” f Aé CASTLEGAR NEWS, DECEMBER 9, 1987" OUR LETTERS TO SANTA supplement (in today's paper) is always one of our most popular features — with both young and old. And, as in years past, we have received some very funny letters — again from both young and old. We print as many of the youngsters’ letters as space permits and normally hold onto the “other” letters for our own private chuckle. But this year we thought you might like to have a chuckle yourself — so read on: “Dear Santa: In regards to my previous letter sent to you in December '80 which did not go in the newspaper, therefore, I never received Burton Cummings, my only request. So this year I'll ask you for the next best thing: George. I'm looking forward very much to this Christmas as I know you won't let me down two years in a row. Love Angela Cranbury Age i7.” Don't ask us who George is. CASTLEGAR LAWYER Jack Polonicoff (whose wife, Leah, gave birth just recently to their fifth youngster, a second son) has a client who — thankfully — watches cops-and-robbers prgrams on the tube. The client was in Jack's office recently until after the front office staff had left. Jack saw the client out of his private office, spent a few minutes gathering up his papers, and then left the building locking it for the night. You guessed it. The client had decided to use the bathroom... About half-an-hour after Jack got home he received a phone call that the fellow was locked in. Jack returned to the office, all the time wondering why it had taken the client 30 minutes or more to call him. The explanation: The fellow let himself out of the offices of Polonicoff, Jones and Perehudoff, locking the door behind him. However, when he got to the bottom of the flight of stairs he found the door to the building locked. There he was, stranded between two locked doors. Finally, he hit on the solution — obtained from countless whodunit TV movies. It took him two plastic credit cards (both of which, says Jack, got badly shredded), but the client finally opened (the lock on the law firm's office and got inside to Street talk telephone Jack to come down and let him out. A NELSON RESIDENT, who has asked to remain unidentified, has related an incident to Street Talk which supports RDCK director Martin Vanderpol’s concerns about service provided by PWA. This gentleman was returning via Air Canada from Toronto, When a connection couldn't be made at Calgary, Air Canada (most graciously, says our informant) flew him and others on to Vancouver, put them up in a first-class hotel for the night, bought them delicious meals, and then they were to fly PWA to Castlegar. Pacific Western wasn't able to land at Castlegar that particular day, so it offered (to its credit) a bus from Penticton. But here comes the zinger. Relatives of the gentleman were at Castlegar Airport. They phoned PWA at Pentictori asking to speak with the chap so that they could finalize plans to pick him up later that day. ‘ They were informed by the PWA spokesman at Penticton that the bus was leaving momentarily and it was nearly impossible to call the gentleman to the telephone. The bus actually left two and a half hours later... ALD. CARL LOEBLICH is one happy guy. His wife, Esther, comes home from Castlegar Hospital Friday. She took a bad fall “the day the big game got rained out between the Expos and the LA Dodgers,” says Carl, remarking that it'll be nearly two and a half months since Esther was hospitalized. Art Johnson, her doctor, is pretty sure she'll be able to be released Friday reports a beaming Carl. STREET TALK’S OPERATIVE #2 says B.C. Re- sources (BCRIC to you and me), is debating the location ofits shareholders’ meeting slated for the East and West Kootenays. Those responsible for selecting a site are said to be considering Fernie, Castlegar and Nelson. . Fernie has BC Coal, Castlegar has BC Timber, while Nelson has the controversial Kootenay Forest Products ‘division of BC Timber. iit the employee aspect is considered, and not just the factor, then Cast! inches out Fernie on the technical fact that more BC Timber employees actually live in Castlegar than BC Coal employees do within the municipal ‘limits of Fernie. PLAUDITS WERE heard at the local Ice Palace Saturday for, the combined efforts of the Castlegar A car nd Resi — OF FISH over 50 varieties FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 ‘a and Recreation Commission No. 1 for the job done in bringing Sente end Mrs. Claus to town. The large turnout of children (with parents in tow), indicates the continuing popularity of this much appreciated public service. And having Mr. and Mrs. Claus arrive by horse-drawn sleigh this year was an especially nice touch. GENIAL