POSTER CONTEST ‘winners were recognized Saturday when
their various entries were on display throughout the Castlegar
‘Arena during Minor Hockey Week, Winners present to receive
prizes from School District No. 9's supervisor of instruction, Frank
Hanilton, are, left to right, Steve Voykin, Ricky Bondarolf, Jeff
Malr and Eddie Knowler. The contest was open to two divisions,

the primary and intermediate. Other winners

re Chrissy

Esopenco, Bead Cooper and Shirley Richards. Honorary mentions
was given Bobby DeSousa, Elizabeth Silva, Patty Plotaikoff,
Phillip Sahletrom, Stacy O'Sullivan, Aaron Embree and Joanne

Bllesky.—Castlegar News Photo

Successful Candidates Pass

Royal Conservatory Exams

The following is a list of

‘successful candidates, in exam-
tinations held recently by the

Royal Conservatory of Music of
‘oronto in Trail, B.C. The
names are arranged in order of

Smerit.

Grade IV Theory
Counterpoint

Honors—Peter E. Brandon

‘and Wendy Appel; Pass—

'Marilyn Hay and Lois Moon.

Grade II Rudiments
First Class He L

Grade I Rudiments

First Class Honors—Pat-
rick D. Roscoe, Craig R.
Webber, Jean A, Fitzagerald,
Wendy Nixon and Shelagh M.
Geddes; Honors—Kimberley D.
Tusnell,

Preliminary Rudiments

First Class Honors—Carol
A. Chapman, Robert B. Kirk-
wood, Donna F, Marcellus,
Julie-Anne D. Shelfontiuk
(equal), Joyce L. Eaton, Shelley
D, Landis fequal) and Anne E.

Nixon and Christine M. |

McGauley: Hi c.
Bird and Michelle EB ene
Pass—Angela S. Capal

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191 Columbia Avenue

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Letter to the Editor

* Good Old Days Have Answers

Dear Sirs

In the last few issues of the
Castlegar News there have
been some columns about the
good old days; so this is another
good old days letter that some
of your readers might enjoy.

Inthe carly 40's we lived in
Rossland, My husband was a

prospector and a miner. During
the winter months sometimes it
was too cald and there was too
much snaw to go into the hills
on snowshoes with packsack to
prospect, so my husband and
his partner, a Norwegian back
clor, used to get a job
Rossland shovelling the aa

Cominco Opens Downfown
Recruiting-Employment Office

In an effort to make its
personnel office more accessi-
ble’ to the public, Cominco is
opening a recruiting and em-
ployment office in downtown
Trail next month.

Assistant supervisor of
personnel, George Moxham,
said Inst week that the office
will be at 1440 Bay Ave. and
should be open by mid:
February. Cominco leased the
space from Kootenay Savings
Credit Union.

“We felt a downtown office
would make il easter to talk to
people interested in job oppor-
tunities with Cominco,” Mr.
Moxham said. “It will also
improve an already good work-

ing relationship with Canada.

Manpower by putting us closer
to their office.”

Hiring is now done at the
company’s general office at
‘Tadanac.

The new office’ will
also handle personnel induc:
tion. One conference room will
be used to jive groups of new
employees an overall view of
the company’s operations, Safe-
ty induction will still be given
al the company's Main Gate
Builting.

The 1:600squarefoot of

Cc.
and Mes. B. M. “Mary” Capalbo,
all of Cor Trail opera-

ation is ideal for
us.” Mr. Moxham said. “It's a
ground-floor office in a central
location and will require min,
imal remodelling. We expect to
he open for busi

Hospital Regulations Explained

The. boned of directors,
management and staff of the
Castlegar and District Hospital
are asking the cooperation of
all loal residents in overcom:
ing cortnin difficultics they
have been experiencing with
the families and friends of the
hospital patients,

ver the years, visiting
hours have been lengthened
and regulations have been
madified at the hospital in
order to enhance family In-
volvement in patient care.
However, when attempting to
enforce their very lenient poli-
cies, Uhe staff has met with
verbal abuse, total indifference
and even been threatened with
physical harm. These violent
situations have also caused
undue stress and worry to
many of the patfents,

In order to provide a
pleasant and restful almos-

phere inducive to recovery, the

hospital personnel have drawn

up the following, policies:
Visiting Hours

General visiting hours—12
(012.30 p.m. for afternoon shift
workers only; 2 to 8 p.m. for
general visiting.

