CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 19, 1977

capable lady Mayor.

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One Man's Opinion -

City at Peace

By ERED MERRIMAN

Somewhere in B.C, is a small is at peace,
You will find many small churches, first-class educational facilities, low unemp'», ment and
fewer than a hundred familics on social assistance.
Many of the young people from this town have gone out into the world and made names for
themselves, You will find hard.minded businessmen playing golf with shop stewards and men
from the “Green Chain”. Contemporary women will be pleased to know that we have u very

You will find one main street nearly three miles long which provides rom for all manner of

You can catch fish for breakfast and walk to work by 9.a.m. Ifyou are particularly fit you can
even play nine holes of golf‘on one of the most beautiful championship golf courses vwailable in

we are

prime rib dinner for $4.95.

ofthe

The town is doing so well it exports money. We only have 6,000 people here, though gasoline
is $1. gallon you can count 1,(u0 :utomobiles an hour on the main street. Despite this volume of
traffic the wide street is able to handle the cars.

It has no parking meters and you can camp in dense bush right across the street from City
Hall. Yes, we have two or three fellows who own most of the town but they are all well regarded
and deserve anything they may have accumulated.

This little town is chock full of do-it-yourself types. It means we are all quite independent,
freeing the certified tradesmen for commercial jobs.

We have a junior college where you can have a beer with your professor, but where this
same professor will fail you if your test Feauls are unsatisfactory.

ted in a part of B.C. virtually unknown to the rest. of the
population, We don’t have ieee to wait at the ski chairlifts, If
Greene it is certainly more than terrific for us.

You can ski in the morning and play golf in the afternoon and two hours later you can get a

have stated publicly that they desire
to co-operate in every way with city couneil in efforts to solve
It isa friendly, warm, helpful (uwn in the unexplored country between the famous Okanagan
and the booming East Kootenay.
I discovered this place by accident.
If you are warm, friendly, helpful and at peace it also has room for you,

was good cnough for Nancy

For Victoria Day Celebration

Wednesday of last week
was Citizenship Night for New
Denver ‘Women's Institute
when members met in the
Legion Hall for their regular
meeting. Guests for the eve-
ning were Mrs.’ Betty Bur-
roughs of Langley and Mra.
W.J. Ogilvie.

Plans are going ahead fora
float for the Victoria Day cele-
bration and members will be in
charge of the fish pond booth,

Miss B. Melhuish reported
$343.86 has been sent to.the
-Arrow and Slocan Lakes Can-
cer Unit, Nakusp, the result of
a canvass by members,

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ness, industries and young
peoples activities.

“Let our motto of the Wo-
men's Institute inspire us to be
conscious of our part of British
Columbia and show our pride in
our homes and community.
Thus we. will achieve good
citizenship and do our part.in
preserving our culture for
future citizens of New Denver.”

Mrs. C. Kamegaya, dress:
ed in a semi-formal Japanese
gown, explained the meaning of
each part of the costume. She
spoke of the Centennial this

Voice of the People

are reccived by the secretary
and cards sent to family or
friends.

The institute's delegate to
the District Convention at
Fruitvale, Mra, M. Flynn, gave
an, interesting report of the
day. She had been particularly
impressed to hear over 100
voices singing the anthems of
Canada and the United States—
the latter: in honor ‘of the

‘ican visitors, She related

No Dam for Slocan Valley,
Davis Assures the Residents

Another reassurance for
Slocan Valley residents .that
there are no plans to dam the
valley has come from provincial
energy minister Jack Davis ina
reply to Revelstoke-Slocan
MLA Bill King.

Following is the text of Mr.
Dayis’ letter, copies of which
were sent to the Arrow Lakes
News and to the mayors of
Nakusp, New Denver, Silver-
ton and Slocan.

“This letter is in reply to a
question which you raised
during the Dep: Esti-

of possible projects on the Slo-
can River.

mates.

“On Thursday, March 31,
1977 you asked if there were
plans for B.C. Hydro to build a
400-foot-high dam on the Slocan
River,

“No such plans are being
considered. Some years ago a
study related to the Columbia
River basin did make mention

as you inti-
mated at the time when the
question was asked, talk of a
dam on the Slocan River is
rumor and it has no basis in
fact.