Dorothy ("Dot” to almost everyone) Fleming has once again strung lights throughout the trees on her prop providing ab iful Chris display at 8065 - 2nd St. Dot (a school bus driver with School District No. 9, active AA worker, and driver of the Rebels’ hockey team bus) didn’t let the’$60 worth of lights stolen last year deter her from buying more lights and putting up her display again this past weekend. However, she warns, she now has a dog... AND SPEAKING of Christmas lights and displays, if any of our readers notice a particularly beautiful display by homeowners, please give Street Talk a buzz at 365-3517 with details. IT’S NICE TO see all those Christmas decorations around town — and this year everybody seems to be: getting into the act. The city has put up its own Christmas lights and decorations for the first time — and the response has been favorable. Over the Selkirk College there's a Christmas tree decked out on the roof that can be seen from downtown, the highway and even Brilliant and Raspberry. brightened up their stores with lights and baubles. And of course many of the local businesses = | 4 Receive Comincoawards PQ wants him to stay Manager of Public and Community Relations for Cominco's B.C. Group, Rex McMeekin, reports that 28 West Koot (for students with a high school average of 73 to 86 per cent). have received Cominco High- er Education Awards for 1981. The scholarships are avail- able for children of Cominco employees and retirees. Five of the West Kootenay awards were Class I (for students who achieve a high school average of 86 per cent or better) and 23 were Class II CAROLIN MATT ... Castlegar This year, marking the pany’s 75th anni y, the Class I awards were increased to $750 from $500 and the Class II awards in- creased to $500 from $350. Including Cominco-related students outside the West Kootenay region, a total of 47 scholarships worth $25,500 were awarded this year. Local i Matt (Selkirk College), Susan Tischler (Selkirk College, and Denise Castellarin (Selkirk College). The Cominco Higher Edu- cation Awards Program started in 1966, and has proved to be very successful from the point of view of stu- dents, parents and educa- tional authorities. Under the Program, awards based on academic achievement have QUEBEC (CP) — Premier Rene Levesque is getting a flood of telegrams and letters from Parti Quebecois mem- bers asking him not to resign as party i Saint-Jean needs you.” _ Either a referendum or more than 50 per cent of the vote must be won before said: “Quebec declaring independence, the telegram says, and the party policy should be revised at the resumption of the con- vention in January, Levesque has still not an- nounced a decision on the resignation threat he made at closing of the PQ’s conven- tion Sunday. He had said he would take 4 several days to consider what to do about the rift that has of Class IT scholarships were: Carolin SUSAN TISCHLER ... Castlegar to $850,000 for 894 students. DENISE CASTELLARIN ...Genelle ped between him and the PQ over several radical policies the party adopted. Levesque, who said he would have trouble voting for himself if the resolutions remain party policy, was es- pecially upset about the elimination of association with the rest of Canada as an objective following Quebec independence. As well, he opposed a resolution calling for inde- pendence after the next elec- tion, even if the party gains less than 50 per cent of the popular vote. In a telegram to Levesque on Tuesday, the 2,000-mem- ber PQ riding association of valley landscape nursery LIVING Christmas Trees Colorado Spruct a4'4 in 18" Tubs, Blue, Green... NURSERY 226-7270 Winlaw, B.C. DESIGN & ESTIMATES William J. Dudley, L.A. 365-5702 NOTICE TO Owners of Dogs The penalty for allowing your dog fo run loose or unattended Is nett ss than $50.00, not more than $500.00. Is your dog causing personal injury or proper: ty damage to your fellow citizens? DOGS MUST BE KEPT UNDER CONTROL AT ALL TIMES City of Castlegar ANIMAL CONTROL YOU CAN LOSE ; t7T025 | POUNDS IN JUST 6 WEEKS! THE WINNER OF THE . REBOUNDER FROM DIET CENTER WAS GAIL VERHAEGHE CALL TODAY FOR A FREE CONSULTATION 365-6256 7a.m.+1p.m. Mon. «Fel. 