PICNIC TABLES at Syringa Creek Provincial Park look a bit forlorn in this picture but, with the advent of warm weather, district residents will soon be vying for tables at which to eat pienic suppers. More and more families have been observed in the well as tourists, park during the past few weeks as mothers dig out the cold drink containers and fathers wrestle with folding barbecues. The overnight camping facilities at Syringa Creek Park are already proving particularly popular as district and regional residents, as roll in with their trailers or tenting equipment.—Castlegar News Photo Castlegar and District Senior Citizens Crisis Centre Spokesman States Aims forHelping Sr. Citizens Sikes for the Crisis members of the Castlegar and Thursday at their regular Centre, Norm Wolfe, addressed District Senfor Citizens last. meeting. 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CARL'S DRUG MART -In the Castleaird Plaza Phone 365-7269 Channel Master Solid State Radio with Westclox Mr. Wolfe spoke of ‘the aims of the Crisis Centre towards the senior citizen’ stating it had several men who are willing to help out the senior citizen in many ways. He gave the members a telephone number which would bring them the assistance: of which he spoke. J. Raine reported the lawn bowling greens will not be ready for some time. The members will be expected to take care of the greens once established. It was noted the carpets ordered for carpet bowling had not yet arrived. ‘ A_ fund is now being started with this money to be used for the upkeep of the Senior Citizen Centre. The committee reported members in hospital as well as those sick at home have been remembered with cards and flowers. It was decided the associa- 1. tion will recess for the months * of-July and August. Eight members offered to canvass this fall for the United Appeal. 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Now available in the Koo- nays, For further informa- tion, write INTERIOR LAKE SERVICE (1969) Ltd, 608 Railway St., Nelson, B.C, tin Eleven Students Receive Diplomas The gym of Lucorne Secondary School in New Denver was filled, with many standing, for Friday's Gradua- tion Exercise which saw cleven grade 12 students receive their diplomas, Graduating were: Sheila Angrignon, Larry Barnott, Dan Fisher, Dawn Forsythe, Linda Hashimoto, Joff Irwin, Linda Jordan, Mike Mori, Blair Nelson, Corry Ovestrud and Robin Sherrod, Addressing the graduation class was superintendent of schools, G. C. Bissell, who spoke on “Youth and Where They are Going”. The graduates were pre- sented with their diplomas by Mrs. A. Spence, the: grade 1 teacher who had five of the graduates, Sheila Angrignon, Linda Hashimoto, Dawn For- sythe, Jeff Irwin and Mike Mori in her first grade 1 class in New Denver. Presentation of tlie New Denver-Silverton communities’ awards was made by Mrs. Marguerite Thring, chairman, and awarded to Sheila Angrig- non ($100); Corry Ovestrud ($50) and Jeff Irwin ($50). A new scholarship this year given by Mrs. C. Kameg- aya in memory of her late husband, a former school teacher, Mohei Kamegaya. It was to be awarded to the student or students who are not necessarily the top students but who have worked hardest to achieve. The scholarship was won jointly this year by Jeff Irwin ($50) and Robin Sherrod ($50). Kinneird Council Briefs Dave Cooper, Don Wickett and Carl Henne, whose interest in developing a mobile home park has resulted in engineer- ing costs of $157.94, will be invited to discuss with council their future intentions for development. * * Ald. John Pinckney was named representative for the Town of Kinnaird following an invitation from the Kootenay Society for Handicapped Child- ren to have a representative of council attend the society's board, meetings, : * 2 Ndi which Those scholarships were pre- sented by Mr. ‘Holt for Mrs. Kamegaya who is vacationing in Japan, The Lucerne