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POACHING

‘The 1987 hunting season is
now underway in British
Columbia with thousands of
sportsmen enjoying a legal,
safe, and ethical outdoor ex-
perience. But a small per-
centage of hunters are
poachers, those who would
seek to obtain more than
their legal limit of
often by unscrupulous
methods.

Rewards of over $2,000 are
offered by various organiz-
ations to acknowledge those
people providing reliable in-
formation to stop environ-
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Wildlife Federation offers an
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indicated interest in offering
additional rewards when of-
fences occur in the West
Kootenay area.

The Audubon Society of

the United States also has Kay

sizeable rewards of up to
$15,000 for information lead-
ing to the arrest and prose-
eution of poachers dealing in
rare and endangered species
and illegal import and export
of those rare animals across
International (Canada-U.S.)
and state boundaries.

“Don't be hesitant to re-
port fish, wildlife, and pol-
lution crimes simply because
you feel it's someone else's
job or responsibility,” ad-
vises conservation officer Les
Molnar. “It’s unfortunate if
people don't get involved be-
cause everyone has a re-
sponsibility to prevent crime
and protect our beautiful
outdoor heritage. Please
help! Get

Eastern Star
entertains guests

Roberta Millin of West Van-
couver,

The day began with a
luncheon held in the Legion

The evening meeting,
where Jean Sylvest and Les
Buffett were offi-
cers, was well attended with
many members and visitors.

Presentations and intro-
ductions were made for the
following distinguished
guests: Roberta Millin,
Worthy Grand Matron of the
Grand Chapter of British
Columbia and Yukon, Order
of the Eastern Star: Barbara
Schellenberg and Grace Mc-
Kay, Past Grand Matrons
and Lewis Millin, Past Grand
Patron of the grand Chapter
of B.C. and Yukon; Agnes
Finch, Grand Representative
to the Grand Chapter of
Maryland, and Mrs. Helen
Armstrong, Grand Repre-

sentative to the Grand Chap-
ter of Nova Seotia and PEI;
grand officers Margaret
Steeves, Grand Esther, and
Grand Warder Gen Moberg;
Worthy Matron Vera An-
grignon, and John Finch,
Worthy Patron of Martha
Chapter No. 24 Nakusp.

Other distinguished guests
‘included Mae McFarlane,
Worthy Matron and Gordon
Reid, Worthy Patron of
Evangeline Chapter No. 31
Grand Forks; Worthy Mat-
ron Vi Waldie, and David
Waldie, Worthy Patron of
Columbia Chapter No. 82
Trail; and Dick Steeves
Worthy Patron, Cypress
Chapter No. 92 Chemainus.

During the
chequé was presented to the
WGM for the Eastern Star
cancer projects and one for
her special fund, which is to
help the “youth of today.”

Toys were also presented
for children throughout the
area hospitals. A very re-
warding day was brought to
a close with a social hour and
refreshments.

Warmest thanks were con-
veyed by the Worthy Grand
Matron to Worthy Matron
Jean Sylvest for the lovely
day and evening that Minto
Chapter had provided.

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THREAD WORKS .. The
West Kootenay NEC is
presenting “By A Thread”,
an exhibit of period
spinning and weaving os
well as contemporary

ieces by the Selkirk

pinners and Weavers
Guild,

— Photo submitted

Guild's work shown

The West Kootenay Na-
tional Exhibition Centre is
presenting “By A Thread”
until Sept. 80. This exhibit of
period spinning and weaving
as well as contemporary
pieces has been produced by

® the Selkirk Spinners and

Weavers Guild.

All evidence so far in-
dicates that the
wheel was born in India, as a
hand-turned spindle wheel,
between 500 and 1000 AD.

From India it spread to China
by 1270, for it is shown in a
painting of that date. It

Persia by 1257, and
it is first mentioned in

looms;

shuttles and the cotton gin.
The introduction of these
aids was generally not well
received.

Auxiliary

By POLLY CHERNOFF

The Castlegar and District
Auxiliary 30th Anniversary
Tea will be held Wednesday
from 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. on the
hospital grounds to ¢om-
memorate 30 years of volun-
teer service to the hospital.

The Auxiliary’s organiza-
tional meeting was held on
July 3, 1957 with Pat Banigan
as president. The hospital
was not completed, but plans
were made for the official
opening, which took place in
1958.

During those early years
the Auxiliary provided basic

White Rock man

essentials and in years that
followed, has donated many
thousands of dollars toward
the of hospital
equipment which included an
electro-cardiograph, defibril-
lator, a fetal heart monitor,
furniture, TVs and many
more items too numerous to
mention.

The Auxiliary has two
main fund-raising activities, a
spring and fall rummage sale.
Thanks to local community
donations and participation
both sales are exceptionally
well attended by local people,
as well as out of town cus-

passes away

Walter William Owen
Cook, born in Rossland on
July 25, 1906, passed away in
White Rock, Aug. 30.