Maternity visiting hours—
2to 8 pam, for general visiting.
Visitors must leave at feeding
time for babies; 8.30 a.m. to
8.20 p.m. for special visiting
(husbands only). They ‘may
temain in the room during
feeding after they have been

to Problems?

left by the snowplow which
blocked the paths leading to the
ouses,

For this they were paid $1
per hour and they certainly
enjoyed it. They were outdoors
_ in the fresh air and sometimes
it was way below zero on the
thermometer,

Mid morning they were +
always asked in for coffee, tea
‘or wine, depending in front ot

whose home they were shovel-
ling snow. If it was a Scandina-
was coffee, if it was an
Italian, it was wine and if it was
an Englishman, it was tea, the
same in the afternoon,

If the city foreman came
around and saw the snow
shovels in the snowbank, he
knew that my husband and his
partner were in the home
‘getting warm and he never
bothered them. He knew that
‘once they were warmed up
they would come out and work
twice as fast to catch up to the
snowplow further up the street.

The man who had the
contract Lo remove the snow for

the City of Rossland was young
and this was his first ex-
perience as a contractor. Some:-
times he would wish that he
could stop his snow-removing
machine and join my husband
and his partner, as there was no
cab on his machine and he was
colder than the ones doing the
ing. In those days a

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contractor worked to get the
{nb done as fast as possible,

Wouldn't it be nice if we
could get the people who are on
welfare, here in our city of
Castlegar, to follow the snow.
plow and clean out the paths
and driveways of the taxpayers
—some of whom have paid
taxes here for 30 years or
maybe more—even if this con-
sideration was for tho: senior
citizens, at least,

This taxpayer watches the
snowplow fill the driveway
everytime it jgoes by and cusses
at the stupidity of our society
nowadays, also the impudence
of grownup men in charge of
the snow removal in this
supposedly well-organized City
of Castlegar since ils incorpora-
tion.

If the, people on welfare
had to work outside all day
shovelling snow, maybe they
would be too tired at night ogo
and’sit in the local bars and the
RCMP might not have to watch
what goes on al the pad on
Front St. There might not be as
many young people with drug
problems and hangups,

Flu} this is the socioty we
live in. Now I wonder haw it
will all end. I thank God that
my family was raised before
this era and feel sorry for the
young generation coming up.

Fern Schwartzenhauer

AGolden Ager
Castlegar.

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7 pm.
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Instructed in gownlng pro:
cedure,

Pediatric visiting—2. to 6
pam, for general visiting: 8.30
am, to 8.30 p.m, for special
visiting (parents only). Chil
dren under 14 years of age may
visit Sundays and holidays From
2 lo G pam, in the day rooms
anly, Two visors are allowed

care unit. visit
ing—immediate family only.
‘two visitors only ata time for
five minutes at nurse's discre-
tion,

Isolation visiting—patients
are placed in Isolation for the
protection of the patient or to
protect others. from the
patient's condition. In arder to
enforce this technique, visitors
are not allowed in the rooms,
"They may only visit the patient
from the hallway.

Television

Television sets are allowed
In Private and Seml-private
roams only, In Semiprivates,
hoth patients have to agree on
having the unit, The unit must
first pass hospital standards,

‘Smoking

No smoking by the public
in any area of the hospital. Ash
trays are provided at the main
entrance. Please do not use the
floor,

Other regulations include
the following:

Noise must be kept at a
bare minimum;

Check at nurses’ station
before giving patients any

consumable gifts (this includes
alcoholic boverages};

Wastepaper haskets are
provided for disposable refuse
please usu them.

It is hoped that with the
co-operation of the general
public, no changes in the

hospital progressive visiting
hours and regulations will be
necessary, $

Any person or persons
harassing the hospital’ person.
neb or creating a disturbance
will be prosecuted effective
immediately.

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1976

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Columbia Avenue Ornamental
Lighting Experiences Setback

© Columbia Ave, will not get
complete ornamental lighting
at the time the curb and gutter
construction work, due to start
ee mid-Mareh, gets under-

ate special meeting Tues-
day night it was decided to
postpone this work until some
at nn existing poles can be
el

r the present, this type
of lighting will be installed only

Local Pianist
Featured Soloist
fn Philharmonic
“Four candidates tor the

performer's certificate at the

University of Rochester's East-
man Schoo! of Music, one =
member of the 1971 Stanley
Humphries graduate class,

. were featured soloists with the
Rochester Philharmonic Or-
chestra under the direction of
Rayburn Writine on Wednes-
day of ast week in the Eastman
Theatre.

