CHARRED DEBRIS Is cleared by loader fro m Slocan Forest Products office at Slocan City In preparation for reconstruction. Bak :BURNED-OUT BASEMENT of Slocan : Forest Products office, destroyed In a June 25 blaze, undergoes a cleanup. C ‘otos by Burt Mair Seeking Recommendations Popular Attractions for Visitors History on Display in B.C. Parks B.C.'s_ provincial historic parks are expecting a heavy influx of summer visitors this year, Sam Bawlf, minister of recreation and conservation said recenlty. Exhibits and displays de- picting events in British Colum- bia's history are on view at Barkerville and Cottonwood House Provincial Historic Parks near Quesnel, at Fort Steele Provincial Historic Park near Cranbrook, at Kilby Mu- seum Provincial Historic Park near Agassiz in the Fraser Valley, and at Point Ellice House in Victoria, At Barkerville's Theatre Royal, Miner's Delight, a musi- cal melange, is on stage twice daily except Friday until Labor Day. The Wildhorse Theatre in Fort Steele has two different shows each day except Friday until Labor Day. In the after- noon it will be Harry Lindley Presents, an authentic repro- duction of a typical vaudeville show that toured Fort Stecle before the turn of the century. Syringa Creek Car Accident Investigated Local RCMP are investi- gating a single-vehicle accident which occurred on Syringa Creek Road last Saturday. Police said a 1970 Ford driven by Gary Allen John Marquis of Robson left the road, blew a tire and hit a rock bluff, causing $900 damage. No injuries resulted from the accident and no charges have been laid, police said. . Liquor Act Changes Under Study The provincial government will carry out a major overhaul of British Columbia's liquor regulations over the next six months, consumer and corpor- ate affairs minister Rafe Mair said recently. Mair said he has written to the province's 5,000 liquor licencees, asking them to recommend changes with a view to simplifying liquor regulations and eliminating those that are unrealistic in terms of the modern market- place. “We hope licencees will respond in detail, describing liquor rules they consider to be inconsistent, archaic, or un- realistic, and recommending specific improvements,” he said. “To be honest, at this stage we have to admit that, because of the long and confused history of liquor laws and policies in the province, there is no one who can say with absolute certainty whal regulations apply in every situation. That's why we are undertaking this research, which will include a legal analysis of all liquor laws. “Lexpeet this revision will not include a great number of basic changes to present regu- lations, but it will certainly goa long way toward codifying, at All Suntan Lotions! 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He also said a pamphlet. would be prepared explaining the procedure involved in ob- taining a liquor licence, to save applicants unnecessary delays and frustration in attempting to meet the requirements of the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch, e Mair said the pamphlets should be printed and distri- buted sometime next year. Car Strikes Deer, Causes $1,500 Damage No charges arose from an accident on Highway 3A near Brilliant Friday in which a Rossland man's vehicle struck a deer, Local RCMP said damage to the vehicle driven by Joseph Arthur Killough amounted to $1,500. Collision Nets Local Driver Speeding Charge A local driver has been charged with speeding after a two-car collision on Columbia Avenue near the Blue Top Drive In Friday. Local RCMP this week said a 1974 Ford pickup truck driven by Timmy Edwin Stoochnoff of Castlegar collided with a 1978 . GMC semi-trailer truck owned by Meichin Auto Transport Ltd, of Calgary. Police said the accident re- sulted in $1,500 damage to the vehicle driven by Stoochnoff and $100 damage to the semi- trailer. There were no injuries to Stoochnoff or to Steve Michael Desrochers, of Cal- gary, the operator of the semi- trailer. The evening performance will be A Kootenay Lullaby, a look at the backstage lives of late 19th century vaudevillians, * Barkerville has many other attractions, Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie is holding court once again this year at the Richfield Courthouse, gold may _be panned at the Eldorado Gold panning display, sourdough bread is available at the Bar- kerville Bakery, and refresh- ments and repasts at the Wake Up Jake Cafe and the Root Beer Saloon. The museum, indoor and outdoor.displays, and