“I hope that this informa-
tion is of some assistance to

Jack Davis,
Minister

During the Stock Clearance
Sale at Maddocks Shoes

on discontinued styles and broken sizes
of brand name shoes, including
’ Oomphies, Joyce and Savage.

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pleased to show you new lines
not included in the rack sale.

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-— New Sunday Hours:

We are alternating Sunday and
Holiday ppenings with «Carl's
Drug. We will be open the
jollowing hours this Sunday &

londay. Carl’s will be open next

12-1 p.m. & 6-7 pim.

Tommy Biln — Corner of Pine and Columbia
Ph. 365-7813 — Open Mon. to Thurs., 9 a.m. to 6 p.m,
Fridays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m,

that provincial board member
Mrs. M. Luck, was amazed at
the interest and work carried

year, of the first Japanese”

coming to Canada and said
there would be events taking
place locally and throughout
the province, A

She also explained a musi-
cal instrument called Sam-

reen and played “Spring Rain” _

and two other selections for
members ‘at the meeting.

Tho Japanese came to New
Denver in: 1942 and the resi-
dents of that community are all
good neighbors. ‘The institute
extends best wishes to them
during this year.

‘Treated With Respect

Editor, Castlegar News:
T would like to take this

opportunity to thank McKay.

Intermountain Shows for their
kind and generous hospitality
to the workers and staff of the
Clay Castle last week.

Often when the handi-
capped are offered “free rides”
they are treated with a certain
condecention. But when we at-
tended the carnival in Trail as
the guests of the McKay

Shows, we’ were ‘treated as’

guests, with all the respect that
was afforded to paying custom-
ers, ae

We were. impressed in
general with the way that the

operators treated everyone. It

was a very pleasant experience.
Norm Wolfe,
Workshop Supervisor
Kootenay Society -
- forthe

Constable Lyle HJ.
Borkes has recently graduated
from the R.C.M.P.. training
academy in Regina, Sask. and is
posted to Ucluelet, B.C; on
Vancouver Island, Cst. Borkes
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Hicks of Castlegar.

Minor Accident!

Brings Charges
To Two Drivers

A three’ vehicle accident
“Saturday afternoon on Colum-
hia Ave,,'1600 block, resulted in
only minor damage but two of
the three drivers were charged.

Charged with following too
close were Joe Stoopnikoff and
Alan Greenwood, both of
Castlegar.

Police said a 1969 Datsun,
driven by Wade Lee Thompson
of Castlegar, stopped for a
vehicle which was waiting to
make a turn, The. Thompson
vehicle was then hit in the rear
by the , Stoopnikoff vehicle
which was hitin the rear by the
Greenwood vehicle.

No injuries have been re-
ported, Only damage was $160
to-the Datsun,

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trict.

New Denver members
were pleased Mrs. W. J. Wilson
won first prize and brought
home the ribbon for her entry
in the toy competition.

Members have helped with
the cost of the P.A. system for
the district and sent their
donation for the Selkirk burs-
ary.

In her presentation on
citizenship, Mrs. Legge said:
“Citizenship is a person who
makes his or her home ‘in a
community and in the manner
they live as a citizen. During
the month of May, many com-
munities in B.C, will celebrate
the Victoria Day weekend. Our
citizenship shows first and
foremost by the display of flags,
parades and floats—the activi-
ties of the community in busi-

Slide Program
To Be Shown

At Kingdom Hall

Recently, the New York
“Journal-American" - inter-
viewed several of the out-
‘standing men of science, asking
them to give their views on the
question of ‘Do Scientists Be-
lieve in God?’

One of the group of scien-
tists referred to was Wernher
von Braun, a rocket expert. His
reply was: “Anything as well
ordered and perfectly created
as is our earth and universe
must have a Maker . .. there
can be no other way.”

A ‘travelling speaker of
Jehovah's Witnesses, Mervin
Kreishman, will show a -140-
color-slide program at the
Castlegar Kingdom Hall of
Jehovah's Witnesses this Sun-
day morning ont he theme “Is

.There a Creator Who Cares
About You?”

The slide program and
public address zeros in on the
marvels of creation, particular-
ly the human body itself.

Everyone is invited to at-
tend.

