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ctoria, B.C.

CASTLEGAR NEWS

Published Every Thursday Morning at ‘The Crossroads of the Kootenaya™

| VOU 26, No.1

‘CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1973

15 CENTS PER COPY

rewly-slacied Mrs. lean Hughes of Castleger, vice-chair

Castlegar & District Curling Club

ilegar and District

itiatives grants which
il create 62 jobs for this
area,

‘The announcement was
made by the manager of the
Tral lanpower
Contre, Bruce King. who
said federal contributions
total $115,000,

other two projects
are City of Greenwood and
the City of ‘Trail capital
works programs,

constru
ig of the interior of the
rink,

man Emie Mills of Kinnaird, chairman George Ril
Konkin, Jack Killough of and at Haley of Kine
naird. Standing, left 10 right, superintendent of schools G.
€. Bissell and John Descher.

to carry out a munic
pital works project in (nat

7 isiae

New Year Brings Telephone Rate Increase
To South Slocan, Thrums, Vallican Exchanges

residential

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Use of Large and Small Ice Rinks
Reporled in Constant Demand

‘Over 16,000 adults and young peoplemade use of the
CCastiegar Arena during the first six weeks of its operation
this. winter.

‘Thase figures are contained in a report filed with

bh covered the lest wo weeks of October and the
month of November,

The repor? shows 10,098 childrer, and 6,476 adults
used the arena, an averaye ot about 490 persons daily.

is no doubt in my mind that both would be booked to

capacity all winter,” he 1eported.

Pen for the miniice, the recreation director ssid i
yy proven its worth.” It is in constant use with

verv few openings left

A breakdown of the statistics provided council by

Mr, Alout follows
No.
Hours

Group
Minor Hockey

1°
Selkirk College
Figure Skating
Mathers and Tots
Pre-School Hockey
Commercial Hockey
Soft Puck Hockey
Dillingham Corp.
Air Cadets 75
10,098

6.476 16.574

of $3.95, $3.10 and $2.60
Dusiness rate for
individual line service will
be $7.80 per month, com.
ith the old rate of

gE

Recipient of *13,689 LIP Grant

greated more than 92,000 Trail Manpower area

ro

ed to cover the period of
highest unemployment, from
to May,

1 support is

Ployment insurance or wel Financial pro.
fare, vided in the form of con-

Local Initiatives
‘The requirement that

projects should “contribute

to community betterment”

0
in the quality of life in cit- ian ing out pro
jes, towns and villages in rylilg out new programs in with the objective of
all'parts of Canada. thr community. Ris intend- program,

Inaugura! Meetings fo be Held this Monday
In Twin Towns of Castlegar and Kinnaird

ery ofthe town hall In

‘A mamter of the ROMP
etacane

which will be
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wil
jendans addin;
ovcasion with
fuildress
will
done by Justice of
Carl Loeblich, who in
E had 12

Locally the first
ing in ceremony will take
place at 7 p.m. in the cham.

Equal Fe:
Structure
Announced

Selkirk College students

Kooten-

from outside West
to pay the

ard
githigtive
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came to
Father Morelli now re-
sides in Fernie.

Teachers
e 8.6
Wage Increase

Local
Recs

1342 YEARS OF SERVICE to the people of
Castlegar were marked last month when
former alderman R. W. Cook was honored
by the town at its annual Christmas party.
Mr, Cook displays the wall clock presented
to him by the town while Mayor John Landis,
left, and Ald. Ed Mosby, second from right,
display the pen and pencil set and cigarette
lighter presented as personal gifts by mem

same teacher
years of teaching is $10,488.
‘Thrce years of prey

Cook, appropri

bers of council and the town office staff
‘Ald, Andy Shutek, right, was chairman of the
‘banquet and thanked Mr. Cook for his record
of community service. At council's last meet
ing of the year, fellow aldermen paid tr
bute to the now retired alderman and Mr

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gat Wildlife
jon, took place
in the Deer Park-Syringa
reek

t
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the
program to capture and
release ‘sill an additional
Syringn Crock Park h
jyringa mark has
been the target of two pre-
jous re Last year a
total of 36 elk were re

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the last meeting he would be attending as
an alderman. — Castlegar News Photo

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