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CASTLEGAR B.C venue VIN 281 365-3563 Endan species notes HAMILTON (CP) — Gladys, Gertrude and Winnie are endangered species. They've gone the way of Clarence, Elmer, Ceci] and Norbert. You won't find many of them in the birth announce- ment columns these days. Today's parents — who were newborn Susans, Bills, Lindas, Daves, Cathys and Jims just a generation ago — are pegging their babies with names that are exotic, old- fashioned, melodious, outrag- eous, biblical, historic, un- heard of, symbolic or any combination therein. You still might see the odd Herbert or Dorothea stuck in behind one of today’s trendy names, just to appease a grandparent somewhere. And the tradition of giving baby his or ‘her mother's maiden name has been re- born as modern women demand that their surname be kept alive after marriage. Today's parents will stop at nothing when it comes to spelling variations: consider Christine, Kristine, Krystyn, Kirsten, Christina, Tina and Krystina, to name just a few. In birth announcements, many parents not only an- nounce their name and the baby's, but all the grand- parents, brothers and sisters and sometimes aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, with thanks to God, assorted doc- tors, nurses and -labor and delivery staff. ‘TM HERE!’ Sometimes the baby will announce his or her own ar- rival, as in: “Hi, I'm Jason and I'm finally here. Cheryl and Gord, my mom and dad, are happy to have me and I'm looking forward to playing with my big sisters Amy and ‘Lisa . This. wasn't always the gered case. Parents once an- nounced only their name, the baby’s sex and birthdate and the hospital. The New York bureau of health statistics and analysis says the top 10 names for girls in 1898 were Mary, Catherine, Margaret, Annie, Rose, Marie, Esther, Sara, Frances and Ida. Popular boy's names were John, Willian, Charles, George, Joseph, Edward, James, Louis, Francis and Samuel. Those names were in vogue for the next couple of decades but a look at April, 1982, birth announcements in the Hamilton Spectator's li- brary shows names were changing, For girls, Jean, Joan and Jane were most popular, fol- lowed by Joyce, Beverley, Katherine and Marguerite. Boys were Jeremiah, Joseph, George, Franklin, Robert, Arthur and John. A look in the files for the same month in 1952 showed that Lynne and its variations was the most popular girl’s name, quite often 4s a second name such as Mary Lynn. | Anne and Marie were pop- ular second names and names starting with J were in vogue more than ever: Judy, Jen- nifer, Jane, Jean, Joan, Jan- ice, Janet and Joanne. Post-war, baby-boom boys lost their given names and came to be known as Ricky, Tommy, Billy, Bobby, Jim- my, Joey, Johnny, Ronny, Timmy, Danny, Dougie and Kenny. Today's birth announce- ments show that biblical names are again popular. For girls it’s Sara, Esther, Re- becca and Rachel, while for boys it's Adam, Nathan, Mark, Matthew, Jacob, Josh- ua or Daniel. HOMEGOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Tues. - Sat., 9:30 - China Creek “Drive a Little 5:30 to Save a Lot” . hilarious visits from EVENING OF . COMEDY — Russian Voice of Youth Drama Club presented an Evening of Comedy May 23 at the Brilliant Cultural Centre. A capacity audience enjoyed “Is There a Doctor in the House”, “Just One More” and “Census Taker” plus various special guests. The drama club, which is ona hiatus for the ‘summer and will begin new productions in September, thanks all those persons who contributed to making the evening the success it was. Proposition 13 - SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (AP) — Four years after California slashed property taxes with Proposition 18, the state's once-bulging treasury is empty. Officials juggle tax receipts and dip into pension funds to meet payrolls and other bills, In addition to P: ition 18, which cut prop in half, reducing taxes statewide by $7 billion ly taxes 68 counties tad the state government itself have adjusted with only moderate anguish. _ The accumulated state surplus of $5 billion, combined with an ongoing surplus of $2 billion to $3 billion annually, allowed the state to cushion the blow of Proposition 18, making up an estimated $4.5 billion of the $7-billion cut in ually, y California since 1978 has cut state income, inheritance and business inventory taxes by $4 billion annually. Those tax cuts and the current recession have turned a $5-billion surplus four years ago into a potential deficit of $90 million to $400 million in the state's $26-billion annual budget. To avoid a deficit, which is prohibited by the state local gi TAX ‘INTERACTION’ The figures don't appear to add up, because the state had both an accumulated surplus and an ongoing surplus, and because of what fiscal analysts call “interaction” among taxes, When property taxes were cut by $7 billion in 1978, for example, that automatically reduced by $7 billion tha tax an ions could deduct on their constitution, Gov. Edmund Brown and a bip coalition of legislative leaders this year approved a stop-gap package of inter-fund loans, onetime tax accelerations and spending delays. Among other provisions, the stopgap revenue plan for the cufrent fiscal year ending June 30 orders retailers to speed up payments of sales taxes they have collected from consumers. This will bring in during June an estimated $160 million that normally would not be sent in until July. Only part of California's most severe fiscal woes in two decades can be traced to Proposition 13. HIT BY RECESSION Although California's high-technology computer and electronics industries continue to Prosper, & recession | has hit hard in the state's timber, Pp 1. and tax forms, boosting “What has it accomplished? % cularly