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DEADLINE Friday at 5 p.m. What’s on around the West Kootenay CLUBS fine woodworking and Festive Treasures, a selection of C i CASTLEGAR Banjo's Pub San Jose West Saturday, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Sunday, 8 p.m. to midnight, and Tuesday, Dec. 3 through Sunday Dec. 8 365-6933 Brewskies Pub Taxpayers Tonight 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Exotic Dancers Mondays to Saturdays 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. Karaoke Talent Search Every Monday 9:30 p.m. Comedians Every Tuesday 9:30 p.m. 365-2700 Dexter's Pub Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m. Plamondon Brothers Tonight, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m Crossroads Starting Thursday, Dec. 5 365-5311 Marlane Hotel Exotic Dancers Mondays to Saturdays Noon to 12:30 a.m. 365-2626 ROBSON Lion's Head Pub Karaoke Tonight and Wednesday 8 p.m. to midnight 365-5811 TRAIL Crown Point Pub Eastern Breeze Tonight 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. 368-8232 ROSSLAND Powder Keg Pub No Excuse Tonight 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m Musician's Jam Session Sunday starting at 8 p.m. 362-7375 NELSON Library Lounge Cheryl Hodge Tuesday toThursday 7 to 11 p.m. 352-5331 Bolier Room Nightclub National Exhibition Centre Out of Shade, an exhibition of hi ifts. Both exhibits run to Dec. 24 365-3337 NELSON Nelson Museum History of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake: The South Opens Tuesday, Dec. 3 to Dec. 20 352-9813 TRAIL Trail Society for the Performing Arts Performance '91 Great Mozart Hunt Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m CASTLEGAR Castle Theatre Tonight through Thursday All | Want for Christmas, 7 p.m. The People Under the Stairs, 9 p.m. 365-7621 TRAIL Royal Theatre Tonight through Thursday Curly Sue,7 p.m. The People Under the Stairs, 9 p.m. 364-2114 NELSON Civic Theatre Tonight Other People’s Money 352-5833 Beta Sigma Phi (Exemplar) 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. Various locations Next Meeting: Dec. 4 365-3114 Beta Sigma Phi (Preceptor) 1st Wednesdays , 7 p.m. Various locations Next meeting: Dec. 4 365-3401 Beta Sigma Phi (Ritual of Jeweis) 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Various locations Next meeting: Dec. 11 365-6892 Canadian Cancer Society (Castlegar Unit) 2nd Monday of every other month 7:00 p.m. Castlegar Health Unit Next meeting: Jan. 13 365-6498 Castlegar and District Senior Citizens Action Committee 1st Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Next meeting: Dec. 3 365-8237 or 365-0085 Castlegar City Council Regular meetings 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Council chambers Next meeting: Dec. 3 365-7227 Castlegar Hospital Board 4th Thursdays, 7 p.m Hospital board room Next meeting: not set 365-7711 Castlegar Schoo! Board 3rd Mondays, 7 p.m. Schoo! board office Next meeting: Dec. 16 365-7731 Castleview Care Centre Auxiliary 4th Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. Castle View Next meeting: Dec. 18 365-3754 Christian Women’s Club 2nd Thursdays Fireside Inn Next meeting: Dec. 12, 11 a.m. 365-7728 Kinnaird Women's Institute 3rd Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. Next meeting: Dec. 19 365-5441 Kiwanis Club Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Jenny's Cafe Next meeting: Dec. 3 365-2151 Knights of Pythias — Twin Rivers 1st and 3rd Mondays, 7 p.m. Masonic Hall Next meeting: Dec. 2 365-6149 Kootenay No. 9 Oidtime Fiddlers Monthly 2:30 p.m. Senior Citizen's Hall Next meeting: Jan. 26 359-7621 Kootenay Temple #37 Pythian Sisters 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Masonic Hall Next meeting: Dec. 12 365-5282 Lions Club 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Sandman Inn Next meeting: Nov. 19 Regional District of Central Kootenay Various times Next meeting: Nelson, Dec. 14, 9am. 352-6665 Rotary Club Tuesdays, 6 p.m Sandman Inn Next meeting: Dec. 3 365-2780 Selkirk Weavers and Spinners Gulid 3rd Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. Castlegar Doukhobor Museum Next meeting: Dec. 18 365-5918 SHSS Parent Advisory Council 4th Tuesdays, 7 p.m. SHSS Library Next meeting: not set 365-7735 Strokers Club 2nd Wednesday of each month 11 am. to 2p.m. Senior Citizen's Hall Next meeting: Dec. 11 359-7480 or 365-3540 West Kootenay Naturalists Association Last Monday of every month 7:30 p.m. Selkirk College Next meeting: Dec. 30 365-4933 Women's Aglow Monthly Various locations Next meeting: Dec. 4, 10:00 a.m., Legion Hall 365-3279 Robson River Otters Bingo Tonight Early Bird, 6 p.m. Regular, 7 p.m. Castlegar Community Complex Passmore/Vallican , Christmas Craft Fair Saturday, Dec. 7 226-7363 Kootenay Christmas Sories Saturday,Dec. 7 Kootenay School of Writing Festival of Joy Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nelson Waldorf School Seniors Christmas Party Saturday, Dec. 8, 1 to 4 p.m. Slocan Rark Hall SPECIAL EVENTS your frien: dangerous? . What is a big game hunter? the match. oe e How are dogs like trees? They both have barks. Tl tell you next week. oe Taking a knight off. wooden leg called Smith.” When is a clock on the stairs When it runs down and strikes one. ° ° A football fan who has lost his way to How do you keep a fool in suspense? What makes a chess player happy? Nurse: “There’s a man outside with a Jokes corner Here are a few jokes to