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This is donated $1,000 to further the work of Canada’s debt is a ‘national emergency’ TORONTO (CP) — Fi nance Minister Michael Wil son says Canada’s debt has grown into a national emer. gency and Canadians may not realize the seriousness of the problem Addressing a conference on financial services Friday, Wilson said reducing the de ficit and the overall national debt are the main objectives of the Progressive Conser. “The national debt is a na tional emergency,” he said “One of my major challenges since assuming the finance portfolio has been one of College, also giving children books — even those as young as two and three years. Children that young are “fascinated Wilson told reporters he with simple, familiar things” portrayed wouldn't liken the debt situ- ation to a wartime national emergency, but said if action isn't in pieture books, said MacKay, and enjoy picking them out and identifying them. taken now future gov- — Slightly older children in the two-to- — to help Canadians see the deficit as the silent menance it is. “The deficit danger is a relatively new motion in this country and I am concerned that Canadians may not fully grasp its consequences nor vative government and the first steps needed to revive the economy and create jobs. LUNCH IN THE 1884 RESTAURANT Open Monday through i SALAD BA rough Saturday ) — BREAKF, sT (Mon. foSett)Sterting at 6am. 7 Columbia Ave share my concern about it.” the new TTT TTT Litittiiit ze SITY tui itiit trail h.c. NOTICE Jill Massine of Kokanee Tax Service wishes to notify her customers, the of- fice will be Closed during the month of December, but will re-open January 7 Jill also wishes her customers a Safe and Happy Holiday! 278 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-2416 take could harm the country. The net national debt — the government spending in ex- cess of revenue — will prob- ably March. may be forced to three-year-old range should have books severe measures that with more detailed pictures, and five-and-six-year-olds “are more inter- . ested in the actual story — the plot,” long accumulation of .ne said * MacKay cautioned against giving children books of traditional nursery rhymes or stories, such as Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs be- cause they might unnecessarily scare reach $190 billion by of bes that Computers — even video games -- increase hand-eye co-ordination, added Deschene. MacKay said many computer games ‘There are toys available that make arithmetic enjoyable — or at least more palatable — for children, according to Deschene. These include S’'Math — a sort of arithmetical version of Scrabble that teaches how to put equations together — and children’s calculators. “If you're awkward with your pencil, While she said reading and arithme- MacKay suggested parents over- look computer games when buying for cause-and-effect relationship between CHOOSING TOYS Some calculators can keep track of ¢. pressing a button and the blinking fects noises. lights and special effs Whore tucy fat ase bo goad button, that’s a really abstract rela as wood, metal and. plastic that appeal to their tactile sense. you're going to be really awkward with your printing.” Sade ot seth are ok veleaeee, Momtay Older children of biac'and dive ‘pers need more sophisticated toys. MacKay said, pes games, where are mat- Toy musical instruments are also valuable, because children “like the cause and effect. It gives them a sense of power to make music.” MacKay also suggests that toys ited between the sexes, such as dolls for girls and trucks for boys, are suitable for all children. “Little girls can enjoy a truck to load their dolls and drive them someplace,” she said. “Little boys enjoy people (toys) to play with, not just things.” Exchange Christmas greetings area stores. The Castlegar News will once again be used to exchange Christmas greet- ings and at the same time assist the Kootenay Society for the Handicapped. Boxes in which local residents may place their names and make a donation to the society aré located in several ICASTLEGAR DAIRY QUEEN We Treat You Right EVERY TUESDAY NITE : IS FAMILY NITE. 2/@z/er. FROM 4:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. Double Burger's Reg. 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The donations will in turn be used to help the Kootenay Society for the Handicapped operate its facilities. Nominations for citizen of the year By CasNews Staff Know anyone who has performed outstanding com munity service? Why not nominate them for the Castlegar Kiwanis Club Citi zen of the Year. Nominations are being ac cepted until Jan. 15 for this year’s citizen of the year Nominations should in clude the name and address of the candidate and a brief outline of what makes the candidate special to the com. munity Nominations should be de livered or mailed to Brian Pritchard at CKQR Radio. The 1984 Citizen of the Year will be honored at a banquet on Feb. 19. Wins scholarship NORTH VANCOUVER (CP) — Pamela Seaton Mil- ler, a University of British Columbia student from Cran brook, has won a $5,000 scholarship to assist students a oo nancial need and involvement in university activities, the said. Miller, a third-year student in rehabilitative medicine, said ame credits her interest The scholarship from the Insurance Corp. of B.C. was awarded on the basis of scholastic achievement, fi- in ion to her home environment. Her father, a paraplegic, is involved in vol unteer work for groups ser ving the physically disabled Thank You from the KOOTENAY COLUMBIA CHILD CARE SOCIETY For generous + of our programs, Mobbit Hill Chttdren's Contre ond the Weet Rewtenny latent Devotee, mont Progrem. y tor 1984 d Receipts or plaove coll you hover! received one 365-7280, 8 o.m. - 4 (OMA TIONS GRATEFUL Y ACCEPTED: L aboard s jac SAMIbAn (cP) — rijachery trcgd 96 alecd bb commandeered K uwaiti airliner Saturday, but gave né indication of relenting ori a threat to kill their remaining taptives if their demands are not met. ‘The release of the hostages in