ie DONATION has been presented by the Castleg Ca to the Casiiagsy ii sy fortmprevemens icshesmeatingy tacths i saction of the library basement and for matertais to carpet the reading iY ar Kiwanls Club nthe children’s proven to be a great ft Kiwanis Club past —_ ae Ident Chari favorite with the story-hour children shown here with ‘Cohoe and Itbrarian Judy Wearmouth. fegar Library Photo M: corner. Built witl labor of Bernard the corner has Corrodes Stee!, Damages Environment —'s Handmaidens Reps Address Aglow Meeting Representatives from the End-Time Handmaidens Inc. sister Gwen Shaw, sister Sigi Preik and their -husbands, spoke, shared and sang at last Tuesday evening's Women Ag- low Fellowship meeting. The End-Time Handmaid- . ens are mainly concerned with taking Bibles behind the Iron Curtain and sister Sigi re- -counted an experience that she and sister Gwen had had while crossing a Communist border. Their vehicle, which was filled to the brim with Bibles, was allowed to enter while less con- spicuous cars and trucks were searched from top to bottom. “The only answer is that God allowed it," she said. “Jesus Christ is not dead,” said sister Gwen, “but alive. There is a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit behind the Iron Curtain today, Many are choos- ing to lay down their lives for Him, there,” she said, All four left a challenge to pray for a spiritual awakening in Canada. Accompanied by sister Gwen on the accordian, the four sang one of her own composi- é of her songs, -Master". ‘ The next Women Aglow meeting will be Feb. 16 with id Mrs, Jerry Gibbs of 2S-Quesl, BEraner: h Sang “Oh Use Me Road Salt: A Hazard to Car, Health and Pocketbook BURKESTANNARD *- (Burke Stannard is with the’ Operations Research & Analysis Establishment of the Department of National, De- fenSe, on loan as assistant and sciénce adviser to Emergency: Planning Canada.) u If you live in Eastern Cagada, someone is going to Learn how Cessna Pilot Education will help get your business off the ground. = If you’re looking for a batter way to get your intercity business travel done, see us. We think this $t0.00 introductory flight is an:offer you can't refuse. Cessia = PILOT GENTER aS Discover Flying Adastra Aviation Ltd. 365-7701 965-3035 ‘Private Ground School Is NOW Beginning spread salt around on your behalf this coming winter— about 100 pounds if you live in Ontario, slightly less in Quebec and about half that amount in the Maritimes. That adds up to an im- pressive tonnage. Ottawa will use close to 80,000 tons, Anoth- er 80,000 tons will go on Metro Toronto streets and there'll be a whopping half million tons for Ontario provincial roads. Ontario as a whole will use close to one million tons. The salt for Ontario, at roughly $20 a ton, will cost about $20 million to purchase and another $5 million to apply to streets and roads. But there are costly in- direct effects of road salt, too. The one which has probably caused you the most personal grief is a $200-a-year's worth of corrosion damage to your car. There is also an increasing number of dead maple trees and scorched evergreens beside Canadian roads. ‘ Your health may also have been affected. According to various published studies, there is a direct relationship between the salinity of drinking water and hypertension (high blood pressure). Those tons of winter salt on roads inevitably dissolve in ground water and run off into streams and rivers. In addition to the health aspects of salt-polluted streams and wells, Duncan Laxen writes in New Scientist maga- zine that road salt has been found to render certain toxic heavy metals such as lead more Reinforced concrete struc- tures within city street devel- opments also suffer from the salt, Ottawa's National Arts Centre has city streets incor- porated into the total structure and, within five years of com- pletion, $750,000 in salt-related damage to the interior and to electric wiring had to be repaired. But what of the benefits? First, it's tempting to municipal roads authorities to dump the salt, Direct doubled for every doubling of speed. You're twice as safe ona snow-covered road at half a given speed compared to full speed on a salt-bared pave- ment. But what of all those col- lisions when there is snow on the roads? Certainly, there is an increase in “fender benders” when the first snow