Legialative Library, Yarliamant Bldge,, 50 Victoria, B, ¢, " CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 15, 1976 Blue Monday; TIME TO GRIN Castlegar Library Receives $800 in Grants i A $600 Canadian Federa- tion of University Women Reading Stimulation grant and grant from the Arts Counell were acknowledged at the monthly meetly of the Castlegar and District Public Library held April last week in the Kinnaird branch. The latter was gratefully received, and has Bane t toward the pure! of art boo! Other items on the agenda covered discussion of the pro- posed budget; preparations for athe moving of the children's collection into the basement of meeting and Pacific Rim Con ference on Children's Litera: ture to be held in. Vancouver, the week of May 10-15, April 24th will bo the Open House of the new quarters with & puppet and story hour'as an attraction. Volunteers and the Boy Scouts have kindly asalsted with the ‘erection of shelving and moving of books and furniture, The Robson branch has doubled its circulation in three months and new patrons con- tinue to join in large numbers. at all branches, Since June 19 is the dato of ‘the Castlegar branch; and the referendum on the Koote- attendance at the British Col- umbia Library Association nay Library System, in particu- lar, these outlying-area pa- trons are being made, aware that they' are not presently being charged a user-fee be- cause of a grant from the Kootenay Library System So- elety which is subsidizing them. Tt is to the advantage of these patrons to vote on June 19 as the co-operative system will benefit them as much as those patrons who live near exiating Ubrari Arelatively new service (a copying machine) is available to patrons in the Castlegar branch should they want library mater- tals copied, Since April 1, a three-week: loan period has been instituted. . At this time, the library would wel Two Accidents For Same Driver April 12 proved a ‘blue Monday’ for.a Castlegar driver who became involved In two separate accidents Monday morning with each bringing a charge. Polly Semenoff of Castle- gar has been charged with falling to ylold the right-of-way on entering a through highway and driving without due care and attention, The first charge resulted froman accident at the Brilliant junction when the Semenoff vehicle sustained an estimated $125 damage when it pulled out. from a atop sign into the path ef a 1974 vehicle driven by John from the business community 80 that their information needs could be answered. A current- of "SHOES THAT MAKE AN FOR SAVAGE SHOES AND + ALL YOUR FAMILY FOOTWEAR Phone 365-7025 — Pine St. —=-Castlegar It Your Easter Shopping For Your Convenience “We are Open til’ 9 pm. TONIGHT: te CUT GLASS y¢ COSMETICS “Ye BOXED CHOCOLATES oy EASTER BASKETS & CANDY oye BUXTON WALLETS _ with matching Key. 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Approximately two hours later the second charge was laid after the Semenoff vehicle pulled out from the Super-Valu parking lot into the path of/a 1975 pickup driven by Leslie Gale Krauss. of Blusbersy Creek, No injuries have nae reported. The Krauss vehicle sustained an estimated $400 Easter Store Hours Today, Thurs, April 15 — 9. a.m, to 9 p.m. Good Friday, April 16 — a2 Noon to T pm and 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 17 — 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Noon to 1 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 19 —.9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. as usual Sunday, April 18 — Management We Heald You rl, 9 a.m. f0.9 pam. Sat. % a.m. to. 5:30 p.m. -1 p.m, pm, City Cashes in With Slag Agreement. “In my twenty years in business it was the toughest sct of negotiations I've been in- volved in,” That was the comment of the president of Pacific Abra- sives, Dave Spurgeon, at the conclusion of negotiations for a direct slag-sales agreement be- tween his company and the City of Grand Forks, ‘The new contract, which was reached March 25, will increase slag revenues to the city from about $20,000 a year to more than $200,000. Both parties have signed letters of intent that they are prepared to enter intoa 80-year contract for slag