hard hit is Oakland, where road maintenance was cut so severely there are only enough crews to resurface the average street every 200 years. Proposition 18 foes predicted in 1978 that up to 450,000 of California's 1.45 million teachers, police officers and other public employees would lose their jobs. The massive layoffs never occurred, although the payrolls of cities, counties and local schools have been reduced in the last four years by 115,900 people, mostly by not filling vacancies of workers who retire or quit. Since voter approval of Proposition 13, state spending has increased to $26 billion annually from $14 billion, including the extra $6 billion the state gives local governments to ease the impact of Proposition 13. Despite the increase in state aid, California's local lai state income tax revenues by $600 million annually. hat initial bailout was reshaped into state takeover of ‘local government's share of welfare | and many health anda of the property tax dollars, coupled with major increases in state aid to local schools, Those measures now total the equivalent of $6 billion in extra state aid to local governments. Another soothing measure for F ition 18 has been faster-th growth in the property-tax base. Akey element of Proposition 18, which limited property taxes annually to one per cent of the market value, was a that assessed values, and thus taxes, could be rubber and steel industries, among others. The slowdown in economic activity directly reduces state tax revenues, and at the same time boosts welfare and related costs. ~ President Reagan's spending cuts ‘also pinch state coffers, and the lowering U.S. inflation rate, while good news on most fronts, means further cuts in state revenues ranging from tidelands oil royalties to sales tax receipts. All of those forces have hit hard at a time when P 18 and the tax-cut will trim combined tax revenues of state and local government in California by an estimated $12 billion next year. Bya variety of belt tightening moves — few as severe asF 18 foes had predicted — Cali Sullivan Mine wins '3 415 cities, increased by only two per cent annually until the property is sold. Then the new owner starts at one per cent of his purchase price as his property tax lid. RESOLD REGULARLY’ Because the average ‘home in California is sold every five to seven years, the growth in property tax revenues the last four years has been close to 10 per cent, despite the severe slowdown in new construction. Cities and countries throughout the state also imposed higher fees on items ranging from parking to building permits, swimming pool admissions and green fees at golf courses. The most common cutbacks were in recreation and library hours and road and building maintenance. Parti- g the state hasn't taken its share of the cuts. ANGRY AT STATE Cities, which made the deepest cuts in personnel, from 200,200 in 1978 to 187,300 today, are particularly angry at the state, which has increased its payroll each year after an initial cut of 2,721 of its 221,251 workers the first year under Proposition 18. Today the state payroll is 229,100, with an increase — mostly in prison guards and highway patrol officers — to 231,875 employees planned next year. Faced with another major round of cuts in 1982, California’s cities have organized an “equal pain” proposal to cut state and local government spending by equal percentages. Howard Jarvis, the crusty 78-year-old who spearheaded the Proposition 13 tax revolt, says he is digsatisfied with how California has responded to his initiative. F ition 13 hasn't lished a thing,” he says of the way state and local officials have manipulated funds to avoid major program cuts, Jarvis failed in 1980 with a followup petition campaign to cut the state income tax in half. But he has a measure on the coming June ballot to require that the state adjust income tax brackets in line with the Consumer price index each year. That indexing measure, plus two other initiatives to repeal state inheritance taxes, could cut state revenues another $500 million annually. | DTUC weaving exhibit | on re This labe could well be the most important feature our next erator. Micro-chip revolution topic at public forum The “micro-chip revolu- tion,” which will be affecting almost every occupation and in particular the traditional female jobs in clerical and ‘ service sectors, will be dis- cussed at a public forum June 8 “The forum will be held at the Selkirk College Vocati Organizers are Vita Stor- ey, Women's Access coordin- ator and Marg Mahan, Know- ledge Network coordinator. While the evening session begins at 6:30 p.m. the Forum on the Knowledge Network will run from 7-8 comments. This will be fol- lowed by a group discussion. This event, sponsored by Selkirk Women's Access with a special grant from UBC ‘Women's Program, is open to the general public: There is no fee to attend. (For more al Division, Rosemont Cam- pus, Nelson from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the oppor- sanity for persons to phone into the Vancouver Studio with their questions and Vita Storey at 365-7292 or 352- 6601 or Marg Mahan of Trail at 368-5236. AND RECEIVE A FREE BALE OF HAY _ WITH ANY RENTAL FROM TROWELEX Post Hole Augers Lawn Mowers prized safety award Cominco's Sullivan Mine and Concentrator have won the 1981 John T. Ryan Re- gional Safety Shield. ~ The prestigious" award from the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy goes to,, the, .metalliferous.. mine in the B.C.:Yukon re-_ gion with the best safety rec- ord during the year. Keith Meyer, seemninee 's general the mine and concentrator. He noted that 1981 was an above average year for safe- ty performance at the mine and an outstanding year at the concentrator. During the year there were 48 