falls, perhaps because some drivers dislike slowing down. Even if there were a sustained increase that hit the scrap heap in half their pre-salt-era lifespan. The answer doesn’t lie. in trying to pressure car manu- facturers into building con- siderably more expensive cars with better rust-resisting quali- ties. The depreciation rate may be reduced as a result, but salt damage cannot be eliminated. Car manufacturers are not to blame; we are causing the trouble with our use of road salt. At any rate, manufactur- ers are unlikely to be upset at and labs in | d collisi on behavior that doubles less expensive than for plow- ing, seraping and sanding. It is the direct costs, remember, that show up in your tax rates. Any roads department struggling with a limited budget is going to go for salt, lots of it—and never mind the indirect costs out of some- one else’s pocket. Inthe snow-prone states of the U.S., some of which get more snow than Eastern Can- ada, a rate of salt application of 25 tons per lane-mile per year is considered high. Toronto uses 40 tons per lane-mile, Ottawa a hefty 50 tons per lane-mile each year. The main argument salt advocates use is safety: all this salt is used because the public demands bare roads, for safe driving, all winter. Nonsense! Salt is the hand- maiden of speed. Bare roads are wanted to make it unnecessary to drive more slowly in winter. But statistics for death on the roads show that the risk is “unsalted d roads, the extra bodywork wouldn't cost as much as rusted-out cars sales, It was found this past spring that many acres of Ontario's best fruitland had been severely damaged by road salt. Compensation could not be obtained, however, because the 1971 Environmental Protection Act rules that salt is not a pollutant when used in modera- tion. In 1971, when the act was introduced, 25 tons per lane- mile—the average then—would have been considered as “use in moderation”. Fifty tons per lane-mile would have , been ruled immoderate. Nevertheless, by 1977, the amount used had increased to 50 tons per -lane-mile. Still moderation? Oglow’s Paint & Wallcoverings 1978 January Clearance CONTINUES.... Seeouradnext week -In the RED TAG VALUE DAYS’ Supplement ; to the CasNews In-Stock Wallpaper HOH oo BQ Bolt....... tees Covers approx. From ...... <> GENERAL PAINT Breeze & Monamel Eggshell & Semi-Gloss MEETING TO REVIEW BRIEFS AND COMMENTS REGARDING AN EDUCATIONAL PLAN FOR THE DAVID THOMPSON UNIVERSITY CENTRE Conducted by Selkirk College’ 'N NELSON Room 113 - Patenaude Hall. David Thompson University Centre January 24, 1978 7:30 p.m. Trail Campus of Selkirk College (3rd Floor - Trall Legion) January 25, 1978 TRAIL 7:30 p.m. These meetings are being arranged to obtain public reaction to an educational plan prepared by Selkirk College for, the David Thompson University Centre. A Summary of the plan can be.obtained by calling 368-5333 Trail, 352-3010 Nelson, and 365-7292 Castlegar. All concerned citizens are welcome. Reg. $14.95 a gallon md sar Deep & Accent Bases slightly higher priced HOURS * Tuesday - Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday, until! 12 noon ¢ . cial 603 Columbia *965-6214, n the streets. The ~ A Group Effort The local newspapers are full of letters and new: | asked an 11-year-old atudent why she thought ‘ pmischiet; She'sald, ‘They do it for kicks, One Man's Opinion By FRED MERAIMAN ' storles on the subject of “kids"' would perform acts of public or maybe to show thelr friends how big they Another student, a nine-year-old hockey player, think Indows are ‘'dumb."’ He aigo thinks thay do it tor kicks, : (can remember visiting McBride, B.C,, :severy store window on the main street was shat! ‘apprehended the troublemakers and McBride A few years ago, Vancouver's west end experienced an excessive amount of crime ° Travel Tip: Don't Denigrate Canada Abroad The provincial govern- ment’s recent SMILE tourist ‘8 people who throws rocks at a couple of summers ago, after nearly tered. Local men formed citizen patrols, has been essentially peaceful ever since. men org two- and thi Incidence of muggings and rape dropped considerably, tn my opinion, nelghborhood watch programs and similar volunteer patrols would reatly reduce the acts of vandalism now occuring in Castlegar. | am sure that the nolse d activity related to acts of destruction must be quite obvious to