Pianist Merrill Nixon, for-

Cocamission No. 1 aa ell as be the City of Castlegar  merly of Castlegar, violinist
similar walk will vl

be held at Robson this, *

be.verved upon completion.

the participants in last Sunday's celebrity mile: last year's Queen
Carlson; past :

of Hearts, Mrs. Annet

tof the Castlegar and

District Chamber of Commerce, Mary Anderson; Mayor.Ed ‘
Calderbank,

loeby,

the local Heart *

Assoelation—Castlegar News Photo}

‘No Action
On School
Crossings Here:

~~" »=No-action Le been taken

y. the board of trustees. for
Sthoct District No.:9 following.
Education Minister Eileen Dail-
ly’s announcement last seek
that the most dangerous
crossings used regularily by
school children will henceforth
be manned by adult crossing
guards.

jecretary-t treasurer. Sotn
Dascher told the Castlegar
News it had supplied informa-
tion to the department of
education last summer when &
survey was taken. The board
had named several level cross-
ings for consideration which
included three on Columbia
Ave., in the vicinity of Cross-
roads Datsun, Kootenay Build-
ing Supply and the.Forest
Service. Ranger station; one at
the junetion of 7th Ave. and
‘Mile Stone Road, in the Kin-
naird area, and one on the
Castlegar-Christina Lake high-
way, iin the vicinity of Ron's
Motel..No further action, how-
ever, has been taken by the
local school board. .~

Inthe minister's announce-.
ment, she said that school
districts would be asked to give
employment preference to sen-
ior citizens or others who might
benefit most from a supplemen-
tary income.

The costs would be the
subject of additional grants to
participating school districts by
the provincial government.

Mr. Dascher said he was of
the ing it was on a

‘Teall, Castlegar of Nelson
will house the temporary head-
{quarters for the proposed
"Kootenay. Library System, # vib
permanent

Castlegar Temporary ‘Headquarters?

For Kootenay Library System

the soclety. board, as cost.
factors are atta for the three

‘centers. Basic principles for. N

operation of: the system, and

Remed at a‘lator dete, ard
Cranbrook has been set for the
resource centre for the sys-
tem. is

Meeting in Creston on
Saturday, Jan. 25, the board of
directors’ for the Kootenay
Library System Society also
designated other Kootenay
communities which would have
major or community libraries
or book deposit stations within
the proposed system.

Separate from. the opera-
tion of headquarters and re-
source centre, there will be
major libraries in Castlegar,
Creston, Cranbrook, Nelson
and Trail. The libraries in
Fernie and Kimberley will act,
as major libraries for their

*"Elktord, Fruitvale, Grand ©

Forks, Greenwood, Invermere,
Kaslo, Nakusp, Rossland, Sal-
mo and Sparwood would have
community libraries under the
definitions of population and
service area.

There will also be small
branch libraries in Canal Flats,
Midway, New Denver, and the
Slocan Valley as population and
needs dictate. Bookmobile ser-
vice would be provided to as
many areas as possible outside
the service areas of

the system were also fiver
final approval by the board.
The society bas received gov-

ernment approval of the consti.

tution.

Director of the Thompson-,
Nicola library system, Harry
lewsom; spoke to the board on
the’ objectives-of’ tha’ system,
with the ‘first’ objective: being
that of providing information
service, The editcational aspect

and.recreation service were _

judged second and third in

Christine Taussig, harpist
Mary Emily Mitchel, and flutist
Victoria Tannotta, where the
_ atudents chosen by the. East-
men Faculty to appear as
soloists with the orchestra.
Mr. Nixon, a student of
; Frank Glazer, performed
® Chopin's “Second Piano Concer-
Fn

Impoftance, with the library as
4.an instrument of change in the
‘community as fourth priority.

The next meeting of the
Society board will be in Greston
town hall counell chambers on

‘eb. 16, and an annual general
meeting will be scheduled in
March,

Represe: sfatives of Benefiting: Groups Report
Activities at Annual Meeting of United Appeal

A canvass which exceeded
its goal of $2,500 by $1,758, was
reported on by secretary-
treasurer Marjorie MacBaln
during ‘the annual meeting of
the Castlegar District United
Appeal, held on Monday of last
week in the Hi, Arrow Arms.

Receipts and expenditures
for the year ending Dec. 31,
1974 showed total receipts
were $24,588.83 and expendi-
tures $16,003.72.

Chairman of the board of
directors, Clarence Ackerman,
stated the canvass was a
suecess thanks to contributions
small and large. He also noted
corporates were fairly gener-

Attention was called to the
difference in the 1973 district:
grants that totalled $13,314.69
and te 1974 total of $7,594.93.

