CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thuraday, Juno 24,1978 SERVING Castlegar - Kinnaird Robson - Genelle Blueberry Creek Shoreacres - Thrums Heese # Valley and Clty Silverton Legislative Library. Parlioment Bldgs... 591 5 | -Yictorfia, B. Cc. VEY LXE Published Every Thursday Moming at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays’” aceasta CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1976 ae . VOL. 29, No. 27 Parking Commission Makes ee 20 CENTS PER COPY: Ambulance is Relocated; COLUMBIA DIAMONDS The perfect wedding begins at Bosse’s Jew- ellery. To Pmake the event a truly memorable oc- casion we have beautiful wedding and engagement tings. Also, luxurious gifts of jewellery for every occasion, including weddings, Bosse’s Jewellery “Your Diamond Headquarters” Wedding | attire, | formally right : The bridegroom and all the men In the wed. ding party will be fitted expertly when formal attire Is rented here. Latest styles. Courteous service. 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In a church wedding, which side i usually reserved, for the bride's family and friends’ The left. The groom's is the pig side. Does the groom always kiss the bride at the aire The clergyman will rule on it, according to practice. is the invited to the i Yes, with his wife. He sits at the parents’ table, Are checks displayed with wedding presents? No but they may be noted on a card. Is it: socially correct to exchange duplicate wed ding gifts? Yes. Do ushers and best man stand in receiving line? No, Who outs first piece of cake’ The bride, with the groom’s ° ight hand over hers. They break the slice and eat it together. A friend or waiter then takes over the slicing. the groom obligated to dance with someone estes his Yes — his mother, mother-in-law and maid of honor. When should invitations and announcements be . About two months before the wedding. ‘When are invitations to a formal wedding sent oul? ceremony. May puerss be invited to a reception and not the wedding Yes, een a ceremony is attended only by rela- as and ce Ga + Yes. Ne abbrevictions except Mr., Mrs., Jr, Dr. 22 > © > P PAPE. PP Is it correct to use “and family” on invitation en- volopes?. No. Send seperate invitations to adult sons and daughters. For small children address the outside envelope to their parents, write their first names on the inner envelope under their parents’ names. What gifts may a bride give a bridesmaid? ‘A small lasting gift, perhaps jewelry. What gift does a groom give his bride? Something personal, usually jewelry. Who gives clergyman his fee? The groom pays, but best man hands it over in plein white cnvelone before or after coremony. Supleyhe ee ae a Se, pregame display? : 3 days. What neppens at reception if the other couples stert dancing before the bride and groom? is newlyweds ‘appear, everyone stops 2 they etre once around the floor solo, ors feception aris enclose wit invitations? fes, so are ly cords ly envelopes. The) home| address she should be printed on reply en- velopes. | > 2 P © PD, When should wedding announcements be mailed? A day of two after wedding. Are wedding announcements ever sent to anyone nice been invited to the ceremony or reception? . io, May a house wedding be just as formal as a church : wedding? Yes, although there are never as many attendants, i i a a a a, a Se ae Wedding Day Lives Forever" in Portraits by Pettitt on us for pictures to preserve lous memories of your wedding day. Soul our modern facilities complete in every detall. -.. but-we are professional Corpet Installers Let us plan your Carpet Installation for your new oe © Phone 365-7202 * 605 Col. Ave. — Castlegar Just Married? WHY PAY RENT? 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The perfect invitation. See us for... NS: INVITATIONS — NAPKINS — MATCH ES — CANDY TAGS ao New Colored Papers — Modern Designs, Including Love and Peace Symbols — Multi-Color Floral Designs ‘on Parchment Papers — Special Lined Envelopes Soe LINDA at the CASTLEGAR NEWS PRISE Recommendations to Council Parking in downtown Cas- tlegar has been a continuous problem. One which has been given considerable attention by council, The following is a state- * ment and recommendations by the parking commission dated June 23 and released at Tues-- day slaht council meeting: ‘The parking commission has attempted to purchase’ or lease land for the purpose of free public parking for down- town Castlegar. The Doukho- bor lots next to the library parking lot are not for sale and a long lease agreement at a reasonable price was not avail- able. We investigated purchas- ing lots on 2nd Ave. N. Eotwoss Pine and Maple and on Front St. and found this too expen- sive. Our top priority was to purchase the Gresky property. to be paid ‘for through taxes levied by the city to the property owners in a specified downtown area. This plan was almost ' suc- cessful but finally failed due to. walls, blacktopping and mark for parking. e Aparking fund be estab- Ushed immediately for. the designated area whereby a” property owner may contribute the parking fund) when building if off street parking is not available, We suggest a fee of $2,000 per parking space, this amount: tc be -revieed gearly, by the oy as Fess correspond to hand values. The ease tie fund shall be used for future parking requirements within the desig- nated area. ‘The present works storage yard on .Front St. be made available for free public parking. in a period of not over two The designated area shall be bound by Green St. on ~ the south, 3rd Ave. on the east, East and West Cedar St. on the north and Crescent St. and the Railway. tracks on the west.