} (' * CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 23, 1982 35th Annual Dot ‘picangaena, run iionecred by, Regional ginning to Recreation Commission No. - take shape for the ‘nine-day 1. . SunFest celebration, Castle. The chamber ‘has called gar Chamber of Commerce another organizational meet- manager Linda Green’ said tigt Thursday at 7 p.m, in Friday. the: Hi-Arrow. Green said some ofthe ac- | “We: urge. “all clubs; or- tivities ‘include the Rotary; izations, businesses ‘and & pancake breakfast, children's : infividuals who wishto par’ activities. at the National’ ticipate in SunFest eyents‘to Exhibition Centre, Legion attend,” sald Green. “Event . bingo, a senior citizéns’ tea, a forms must be handed in no horseshoe tournament, a later than June 11 in order to Doukhobor ladies’ bake sale, have the SunFest ‘82 bro- a Lions Bavarian beer gar- “chure printed and distributed den, casino and dance, frog to varios cities throughout je U. jumping and the Sunflower _ BC. and School briefs... One resignation and three leaves of absence were dealt with by Castlegar school board at its meeting this week, Mes: L. Kroeker’s letter of resignation, effective June 80 was accepted. Granted one year's leave of absence with- out pay for th 1982/88 year were J. Booth, Mrs, B, Ar- chibald and, Mrs. E.K. Haw- kins, All. district elementary s school students who : took : ; - trip to Champion Lakes:Pro- Kamloops _ mall.into s, o e receivership KAMLOOPS. (CP) —. A shopping mall in this 'south- ern Interior which undewent a $20-million expansion last year now is in receivership. The’ Clarkson Co. Ltd., bankruptcy trustees, has . taken over the shopping cen- tre ‘from Beamont Invest- ments of Vancouver, said Alex MacDonald, the mall's building superintendent, The shopping centre's mer- chants now will pay their rent to a Vanconver branch -of the Mercantile Bank, he said. The mall was the first shopping centre in Kamloops when it opened in 1959. It has 50. stores, << ~ $3.3 million net income for First City VANCOUVER (CP) — First City Financial Corp. Ltd. Friday announced net income of $3.3 million or 44 cents per share for the first three months of 1982, Net income for the cor- responding period last year was $4.1 million “or 6 cents per share. The company said its total assets at the end of the period rose to $2.7 billion, up from $2.3 million in the cér- responding period last year. Revenue increased to $89. million from $80.6 million in 1981. "Forecasting power neéds > part. in: ‘the. recent Read-a- thon that raised: over.$5,000 for Hobbit Hill were thanked by the Kootenay. Columbia Child core Society.” . tenders will be called for 4 reroofing the ‘stairway ‘to Kinnaird Junior Secondary School. The new roof is to be of galvanized sheet metal. * Ld *. Permission was given -to Miss'D. Chmara “for a two-/ day guidance eight class field vineial Park on June 10-11. Slee eid Mr. Gerrand is to proceed with the. organizational ar- rangements and coordinating - of a field trip May 25-28 to Camp Koolaree for Grade 7° students, . . Tenders to convert the | Blueberry. Creek and Valley “Vista schools heating sys- tems from oil to gas are being sought. Unlike the private sector there are no grants -available to the board for conversions. Program for workers he- originally® Siyalifesic grain first,,come, first NELSON (CP) — Idled forest industry workers who face going on welfare because © their, unemployment insur- ance ‘benefits have run out will ‘not be eligible for. a $40-million work scheme now being ‘introduced, says For- est Minister Tom Waterland. However, that .Employ- ment Canada will soon begin other new programs to pro- vide the 10 to 14 work weeks needed to qualify workers for the program, Waterland said. e minister made _ his ‘statements at a new con- ference this week following private meetings with local forest ministry officials and industry representatives, as part of a provjnce-wide cam- he started last week to introduce the scheme. Waterland said a worker, once enrolled in a program job, can'continue on the pro- gram for 53 weeks, rather than the present unemploy- ment insurance maximum of 52 weeks, even in cases when for 35 weeks. att Under the scheme, funded_ by the provincial and federal” governments, a worker's pay ° will be raised from the $160 to $190 a week received from unemployment insurance to $800 for silviculture work. Included in the pay pack- age are holiday pay, unem- ployment insurance and Can- ada Pension Plan ‘coverage, Workers (Compensation . cov- erage and family protection benefits,” such _ as “medical, dental, and extended health . care. a i The minister said the pro- In: Castlegar - provincial court May 18 there were two charges of driving with -a blood aleohol count over 08. Shane Macphail and Gerald Corbett were each fined $400 served,” with no particular priority given to areas of the province hardest hit by