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' At Joint Installation Ceremontes Saturday

To UBC Soil Science Studies a uP. ' . a : 7 : = ss
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Pythian Sisters

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Acting Grand Ch

INSTALLATION CEREMONIES for the Kootenay Temple
:: No. 27 Pythian Sisters was held Saturday with the following
{members named to office, left to right, Secretary Ora Lightle,.

‘Acting Grand Manager Bernice Barass, Past Grand Chief:

*- Laura Dewls, Edith Wilson, Senior Kao

Ine, left, Presents
265-Year Veteran Pin to E. H. Schulte

Joint installation of officers
for the' coming year was

Chancellor Commander Peter
Majesgy, Vice Chancellor Nick
hnoff, Prelate Karl Sober-

Koot Temple
No. 87, Pythian Sisters and
Twin Rivers Lodge No. 70,
Knights of Pythias, in cere-
monies held last Saturday with
visitors from Nelson, Fruitvale,
Trail and Kimberley in atten-
dance, 1
Installing officers fot the
Sisters were Acting Grand
Manager Bernice Barrass, Act-
ing Grand Senior Jean Jones
and Past Grand Chief Laura
Dewis,

New officers were, Musi-
cian Edith Wilson, Guard Doro-
thy Schwiertz, Protector Mary
Gleboff, Treasurer Fran Mof-
fatt, Secretary Ora Lightle,
Manager Joan Marks, Excel-
lent Junior Myrtle Thomas,
Excellent Senior Kay Andrea-
shuk, Most Excellent Chief Jay
Saunders and Past Chief Rose
Soberlak. i‘

Installed officers for Twin
Rivers Lodge No. 70 were

as $ 4
Andreashuk, Excellent Junior Myrtle Thomas, Manager
Joan Marks, Most Excellent Chief Joy Saunders, Acting
Grand Senlor Jean Jones, Past Chief Rose Soberlak, Guard
Dorothy Schwlertz, Treasurer Fran Moffatt and Protector

lak, Master of Work Tony
Schwiertz, Secretary, A. Thom-
as, Financial Secretary Al
Richards, Treasurer Cecil Brad-
ford, Master-at-Arms Bob Cor-
mier, Inner Guard Alex Gleboff
and Outer Guard Earl LeRoy.

Installing officers were
Acting Grand Chancellor Cliff
Milne and Acting Grand Pre-

Host Nelson, Trail, Fruitvale

late Herb Gauley, both of Trail
Lodge No, 23,

Acting Grand Master-at-
Arms was John Saliken of
Castlegar,

- B. H. Schulte was pre-
sented with his 25-year veteran

pin.

Following the installation
ceremonies, a potluck supper
and dancing were enjoyed by
the guests, with music provided
by the “Mags”, .

Two-Per-Cent Rollback
Would Increase Jobs |

President of the Bank of
British Columbia, Trevor Pil-
ley, last Wednesday called for a
rollback of two percentage
points in B.C.'s sales tax, as a,
means of stimulating growth in
jobs and in consumer spending.
(The sales tax currently is

+ seven per cent.)

Speaking to the Victoria
Chamber of Commerce, Pilley
said the rollback would have
the additional and almost imme-
diate effect of ig B.C,'s

“In 1978, we expect con-
sumer prices in B.C, to increase
by an average of close to seven
per’ cent, with food prices
slowing but service and energy
costs rising,” he said,

Pilley noted that a sales
tax cut would cost the govern-
ment initially six per cent of
budgeted revenue, but this
should be offset by the revenue
generation resulting from in-
creased retail sales, rising em-

rate of inflation to about six per
cent by the end of the year.

Pp and the
increase in personal and cor-
porate income tax.

Cominco has awarded a
$5,000 grant to the University
of British Columbia to stimulate
research and training in a
specialized environmental skill,

.Reclamation agronomist
for the company, Bob Gardiner,
said the grant was made to the
university's Department of Soil
Science to promote graduate-
level research in land reclama-
tion,

He said reclamation spe-
cialists are in short supply in
both the public and private
sectors,

“The bottleneck is in: the
area of education and training,”
he said. “As it stands now,
becoming a reclamation special-
ist is almost always a matter of
getting on-the-job training at a
company such as Cominco,”

Gardiner said the UBC
“grant will include specific re-
search at the company's mine
and ore-processing facilities at
Kimberley, B.C. *

“Right now, we're looking
at background research at our
iron tailings ponds at Kimber-
ley, the kind of research which
would complement our own
efforts,” he said,

‘The tailings ponds at Kim-
berley contain acidic waste
material from production of
zine-lead concentrates, The
challenge there, he said, {s to
develop a cover material which
will support plant life without
absorbing any contaminants
buried beneath it.

He said the grant will be
administered by Dr. Les Lav-
kulich, professor of soil science
at UBC. :

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Five Rotarians
To Visit Australia

Five young business and
professional men from Rotary
District 508 have been selected
to visit Australia on a Rotary
Foundation Group Study Ex-
change project, it was an-
nounced by Ernest McGauley of
Rossland, governor of the Ro-
tary district covering areas of
Washington, Idaho and British
Columbia.

