79RD ANNIVERSARY of Sam and Dora Chernenkoff was. celebrated recently at the Castlegar Hospital's extended care unit, The couple, who came from Russia In.1899 to Manitoba, have spent the last 37 years In this area, Sam, who is at the extended care unit, is 93 years old and Dora, a guest at Raspberry, Lodge, Is 92. —CotNewsPhoto Seniors entertained ‘The Castlegar and District Senior Citizens Association had a most enjoyable after- noon of entertainment Thurs- day in their centre. After the routine opening Mrs. Jesse Donnan extended .a most warm welcome to all present and introduced Molly and Peter Steriloff who were cel- ebrating a wedding anniver- sary. She also announced that the members are invited to a Whist Drive in Nelson April 2 to be held in the Senior Citizens. Centre. Members wishing to ‘attend ° should place their names on the bul- letin board. Louise Evans has donsted a petit point: picture which the members will have for a raffle at.a later date. Jean Stone was the winner of the: afternoon's door prize. Mrs. Donna turned the rest of the afternoon over to Mrs. J. Heslop of the enter- i it There The group is composed of girls from three years and older. The group performed Irish and Scottish and among others. ‘The very young three - six ' year olds did a song for their dolls which they were hold- ing and a tap dance, Mrs, Tomkin thanked the members for inviting them to entertain and invited the seniors to a dance recital the group is having at ‘a, later date, Mrs. Heslop, on behalf of Writers come from afar “Sandi By J.A. The ‘Writing ‘in ‘Revolu- . Thompson University Contre March 8-14 is! now history, but like all historical évents it has left its imprint on people and community. While the majority of the delegates came from the east and west Kootenays, a great many came from widely sep- arated points. both in B.C. and across Canada < as far ‘east as the Maritimes. And they came for a good reason — ‘for at no-time in this‘ area has there been such a concentration of out- standing Canadian writers, + publishers and ‘multi-media experts,’ some of these in “cluded Roy Kiyooga, an inter- nationally respected ‘multi- media artist and author from ‘UBC; David Godfrey, author and head of the Creative Writing Department of the University of © Victoria; Gladys Hindmarsh, author. and teacher at'the Capilano College; Peter Huse, poet the thanks’ to'the entertainers,’ Refreshments were served toall present and the‘dancers really enjoyed the small cho- colate Easter eggs and soft drinks, while the adults en- joyed their tea and coffee. and musician at DTUC; John Lent, ‘poet’ ‘musician ‘and teacher at Okanagan College; Margaret Randall, : author and representative of the ‘Ministry of Culture of Nic- aragua; Frank Davey, author and poet from York Uni- WI tea this Saturday Kinnaird ‘Women's Insti- tute met March 17 in the “Senior Citizen's Home. President, Muriel Heagy was in the chair. She alloted jobs to the:members for the Spring Tea. ‘This affair. will be held Saturday from 2 - 4 p.m. ‘in the Castlegar Legion Hall. There will be a door prize; talls-ofhome baking; crafts was a sing-song of several: Trish songs in keeping with St. Patrick’s Day. Several assorted games followed with many ladies and men receiving prizes. The highlight of the after- and plants as well as a white elephant table. In other. business, plans were made for four members to visit Raspberry Lodge and bake cookies'and a cake at Easter. A noon was the of several dances by the Debbie Tomkin Dance Group. . was made to the Loan Cupboard by Mrs. D. Carter. * New uniforms for KJSS Band The Kinnaird Junior Sec- ondary School Band Booster Club has started. another busy season. The club has just received new uniforms for the students. The students from the KJSS Band will be distribut- ing the Sears Catalogues in April and May as two fund- raising projects. Parents will be called on to drive the stu- dents on their deliveries. Mr. Nelson, the band dir- ector, will be taking students to the Spokane Lilac-Parade May 8. This will be the high- light of the year for the students. A full day of events is planned for the students. They will leave the school early if the morning and re- turn the same evening. «i & = Chaperones will be re- quired to travel on the buses, so parents are asked to keep - the date in mind and if you can't chaperone it would be nice to have a group of par-~ ents attend the parade and . see the students perform. Mr. Nelson has also stated that the Grade 8 advanced band will be going on an overnight trip in May. Plans: will be finalized at.a later date. 4 Thanks to Mr. Nelson for . the great job he is doing with the students. Parents should feel free to attend Band Booster Club meetings. The next meeting will be April 29, in the KISS staff room. 3 (submitted by Jan Neumann) own a THE LOSing, te m Elaine Jackman