an alert ‘we should make ar ig the Several years ago, | was In Halloween we lost 16 of our wooden benches. set Is running quietly. In used on walls. Ictim of, vandalism. . ¢ ‘public attention. (hardly know a single person who, in their IIfetime + Including me. eEibas Sees _ Therefore, depending upon the degree of ‘‘public mischief’’, the culprit should be :imade to make restitution, preferably by restoring the place or thing to -its original ‘condition by pervonal labor. This method worked with a two-year-old and | am gure it will ::do wonders at any age to slow the recurring vandalism. ; ‘ The catch? To catch the mischiefmakers. This should be the easiest part of the whole Id sage Is correct, it is very difficult for a vandal to keep : ks. In my opinion vandatiam Is a group effort. It must be : quiet hard for each member of the group to remain silent when in the business of seeking : thing because, if my 11-year-ol ‘ secret what he is dolng for kict Mv Jast werd on the subject: Stop the publi : alert to groups looking Tor nicko"aitu Ways Ris We did 80 and the results were effective. We also ‘straighten a bent bus stop sign. ‘ At the risk of sounding like a ‘‘know-lt-all”’ parent | will share my method of ‘preventing destructive acts committed by the young: { My two-year-old daughter decided to black-crayon her bedroom wall. | Insisted that he remove the art work with a damp cloth and some Bon Ami. The crayon continued to be used—on paper, but from that day to this, has never y- Organize yol patrols. The volved in a bus bench project In Nelson. The first The City of Nelson police advised us that to conduct our own patrols because they were encouraged one group to , has not elther been gullty of, or wn patrols. Keep fo Yactafe are d silly by a segment of the business public that believes the econ- omy gives them little to smile about, But Norm Cunningham feels differently after a trip to Southeast Asia this year, The president of the B, C. Maritime Employers’ Associa- tion was shocked to learn how many negative-feeling Cana- dians “denigrate” their country abroad, he said in a recent interview. They “apologize” for Can- Ada, and Cunningham is tired of “I think you have to be positive rather than negative,” he says. Canadians who speak bad- ly of their country because they feel they're going along with world opinion are wrong. “Southeast Asians have a Sreat respect for Canada as a trading nation,” Cunningham says, The Canadians who spoke badly of their country were likely inexperienced travellers, More seasoned world-hoppers cannot help but appreciate their “problematic” country once they see that its high standard of living and demo- cratic political system are not Joseph P. Kobluk has been appointed to the head office of the Kootenay Savings Credit Union, it was announced this week. He will be in charge of public relations, promotion and advertising, as well as development of staff training programs and marketing con- cepts for the seven-branch or- ganization. He is a Trail native and has ‘been formerly employed by CJAT and Speedway Service. i Oregon's Pot Use Higher Marijuana use in Oregon has increased six per cent since the state decriminalized posses- sion of the weed four years ago, according to the Washington- based Drug Abuse Council. It said the number of all persons over 18 who said they had tried pot rose from 19 per cent in 1974 to 25 per cent in 1977. However, those in the 18-29 age group who had tried marijuana jumped from 46 per cent to 62 per cent, Among people in the 30-to-40 bracket there was an eight-per-cent increase while a six-per-cent increase was found in the 45-to-59 group, Of current users, 46 per cent said no change had occurred in the frequency of their marijuana use since de- criminalization; 40 per cent said they had de d usage and CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Janury 19, 1978 Attention Men & Boys! For All Seasons Bonnett’s Mens Wear It’s Boys & 365-6761 . 