CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, November 16, 1978 3 Seek 2 Board Seats /_ Voiceof the People : PEP ‘Means What it Says’ ROD GILMOUR The schoo! system should be an extension of the home educational process. Rod Gil- mour thinks that parents are interested in their children's education and he wants to encourage the development of programs he feels will strength- en the family unit. Gilmour was .born and raised in Vancouver and attend- ed public school in Burnaby. He majored in social work at ‘Brigham Young University and after graduation, went to work for the provincial government asa social worker at Riverview Hospital for two years. He was transferred to this area six years ago and is presently employed by the ministry of health. Amember of the Kootenay Society for the Handicapped, Gilmour has been active in the : development of residential, edu- : cational and occupational faci- lities for the mentally handi- capped throughout the East and West Kootenays. Gilmour takes an active EANIE MILLS If re-elected for school trustee, Ernie Mills says he would strongly support the student park project at Stanley Humphries Secondary School and: an energy conservation program in our .schools. He would also work towards a possible solutipn to stop van- dalism in our schools. Mills is married and has two children —, Nona, who is married and lives in North Vancouver and John, who works and lives in Quesnel. The family has lived in Castlegar (Kinnaird) for 28 years. In that time, Mills has been an assistant Cub master, coached Little League ball, been area chairman of the heart fund (Castlegar South) and a volunteer fireman for 24 years. He has also been a member of the Board of School Trustees for 15 years, serving in the capacity of chairman of policy, transportation, health and safe- ty, building and grounds; also a member of the education and STEWART WEBSTER Stewart W. (Web) Web- ster is an electrical engineer with B.C, Hydro on the Seven Mile Project. He previously worked on the Peace River project at Hudson Hope, where he served on the Peace River North school board, He was educated in Mani- toba, B.C, and California. He has two children who graduated from Stanley Humphries Sec- ondary School. Webster is ing his Editor, Castlegar News: Iam writing this letter regarding P.E.P. (Provincial Emergency Program). It means just what it says, I have not been directly in- volved, but members of my family have been for several years, This type of organization is a great asset to any community when it is given the full support it deserves. It is funded by the provincial government so is of no expense to the taxpayer or the city. - In our time of so many unfortunate and unforesécen tragedies taking place, to have a team of skilled persons move in and assist in saving human lives, where time is the essence, is of great importance and comfort to the persons involved and their families, The members of the Res- cue Unit give freely and un- selfishly of their time and ener- gies to a worthwhile cause — human life — which is the most precious element in this world. I pray in our community it does not take a tragedy and the loss of human lifé before this organization is given the full recognition and support it’ so justly deserves. In other parts of our pro- vince when tragedy strikes, P.E.P. members arrive on the scene and display great skill, ability and teamwork, each member Knowing exactly what his or her job is. In this day and age, people should realize the importance of P.E.P. and give it their full support, Don't let tragedy strike first before something is done. Where does the respon- sibility of P.E.P. lie? With the Castlegar City Council and the - Emergency Committee? Who does one contact in case of an emergency? Who does one interested in joining, contact? Why is there no publicity given this organization? Where are the answers to these questions? Whoever has them should make them public to the citizens of our com- munity. ‘ This letter is d of views on this matter. I have written this as a concerned citizen of our area. Marge Aubert Robson, B.C. VOTE: > : _ Quality Shoes for the entire family Dress — Casual — Work >. RITE - Eremenko’s Cristofoli for Alderman Have your voice heard on Council Shoes Cristofoli, 1...» my own personal opinions and first two-year term on the Castlegar schoo! board. “During these two years, I have been school district repre- on the Selkirk College cil, This has occupied a large portion of my available time, but I consider it a very important part of the duties of a schoo! trustee and would hope to continue with it,” he says. Webster has also served on the transportation and safety committee and on the recently- formed public relations com- mittee. It is his hope that the + part in church ities and has ‘ served in various leadership capacities as a district council- ‘ man and brancli president. a He is married and has four ! children — two boys and two : girls — aged 7, 5,4 and 2. “Nothing succeeds like excess.”” —Oscar Wilde negotiation. committees and and chai of the board. He asks for your support at the polls, 50-Year Honored ‘The Masonic Hall was filled to capacity last Tuesday eve- ning when members of the Order of the Eastern Star's Minto Chapter held their regu- lar meeting and honor night, Mrs. H. Johnson, Worthy Matron of the Minto Chapter, welcomed members of the Martha Chapter from Nakusp, Rose City Chapter from Nelson and