‘A2 _ MP being investigated? OTTAWA (CP) — The Ot- tawa Citizen says Roger Sim- mons, who resigned suddenly as mines minister Monday after only 10 days in the cabi- net, is under investigation by Revenue Canada for possible the. newspaper says a highly- placed g source al- CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 24, 1983 ered to him at his Ottawa home went unanswered. Earlier Tuesday, Simmons adamantly refused to explain why he quit, saying only that the matter is personal and that he is determined the rea- son never be made public. Th lected to tell the prime mini- ster about this at the time he . mors, '|/ was ae he could not confirm the tax is the reason the so says the federal attorney- general's department has also been involved in the investi- tion gation. The government official al- so said it is likely Simmons knew about the 44-year-old Newfoundland MP resigned his cabinet posi- “it there’s another reason, we don’t know about it,’’ the official said. when he accepted the cabinet position as part of a major shuffle Aug. 12, The Citizen says. i The g official sald Simmons should have been ‘‘aware of the investiga- tion’? when he accepted the cabinet post, the paper says. like this Several by the newspaper to reach.Simmons on Tuesday night for com- ment on the tax investigation were unsuccessful. A note in- viting his reaction and deliv- don’t happen in one day. This one hes gone quite far. I’d be very surprised if he (Sim- mons) had no inkling of this. “Simmons apparently neg- Westcoast Seafoods located at Caldset Groceteria 1038 Columbia Avenue Friday, August 26 10 a.m. to7 p.m. deny the tax department's in- /¥ vestigation, The Citizen says.. “Every taxpayer has the may right to have his financial matters not (put) in the public domain,’’ he said, FENDS OFF REPORTERS Throughout Tuesday, Sim- mons fended off reporters’ the lack of explanation is ‘‘an unusual procedure, but I gather (it) has some validity because of the circumstan- ces.’’ Davey said he does not know what caused the sur- prising move and party presi- dent Iona Campagnolo said » y< she is ‘‘just as perplexed’’ as everyone, although she hopes. to find out the reason soon. The move stunned New- sumimnet, buzzing with (ru- as an MP oF EVE IN THE SKY... : Aerial Photogr ' Hidden Creek Rock Festival which took place in Salmo * ‘Revelstoke Dam on the Col- rey raph depicts scerie of rowd of about 100 Saturday evening (lower right). Promoters estimated a crowd of 900 over the On-site for Residents in no danger of slides (CP)—B.C. over 10 years to stabilize the slide area, there is no danger of disaster. Bourne said of ‘umbia River, Revelstoke-area jhearings that led to approval ’of ‘the dam, SO. kilometres drainage tun- nels built by B.C. Hydro have at peak times day and 1,200 on Sunday. —corNewsthete by Johnny Clarke FESTIVAL ctieinase “We must say we didn't think about it, we assumed it was an automatic part of the contract,” Giza said. Giza and his partners, Dick and Millie Pearson, put up $750,000 for buildings and improvements to the 60-acre property as well as salaries for almost 250 people. But while Giza wouldn't say how much the motion prot company lost on the festival, he conceded that “we naturally didn't recover a lot of our money.” People who rented booths for concession stands also lost out. when the crowds of hungry concert-goers didn’t . materialize: They will be given free booth space for the concert Giza Meanwhile, Giza and his partners were left with tons of unsold food. But a brisk sale of the left-over hamburger. meat ata - THE MOVE IS ON for Cohoe Insurance Ltd. which will take up new residence Sept. 1 in the former: Anderson Insurance office on 4th St. * Owner Charlie Cohoe says the move is a welcome change. “We've been growing at a healthy rate for 11 years and in order to serve our customers better we need more room,” ( f THE HI ARROW ARMS has opened its dining room this time as The Carvery featuring daily specials ranging from roast beef to roast chicken and various other delicacies in between. The chef is Ray Claxton of Vancouver Island who has European-trained with 17 years of experience, says hotel owner Tullo y t “He's capable of preparing various menus for specific Purposes and parties,” says Tullo. The Carvery also serves up a salad bar with 82 items, Hours are Tuesday through Sunday from & p.m. to 9 p.m. THE FOLLOWING item comes courtesy of the Grand Forks Gazette. It seems that Provincial court Judge Bruce Josphson of Castlegar was presiding over court'in Grand Forks earlier this month when he asked both the Crown counsel and defence co to