lost-time injuries atthe. mine and only. one_at‘the concentrator, During "1981 the waverage workforce at the. Sullivan Mine and concentrator was Operations said the award is a tribute to constant atten- tion to safety by everyone at 1,037 emp! A total of 2.4 million tons of ore were mined and milled during the year. Munching insects is an alternative (CALGARY (CP) — Jim as food value goes." T offered a course says in- sects is a good way to take the bite out of high food prices. Thompson, a continuing education supervisor with the Calgary board of edu- cation, admits that bugs buz- zing around ears and crawl- ing up legs are a nuisance, but thinks they're probably good for you. Grasshoppers, for ex- ample, have three times as much protein as an equal amount of beef — if one can catch enough for a quarter- pounder and overcome the queasy feeling in the stom- ach, “Eating insects is‘an al- ternative to standing in dole lines or starving to death,” Thompson said in an inter- view. “People reject a lot of nutritious foods. But they don’t have any bais for pre- judice against insects as far in insects as an alternate food source this spring but had to cancel due to insufficient en- rolment. He plans to offer it again this fall after doing more field research. Grasshoppers, bees, ants, grubs and butterfly larvae are highly nutritious either as a dietary supplement or survival food, he said. Once cleaned, they can be fried, roasted, ground into flour, eaten raw or cut up and tossed into salads. Thompson prefers his black ants live. He said the first taste is slightly sour but not unlike that of a rasp- berry. Grubs have a nutty flavor. The thought of eating in- sects shouldn't make diners gag, he suggests. They al- ready ingest bits of bugs that find their way into raisins, peanut butter, canned mush- rooms and tomato juice. . The last Cominco mine to win the B.C.-Yukon Ryan Shield was the H.B. Mine near Salmo in 1977. The H.B. is now closed following ex- haustion of the ore reserves. This is the ‘first time the Sullivan’ has won’ the, award ‘Two well-known Kootenay weavers, Peippe Bos and Nancy Kinght are featured in an exhibition of weaving until June 11 in the gallery at David Thompson University Centre. Knight, who learned her craft in Canada, has taught weaving techniques exten- of exhibitions to her credit. Her current works. concen- trate on rug weaving, house- hold linens and yardage for clothing. Bos, a former student of Knight, has participated in numerous exhibitions both locally and provincially, and she is now teaching classes in sively in Revelstoke and :we of yarns with natural dye- stuffs. Ernie Underhill, gallery curator, said this exhibition provides a good sampling of some of the media proposed for, the, summer schoo) pro- gram within the weaving category. Galley hours are weekdays ~ Castlegar and has'a-number They're affordable, attractive manufactured homes. And you could own one for around $30,000. Here’s how. The British Columbia Ministry of Housing has recently increased its second mortgage to $10,000. _This not only provides much needed money to home buyers at.a generous 15% interest rate. But it could also be the key toa “noon‘te 4p.m. The ‘piiblic is For those of you who qualify for a B.C. second mortgage, the door is - then open to ‘4 very generous finan- cial package from the Royal Bank or the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Depending on interest rates and placement cost in your area, you could own a beautiful, two bedroom manufactured home for just $1500 down and approximately $470 a month. second unique financial opportunity. CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 2, 1982 THE LOSI, DIET CENTER: “The Natural Way To -luse Weight’: NOW. YOU CAN LOSE 17 TO -25 POUNDS IN JUST 6 WEEKS! _ AND WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW —-TO-KEEP-IT-OFF! No shots, no drugs, no contracts HOURS: wire Mon. - Fri. 7a.m. - 1 p.m. Sat. 7:30 - 6:30 a.m. NUTRITH % Tues. 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE ANYTIME UPON REQUEST SELKIRK COLLEGE VOCATIONAL DIVISION Rosemont Campus, Nelson, B.C. THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS ARE STILL . ACCEPTNG APPLICANTS FOR THE SEPTEMBER, 1982, CLASSES: PRE-EMPLOYMENT ELECTRICAL ENTRY PROGRAM — 4 The Electrical Entry Program serves as the: students’ rst ep to the stu electrical theory, the Canadian triciey Th code, atructural blueprint reading, and trouble shooting techniques including + heating, lighting ond motor control systems, Deadline for application to ‘hls program Is dune 15, 1982, Students must have grade 12 and math 12is strongly recommend GENERAL MECHANICS PROGRAM — This nine month course is designated to prepa for employment as g mechanics, T! graduate can be given credit towards the requ! apprenticeship program. This course is divided i some of which are: welding, engine repairs, engines, fuel systems, starting systems, electrical, ydraulics, brakes, clutches, drive lines. Students st have gr di with grade 12 - This Division also wishes to announce that June 7 will be the commencement date for the last AIR BRAKES COURSE until the fall. Selkirk College — Vocatlenal Division 2001 Siiver ing Road ~. Phone: 352-6601 These quality homes are 924 square feet in size. They're energy efficient, easily maintained and built to a level of workmanship that meets or exceeds .all government codes in British Columbia. There are, of course, a number of styles to choose from and the chart below gives you three examples of size and cost. But they’re all beautiful to live in. Andall ata price you can live with. Pee a Ea oe HLOOKO ‘ ’ eubarner INFLATION FIGHTER’ BOX 112 Crescent Valley, B.C Or freezer. Or range. Or washer. 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