Columbia Chapter from Trail. During the evening Marion Sutherland, a member of both the Martha and Minto Chap- ters, was honored for her 50 years as a member of the Eastern Star. She was present- latter will help im- prove the lines of communi- cation between school board, parents and teachers. Member by Order ed with a beautiful corsage by Worthy Matron, Kay Hogg and her 50-year pin by Miss Butlin, Past Matron of Marthq Chap- ler. The. honoree is a 50-year member of Nakusp and a 25-year and charter member of Minto Chapter. This was followed by a short addenda in which 35 past matrons and seven past patrons were honored and each. re- ceived a small token of appre- ciation, At the close of the meeting a decorated cake bear- ing an.inseription and yellow roses, provided by the Minto Chapter was cut by the honoree and served to all present. Slocan Valley Residents To Vote on TV Function TV Society Release Slocan Valley residents from Crescent Valley to Slocan City will go to the polls Saturday to decide whether they will have the Regional District of Central Kootenay collect their TV maintenance dues through land taxation. The Mount Sentinel TV Society, which operates two transmitters, CHMS-TV1 at Crescent Valley and CHMS- TV2 at Passmore, every year sends out canvassers to collect the $15 per family maintenance dues required to operate the two sites. To simplify this, the so- ciety is proposing a levy of up to three-quarters of a mill on the assessed value of property The Castlegar Hair Annex WELCOMES BACK Gary Bacon FULL TIME! 7 Pine St. Ph, 365-3744 Pine & Columbia Sts. See Our Full-Page Ad on Page B10 “lee RUG Phone 365-7813 taxes, meaning that the owner of an average dwelling with an assessed value of $10,000 will be paying only $7.50 yearly. Since most of the homes in the valley are assessed at less than $10,000, the savings to the residents in most cases will be more than 50 per cent of present dues, ‘The residents of the area have been receptive to the pro- posal and the referendum which will affect about 75 per cent of the residents of Area H. The Mount Sentinel TV Society, formed in 1958 by con- cerned residents of the Slocan Valley, transmitted the first TV signal to the area in February 1959 and has provided the valley with low cost TV recep- ‘tion ever since. The society at present is proposing to add to its network a second channel in the summer of 1979. Social Notes Mra. H. Johnson 365-8294 Mr. and Mrs. G. Eastcott of Rossland visited with Mrs. H. Johnson and Mrs, J. Donnan spent several days during the long weekend visiting her fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. D, Donnan and family in Oyama. * 8 4 Mr. and Mrs. G. Schwart- zenhauer and baby, of Revel- stoke, were weekend guests of the former's mother, Mrs. F. Schwartzenhauer. lett Elect thas eagthen 2 eur voice in city affairs: For'a limited time you will get an electric starter and chains FREE when you purchase an Ariéns Sno-Thro from West's, With an Ariens electric starter, engine starting is as ‘simple as flipping on a light switch! Get a load of these features! €. Speed ehitt fever permits choice of four spegds forward and reverse, . 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Frechette section Thursday, November 16, 1978 was born, ‘English Placement Test Results Down ” Results of the English placement test written in April by Grade 12 students and fdown compared to those of last fh year, according to Education i Minister Pat McGeer. ‘ Test results released today x by the minister show that the Sayerage results this year are ¥Jower in all three sections of the ‘Students this year scored average of 11.66 out of 20 on “ Castlegar Justice Council Meets Today ‘The human resources min- :istry’s proposed Family and :Child Services Act and the fe :Counterattack program are a- - af BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the Castlegar Selkirk Lions W st Kooten: y Mered Fair '79 are well Into thi lanning stages o: rf fo be hetd April 20 Pete 1979, at the Regional 8 the e Recreation Somalen: Th rd members are (seated, is year’s boa left.to right) Frank Stasila, chairman; Steve Jankola, board “No Charge’ Chequing | For Members Of KOOTENAY SAVINGS CREDIT UNION | $246,000 Raised For CK by MFA John Landis, penitie chairman; Gerry Schell, finance chairman Alex Cheveldave, who will e In an advisory capacity. A Lions spokesman said the board Is preparing to invite last year's trade falr participants to take part in this year’s event. A total of $246,000 for Central Kootenay is among the $42,788,628 to be distributed to B.C. municipalities and regional districts this week’ by the Municipal Finance Authority, The funds for Central Kootenay, raised through the marketing of $42.8 million worth of bonds on the Canadian - market, include $100,000, re- payable over 20 years, ear- marked for water in New Den- ver; $86,000, repayable over 25 years,.for other RDCK water projects; $60,000, repayable over 10 years, for RDCK fire protection. MFA chairman Jim Stuart said the funds, will go to 32 different municipalities and 18 regional districts in B.C., satis- fying all outstanding requests before the MFA. Approximately $14.6 mil- lion will be used for sewer’ projects, $12 million for water projects, $4.9 million for parks Uncertainties regarding the amount of new residential growth the Christina Lake area is capable of sustaining, were a major factor in the decision of Kootenay-Boundary