1

Tt was also explained that
money totalling $1,850 in’ the
name of the City of Castlegar,
in reality went to Robson
Recreation Society | ($750),
Castlegar and District Senior
Citizens’ Association ($85) and
Kinnaird Pubtic Library ($300).
The city only served as a
clearing house,

In expenditures, increases
were noted in auditing and
canvass expenses and in sta-
tlonery and office supplies.

During the’ annual meet-
ing, 16 different representa-
tives submitted oral and writ-
ten reports on their activities
acknowledging the disburse-
ment of funds.

Irene‘ Hill, reporting for
Castlegar-Robson District Girl
Guides of Canada, stated

d the Athle-

sharing cost basis. The depart
ment of education would pro-
vide fluorescent safety clothing
and paddle-shaped stop signs
for the guards.

If put into force, the adult
guards will be used at crossing
points designated by the school
districts in consultation with
police and highway authorities,

librari by mail
service as necessary. y
. The proposed system
would serve the area encom-
passed by the regional districts
of Kootenay Boundary, Central
Kootenay, and East Kootenay.
Designation of headquar-
ters in| the Trail-Castlegar-
Nelson area was deemed suffi-
cient for budgeting purposes by

Blueberry Irrigation District
Wafer Management Praised

Blueberry Creek residents
can rest assured their, water
supply is well looked after.

‘The Blueberry Irrigation
District, along with its warden,
has been pralsed by medial
health officer Dr. N. Schmitt on
the excellent manner in which
the safety of its district water
supply has been maintained
for the past few ycars.

Ina letter to the Blueberry

eon)

Irrigation District, Dr. Schmitt
commented on the helpfulness
of the accurate daily chlorina-
tion records and the knowledge
of knowing that, if and when a
disruption in the water system
does occur, that immediate
steps are taken to inform the
district's users of the problem
and what steps are to be taken
by each household to render
their domestic water supply
safe.

pripasens

tie which acts as a
clearing house for all expendi-
tures to local sports, had not.
filed Its request for a grant in .
accordance to government reg-
ulations. This was now bein:
reclified and would take up the
difference noted.

PANEL puscussion on the all-

d a total of
144 proficiency badges with 11
Brownies earning their Golden
Hands and Brownie Wings. One
hundred and eighty-five pro-
ficiency badges were earned by
the Guide.companies with one
Guide earning her All Round

Cord and two Guides their

Kootenay Ubrary system took

Canada Cords, now the highest
award in Guiding.

Heather Hallett, repre-
senting Castlegar and District,
Public Library Association
spoke of a membership of 4,147
with Castlegar registering
2,583, Kinnaird 1,402 and Rob-
son 162,

Asked if there were a lot of
young people using the facili-
ties, she replied, “Yes," noting
many teenagers come to the
library to do their homework.

Canadian Arthritis and
Rheumatism Society represen-
tative, A. Lambert, reported,

.A.R.S. was. successful in
locating a physiotherapist for
the Castlegar-Trail area -in
September and up to the end of
1974 she had seen 18 patients
and administered'123 treat: +
ments in Castlegar alone.

Two trips were made to
the Castlegar area by rheuma-
tologists, specialists in rheumna-
tic disease, in 1974 to examine
patients referred by their fam-
ily doctors. Twenty-two
patients were seen on these

occasions,
(continued on page 2)

at deterrent
Ed Mosby.

Mr, Mosby sald that the
total estimated cost of orna-
mental lighting for Columbia
Ave, was estimated at $70,585,
On the limited program the
department of highways is
paying two thirds of the cost
with the elty’s share estimated
to be $5,650.

said’ Mayor

Number of Firms
Take Out Arena
Building Plans

The Castlegar and
District Community Cen-
tre has drawn wide inter-
est from the construction
industry in the province
and elsewhere.

A significant number
of major firms have taken
out plans and specifica-
tions for this building.

This week, the build-
ing committee received
advice fromits consultant
firm, Underwood Mac:
Lelland, that it would be
financially advantageous
to this project if the
tendering period was
lengthened.

The building com-
mittee has granted a
10-day extension to the
tendering period.

A spokesman for the
committee said the build-
ing committee, in con-
‘Junction with Regional,
+ District of Centra! Koate-
nay, Is vigorously explér-
tng all avenues and arcas
of co-operation regarding
the financing of this vital--

~ commynity project," ~*

City Requests
Cor Owners
Assistance

Car owners have been
asked by the city to co-operate
with its snow removal crews by
ensuring that their vehicles are
parked in a way that will not
hamper street clearing oper-

A public notice to this
effect appears in this issue of
the Castlegar News.