Movements
Traced :
After Robbery

An armed robber who
struck a Bellevue, Washington
pharmacy may fine ‘himself
somewhat uncomfortable, the
druggist says.

The man pointed a pistol at

pharmacist Dick Karpen ‘last .

sweek and demanded narcotics.
Karpen filled the man’s

bag -will $10 to $15 worth of ©

laxative pills, and ‘stool soften-
ers

“I hope he shoots that stuff.
up and bleeps himself to death, ”
said Karpen.

Police said the young rob-
ber, aged 16 to 24, may have
caught on to Karpen’s move.
They said a.man fitting the

same description got away with -

real narcotics an hour later at a
Redmond. pharmacy. :

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Thursday, May 19, 1077 :

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[ New Denver Budget
| Hikes Tax Rate by 8%

+ Now Denver's village coun-

cil finalized its budget for 1977
. and taxpayers will face an 8 por.
cent mill rate jump mostly. to

“¢ meet an increased school board .

levy.
The village expects to
i, spend $269,388. this year. ‘In

' 1976 the budget was set at.

$140,014 and last year $928,846.
Although last year's bud-
get was higher than this year,
village taxpayers carried a
smaller burden ‘because the
ge gained revenue by con-

tracting itself todo work onthe .

new water system installation,
‘ The village will collect just
+ ‘over 36 mills for general pur-

poses and to y the village >

debt. The total mill rate has
been set at 87.072. Largest in-

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| Cool $1 Million Pri ce of NDU Shutdown

crease is a 9.6 mill: jump for :

schools.
About $50,000 has been al-
loted in the budget for a major

street reconstruction project -

which will‘ see many : village
atreets gravelled and oiled. .
‘The . village has received
funding fromthe province to
hire six students ‘for the
summer, two of whom will be
working on the street project.
‘Three of the students will’
be manning the Silvery Slocan
museum and another will be
working in the village park.

i &y Grand Forks Merchants

City Renewal Sought -

A significant ‘step in acti-
vating downtown renewal in
i Grand Forks was taken at the

“Join R. Pitcher |",

_]:The appointment of John R i
* Pitcher of West Vancouver as
Chief Executive Officer of the
Byitish Columbia Buildings
Corporation's announced by
thie Hon, Alex Fraser, minister
responsible. 4
The Corporation was estab-
lished by.the Legislature to
acquire, develop and manage
property for which provincial

Board of Trade's beautification
committee meeting held at the

Yale Hotel in that community ee

last ‘Thursday evening. *
-A motion calling for muni-

cipal involvement in the plan -

was carried unanimously. The
motion called for merchants to
petition’ city council to adopt

_ the recommendations , of the

board's beautification ‘commit-
tee and to proceed with install.

ation of a better services and

general upgrading under Sec-
tion 581 of the Municipal Act.
+ The section ‘allows such
works to. be instigated. by .

council or by petition from the

public requesting city action: *
The committee introduced

two additional motions which

were carried unanimously by

the 80 members present.

The first motion requested

the Board of Trade’ adopt the’
tecommendations of the beauti-
fication committee, and second-:

< Jy. that. the board’s executive \ and. ‘Elected Officials was ‘held

contact the city’s merchants
‘and. offer’ encouragement ' to’
begin storefront renovations.

The government will pay a
cool $1 million June 1 to. close
Nelson's Notre Dame Univers-
ity, the problem child of B.C.'s
higher academic family and the,
Interior's only. degree-granting
institution.

The payment, most of it in
severance to NDU's 18 teach-

ers, is part of an all-but-con-’ the!

cluded agreement under which
the university will pass from
private hands’ to government
ownership—and an unknown
future.

‘The 27-year-old institution,
which hasbeen granting de-

’ gregs for the past 14 years, will .

closed ‘after | the spring
"semester.

It may not reopen until fall
1978. And nobody's quite sure

what it will reopen as, though it:

will be an educational _in-
‘stitution.

. > For startera; the step-for-
.ward-step-back routine will.

“> cost B.C, about $700,000 to pay

Mayor Audrey Moore of Cautlegar; AMSA, ry Bocrena, of Fernie, Ald. A. I. Mooney of Langley:

and Mayor D. P. Brown of F

at th

At Special Municipal Leadership Conference

— Trained for Suite.