un-- employment. « The minister noted that worker co-operatives like the one now being formed ‘in Salmo by laid-off members of the International Woodwork- ,ers of America may be able to sponsor programs. _ ‘The minster admitted that treé planting, which lags far behind what is needed ac- cording to the ministry's own statistics, will not be boosted by the new program. There were three charges of minors in possession of liquor. Fined $100 each.were Ward Walsh, Frederick Pod- zpikoff and Edward Friedel. rking shopping dollar VANCOUVER (CP) — Cay Rauk knows how to get the most for her shopping dollar. She has to.' Like many senior citizens with no substantial savings, she has learned to budget and save from one pension cheque to the next. “Reach in behind the cans at the front and you can sometimes find ones with the old price,” she said, des- cribing a favorite shopping tactic, Rauk, a 70-year-old widow, uses nearly half her monthly income to pay $263’in rent. Her rent will increase by 10 per cent in October. + She is all business when shopping. She doesn’t make a list, but she knows what she needs and is not swayed by sales unless they are items she purchases regularly. She scours the : bargain bins “because some stores have bins with something .LIONS CHARITABLE’. . . Lions Club recently donated: money Selkirk Lady ‘Darlene Crofts (right). At right the two present Hobbit H Day Centre teacher towards two worthwhile organizations. Teri Bailey with a cheque for learning At left, presenting Norm Wolfe of the Clay Castle with a cheq ue for .two Prop. drafting stools is Elaine ‘Audet (left) and ‘Seniors on pension ‘slightly stale; but. it's per-* fectly good. Rauk keeps a collection of discount \coupons snipped from newspapers and maga- zines. When the cashier rang up a bill for $15.30, two coupons cut the bill to $15. “It doesn't seem like much,” she said. “But it all adds up. Sometimes you get to the end of your money too quickly and you wish you had been more careful. I think a good many pensioners know how far their money will go once they've been on a pen- sion for a while.” MAKES ENDS MEET She receives the. Canada and ald age pension, and a “modest company pension which makes the difference between possible and impos- sible.” Acopy of the Canada Food Guide is taped inside a kit- chen cupboard, and she re- By. MADELAINE DROHAN VANCOUVER ‘(CP) — While Vancouverites’ sloshed through the streets during a period of record rainfall last year, high up in their corporate offices, executives of British Columbia Hydro were smiling.” - For the rain meant water levels behind Hydro dams rose, eventually creating a power surplus that was sold to the United States for a-new profit of more ‘than $200 million. Like:most blessings, this one was,mixed. When news of the. increased ‘revenues became public, it revived the perennial debate over whether B.C. should export power. At the time, Hydro.was already on the spot, defending a . proposed dam on the Peace River at a B.C. Utilities Commission hearing. The export figures enhanced the ar- gunients of Hydro critics asi they questioned the utility's forecasting methods. Many environmental groups, the most yoo opponents of ’ Hydro's_ development, ‘believe’ the Crows: corporation is blindly increasing its capacity without a¥clear idea of how much power will be needed’ in the province, basing development on the seemptien, that excess power can be * sold. MARKET DISAPPEARS However, evidence at .the . Peace - River commission hearings suggested tHe northwestern states, previous purchasers of B.C. power, will bé energy sufficient through the 1990s as their major conservation programs take effect. Hydro has steadfastly maintained it does not deliberately: overbuild its systems to have power available for-export. Hydro chairman Robert Bonner said in an interview the utility's’ optimistic forecasts and the facilities planned to match them are meant to ensure that B.C. will never be caught short. Bonner is an advocate of vigorous | development of all the province's water resources, saying the sooner they are developed the better because all will be needed eventually. He defended Hydro's forecast record, saying not every occurrence can be anticipated, especially those 10 years in the future. Bonner added that in his opinion too much emphasis is placed on advance planning these days. Nevertheless, he said, a large corporation such as B.C. Hydro must have some sort of plan to follow, however inaccurate it might be. ‘ ATTITUDE ATTACKED 4 Bonner's attitude toward forecasting was attacked by economist John Helliwell of the University of British Columbia, who said that although there is an element of uncertainty in all forecasts, some are'more accurate than others. Helliwell, who prepared a brief on Hydro's forecasti methods at the request of the Utilities Commission, said it demand forecasts have’ traditionally exceeded actual