CASTLEGAR NEWS, April) isa EE oops.” 3 eer =) Oe FURNITURE. : f Zz Tae =r ; : - 2 it ey Postcnery | | (Voice of the People /. Wrong group By The Institutoot eet allowanes,"‘death benefit or. ‘tax-exempt ‘income «do ’ not! AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE was given Friday to students at Tarrys Elementary School by four-and-one- haif-year-old Musha, an Akita breed who can pertorm several amazing feats. This is all part of o culminating activity to the Grade 1 “Animal Needs .. . Takin: under the supervision of tf ‘students’ science unit on Care of a Pet,” being given eir teacher, Mrs. Kazakofi. itor, Castlegar Nowa. « Inresponse to the letter by E, Zaytsoff in the March 29. issue of the Castlegar News, the Robson School ‘Parent Group would like to point out that his comments were un- intentionally misdirected, We wish to° clarify the situation by pointing out that the recent allegations con- cerning the Robson Elemen- tary School were made by the “Concerned Grade 7 Par- Lady Di's gown Stress on LONDON (AP) “— The young couturiers designing the gown for. Lady Diana Spencer's wedding to Prince .. Charles say they have in The students were entertained by Mrs. Chris Cross, a local area resident and owner of champion show dog. Daiker No Kuro Musha, C.D.X. Musha. Musha has several ribbons and trophies to his credit, and the distinction of being the highest scoring Canadian dog last year in Cranbrook, He is also Canada's highest scoring Akita in dog obedience. mind something romantic and not necessarily white, “It will be the dress of the century, divine," said 28- year-old David Emanuel who with his wife, Elizabeth, and five seamstresses will design -and stitch the creation for the July 29 nuptials. Asked if the royal dress would be the traditional white, Emanuel replied: “It might not be. We once did * one in palest pink which was absolutely beautiful.” He said he and his wife are ents” and not the Robson Parent Group. ‘ The Parent Group was started in order to work in support of the school and to help effect changes that would benefit the school as a whole. We work closely with the school. and trust that this letter makes our position clear, Bue Boyd for : Executive, Robson School Parent i Group c itic “This has to be perfect," he said. “We will be going to St. Paul's to look at the color of the steps, stones and sur-° roundings, In fact the whole atmos- phere of the place.” THEME ROMANTIC He stressed it will be a gown to evoke romantic thoughts. “One needs romance in the climate in which we live,” he said. . . : “To me, if there is an ex- cuse to dress up, you should. It is very sad not to bother” Emanuel! talked to reporters on the weekend after being bombarded with congratula- tory calls and a taking into fact teat the wedding at se Paul's Cathedral will be watched by an estimated 500 million television viewers around the world. Cheats death but no real chance to live By David Kaye NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Her father still visits twice a day and the radio on the bed- stand plays soothing music. But five years after a court ruling that Karen Ann Quin- lan had a right to die, she King deat live. 7" Plo uieli Today is Karen's Sith birthdey, while Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s ruling — after a year-long court battle — that she could be removed from a lite . fs in.a coma — cheating. . ith no“real chince to _ mother said in a recent in- terview. "... I'm very thank- ful she didn’t die. We're for- tunate because we've had the opportunity to have her for five years and to make this adjustment. But when she dies, it will be just another adjustment.” Dr. Juli vifeasor of i York Univessiee Centre, says he warned the Quinlans during the trial that Karen could remain ina coma for “years and years.” “The longest I've heard of a coma patient similar to Her parents, surprised and relieved that their daughter lived after being weaned from the machine, plan to celebrate Karen's tirthday with a Roman Catholic Mass at her bedside. Karen lapsed into a coma on April 16, 1975, apparently after drinking at a party. The cause of her illness has never been fully determined. * Her: parents, Julia and Joseph: Quinlan, say her resilience has given them a chance’to