UNLOADING CANOES near Arrow Park are Robyn McNabb, Fay Fodor and Susan Collier, members of the Belle Rangers canoe ‘expedition up Arrow Lake. - ENORMOUS BREAKFAST under preparation at Two-Bit Creek by the Belle Rangers. From left to right they are Janice Jaques, Robyn McNabb, Fay Fodor, Elaine Gordon and Vicki Wayling. Visitors Booth, Open The information booth at the Hugh Keenleyside Dam will remain open until the end of September. There had been rumors it would close right after Hon. Donald Brothers, said early this week that arrangements had’ been made to keep the tourist booth open until the end of bor Day. the month. Canoe Trip Menu Who Says Girls Have Dainty Appefitest Belle Rangers. Upset This Nice Theory . How much do eat while they are on an WY : SELKIRK COLLEGE Evening Classes in Electronics 1972-1973 Courses in El i hnol able* in the evening in’ the 1972-1973 college year include: Basic Electronics Advanced Electronic Circuits . Digital Techniques Basic Communications” Industrial Electronics Electric Machines="* * Solid State Theory Oscilloscopes (6. weeks) Intigrated Circuits (8 weeks) Electronics Workshop: Printed Circuits, etc. (6 weeks) Hi-Fi Systems (6 weeks) {f interested, write or call immediately to H. R. McArthur, Chairman, Department of Electronics Technology, Selkirk College, Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. — phone 365-7292. *N.B.'-——- Courses will be offered if enrollment justifies. Arrow Lake? Some interesting Sstatis- tics have come to light fol- lowing a recent trip made by the Belle Rangers, as re- ported by their leader Mrs. , Wilf Sweeney. On one day, for break- fast, the six girls and Mrs. Sweeney consumed the fol- lowing: @ 75 pancakes. @ one pound ‘of bae- ~ on. . @ one can of sausag- @ three jugs of orange juice. @ one. pot of coffee. @ two pots of tea. “And,” says Mrs, Swee- ney, ‘ome’ seriously consid- ered cooking (Cees and bis- cuits as w (No. Matstios are avail- able forother meals’ enjoy: ed Fon ie \ ‘ However, a’ little: ‘after breakfast, a- power boat bearing Mrs. Sweeney's husband, Wilf, came roar- ing up and, according to the report, he “announced they'd brought.us some ice. Save it for later’ was the decision.” * “We paddled on and ‘-ealled for the ice cream about 11 a.m. While eating cones we discovered to our: amazement we could be towed. So, after making 110 miles under paddle power; we cheated and were towed the last 20 miles to Bob’s Marina, a strange and A phone can be an office. You're independent. You've got your - own business or you're just on the - move alot. You probably spend most of your time between phones. Give yourself'an edge. Don't miss that emergency call or that crucial order because you're driving. Aradio telephone can make an office . anywhere, Call our Marketing Department. BCTEL & A phone is what you.make it There were many high- lights to the trip, and here is a running account of their trip which began on beach.” “Most days .were very “SOCIALS Mrs. D. E. Hughes 5.5503 Mrs, Marilya Lybhet of Surrey, accompanied by her daughter Melissa, left: Sat- urday for home alter spend- ing afew days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Brown of E fy Mrs. Jerry and % Langton of Cerritos, Calif., and former residents " of Kinnaird, were visiting in the area. Weekend guests of the Spokane Experimental Air- plane Association, Chapter . Ws llth. annual fly-in ‘at Airplane Association. Mr. Hughes was chosen as one of the judges for the con- - test of the best antique and homebuilt. airplane awards for the two-day meet which showed nearly triple the- amount of planes part compared with at year's fly-in. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. David Brost and family, who have spent the summer visiting babe Brost's parents, Mr. E. C. Ackerman of Siiunaird, have returned home to Pine Point. Other guests at the Ackerman home .were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Flockton of Winni- - peg and their five daugh- ters. David Ackerman is now home after having been hot and the water glassy. Besides swimming every time ‘we were ashore, we kept cool by wearing wet clothes and jamming drip- ping wet. felt hats on our Reads, “As far as contact with people goes, a canoe trip down the beautiful Arrow Lakes is far more of a wil- derness trip than the much publicized Bowron Lake ca- noe circuit. “We saw our first boat, other than some busy. little tugs near shore, when Dr. Pat Fowler stopped to chat near Burton. The paddlers saw many geese, ducks, blue’ herons and loons, as well as asprey and the occasional deer. “There were signs of bears at“many campsites but. we did not personally And we're here are® six “Belle Range! Mrs. Sweeney wrote, “who are now much better paddlers than they were on Aug. 6. They did well ,and Ym__ proud | of Arts Festival Planned to Aid Senior Gitizeas Funds for a Jubilee Manet, for. Senior citizens in be part! raised through a Jubilee Arts reste to be held from Sept. 22 through un- til Sept. 24 in the Nelson - Civic Centre, Plans call for the de- velopment to be built a oO New Management Takes Over Marlane Hotel Operations The Marlane Hotel popular landmark on Gol. umbla Ave. since it was op- ened in 1952 has new own- 18, ~ On Saturday, John and Alvin Popowlch and. their staff, wi be welcoming guests ‘to their establish- ment which they have. just faken over from Gus Lelt- or The Popowich's who are cousins are not unfam- iliar with the hotel and re- sort industry, as they: both were in this line of busin- ess in Vernon and Salmon Arm before buying the 27 room hotel in Castlegar. Prior to the building of the hotel, the spot of land on which it stands was va- cant until Pete Soberlak aird, Mr, S berlak later sold the hotel to Castlegar Hold- ing Company, of which Gus Leitner was managing dir- ector. He took the hotel ov- er himself in 1968, Along with the hotel ac- STE STEP the Popowich's All operating the Ghuckwagon restaurant, the Greyhound bus us depot and, of course, average room. ‘The two cousins. have not yet. formulated ‘any plans for. alterations to the. j 20-year old ‘hotel, but. one bie they do have is to get ito local amateur sports. Juvenile Hockey Seeks Temporary League Status .. The Minor’ Hockey As- sociation will be asked to form a. juvenile. team this Si : The request’ followed a meeting held last: week’ at- _ tended by 10 students” and who seven adults, heard that it’ was too late'in the season to’ register a junior hockey league this year. The suggestion biied put to the Minor Hockey “As- soclation that the proposed team would become the Junior -B team for Castle- gar and area next season, Mushroom Sales Mushroom As ——— Hits Record Ww. mey and Co, has heen pereters BC. grown mushrooms since 1928, and in 1966 the com- pany was taken over by newly-formed Fraser Valley Mushroom: Growers’ Co-op- erative Association. British Columbians eat an average’ of three pounds of mushrooms pee person per year, which is the high est per capita consumption of mushrooms in the world. St GRo, Sop .% ©. owe