operating exhibits like the wheelwright and the Cariboo Sentinel print- ers, offer an historic look into the goldrush era. The railway at Fort Steele is always popular with visitors, The park's Clydesdales are the subject of much admiration as they haul the hay wagon and its load of passengers around the perimeter road, The muscum this year has a special display on, horse logging techniques. Upstairs in the tearoom are light meals and snacks. The. static displays include the North West Mounted Police Barracks and authentic turn-of- the-century artifacts. Operat- ing exhibits include a black- smith and the Prospector print- er. Cottonwood House Provin- cial Historic Park, on the high- way between Quesnel and Bar- kerville, is one of the best ji I Voice of the People Thanks, Firefighters Editor, Castlegar Newa: On behalf of the residents of Hazelwood Street, Robson, in fact, on behalf of all the resi- dents of the Robson Townsite, we would like to thank every- one who turned out and fought the fire in the old Slater home on the evening of July 29. Without everyone's help, the fire wouldn't have been contained to one vacant house, We can't name everyone, but would like to mention especially the man going down + the street who noticed the smoke and came and warned us, the Robson Irrigation, the Forestry Department, and West Kootenay. By working until early morning, the West Kootenay had our power back on in time to cook breakfast. Jean and Jack Lloyd and Family Jean and Dick Fowler Robson, B.C. iB of the roadhouses used during the height of the Cariboo Gold Rush. It is open seven days a week, F BUSINESS © caros. @ Colored Inks @ Colored Papers @ Attractive Type Faces @ Free Vinyl Case @ Attractive Box “Creative Ideas” CASTLEGAR NEWS: Phone 365-7266 19) Columbia Ave. . PN Quality Shoes ~ Dress. -- Cas ™~N Eremenko’s “N + for the entire family N ual --- Work FIT-RITE Shoes N West's Offer the TOTAL FALL LOOK for Todays Woman The AFTER-FIVE Designed from Easy to Care for Challis Prints. 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The count at Kamloops was 96,493 while Fort St. John tallied 89,050 deplaning pass- engers or an increase of 10.9 per cent over the previous year. Cranbrook had 53,647 or a 24.8 per cent hike; Prince Rupert, 37,069 for a 0.1 per cent shift; Castlegar, 38,381 for 26.4 per cent; Penticton, 45,145 for 25.4 per cent; Terrace, 36,821 for 12.3 per cent; and Port Hardy, 33,114 for 12.2 per cent. DEMANDING PASSAGE atong the Mr. access road to the uranium test site In Genelle is Improvement district chalrman Dan Kowalchuk, left, as RCMP member prepares to supervise the Manny Consultants drilling crew's removal of ore samples from the site. Kowalchuk, who sald he wanted to Inspect the riearby China Creek watershed, was allowed to past mining equipment and samples were removed. (See story on Page A1.) —CasNews Foto by Ryon Guedes NOTICE Residents of Castlegar Burning permits for open fires will NOT be Issued until the currant dry weather Is over, and all permits Issued for open fires are no longer valid. The City will only Issue permits for screened Incinerators until further notice. CITY OF CASTLEGAR FIRE DEPARTMENT Spending your holidays at Come visit = Christina Lake? Grand Forks,|! in the heart of (_ the beautiful Boundary Country! Sponsored by: _ Kootenay Savings Credit Union PLAN 24 s Interest Daily. And that’s the big difference! : ~] See our ad on page All i” CASTLEGAR 365-3375 — SOUTH SLOCAN 359-7221 CanCel Profits Drop 90 Per Cent DISPLAYING AWARDS won in recent competitions Is champion swimmer Cheryl Kristlansen, centre, with help from her mother Evelyn and Al Leavitt, Kootenay Savings Credit Union’s Castlegar branch manager. Ch singte-leg amputee, won five gold medals at th Games for the Physically Handicapped and is currently for nation tratning In jal In St. Johns, Ni ld. Aug. 20 to 22. Her expenses at the competitions will be covered by more than $2,800 ralsed by two area radio statlons and Kootenay Savings’ Castlegar ind Trail branches, The Trail branch presented the young athlete with a $1,600 cheque last week and the focal branch reported the amount In Its fund Wednesday as $1,223. ‘oto by Lols Hughes Pulp Market Down Second-quarter / earnings for CanCel hayp-dropped by nearly 90 per cent from its earnings in the 1977 second quarter, The company last week reported second-quarter earn- ings of $641,000 or five cents per share compared to $5.8 million or 48 cents per share in the corresponding period of a