adjust to the trag- edy,. and the difficult decision they made in. taking the case to the: state's highest court. “I didn't fee! she would survive: this long,” her Friday's Provincial i ; winners The March 27 Provincial winning ticket number is 6762683. This ticket, with its complete number, wins $500,000. Additional prizes are $50,000 for the last six digits; $1,000 for the last five digi $100 for the last four digits; $25 for the last three digits and $10 for the last two digits. The next draw takes place this Friday. Karen in this state is 17 years,” says Korein, who also is chief of electro- encephalography at Bellevue Medical Centre in New York City. Quinlan, who visits Karen at the Morris nursing home early.‘each morning on his way to work and again at night, says that with the court decision five years in the past, “everything is very quiet now.” “There's no more excite- ment of the press or the trial or the state officials. There's still the day to day, though, and I visit Karen twice a day. It's part of our life, and that gets difficult at times. But, of course, we'd never Atop visit- ing her.” Quinlan says he talks to his comatose daughter as shel lies t "are ‘open when x. “awake,” says Quinlan. ‘Just. ’, Karen continues to con- tract infections, but her body's defence system ward them off. She has slowly gained weight and now weighs about 80 pounds. Karen has normal “sleep- awake” cycles, and her eyes she is a touch and she'll wake up.” Karen remains curled up in a fetal position, and nurses turn her over on her water- bed every few hours to pre- vent bed. sores and fluid accumulation in her lungs. The Quinlans last year es- tablished the “Karen Ann Quinlan Centre of Hope,” a hospice program, which sends doctors, nurses, psy- chologists and aides into the field to aid terminally ill . patients, By trealing, ed :in their hom payee ly ill are all to die in familiar and comfartable sur- roundings. Forty-two patients were Answer for Sunday Crossword Puzzle me [-[mo} g | Is} PITPEOMPOA m|- (=| Ic] Olm|=|TS| DIO] I. ni—lOlmimiz a = SESE GaSe FEE O10 (cn [a] mi [> oR AIMS |la| [rimloo= | Isisio it] LROIAITIEIR| SINIEIETe| IDIEISHc] Answer for Sunday, March 29 , Cryptoquip: THE CAPABLE YOUNG CANDY-STRIPER Is To- DAY'S PROUD HOSPITAL BLESSING. IC | aided by the program in its first year, the Quinlans said, and 13 remain alive, “It’s a good program,” Quinlan says. “It's just what's needed.” 2 Karen lapsed into a coma at a friend's birthday party. mild tranquilizer and aspirin, However, the mixture never was deter- mined to be the cause of her condition. She also had a blood sugar problem, may have con- tracted lead poisoning in a ceramics factory where she worked and sustained a large bump on her head in a fall two weeks before she became comatose, Quinlan said, However, Korein insists Karen lapsed into a coma after drinking large amounts © of alcohol, choking and being without oxygen for up to 80 minutes. Korein, testified during a 1976 hearing that medical science does not Have the ability to improve Karen's condition, Five years have not changed his mind. “I still don’t believe any- body should kill anybody,” he said. “But I do believe in judicious neglect when the medical treatment is not going ta help the patient anyway.” on a nursing home her. eves s opening and closing: tently. tose | persol'can ar YOU and. if thoy might wake up.” Even if Karen “wakes up,” she never will return to a normal life. Doctors say she is in a “chronic vegetative state.” Her official condition continues to. be reported as “stable.” “I don't believe Karen ever. will regain any awareness," Korein says. “Her chances of recovering are as close to zero,as you can get without being zero." NOTICE JANITORIAL CONTRACT Sealed tenders for Janitorial Contractor at the Castlegar Alrport will be received by the airport manager to 4 p.m. April 10, 1980. . Lowest bid may not necessarily be accepted, For further information, please contact Mr. J. R. Michelson Alrport Manager Sastleger Manager | 365-5151 ‘YOUR FUEL EFFICIENCY HEADQUARTERS Plymouth Horizon Miser beats every 5 passenger “domestic car for highway ad economy HIGHWAY S51/(100km) _ COMBINED 7.1/(100km) WE'VE GOT WHAT YOU NEED! HIGH GAS ECONOMY! LOW PRICES! AND CARS THAT USE LOWER PRICED REGULAR LEADED GAS! Paul's Place | “HIGHWAY 3A » DL ne WANETA JUNCTIO! crush of photographers inthe two weeks since 19-year-old Lady Diana announced her choice of designers. | He said he and his wife will sdispense with the traditional paper sketches to ensure secrecy of the design, which will evolve as Lady Diana expresses her preferences, The couple already has won acclaim for a stunning, strapless black silk taffeta gown Lady Diana wore at her first public -function with Prince Charles after their. engagement was announced.’ The Emanvels are re fro! Lady Diana is by far their best-known. cilent, despite her short time in the public eye. Other patrons include Bianca Jagger, the fashion- conscious ex-wife of Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, and actress Susan Hamp- shire. Several other mem- bers. of the royal family, including Princess Anne, Charles’ sister, and Princess Margaret, his aunt, kept their wedding gowns simple. 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Desmond Carroll, 1471 Columbia, Ave.,.Trail 364 ‘Regular Saturday Services Pasior Dirk Zinner: OF eee, 6th Ave. % olocke south of -. Community Complex 9:40.a,m. Sing-Song 10.a,m. Worship and Sunda: School Robson: 1st & Ird Sundoys | Rev. Ted Bristow 365-8337 or 365-7814 2404 Columbia Avenue Church School 9:45am, , Morning We Worship Pastor Ira Johinsori \___ Phone 365-6762: / Church : 715 - 4th Street Worship Service 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Lowell Kindschy Ph. 365-3664 or 365-3662 Listen to the Lutheran “Hour Sunday, 11:30 a.m. on Radio CKQR Friday, 7 p.m. Youth and Family Night Rev. Ed. We: nerf Pastor thes FULL Gost CHURCH 2605 Columbia Ave. Sundays: 96S Gime Sunday School 1:00 a. WORSHIP SERVICE “14:00 a.m, — Junior Congregation & Nursery Minister H. M. Harvey Phone 365-3816 809 Merry ‘Crack Road Next to Cloverleaf Motel Castleaird Plaza Family Bible Hour Morning Worth raing Worshi| Wh 00a a.m,° = Evening Praise , 230 p.m. ° WED. FAMILY NIGHT 7 p.m. (for all the family) Pastor John Hill 7 Church Office 365-3430 767-1 lth Ave., ‘North Pastor Roy Hubbeard : ” Church: Ph, 965-5212 Christian education Hour 9:45 a.m. Morning Warship 8:30 a.m. & 1ha.m. Evening Service. ne 7p. Tuesdays bibie Si. Saturday: Rev. Michael Guinan Soturday Nig Night Mass Sunday’ Masses at” 8a.m. and 10.a.m. ST. MARIA GORETTI Genelle—12 Noon J on st want same situation “Eater, Castlegar Nowa: Thank-you for your letters Of criticism, .The ‘keg of ‘dy- ‘tamite’ referred -to. is‘ that these same parents and other parents who have voiced . their’concern have younger children coming up into this class and after this experi- . ence will not tolerate a dupli-. cate situation, dust maybe if these stu- dents had been placed up at . Kinnaird: Junior Secondary * School’ with more ‘children their own age and exposed to the’ same facilities as other | Grade 7 students in the first > place, this’ problem would have never occurred.” Let these results of cutting back .. teachers “and. maintaining ° large classes be a leason,to all ° that -someone loses in| the: end. What a shame it is that J‘the children's education is the price: paid. ‘As far as aasisting teach- ers, some don't want parents ° asked. if students could be helped in groups of reading, , spelling, math, etc., teachers here don’t’ put students in groups for’. these. subjects. There certainly’are parents willing to help if these groups existed. Heaven only. “knows a students need . more* cals - drilling and quick recall, of their basics, For anyone living in out- lying areas like is an accepted fact of life that : the parents have: to transport. ° their children different activities. If it weren't for us: parents transporting ‘our children to sports activities within the school, our chil- ‘dren would have pera We ‘concerned parents aide activities, as well. . If you recollect, in our first ; : letter we ore asking parent ir nie asking for helpl-Are you ri ‘ferring that families‘ on this side of the river are all doing: ¢ i: a lousey job of raising their children and that we are all- wrong?. We were brought’ ‘vp by" parents who worked very * Tong and hard hours ‘and - knew, the value of breakfast being meal of the day and that one ‘eouldn’t function