Regional District to refuse a proposed 285-lot subdivision in the area. At their October board meeting, regional directors a- dopted a planning committee’ recommendation to withhold ; approval of. the application by Government Scholarships . Up $500 in B.C. This Year The ministry of has doubled the value of its Grade 12 scholarship awards as a challenge to students to develop their full potential. Beginning this year, stu- dents writing provincial gov- For the Record ” A story iti the Castlegar sNews last week mistakenly fomitted the name of Mickey (Kywasnicki from a list of candi- ‘dafes running for a single school board seat in Slocan. Seeking election to the seat on the School District No. 7 board. Nov. 18 8 along \ with the ernment tions will be ote for ri 000 awards rather. than the pre- . vious amount of $500. . The ministry is also in- creasing to $1,000 the value of scholarships awarded to the local school district level to outstanding students in career and vocational programs. “This significant increase represents the ministry's chal- lenge to talented and gifted students to develop themselves to the fullest,” said Education , Minister Dr. Pat McGeer. “The financial rewards are obvious, but equally important is the fact that the scholarship pany Blades, laborer; Rob- ert Cunningham, mechanic; provide students with examination experience ebich will be valuable i in their Joel Harris, chef; i Nan Hendrie, homemaker. ~The Castlegar Newsapo- logizes to Mr. Kwasnicki for the omission, pos! “The minister said he is encouraged by the increase in the number of students ex- pressing interest in the scholar- ship and by the increasing numbers of students who qualify for scholarships. “However, I believe that . there are still many students who are capable of achieving good results who are not for whatever reasons, writing the scholarship examinations,” he said. “I urge principals and teachers to encourage potential scholarship candidates to sit for the examinations.” Last year, 4,199 students wrote the examinatidns, a slight increase over the 4,158 who wrote the previous year. Scholarships were won by 1,078 students last year, while only 850 qualified in 1976-77, In School District No. 9, four out of seven Stanley Humphries Secondary School students who completed schol- arship examinations last year were awarded scholarships. VOTE:, RE-ELECT GERRY RUST for City Alderman ° Proven Experience ® Dedication “¢ Community, Interest e Progress TRUST, conus. Ix For Transportation to the Polls Call 165- 2080 For those residents having specific questions, please feel free to call me at * "385-8080 and | will attempt ta reply to your concerns. : Questions Capacity to Accommodate Growth Growth RDKB Snubs Subdivision Bid Pleasant Valley Properties Ltd. for a development above the Alpine, road intersection on Highway #3. In making the recommen- dation, the committee also called’ for assistance of the Ministry of Recreation and Conservation in resolving the problem of inadequate public access to Christina Lake. The committee also wants the re- gional planning department to assist the Selkirk Health Unit's water quality study of the lake. The results are expected to help in establishing “the carry- ing capacity of the lake for future residential develop- ment.” Until such time as the regional district’s concerns are resolved, and it has collected all the information it will need to determine a suitable plan for future growth in the Christina Lake area, no further action is expected in connection with any subdivisions of the magni- ‘ tude of the Pleasant Valley proposal. Area C régional director Ron Walker points out that there is no big demand at present for the lots that Pleas- - ant Valley is proposing to make: available. There are. already about 150 unsold serviced resi- dential lots in the area, he says. Walker acknowledged that developments such as the - Pleasant Valley proposal “may be a good thing, maybe ot— but we want to know first.” While the health unit is “completing its water quality study (expected to be ready in July), the regional district will be able to pursue solutions to Doukhobor Specialties © Borscht ¢ Pyrahl © Vareniki C.E.C, RESTAURANT. Located at the Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Site, across fram the Castlegar Alrport. | your carpet so you'll have - ¢ santa says “Welcome” t Carpets for Ciismoss ‘Come: in NOW to choose new carpet installed for Christmas! MITCHELL| 4% 490 Front Street 365-7252 ASSOCIATE STORE the public‘access problem. “But the carrying capacity of the lake is the main question,” he says. and projects, $3.3 million for drainage and dyking, $2.9 million for public buildings and equipment, $2.8 million for local improvements and $2.4 million for roads and highway * projects, The authority. has now raised a total of $484.8 million for local governments in B.C. since 1971. All regional districts over 50 varteties TOMORROW, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 10 a.m. to 7 p.m, at the Castlegar Hote! West Coast Seafoods and municipalities except Van- couver are members of the organization. Stuart said that of the $42.8 million, $32.8 million was a public issue in the Canadian market and $10 million was a private placement with the provincial government, its agencies and Crown corpora: tions. The total issue has a weighted average yield to investors of 9.92%. 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