Page 10B Right - These two kids had a great time celebrating Hal- loween a wee bit early with the adults at the Castlegar Recreation Complex. Young and old enjoyed many activities put on especially for the kids. CHRISTMAS TREE Cultured & Natural Available : Shop early for your Christmas tree DAILY 10am - 7pm (while stocks last) Save the forests & help your community by buying your tree from the Rotary ALL PROCEEDS TO COMMUNITY | SERVICES Located at West Kootenay Power & Light compound, Columbia Ave., Castlegar CON: =a eee SS ame A ‘ CHRISTMAS ORDERS ‘please book early’ e Buns ° Breads . ° Christmas Stollen ‘we add no preservatives’ Castieaird Plaza nila © 365-5944. Above - Janine Issel with one of the many dogs up for adoption. This was a PROFILE story we did on the Trail Regional Branch of the SPCA. Throughout the year we have made an effort to show you different people, events and places in and around our community on our PROFILE page. We hope you have enjoyed and will continue to enjoy this feature page every week. 7 Closing remarks We feel that our paper has become the choice of the residents in Castlegar and that you enjoy read- ing about what goes on in our com- munity and reading it in The Castlegar Sun, We did then and we have now all the confidence in the worid that Castlegar is a great community to GLASS & TRIM LTD. 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE 1050 COLUMBIA AVE. g 365-6505 _.When You Can Get It Straight From Us! VANCOUVER PRICES AT CASTLEGAR MAZDA Hie Jive and work in and we are com- mitted to bringing the residents quality local news and sports. It's been a great year. This paper promises to bring you all the local news and sports to your door every Wednesday so you can keep in touch about what is happen- ing in our great city. It has been a great year Castle- gar and we thank you for it. Scope of the Problem In 1989, British Columbia had the highest percentage of the population over 15 years of age using marijuana or hashish: 9.6% compared to the national figure of 6.5%. Sun Classifieds ROPANE-GOING.PROPANE*GOING PROPANE GOING PROPANE | Cr mamies Clean ¢ Efficient ¢ Economical Propane x ¢ Motor Fuel ¢ Cylinder Fills gs Sn $150 Piesen! ine comen an icone $150 tt your rest eran st Tita eniyst ener Prevre Lean besos Homies’ December 11, 1991 Give Us A Call For “ANY” Propane Inquiries 4 Glf@gn gs aun iro gn “Serving the PROPANE IN INC. Kong 2181 - 6th Avenue, Castlogar, B.C. Phone 365-4947 e Fax 365-4927 Toll Fres neve Sts2207 Brand New Mazda 323 D R Brand New Nazda Miata Brand New ; Mazda 626 ‘368°". Brand New | Mazda Protege's SE's or LX's Brand New Mazda B2200 4 7th: St., ‘Castlegar “NOW COLLECT 365-7241 AT JUST: FEELS. RIGHT! ae SS ; Sang dedicated to all | the’ missing Michaels’ SSS gis ee eS SHARLENE HMHOFF Sun Editor ‘We've seen his picture in local shops, travelling depots, banks and post offices across the nation—now we can hear his family’s story, in the form of a song played by radio stations across the country, He is Michael Dunahee, the missing five-year-old from Victo- tia since last: March. The rendi- tion, aptly titled Song for Michael Dunahee, was written and com- posed by Candace G y, for- “I myself have a five-yearold ' son and Sen § didn't hold anything back. ithe Shai it would bo ls iP wees bs the Dunahce’s position, It's horri- |: fying,” she said. Galloway had been told many times that she was musically gift- ed, but she had never written— much less recorded a song before, * : @ FOWERS merly of Nelson. Reached at herlome in Victo- ria where she, tesides with her * husband Jim ‘and ‘their three chil- dren, Gallows rgaid the disap, pearancé.of; hada Srofonnd al Call us ANY TIMET ae T'S EASY $3. -00 wire charge in Canada & $4-00 in the USA (That's "/ 2 price!) (expires November 30, 1991) Mon. - Sat. 9am - 5:30 pm 365-5191 (across from library) 301 - 11th Ave., Castlegar ce has}: “| didn't hold any- thing back. The emotions... , Started flowing. - “ig Candace Galloway Mother of three and she hadn't even been singing all that long. That didn't matter. justy just : ‘Eeried: I wrote; I cried and I rc." : ' ¢Wakened by his mother's tears, Galloway's five-year-old son chme to her side, *:“He looked up at me and said, ‘Mommy what's the matter? Why are you crying?’" “I told him that Michael Duna- hee is missing. Someone took him from his mommy and daddy and } they would like to have him back." ;; Later, Galloway heard noises coming from her son’s bedroom. > “He was crying his little heart out. I asked him what was wrong ; and through the sniffles and tears -he’said, ‘I would really like to get Michael back for his mommy and daddy too." That heart-wrenching evening One day she told her husband :. ¥ resulted in some very powerful that she would really like to help: find Michael. “I’m going to write asong,” she said. That very night, with her hus- | band away and the children ! tucked in bed, she began to write. -|Scope of the Problem includes G.S.T. CERES Sosa i groon onions, tomatoes, and served with pay sauce OPEN 10 am - 8 pm ‘Castlegar's only drive thru’ AUTHENTIC RUSSIAN FOOD 1521 COLUMBIA AVE. 365-8388 lyrics—which haven't been changed since they were first q Written, Then came the task of produc- ing a demo tape and finally, con- tacting the Dunahee residence to ’ them her gift. . “I called Crystal Dunahee (Michzel’s mother) up and said, “I wrote a song for your son.” Later, as a complete stranger to the Dunahees, Galloway played Song for Michael Dunahee in their own livingroom. i “It was very emotional. After I 4] played the tape, everyone started crying. After drying our tears, we had a coffee and discussed where we should go from here.” Crystal Dunahee said she fell in love with the song as soon as she heard it. “The song is so emotional. It tells the story of what happened.” San. opening verses of the song Little boy, five years old, Taken from my side, SUBMITTED PHOTOGRAPI Michael Dunahee is a five-year-old boy who was abducted from a parking lot in Victoria, British Columbia on March 24,1991. A search was commissioned on that day, and the investigation of the abduction continues. local radio personality. He kept it for about a week and refused to play it, saying it had no commer- cial appeal.” Luckily, not all stations carry a similar attitude. And today the song can be heard on stations across the country, including CKQR here in Castlegar. And now, with the recording concluded, the Dunahee family and Galloway hope the song will spread throughout North America and act asakey to unlocking the mystery of You used to play and hold my ky Now I sit at night and cry, Michael where are you, Where can you be? I need you here beside me. I call your name, J look around, I try to find a sign. 1 pray for you, your spirit too. Your heart is close to mine. Then came the idea to send the tapes out to various radio stations. This ‘was not without its DAYS | Thursday, Nov. 28 [3 ‘Friday, Nov. 29 FF Saturday, Nov. 30 | SUITS SPORT COATS Trail: 368-5454 A “I first gave the demo tape to a — “yn for the money P #2" for the show , g> A ring from Annie's is a sure gol! Diamond rings on sale ey Lobby-Fireside Hotel Michael's dis Royalties from the tapes will be placed in a ‘Song for Michael Dunahee trust fund’, which will support the continued search for Michael. “This song is for all the missing Michaels and their parents out there,” finished Galloway. “It's a sad song. But J want people to feel sad when they hear it. This is a crime we can’t put up with any- more. We can't let people steal $4 j FAX MACHINE No telephone charges, no handling charges. Canon technology and plain bond for best results. 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