7a) BUSINESS DIRECT Telephone 365-5210 phe | pe time ogy ae. iia eee TREE CUTTING AND TOPPING 4 Ph. 365-7980. thn 40 Tor —_—_—_$$—$—er ORY tor the Castlegar ows Business , Jan, 28 for the month Februery. CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. ir meeting St. Joseph's Catholic Wom- en's League held its first meeting of the New Year Jan. 14 with 20 present and president Brita Haley in the chair. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved sa if il a ceeds will go the Right to 7 Life. ~ Thanks went to Mrs. Mar tini for making and donating the afghan. A mass for Marie Lacey will be said Jan. 20 and after mass there will be a social breakfast. A study group will be starting at the convent on Feb. 13. It will be after mass and last about one hour. Anyone wishing to attend phone 365-5403 or 365-2395. Father Herman was pre sented a cheque, the pro ceeds of which came from the homes in the community SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Resident Partner MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 Appliances (eFAST COURTEOUS SERVICE GENUINE MAYTAG PARTS OWE SERVICE ALL MAKES ‘SPECIALIZE IN MAYTAG CASTLEGAR THE HAIR ANNEX Chimneys ———— RUMFORD PLACE Super Sweep Chimney Services Ltd. >> * Complete Masonry Work © Chimney Lining © Certilied Fure Sotety Inspections 735 Columbia Ave. Concrete WEST K CONCRETE LTD. PIPELINE PITT RD. 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The average was 54 with the following winners: tied for first with 58‘: were Wayne Weaver and lan Glover, with Joy Ramsden and Bill Gorkoff; third were Castiegor Answer 32/98 _ Hugh Auld and Myrna Baulne with 58. Fourth were Jim and Bev Swain with 51%; tied for fifth with 55 were Heather Pottle, Don Ellison, Phyllis Matteucci, Sally Walters and Sandra Broom. 1984 HONDA ACCORD Low miles, | owner 399-4762 MIXED An excellent fitter of prostestes For more wm wilt bem retirement tor Janwary 31 Tickets $17 7 Cast formeton coll Rio 5507. Trade & Terms es low as $100 con Ross. Jes EA Russell Auctions 399-4793 Thrums Buy or Sell by Auction F. PIRSH CONTRACTING 2045 Columbia Ave., Troil * Renovations © Custom built kitchen cabinets 1.1. (TIM) ALLEN B.Sc.O.D OPTOMETRIST No.2 615 Columbia, Costiegar 365-2220 or 366 Baker St., Nelson 352-5152 18C * Big jobs or small jobs Ph. 368-5911 Draperies UL 8Ss.0.D OPTOMETRIST Lee Roy 1012. 4th St Castlegar PHONE 365-3361 Auto Rentals AVIS $g95 PER DAY 1434 Columbie Ave.. Castlegor Plus 12¢ km Saturday ond Sundoy LOCATED AT Castlegar Airport Terminal ond Adostre Aviation — 365 2313 © Pickup trucks everloble 50 FREE KMS Castlegar Airport ‘ond 1444 Columbio Ave 365-7555 CREATINE DRAPERIES | THE STORE THAT HAS IT ALL IN DRAPERY! Gwen Kissock In home drapery estimates no charge. no obligation Commercial or Residentiol 9:30-5:30 Tues. to Sot Bus. 365-3515 Res. 365-6880 —_ ee CASTLEGAR FUNERAL CHAPEL Dedicated to kindly. thoughttul service COMPLETE FUNERAL Cremation, Traditional vo Pre Arrangement Plan Available Gromte Bronre Memorials Cremation Urns ond Plaques Phone 365-3222 Tues. - Fri. a.m Saturday Ja.m Spm 12 noon E & GIBSON The Plumbing & Heating Centre © Americon Standord eboth © Septic Tonks 365-7705 2317 - 6th Av: Castiegor of intelligence. Where can ! confidence 2° All TYPES OF COMMERCIAL PRINTING * Letterheads * Enve! s * Brochures * Rotfle Tickets wy ——__—_. ROI PRINTING BROCHURES PRESS SERVICE ERS PHOTOCOPYING 800 Highway Dr. Blueberry Creek Roy S. Dickie ——— Recycling CASTLEGAR RECYCLI 365-2656 Restaurants THE COLANDER SPAGHETTI HOUSE Specializing in Italian Cuisine “A Troll T a Dinner 5 to 9 every day. Lunch 11:30 to 2 week deys For Reservations Phone 364-1816 1475 Cedar Avenve Trail, B.C. 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Meanwhile, an investigation team held its first formal meeting today in what is expected to be a lengthy inquiry into why the $1.2-billion space shuttle, perfect course, suddenly blew apart 74 seconds after liftoff, raining fiery debris into the The seven deaths were successful U.S. man-in-space flights, Atlantic. the first in flight after 55 s retrieve wrec shuttle missions. The first “common citizen” chosen for a space trip, New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, Vol. 39, No. 9 19 kilometres southeast of the launch pad, the shuttle’s momentum of almost 3,200 kilometres an hour propelled the week. The Soviet operations. ‘The debris will be examined in a hangar at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. ‘The investigation could take months, just as it did after the only other U.S. space program tragedy, the launch pad fire that killed three Apollo astronauts 19 years ago this CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1986 