CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 20, 1978

Consumer Comment

From Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada

Remember comic book ‘su-
perherces? Some of them could
Tun faster than a speeding
bullet, leap tall buildings in a
single bound, and stop a loco-
motive in its tracks,

The truly amazing thing
about them though, if you think
back, was. the way their clothes

“stood up to the perils of their
occupation.

Those with a secret iden-
tity seemed to. wear their
crimefighter'’s uniform beneath
their street clothes all the time,
and yet whether they changed
ina phone booth, or on top of a

_ skyscraper, their outfits dis-
_ played nary a wrinkle.
., We can't be sure of course,
but the reason they were
always so well turned out could
have been that they were
* eareful label readers, and al-
“ways bought clothing made
. from the appropriate material
“by reputable manufacturers,
Clothing labels must show
‘the percentage of each fibre
‘contained in the fabric by its
family or generic name. This
_ means that if a manufacturer
“dubs a mixture of cotton and
polyester “Wonderfibre", the
Jsbel must still disclose the
(percentage of both cotton and
Polyester in the fabric.
.... The label must also iden-
tify the company for whom or
‘by whom the article was made.
In some cases, an identification
‘number, instead of a name, will
‘appear. If only a number
appears, you can get the name
And address of the company by
,contacting the nearest Con-
_aumer and Corporate Affairs
-Canada office.
°* Symbols showing how to
clean ‘the garment may also
appear on the label, (These are
voluntary on the part of the
Jhanufacturer.) A fact sheet
explaining the meaning of the
“symbols is available from Con-
‘sumer and Corporate Affairs

:. Legion Ladies
.. Hold Annual

~ Spring Tea

A profusion of’ Golden

Tulips, roses, daffodils and
other spring flowers adorned
the walls of the Legion Hall for
last Saturday's Spring Tea and
Bazaar of the Castlegar-Robson
‘Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Royal
Canadian Legion, Branch 170.
‘Each tea table was centered
with a petite vase of a Golden
Tulip and pussy willow; these
floral arrangements and the
decor of the hall were the work
of Mrs. J. Grant and Mrs. R.
Olson.

Walker was at the door to
receive the capacity crowd. She

also declared the sale officially °

open,

The ever-popular bake
table was in the charge of Mrs,
F. Dodgson and Mrs. S. Walk-

- er. The ladies at the sewing
table, Mrs. R. Champ and Mrs.
A. Alderman, were also kept
busy.

The white elephant and
plant table was looked after by
Mrs. K. Crosbie and Mrs, M.
Miros. Draw tickets were sold
by Mrs, Lena Urbani; tea
tickets by Mrs. H. Johnson; and
cake draw tickets by Mrs. M.
Dinner.

Decorating was in the
capable hands of Mrs. J. Grant
and Mrs, R. Olson. Serving tea
was Mrs. Olson, assisted by
Pearl Mott, Bonnie Grant,
Carol Him, Rhonda Sorenson
and Helen Leduc.

The ever-busy kitchen
was supervised by Mrs. Kay
Bate, assisted by Ruth Rourke,
Peggy Guindon, Pearl Zorn and
Dorothy Miscavitch. Dorothy
Flemming took out teas to the
business people.

The afternoon winners
were: cake draw—Miss Mar-
garet Trussler; door prize—
Mrs. H. Johnson; Ist prize—
Bea Goetting, 2nd prize—Leila
Johnston; and third prize—
Teresa Pacheco.

Members of the L.A. ex-
tend their thanks and appre-
ciation to all who helped in any
way to make the afternoon
successful.

‘No Charges
When Vehicle
‘Leaves Road

Damages have been esti-
mated at $500 in a single motor
vehicle accident early Sunday
morning on Pass Creek Road.

No charges have been laid
after a 1969 pickup, driven by
Peter Dawson Ferguson of
Castlegar, failed to negotiate a
curve and left the road.

: No injuries have been
reported.

