Extensive Work to Robson Hall Major renovations, made "posaible through an. $18,670 : Stage Area Completely Replaced right Down to New Foundation KINNAIRD RESIDENTS - The Kinnaird Municipal Office will be closed permanently after 5: pan. Friday, January 18, 197: 4. After that date all city business will be handled through the City. Hall; 460 Columbia Avenue, Castle-:; Allen Selbie City Clerk-Treasurer’ ©’ LIP grant to the Robson duled from December to May, it Is being done in such a manner to allow continued usage during is in full’ swing at the’ Robson Community Hall. Presently, the stage sec- tion is being completely rebullt from the foundation up. Temperatures, which have dipped close to below zero, are being warded off with an lndtatrial space heater. ul period. Dances, however, are not belng con- sidered until approximately the end of February, Besides the replacing of the stage, renovation’ plans include the widening of the hall, replacing of roof shingles, replacing of the septic tank and til isles i robullding of the main Employed during the six months’ project are six men} Jack Lloyd, Bert Gillman, Ron Bailey, Donald Bradley, Floyd Wilson and Jim Lipkovitz, “The Lei Recreation and. Is looking possibilities of: a. recreation grant. from the provinelal government." The: application would call for Improvements to the Rob- Gordon Porter, be be holding ‘its general mecting Feb, <1st Pool, tennis cout and the ‘development of the park area, into’ the Silverion Newsleffer ie from a hall built in the 1920s, remains in constant use by Brownies, Guides, Cubs, Scouts, senior and private badminton, Russian. Sunday’ School, ‘some Russian cholr practices, as well as banquets and dances, For this reason, while renovations have been _sche- Letter to Editor floo and painting of the hall and the kitchen, The society is adding three to four thousand dollars of its money above the $18,670 LIP to see. this — work «kitchen underwent major changes. 25 Pet. Increase on Vehicles: Dear Sir: Tam prompted to write to you, by the letter I read inthe Castlegar News, Jan. 10 issue, written by a local citizen. - > too, am ‘considerably, annoyed at my prospective insurance costs as‘set out ‘by. ICBC... When our’ ‘present, politicians were on the cam: paign trail one-and-a-half years ago, we were Promised, great things, includi: ICBC ‘rates as hi ‘my By Nancy Barnett Slocan'. Community Hospital Auxiliary will be holding its Annual Valentine Dance Feb . 9. This is one of the biggest social. events : of the ° year. “This year the dance will be held at the Silverton Memorial Hall with Harold Witt and his group providing the music . - : Tickets are available from + auxiliary members. eee The New Denver Women's . Institute ‘are : holding © their Annual Tea and Salo form: 1973 Chev. "Pickup 300,000/100/25—$163, Class 02; 1967 Cutlass Sdn 300,000/100/ 26—$139, . Class | 01. Total premium being $296.\’ This makes a difference of $60.14 or an increas: of 25.5 per cent. a 1 called the local, ICBC Insurance, which ould give us } all greatly reduced premiums: Please allow me to present the following: My present. insurance hae’ been with Safeco: Insurance Company of -America: 1978 Chev Pickup Face ete $125.22, Class 02;-1967: Cutlass Sdn’, ob 000/100/26_$11068, Class. 01.:Total premium being $235,886. Dr.T. J. Walker's Wild and Tamed Alaska fo be Shown af Selkirk Dr. Theadore J. Walker will present his film “Wild and Tamed ‘ Alaska” this’ Friday” night at Selkirk: College. In order to. stress. the contrast between civilized and ild: Alaska,: Dr. itch: he ae to Wrangell » Petersburg, Ji funeau, Stitka and other Indian famous for (Castlegar Custom Upholstery Wishes to announce that we are back again and ready to:serve you as well as we can in 1974 our of Fabrics : if you need your furniture reupholstered and also our Drapery lines for custom made draperies. its totems. Spectacular glaciers are also seen. He also stresses