News " October 10, 1990 et ACTION ADS WORK WANTED NOTICES PERSONAL LEGALS fates, senior discoynts. Call Steve ne. SUPER SWEEP CHIMNEY SERVICE Since 1961) (Formerly ° CHIMNEY CLEANING RELINING, REPAIRS, SAFETY INSPECTION W.E.T.T. Trained Technician = 365.544 16, ‘90 — 365-5440 FREE LANCE HAIR DESIGN * Cuts & Perms in YOUR Home REASONABLE RATES FOR APPOINTMENT CALL 365-2475 eect at STUDENT FOR HIRE DO YOU NEED to learn som do you need to relax and evenings 53372 ZUCKERBURG ISLAND HERITAGE PARK Open daily dawn to dusk. Chapel House open 7 days from 8 a.m RAILROAD STATION — Mon.-Fri, 8-5 For information on weddings and tours call Heritage Office. 365-6440. tin/45 DARLENE’S ELECTROLYSIS rmanent hair removol by certified Professional Electrologist. Free consultation, 365 6700 (Hairlines) 3/80 ALCOHOLICS enenymous and Al-Anon. Phone 365-3663. 104/ SNOW REMOVAL: Tenders will be received up to noon, October 19, 1990 lor snow removal from the following School District No. 9 Schools: Castlegar Primary, Kinnaird Elementary, Kinnaird Junior Secondary School, Ootischenio NOW OPEN .__. KENTON'S AUTO.-BODY & HULL PAINTING FREE ESTIMATES * Specializing in Cars & Boots! 365-2505 1364 Forest Road Located in Lobatt's Building 5 on |, Stan Humphries Secondary School. z ‘win Rivers Elementary, IN MEMORIAM Y. Valley Visto Elementary, Woodland Park Elementary. Please indicate school or PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIED $195 $20 DISCOUNT FOR CASH! Call us for details! Classitied Ads 365-2212 wed Castlegar News 14-YEAR-OLD BOY looking for part-time job as odd jobs, babysitting included 365-6549 ask for Derek 3/79 Need @ job? High school and college students may offer their services under this category. Phone our Action Ad no. 365-2212. We will run your ad for 3 issues ot no charge. TFN/S9 ERIC is back from holidays! if you need your lawn cut, odd jobs, pets walked, etc. Call 365-2375. tin/67 BUSINESS OPPOR. SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING loan funds are available to new or ex panding businesses that will create new jobs. A representative of KREDA Invest ment Corp. will be in Castlegar on Oc tober 11, 1990. For an appointment. phone 352-1933 Bi ranean ANNOUNCEMENTS GIVEAWAY ONE large plant suitable for office. 365. 3872. 3/79 BEAUTIFUL tortoise-shell kitten, 3-mos old. 365-3751 3/79 6-YEAR-OLD Cock-a-poo needs loving home, neutered and all shots. 365. of 352-9363, 3/79 2 BEAUTIFUL kittens, black & white, lit ter trained. 399-4251 379 LOTS OF cardboard boxes, all shapes & 5 379 365-6549 379 4 CALICO kittens, 365-669 after 6 p.m 37 iF YOU have an item youd tike to giv please drop us a line or phone 365-2212. We'll run your ad for 3 issues free of char tin/51 FOUR 2-mo.-old kittens. 399-4273. 3/80 2 TABBY. one black and white and one Calico kittens to giveaway. 365-5945 3/81 SHARE A RIDE RIDE wanted from Perry Siding to Selkirk College — Rosemont, Monday to Friday 226-7896. 379 WORK, School Trips, Weekly Shopping Cut expenses and save money. Ge together with a neighbour in our FREE Share-A-Ride column. We'll run your ad 3 issues free of charge. Phone our Ac tion Ad number 365-2212 tin 67 LOST LADIES gold link wrist watch. lost Sun day, Sept. 30 AM between Safeway and BT Burger. Sentimental Value 365-7978 (Flamingo Motel) 3.79 Drive area. 365-8174 atter4p.m. 3.79 THOMSON: Chris and Evelyn Coquitiom, B.C. are pleased to announ ce the arrival of their son, Clinton Eric of Castlegar _(Playmor Junction) and Bill mson of New Westminster 81 ANTONIO and LUCINDA DA ROSA would like to announce the marriage of their daughter ANGELA to LORNE PLOTNIKOFF son of Bill and Mary Plot nikott 81 DIAPER SERVICE Delivery to your door Featuring pre-folded flannelette diapers NO PINS Less expensive than disposables Better for the environment Convenient Professionally cleaned and tested A great gift idea ONLY $12-$16 PER WEEK Trait Castleger Nelson 364-2299 365-2262 352-2223 TEDDY BEAR DIAPER SERVICE Because We Care! —— CARD OF THANKS The family of the late JOAN CROSSLEY wish to thank all our friends and neigh bours who expressed their sympathy and support during the recent loss of our dear wife. mother and grandmother who passed away at Castlegar, Oct. 1 1990. after a lengthy illness. Many thanks for all the phone calls. flowers cards. visits. food and donations to the Canadian Cancer Society. Special thanks to Dr. J. Walton and the nursing staff at the Castlegar & District Hospital: the Castlegar Hospice Society, the Rev Dorothy Barker, organist, Norm Fish wick. and St. David's Anglican choir: the Anglican Church Women and the Castlegar Funeral Home. Your kindness d th FOUND FOUND items are not charged for. if you've found something, phone our Ac tion Ad- no. 365-2212 during regular business hours and we'll run your ad for 3 issues free of charge tin 67 SET of keys, 10th Avenue downtown areu. Owner may claim after 7 pm. 365. 