Canada at Third Floor—Kelow-
na Center, 478 Bernard Ave.,
Kelowna, B.C, VIY 6N7.

Once you know what it's
made of and how to look after
it, it's time to consider whether
the garment is suitable for the
purpose for which you intend
using it. What kind of trade-off
between durability and fashion
do you require?

In addition to durability,

cleaning expenses should be
considered. A cotton/polyester
blouse can be thrown in the
washer, but the same blouse in
satin brocade will probably
have to go to the cleaners,

Read the labels, and con-
sider the use to which a
garment will be put before you
buy; it pays off, and it’s not
nearly so difficult as leaping talt
buildings.

Preservatives Deter Spoilage

Chemicals Need Not Poison

Food faddism can be
wasteful, For example, some
say don't eat packaged foods, as
if to suggest food changes its
nature when packaged for easy
and safe transportation,

thing chemical”. This just won't
work because nature herself is
the greatest of chemists, Con-
sider that there are no less than
18 chemicals naturally occur-
ring in scrambled eggs.

ig
of processed foods is almost as
ridiculous, Unless we want to
return to grazing our food on
hands and knees, we must
process it,

Another popular negati-
vism is to say, “Avoid every-

The it thing is to
learn more about: chemicals
added to food before making
rash judgements that all chemi-
cals are ‘poisoning us’.

The use of chemicals as

preservatives dates back to
thousands of years B.C. Pre-

servatives play a major role in
extending the natural life of
many foods such as canned
meats, baked goods, jams or
Jellies, etc, so they can-be
transported over vast dis-
tances, stored for considerable
lengths of time and still be
consumed safely, |

The World Health Organi-
zation estimates that 20 per
cent of the world's food supply
is lost through spoilage. With-
out preservatives, this per-
centage would be much higher.

New Denver Resident | |

John Laktin Dies at 74

Funeral services concluded
Tuesday afternoon from the
chapel of the Castlegar Furieral
Home for John Laktin, 74, who
died last Thursday at Bellview
Hospital in Vernon,

He was born Sept. 5, 1905
in Yorkton, Sask., and came to
B.C. as a child to settle in
Glade, later moving with his
family to Blewett,

Mr. Laktin was engaged in
the mining industry in the New

Denver area, He was married
in 1942 and took up residence In
Hills, moving to New Denver in
1970 upon his retirement,

He is survived by tils wife,
Gertrude; two sons, Allen of
Silverton and Harry of New
Denver; and three grandchil-
dren.

Burial was at Hills Ceme-
tery with Castlegar Funeral

School District Bud

By ANNE JONES.
(The following article is the
third in a series regarding

, School budget ‘financing sub-

mitted by school board trust-
ees.)

‘Our last article showed
how the money for education in
Schoo! District No. 9 was cal-
culated and ‘raised through a
system of local taxation and
provincial grants. This week we
will describe how this money is

spent in providing the educa-
tion program: in local schools,

School board budgets must
be submitted to the department
of education in a form pre-
seribed by the department.
This form breaks the budget
down into nine sections, label-
led A through J. (There is no
section “I",)

Sections A through F
(operating budget) are the
sections taken inte account in

calculating the “basic education
Program’ referred to last week,

Section G is the non
operating expense section and
Section H the debts reti

gets: Finan

Section A—the . adminis.
tration account, Salaries of ad-
ministration staff, office ex-
pense, trustee expenses and

Section J is non-shareable capi-

tal which is a direct cost to the

local taxpayer. :
The total school district

budget for 1978 is approxi- |

mately $5,600,000. This does
not include’ the G Section, This
sum is apportioned over - the
budget sections as foliows:

Section B—the instruction
account. This is the largest
single area of the budget and
covers: teachers’ and school
administrators’ salaries... . .