sales, with an option for renewal for another eae Weavers Guiid Holds Meeting On March 16 the Selkirk Weavers’ Guild met in the faculty lounge of Selkirk Col- cY¥) lege. After a short business * meeting, D. 0. MacGregor, director of Kootenay School of Arts in Nelson, gave a talk of basis decorative designs, The next meeting will be held this Tuesday ‘at Selkirk College when a demonstration of rag cutting techniques will be given, © : 30 years, and city council says that ovor the years it will be a multi-million dollar agreement for Grand Forks, As Mayor Robertson put it, its the single most -im- portant accomplishment of any council of the City, ‘The agreement was nego- tlated by council's slag commit- tee under the chairmanship of alderman Sugi Sugimoto, and . also involved were Mayor Rob- ertson, alderman Bill McCaf- _ frey and clerk Vern Ciccone. 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YOUR LINK HARDWARE DEALER _ PHONE 365-7782 V8V 1x4 i Published Every Thursday Moming at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” STLEGAR NEWS Then there's the one about the fellow who lost his wife's credit card but’ he didn’t report it because the woman who found it spent less than his wife. VOL. 29, No. 17 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1976 en] 20 CENTS PER COPY CLEARING began yesterday iieaday.sventng in the wciity of morning on « CP. Rall derailment which occurred “ay Sesedies Prwotis Gas hed ON: Ne detalls ware th donb port, are consistant with y ‘The grounds and the striv- ing towards the‘ completion of the Cultural Education Centre bor Village for its Present work da.” z * -Expressinghis “apprecia- tion to the City of Castlegar. for the equipment and to the city’ men for operating them, society ”> president Peter Oglow stated. that the entire area has been gtaded, heaps of top soil, which will soon be graded for land- scaping, are quite evident. -' Tentative completion date for’ the ‘Cultural; Education “Centre is May 31. This building is also known as the bread and borsch building: It is-here that crafts, such as weaving, and ‘spoon carving, wilt ® be Played. 42°, The society, is at present advertising for a manager for. this division of the museum. {It was noted there are now 860 catalogued artifacts -with many more still to be entered. ? The ‘society is now pie ning to have cards, containin, two sections, to be ulilized when future donations of arti- facts ‘are made. 2}*: One section will be given to the donor to display and th “1 Membership fees are to be increased by $1 over that of last year if it ‘does not ‘jeopardize future grants. for the Village. + At © present, - however,. grants do not seem too. avail- able. As' Mr. Oglow. explained good | naturedly to those pres- ent, “our name is very good. A ‘grant had - received “approval Be the government. does not. Mark’ Mealing spoke of an awards program, “Heritage of . ecessary steps to have the soa or'a portion of the ‘same, be given considera tion, is'to be looked into. last year's visitors representing® the: farmers of Saskatchewan and confirm the society's tinuede interest ‘in old’ farm | Doukhobor Village Being. Landscaped: Cultural Education Centre Opens May: zt Life memberships. ee presented to Anna Gattinger, ‘MacKenzi Legebok “Three life ‘ memberships ° and a certificate of merit were ie and Peter | the. gar Airport when COPA’ Flight 2 22° held “its monthly ~ meeting Tuesday night at'Sel- ‘kirk College with 56, members also Eons dur the even. © year. by Roatenay W ‘This « that Community Video Ltd. will serve the company will conduct a survey, prion, to actual engineering designs being completed. said the company informed le that'a special . Brisco “ application: ‘with the Canadian R. ‘lated | the district ‘pilots “on. their. excellent ‘safety record Raspberiy area but that $ “not. been’ “constructed here sooner. He spoke on the basic tower and ter- longer necessary for such an ‘extension’ of aie aad the lice majority of potential subscribers already live yithin the Presently nsed area, However, any areas lying outside the presently licensed area rainology, used. . Minehuk. also stated how. Wicasea he was that the ‘pilots: using ‘the’ airport and :- control tower were fitting into will have to be considered ‘under a new. corlsie to the CRTC. B®) Resional Confereiice ae. ls Being: Held. ‘Here - “The United. Way of BC- will be> holding ©’ regional’ conference. here; tomorrow» evening and’all day Saturday. The conference is ‘one ‘of: * three being. held : throughout ° the, ‘province od will have, = ment, retention and Tesponsi- s be di routine ‘of: tower control: very paign organization and promo. ee ; tion, involving ‘household ‘can- ’ vassing and employee payroll deducti ions, “The three, R’s for. “United Way board.members—“recruit- Castlegar, Cranbrook, Creston, Fernie, Fruitvale, Grand Forks, :. Invermere, “Kimberley, Mont.” Rossland. and » , Tose, Nelson, * Trail, . Conference chsirman J be Mrs,’Marjorie MacBain of Castlegar, who is secretary- treasurer: of: the © Castlegar District United Way. ‘Theme of the conference is “Volunteer Update: jurvival in’ the source people: in from . Vancouve: Trail, nd agenda : ii :George discussion (items include ‘ea bilittes"—will ‘The confererice is. being.» held at the Hi Arrow Arms and” serves: thé “East © and : West. -~ Kootenays ‘as well as: the Boundary | Country. West Kootenay 3 e Pilots: React’ To‘Lan ig Fees ‘The department of trans-.: a landing fee by writing their ; member of parliament, * web plnge fate dikes tor’ ‘The noithern pi of Castlegar betmeen ‘90 and 80 minutes on Wednesday evening of last week. Lights went. out at 8.20 pw. parte of North Castlegar by, ‘A West Kootenay Power Service was restored to most ay with electricity once again flowing to all parts of the city by 9.30. Power spolesman said (he outage cccurred ad'a result of some’ excavation work carried out by Kootenay Builders on ie. wonerty on Columbia Aves tll, which in heavy triton line, ‘The following - statemer was included in Kootenay West © their support to. ani such" MP. Bob Brisco’s’ last news. letter: E, “I have been sending cop- ies of all letters I have received office for his reply. Mr., Lang has now informed me that due’ to the vast’amount of suth letters being passed on to him / onthis subject to thie minister's * by all members of parliament, \- his office is bogged down and ~ he would greatly appreciate it if: he did not receive any more.” quickly making the controller's pons meeting seneluded an is very interesting presented by Mr. Minchak, “A ‘Traveller Meets Air Traffic ‘Control, and. aution Wakes "stata "ak 2 ass. on Samday - : Ifyou don't want to be late fer church or, werk on Sunday, of this should: to Standard Time at 2 a.m. on‘ Oct:' $1: 6 dase your: clock iprings ‘Ahead |ia the: spring, "and Falla Back 6ne hon fn the meeting Exhibition Ceatre. Repectsf the eveniig tadicated the excellent _ Passenger Usage Grows _, But Not Airport Profits has d loped a program of movements at Chitlenee air the area's population growth, but the facility is losing more ; money ney each year, says the 1975 report of the Castloges Airport «Committee, Since 1870. passenger boardings for Pacific Western Airlines have doubled, increas- ing routhly 18 ‘per. cent évery genre from 14,047 six years:ago: to 35,635 last : it year. d + No‘atatistics are available, for passenger movements by a feeder carrier, Arrow Aviation, : ~ a relative new-comer to Caatle: : row began a ahutle Beate between Castle- gar,’ Kamloops; “Penticton, | Kelowna,’ Grand © Forks’ and. © Cranbrook, extending the ser expansion at the airport, most of it to be completed after.the federal gusterity program winds down, Plans include a cuvered The committee urges pas: sengers to use public trans. portation to the airport and leave cars at home. Long term parking ‘space Is running out and the committee may have to baggage area, i the existing security. oystem and better fire fighting equip- ment. ‘Avnew industrial-use road “is also planned by the ministry which will “allow. for more industrial expansion, ight parking ‘charges, Potable water is also diffi- cult to obtain,’ and: unless a regional water system is devel- oped, a’ well: may have to be drilled in the next few years, - Brad Wallans Appointed ‘News Advertising Manoger he’ appointment “of © por ‘Wallans as’ advertising