CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 29, 1976

ICBC ‘Soffened’ Blow Not Too Soft;
Increases Could be at Least 200 Per Cent.

Despite an earller as-
strance by Pat McGeer of a
“pleasant surprise” for B.C,
motorists, ICBC Autoplan pre-
mlums will increase at least 200
per cent for all passenger
vehicle owners.

: After the public outery
;earlier this month that greeted
$he first announcement of the
‘new rates by Dr. McGeer, the
minister responsible for ICBC,
, the provincial government said
it was reconsidering its deci-
ions and promised some “soft-
éning” of the blow to motorists,
But at a news conference in
Vancouver, Friday, ICBC indi-
cated that increases will be at
feast 200 per ccrt of &275.'76
: fates for all motorists and as
much as 300 per cent for
“underage” high risk drivers—
the single male, 25 years of age
dnd under, who has his own
Vehicle.

: Norman Bortnick, ICBC
general manager, said Friday
that the new rates were

Letter to the Editor

designed to make the Crown's
auto-insurance monopoly break
even in 1976-77,

The new Social Credit
government has said it will take
funds from provinelal general
revenue to liquidate totally the

Break-In
Still Under

projected $181 million ICBC
deficit,

Premier Bill Bennett said
dn Victoria Monday he was
surprised by the high pre:
miums but the decision ts final.
He said the previous New
Democratic Party government
set ao “politically suppressed
rate” and the government

cannot reconsider the increases”

because there is simply no more
money available to subsidize

the .

Police are investigation the
break-in at the Castle Theatre
in which an undetermined
amount of money is reported
missing,

ps _

Entry was made by break-
ing one of the wicket windows,
The incident was reported to
RCMP at 6 p.m. Sunday. -

Also under investigation is
the breaking of a front window
at radio station CKQR. This
was reported at 9 p.m. Satur-
day by manager Gordon Brady.

Concert Controversy Continues

Dear Sir:

There has been much con-
troversy over the Christmas
concert. The letters that were
printed against some per-
formances in the concert spoke,
not only for the people that
signed their names, but fora lot
of us that were present.

. Twas one of the mothers
that went to the concert with
Christmas joy expecting to see
an enlightening concert about
the birth of Christ and his
teachings. To my dismay, I saw
very little of my expectations
Instead of enlightenment, I
came home with a heavy heart.

I am not a close-minded
idiot. On the contrary I am a
lover of all kinds of music and
drama and a strong believer in
doing the right thing in the
right place.

We cannot put all the
blame on the students of the
“surprise item.” Perhaps their
parents forgot to teach them
that “There is a time and place

for everything.” Also where -

were the teachers and the
conveners of the concert?

Did they forget this was
supposed to be a Christmas
concert? And, by the way,
didn’t the teachers set an
example for the children by
their performance the year
before? Then come the stu-
dents; where was their discre-
tion?

T realize that a lat of hard
work went into the concert but
don't forget a lot of hard work
went into the bomb that
destroyed Hiroshima.

Maybe this concert will
open many blind eyes that will
sce that “doing your own thing”
has. to be very carefully
weighed when you live in a
society.

I feel that the parents,
teachers and students should

‘reconciliate and put Christ and

His teachings back, not only
into our future Christmas con- *
certs, but also into the every-
day classroom.

Mrs. Katheri1

He also said drivers are not
paying for ICBC's past losses in
this year's premiums, but only
the costs of keeping the corpor-
ation at a break-even point.

On Tuesday se premier
said he hopes that ICBC can
come up with more reasonable
rates for young drivers who
have good driving records,

He told a riews conference
he finds ICBC’s automobile
insurance rates “shocking” for
those young drivers who don't
cause accldents.

“I'm hopeful that in the
coming year ICBC will look at
ways so that they don’t penalize
the young driver who is ade-
quately prepared through driv-
er training and has not had a
series of accidents on his
record,” Mr. Bennett said,

Conservatory
Music Exam —

Results

The following is a list of
successful candidates, in exam-
inations held recently by the
Royal Conservatory of Music of
Toronto in Trail. The names are
arranged in order of merit.

A.R.C.T. Piano Written

Honors—Wendy Appel.

Grade V Theory
Analysis
Honors—Wendy Appel.
Grade IV Theory
Counterpoint and History
Pass—Anne P. Graham.
History |
Honors—Marta L. Brock,
Grade III Theory
Harmony

First class honors—Louis

R

Shoreacres, B.C.