2965, 379 6 SETS of keys left at Conade Sateway Owner may claim ot customer service desk, Canada Safeway 3 ess will always be remembered. George Crossley and family, Pam Fullerton and Family, Kathy Merkin and Family and the Welker Family, 81 PERSONAL NATIONAL CREDIT CARDS guaranteed $3 000 credit limit. Adults only. No turn downs regardless history. Limited offer No gimmicks. not multi-level. 496-7026 anytime LEGALS LEGALS Invitation to Tender In accordance with the Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act Section 49(1), sealed tenders are invited for the following Description: Clearing and Grubbing the Right of Way of Raven Road No 261 9 Sealed tenders. completed in accordance with the Conditions of Tender on the forms provided, will be received by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways at the Ministry Otfice, 555 Central Avenue. Grand Forks, B.C VOH 1HO0 until 2:00 p.m. (local time) on October 17 1990. when tenders will be opened in public A security deposit/ surety bid bond will not be required (in accordance with the conditions of the tender ) Tender documents. complete with envelope. plons specifications ond conditions of tender are available free of charge trom the Ministry of Transportation and Highways, 555 Central Avenue. Grand Forks, B.C. or 2288 Columbia Avenue, Rossland, B.C. between the hours of 8.30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.. and 1-00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, except holidays Where required. payment for contract documentation shall be made by certitied cheque or money order. made payable to the Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations. All purchases are non-retundable For further information contact Wayne McCargor Area Manager Castlegar ot (604) 365-8533, or fax (604) 365-8534 The lowest or ony tender will not necessarily be accepted Province of British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways Honourable Rita M. Johnston Minster ASSOCIATION In Memoriam Donations, Box 1228 Rossland, B.C. VOG 1Y0. 104/80 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, In memoriam donations information: Box 3292, Castlegar, B.C. 365-5167. 104/24 in loving memory of RICHARD COWLIN who died Oct. 12, 1984 We did not see you close your eyes Or hear your last faint sigh. . We only heard that you were gone No chance to say good-bye We often sit and think of you And of the way you died Many times we think of you. Many times we cried. We never asked for miracles. But today just one would do. To see the door push open And see you walk through. Loved and sadly missed by Mom, Diane, Dole & Wendy, Brenda, Doug, Kerry, Vicki, Therese and Crystal. 81 $. RILKOFF who passed away Oct 1982 Quietly remembered every day. Sadly missed along life's way Just os you were you will always be Treasured forever in my memory Sadly missed, wife Polly. arin In loving memory of my husband PETER n schools . Tenders must specify tes, type/size of equipment available, and if travelling time is extra Tenders should be marke be accepted jory Treasurer, School District No. 9, 865 Columbio Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 1H3. 2/80 PASSED AWAY on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1990 Annie Humphrey also known as Annie T. Humphrey of 2601.6th Avenue. Castlegor, B.C 2W3. Anyo having an outstanding debt against #! above named person must submit it to me: Ralph M. Humphrey Sr Robson, B.C. VOG 1X0 betor 1990 when at such time, her be dispersed to all legal cl my hand, executor, Ralph M. Humphrey Sr., Box 175, Robson, B.C. VOG 1X0. Dated this 24th day of Sept. 1990 at Castlegar, B.C 81 Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212 n it all in one big gulp, you'll ind classifieds hit the spot Call 465-2212 Castlegar Aquanauts License No. 763214 Saturday, Oct. 13 Arena C 9 $ 1 000 Jackpot. . 