They are Tim Comishin,
dentist, Kimberley; Hugh Crox-
all, veterinarian, Nelson; both
of British Columbia; Rich Ol-
son, farmer, Pullman; Mike
Squires, bank public relations,
Spokane; and Eric Thorn, far-
mer, Pullman; all three of
Washington.

“Beginning Feb. 7, the visit
will provide the team a unique
person-to-person opportunity
for the promotion of better
understanding and friendly re-
lations between the people of
Canada and the United States
and those of Australia,” Mc-
Gauley said.

“While in the country, the
group will observe first-hand
the ways of life of their hosts.
They will study the economic,
social and cultural character-
istics of that nation through
travel and discussions within
the participating Rotary dis-
trict and through the develop-
ment of friendships.

“The team will be accom-
panied by Jim Ellis, a Rotarian
from Lewiston, Idaho, who is
serving as the district gover-
nor’s representative.

“Group Study Exchange is
an educational activity of The
Rotary Foundation that pro-

- vides travel grants for the ex-

change of teams between pair-
ed Rotary districts in different
countries. Each district in-

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“Each team consists of five
outstanding men between 25
and 35, non-Rotarians, who
represent a cross-section of the
business and professions in the
district sponsoring their trip.
“Since the program began
in 1965, The Rotary Foundation
has granted 927 Group Study
Exchange Awards involving
4,865 young men and more than
50 countries. The awards are
valued at over $6 million,” said
district governor McGauley.”

Beta Sigma Phi
Now to Meet
Twice Monthly

With the holiday season
finished, the local chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi is back to the
routine two meetings per
month,

Elizabeth Young hosted
the first meeting. A thank-you
card was read from CARS for
the assitance given them while
in Castlegar.

The program “Recreation”
was given by Barb Duseault
and Paula Belton, They led a

+ group discussion on passive and

active recreation and had a
prize for the best poem on the
subject created in 10 minutes.
The prize of Smarties was
shared by all,

The next meeting, hosted
by Barb Dusseault, passed a
motion to invite all the Trail
Chapters to Founder's Day. An
invitation to a friendship night
in Trail was also accepted.

Alpha Phi welcomed Le-
‘nore Peterson as guest speaker
for the program “Hobbies”. She
passed around samples and
books to show everyone what is
available in Artex paints.

An intense mixed volley-
ball match took place at a local
school gym, with the female-
dominant team winning the
championship. The post game
rewards were chili and banana

. splits at Ron and Paula Belton's
. -house. _

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Thursday, February 2, 1978

Page Bl

¢ The municipal affaira
‘ministry's transit services bu-
reau is ready to start planning
{an intercity bus system in the
; West Kootenays but will prob-
{ ably exclude Castlegar from the
‘first phase of the plan. ‘i
4 --That was the word last
i week from Rossland-Trail MLA
‘Chris D'Arcy, who said he
learned in conversations with
ministry officials that the bu-
reau “is in a better position" to
devote some of its limited
‘resources to the service first
+ contemplated more than 18
+ months ago.
‘1. D'Arey told the Castlegar
{ News the bureau will give top

priority to the Rossland-Trail-
Fruitvale corridor because of
its complete lack of public
transit facilities, He said the
area has three times the
population of Castlegar, which
has Airporter and Greyhound
bus services several times
daily, 3

But he said the bus service,
which would be extended from
the bus services currently con-
fined to the citids of Trail and
Nelson, would eventually ex-
pand to include the Trail-
Castlegar-Nelson route.

“If you operate the buses
in outlying areas you'll also
need more buses.and drivers,”

D'Arcy said. “But-you'll make a
more efficient use of the buses
per route milo,” i

The Rossland-Trail MLA
warned that taxpayers should
not expect to be implemented
“for free.”

The local taxpayer would
be asked to assume an addi-
tional cost of $30,000 to $35,000
yearly, which would amount
under the ministry’s usual fare
structure to about $65 per
capita, he said.

D'Arcy said bureau offi-
cials will meet with city coun-
cils and.regional districts to
discuss the transit plan before
seeking approval by the tax-

__ Seminar Examines Family Relationshine = —-

‘: The role and responsi-
t bilities of the father in today's
) Geraily unit wert the nein
* topics discussed by 90 parents
‘at a special meeting last Wed-
-nesday.
‘Jointly sponsored by the
’ Royal Canadian Legion, the
‘ Mormon’ Church and the citi-
j. zens’ group People Interaction,
+ the meeting featured table-
* group discussions on behavior
+ patterns passed on from father
ito child, the ability of family or
- epmmunity agencies to correct
problems between fathers and
their families, the need for
preparation of couples before
marriage for parental respon-

sibilities, and how fathers can -

+ develop better relationships
with their children,

Those attending the meet-
ing: agreed the father has an
important place in the family
and should not’ leave’ the up-
bringing of children. to the
mother. Fathers should set
good examples for their chil-
dren to ‘copy rather than
passing on bad examples, they
said.