two groups — first 16 and then 28'others — leaves 18 | people aboard the airliner, CBC to lay off 900 MONTREAL (CP) — Up to 900 CBC employees will be laid off or.retired early as the Crown agency attempts to trim $75 million from next year’s budget, Le Devoir reported Saturday. The Montreal daily said it has learned CBC president Pierre Juneau informed Communications Minister Marcel Masse of the cuts Friday during an hour-long meeting. The CBC board of directors will be informed next week, the newspaper said in a story from its Ottawa correspondent. Le Devoir said the staff reductions will be carried out through layoffs and early retirement of employees at CBC's headquarters in Ottawa and at the Montreal and Toronto production centres. Ethiopian airlift OTTAWA (CP) — Concerned about dangerously low food and supply stocks at Ethiopian ports, Canada is mounting an emergency airlift to the famine-stric ken country this Christmas, says Davis MacDonald, Canadian emergency aid co-ordinator for Africa. Five DC-8 jets carrying doctors, foed, medical and other supplies will each make a return trip to Ethiopia between Dec. 23 and 25, MacDonald told reporters on the eve of his own 10-day visit to the country. Refugees. bombed LONDON (REUTER) — Ethiopian fighter planes are carrying out regular bombings in northern Tigray province to stop famine victims from fleeing resettle. ment centres set up by the government, a guerrilla group says. A statement Friday by the Tigray People's Liberation Front said 18 people were killed and 56 wounded in air raids Monday after they left the centres hoping to escape to Sudan Watching basketball LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) — Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder spent Saturday afternoon doing one of his favorite things — watching a college basketball game with his family — as his condition remained satisfactory. “He's very excited because he's going to watch the TU ball game,” said Polly Brown, clinical director of the Humana Heart Institute International. “He's going to watch the whole thing.” Indiana University played the University of Kentucky at Bloomington, Ind Dressed to impress NEW YORK (AP) — Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, will be dressed to impress when he steps out to make the video for his first-ever solo album — in $30,000 worth of outfits by designer Andre Van Tier, including a red dress. “He was fitted for the clothes last week in his Manhattan apartment,” said Mike Luckman, a spokesman for Van Tier. “There was a $3,000 brocade and lame jacket, long underwear, and for one scene, a red dress.” The album, due out next year, will be Jagger's firgt solo effort after two decades with the Stones. Youths loot shops AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (REUTER) Rock fans, some as young as 10, grabbed guns from sports shops during a looting rampage by hundreds of people after a free concert was halted, police said Saturday. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Graham Perry said the two-hour riot Friday night was the worst in the city’s history. Some 400 police were mobilized as the youths overturned police cars and plundered more than 60 shops, Perry said. Prince has new girl LONDON (REUTER) — Britain's Prince Andrew has a new girlfriend, the dark-haired, 21-year-old daughter of a film il a London newspaper soporte Bai Saturday. ictoria Macdonald fe dancer and » part-owner ofa Peernietira night club, The Daily Express said. It quoted a close friend as saying the prince, » naval officer, was “besotted” with her Divorce granted CAIRO (AFP) — An Egyptian woman has obtained a divorcee on grounds that her husband has taken a second spouse — 2 genie. Althoug the affair sounds like something out of the Arabian Nights or an American TV series, the newspaper Al Ahram said the court based its verdict on the teachings of the Koran, the holy book of Islam. The Koran recognizes the existence of genies and See fale ot i penn ot coplings between Img the Arab Iran's stati Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Other estimates indicated only 10 of the original 145 passengers and 11 crew members remained aboard. The plane was diverted Tuesday while on a flight to Karachi, Pakistan, from Kuwait via Dubai. A Windsor, Ont., woman. and her three children were among hostages freed earlier. So far the four or five Arab-speaking hijackers have admitted killing four hostages, two Americans and two Kuwaitis, and say they will kill others unless their demands for the release of 17 terrorist bombers held in Kuwait are met. Two other Americans and three Kuwaitis are reported among those still aboard. One of the Americans, identified as free 39 hostage ‘Charles Kipper, an official with the U.S. Agency for Inter- ‘national Development, was forced to plead for authorities to meet the hijacker's demands Saturday. “Please meet their demands because they are serious,” IRNA quoted Kipper as saying. “Please prevent further killing.” BEATS AMERICAN Kipper was then beaten on the steps leading up to the aircraft and taken back inside. The hijackers asked for a medical team, saying an American was bleeding, but members of the team were chased down the steps after delivering medical supplies The gunmen have continued with their execution threats in the face of Kuwaiti refusal to comply with demands to free Islamic militants jailed in Kuwait since last December on charges of planting bombs. Earlier in the day, the hijackers effectively grounded the-airbus by shooting out two windows on the flight deck and several on the passenger deck. It was not known whether any of the passengers were injured in the shooting Despite the damage, the hijackers asked that the pte be fuelled. and new electric batteries to be brought whem they released the group of 16 hostages Saturday, an Lranian official said. The batteries were sent in, but not the fuel. Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti cabinet decided Saturday to break off all contact with the hijackers and reaffirmed its decision not give in