch lines, and become a rather wistful anachronism for people who like rough toad-beds, frequent break- PME ete ay Community Arts Council A Nar Allocates Provincial Grant Allocation of Provinelal , Grant money totalling $2,110 was one of the main topics of discussion at the last mesting of . the Castlegar and District Community Arts Council, The applications for grant money had been thoroughly examined by a committee which presented its findings to the board of directors. Decisions as to size of each grant,were based on the necds of the applicants and the, numbers of people directly benefitting from the grant money. The breakdown is as follows: Hobbit Hill — $100, Community Band — $260, Rus- sian Folk Choir — $160, Weav- ers — $135, Kokanee String Quartet — $200, Library Showcase Variety Show, pub- Ucized earlier and postponed until April 27 owing to lack of response. Several local singing or instrumontal groups have agreed to appear and members hope some gymnasts and dan- cers will add variety to the bill. Anyone interested in per- forming in Showcase should contact Judy Wearmouth at the library or at home or write to Box 3382. Regina pianist Janet Hor- lick was to play in ‘“Power Play” in the Com- munity Complex, March 29-80. ‘The annual exhibit of adult “art will be shown at the NEC from Mareh ,22 to April 7%, followed {immediately by a display of children’s paintings, Arts council president will attend the Kootenay Recrea- tion Conference to be held March 16 and 17 in Creston. The theme of this conference is to be‘communication, co-opera- tion and co-ordination. the Selkirk College main lounge on March 19. This concert has been postponed until the eve Tota Conado's first, and the i completely Canadian courte olfarad on verbo, Cea i ning of March 26, A lunch-ti concert will be held March 27, Theatre Energy will be staging its new Voc. 388, For porticulars of the next course write: Box 687, Lacombe, Alberto, of Phone 782-8215 $500, National tre — $400, Joan Reynolds — $100. Council reserved $1,500 for its operating needs as the cost of bringing performing groups to Costlegee is spiralling up- one other main topic on the agenda was the Community, g it Candgdag you are struggling out with threé heavy bags. Hotel clerks are almost in- variably insolent, exuding the atmosphere that they are doing you a favour by letting _ you sign in. Car jockeys come squealing up to the front door of the hotel, jump out, hand you your keys with one hand while holding the other out, and disappear to let you, with your bad back, load the bags into the trunk. You can spend ten minutes looking for a clerk in a super- market. You could spend the rest of your life looking for a porter at an airport. You can turn purple in the face waiting for service in a department store, while two clerks chat about their night out at the singles club, and a third burbles away on the phone to her boyfriend.~ Occasionally you get a genuine’smile or a real thank you, but more often they are perfunctory or non-existent. Why? Is it that native-born Canadians feel themselves above the service trades, so that they take out their re- sentment on their customer. Is that why most jobs in “these fairly lucrative trades are held by immigrants? Is that why our minority of good restaurants are operated by immigrants. Julie is right, The country is magnificent. But high prices, bad foad and bad manners make it less than a paradise for travellers. p Kinsmen Meet Here For Spring Conference Kootenay Zone Kinsmen will be holding a spring con- ference in Castlegar, March -2! The Kinsmen are looking into the possibility of charter- ing a Kinsmen Club in Castle- gar in the near future and invite young men between the ages of 19-40, who are interest- ed in joining Canada's “finest young men's organization,” to join in the fellowship and busi- ness meetings. Wives and girl- friends are also welcome. A dinner and dance will be held at the Fireside Place on March 24. More information may be obtained by calling Collin Fie- guth at 365-3952, downs and stations, Buses are better. Some have even crept into the twentieth century, with air- conditioning, heat in the winter, and fairly punctual time-tabling. But all this is ruined by the bus depots, which are pure 1970s Sleaze, dirty, impersonal, and with the inevitable drunk sound- ing of f. Or throwing up. Another aspect of travel- ling in Canada that puts people off is the service, or lack of it. There's very little service with a smile. Too often it ranges from grudging to surly, from indifferent to sullen. Waitresses slop coffee into your saucer or wipe off your plastic table with a dirty damp rag. Waiters stand with their backs to you when you are in a rush to catch a plane. Hotel doormen are all smiles when you are checking in, and non-existent when St. Patrick's Day Clearance Sale. To All Concerned Citizens Don’t Forget The Chamber of Commerce ‘Meeting Thursday, March 15 7:00 p.m. Hi Arrow Arms SN, _ Quality Shoes for the entire family “Dress — Casual — Eremenko’ s Work FIT-RITE Shoes. “a Congratulations TOP SALES ANS a" Jackie McNabb COOPER AGENCIES is pleased -to announce that our Sales Associate, Jackie McNabb, Is the winner of the Top Sales the month of February. For conscientious, personal service, call Jacklo at: Office 365-3347 Residence 365-6695 CASTLE Today ts thursday, March 15, the 7th day of 1979, There are 291 days I tin the year. 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Hew Construction Undorway _Works in Progress George Braman’ sald this week that tenants be ey builiing lebecteces ‘said festaurant and two stores on “te eounbia ‘Avenue 1400 block. City bul CONDEMNED BUILDING on Columbia’: Aves 400 yee across from city hall Is wiih has six > of the building, constructed by G&G Holdings of Vancouver, have not yet been named, -—____.