( : “SS ve CastlégarNews Jonvorys, 1989 Pulpit & Pew — By Pastor CLIFF DRIEBERG Seventh-day Adventist Church May I be among the first to wish you a Happy New Year! Or do you fear what the New Year may hold for you? The gone out ofgirculation. Sq many have so many have soujght happiness and failed, that ‘it a byword, a word happiness” has almost used and misused it, has almost become synonym for cynicism, Happiness. is. like quicksilver, the harder you grab it, the less you have. The pursuit f. several routes: gamb: lawlessness, or ir Yer the seareh’ goes on may’ follow any amusement and ree ion, z ling, Grugs, music the abundance of possessions! brothers became They their good furtune Two immigrant wealthy in their adop' decided to share s and relatives in. the little y had left Thus it came about that every person in the village found himself in possession, of 25 shares in the Bank of America, worth some $1,200, But the joys that these sudden riches brought lasted only a short. tim Some of the peop! e disturbing th nd quiet of the town, The more thoughtful ones proposed that a memorial bé built to honor ‘their tors. A wanted a monument in’ the square, Others strongly held out for a new church or. a new town hall As you can imagine, within a few short weeks peace had gone from that quiet—village. Contention and mutual suspicion tearing it bought scoot bene few village were apart : It is interesting that some-people. scorning materialism as the way to happiness, try region. They bury themselves in church work, keéping up a constant round of meetings and Pasqualotto guest speaker will be the Castlegar Emely guest 5) Pasqualotto ker at the Women's Aglow luncheon meeting to be held at the Fireside Inn Jan. 11 at W:30 Pasq Dratt, sised in Grand Forks and went to where a:m. lotto was. bern. in Husiness College in Trail she was employed by B.( Company in the accounting depart ment for seven years. Telephone She is married to Pete and has two grown children, John and Carol Anne Pasqualotto served actively on the Trail Aglow executive from’ 1977 1981. She is still very involved in Aglow in bringing many ladies to re the Lord at the monthly she istering and counseling She has ministered as speaker in both the East and West Kootenay Pasqualotto has* become involved in St Francis chureh in Trail where and ceive from meetings where assists in min actively Catholic she conducts ministers. in a weekly prayer meeting. She was coordinator for a Catholic Retreat held in the Nelson Cathedral in September 1983. She is a member of the service committee of he Nelson Diocese give workshops in many and is called t areas in the charismatic renewal. Many marriages have been healed EMELY PASQUALOTTO guest speaker ladies have and restored and many received inner healing ard been set free from bondage as God~ brings these hurting ladies of His into Pasqualotto’s home and life,’ whgre she ministers freely the sweet love and healing of Jesus — always with her husband's approval and blessing Pasqualotto says she has only one Seniors serve 110 at dinner Fhe—Castlegar_ Senior Citizens Association held its annual Christ mas dinner Dec. 7 in the Legion Ha About 110 me and guests enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner catered by the Legion Ladies Aux iliary. The table decorations_whic were in the Christmas th made by Bea Lundquist President Gordon Ferguson wel s, then comed the members and gue called on president-elect Jessie Dor nan to say Grace After the meal, the president vated” on Mayor Audrey Moore to install the officers for 1989.) With appropriate words, the following officers were installed President — Jessie Dénnah First’ vice president Sarah Jacobson Second ‘vice presiden Dave Adshead Treasurer — Jean Fitzpatrick Secretary — Frances Hunter Directors Helen Peddle and desire, and that is to serve the Lord faithfully-wherever He sends her and wherever there iS a need . Marita Ford. The third direetor, LaDell Lispett, was absent due to illness. Jessié Donnan then presen ed the. past presidents’ ‘pin to Gordon Ferguson, and thanked him for his dedication during his year in office As entertainment ¢onvenor, La Dell Lipsett had-a program pl. for the remainder of the evening. In her Killougt master of ceremonies absence, Joe acted as violin amd The selections by Ashtey Toai Tompkins, the dances performed by the sister Kaela by Margaret Reith twins twins and followed by solos sung were all enthu received These were followed by Christmas ar d dancing to the music of the Rustie Fiddlers. During the dancing, several prizes for spot dances were The first meet f 1989 for senior citizens will be Jan. 12 Girl Guides generate Sparks TORONTO (CP) Guides of Canada are The adding anot Girl her ranch to their family of Brownies Guides, Pathfinders, Rangers and Cadets Five yeatold girls in the new ‘oup, to be known as Sparks, will wear bright pink T-shirts emblaz ned with their motto:I promise to hare and be a friend The purpose of the new group is to help five year-olds grow and develop aring, responsible ways of living and Joan Howell, chief commissioner of Girl Guides Today's child of five learns a great Jeal in school and through television She is ready for the sharing caring that a group experience fos ters.” The Guides decided to form a new group after a number of five-year thinking, said and olds-across phe country asked to join Brownies intended for six. to nine-year-blds, Howell said The addition is also part of a move to keep the Girl Guides “relevant-and up-to-date It's all part of a new look in Guiding to equip the she said young girls of today to become the ton to stand on women o! orrow, their own two feet and be proud to be women The Girl Guides’ 207,000 members across Canada were asked to suggest a name for the pre-Brownie division. The that ‘Spa but it is already name appealed most was kles” a trade name for a commercial product the ‘hoes Bright for uniforms because it's lively and “ with young girls,” Howell satd pink was. chosen related activities, ness is just a se It, in hon of gui with the wise “All is vanity!" May I suggest a consideration fot the next few days and throughout 1989. 