Speakers at the meeting
recommended fathers spend
more time with their children
and discuss family Plans and

discipline questions with moth-
ers and children, Also recom-
‘Tithded were family nights for

Father's Role Discussed

Also participating in the
meeting were co-ordinator Con-
nie Hawley and director Val

ant

Those attending the meet-

ing were told the community

can support” family life by

offering more social events

open to both parents and

children and assuring coun-

sellors are readily available

when families feel they need
some help.

And of the B.C. Council of
the family. :

“Our community has lots of
education on being. a better
hockey player, repairing your
car and cooking, but very little
on being a good parent,” PI
member Colin Pryce said this
week. “We need more nights
like last Wednesday.”

Raffle to Help Centre

Concerned parents of chil-
dren attending the Hobbit Hill
Centre for Children have or-
ganized a raffle‘to help the

. centre recover more than $270-.-

lost when vandals burglarized
the establishment at 749 First
Ave. N.”

At approximately 7 p.m. on
Jan. 11 vandals entered the
building by shattering the glass
in an entrance door. Further
damage was caused when a
second glass door was shatter-
ed to gain entry to an office.
Glass was imbedded in several

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It’s called Share-a-Ride, and will appear in the Classified Ads.
Anyone wanting to cut: expenses in driving to work, or

‘perhaps needing a ride to some distant point will be able to
jadvertise their requirements in this column.
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‘expenses will be able to

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Castlegar News'services as Under $20 ads, Swap Shop ads,"Ads

ads, Birth

‘for Seniors, Lost ads,

‘Student Placement ads and Garage Sale signs.

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Recover Its Losses

foam mattresses used by the
children for naps during the
day.

The recent robbery is the

third experienced by the centre-

in the past few months. Losses
from the two previous thefts
amounted to $60 each.

The Hobbit Hill Centre for
Children is a non-profit organi-
zation offering a vital service to
the community. The centre
offers day care for the children
of working parents and also
provides ‘a special needs pro-
gram and a nursery school.

The centre is self support-
ing through parent fees .and
finances are always a problem.
Thus, the robbery and damage
Tepresent a critical loss.

Beginning Feb. 2, parents,
staff and board members of the

Hobbit Hill Centre for Children _

will have raffle tickets for sale
at 25 cents each or five for $1.

Items to be raffled include a-

cross-stitched picture, a cro-
cheted woman's shawl and a
crocheted child’s robe.

The draw will be held on
March 31st with all proceeds to
go directly to the Hobbit Hill
Centre..Tickets may be obtain-
ed by phoning the centre at
365-7280,

Revenves, Expenditures Higher

Premier Cautiously

Optimistic
A cautiously optimistic
economic: picture was drawn
last week by Premier Bill
Bennett in releasing the third

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cial economy.

The premier said the out-
look for the end fo the fiscal
year March 31 is that the
budget will balance.

Both budgetary revenues
and expenditures were higher
in the first nine months of the
fiscal year starting April 1,
1977, than originally forecast.

Bennett said the nine-
month budgetary revenue was
$2,961,600,000, or $172,600,000
more than originally forecast.
Budgetary expenditure. was
$2,848,000,000, or $39,200,000
above the original forecast.

The interim budgetary sur-
plus was $113.6' million, com-
pared with about $100 million
at the end of the second quarter
Sept. 30.

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KOOTENAY SAVINGS
CREDIT UNION

ransit Would Exclude 8

payers. In unincorporated elec-

-toral areas only properties

within one-half mile of the
transit route would be taxed for
the system, he said,

Completion of improve-
ments to transit.systems in
“some of the chronic municipal
problem spots” in B.C. has left
the transit bureau free to plan
the West Kootenay service,
D'Arcy said. In addition Flyer
and General Motors, the major
manufacturers .of buses in
North America, are finally
filling the provincial govern-
ment’s orders for buses, he
said.

1, Consumer. Debt.

Increased 12%

Consumers were $24.18
billion in debt at the end of
November, an increase of 12
per cent from the outstanding
credit lotai at the end of
November, 1976, Statistics Ca-
nada reported last week,

Most of the money was
owed to chartered banks. They
had consumer loans out of $18.6
billion, 16.1 per cent more than
a year earlier.’

Department stores, and
furniture, television radio and
household appliance stores had
outstanding credit of $1.42
billion, 2.5 per cent more than
in November last year.

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ENDURANCE RECORD could well have: been set Sunday
morning at. tha Old Arena hall by, teft to right, Mike
Sawchenko, Blake Frisby and Lou Lalonde when they served
breakfast to approximately 350 persons who came out to
“support Minor Hockey Week. Co-ordinator Lalonde sald 70
pounds of sausages, 14 gallons of pancake mix and 28 dozen
eggs were utillzed, with the first person served at 7:20 a.m.

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family groups. This year’s theme for Minor.Hockey Week
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to help foster sportsmanship in this national

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