that primary: industries—lumbering and fishing—from which the Alaskans earn their living and how these activities are altering the wilderness and how the complex web of life may be threatened as the tempo and magnitude of these increase. We Still Offer Free Installation ” on All Carpets with Underlay When Order is Over 15 Yds. To document the marked difference between "Wild and Tamed Alaska” Dr... Walker -ventures into the wilderness - for part two of his program. Call John 365-5636 Castlegar Custom Upholstery Across from the Castle Theatre . "KEEP YOUR CAR ON THE GO. MMERIE NOW) At your one-stop SERVICE Centre a modern. day Thoreau with Eva as his personal Walden Pond, he endures a lonely vigil for seven months as he studies the total cycle of life in, on and around the lake. He unfolds an engrossing Styrofoam Trays Serve Useful Purpose in Home » Don't throw away the plastic or Styrofoam trays that. your meat or poultry comes: packed in. The trays fit perfectly in the bottom of your garbage bags and prevent the moisture from going through the bottom of the bags, You can also use them as lunch and snack trays for the children, : Whitehorse Temperatures Whitehorse, Yukon Terri- tory, has a mean. winter temperature of plus3.1 degrees; lowest recorded, minus 61.6 degrees, was in January, 1947. Mean summer’ temperature is 54.7 degrees; highest recorded Winter's Prevent starting trouble from spoiling your winter fun. Let us tune up your car today. See Us For * TUNE-UPS * BATTERIES was 94 degrees in June 1969, -story, ‘of how each element in the environment. is inter. dependent on others and how. they fit” into the’ overall ecological well-being of .the area.; His account is also the inspiring: tory.) of a mode “man, ie att = f totally; different way of life, % ~ and, in the Process, gainin, agent ing clarification of our Premier's assurance that no one's insurance — would | cost - more than last year if we could give proof of ‘last’ year's premium. I was told that the. method of rebate was not yet finalized, but: that it would possibly be in the form of\a Feb. 14, in the Upper’ Legion Hall. Syst Le * s g ‘The New Denver-Silverton Senior | Citizens» Group requesting donations of cups ~ and:saucers, furniture, games or, anything suitable for their use| at’ their’ meetings’ held every second Wednesday at the Knox Hall. , . If you wish to donate contact Mrs. Agnes Emary. * * ri * -The Recreation commis- sion of New: Denver-Silverton are endeavoring to collect ail credit to 1975 tes, It ‘appears to’ me our government is hoping that we will all move out of the province within thé year or have to give, up our vehicles for other modes of ‘transportation, then, they never would have to rebate any. premiums. I would like to challenge each vehicle owner to compare his past and present insurance - premiums: if yours is less you are among, the’ few fortunates, if it is:more, please make sure. you claim for your rebate even though you may never. get it, but let the government know. that. you \are, aware of! their’: taeti ‘Also re: mber that our, i ‘Kinnaird, B. pe deeper app’ “and respect for nature, He concludes that humans a must reasonably conserve the wilderness if they “are a) survive in the tamed Told with eloquenc and humor, his story climaxes with the return of the salmon— fighting its way upstream to spawn—and ‘running. the gauntlet of rapids, hungry otters, sea lions, sea gulls, bald _ eagles and the “dominant creature of the’ environs, the Alaskan brown bear. Filming’ above and below water, Dr.. Walker ‘details the — exciting struggle of the salmon to elude’ the predators and to spawn - successfully. “ The killing of the elk, part of a protected herd ‘brought here from’ Banff; and: Jasper National Parks, took. place Nov. * 9, according to Wildlife official 5 e 7 lashed ‘, with ‘an ‘axe.’ Despite: ihe the elk survived for: 12 | hours before being. shot, by a conservation officer who had been tipped off to ‘the animal's. location: by. ‘an anonymous telephone caller. < F S g A : aA Ss FUTURE = 00 SOMETHING wea ABOUT Tm! # Take. a close look at the amount you're saving. Why not double” _even triple | it? the © case,.; ge toward CARE's on-going programs in the future, i Thomas Kines, National Director, CARE Canada, + 68 Sparks, Ottawa, Ontario _ K1P 6A6 Costiogar Ferry: December am Last Yeor ‘Usige. of ‘the’ Castlegar, Ferry wes! up' fre all categories! in, December,.of 1973 over that me month: in' 1972 with no ception ‘ of motoreyeles and) — highways 7 A superintendent, re B.' Me: & “Keown, the following number ™ of «trips. were: recorded for, December*(of!{1973 with’ the = December 19727 figures indi- cated in, brackets: ‘Number: of round trips— > (2,941) 3,142; number of euto~ mobiles “and : drivers—(26,104) . +, 26,554; number of passengers not drivers—(36,054) 38,342; - number of trucks,’ all: types—_ (7,653) 8,896; number of trailers and semi-trailers—(201) 231; number of motor’ buses—(80) ; 61; number of motorcycles—(5) 3 and number of livestock—(12) Examinations for. indus- trial fi rst aid attendants were conducted by the Workmen's Compensation. Board during 1972 and ‘3,580. certificates of competency. issued. Industrial first. aid atendants- must’ be: examined and certified by the board before they are allowed: to. practice first aid in B.C. industry. : PORTABLE TOILET ‘THE ECOLOGY WATCHER Mrs. Koftinoff. was oa member. of the Union of Spiritual Commniinltles of Christ She is survived by her husband, Fred;. three ‘sons, Alex Bojey of Winlaw, Fred Bojey of Brilliant and - Walter Koftinoff of Crescent’ Valley; four daughters, Mrs. William (Polly) Koochin and Mrs. Larry (Lorraine) Shkuratoff, oth of of Winlaw, Mrs. John. (Lorna) Relbin of Vancouver and Miss Vera Koftinoff of Dallas, Texas; 16 grandchildren; one brother, William Chernoff of Sask- atchewan and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Swetlishoff. »: Burial took place at Perrys Siding. i B.C. Motorists Should Now Have ICBC Application Forms Most British Columbia motorists will have received their application forms for vehicle licence renewal and Autoplan insurance, For those who don't receive forms by mid-moftth, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia says there's a special procedure to assure them proper licensing afd registration to an agent or a Motor. Vehicle Branch licence office to-have a special form completed for 1974 © vehicle licence validation and insurance coverage. Computer printing of appli- cation forms has nm com: pleted and the massive mail handling oratatlen at ICBC's CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 17, 1974 D-BAR - D LICENSED DINING LOUNGE Open Fridays 4 p.m. to 1 am, Saturdays 12 Noon to Tam, Sundays 12 Noon - 10 p.m. D-BAR-D CABARETS FRIDAY NIGHT “THE ROGERS BROS.” from Nomhport $2 Per Person iB when Autoplan becomes effective for all ve- hicles in the province. Vice-president and general manager of the Crown corpora- ation, Norman Bortnick, says any motorist who had not received a form by last Tuesday should take the existing vehicle fore March 1, Vancouver is finished. A total of almost 1.4 million forms were printed between Dee. 22 and Dec. 30, by ICBC's crews working around the clock. About 120,000 forms ‘were processed daily and delivered to the Vancouver post office. SATURDAY NIGHT “THE COUNTRY SQU: $1.00 Per Person IRES" WESTERN TACK Phone 365-3294 One Mile South of Weigh Scales at Ootischenia WE TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOUR BUDGET af CUT-RATE the FOOD FOLKS Hi FRYING "GOV'T. INSPECTED. © FRESH FROSTED *........ sss PORK CHOPS=- CHUCK STEAK BOLOGNA ‘SAUSAGE ROUND” MAPLE LEAF. NO. 1 QUALITY. COIL GARLIC, DEVON, BY THE YARD. CANADA GRADE “A” NO. 1 QUALITY .. BY THE PIECE ......... “99: CAN. GR: “a. lab Pork Spare Ribs Ribs . Ib. Skippy Si Bacon. 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