CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 23, 1983 Gifts for all Budgets . . . - . af Waneta Wicker SANTA RECOMMENDS PAPASON CHAIRS e-.,s:0. now > 19D © Stocking Stuffers forEveryone —_- : © Scented erasers from 25¢ ; © Die cast cars from France © Greenhill Pencils & Notepads © Scented Pens & Pencils © Popsicle Soap @ Stick © TwinkieSoap __, ae” For Home or Office — sosor*! CALCULATOR RULERS Nee ...50% off. JUST ARRIVED FROM ITALY! LARGE WINE DECANTERS Rattan CO cigs 10P> . oe ’ WANETA WICKER Directly Across from Trail Jr. High School 1506 Cedar Ave. Trail fe nae the 368-8512 Christmas Countdown Let Santa's Helpers at Schneider's Help You! Tom, Will, Glenn, Colin, Santa, Darlene, Sheryl and Gord Come and Talk with Santa's Helpers for QUALITY CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS Winthis § Seiko TV Watch! . Yes, You May Win This Seiko TV Watch! Your name will be automatically entered with the purchase'of a watch from Lauener Bros. Jewellers during this Christmas season. The draw will be held on Dec. 24. _. We-have a vast selection of robs CITIZEN, SEIKO, PULSAR AND BULOVA WATCHES Make this a HOMEGOODS CHRISTMAS! | Santa and Ed say... We have the Gifts for the Woman of the House * Whirlpool Dishwashers osctacersoenessaovcateeaerceseueiagasaueserisceuesessageusr vei erscatsatenroersens ee Legistative Library, Parliament Bliga., 501 Bellevitte st TOY HOSPITAL from left, Chie! They. are the most unlikely look- ing Santa’s helpers. They don't wear ing and they stand way over three: féet tall.~ * By But ‘like Santa's helpers, their hearts are in the right place. They are volunteets. with {the Castlegar Fire Department and :they are: col- lecting and fixing toys for gifts to needy children in the area. - But in order to gather these toys am Castlegar: Volunteer Fire ‘De; b Mann, Stan fs partment members Bohnet, Theron Isfeld and Bill — for distribution’ by- the “local “branch of the ‘Royal ‘Canadian: Le- gio they need your help. - Fireman Jim Fishwick told the Castlegar News this week that toy drop-off points will be set up’ be- tween 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, - Dec.'3 and between :7: and 9: p.i Monday, Dec. 6 at both the north and ‘south end fire halls. “We are looking for toys in good condition that don't need a lot of re- pairs,” Fishwick said. But he added, ananennocsoceeaatasccceeugnaccientanenoc 3 y Gyui ovits children in toys home if they need: work, Fish- wick’ said. ae : This is..the second year the Castlegar Volunteer Fir part- ment hag undertaken such a project. Last year’s response was “trem- endous” Fishwick said, with toys being distributed to about 130 needy families. * “It is a program that fire depart- ._ The winning. numbers in Satur- days Lotto 649 draw are 3, 12, 16, 21, 33 and 49. The bonus number is 44. eerecracnszerepnmeenicezecevapesceatsemmstastcracraavecasoaneecncacavisanesvsen asad xplained Fishwick: “We never | felt there;was a need. But last year there was an obvious need, and this year too because of the poor state of the economy. We'll continue it until. the need is not there.” evannneascongneccerencoccaszasaaggicodscsccyssonesevengstscssscsncostsc esdusaraascocngsecii RRAP fund gets a boost from feds By CasNews Staff. Some Castlegar homeowners will)” benefit from an.$80,000 early “Christ- mas present” from the federal gov- ernment in the form of an infusion of cash to the: Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program. f The RRAP program provides fund- ing for lower-income people to make improvements‘ to their homes, The $80,000. increase ' in. funding towards 1983 applications is part of an overall-increase of $460,000 in home pair grants to the Kootenay West riding. ake The increase in funding boosts Castlegar's allocation to $216,000 for. the year, says RRAP coordinator Alex tz. “I call it a Christmas present,” Lutz said this week. a However, there is only $80,000 léft in. the Castlegar RRAP kitty, -he' said, ~ enough for about five or. six ‘appli-- cations. Other communities which will bene-_ fit from the additional funding ‘include Nelson, which will receive: $40,000, Trail, which will see $45,000 and Ross- land, which will see $30,000 in addi- tional home improvement grants. The rural area of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary ‘receives $50,000, while the Central Kootenay rural area will receive about $216,000. Ina press release, Kootenay West MP. Lyle Kristiansen noted that while other government ridings also received extra. money under the additional RRAP allocation, the Kootenay West ~ riding was given 3.4 times the national riding. average. “It's a pleasure to be able to an- nounce such a substantial amount of extra money for my riding during difficult times,” Kristiansen said. ' Applications are still being accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information contact Alex Lutz at 365-2410, , 2 Sections (A & B) WORTH $40 MILLION Goldandgems stolen in London heist LONDON (AP) — Six hooded gunmen stole an estimated three tonnes of pure gold valued at -nearly $40 million U.S. from a warehouse near. Heathrow Airport on Saturday after threatening to burn the six security guards alive. It was the richest robbery ‘haul in British history.” S Insurers