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UIC Service jror Rock Créce Moved to Trail : Residents of Rock Creek and district are no longer in the aren served by the Penticton office of the Unemployment In- surance C (now ; People ave tonight, and the problem will cease. To Accommodate April Postal Rate Hike Baw oe Postmaster General Jean- Jacques Blais announced last month that 34 new stamps will be issued by Canada Post in 1978. The program. includes ‘tives to 4 known as the Employment and Immigration Commission), Tom Stevens of the Trail branch of the commission said tl undaries of the area that © ice is responsible for have now been extended to include the Rock Creek area. This is due to the commission re- drawing its boundaries to be in alignment with the districts of the Gepartment of Manpower, said Stevens. +: Previously, the ‘Trail office was only responsible for the area as far west as Midway. the rate increases planned for 1978. Twenty-eight commemora- . tive stamps will also be in- cluded in the program. The program will begin dan. 18 with the issue of the second endangered wildlife stamp, this year featuring the Peregrine Falcon. On the same day, the first of four stamps marking Canada’s largest in- ternational stamp exhibition, CAPEX:78, will also be issued... The remaining three will be produced as both a souvenir sheet and regular sheets at the . Paint & Wallcoverings Ltd.= soluble, and their admission into the food chain. One of the more insidious effects of salt is the way the snowy brine penetrates rein- forced concrete and attacks the reinforcing steel. : Is that overpass really safe? It may look stable enough —but how sound is it? Usually, the concrete is also visibly damaged, but overhead bridge decks have collapsed unexpect- edly after a few years of salt damage to the reinforcing Agreat idea to start working on — _~ for student employment. Canada Werks, Right now, your community group or organization has the opportunity to create student jobs in your area. How? Through a Young Canada Works project. consecutive weeks next summer. And, your project can operate for up to 18 weeks between Mayand September. Here's how to get things underway. Agree onan idea you can all support. Think it through, carefully. Then go STaines wa time of the exhibition in June. The exhibition will coincide with the centenary of Canada’s entry into the Universal Postal Union. 2 On March 7, new low- value definitives will be issued in time for the rate increases of April 1. The definitives will picture Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the Parliament Buildings, and a Canadian tree. On March 31, the first two of six stamps marking the Commonwealth Games to be held in Edmonton, Alta. next August, will go on sale. In April, the Post Office will join with the province: of British Columbia in, the bi- centennial celebrations of the exploration of the West Coast r L972 by Captain James Cook. Two stamps will be issued in his honor, The popular ships series will be continued with four ice vessels stamps, and the Inuit lifestyle series, begun this year, will carry on with four stamps featuring travel in the Arctic. » Mere d’Youville, founder of the Grey Nuns religious order, D me appamiigiy ti said Hayakawa, a former uni- versity president and semanti- cist. But he says his fears were for naught because the job requizes onlga simple addition and, “You duit ¥en Hav know subtraction.” Writing. in the January issue of Harper's magazine, Hayakawa says -being on the committee is easy because it doesn't involve complicated de- cisions about specific appro- priations but rather overall totals. And he said the numbers turned out to be simple because they always involve billions or it in Canada, and the Canadian Na- tiona! Exhibition will be the of millions, nothing smaller, - “Therefore, when we say 1.0, that means $1 billion,” subjects for four other com- ives: A’ wil A Canadian street scene, and a national park will be pictured on the final set issued in July. The traditional. three stamps on the Christmas theme round out the program. said. “Then we have -1; that ‘means $100. million— and that’s the smallest figure we ever deal with in the budget committee. “A member of the commit- tee will say, for instance, ‘here’s 'o.rnleg it tr 37" “They look around at each other. ‘Everybody in fayor?’ ‘Yes, sir. OK.’ “So in five minutes we have disposed of two billion bucks—two _billion, hot two never realized it could be so easy.” _ All Upholstery & Drapery Materials Management John Kristiansen, former owner, 4 Norway and Is now Castleanr Cu We guarantee ali cur work Custom. Across from the Castle Theatre MEALS Phone 365-3632. 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