- -@ Public. parking. remain #3 free in downtown Castlegar and opposition from a few property : E ‘owners. The: main complaint based was the lack of policing present. parking. With no other alter- natives available the -parking commission recommends to the . City of Castlegar: © The City immediately proceed to upgrade the present library parking lot by excavat- ing the bank, pouring retaining “e-Parking : time restric.) tions be strictly policed at least hahaa different days ~The resent ‘building by- law pertaining to parking re- main unchanged. ‘ User Fees Re-Implemented By Castlegar, Public Library ‘A special meeting ‘of the _ Castlegar and: District Public Library was held Monday to discuss the re-implementation of user fees for library patrons living outside the City of Castlegar.-This $10, per annum. “flat fee will ‘go into effect July 5 until. January 1977, by which time the hope is for a clearer view to plans for full Ubrary service in’ the Kootenay | Li- brary System. For some time, outlying area patrons of the library have been allowed free access to all branches by special grants from the Kootenay Library System. ‘The Government of B.C. has for the moment curtailed the Koot- enay Library System Society. activities until. the economic picture in the province is, brighter. ‘The Robson Branch of the library is therefore directly affected, but it was decided by. the library board Monday even- ing that the library remain open to Robson patrons with the user fee and with some monetary assistance from Area J of the Regional: District of Central Kootenay. 4 question- Robson naire circulated patrons brought ae Beseral consensus that the remain open with a user poet Robson library patrons are asked to please return overdue. Story Hour Books to the library ; as'they have been requested 4 Other business incl Mrs. Pat Livingstone's ret a of her week-long workshop Vancouver at the completion t é the community © librarian, sale, The same weekend, on the Saturday, the summer program puppet show/story hour will be held. in-the basement of the branch, The library for the July 1: weekend, incle- sive until Monday. = ‘Miss Castlegar 1976-77 Castlegar News Photo by Lots Hughes “Joann ‘Wal sca: PWA Resumes Running Its Regular. Scheduled Flight from (Castlegar Airport flower Fest to be held the weekend of July 23\to 25. Plans are being finniized for the festive weekend and a now available to the public. To highlight the week- end fest, a parade is being organized for Saturday morning. Parade chair- man Bill Banham re- ports he has received entry notices from a number. of local businesses and organ- izations” but is Joekios for has been particularly strong in its support of the parade: *; The parade will follow its format of previous years of during the Castlegar Sun- * printed schedule of events is | -’: _ weekend and, the : Lions’. the’ Castle: <* and setting out at, Park on Pine Streets. Atal pe of activities is being. sponsored by var. Bavarian Nites and the teen nee. The Sunflower. Fest: Committee reports that it has been receiving support jn) planning and promo. tows "7 ftball, golf, pa Leere horseshoes, fish- ing, bicycling, pole climbing, Jog burling and fire fighters‘ contest, plus whatever the Kiwanis: Club bas up its sleeve for its Family Fun Fest at Pass Creek Park. ‘There will also be the novel and creative compet- . ing in the Vintage Car Canadian Frog the. Jumping Championship and the Great Paper Aeroplane . Contest. : For: the foot-tap- pers, there will. be’ the Sunflower Ball to open the The Donktabee Women's Groups will be featuring their renowned cooking skills with a bake sale, a concession and a supper. The local service clubs, the Lions, the Kiwanis and the Rotary clubs, are under- taking the sponsorship of a wide variety of activities. The Recreation Com- mission, the Arrow Boat _Club, the Aquanaut Swim, Club, the Golf Club and the Canadian Legion are helping. to round out the program. service atthe Castle-. controllers’ dispute over use of gat Airport eov ts oa French. at- some Quebec ‘ air- . eredullag “Monday” afternoon: :-: ports pocod.a safety problem. + with ‘its flight from Calgary. . ed by the Alberta government, > shut down operations and laid - off 2,000 staff: members Because - of pilots’ + foday ?is‘the ‘deadline: for city taxes..While these are paid direct to the city, the total sum ~ includes, funds for” Regional _ District: of Central Kootenay, ‘schools, ‘hospital and city. One of: the ‘biggest tax- payers on the city payroll is PILOT and ‘unidentified CanCe!l who this year, will be footing. $1,257,000 tax bill. Luscombe, piloted ‘by toward water assistance to the ‘Telephone Number Same Foneral Home aa Don Wickett are no longer involved in ambulance + This information was pre- sonted to council Tuesday night in a letter from Mr. Wickett with copies to the Castlegar : and District Hospital, Castlegar Medical Staff and Castlegar The letter further in: formed the city that the em- ergency health service commis- sion is responsible for ambu- lance service for the Province of B.C, and administration of -local ambulance service is now the: Fesponsbity of the unit cout : to’ the ceity that: since ~ February “of ‘this: year. the Gtstlegar Community has been “wl Pyar can cohen number; given for the ambu- lance service after June 90 is 365-7193, why is it still the |) number listed on. the letter. so ty the Castlegar Funeral jome? "City ‘staff has been ‘asked :immediately find: the an- (Swers to these questions.” In the interest of the public the Castlegar News contacted we =! proclaimed | the. 17-year-old ». Stanley Humphries graduate as seven. other lovely candidates at the Miss Cast legar pageant _ on Thursday evening of last week. . Miss Wabisca was born in Fort St. Jolin‘and moved to Castlegar in 1972. She is the oldest of five children in a ly of three other sisters anid a brother. Currently in- volved in teaching, as well as learning ballet,. Miss Wabisca plans to centre on dancing asa career and travel and drama as a future. 