March 2 Named Heart Sunday;
Al Clausen Canvass Chairman

Preliminary plans by the
local Heart Foundation for its
Heart Sunday canvass sche-
duled for March 2 are now
underway.

Local branch president Al-
bert Calderbank has announced
A, Clausen as campaign chair-
man.

In accepting ‘the position,
Mr. Clausen sald he has always
been very interested in the
heart, He studied the anatomy
of the heart while attending
UBC and while in Vancouver he
worked with the Metropolitan
Ambulance taking four to five
courses dealing with the heart.

At present Mr. Clausen is
chairman‘of the local St, John
Ambulance and director of Red
Mountain Ski Patrol with ap-
proximately 85 men under his
direction,

Last year Mr. Clausen

; A, Clausen

served as area chairman and
had expressed his willingness
to serve again,

Snowmobile Operators Fined
Not Warned Says CP Rail

“Snowmobile operators
found trespassing on CP Rail
property will no longer be
warned, they will be Prose:
culed,” said investigator J. 6
Armstrong,

told the

danger to snowmobile enthusi-
asts, operating their machines *
atong the track creates hazards .
for the railway, Travelling in
groups, the drivers pack down
Snow, and the ee forming as a
result can

Castlegar News the problem of
snowmobiles on company pro-
perty has increased in number
and that CP Rail personnel will

be, making weekend patrols -

~yalong’ rail: lines ‘to’ prevent
~: potentially dangerous trespass-
ing by these snowmobile opera-
tors. ¢
Six'persons died during
the winter of 1972-73 while
travelling on Canadian railway
right of way.

Last year near Sparwood,
a teenaged boy became bogged
down on the tracks: while
crossing the railway on his
machine, anda train was forced
to make an emergency stop to
avoid hitting

Tn mont avelient cases, it
appears that snowmobile en-
gine noise drowns out other
sounds and the driver's aware-
ness of his surroundings’ is
dangerously reduced.

Aside from the personal

addition, snowmobiles ean cut
wires on the railbed that
control awitehes.

“Our inspectors will be
continuing efforts this winter to.
stop further trespassing on
railway right of way. by snow-
mobilers,” says J.C. Machan,
chief, CP Rail Investigation.

“To. protect’ snowmobilers
from themselves, we will be
forced to prosecute those found
trespassing.” .

Section 359 af the Railway:
Act provides for a maximum ~:
$20 fine to trespassers on
railway property. The act also
provides a maximum $100 fine, :
to operators of any public :
vehicle on railws: property :
without the railwa:
sion, British ‘Columbia "eglte
tion controlling all-terrain vehi-
cles is also considered applic-
able in cases of snowmobile
trespassing.

Sixty-Nine Inches of Snow Taxes City Crew;
Snow on Castlegar Arena Brings Problems

A total of 69 inches of snow
fell on the City of Castlegar
from Dec. 18 to Jan. 21, with 12
inches between Jan. 1 to 5 and
13 inches more from Jan. 16 to
18,

‘These were the statistics
given by Ald. Andy Shulek at
the last regular council meeting
when he had nothing but praise
for the public works crews.

“This snow came in leaps
and bounds, it was truly a
fatiguing time. The work crews
did yoemen’s work and I really
thank them for thelr noble
efforts,” said Mr. Shutek.

He said public works su-
pervisor Alex Lutz had a
definite pattern to clearing
routes. Hills came first, which
includes the hospital, then

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Publicity officer Don Jones, library development commission field

streets and avenues, “Unfortu-
nately some lanes are left to the
last," he said.

‘Three additional men were
hired to spread the work load,
especially when night shift was
needed.

“One of the tractors broke
down, but this has been re-
placed by a front loader that
should be more efficient,” he
said Cost of the machine was

Mr. Shutek also comment
ed on the snow buildup on the
Castlegar arena which, during
Minor Hockey Week, caused
extensive damage to three

, Vehicles. He said that the

damage was covered by insur-

The extra insulation put
beneath the new metal roof is
believed responsible for holding
the heat. in-and allowing a
larger buildup of snow before
coming off the natural slopes of
the arena. .

When the situation was
first discovered, steps were
immediately taken to locate
owners of other vehicles parked
against the arena.

Mr. Lutz said the public
address system was not work-
ing and the job had to be done
by word of mouth. Whenever a
goal was scored the cheers of
the speclators was so resound-
ing, it appeared to have an
effect on the stability of the
remaining snow on the roof,