He is survived by his wife
Sarah; two sons, Walter
Dean of Vancouver, and Ed-
ward Jerome of Castlegar;
two grandchildren Jeremy
and Jeannie Cook; sisters
Florence Lyons of Langley,
Marion Bingham and Gwen
Clements, both of Chilliwack,
and Eunice Uhrynowich of
Trail, as well as several

nieces and nephews.

Mr. Cook served in the
Navy during the Second
World War and was a mem-
ber of the Royal Canadian
Legion Branch No. 14 for 31
years. He was employed by
Cominco Ltd. from 1926 until
his retirement in 1969.

No service by request.
Cremation. Arrangements
through the Memorial
Society of B.C. and First
Memorial Services Van-

The first mechanization of
spinning came in 1765 in
England, with the Spinning
Jenny. James Hargreaves
invented it to speed up the
work of his wife and daugh-
ters who earned their living
handspinniing.

Hargreaves kept the
machine hidden in his house
for the exclusive use of his
family. His neighbors became
suspicious however when
they saw the great quantities

plans

tomers.

The Auxiliary also takes
part in a variety of com-
munity affairs, one event
being the presentation of
awards to a Selkirk College
and Stanley Humphries sec-
ondary school student en-
tering a chosen field of a
hospital related career.

‘The in-hospital gift shop
has recently been renovated
and is manned by volunteer
auxilians. Faithful knitters
keep the gift shop supplied
with knitted baby garments.

Auxiliary members are
kept busy by helping out in
the Extended Care wing and
in return derive personal
satisfaction knowing they
have made someone's day a
little bit brighter. The Aux-
iliary members enjoy a great
working relationship and
communication with hospital
administrator Ken Talarico

of perfectly spun yarn being
turned out by the Har
greaves family.

When they discovered the
machine they destroyed it
and threatened to kill Har
greaves. He left town, but
within 20 years there were
about a ‘million and a half
Jenny spindles at work in
England, and the bell tolled
for hand-spinning.

An opening public recep-
tion will be held at the centre
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

tea

as well as the chairman and
board members of the Hos
pital Society.

The Auxiliary has ex-
tended an invitation to all
past and present Hospital
Society, Chairmen and board
members as well as all past
presidents and executive of
the Auxiliary all previous,
current and potential mem-
bers and the public to attend
the tea and perhaps rem-
inisce about the early days of
the hospital, as well as the
hopes and aspirations for the
future.

‘The auxiliary's purpose is
to add to patient comfort and
members hope to be able to
continue in this endeavor.

Regular meetings are held
every third Monday of the
month at 7:30 p.m. in the
hospital conference room.
New members are welcome.

Nurse appointed
to board

By CasNews Staff
Jill Peregrym, a Selkirk

gis

tion of B.C. She will repre-
sent the Kootenay District on
the board.

Sue Rothwell, a Victoria
nursing consultant is the new
president of the 28,000 mem-
ber association. She took the
post Sept. 1, succeeding.
Gloria Parker.

‘Another Victoria nursing

the Greater Victoria Hospital
Society and Helen Niskala is
an associate professor in the
University of B.C. School of
Nursing.

In addition to Peregrym,
other new board of directors
include

e Beverly Brewer, a rad-
iology nurse at Lions Gate
Hospital in North Vancouver.
She will be representing the
Mainland-Coastal District;

e Margaret Nixon, a mem-
ber of the nursing faculty at
Camosun College in Victoria

have also been elected to the
association. Jennifer English
is the director of nursing for

man of nursing programs at
Kamloop's Cariboo

Recreation news

Our fall recreation pro-
gram brochures are hot off
the press so be sure to pick
up a copy and browse
through. We have many new
and exciting events in store
for the whole family. For the
preschoolers we have our
ever popular Variety Hour
and Skating Fundamentals.
This season we have two new
activities for the three to five
year olds — Kinder Play will
happen Tuesdays and Crea-
tive Movement happens on

Print Making and Instrument
Making, just to name a few.

For the adults this season
we have a variety of micro-
wave cooking classes, dog
obedience, self defense for
women, paper tole, volleyball
league and many others.

Fitness Classes
Our fitness classes are as

abundant as ever. This fall
we will be kicking off the
season with a fitness seminar
next Wednesday. Step To
The Beat is a chance for you
to learn aerobic steps and
combinations before you at-
tend classes. This one hour
seminar happens at 7 p.m. at
the complex and is free — so
come on down. ry
Registration dates to mark
down: Minor Hockey — Sat-
urday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the
complex lobby; Figure Skat-
ing — Monday 4:80 - 8 p.m. in
the complex lobby; Fall
recreation programs — Mon-
day 6-7 p.m. in the complex
hall. (registration continues
during office hours Monday -
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

‘Terry Fox Bun
Don't forget about the
Terry Fox Run happening on
Sunday at 11 a.m. at the
complex. Pick up your pledge
form, get it filled out and plan
to walk, jog, cycle or run on

Sunday for cancer research.

ce a ee

Cominco project
in final stages

Cominep Resobeces International Ltd. reports that
its 25.7 per cent-owned Marte gold project in north-cen-
tral Chile is in the final stage of feasibility studies and a
decision on production is expected by year-end.