Grade Il Rudiments

TRUCKLOAD SALE OF FISH
Over 50 Varieties
TOMORROW, FRIDAY JANUARY 30

First class h Si
M. Burch; Jonanthan Bowman;
Jennifer A. Cheveldave, Jean
Ferguson-Davie (equal); Carol
A. Chapman; Patricia McKay,

- Craig R. Webber (equal);

Robyn Miller-Tait; Brenda L,
Johnson; Brent Johnson,
Grade I Rudiments
First class honors—Rodger
L. Brady; Linda Truant; Donna
Faye Marcellus; Michael Vara-
bioff.

Li’l Hustler
Skinner's Critter

The California
~~~ Bug VW
Giant Killer
Datzun Z Racer
Boot Hill Express
Red Baron
with Fokker Triplane
Sundance Express
‘29 Model A Pick-Up
Mustang Gasser
Drag Racer
Tony Nancy‘s
Rear Engine Dragster
Paddy Wagon

New Show Rod

All Regular $4.49

REVELL & MONOGRAM
Plastic Model Kits

Choose from over 144 in Stock
Popular Models such as:

Vampire Van
‘67 Charger

a Port
S7 Ford

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First class honors—Valerie
M. Cormier; David P. Marecek;
Janet A. Foubister.

Mormon Elders -
Visit Homes
In Castlegar

Responding to what they
feel is a gap in families
throughout the world, 23,000
young men and women, serving
two-year missions. for the
church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon),
invite an answer to this phrase:
no other success in life can
for failure in the

‘26 Street Beast
The Snake
‘55 Chevy

Jeb Allen’s
T/F Dragster

Rat Vego
Bantam Blast
Roadster

Li'l Coffin
Real Show Rod

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home.

Elder Kenneth W. Rachal
and Elder Roger D. Webb are
two of these missionaries in the
Castlegar-Kinnaird area that
will be sharing a family idea
called “The Family Home Even-
ing.”

This idea lasts only 30
minutes and is done within the
walls of the individual home.
Television silenced, work laid
aside, family members increase

BCIT GRADUATE with a diploma in the Technology of Nursing is
Mrs, Vickie Popofi who has successfully obtained her RN. Mra.
Popol is the daughter of former Thrums residents Mrs. and Mra.
Pete Polovnikoff. She is presently employed at Vancouver General

Hospital.—Candid Studio Photo

City Council Briefs

A letter from Jim Chap-
man, on behalf of the Selkirk
Lions Club, requesting support
from the City of Castlegar and
its council to make it possible to
hold a Castlegar Sunflower
Fest or KC Days has been
turned over to recreation chair-
man Ald. Dave Ferguson,

es 8 8

Ald. Ferguson will repre-
sent the City of Castlegar at the
opening ceremonies Saturday
of Minor Hockey Week in the
absence of Mayor Ed Mosby.

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Nelson Music Festival,
which has always had a large
number of entries from the City
of Castlegar, has been given a
$150 grant, the same amount
the city gave in 1975.

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A request for a streetlight
at 614 - 7th Ave.
deferred until Ald. Andy Shu-
tek can meet with the party
who submitted the request to

N. has been -

get a complete picture of the
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problem.
. .

‘Local. Court Hews

LEGION BINGO
7 p.m.

In provincial court Tues-
day Arthur John Kavanagh
pleaded. guilty to a charge of
being in possession of mari-
juana, He was fined $100 or in
default two weeks in jail.

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Daryle R. F. Rizzotti
pleaded guilty to a charge of
being a minor in possession of
liquor, He was fined $50.

Accident Puts
Local Women

Into Hospital

A Castlegar women, Don-
na Embree, is reported. in
satisfactory condition yester-
day morning by a spokesman
for the Castlegar and District
Hospital following a single
vehicle accident Tuesday even-
ing on the Selkirk College
Road.

Police sald the Embree
vehicle, a 1967 Thunderbird
which was totalled in the
incident, was proceeding to
Castlegar when it went out of
control on the icy road and
travelled down a 100-foot em-
bankment.

An was called

Two for
grants, one from the Salvation
Army and the other from
Kootenay Doukhobor Historical
Society, have been referred to
the budget committee,

. 8 8

Kinnaird Zoning Amend-.

ment Bylaw No. 124 received
third reading.

The first sitting of the local
court of revision for frontage
assessments will take place at 7
p.m. on March 31 at City Hall.

s 8 8

The city is now in receipt
of a cheque for $37,500 from
Dunhill Development which
finalizes the sale of the land
formerly known as the ceno-
taph property on which a
14-unit townhouse is now tak-
ing shape. ~

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Council approved a procla-
mation declaring Feb, 8 to 15
Heart Week.

Programs for Handicapped
Requires One-to-One Support

New programs designed
for the handicapped at Silver
Birch Activity Centre in Castle-
gar includes cooking which is
designed to provide the partici-
pants with skiils to make them
more independent and self-
reliant,

. The cooking is based on
making soup and teaches how
to follow a recipe, how to select,
clean and prepare vegetables,
how to use kitchen equipment
and how to plan ahead and shop