step outside. for a conference. Suddenly the lights started going out. The court- room was close to darkness, As it turds out the judge, while listening to the arguments, started fiddling with the light switches outside the courtroom and inadvertently turned the lights off. Just one problem: the lights have halogen crystals and wouldn't come back on again until they'd cooled off. That took half an hour. ASS THE Arrow Lakes News tells us that a Hills resident has invented a new garden tool called “Lov-A-Hoe”. The had tool i to make moved to Castlegar with his family of three. Claxton is * in his spare time. The hoe is about a foot long and has a two inch wide piece of metal that loops back of the handle. The item ‘sells for about, $8 in local’ garden and hardware centres, By the way, Lewis has since left his job with the highways ministry to devote more time to manufacturing and marketing his hand hoe. THE NEW ROSSLAND Reporter tells lus that the piano player in Doug and the Slugs is a former Rossland resident. Simon Kendal—who stands a tower- ing 6 ft. 5 in. — lived in Rossland prior to. joining the Vancouver-hased rock group. - While in Rossland, Simon was an original member of the Albert Fick Revue: While on a trip to Vancouver he ran into some old friends who invited him to join their ministry, di ping the garden hoe. group. » Within a year the band became on of Vancouver's most popular groups and has since gone on to record three albums—all of which have gone “gold” in Canada. ANEW MUSIC store bas opened in town, It’s called Star Dust Music Centre and is owned and operated by Ken and Ursel Pierre. The shop is located on Columbia Ave. between Gabriel's Restaurant and Cypress Sausage. WHERE ARE THE best gasoline .prices in B.C.? Well, we can't be sure, but from an informal survey it appears that Wasa Lake in the East Kootenays has the best price at 43.1 cents a litre for regular gasoline. KOOTENAY SAVINGS CREDIT UNION is con- tinuing renovations with plans for. phase two of its expansion program. KSCU has taken outa development permit to remove a residential building from ' the rear of its property on 4th St. to provide space for a parking lot. UCKERBERG ISLAND “promoter”. John Charters must be grinning from ear to-ear as his -pet project-has made so much progress over the summer. He gave a Progress report to council recently) Then; council officially designated the Zuckerberg ‘building: as; a: her- itage building and officially recognized ‘the Castlegar, Heritage Advisory Committee which~will::make::re- di about the island's future! ahdiact:as a easier and was developed by Lewis Sherrod. Lewis originally built the hoe while living in the southern United States and he attempted to sell the patent to various garden manufacturers. é He later moved to Canada and began working for the * dignitaries will be on hand and refreshments will: be , P i anbo! tans te facilitator for future heritage grants. yeas WILL BE a formal opening’ o: je .re- furbished park Sept. 4 at 2 p.m. on the ‘island. Local. provided. CHUNK LIGHT TUNA Ean one CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 24, 1983 GROUND BEEF SAVE $6.92 10 iss. (4.54 kg) ee ROASTS sess’ ————— Se ae ened aR 0 C0 RN E BEEF oven reavy me LEAN, EYE OF ROUND LAMB = : | Save $1.32/kg ..'.... NEW ZEALAND Save $1.32/kg ........ccee0e colt ° 5 il Bad A WIENERS Gsivees Save 80¢/pkg. ... 1 Ib, (454 B ACO “SLICED Save $1.00/pkg. ........ 500 bis. PORK BUTT GOVERNMENT INSPECTED. Save $1.11 /kg... oe SED son CHUNK, 6% OZ. TIN .. : ee nd oe SARDINES =. eccceesess TINS BRUNSWICK Fi deed ial Md STUART HOUSE. APOUCH PACK .....0.0.00006 [CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP =@ge $129] CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP” QQ UNCLE BEN's. HEINZ WHITE ‘VINEGAR ure $4 CAKE MIXES Spee lee north of and wieners over the past few days will help the promoters é . “minimize their loss.” “We've had 350 people show up to buy the food at cost. It made us start thinking of (establishing) a garden market mg or farmer’s market,” Giza joked. . : “Since the food went-on sale Monday, Giza has'sold four tons of hamburger, half-a-ton of wiehers, four tons-of corn ,, and 5,000 so-calléd Downie , Slide, a Will be more stable than it has large area of unstable rubble _ been in the past. that some feared would thun- . der into’ the when the water level begins to rise. ‘Hydro. engineering geolo- gist’Randy, Bourne’ essured:a crowd of about 200'that, with $23. million. spent by Hydro 200 GRAM BOX , CRESAR'S NEw" COCKTAIL 1.36 LITER $469 (48 fl. oz.) 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