‘The operator and majority owner at Marte, a sub-
sidiary of Anglo Ameri has a
$1.4 million program of drilling, tunnelling, metallurgical
testing and ‘costing studies. Since the property was
acquired, 10,000 metres of reverse circulation drilling,
2,900 metres of diamond drilling and 500 metres of
underground development have been completed, Comin-
co Resources says in a prepared release.

The work has established reserves of 36 million
metric tonnes averaging 1.26 grams (.04 oz) of gold per
tonne at a cut-off of 0.5 grams of gold per tonne. These
reserves are open for extension to depth.

An open-pit heap-leach operation initially treating
about two million tonnes of ore per year is under
consideration in the feasibility study. “The open-pit
would have a low strip ratio of 0.6:1 (waste-to-ore) re-
flecting the favorable geometry of the deposit,” Cominco
says.

The study is scheduled for completion within the
next few weeks after which the joint venture will review
it and make a decision on production. .

‘The Marte project is one of several heap-leach gold
prospects held by the Cominco Resources-Anglo Ameri-
can joint venture in a 845-square kilometre claim block of
bighly-prospective ground in the easily-accessible Mari-
cunga area.

Cominco Resources has interésts varying from 87
per cent to 50 per cent in the other prospects which
include the Lobo deposit eight kilometres south of Marte.
Here, shallow preliminary drilling infers seven million
tonnes of gold mineralisation grading 1.85 grams per
tonne, open for expansion to depth and laterally.

Cominco Resources maintains a 50 per cent interest
in the Lobo prospect which is still in an early stage of
exploration but is geblogically very similar to Marte.

A total of approximately~ $8 million has been
expended by the joint venture on the Maricunga
properties since their acquisition in 1981.

Couple expands

‘BY SMALL BUSINESS ©
Skilled workers wanted

TORONTO (CP) — Canada's small businessmen say
they'd love to hire several thousand more workers — if only
they could find qualified people.

“We're still finding a real chronic between
what small business needs and what's available,” says Dale
Botting, executive director of affairs at the
Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

‘The federation recently surveyed almost 10,000 small
firms across the country. In Ontario alone, it found that the
4,500 Ontario firms wanted to hire more than 8,800 people.

What the federation found across the country is that
small firms — who are already
country’s job growth — blame governments for ‘not doing

for most of the |

the biggest problem while nine per cent said it was their pay
rates.
But Judith Andrew denies that the lower wages offered

of all net new jobs in Canada between 1978 and 1964.

In Ontario, for instance, the government has
67 apprenticable trades. But seven trades — motor vehicle
y ci tool and die
and cooks — account for more

enough in the way of training and progr
“Obviously, a lot more has to be done to train people and
this is an area where government can really help,” says
Judith Andrew, Ontario director at the business federation.
In the surveys by the federation, “shortage of qualified
labor” ranks consistently as the third-biggest faced

makers, 1 mes
than half the province's 36,000 apprentices.

“For the vast bulk of small companies out there, who
don't employ those kind of people, apprenticeship is really
irrelevant,” Andrew says.

Small firms, she says, would like to see apprenticeship

by small firms, behind total tax burden and g
regulation and paperwork.

By “qualified,” however, small businessmen evidently
have more than just school diplomas in mind. The federtion

prog d to include such things as plastic
extrusion and moulding. Most small firms also want workers
with broader experience, who can do jobs in addition to their

open y. Andrew says.
lized workers turned out by most appren-

found that nearly 82 per cent of them listed to

tices! are more suitable to narrowly defined,

work” as the biggest problem with pi i P

“Availability of necessary skills” was cited by 29 per
cent and “level of wages” by more than eight per cent/as a
problem. Only 81 per cent said they experience “no
problems” finding competent help.

NEEDS SKILLS

‘The needed skills, Botting says, are not necessarily in
high technology.

“It's marketing skills and some pretty basic literacy
problems.”

‘And the managers of small firms complain that younger
workers aren't as punctual or as diligent as they would like
them to be.

“The do-your-own-thing classroom of the 1970s is
coming home to roost with small business,” Botting says.

The survey results for Ontario alone were worse than
the national average. More than 36 per cnet cited “willing-
ness to work” as a major difficulty with potential employees
while only 24 per cent of firms said they have no problem
finding staff.