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Sat. or by Appointment Anytime \ Spy ROS In Stock Clearance Weather doesn't dampen UCW tea The ladies of the United Church Women held a suc- cessful Tea and Bazaar in the Legion Hall, Saturday. Des- pite the wet weather, there was a good turn-out of guests. Mrs. Diane Newman was at the door welcoming the guests as they arrived; she also declared the event offi- cially opened. The hall was tastefully decorated in the Christmas theme. The sewing table was sup- ervised by Mrs. Helen Bon- acci, Mrs. Mildred Brady, Mrs. Dorothy Kavic and Mrs. Gladys Morris. At the bake table were Mrs. Ethel Spain, Mrs. Lois Johnstone, Mrs. Muriel Wilson, Mrs. Ann Schulty and Mrs. Mabel Klenam. Novelties were in the charge of Mrs. Francis Hunter, Mrs. Edith Wilson and Mrs. Mildred Hesketh. The kitchen was well supervised by Mrs. Polly Travis, assisted by Mrs. Helen St. Vincent, Mrs. Dawn Beynum, Mrs. Bella Moran, Mrs. Peg Newman, Mrs. Rita Koehle, Mrs. Jean Lundquist, Mrs. Ann Wadey and Mrs. Wynn Scarf. Serv- 2DAY AUCTION SALE Antique, Modern & Tool Auction ing teas was Mrs. Marg Fullerton, assisted by Mrs. Justine Buffett, Mrs. Grace Ackney, Mrs. Cheryl North, Miss Kathy Beynum and Mrs. J. Furey. Tea tickets were sold by Mrs. Jean Fitz- patrick. Members extend their thanks to all who braved the weather to attend the tea and to all who helped'in any way to make the event a success. They also extend season's greetings to all. 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But he gave special at- tention to the “paper bur- den.” He said there are indi- cations costs all the people of Canada like a huge, high-interest mort- re.” oie noted that interest charges alone last year cost the government more than it collected in corporate income taxes. But “these deficits re- sult, at least in part, from policy which is have stabilized in recent, years, compared with the three years between 1972 and 1975 when rental costs tripled to $24 million a year from $7.3 million. However, major. savings could ‘still be made. In the five months up to March 81, 1981; Dye said, $580,000 could: have been saved by renting cheaper machines, In other cases, more could be saved by buying the ma- chines outright. Dye also drew attention to the $82.8 million national debt, which he said “burdens Lack guidelines By GERARD McNEIL OTTAWA (CP) — Al though the 19,800-man . RCMP force spends $800 million a year and might be the western world’s largest police force, it is far from clear that the know “equitable balance between prevention and enforce- ment,” “high standard of po- lice service,” “public confi- dence and goodwill” ‘and “sensitize the public.” But the men and women in 727 detach across the what they are doing or why. Auditor General Kenneth Dye, in a report made public force's ‘problems: the loose way in which Mounties use language, and their insis- tence that only trained po- licemen can do jobs for which they obviously are unsuited. Dye says crime prevention country are not given guide- lines on how to meet these objectives, the report says. The native policing pro- outside the purview, of my office.” There was little in the 525-page report to match the scandals and abuses un- earthed by auditors general a decade ago. But there were some gems: — The Public Works De- partment is still working — slowly — on a $2-billion Ot- tawa building it bought in 1976 and now expects to open in 1983. — Canadian National Rail- ways was paid twice for var- ious losses, picking up $53 million more than it should have. The railway also is claiming another $97 million. — The federal government. lost more than $6 million through delays in awarding the concession for the duty- free shop at Toronto Inter- national Airport. Mail service overstated By JULIET O'NEILL OTTAWA (CP) — Mail delivery tests by the auditor general show only half the letters sent between cities arrived when promised and only 75 per cent sent inside the same city arrived on time. : The test results were in the annual report of Auditor General. Kenneth Dye and were a key example of how the Post Office generally does not have sufficient ways of measuring how efficiently its mail delivery and other services are working. The auditor general found roughly the same results of mail delivery between cities — about half arrived on time —as the Post Office found in its own tests, both conducted at the same time early this year. # But Dye found the Post Office local mail gram’s formal obj was to “provide a highly efficient and effective policing service to native peoples,” but this also was undefined. The auditor general recom- mends that the RCMP “de- fine as precisely as possible” and are priorities with the RCMP. Nevertheless, little time was spent on them. The program objectives, its objecti in these and other operational areas — commercial crime, drug law enforcement, customs patrol —.to. help managers plan, he. says,contain ringing but_control and .evaluate...such- “undefined terms such as programs. Treasures unsafe OTTAWA (CP) — Many of tions at Ottawa's four na- Rousi Canada’s national could be lost or damaged through fire, flood, mould, dryness, vandalism or other disaster