Tuesday's explosion is expected to Hi i % e il F j 4 Sections (A, B, C&D) TERRA NOVA MOTOR INN, The Kootenays Leading Convention Hotel * 3halls to serve your needs DIET CENTER LITE YEARS AHEAD trom 25 to 400 people * 4kitchens catering to the tor, ot men * 19 yeors catering expe home. in hall, or where Terra Nova Motor Inn 1001 Rossland Ave., Trail PEPPERCORN RESERVATIONS Phone 364-2222 Rubber Stamps A B,C,D... orX,YorZ Yes, whether your business name starts with A or with Z, Business Directory advertising is for you! RATES ARE ATTRACTIVE, TOO! copytion Copier Systems CALL DAVE PLANT 1-800-642-1234 RUBBER STAMPS Phone 365-5210 for Full Details DITCHED BY DEER . . . logging truck northbound on Celgar Road Tuesday morning ended up over the embankment after driver David Lawrence of Cranbrook swerved to avoid deer crossing the road. LasttowsPhoto by Simon Burch Board waits for funding By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer The Castlegar and District Public Library Association has yet to hear if the provincial government will make Expo Legacy funds available for a new or renovated library for Castlegar. “We don't know what we're going to get yet (but) we're looking forward to getting a new facility for the com munity,” said library board chairman Deb Chmara. Chmara, speaking at the board's annual general meeting Monday, said the board is waiting to hear from officials in Victoria whether the $200,000 requested for the project will be made available. “T'm keeping my fingers crossed that Man killed in avalanche By CasNews Stafi A Castlegar man was the victim of an avalanche Saturday near Wh we will hear in February,” she said “When we hear, you will hear,” Chmara said at the meeting at the Le gion hall, attended by about 70 people The Castlegar Expo 86 Committee applied for the $200,000 from the $30 million Expo legacy fund after an October survey by the Castlegar News showed 58 per cent of respondents favored an expansion of the library. A requirement for the grant is that the community match the: funds and the city has promised $150,000 in money and $53,000 in land and improvements for the project. In library board elections, all nine trustees were elected by acclamation. They are Chmara, Jane Lippa, Sally Knight, Jud Dudley, Patrick Donohue, Counci By CasNews Staff Castlegar city council wants to save some money by having a common fed eral, provincial and municipal voters list. At Tuesday's meeting, council ap proved a resolution asking the Union of B.C. Municipalities to “review the feasibility” of a common voters list and to report the results of its review to the ber Ski Area outside of Nelson. ‘The avalanche occurred at about 3:45 p.m. when Clark Harding, 38, of Castlegar and his friend William Bastedo, 33, of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia were skiing on a hill known as White Queen, one kilometre east of White water Skj Area, according to Nelson RCMP. Bastedo was following behind Hard ing when the snow gave way, taking Harding down the slope Bastedo located Harding with the aid of a radi transreceiver But because it was late in the day and the ruggedness of the terrain, the body wasn't removed until Sunday with the help of the ski patrol, an Okanagan helicopter and Nelson RCMP. Coroner Jim Vincent and Nelson RCMP are investigating the incident. annual in Sep . The federal and provincial govern ments carry out enumeration each time an election is called and council feels a common voters list would end “a con stantly increasing cost burden on in dividual municipalities.” MONEY ADVANCED Council also approved a further ad vance of $11,000 in funding for budget overruns in completion of the Local Employment Assistance and Develop- ment project building in the industrial park The money is in addition to a $14,000 advance previously authorized by council resolution. a Council approved the advance on condition that the full amount of the fund: need will be recovered from the building lease revenue beginning Jan. 1 of this year Sandra Groepler, Kathy Hanham, Faye Rodgers and Phyllis Gairns. Gairns, one of two new additions to the board, replaces Sue Port who re: tired after serving eight years as a trustee. Ald. Terry Rogers is the city's new representative on the board, replacing Ald. Carl Henne. In her report to the board, librarian Judy Wearmouth noted that 991 new members joined the library last year bringing the total registered member ship to 3,986. Wearmouth said the library added 2.473 books to its shelves and circula tion rose 3.625 to 68,380. She also noted that the library's budget request was approved by the city, allowing the library to raise its budget for books