'First_ princess ‘and succes- sor for the queen's title, in the event ‘that the reigning queen , is unable to fulfill her duties, is Cindy Harnadek, Miss Trowel- ex. Eighteen-year-old Miss Har- Cindy Harnadek First Princess Doona Townsend Second Princess ~~ Queen Committee Names Second Reigning Princess : ‘The Castlegar queen com- mittee has announced a second princess to reign with Miss Castlegar for 1976-77 and first princess, Cindy Harnadek. Re- ceiving this honor is Donna Townsent On the night of the pag " eant, due to all the excitement, the queen committee neglected to announce the existance of a third envelope containing the name of a second princess. This envelope was pre; and sealed by auditor Jill Johnson. * : The conditions of the open- ing of the envelope were that in the event the princess or queen were unable to fulfill all their duties this year, this ‘envelope “ two'young ladies tothe Miss Interior pageant, but in ek nadek is a recent graduate of Stanley Humphries Secondary School, and her future ambition is to become a marine biologist. Owing to an error on the part of the queen's commit- tee, the second runner-up en- velope was not opened and the result was not announced. This year's second princess is Donna’ Townsend, Miss Plaza Mer- chants. Recently gradu- ated from Stanley Humphries, 18-year-old Miss Townsend will be attending Selkirk College this fall later. planning to continue her education in Tor- onto in the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. ‘The queen's pageant mark- ed the end of four months of hard work for the eight candi- dates. Besides the queen and her princesses, the queen's court this year inetd Glenda Frisk, Miss C.U. Local 1841; Clarisse Kowalh, Miss West's; Judy Cheveldave, Miss from the tower to land over the crippled passenger escaped injury on Wednesday of last week when this — aircraft, said the air, while still on the ground was very unstable above 30 to 40 feet with severe gusts of wind. “Like riding on a roller coaster,” he said. While a relatively new pilot, wn here pointing towards the Mr. MacDonald won the spot landing competi- city. ‘This amount.covered half alrerale, No detals have been released on the tions sponsored May 23 by the West Kootenay the cost of a $10,000 bill borne estimated, but COPA Flight 22 during its Fly-in. by the city for work ori the No, “eal pilot Denny Hughes, who had permission ing with Miss Castlegar, Joann Wabisca, the committee found she is too young to go this year. Therefore, the second envelope was opened so that the second princess might have the chance toalso represent the city at this pageant. The name contained in the envelope was Donna Town- send. Donna was asked and has accepted to become the city’s lovely second princess and will represent: Castlegar in Cres- ton this year. Miss Townsend will be travelling. with Miss Wabisca and Miss Harnadek toenable all to gain’ experience in repre- senting the city. The two princesses will attend “Miss Istetlot on Aug. 28 of this year while Wabisca re] ‘sent Cestleeay ia ae ce Selkirk Lions Club; Donna Baron, Miss Dave's Dixie Lee; ‘and Jocelyn Dmytruk,. Miss Castlegar Drugs. The “Miss Congeniality” award, selected by the girls themselves, was presented to Donna Baron, while the award for the candidate selling the most raffle tickets was given to Judy Cheveldave. Master of: ceremonies for the pageant was Lach Farrell and hostess was June Mills. Girls in white outfits com- plemented with black hats, ties and canes started the evening by demonstrating their dancing ability. Visiting royalty was then introduced from Trail, Nelson, Kaslo, New Denver, Rossland and Salmo, as well as the queen and princesses of Local 480, United Steel Workers. The first competition fea- tured the girls in white shirts and shorts, followed by after- noon ensembles’ made by each individual candida e speech section held the audience's attention with such topics as “Will Hosting the 1976 Olympics Benefit Cana- (continued ‘on’ page 16) IER 20 Cd First Sewer Hook-Ups Only One Week Away | Gravity-fed sections of the mew sewer system in the southern section of Castlegar should be able to begin hooking up by next Friday. Those sections involving pumping sta- tions are scheduled to be ready hy the he following week. 4 This is the time structure released by sewer chairman Ald. G. S. Rust Tuesday night. However, he did call attention to a list of approximately 12 regulations giving guidelines as to how the installations are to be completed and Inspected. ‘These regulations are car- ried elsewhere in this Issue. The city has received a temporary permit from the pollution control board for its outfall, 2 well to rectify problems. |