for ingredients. It also provides
everyone at the centre with a
nutritious hot lunch at a
minimal cost.

Another new program
which will be of interest to the
craft hobbists in the commu-
nity, is the production of
ceramic beads, This provides
exercise in fine motor control,
attention to detail and a sense
of participation.

A small kiln has been
borrowed from Trail’ Rehabili-
tation Industries which allows
the participants to see their
work through all stages of
production. Beads will soon be

available for sale from the
Activity Centre on Maple St.
These are two of the new
programs initiated under an
LIP grant. Volunteers are,
needed to provide one-to-one
support and supervision for the
participants in these and other
programs. If the Activity Cen-
tre is to provide a quality
service to this community and if
the programs initiated now are
to continue, an effective corps
of volunteers is a necessity,

Crewcab
Strikes
Hydro Pole

A 1966 crewcab sustained
an estimated $800 damage
when ‘it struck a hydro pole
Saturday afternoon at Sth and
Willow.

Police said the driver,
Lucille Moxley of Castlegar,
was making a right hand turn
onto 5th from Willow when the
vehicle caught the pole on its
side.

No injuries were reported.
No charges have been laid,

-OUT
Cabaret

THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

unity by settling or
just talk about things that

+ might be bothering them the

most. Old family games and
songs, including refreshments
leaven a family home evening. -

WANT TO SELL
YOUR HOME?

“Call Mary”
365-5244 or 364-2507

in the Fully Air-Cond

MARLANE HOTEL

to the scene, but no details have
been released on injuries.
No charges have been laid,

Castlegar
Man Charged

in Accident

A Castlegar man has been
charged with failing to yield the
right of way at an

Randal Lane Panagopka
pleaded guilty to a charge of
driving while his driver's li-
cence was suspended, He was
fined $350 or in default two
months in jail,

o 8 8

Daniel Smith pleaded gull-

ty toa charge of being a minor

in possession of liquor; He was -

fined $25,
o 8 6
Wilma Elaine Zimmerman
pleaded guilty to a charge of
driving while impaired. She
was fined $300 or in default one
month in jail, She is also
prohibited from driving for one
month,
o 8 8
Michael Conkin pleaded
guilty to a charge of common
assault, He was fined $76 or in
default two weeks in jail.

The average Canadian beer drin-
ker consumes the caloric equival-
ent of 198 cream puffs a year.
(Health & Welfare Canada)

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after his 1965 Pontiac, which
sustained an estimated $200
damage, was in collision Mon-
day with a 1972 Ford Torino
driven by Nick Konkin.

“Charged is Andres Andy
Popoff. Both drivers are of
Castlegar. Damage to the Kon-
kin vehicle has been estintated
at $500.

Police said the Konkin
vehicle was turning left on a
green light at the intersection
of Columbia Ave. and 2nd St.
near Junction Shell when the

Popoff vehicle failed to-yield

the right of way while proceed. |
ing north on Columbia.

No injuries have been
reported.

“YOUR HEART NEEDS YOU”

TO HELP FIGHT HEART DISEASE:

"KICK OFF”

KEEP A FIT EARL MONTH
y
taking part in the Kiwanis Club

"WAMM"

WALK A MEASURED. MILE

\T HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD:
BUT IT COULD HAVE
HAPPENED IN HELL.

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CASUALTY ASSIMILATION classes were held on ‘Wednesday of
last week at the Kinnaird Fire Hall with candidates from
Fruitvale, Trail, Montrose, Grand Forks, Castlegar and Nelson
taking part. Shown here are two instructors, Hazel Baerg of Trail
mocking a leg wound on Florence Gall of Fruitvale and E. C.

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MAYFLOWER SERVICE wéek of the annual .

Ingham of Neleon working on a simulated
PEP co-ordinator H. J. Warner. The skills these people learn are
often used for such activities as a tentatively planned hospital
exercise this spring when the local PEP have a simulated exercise.
~Leo Sommers Photos

from the province total

Slocan Park Seal Campaign, contributions

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$438,-
520. Campaign co-ordinator Ed
McLachlan, of the B.C. Tuber-
culosis-Christmas Seal Society,
reports this figure to be 27 per
cent below the campaign target
of $600,000.

Mr. McLachlan cites the
pre-Christmas postal strike as
the reason for the poor return
on the initial appeal, since the
mailing of the seals was delayed

for more than a month as a ~

result of the disruption in
postal service,
He said a second appeal

a ty being
mailed to regular contributors
to the campaign, should gener-
ate sufficient additional income
to allow the Christmas Seal
Society to continue all of its
important programs in the fight
against respiratory disease.

He is confident that the
second appeal will bring the
campaign very near to its
target.

Funds contributed to the
Christmas Seal Campaign are

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TRAIL