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Automotive & Furniture Call 365-6869 lative Lidrary. } ent Bidge., 501 Belleville. 3t Feb. 28 veV 1x4 Sparks f By SIMON BIRCH “Tm Editor committees Rogers said I don't find a reference matters) dealirig with the preparation of the proposed agenda for council meetings and the sharing of information among, council members. All but one of Rogers’ five ‘motions which were debated during the public portion of the meeting were Moote said today she will continue to sit on the eventually referred to a closed meeting on council's committees but. will no longer be a fourth voting procedural bylaws after the public session member and her membership will not affect the quorum It was during the closed meeting that council of the committees. hammered out some agreements on the issues “IN Wt puts council in w comfort Zone, OK," the “Tcertainly did not get everything I was looking mayor told the Castlegar News. for.’ Rogers said today. ‘But it’s a step in the right Moore's inclusion of herself as an ex officio direction.” member of the committee — which means she serves by In a break between the public and closed sessions virtue of her position as mayor — sparked some heated of Tuesday's council meeting, Rogers said Moore's exchanges at Tuesday night’s council meeting after Ald. _¢nclusion of herself on the committees — a break from Terry Rogers introduced a series of motions designed to past council tradition — has created confusion and clarify the committee situation and other procedural’ upset the balance of the committees. bécause four is in Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore on Tuesday agreed council,” “It seems to modify her role as an ex officio member of council's standing- committees. ‘onfusion capacity personality thing,” he said. ‘I Moore today she was *surprised’* motions f “I don’t haye_to vote the mayor said aN Ye \ Vol. 42,No. 4 60 Cents a little concerned about the fact to ex officio (in the Municipal Act) So in my view it doesn’t exist in this Rogers several times emphasized he is not singling out Moore or any other council member for criticism I'nw trying to keep it as just an issue, just important public issue that needs clarifying."* who appeared a few times during Tues- day's meeting on the verge of losing her temper, said but not offended by Rogers’ reg CASTLEGAR BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 four-member a quorum of that there's some But quietly through little fed up with ‘I've served on not. a it's an committees and feel crous However ‘confused’ thought advisory membe t the committee meetings) “That doesn’t trouble me.” - Castlegar News veteran I've sat bac never been under Ald Patti second term on council_in November, said she, too, was by Moore’s role on the committees 1989 ly over mayor's role yp Calderbank, who sat hour-long argument at Ald. Albert most of the Tuesday's meeting, finally blasted the debate as ‘a complete waste of time k-and listened to this and I'm getting a wholé business," Calderbank said. every committee under the sun. I've misunderstanding in regard to operation. | find. this is ludi- any their her Richards, re-elected to member was an Richards told you ‘as ex officio r and had no vote,” continued on page A2 3 Sections (A, B &C) display will be open for public viewing at Twin Rivers(school on Wat Jan. 14 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday, Jan. 17 and 19 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event is sponsored by parents groups from throughout the School district rs INSTANT SCIENCE . . . Castlegar school district's primary and etemen: tary students are enjoying the “hands on” exhibits of the Instant Science Centre from Science World in Vancouver. The exhibits represent a mixture of such basic scientific principles as light and color, perception, math, temperature, sound and electricity. The INSIDE Heritage week bby Borb Jank Bluffs work done By CasNews Staff Travel on the Slocan Bluffs section of Highway 6 between New Denver and Slocan has not been halted’ by any delays for the last three_weeks says the highways ¢ontract area manager Bill Ogden said the work to remove a large knoll of rock at the south end of the narrow, one-kilometre stretch of road hugging a cliffside was com- pleted Dec. 22 and traffic has trav elled unimpeded since then “That part of the contract ended,”’ Ogden told the Castlegar News. “Some scaling and cleanup work’ was done as well to make the road secure." Traffic on the road was temporarily re-routed through Kaslo in October when blasting and scaling work oh the cliffs above the road resulted in a rockslide taking out a maj@r section of the one-lane traffic artery. The road was opened following subse. quent cleanup of the slide but there were still temporary road closures. ® The slide prompted area residents Austrians | page A2 Lottery numbers The winning numbers drawn Tuesday in The Pick lottery were 9, 10, 23, 24, 26, 27, 48 and 56. {T'S NO BLUFF . voice their concerns for the + Travel delays along the Slocan Bluffs section of unstable nature of the road and Highway 6 between New Denver and