manager of the Castlegar News + “Buti increased ’ passenger movements have’: resulted: in oe operating losses ‘since ert year. expenditures were “double revenues’. with - $66,136 gppeeed to $183,164. the airport made a ‘ay pra with revenues of 000 exceedin; expenditures yo irport is designated a national sect. ‘airport by the of ‘transport, which. involved in. thea spat tic +: One? thot airport big- Best pict Sean tomers a the federal ‘government, which re-- ¥: aan completed its” 00,0005 yo alr) sic Avathe contro! facility, to direct alr traffic from dawn to Other. lessors at ‘the airport include four rent-a-car services, < two public transportation’ ser- vices, ‘five flight: services, ‘the _ B.C. Forest Service fire fight- ing facilities, the department of. environment weather facilities ~ and the’ ministry. of transport telecommiunications system. ‘The ministry of ‘transport: Village : Centenaial Project beginning. /A growth publisher Burt Campbell. . Mr. Wallans succeeds ‘Walter Marken, ‘a longtime Castlegar resident, who is now going into the motel business in Kimberley. Mr. ‘Wallans has been anf advertising manager for two ‘ community weekly newspapers in Manitoba and most recently, was an advertising representa- tive with the Calgary Albertan. © He is interested sin‘ both skiing and tennis and he and his wife, Valerie, and their, young son : Christopher: are ; making their home in Robson, Mr. and Mrs. Wallans both * say they are greatly impressed ~ Affiliated KXLY-TV. Wai a Taat is Abguat it will end their. 23-year affiliation agreement— 335 move that industry observers ‘say “isa warning ‘to other © affiliates not’ to juggle ‘the network schedule, » The’ decision was made because of a‘ combination’ of their not showing programs at all or showing’ them: outside their normal time period," said Cart 8. Ward,'a CBS-TV. vice- president, However, he denied it; was’ meant’ to affect other affiliates, There are two other’ com- mercial television’ stations in Saas io with the Castlegar district and are looking forward to’ being part ‘of the sommunity. . WXLY-IV. Spokane that are affliated with ithe! other. networks. Mr.’ Ward “would not comment on whether CBS would shift its affiliation to one of them. s-“We were shocked at the way they did it,” said Wayne F, MeNulty, vice president of KXLY-TV, adding that he had not received official word of any kind explaining the CBS action. He said that, with permis- sion of the network, the station , bad’shifted certain “outstand- ing” all-family shows,\such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Good Times ‘and ‘The’ Bob Newhart Show, “from: | their normal network’ times ‘to Fri- day nights. The. station also frequently dropped ‘the net- work's movie and substituted one of its own. Television networks want affiliates to carry their ‘shows at the. scheduled times for | the sake of the national rating. Any program's rating will be’ dimin- ished | by. every’ station that deelines to carry it, but some - local stations substitute their own shows for network. pro- graming in certain time periods 2 to avoid sharing the revenues with the network. 135 Whistling - Swans Make Loco! Appearance Last Saturday 185. Whis- ling Swans touched down brief. sclycon “a gravel -bank : at’ the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers. Trumpeting of the large “white birds attracted the atten- tion of members of the. Weit «Kootenay, Naturalists’ tion,’ who immediately went to 2 the area. -Late_in the morning- the 4, birds took off. After circling the valley: twice, they headed ; borth-west along the Arrow » Lakes: toward Nakusp where complex from’ {ts 1971 which Mr. Ogiow attributed to the untiring efforts of ile meabers Cod the oe operation of the Sey cg coneae News Phote residents of the: valley would have seen the swans, Records kept by the na- turalists indicate that © small Bocks of Whistling Swans are seen regularly along the Colum- bia River but 135 alll at once is an unusual occurrence. Normat- ly such large numbers would stop over at Creston and it is thought these birds may have n off course, “The Whistling Swan nests in the far north between ‘the tree line and the Arctic Ocean.