and periodicals to “the more reasonable level” of $27,000 Also at the meeting, Port along with library volunteers Vi Wilcox and Phy! Phipps were honored for their long service to the public library. Phipps was recognized for 23 years of volunteer service to the Kinnaird branch of the library. Wileox was singled out for volun teering her services to the Castlegar branch for 21 years and Port was honored for her eight years of service on the board. After’ the meeting, Selkirk College professor and local historian Dr. Mark Mealing presented a talk on folk stories and storytelling | wants one list WHERE'S THE BUS? Mayor Audrey Moore wants to know what's happening with Castlegar's proposed transit system. Council approved Moore's motion that city staff “write a letter (to B.C.'s Urban Transit Authority) inquiring the status of the small transit system for Castlegar.” The purpose of the letter, Moore said, is to “see if we can get an update” on the progress of Castlegar's proposal UNDERGROUND EXPENSIVE Moore reported she had an inquiry from a citizen asking why the new power lines going up along Columbia Avenue in south Castlegar weren't put underground. Moore's answer was the city simply couldn't afford to bury the wires. She said the city has had meetings continued on A2 Oglow recommends seatbelt restrictions By CasNews Staff Castlegar coroner Paul Oglow has recommended that the number of passengers in a motor vehicle not ex ceed the number of seat belts in that vehicle Oglow made his recommendation as a result of an inquiry into a four vehicle accident Dec. 5, 1985 that took the life of 84-year old Sarah Anne Fothering ham of Nelson. The accident took place about 22 kilometres north of Castlegar on High way 3A Fotheringham was a passenger in the rear seat of a 1979 Volkswagon Rabbit driven by Alice Hallgren. The Hallgren car lost control on the slushy road, spun around, crossed the centre line and crashed into the side of ‘an oncoming propane truck. Ogiow's report says Fotheringham was fatally injured as a result of the continued on A4 emmnienaimmmaniits NE I Teachers’ concerns surveyed A survey taken last fall of Castlegar district teachers bas shown their fore- However, the report notes that most of the classes at SHSS exceeded the “As the demands to meet our stu- dents’ needs increase, our preparation hy use prep: plan lessons, meet with individual stu- dents, mark papers and order and set up audio-visual equipment. Also of concern to teachers is staff reductions. The report says about 20 teaching positions have been eliminated in the district since restraint began, causing the pupil-teacher ratio to climb to September 1985's level of 17.27 pupils per teacher from 16.27 in September 1983. “And we have teachers teaching outside their fields of specialized train- ing and we have lost specialists,” the report says. Class sizes in the district are also singled out in the report as an ares of concern among teachers. The report says “several primary classes” and “at one point about 27 classes” at Stanley Humphries secon dary school exceeded B.C. Teachers’ Federation guidelines for class sizes. have changed since the survey was taken, the figures quoted in the report are accurate. Wayling said the report identifies “some very real concerns” among tea chers in the district and he added that the board was aware of the teachers concerns prior to receiving the report but commended the teachers undertaking the survey continued on A2 for —INSIDE JOINT INSTALLATION: New officers of Twin Rivers Lodge No. 70 Knights of Pythias and Kootenay Tem- ple No. 37 Pythian Sisters were installed recently at a joint ceremony COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco lhas been named to chair a committee to review proposed legistlation on Bul <-9 A2 VICTORY IN REGINA: Castlegar weightlifter Travis Ready won the 67.5 kilogram class at the Western Canadian Weightlifting cham pionships in Regina... BY SPLIT GAMES: Castlegar Rebels won one game and los! one 1m weekend KIJHL action... BY GOOD DEAL: TORONTO The ad sounds great $277 tor a trip cround the world through Thomas Cook and Sons travel agency but the dozen or so people who called to Ibook their tickets found out the excursion took place almost 60 years ogo The latest edition of the Royal Canadian Legion s magazine '* an anniversary edition including reprints of articles that have op peared through the years It also includes some old ads trom 1928 from the London England branch of Thomes Cook, said Tom Oxby. o spokesman for Thomas Cook Travel (Canada) itd. Some people have read this od and they thought !t was a great deal and it is Oxby said, “We ve had some people interested in the whole concept