offered a reward of $3 million for information leading to the « Fecovery of the loot, ‘which also included a small cache of diamonds. ‘The previous biggest robbery. — April 4 at Security Express in London, where a 14-man gang wearing monkey riasks made off with 7. million pounds ($12.7 million). in bank notes, During that robbery the gunmen squirted gasoline on a guard and threatened to burn him unless he opened a vault. i All'14,men remain at large, and police say’ none of the missing bank notss kavs Seon traced notes have been traced. “It might be that there is a link or it might be that it is a copycat,” said a Scotland Yard spokesnian who did not want to be identified. _) Mystery surrounded Saturday's holdup at Brinks-Mat depot No. 7 along building at the end of a row of ware- houses in Hounslow industrial park, 1.6 kilometres from ‘Heathrow and about 25 kilometres west of London. Brinks-Map Ltd., a subsidiary of the U.8. Brink's firm, transports money, gold bullion and other valuables to . stores, banks and air, rail and shipping . Gold now sells for about $875 U.S. an ounce. = MANY QUESTIONS Police refused to say who owned the gold, why so much of it was stored in ‘one place, how the gunmen managed to get past surveillance cameras outside ballfoe: “>"> * (Habgood: “These are some of the qués. tions we're just .not prepared. to answer. We're not saying who the gold belonged to, why it was there or where it was going.” Asked why the owner's identity was not disclosed,’ Habgood said: “Maybe it’s because they don’t know it’s been stolen.” Police said six members of. the security staff were in the warehouse at about 6:40 a.m. when the gunmen broke in. somehow tine detecticn by. 24-hour - surv ice cameras mounted outside the ‘building. - The gummen — wearing ski-mask hoods and ‘armed with handguns — handcuffed the guards and then poured gasoline over them, police ‘said. continued on pege A2 © BEN THOR-LARSEN FINISHES MARATHON BEN THOR-LARSEN ++. fan marathon By CasNews Staff Local marathon runner Ben Thor- . Larsen, running the Seattle Marathon Baturday to raise money for Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre, completed the run in three hours and 18 minutes. It was a cold and wet run for Thor- Larsen who was a bit disappointed in his time, which has been better in other marathons which he has partcipated. But when pledges are collected this week, Hobbit Hill won't be ted. The centre will be able to subtract about $2,500 from its debt incurred in the construction of a $45,000 building extension. Thor-Larsen was able to get $1,000 ‘tn pledges alone :from B.C. Timber mill where he works, Boel ccy ral Football fans in party mood We'll help you choose.a quality Christmas gift that will be truly appreciated under the tree on Christmas morning. ‘SCHNEIDER’ BUILDING SUPPLIES LTD. Your Tim-Br-Mart Dealer Waneta Junction, Trail, Phone 368-6466 ... She'll be really appreciative HOMEGOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE AT CHINA CREEK VANCOUVER (CP) — Boozy, boisterous, but not belligerent was the mood downtown Friday night as football fans from ‘across the country thronged the streets and jammed the bars. Police, who had reinforcements on duty in case of trouble, said no major problema arose. —_[{[_$[{] Grey Cup Highlights, BY ————S “It's a-very happy crowd, down there,” Sgt. Chuck Dixon said. “It's been Joud, but nothing unruly.” He said minor incidents included a group of revellers throwing glasses and debris from a window in the Hotel Vancouver. Hotel. security handled that incident, and no charges were laid, he added. “If the crowds stays as it was tonight, we won't have any. problenis,” Dixon said. : ‘i At the height of the downtown revelry, police estimated theré: were 4,000 people milling:on Georgia Street. Thside the hotels; the scene was even more chaotic. At the pub in the Georgia Hotel, there were 400 people at one point: jammed into an area supposed to hold 175. Inside the pub, any conversation more involved than the full-volume “Gimme an'L, gimme an. . .” was ‘futile. It was noisy outside, too. The Intensely Vigorous College Nine, a student band from the University of Saskatchewan, pushed through the crowd behind a wall of bouncing sound. The band members — dressed in fright wigs, ski goggles, and odd bits of quasi-military apparel — played a blend of brass instruments reeds, drums, and bagpipes. BRISK TRADE ‘ Souvenir stands were doing a brisk trade with the milling bodies. 5 At midnight, vendor Frank Mitchell said he had sold about $600 worth of his wares. He said he keeps about half that amount. Earlier in the evening, some unauthorized hawkers were literally throwing their business into the streets. The Lions gained a court injunction to prohibit the sale of any souvenirs bearing their name except for those carried by one authorized dealer. “I definitely want to make an issue out of this,” Lena Holmes said as police and officials of the Dog’s Ear T-Shirt Co. began confiscating her souvenirs. Holmes, who estimated she lost $500 in business, began throwing hats, scarves and buttons into the crowd of curious onlookers. Several of the other bootleg venders frantically began snipping the B.C. Lions logos off their wares before the Police got to them.