because of inade- quate storage, the auditor general's report says. Kenneth Dye's report strongly condemns opera- Chamber election Castl Chamber of tional much of Canada’s cultural and natural history. The report also says that an eight-year attempt to cat- alogue treasures gt various museums across the country is so far behind that it is not even known how many mu- seums exist. The National Museum Corp. does not even know the full extent of its own in- ventories, the auditor gen-_ eral says in some of the it ici: in the Commerce will be holding a luncheon general meeting, ‘Thursday at 12 noon at the Hi Arrow Arms Motor Hotel. Guest speakers will be Sally Williams and Murray Young from the Castlegar Library Board. Elections will be held for 1982 president, first ana report. Th which delivery performance inside the three test cities of Tor- onto, Ottawa and Vancouver. Mail posted from one location to another inside a city is supposed to arrive the next day. The auditor general found an average 75 per cent of the local mail arrived on time while the Post Office found an average 85.5 per cent ar- rived on time. CALLED OVERSTATEMENT The auditor said this was a significant overstatement by the Post Office. The official, in charge of the tests said both tests showed a poor delivery record. Post Office standards say that in the early months of the year, most mail should be delivered -overnight within the same city and between about a dozen paired cities such as London, Ont., and Hamilton. Two-day delivery is expected between most other. cities and three-day delivery is expected between cities on Opposite coasts. Dye said the Post Office should report its mail de- livery record in detail at least once a year to the public, but should first improve its tests. The report said the Post Office tests do not accurately reflect what really happens in the mail system. For ex- ample, the Post Office test mail is all a perfect size and properly addressed whereas THE - PROMISE” OF ALL AGES “THE PROMISE OF ALL AGES"... isa talk about a unified world © securely at peace. “The Promise Of All Ages” sets the present defective world order in perspective, and shows that this Age will see mankinds greatest attainments in fields of: ¢ culture © society © technology —® ‘spirituality. blic talk lains how prophetic visions that are Fae eee ot yoars ald have been realized in the life and e controls federal museums, cost the taxpayer $52.5 mil- lion to operate last year. It has 43 premises under its wing. “The state of a number of these premises is such that the items stored in them de- iorate and are I teachings of a 19th century Prince of Persia and the universal Cause thot He founded: The Baha'i Faith. SEE THIS PRESENTATION LOCALLY: MONDAY, DEC. 14 second P J January's general meeting 1982 directors will be elected. threatened by fire, flood, mould, dryness and so on. 7:00 P.M. SELKIRK-COLLEGE d of the Castlegar Baha'i Community. real mail often is not. That means most of the test mail is sorted by machines whereas only about 50 per cent of real mail is sorted mechanically. By contrast, the auditor general test used mail more like the real thing, And the auditor general counted some time, such as pick-up of mail from letter boxes, that is not counted in Post Office tests. Is public getting its money's worth? OTTAWA (CP) — The public doesn’t know whether it is getting its money's worth from some major Crown corporations because they won't submit to compr- hensive audits. They should, Auditor Gen- eral Kenneth Dye said in his annual report released Tues- day, because comprehonsive audits determine whether money is being well spent. Officials from Dye's office specifically pointed to Air Canada, Canadian National and Eldorado Nuclear Ltd., as the major objectors to such audits, : However, CBC, which also had questioned some aspects of such auditing, had agreed to submit to one. “Only through such audits may Parliament be given in- dependent assurance con- cerning systems and’ proce- dures related to’ finance and management controls,” Dye $100. Reward Offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who stole a 1980 Blue Kawasaki Snow Machine off the trailer at 2237 - 6th Ave., Castlegar. PHONE ART COBURN at Williams Moving & Storage 365-3328 or 365-2283. CASTLEGAR NEWS, DECEMBER 9, 198)' MACLEOD'S . -Door-Buster——- Thursday Nite 7:30.p.m, Dec. —“Mandarin Oranges’ LIMITED TO 2 BOXES PER FAMILY Plus many other in-store specials at our Trail & Castlugar Locetions CHRISTMAS HOURS Open Until 9:00 per Dec. 10, 17. 21, 22 PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE. with a fully guaranteed . 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