share with Doctor: What’s the name of his other leg? ee Patient: “My hair is coming out. What can you give me to keep it in?” Doctor: “A paper bag.” eee What did the pony say when it coughed? “Excuse me, I’m a little hoarse.” Should you eat chicken with your fingers? No, fingers separately. should be eaten What did the pencil say to the eraser? Take me to your ruler. CATERING "BIG OR SMALL WE CATER TO ALL” DEE Cater 365-8369 2811-60 hee, Castlegar WEST KOOTENAY APPLIANCE We Buy & Sell Used Appliances 352-7787 every third Tuesday in month 7:30 p.m, +THUI Bingo — Early Bird 6 p.m Reg 6:30 p.m. (Licence No. 75616) LEGION IRSDAYS - FASHION EN R 362-01818 @ Saturday, November 30, 1991 OurPEOPLE Program teaches lesson the easy way @ The Selkirk College Student Society scores with its successful designated driver program on both a local and national level Donna Bertrand NEWS REPORTER The Designated Driver In- centive Program launched last year by the Selkirk College Student Society has taken flight across the country. Bacchus Canada, a Toronto- based company which pro- motes responsible drinking, has just asked society presi- dent Jeff Leggat to annalize the program so it can be ap- plied to all Canadian colleges and universities. “Ifit happens, I'll be going to Toronto in May and work for four months with their organi- zation to make it national so all colleges and universities have the same one,” Leggat said Wednesday. “It’s pretty neat.” The program has already been picked up by universities in Ontario and Quebec, as well as by the University of Mani- toba which has a student body of 20,000. “That's pretty exciting for us,” Leggat said. And now Bacchus wants it. News photo by Ed Mills Selkirk College’ Students (from left) Mike Rosa, Jeff Leggat, Sue Heaton and Steve Smith show off the t-shirts that have helped the Designated Driver prog at the C: campus such a hit. students who normally wouldn't, to do it as well, to take turns, Leggat said. “It’s also sort of a challenge sometimes for students not to drink all night, sad as that is to say. And it encourages drinkers to get a ride with someone who's sober,” he added. Only a few simple rules ap- on prizes, which include monthly draws for CDs, gas and pizza coupons, and “hope- fully” an annual grand prize of a CD player or something equally appealing. About $500 of the prize money comes from donations and all the pop for the desig- nated drivers is also donated, he said. Volunteers administer ‘And we hope to make it a little bigger each year so we give away more incentives, its more vocal, its more out there and more students are willing to take this from our social events and apply it to everyday and it becomes a habit more than anything else.’ - Student Society President Jeff Leggat With affiliates in 80 post- secondary schools, Bacchus promotes all aspects of safe and responsible drinking, Leg- gat said. “Responsible drinking just means don’t overdrink, don’t throw up. If your friend is throwing up, take care of him. And don’t let your friends go outside in the winter ifthey’re drunk, take care of them.” Selkirk’s designated driver program has become a com- modity simply because it works, Leggat said. Incentives such as T-shirts, free passes to future social events, monthly and annual prizes and free pop all work to encourage students to sign up as a designated driver. “It’s really worked on our campus, people like the T- shirts and stuff,” he said. The incentives encourage ply. The designated driver must sign a contract prior to, during and after the event promising not to drink until everyone he is responsible for that evening gets home safe. And as an added measure of security, each designated driv- er takes a breathalyzer test before taking his passengers home. The society bought its own hand-held breathalyzer unit, the same as the road-side screening devices used by the RCMP, last year for $100. A worthwhile investment, Leg- gat said. The ongoing costs of the program, while admittedly steep, have also proved worth- while just by the growing pop- ularity of the program. Leggat said the society spends about $1,800 annually on T-shirts and about $1,000 the breathalyzer tests. Then there are costs for ad- vertising and the contracts, ing the total cost of the pro- gram to over $3,000 each year. “And we hope to make it a little bigger each year,” Leggat said. “So we give away more incentives, its more vocal, its more out there and more stu- dents are willing to take this from our social events and ap- ply it to everyday and it be- comes a habit more than any- thing else.” And Jan Wise, ICBC’s man- ager of Community Programs in Traffic Safety Education, says nothing could be better. “That's just fantastic,” she said from her Trail office Thursday. “It’s really quite ex- citing to see this interest com- ing from the grass roots level.” Wise said the program re- flects a growing trend towards responsible drinking, a trend she says that shows the vari- ous CounterAttack programs, increased enforcement and in- creased publicity is paying off. She also attributed healthi- er lifestyles and increased con- cerns about the “horrendous damage” caused by drunk drivers to the growing trend towards programs like the one at Selkirk College. News photo by Ed Mills Jeff Leggat holds the unit that assures sober designated drivers — the roadside screening device is used for administering breathalyzer tests to all drivers before they hit the road. oe