500 Jackpot. , 500 Bonanza. BEST PAYOUTS IN THE KOOTENAYS! 60% PAYOUT EARLY BIRDS 60% PAYOUT SPECIALTY GAMES Early Bird 6 p.m., Regular Bingo 7 p.m. a Leader - ee Truck Sale! me October is Truck Month and we're steering you to Heavy Duty Savings on new and used Trucks! 1991 MAZDA When all is said and done nobody has a better truck and nobody has a better price . . . and that's a fact! BRAND NEW MAZDA B2200 CAB PLUS 5-Speed Stereo & Nobody but nobody beats this truck OR OUR PRICE BRAND NEW BOX 4x4 Auto. Trans., Stereo ONLY BRAND NEW CAB PLUS 4x4 Auto. Stereo & MAZDA SHORT *13,990 BRAND NEW MAZDA LONG BOX 4x4 5-Speed, Stereo & ONLY *13,990 October 10, 1990 Castlegar News ci Castlegar News SECTION Talk to us today. Where You Belong onnector fills Kelowna with optimism By DAPHNE BRAMHAM Vancouver Sun KELOWNA (CP) — To listen to some people here, ‘one might think they were getting the yellow brick road to Oz rather than just a highway. The O1 toll road joining Kelowna and Merritt — cuts the trip to Vancouver to just three-and-a-half hours. Suddenly, says Gerry Frederick, Kelowna is almost as accessible to Lower Mainland residents as Vancouver Island, Seattle and Whistler. — a four-k “It will give us the weekend visitor,’’ says the manager of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. ‘‘We've always had the long-weekend visitors and vacationers.”" The connector is the third phase of the Coquihalla Highway. Unlike the $1-billion first phase — which critics said could almost have been paved with gold for that price — the third phase was right on its $225-million budget and ahead of schedule. The four-lane highway allows speeds of 110 km-h, Peaks at an altitude of 1,728 metres and is the only high- way in Canada with an overpass for cattle and wildlife. It starts at Merritt and ends with a steep downhill run Frederick is enthusiastic about the prospects for Kelowna and the whole valley. He says the city is working hard to attract new clean industries like data-processing and high-tech related com- panies with its promise of cheaper housing and office space plus a variety of nearby recreational activities. Not only is there a 130-kilometre lake that is “hardly used,’’ Frederick also points to its ski resorts, golf courses and award-winning estate wineries. Big White ski resort, for example, is a 45-minute drive from Kelowna. It boasts some of the best powder skiing in North America and a brand new high-speed, quadruple chairlift. With 28 golf courses in the valley and three more un- der construction, Frederick says, ‘‘In the next five or six years, the Okanagan Valley will be the Myrtle Beach (S.C. — one of the top U.S. golf destinations) of North America.’’ Myrtle Beach? Kelowna hotelier Jim Nixon has a dif- ferent vision of the valley of the future. “There are a lot of comparisons that can be made between the Napa Valley and its relationship to San Fran- cisco and what Kelowna and the Okanagan Valley can some of the upscale accommodation in California's wine country. “lL can see the whole valley being populated some day, especially with the Coquihalla,”’ says Nixon. “If you can get to a metropolis like Vancouver so easily, why live there and have to fight the traffic, crime and hassle every day when you can have easy access to the neat stuff like dining, theatre and sports from here?’’ Not everyone is so sure that things wjll be perfect on- ce the travellers get to Oz. “Some people are-saying that people are going to commute to Vancouver from here,’ says real estate agent Rita Chisholm. ‘‘But real estate people aren't the ones saying that people are going to be moving here in droves."’ “‘Besides,"’ she says, ‘‘The pay here is lousy,”’ She says some people work in the Alberta oil patch and commute to Kelowna on weekends because they can’t afford to live in the pretty lakeside city on local wages. Statistics Canada figures to Sept. 30, 1989 indicate the average weekly income in Kelowna was just over $400, compared to more thn $450 for the average Canadian and nearly $500 a week for the average British Columbian But Frederick says annual pension income is more The onslaught of retirees from Ontario and the Prairies coupled with West Coast refugees has pushed housing prices up. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. has predicted prices will jump 20 per cent this year after an increase of almost 14 per cent last year. It predicts a shortage of i in all price ranges. Luxury waterfront condos currently on the market start at just under $400,000. CMHC also predicts a continued low vacancy rate of Jess than one per cent. If you're lucky enough to find one, Chisholm says, even basement apartments rent for over $500 a month. But it’s not just the highway that’s fuelling growth. The city of 70,000 is also getting a $00-bed expansion of the hospital. Okanagan College now grants degrees and its campus is being relocated to a larger site. And there’s a $4-million upgrading of the airport that will enable larger jets to land here. Not everyone here thinks the connector is a great idea. Ernestine Lamoureux wrote to the local paper op- Posing the highway because ‘‘the message of the connec. tor is Drive! Drive! and never ask the cost."” BRAND NEW MAZDA MPV Industry's top Rated Passenger Van NO CASH NO PROBLEM Gary Maloney's CASTLEGAR MAZD * FREIGHT AND PDI METALLIC PAINT & DEALER INSTALLS EXTRA * LET OUR FINANCE SPECIALIST HELP YOU WITH YOUR PERSONALIZED PAYMENT PROGRAM. WE WILL TAILOR-MAKE A PAYMENT JUST FOR YOU AND MAKE YOY A DEAL YOU CAN BE PROUD OF. 4365-724 713-17th Street, Castlegar D. 7956 COLLECT into Westbank, just across the lake from Kelowna and about 60 kilometres north of Penticton. mean to Vancouver,’’ says Nixon, whose 20-room Eldorado Hotel just opened in May and is not unlike than‘ $400 million and investment income, $147 million a year. Total employment income is about $700 million. electric railroads. She said the money would have been better spent on New dictionary explains Canadian meanings, eh? By MIKE KARAPITA The Canadian Press Ever wondered what exactly is a Calgary stampede? How about Ogopogo, Ookpik, joual or Golden Horseshoe? Although these are accepted Canadian words, many standard English dictionaries found in Canada don’t contain them. But Thomas Paikeday could tell you what they mean. And he could tell you about other Canadian words like Bluenose, blue box, nickel belt and, of course, eh. = He could also tell you to look them all up in the Penguin Canadian Dic- tionary that he has just finished editing. “‘A dictionary of our own variety of English is a matter of national identity, self-respect,’ Paikeday said in an interview. Too often, that means Paikday, a Toronto-based lexicographer, calls his 872-page work ‘‘a dictionary for children and laypeople.”” There are more than 75,000 word entries. Occasional illustrations and clear, well spaced type make the dic- tionary easy to read. Paikeday gives a phonetic guide for each word (for example Newfie — NEW-fee), but has eliminated the standard dictionary feature of showing what language or country a word has come from. His motive for breaking traditional lexicography rules was simple: he wants the dictionary to be user- friendly, and he likes trying new things. “I'm an innovator,’’ he said, ad- ding that he sees no reason to follow rules ‘‘considered correct by ms — like saying ‘It is I’ in- one thing in Canada is defined dif- ferently elsewhere, he said. If ‘‘a new Canadian wants to find out what exactly is a Calgary stam- pede, or a redeye, our most popular Webster’s (American dictionary) will show that the stampede is an ordinary riot and the other is slang for a cheap, strong whisky,’ said Paikeday. But Calgarians would know stam- pede means a big rodeo and fair, and the whisky-less redeye is actually “‘fresh tomato juice balanced with a little beer.’’ stead of ‘It is me.’ “Change comes about through change, and we have to be more progressive than conservative,” Paikeday said. Toronto author John Robert Colombo has warm words for the dic- tionary. “I find it quite engrossing,”’ said Colombo, who is himself well known as a gatherer of Canadianisms. Colombo pointed out that Paikeday is, in some ways, an unlikely master of Canadian words. Born in Kerala, India, in 1926, Paikeday did not learn English until he was eight years old. Although his mother tongue was Malayalam, Paikeday recalled there was a power- ful foreign influence on life in India. “It was the days of the British raj,”” he said. ‘There were lots of English- men around.”’ When Paikeday started school he “*fell in love with English.’’ He’s been smitten ever since. He became a professor of English in India. Later, he travelled to the United States to do a doctoral degree on the subject and also produced the New York Times Everyday Dic- tionary. However, Paikeday found himself at odds with the view that people who know a language from birth are the best judges of that language. “The person who has learned a, language is the better judge,”’ he said, recalling his own experience. Finally, he moved to Canada to pursue his first love: words By the way, the Penguin dictionary lists bluenose (a puritan) and Bluenose — a Nova Scotian, or the famous Bluenose schooner. And ch. ‘‘Used at the end of an ut- terance is a-doubtful or questioning way; from Canada, eh?” The Penguin Canadian Dictionary, edited by Thomas Paikeday. Published by Penguin Books; 872 pages; $19.95. ACTING UP Members of the Light ond Howeee Theatre Company perform at 4 ens organizations which benefit from United Way tu d ng. The throughout October. + = CosNews photo the recent United Way y is one of several local 9g drive Oo & Kathleen Gregory, the Castleg cassette tape. The Castlegar Library has about 100 books problems. CosNews phot di for the CNIB, listens to a book on CNIB helps blind regain self-confidence UNITED WAY FEATURE By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Learning to live with a loss of sight can take years, said Kathleen Gregory, the Castlegar community coordinator for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, one of several local organizations which receive funding from the United Way Gregory said it took her about four years to accept the fact that she can’t see. People don’t want anyone to know they are blind, she said. But loss of sight affects every aspect of life — people lose their jobs, their mobility, the ability just to read an important document or the mail “‘It’s just like you got slapped in the face from all directions,” Gregory said. The general public seems unable to understand what loss of sight means, she said. Gregory has four per cent vision and can see where someone is stan- ding or sitting in a room, although she can’t see the person's face. But people assume because she can turn toward them she must be able to see them fully, she said. on tape for people with sight “It’s frustrating.” One of the hardest things to regain after losing your sight is self- confidence. Eating out can become an ordeal as you choose your dinner ac- cording to what's easiest to eat and has the feast potential to cause em barrassment while you dine, Gregory said The CNIB can help people regain their self-confidence and their former lives, she said In Castlegar, about 22 CNIB clien- ts, including two children and a num- ber of elderly people, receive support and encouragement from the staff of the Kelowna and Cranbrook offices “They make you feel like a whole person again,’” Gregory said The CNIB also provides a wide range of aids that can make all aspects of life easier for people who have lost their sight. Everything from seeing- eye dogs to needle threaders and devices that beep when coffee is poured to the lip of a cup are available through the national organization “They have an answer for just about everything and most of it is just plain common sense,”’ Gregory said With demands for service exceeding fundraising efforts, the CNIB faces a severe financial crisis during the next The number of people receiving services from the CNIB is increasing at a rate of 17.5 per cent each year and should this trend continue, by the year 2000 more than 1,600 residents in the Kootenay area will need help “We continue with optimism and commitment for the future,’ says Linda Comba, district. administrator for the Okanagan/Kootenay area. “*But | am concerned that even as we make some headway, there is a growing need for services every day of the year. It is only with the continued Support of those who so generously donate to the local United Way that the CNIB can meet ever-increasing demands .”"