arm wound on municipal

May garlic, onlon or celery
salt be used in place of table
salt for sehsoning for a person
on a low sodium diet?
Answer:

None of these salts should
be used as substitutes for table
salt, Garlic salt, for example, is
a mixture of salt (sodium
chloride) and dehydrated gar-
lic, These products would con-
tain approximately the same
amount of sodium ions as table
salt. Onion and celery salts are
Prepared in the same way and
therefore are of no value as salt
spbstitutes,

You will find salt aubsti-
tutes in grocery stores or drug-
stores with the special diet
foods. These substitutes are
prepared by mixing potassium
salts such as potassium chlor.
ide, monopotassium glutamate
and glutamic acid.

Other salt substitutes are
available as well-garlle salt
substitute, onion salt substi-
tute, seasoned salt substitute,
and low-sodium meat tender-
izers. However, it is wise to
check with the physician before
making these substitutions as
there may also be reason to
restrict their consumption.

Question:
Is the nutritional value of
milk decreased by heating it to
lukewarm before drinking?
Answer: i

As long as the milk is not
sealded during the warming
process, no loss of nutritive
value will occur. Place the glass
of milk in a pan of warm water
and stir it occasionally.
Question:

Can precooked frozen
foods become poisoned?
Answer:

Frozen precooked food,
lke any other cooked food,
should not be allowed to stand
at room temperature for any
extended period of time, as
micro:organisms, which are
found in many foods and which
cause food poisoning, grow
rapidly at lukewarm tempera-
tures,

Frozen meals should be
treated just as carefully as any
other food, Keep them frozen or
refrigerated—or heated and
served. Leftovers should not be
permitted to stand for hours at
room temperatures.

Frozen foods are whole-
some foods, and proper care
will assure that the family will
never suffer from food poison-
ing.

Snowmobiling is Great Sport
But It Does Call for Planning

The advent of winter
Means snowmobiling to thous-
ands of B.C. families and the
British Columbia Snow Vehicle
Association has some safety
suggestions to kecp snowmo-
bile times happy times.

Use your common sense
and: check advance weather
predictions carefully before you
make an extended ride.

tarp or plastic sheet and high
energy food.

It is well to remember that
just a half-hour ride at average
speeds of 20 or 30 miles per
hour ean put you over 10 miles
from your starting point.

Snowmobiling safety de-
pends on your common sense,
the condition of your vehicle
and your preparation

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 29, 1976

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THE MAYFAIR HOTEL

Provides spacious new
accommodation with
fully equipped kitchens,
cable TV, phone, free
parking and view
balconies. All this for
$16,00 single and $4.00
per additional
guest ...with compli-
mentary coffee andtea
service for your added
enjoyment, On your
next visit to Vancouver
P stay downtown at the
Mayfair Hotel located at Hornby and Robson Streets.
For reservations, write to :

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Night Pass $4.50 Selkirk
Weekend Pass $8.00 College

Tickets On Sale at:
CASTLEGAR BOOK SHOP
SELKIRK COLLEGE BOOK STORE
Gee's. Office)

Western Canada’s Largest Folk Music Festival

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you an acci-
dent while on a snowmobile
ride or your snowmobile breaks
down and it can't be fixed, you
can become involved in an
emergency situation. It is al-
ways better to avold ‘an emer-
“gency. or survival situation,than
“it is to be in one. é
Always have other snow-
mobilers with you on trail rides,
always let someone know
where you are going, when you
plan to return and report in
Upon ‘ing. Be certain your

Christmas Seal Campaign is 27 Per Cent
Below Its Designafed Target of $600,000

used to assist in the construc.
tion of medical facilities, to
finance research projects into
respiratory disease, to educate
the public as well as medical
professionals, and to provide
rehabilitation for sufferers of
chronic obstructive lung dis-
ease,

Contributions from the
Castlegar area total $2,197.
The Christmas Seal Committee
chairman is Mrs. Betty Oglow
of the Castlegar Rotary Anns,

snowmobile is in good running
condition. Remember—a snow-
mobile, if not used properly ina
safe area, can be dangerous.
The following is a guide list
of essential equipment you
should carry when going on an
extended snowmobile ride.
(Know how to carry and use
these items): Extra fuel (in a
safe contairier), snowshoes or
skis (one pair per person), map
and compass, knife, candles,
extra clothing (mittens, socks,
boot liners), tool kit and spare
parts, block and tackle (with at
Teast 50 feet of line). i
Waterproof matches, axe
or saw, gasoline deicer, flash-
light and extra batteries, flares,
first aid kit, large metal cup or
small kettle, brightly colored

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