Similarly, 31 per cent cited a lack of necessary skills as

printing business

NIAGARA-ON-THE-
LAKE, Ont. (CP) — Artist
Angie Strauss's latest ven-
ture began when her hus-
band Hartley dumped a doz-
en plain white sweatshirts on
her desk with a “You'll think
of| something to do with
them, babe.”

Strauss, internationally
known for her floral water-
colors, did what comes: nat-
urally and painted them with
her floral visions.

Other sweatshirts on the
market she described as
“kind of cute, with animals or
splashes, all very contemp-
orary. There was nothing
dressy, nothing elegant.”

But hand-painting sweat-
shirts was time-consuming
and left Strauss, 47, with

little time for her canvases..

So her husband, who has a
background in graphics,
printing, advertising and
marketing, came to the res-
cue with chromascreen — a
printing press using fabric
dyes rather than the usual
plastic inks. The clothing

looks and feels hand-painted.

Chromascreen has permit-
ted the Strausses, who live
with their two children in
this picturesque town near
Niagara Falls, to expand be-
yond sweatshirts to mass
produce slippers, ties, T-
shirts and even boxer shorts.
Cushions and scarves are
being added to the line and

the couple may include.bed-

ding and ‘towels.

Designs with print titles
range from “tulip smiles” and
AAlove in bloom” to “pansy
pot” and “sunshine day.”

Strauss regards her pro-
ducts more as art than fash-
ion. By making each piece a
signed, limited edition, she
says she demands the same
standards in her clothing as
in her paintings and prints.

“I think if I had tried to
break into the fashion bus-
iness, I nver would have done
it,” she says. “I'm coming in
through the side door. I keep
saying, ‘I'm just an artist,’
and people say, ‘But that’:
why we love your things.’

Bank programs

hit by

OTTAWA (CP) — Can-
ada’s involvement in World
Bank aid is con-
tributing to the greatest bio-
logical di

group

A covering letter, signed
by twenty environmentalists,
scientists and native rights
advocates, noted Canada con-

- tributed more than $800 mil-

lion to such World Bank pro-

|- grams last year.

In an eight-page submis-
sion to Finance Minister
Michael Wilson, Canadian
governor for the interna-
tional agency, the group said
World Bank development
programs haye resulted in
the “relentless destruction of
the world’s rain forests.

“Their demise would be
the greatest biological dis-
aster ever perpetrated by

disappearance of the dino
saurs over 60 million years

representative of the Bank will be in
Costlega September |

The letter said Wilson
should persuade the federal
cabinet to take a number of

Students

give tips

on campus life

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Roger Clewley and Duncan
Hadley have learned how to
keep solvent, warm and fed
on a student's budget.

And they're. more than
happy .to give’ cost-cutting
advice to college and uni-
versity students living away
from home for the school
year that starts this week.

“First you've got to bud-
get,” says Clewley, a mas-
ter's-degree student at the
University of British Colum-
bia’s school of community and
regional planning.

“Then add 80 per cent to
everything,” says Hadley, a
third-year commerce student
at the university.

In his first year, Hadley,
now 22, had budgeted $180 a
month for food.

“Six dollars a day — that's
what I thought it would be.
But it's closer to $400, in-
cluding going to Earl's (res-
taurant) for a burger and
beer. You always look at the
grocery bill and forget the
nights at the Pit,” the uni-
versity pub.

Next to tuition — which
averages more than $1,000
across Canada — finding a
place to live is the next most
costly venture.

Options include residences,
basement apartments,

according to
location — the further from
campus, the lower the rent.

mea-
sures at the World Bank's
annual meeting in Wash-
ington at the end of this

bank’s Canadian executive
director's voting record on
loan applications.

— Introducing rules to en-
sure public disclosure of pro-
ject and program documents.

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“Time is imp: to stu-
dents, that’s why most stu-

dents want to live near
campus,” says Clewley, 27,
who has lived in a half.
dozen lodgings and is now in
a shared house.

STUDENT LODGINGS

“You've got to be fast to
get the good places. If it's a
year's lease, that’s bad for an
undergrad who only wants it
for eight months. The better
spots usually have longer
leases.”

Florence McGregor-Fox-
croft, the university’s off-
campus housing clerk, says
living away from campus also
can be inexpensive.

“You see people offering
free rent in exchange for
housekeeping and babysit-
ting,” she says. “I know one
who wants 15 hours of baby-
sitting a week. There was
another asking for voice or
piano lessons for the daugh-
ter, 1% hours, fives times a
week.”

Hadley says shared ac-
commodation can be cheap
and friendly but he warns
that it carries its own perils.

“Your margarine and ket-
chup are always disappear-
ing,” he says. “No one steals
your steaks, but the little

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unionized jobs with big companies.

The costs of apprenticeships, meanwhile, are not only
high, but mostly borne by the company.

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