year ago. Net sales for the quarter were $60.5 million compared to $41.6 million the previous year. Donald Watson, president and chief executive officer, said the company's performance was adversely affected by a number of factors, the most significant of which was the prevailing low price of softwood kraft pulp. He noted, however, that demand for pulp began to im- prove in the second quarter and that prices are expected to be higher in the third and fourth quarters, “The company is well posi- tioned to benefit from the im- proved market conditions,” he said, Watson reported that the pulp project is in the final equipment tie-in stage with full operation schedule for late September. Final cost of the project is expected to be $135 million. Watson confirmed that a fire on June 17 caused about $6 million in damage to the com: pany's two sawmills in Castle: gar. at He reported that both mills were insured against physical damage on a replacement cost basis and that the company was also covered for loss of earnings and continuing costs resulting from the fire. “Such insurance is subject toa deductible of $2 million,” he said, Reconstruction activity is underway and it is expected the smallwood mill and a portion of _ the main sawmill will be in operation by December and the total facility operation by next May. Reviewing financial results for the first six months, Watson said earnings were $1.2 million or 10 cents per share compared to $9.2 million or 76 cents per. share a year ago. Net sales for the half-year were $89.1 million compared to $82.6 million. City Crews Busied With Repairs Repairs to property dam- aged by heavy rainfall June 30 and July 16 highlighted the problems listed last month in the city works ‘i Spruce Street, the -réport said. The city also lowered curbs at corners of Pine Street and Columbia Avenue to accom: modate wheelchai: quarterly progress report. Corrected was damage— including flooded basements and washed.away t routine grading, gravelling and oiling of city streets, and com- pleted construction of 651 feet of 15-inch-wide storm drain on Lode sh ty Seventh Avenue North and Columbia Avenue North, as well as Maloney Pontiac where rain damaged the storm. drain outfall, Currently being corrected is similar damage at the Crest- view subdivision, the report said. It said city crews also cleaned catchbasins, after the two rain storms. Submitted to city council last week by Ald. Albert Calderbank, works and service committee chairman, the report also said sidewalks on Seventh Avenue South have been com- pleted as well as a portion on Pine Street and First Avenue North which was missed in the city’s 1977 paving program. City crews have also started work on completion of the sidewalk on Columbia at The Grand Forks Retail Merchants Association. * (12,844); Meadowbrook Road. Inaddition to normal main- tenance and repairs, work on the city's sanitary sewer sys- tem included installation of a 200-foot-tong, six-inch-wide sanitary sewer on Third Avenue North plus one man- hole. A total of 11 new con- nections were made and three sewer blockages as well as one sewer main break were re- ported. City crews inspected new sewer mains for Bor-Dew Construction, Star Vista and Castlegar Savings and Housing Ltd. and worked on the drying bed at the city’s new treatment plant, i ‘In addition to normal maintenance of pumps and tanks in the water supply system, the city also poured conerete for the new storage tank near Kinnaird Junior Secondary Schoo] and com- pleteda new control system for water tanks. City crews made 11 con- nections, three shutoffs and re- Last Month's Ferry Traffic Listed below is the Castle- gar Ferry traffic for the month .of July, 1978 as compared to the same month last year (indicated - in brackets), compiled by the + ministry of highways and public works in Rossland: Number of round trips, 3,544 (3,482); automobiles and drivers 31,076 (31,294); pas- sengers not drivers 43,335 (43,- 851); trucks, all types 13,587 trailers and semi- trailers 742 (755); motorcycles 502 (449); motor buses 7 (2); and livestock 14 (91). ™* Mighty Mini Lowest pricedcar In Canada| North Shore Service DL. Lic. #003304 R.R.1 NELSON 352-2929] § . eonnections,-in addition to re- pairing one water main break and installing a new hydrant. The report said the water employment officer hired in late June had ‘conducted 16 tours of inspection and made 13 visits to home-owners. Now, in Castlegar... 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