use. * Helliwell was sympattietic with the plight of Hydro, which must estimate at least seven years in advance because of the long lead, time involved in the construction of major power’ projects. However, he said there is room for improvement. B.C. Hydro is not the only. utility which has trouble forecasting demand. A slowing economy and conservation measures have left Ontario Hydro with the capacity to ‘produce 80 per cent more electricity than the province needs. That surplus is exported to the power-hungry states in the,northeastern U. Jay Lewis, an economist and spokesman for the Society Promoting Environmental Consefvation, described B.C. Hydro’s forecasts as crude and inadequate. “It is extremely unlikely they will be in the balipark in tlre next few years.” SUPPORTS SALE Lewis Suppo! ‘ts the sale of surplus power (What else can fers to it when planning ~meals and shopping. She says her meals.are simple, often consisting of salad or cooked vegetables, a portion of meat and fruit for dessert. Experience has also taught her where the deals are. . “Shoppers Drug Mart has | a senior's day and I take and teaching aids and a dramatic play —CosNews Photos aavibtage of that. There are hairdressers that give dis-- ” counts to seniors and if you shop around a bit you have to know if their basic price is higher because then it is not s saving.” She is thankful she has a Pharmacare card. Dr. R. Ward shows slides at Centre By ROSE JOHNSON Some 60 members of the Castlegar and District Senior Citizens met in the centre as Dr. Roy Ward entertained them for an hour with pic- tures of some of the many far off places he has visited. In the absence of the pres- ident, Mrs. J. Helsop called the meeting to order, after which she introduced Dr. Ward. Hesthgn took the :,,members on a trip through his slides to some of the most “began in ‘Thailand, where merchants sold their goods in the streets. Dr. Ward gave a commentary throughout the showing. There were some beautiful temples, all very ornate. There were pictures of young people bamboo dancing, mak- we do with it?”) But given the cost of building excess . capacity, he said Hydro can't affort to build for export without a guaranteed market. Jack Davis, a Social Credit government member of the legislature and former B.C. Hydro director, said Hydro does not deliberately plan on exports. “When you are adding capacity in big blocks, you have surplus from time to time and should sell . Davis, also a former energy minister, said the lambasting Hydro has received over the export question results mainly from the long-held Canadian belief that. “the big, bad American imperialists are robbing us of our resources.” Don Barz, who heads the Hat Creek Alliance, an environmental group protesting Hydro’s Hat Creek thermal, generating station 100 kilometres west of Kamloops, sald he is not opposed to short-term exports. But he said the price should more accurately reflect the actual cost of production, Americans buying B.C. power now are getting a bargain, he said. Bonner is not overly concerned about public criticism. “This is a beautiful province,” he said. “And if you touch anything, you hear about it.’ “We are extraordinarily exposed. With over one million (electricity) customers, you can be sure you are not pleasing everyone all the time.” ing of silk thread from the cocoons, Budda Temples Rice elevators, many. waterways with many kinds of boats on them. This was very flat country and it was interesting to note that the temples al} looked very old. The Budda temples were besutiful, with many symbols on their walls‘ and much gold. The building all looked to be very tall. - The young ladies of the countries that were visited during the afternoon were all very beautiful and the danc- ing by some of them was graceful, On behalf of the members, Mrs. Heslop expressed thanks for such a delightful afternoon and invited Dr. Ward to say and have coffee with them. Students values are being eroded PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MAN. (CP) — Today's schools are eroding students’ values by teaching evolu- tionist theories of creation, rather than the creationist position, says the director of the Bible-Science Associ ation. Rev. Walter Lang was speaking at a luncheon meet- ing of the Portage and Dis- trict Ministerial Association in this southwestern Mani- toba community. “When schools teach only evolution, they get away from the Judo-Christian val- ues and this is disastrous in the schools,” he said. “Schools are closing all the time because of declining en- rolment which is encouraged by schools that teach planned parenthood and favor abor- tions,” he said. “There may be no public schools left in 75 years.” . The Bible-Science Associ- ation is a non-profit organi- zation which aims to prove that the creationist position is essential to the Christian religion and provides for a superior education.