ASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 7, 1974 verybody reads City Sind Bie Round-Up. Just ‘eal - 365-7266 for low-cost, “high coverage. You may run ‘your message in Hightface or in boldface. tin . Wateh for the grand srreeeseevceccrscces ever. Funeral services were held sMonday through to Tuesday tfrom Krestova Hall for Mrs. sLucy Konkin, 81, a resident of ‘Crescent Valley who died ‘Sunday in the Castlegar and sDistrict Hospital, Born in Russia in May of 892,° Mrs. Konkin came to Saskatchewan in 1898 and was married in’ that — province esiding there until 1913 when he came to B.C. ~ Seven years later, from 11920, to. 1937, ° she ‘lived at Cowley, Alta... moving to ‘Crescent Valley in 1937 where she resided continuously until her passing. ¢ (Mts. Konkin was prede- Ceased by her husband George in 1972. =. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Nick (Flor- énce)/ Voykin and Mrs. John (Elizabeth) Kooznetsoff, both of Crescent Valley and Mrs. Pete (Pauline) Elasoff of Vancouver, five grandchildren, five great- Compact Car. Damages Lawn At Keenleyside Extensive. damage to the lawn at the Keenleyside Dam fesulted on Wednesday of last week when a small Japanese model sedan ‘was. observed turning i in circular manoeuvres. = The incident is still under investigation. A spokesman for the local RCMP said they did have a suspect. CALIFORNIA TOUR 15. days. Leaving Trail, B.C. March 31 and re- turning to Trail April 14 t Double occupancy Hincltides:° Sacramento,’ San Francisco (tour of the city), Disneyland. (admission | and 510 opening of O'Bryan’s Insur- ance Brokers b: ’ The Scene at... KINNAIRD JUNIGR CONDARY SCHOOL y Peter Majesgey. 310 s e iJ New — Kincaid piano, . $1,195, Now only $995. Ke id's Piano and Organ Co., errr Creek. Ph. 365- 3 Funeral Service Held Monday For 81-Year-Old Lucy Konkin frandchildren and: one. sister, Mrs.. Mary Popoff of Pelly, Sask. Burial took place at the Krestova Cemetery with the Castlegar Funeral Home in charge of arrangements, Ron Plotnikoff | said . an interesting thing the other day, and you would be surprised at how many agreed with him. Some of the students. were talking about’ posture “and wondering why little kids who start out so straight. get all slouchy by the time they reach grade 8 or 9, Ron said, “I know the way it was with me. I always had good posture until I hit Grade 5 and it was the chairs that wrecked me. They. put those , chairs with curved backs into the classrooms and they were so comfortable, you just natu- rally leaned back in them. After “awhile 1 gave up ae Straight." Requiem Mass Held Today For Mrs. Orsolina Fornelli Mrs, Orsolina Fornelli, 91, widow . of John. Fornelli, a district pioneer and formerly of 417-2nd_St., Nelson, died in Mount St. Francis Hospital at Nelson Monday. Rosary was recited at the Hammond Funeral Home in Grand Forks last night with requiem mass this morning at 10° a.m, at’ Sacred’ Heart Catholic Church in Grand Forks. Mrs. Fornelli was born in Turin, Italy, April 4, 1882. She married John Fornelli in Italy and they emigrated to Canada in 1912. They lived at Fife, B.C. Her husband died there in 1942 and she moved to Nelson in 1944, residing at 417-2nd Street, until entering Mount St. Francis, She was a member of the Letter to the Editor Catholic Women's League. Mrs. Fornelli is: survived by three ‘sons, Ed’ of Arm- * strong, Jim of Castlegar and - Frank of Christina Lake; four daughters, Mrs. Marie Ferraro of Christina Lake, Mrs. H. (Christina) Wickstrom of Nel- son, Mrs. S. (Margaret) Hatch- er of Vancouver and Mrs. H. -(Jean) Harrop of Nelson; ‘22 grandchildren’ and 27 great grandchildren. She was predeceased. by three sons and one grandson. In lieu of flowers, friends wishing to do so are requested to make memorial donations to the Sister of St. Anne, Mount St. Francis Hospital. Rev. M.J. Guinan will be the -celebrant. with - burial to take place in Evergreen Ceme- tery at Grand Forks. i Parents Fear Crosswalk Accident , Dear Sir: We wonder if the residents of Castlegar and surrounding districts’ realize ‘what a pedes- trian crosswalk is. The diction- hy white lines, y, AA Me et ge. We, the parents of children inthe: Castlebar’ Subdivision, ~ are greatly concerned for the safety, ‘of. our school, children using ‘the crosswalk from the ‘tour tos Angeles and Hole lywood, Knottsberry Farm, San Diego, ‘Tijuana (four ‘Sea World ‘or Zoo), Las jess (tour of the’ strip), ‘OTEM TRAVEL 560 Bay: Ave., Trail, Telephone 364-1255 across _Columbia Ave. to Kootenay Builders. We find that many. drivers are not stopping for children who are entering the crosswalk. A’ further, concern’ of parents is cars. stopped on Columbia Ave. to make:a left turn. into. the Super-Valu parking lot. They are frequent- ly overtaken on: the right by WESTERN HOME MANUFACTURER Wins Full CS.A. APPROVAL Ben. Mariner Homes Ltd., with its factory in Pentic- ton, B.C. has become the first Western producer