$3,842,588,00
clerical staff in schools

Part Three ino Series

cing Your Child's Education Programs

teaching supplies

miscellaneous olher expenses
connected with school opera-
tion 44,890.00

Total for the
$3,760,866.00
It will be noted this is well
over ¥/s of the total budget.
Section C—School opera-
ting expense. This section
covers the costs of operating
the school facilities, and is

basically made up of the follow-

ing:
janitorial and engineering
$360,777.00
janitorial and engineering
supplies 26,
light, power, water, fuel .
89,000.00
insurance, rentals and other
small items 160.00

$483,437.00

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 20, 1978 Al5

their grounds. It covers salaries
and wages of maintenance per-
sonnel, expense of materials
used in repairs and replace-
ment of school equipment
which is worn out or obsolete.
This section totals $449,814.00
in 1978,

Section E—Conveyance of
pupils. This area is for trans.
portation’ of pupils and is

Section D. ers repairs
and maintenance of schools and

the cost of
the ten school buses which the

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district owns. It totals $187,-
080.00 for 1978,

Section F—is a very small
section, of only $17,770.00 paid
mainly to the ministry of health
and to purchase first aid
supplies for the schools,” ~

These six sections are the
major portions of the budget
and total $5,060,688. Each of
the major sections, B through
E, are directly connected to
school services and any sig-
nificant reduction in these
sections would immediately ‘be
reflected by cut-back in ger-
vices to students, i

Therefore, it is difficult, to
reduce these areas of spending, ,
and in any event, they actually

.total slightly less than the
amount credited to the district
for the basic education program
‘plus transportation and aus
liary services, which we
plained last week amounted’ to
$5,063,000. - e)

. The remaining sections’ of
the budget are Section G, non-
operating expenses, Section H,
debt services and Section J,
non-shareable capital.

Section G consists almost
entirely for college operatiig
expenses. The total for 1978 has

‘ not been’ established’ at this

time. This is the’ result ‘of
different legislative require-
ments as to timing of budgets
for school districts and colleges
and not due to the lack of
planning or co-operation. _:
Section H is the district's
mortgage payments, if you will.
The ‘cost is amortized’ over’a
period of years and repaid in
annual installments, just like’a
mortgage on‘a home. The cost
of School District No. 9's
“mortgage” payments for 1978
is $340,883, ;
~~ Section J is a “non-share-
able. capital” section and in-
cludes improvements to exist-
ing school grounds, reconstriuc-
tion or additions of new build-
ings not shared by the provin-
cial government and acquisition
of new equipment, including
district vehicles. This section
for 1978 totalled $112,982,
Within each section of the
budget there are, of course,
detailed breakdowns of how the
total budget section is spent,
For example, school teaching -
supplies is broken down into
per pupil allotments for various
subject areas’ so that the
principal of. each school knows
how much money can be spent
for supplies over the year. >
For elementary pupils this
year, the amount is approxi-
mately $49 each. Secondary
students, because of specialized
study fields, are allotted more,
about $60 each. fs
The school district's final
budget is approved by the
board of school trustees and
sent to the department of
education each year before Feb.
16, Es ”
The department sends a
“review t2c.n" into each school
district every year in April or
May to review the budget with
distict staff and trustees. They
assure that items are’ charged
to the proper budget sections
and . sometimes: suggest
changes, The school district
books are audited every year:
Budgeting takes a com
siderable amount df time every:
spring and fall, but it is a vital
part of running the school
district. a BS}
Our next and last article in
this series will deal briefly with:
capital costs and the con:
struction of school buildings. ;.

Information *
On Higher
Education’
Those students who have:
questions about the University:
of British Columbia, Simon’
Fraser University, University
of Victoria, British Columbia‘
Institute of Technology or
Selkirk College, will be able to:
get answers April 27 at Selkirk:
College. 5 "

Representatives from the
above institutions will be avail-,
able to answer questions and
give information about pro:
grams, fees, admission pro:
cedures and housing from 7-9"
p.m. on April 27 in the main
lounge at the Castlegar cam-
pus.

Interviews will be on a
first-come first-serve basis,
This opportunity will be spon-
sored by the college student-
services department., a7

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years earlier. “6