reported three ‘craft sessions’ were held recently at the home of! M. Brownlie. Nylon flowers and other novelties were made for sale'at the tea. President Heagy and mem- ' ber P. Phipps will attend a. West Kootenay District W.L meeting in Nelson Saturday where plans will be com- pleted for the coming district conference. ; This conference is to be held May 5 in Castlegar at. the Legion Hall. Robson Women’s Institute will-be invited to the. April meeting.so they can share in a special home Jeconomics meeting. Winner of the hostess prize was M. Brownlie. Health and welfare con- venor. gave an informative talk: on ‘heart disease ' and conducted a quiz ‘contest on the’ °“aublent versity, Ontario; and many others who conducted work- shops, took part In panel dis- - cussions and gave readings during the seven-day confer- ence, bp (Barry) Nicol poet, author and former teacher at Selkirk College and’ who teachers now in Toronto, “There were also’ several adult’: delegates . from. ihe Castlegar area; incl The presentation was. re- celved ‘with’ much laughter Faith Mark: Mating of ‘Sehirk College; Linda Hall, a Castle- gar. News columnist; Kathy Armstrong -a'’ student at David McFadden's .. senior writing class at Selkirk Col- lege. Three ‘and -refl the, pirit ‘of the conforence — ° that serious learning in tech- nique and outlook can take ‘place in an atmosphere 'of fun and good fellowship. The choice of: the confer- ence of title was perhaps an proved to be a fc ia ny have dis. ame and David group ded & Rabin publishers of Talon and Random House publi- » cation houses -respectively Beye a two day mini-course « printing, ing and’ shop Saturday seat by well- known children’s’ author Francis (Sandy) Duncan ‘of ° Biemond It was a. valuable a publishing of books. “Its a fascinating but chancey busi- ness, “they agreed. “Pub- lishing, to me, is first of all an art,” said Stan. “I love being social with writers, talking with artists,” said David. “All of these people have enormous egos, but they are fascinating. But I have no politeness for au- thors who won't take edi- torial criticism.” Their mutual advice to would-be authors? Even if you are good, your chances of making .a living by. your. writing are extremely re- mote in Canada. You'll need a job to keep you going. High schoo) students had. since the “revaluation” in this case referred to writing ina. changing ‘society. ‘ However, it did give some a good ‘spring cleaning”. |’ The fourth member attended § one of the several journalism courses, i Saturday evening at: the traditional .conference, din- ner, selected guests and del: egates read from examples of : their writing: Kathy. Arm- ; strong was one of those: ‘ael- ected and..took ‘the ‘oppor- tunity to present a humorous ‘roast’ of some of. her teach- * ers and fellow delegates. The ‘roast’ took the form of : an invitation to- dinner, in‘ which each: of the ‘roantees’ 4 Thus Barry Nicol’ (guest) appeared as ‘a pat-roasted It “O Children of Men! Know ye not why we created you all from the same dust, That no one should exalt himself over the other, For more information, please contact: Box 221, Robson i ? CORRECTION +The Boy Al tl cee tet of Baycrest Serenity hese errors In the Bay Day wishes to therore cppecringin in randy Oiten of this paper. bed shawn on pay 99, no Ree ae geet 11, item 6, should on the same. page, bedding is $439, not $429 as listed. The hooded swectshirt for sizes ‘4 to 6X, appeoring on pages A Item 7, is not exactly as shown. There is no pouch SS The a would like to opotogize to to ise customers for any *Fudsons Bay Company ‘Dr. potato, Lynne Mai Bai also received an attend and to present manu- scripts for evaluation at the conference. Of the schools in the area, only nine students attended — five of them from the * Castlegar school district.” E These included four mem- i bers of Margaret Hill’s Kin- naird Junior secondary class . — Renata Hale, Seanagh Sloan, Shannon McIndoe and”. Rob Gretchen; and‘one stu- dent ‘from Stanley’ Hum- phries Secondary School, Jan MacDonald.’ * All brought manuscripts for evaluation and said they. found the experience a val- uable, . though, sometimes humbling experience. an quiche with slices of ham and Don ae (celeste) as | Guest ‘author, ‘Brain Faw: cett and delegates ‘Tom Wayman, John. Charters, ‘Tim, Landers, Margaret Hol-. lingworth and Kathy Arm: “atrong herself (as'corn): were’ variously. peeled, snpen tossed and cooked. McF': den was served witha oe sauce, and a hot Roy Kiyooga arrived at the table suitably blended. i ‘ 278 Columbia Ave. KOKANEE TAX “Your Estoblished Tax Service" “FRI., 9 a.m.-S p.m. SAT. 9a. (if ouroltice hours ore nat convenient call for @ special appointment! noon ) 365-6161 365-2416 Your best buys from — : Beausmark | __ YOU CAN SAVE NOW ON APPLIANCES AND MUCH MORE. 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