of permanent factory built. housing to be allowed to bear the complete stamp of approval of the Canadian Standards Association. It is also the only then Wave: other. drivers. This. poses a hazard to children already: in the ‘crosswalk'as these drivers cannot: anticipate . children’ in the crosswalk due’ to the stopped, car: ahead of.them. 33 parked, alone ing front.” of ootenay “Builders” make “it difficult for pedestrians to see approaching. traffic:,until they, are. well into the crosswalk. Many. near accidents © have’ already occurred due to care- lessness of drivers in this area: A car ‘stopped to allow. a mother and: two. children to:. cross, was overtaken on the: right by a driver who nearly hit * “all three pedestrians. A distant car moving at a high speed, failed to slow down and had to brake suddenly to avoid hitting a mother escort- ing nine’ kindergarten and schoo! children who had enter- ed the crosswalk-As' a result, + the car stopped at an angle across the centre line of the highway. A child who had waited 15 minutes or more to cross safely. was finally escorted across the. highway by a sympathetic bystander. We -are~ appealing | to drjvers toheed the traffic law (hat states “Cars must stop when a pedestrian is in the crosswalk.” We love our children and do not want to sce a tragic accident happen due to the carelessness of a driver. Concerned parents; Don and Darlene Bouvette Don and Ann Jones . Dave and Gloria Young’’ Jim and Verna Hemmons Aires and Stella Cordeiro George and Louise Kardash ~ David and Abie Murdock Michael and Eileen Babaelf. Ken and Clara Kaminsky Larry and Irene Brown Lynn and Camille Kerby Julie -Postnikoff Norman and LaVerna D'Andrea Marvin and Shirley Sommers There was 4 whole chorus of "Me, tou's!" We wonder what Mr. Alouf thinks, o- @ 6 & “We havo a few more names’ toadd to our good posture list. First Terry Jollimore. He is the tallest boy in our school, just”! under 6' 3". He carries himself very well. Then there is Garry ‘Poznikoff and Frank Costa. Becky Vigue has good posture too, and ‘so does Athlyn Horswill, eee) * * -) “Recently Mr. Clark called an organizational meeting of this year's annual and practical- ly the whole school turned up. This was certainly a tribute to “Cobra 2" and looks like an impressive start for Cobra 3. * * * We have a rival school that is hard to beat. It is South Slocan and they always give us a ding-dong basketball contest, right down to the last buzzer. We really enjoy playing them,:even though they have beaten us twice,—both times in the dying seconds of the game. Here's’ to ‘you, ' South: Slocan! Seah + 8s This afternoon our school is holding Open House from L.to 4. Tea, coffee and cakes will be served our visitors. In the evening Mr. Ron Cameron, a ‘Social Worker from the Trail linic, will address all interest- ed district parents on the topic >‘Adolescents.and School,” He has spoken here before and. has been very | well received. Following his talk at 7:30 there will be a question and answer period. We hope many of you come up-to the school today. er eer) But .be prepared! If Mr. Cameron tells you that “the brain of an average adult is a three-pound pinkish-grey. mass about the size of a football, with the consistency of soft cheese” heisn’t insulting you. It's a fact! ‘Ask your family doctor: 7 Fotapatt, Colin. Gl By Shirley Anderson Plans for the Annual Wildlife Banquet: are: well on the way with the date set for March 23 in the Kinnaird Hall, Due to the lack of meat last year the annual event was cancelled, This year, ‘besides turkey. and various wild meat, there is a 30 pound coast salmon on the menu. +. The banquet-and dance are open to the public and tickets will be on sale this weekend, So if you would like to excite your. taste buds and try out some of the various wild meats offered for your sampling,. ‘please accept our invita’ for a fun evenit A new slate of officers has been, elected for 1974, John D'Andrea has been’ re-elected president, yours truly, Shirley Anderson, is once again’ honor- ary president, Hank-Kurlyluck is vice-president, Gerry Brown ‘is the new secretary and Frank Kohar, a man whose speciality is. figures, has the job | of treasurer for another year. Directors are Dr... John Walton, Mike © Gall,’. Stan Angus, Frank Ingham, Bob Wood, Gary. Walsh, Peter nto join us* them involved, after all, these kids ‘are our future mayors, councilmen, conservation offi- cers etc. so any boy or girl,old enough to hold a fishing rod who has any interest in the outdoors, fishing, hiking or is just plain about Wildlife Assoc. Banquet March’ this meeting at 7:30 in~the Resker Hall. Dr. Hartman, head of thé fish and wildlife branch’ from Nelson will also attend this meeting along with members from the local association, THE CARPET CENTRE : Upstairs" TRAIL TIMES BLDG, - PHONE 364-2421 conservation and the world you are going to grow up in, join us at the Legion Hall the third