Castlegar Mayor Audrey
Moore’was among the 21
mayors. aud senior elected of-
ficials from eight Canadian pro-
vinces who took: part in’ the
latest four-day study of leader-
ship in‘disaster situations.  “-

The Conference of Mayors

May 2-5 at:‘the Emergency
.Planning ' Canada facility < at
‘Arnprior, Ont...‘

Ranger Jupp Retires
From Forest Service

New Denver Forest Rang-
er.Cliff Jupp retired last week;

will
charged rent. This concept,
which is new togovernmentin
Canada, is dasigned to bring.
accountability to accommoda-
-4 tion used by government

Mr, Pitcher is a graduate In
Commerce from the University
of British Columbia and holds

+4 a Masters degree in Business
Administration from the
University of California.

He has had extensive experi-
ence in banking and real estate
financing, development, leasing
and operations management.

He was at one time Vice

+} President for eastern U.S.A. of

{| the Abbey Glen Property Corp-_
oration of Toronto, and at the
time of his appointment was
western Canada regional
manager for Polaris Realty

od eA
J froughout British Columbia.

(Western) Limited.

and to the district’
office ‘in’ Nelson, New :Denver °
will likely be without a ranger
until at least the end of the

Mr. Jupp decided on early ©

retirement: from the Forest °

Service after serving as ranger |

in New Denver since’ 1958, -
A native of the area, Mr.

Jupp spent much of his younger“
life in Nakusp. He ‘joined the

B.C. Forest Service in 1961 and
after going to ranger school,
spent three years as ranger in
Elko before taking the post in

« New. Denver.

Nelson : District Forester
J.R. Johnston said last Monday ~
that’ the post vacated -by Mr.
Jupp will likely not ‘be filled
until’ the’ end ‘of the~ year
pending the outcome of forest .

service’ organizational studies ’

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now being: conducted’ ‘by the
firm of: Price- Waterhouse.
In the meanwhile, rangers

-in Nakusp and Nelson will keep
an eye onthe New Denver:

ranger district

There are. two. assistant‘

rangers currently. stationed i in

_New Denver. ..:,

By means of films,.‘lec-
tures, demonstrations and dis-
cussion groups the civic leaders
were introduced to problem.

aregs in which they and their -

administrations could’ become

-involved'in coping with peace*

time disasters such as earth
‘No Delivery

~ By Post Office -
During Holiday:

‘Postal facilities’ will be ~
closed. throughout ’ British’

Columbia and the Yukon on
Victoria Day, Monday, May 23,
1977... t

There will be no mail de-
liveries on this holiday with the

‘exception’ of Special’ Delivery

items.

Street letter box: collec-
tions will be made on a“Sunday ©

service’, basis:

quake, flood, hurricane, torna

dos, severe winter conditions,

industrial. accidents, bomb
threats, and so on,

Heavy: emphasis was.

placed on. the need for, and

considerations involved in, pre=

emergeney * planning utilizing
all local agencies and resources.
A part of one afternoon session

was devoted. to. civil govern-
ment.'and operations: in the

event of nuclear attack zens

Since the program was
in

guage. confereiices have : been
ad ‘for “about 2,600 stlected

off the university's unionized.
“faculty, plus an additional ©

$300,000 for other assorted
costs,

The severance payment is
excessive and need never have
been made, according to the
faculty association there.

The teachers say they
didn't want. money from the
government, they Just wanted
ir jobs.

“We'd much rather be em-
ployed,” said Dr. Alan Chiles,
the founding president of the
faculty union and'an executive
member of the association.

In a series of desperate
negotiations to preserve their
positions, they drove the sever-
ance figure sky-high in an at-
tempt to make closure of NDU
economically unfeasable.

The actual payment from
the government “:to. NDU's
board of governors is $1 million,
but of that something around
$700,000. will go to faculty. in
direct severance. The remain-
ing funds will go to cover owed
vacation time and numerous’
other items involved in winding
up accounts.

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Featuring some Russian food

* Next ‘week is the ‘last. week for. users of “Castlegar News .
special “Sell and: Save” classified ads to win free fried: chicken:
Everyone who places “Sell and Save" classified ads in next

week's paper is eligible for the four draws for buckets of Dave's :

chicken, *

Persons placing “Sell and Save” classified ads during May are”

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