-___South-Slocan,-—Panshil-Joshi,-Branch-Manager-----359-7221]—__—- urphy Plan Under Study BC. ae has confirmed that it is taking a new look at its proposed Murphy Creek dam on the Columbia River at Hannah Creek, but has not confirmed a report that it has ° set any dates for when it might be built. A formal press statement released last week by Hydro's head office in Vancouver said that the utility company. is Officials of the Internation- al Woodworkers of America, preparing for contract negotia- tions in April with the British Columbia forest industry, say the union will ask for a $1.50-an- hour across-the-board wage in- crease in @ one-year contract. The wage demand would represent an 18 per cent in- crease on the current base rate of $8.16 an hour. Officials of the union, which represents about 42,000 forest- $30,000 Study Highways Minister Alex Fraser and: Boundary-Similka- meen MLA James Hewitt have announced that the city of Grand Forks would receive a grant of $30,000 from the pro- vincial, Air- Transport - Assis- _tance Program. of the tenolled was earl Hendy night. the scope, design and cost of rid ina r hos. proposal to the city for use of the Sopa. Fralghrays Ltd., a member of the Johnston group of companies, will: replace the company's present Sixth Avenue South location,—CasNi Fotos by Lois Hughes required to per- mit night and a weather in- strument flight operations at the Grand Forks. Municipal Airport, . The present lack of airport equipment has been partly responsible for the inadequacy and irregularity of air service to the community. Fraser noted that during the winter scheduled service is restricted to mid-day landings in order to guarantee, the highest incidence of successful landin, ‘Availability of runway lighting and. navigational aids, as originally requested by the city, would extend the opera- tional capacity of the airport and facilitate provision of more frequent and more reliable scheduled service lo the com- munity. Although the city authori- ties have been unable in recent years to convince the federal government of their. need, the minister said he was ollornyelitis vaccine for is now available from the Kootenay Health Unit. week at four area‘branches of the WKHU and anyone wishing qaccine should: phone for an appointment. + Clinic hours are as follows: Castlegar, 805 Spruce St., (365-7748), Tuesday and Thurs- @ay.from 3:30 to 4 p.m.; Trail day, Friday from 3 to 4 p.m; Rossland . (862-5422) Thursday from 3:30 ‘to, 4:40 p.m.; Fruit- vale (367-7255) Thursday from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.” ‘To All Concerned Citizens ‘Don't Forget The Chamber of. Commerce. Meeting Thursday, March 15 7:00 p.m. Hi Arrow Arms . So spare your family the added grief and updating its ment of a potential. ‘hydro. ne development at Mur. eld studies are scheduled to begin in about three months’ time, following completion of current in-house studies to the the ‘proposal. Last month, Rossland-Trai} MLA Chris D'Arcy said the project had been moved up the Hydro priority list ahead of other proposals for a dam at Site C on the Peace River and re $1.50 Hourly oper Raise IWA to Seek 18 P.C. Increase ry workers in the province, said the IWA is trying to make up for some of the loss its members suffered during the three-year wage and price control period. . Ataclosed three-day wage contract conference in Van- couver Saturday, 192. IWA delegates produced a 44-point package of contract demands. In addition to the wage de- eA guaranteed annual rae come; @ Introduction on an in- dustrywide..scale of an accu- mulated time-off system; e Reactivation of the cost- of-living allowance clause; e Substantial pay revi- sions for special category work- ers such as fallers and trades- men; f e A contribution of one- cent an hour from the industry for each blish a mand, other demands included: Airport Upgrading for Grand pleased to be able to help them at least take a look at the problem. As in many other areas of B.C, conditions are difficult but may be able to be overcome if airport site’ Forks He said the province Tecog- nized the importance of air transport but it had to be dependable in order to improve the attractiveness of communi- ties such!as Grand Forks for further di the Hat Creck thermal coal project, because Murphy would have a lower environmental damage factor. D'Arcy said he had learned that the company was looking at a June 1983 starting date for the $600 million Murphy project. union-controlled safety and re- search fund; © One master agreement and common expiry date for the coastal, southern interior and northern interior regions, Union research is reported to have estimated that the ‘hourly costs of the total de- mands would be close to $5.50. However, Jack Munro, western region president said it is “only a ballpark figure.” The southern interior con- tract expires June 30, Hydro said no timing has been established with respect to Murphy Creek, either for completion of field studies or for a decision on whether or not to seek government approval, which would depend on the results of investigations, “Should the Murphy Creek project be built it would be a ‘run-of-the-river’ development using water already regulated by the Mica, Duncan and Hugh Keenleyside dams,” Hydro said in the release. “Murphy Creek is one among a number of potential sources of electricity in the province being investi- gated to determine their feasi- bility.” Hydro said it will advise local and regional representa- tives before the field investi- gations at Murphy Creek begin, and will maintain close liaison with them throughout the study program. Your Carpet Headquarters .. . Carpets by ivan Oslow 365-7771 Attention Men & Boys! 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