Slocan have ended for the time on roll Highways "Minister Neil_Vant_ap- being following the completion of work to remove a large knoll of rock at the south end of the narrow stretch or road continued on page A2 page B1 Cominco OKs bonuses By CasNews Staff future performance of the company ings of $130 million for the first nine Cominco are getting being made by the employees.” months of 1988. belated Christmas presents. United Steelworkers of: America Company president Bob He said ‘empl on the com. Local 480 president Doug Swanson SHSS has announced that Cominco's 3,000 pany’s rolls as of Jan. 15, 1989 are said Cominco had a “tremendous” employees in Trail — and some 7,000 eligible for the bonuses. To receive year in 1988 total in Western Canada — will get the full $1,000 bonus, employees “I thought it was very nice of them honors $1,000 bom chequea starting neal ta havens yous af eartite shir to give ova bovta® Seemos laid ine week. The company will begin. Cominco under their belts. Those Castlégar News. “I guess they figure maiflug the cheques Jan. 18, spokes- with less that a full year with the we deserve it.” 4 man Richard Fish said Tuesday company will receive prorated Swanson pointed out that the page B3 Fish, reading from a prepared amounts, Fish said. That means a bonuses will inject up to $3. million statement by Hallbauer, said the six-month employee will receive «into the local economy bonuses “are-in-recognition of the $500, he said. “That's spending money,” he said and the current contribution to Fish said Cominco showed earn- of the unanticipated bonuses. chall By CasNews Staff The lawyer representing Cominco employees who were denied unem- ployment insurance benefits after the 1987 strike at the Trail smelter has made a constitutional challenge to the Canada Unemployment Insurance Commission's interpretation of the act governing —unemployment benefits. At a hearing in Castlegar Tuesday Keith Oleksiuk, legal counsel for the Steelworkers union, said the commis: sion’s interpretation of the act is un constitutional because it defeats the union's right to freedom of expres- sion and the right to peaceful picket- ing Colleen Mulligan, representing the commission at the appeal hearing be. fore a three-member board of ref. erees, said the production and main. tenance workers are ineligible for benefits because after their local set tled-its dispute with Cominco its members honored the picket lines of the office and technical workers. She said the commission considers that action_an—actiye ‘participation in—a labor dispute and makes the produc tion and technical employees ineligible for benefits * Jones Union issues However, Mulligan is not qualified , to argue against the union's consti- tutional challenge and the board of referees called for an adjournment of the hearing to allow the CEC to seek legal counsel on the challenge It's one of those areas where we feel we'll have to consult our legal counsel in Ottawa,”’ Brian Switzer, the CEC’s chief of industrial benefit programs in Vancouver, told the Castlegar News Switzer said the union's constitu- tional challenge caught the commis- sion unprepared “We wanted. time to respond to it.”" he said Danny Pelletier, who represented Steelworkers Local 480 along with Oleksiuk, said he expects it will be some time before the issue is re- solved ‘It will take a couple of months to get this Charter of Rights issue re- solved,” he said. Jim Switzer of the Trail Canada Employment—Centre (no relation to Brian—Switzer) said there may be between 1,500 and 2,000 claims in- volved if the board of referees accepts the union's appeal trades wool for Si Jones will be By CasNews Staff Local lawyer Anne trading in her wool gown for a gown made of silk following her De: appointment to the Queen's Council of British Columbia Jones was one of 19 appointed to the council by provincial Attorney General Bud Smith “It's a great honor, her appointment. “It means you've been recognized by peers and the attorne doing good work.” Jones told the Castlegar News the appointment caught her off guard “It_was-eertaintynot-what-I-ex mber " Jones said of that your general for pected,” she said. “I was quite surprised She said the appointment sur prised her because she does most of her work outside the courtroom as a solicitor. It is the barristers those lawyers who work inside. the court room — who usually get recognized, she said Jones, a partner in Castlegar's Polonicoff, Jones and Perehudoff law firm, was born in Vancouver before moving Yo the United States as a child. She returned to Vancouver to finish high school before attending Ik the University of British Columbia She got her law degree from UBC in 1961, graduating in the top of her class and received the B.C. Law Society gold medal. She articled with Bull, Housser and Tupper in Van couver before thoving to Castlegar with her husband in 1966. From 1968 to 1972, she taught ay Selkirk College before joining up with Ed McGauley. She's been work ing at-the same office since then her family moved to the coast for a year before returning to Castlegar and is now a partner at Polonicoff, Jones and Perehudoff When asked Tor her most memor able moment as alawyer, Jones said she couldn't single out I really can’t say there's one thing ovér-another,” she said. “Working with the members of the B.C. Bar Association has been a pleasure.” any one case. She said her-appointment doesn't really change she does her work: If she does go to court, she will have to-wear a sitk gow instead-of the wool-one she used to wear. She also said her appointment may “as a matter of practice” give her prior ities in getting court dates the way