Wednesday of any month. We will be,there and will welcome any ideas’ you may have. Now a few words to. the gals. The Wildlife Association is not an exclusive male club and, as far as I know, was never intended to. be. The. name, Castlegar Rod and Gun Club, ° which it was called in previous years probably made” ‘the female gender shy away. The club is now far more concerned with. conservation, Women; I believe, are becoming just as ‘concerned .with ‘safeguarding our interests in the outdoors as + anyone else,» Let's stand © beside. our husbands, sons and daughters and show areal interest in what is (Probably one of the! most - Aubrey Leveridge and Leno Grifone. ~ With this enthusiastic group’ heading the association this year we hope to see a lot of new projects develop and the Wildlife Association become a very active club in our new city. The club is here to function on behalf of all the fishermen, hunters, and outdoorsmen of all types. They need your support to ensure and: protect your right to the use of our great outdoors. Let all of us concern: ed join together and safeguard our interests. ‘ This year we would like to see a large junior. membership. The fee for juniors is $3. I don't think we could: find any group more interested in conservation and where it is headed than the younger generation. I have talked to'several young people who tell me they would gladly pay for their own membership fee -if we could ‘offer them something constructive.to par- ticipate in. * If they are willing, let's get George Negreiff, 19, & Grand *-Forks;\‘charged**with possession of a restricted drug: for the purpose of trafficking, was given’a suspended sen- tence of -18 months with probation when he, appeared in,” court heré: $ =The charge arose from an; incident Feb. 12 when Negreiff. was found in possession of four grams: of ‘methylenedioxyam- phetamine (MDA). Peer er a Thomas Gerard Anderson, 17, of Castlegar, pled guilly toa Cancer Poster _ Winners Receive Recognition A poster contest sponsored “. by the Canadian Cancer Society for Grddes six and seven witha $50 prize and a plaque to the best poster in B.C. has, this year, also been judged at the local level with the Castlegar unit providing a first prize of - $10, second prize of $5 and a third prize of $2. Several honorable mentions received $1 prizes, Winners are first, Dwayne Skublen and second, Kenny. Sherstobitoff, both of _ Blue- berry Creek School with third 1o Beverly Samsonoff of Tarrys School. Receiving honorable men- tion are. Brent Wood of Twin Rivers School, Chery! Hadikin of Tarrys School, Michael Duff of Blueberry ‘Creek School, Brenda Hood of Robson School and Dean. Dinning, Helen Janicki, Susan Wallon and Dorothy MeNee, all of Kin- charge of impaired driving Feb. -16' in’ Castlegar.’ He ‘was fined $100 or in default 15 days in jail. His driver's licence’ was also suspended for one month. ‘3 Pa meas Edward Lloyd Plante, 32, pled guilty to a charge: of driving -with a blood: alcohol © count over .08 which resulted in an accident reported Feb. 23. He. was fined $150 or in default 80 days. His driver's licence was also suspended for 30 days. * * Mathew, Lebedoff, 17,. of Castlegar, pled guilty to being a minor in possession of liquor, He ‘was charged Feb. 22 and fined $50_or in default 15 days in jail. i * Waller Lebedoff, 18,\ of Crescent. Valley, pled guilly | to being a minor in of in their lives, outdoor life. Many, of you -: fish and hunt and probably do more camping than you really care to, but the family thinks it's great. So let’s get together, - buy'a membership right ‘along . with your husband. ‘There. is < strength in numbers, Syringa Creek Park is a good example of how important it is to’start planning ahead. The park is only two years old and filled to capacity every weekend and almost every weekday during July and’ August. We are going to need more parks on the Arrow. The lake is beautiful, it's clean and so far the shoreline is not completely _ privately owned. Due to the fact that it is - now a reservoir, the, shoreline changes drastically and beaches are few and far between. It is time now to reserve beaches that are ‘accessible’ to: the public. It_must be drawn to the attention of the government and quickly. We can't close the barn: door: after..the horse’ is gone, althouginplenty, of. vere do. id. ‘Swear: aab! aH ; of course, blame t horse for getting away. We are’ simply going’ to ‘have ‘to get. ‘together and draw attention to the need for more: public park reserves on the Arrow Lakes. There is a group of people. in.-the association willing to work for your right’ to enjoy your weekend camping. and fishing trips but they need your support. Castlegar is now..a city, let all get Today, Male SPECI AY ‘Ss Friday and d Seturday iis CINNAMON BUNS, doz: . ASSORTED COOKIES, doz... .. + 59 PHONE | 365-3022). 003i." 13 Pine Street {next to West's Dept. 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