the next day without proper rest. It is still very important to us. We do. watch TV with our chil- dren and are aware.and con- . trol what, our children are’. .; watchisg, : Prairie. jourtele - ' choose B.C. There - are’: ‘strong -indica- tions that more residents of =” - Saskatchewan. and -‘Alberta’ will be travelling:to British’ Columbia rather:than tothe ° _ United States’ this year. This was reported by Hugh Gilchriét, Travel Show chair- * man for the Kootenay Boun- d isi > peared for a total'of 19 days in the: two. provinces. “It seoined to us also that Robson, ; Blueberry or Thrums, ete., it»: - the’ most important | x There certainly aren't the chores today that were in our ‘parents’. day, but keeping \kin; rooms tidy, making beds, trimming and cutting lawns, washing dishes, hauling wood and doing their homework are still responsibilities. Robson is not a unique school, these learning condi- tions we have referred to exist throughout many schools in B.C,, Canada and North America. It has taken some 40-odd years for the system to slide down into ac. cepting these conditions, You cannot have: good: learning : conditions if you do not have discipline ‘and control in the classrooi im, It is the students who gtrcuate from our universi- ties that can’t ‘spell; efpher, read or write that will control this country's economy some day and, frankly, that scares ime! Yet. everyone gets in a flap when someone digs in for better quality! * Wedon'thavea monkey to place on anyone's back. We are paying the same taxes as © people anywhere elso in this SUistrict and expect ‘quality education in every grade in return, As ourselves, if these parents _ are: concerned enough tostand up and speak: - for their children's education, they aro concerned about home Ife also, It seems to me.that the parents who close their eyes ° and pretend the problem doesn't exist are the ones to, be criticised. There are far too many ostriches in tHe world as it ist C.L. Schuepfer Rebson of British Columbia . uallty al for any of the $1,000 In your retirement years, = & payment ‘from your .if you are 65 or older, you are registered retirement income éligible for some tax breaks. “fund or interest from Most are fairly simple to cal- “ nulty is tax-free culate and understand. income deduetior You are entitled to an age ° exemption simply for being 65 years of age or over. In... 1980, this age exemption is ~ $1,810. simply deduct it from* 3" your income as shown on, page two of the income tax return. 6 In many cases, ‘the first a “4 idea now. The doctors of British Columbia brought Me toBritish Columbia. “With all the ‘current cx troversy ae: ‘ about Medicare payments and balanced | billing, it's easy to forget that Medi- ‘care in this Province was started by the doctors. We felt that Medicare was a good idea in the beginning, _and we feel that it's a good : : We also feel that the - original Medicare cori- cept has been weakened. ° * the people seeking brochures _ : and visitor... guides . were” either familiar with, or want-" _ ing to travel into, the Koote- - “nay Boundary” Peer: Gi christ ‘said. - In Edmonton and Gaga: attendanee: figures‘ were up — 18 percent’ and five per ¢ent respectively over 1979 admis- sions, for a total of.over 97,000 persons, “Regina and | Lethbridge figures were not available yet, but were ex- pected fo be op, the arom of Similarly. “AS - ber ot: business persons. representing Koot- communities - y Boundary have appeared with the tra- vel display: Gilchrist said he - .was greatly impressed with, the enthusiasm’ shown, by - these volutiteera. who came | from Rossland, Ainaworth Nakusp, “Creston, Grand Christina Lake, Bal- Hes Crawford Bay, Gray Creek and Boswell. -by under funding: site Columbia have applied for | a substantial increase in Medi-: care payments. The amount seems large because the request is so . long overdue. In fact, payments to - doctors under Medicare have : increased at'a slow rate’ compared to |: payments for services in : Virtually: -every other segment of society, 40 centsadayor less. _. Ifthe requests being made today by the doctors in this Province were met fomoron, the increaséd cost a i the doctors ‘fail to have * the Government aday-the cost of a candy bar-~ too much to ask to maintain ?