Schoo! teach- ers’ attitude and achicvement award for $75 was won this year by Dawn Forsythe’ and presented by S, Amsden, Blair Nelson presented the Lucerne Student Association Merit Scholarship for $50 to Linda Hashimoto. Mr. Holt then introduced guest speaker John Kenchen- ten of Slocan who delivered a humorous address and warned the graduates of the mistakes not to make, The changing of the stu- dent council then took place when Blair Nelson, prime minister, turned over the gavel to the new prime minister, Steve Deakoff, who introduced his. new council as follows: Deputy prime minister, Mary ‘Ann Irwin; minister of finance, Wilf Wilson; minister of re- cords, Linda Steenhoff; minis- ter of academic affairs, Shelley Kerr; minister of cultural affairs, Gary Matthews; minis- ter of social affairs, Shelley Thring and minister of athletic affairs, Dan Sherrod. Presentation of athletic awards by Ken Keil were as follows: senior boys’ track and field, Jim Hicks; junior boys’ track and field, Stuart Nelson; senior girls’ track and field, Dawn Forsythe; junior girls’ track and field, Irene Palmer. The boys' athletic awards, senior and junior, went respect- ively to Robin Sherrod and Stuart Nelson. The _ girls’ athletic awards, senior and junior, went to Corry Ovestrud and jointly to Irene Palmer and Carma Sherrod. Basketball all-star awards were presented to Marilyn Huss, Shelley Thring, Irene Palmer, Elizabeth Frank, Bob White and Robin Sherrod. Badminton awards were presented by J. Wright and were awarded to Jeff Green- wood and Lawrence Yofonoff. The inter-house competi- tion award was won by the Shims and was presented to team captain by S. Amsden. Blair Nelson delivered the class historian address, choos- ing as his theme “Friendship Spirit Among 1973 academic awards as follows: Grado 9—Leslee Cooper; Grade 8—Carma Sherrod; Grade 10—Dan Sherrod; Grade 11—Mary Anne Irwin; Grade 12—Dawn Forsythe. X nur ain astA.O 10.4 Commercial awards went oa to Steve Deakoff (Grade 11) and Linda Hashimoto (Grade Case 12). THEATRE Colin Sutherland present- . ed honor roll awards to: Grade 8—Leonard Mori, Heather Wil- son and Vern Gustafson; Grade 9—Alan Burgess, Rhonda Cas- ley, Arlene Heichert, Gary Matthews, Mary Ann Suther- land and Lawrence Yofonoff; Grade 10—Vern Emary; Grade frHU|[ERI) WOODY ALI ~“Everything you always wanted lo " 11—Linda Steenhoff and Shel- ley Thring and Grade 12—Blair SUNSET DRIVE-IN For Movie Information Phone 365-5811 Showtime 9 p.m. Tonight - Friday ‘> Saturday “BULLITT” Steve McQueen — Warren Beatty Faye Dunaway — Bonnie & Clyde Sunday - Monday - Tuesday “THE GLORY STOMPERS” Jody McCrea Dennis nae Tere Chris Noel JUBILEE Luncheon Meat .. 4 for $1 PORK & BEANS, Better Buy 5 for $1 MACARONI DINNERS Kroft 5 for $1 GARDEN G WHOLE : MUSHROOMS .. 2 tins: 379¢ ow about Sex » } residence Class”. He concluded by reading a poem “You've Got'a Friend”.” Dawn. Forsythe gave: the address. has a three-year contract with the Town of Kinnaird to handle garbage collection, has asked. that this contract be discussed in view of the growth of the town and the number of garbage pickups. This is‘to be arranged as soon as the town clerk has time to prepare the necessary statistics, The con- tract was renewed in 1972. Typing awards ‘were pre- sented by Miss M. Cain to Mary Ann Sutherland (Typing 9), Anita Leontowicz (Typing 10) and Joy Oda (Typing 11). The citizenship award, presented by Jerome Cherry, was won by Blair Nelson‘and the service award by Sheila Angrignon and Corry Ovestrud. W. G. Thring presented Silverton Newsletter By Nancy Barnett Mr. Glenn Weatherhead of Nakusp, who has been in charge of the cement work on the water .storage for the Village of New Denver, has poured the final portion of cement for the top. Water storage now will hold 30,000 gallons in this new system. Valves and pipes are still to be installed. . * . New Denver now has a 24-hour cafe in operation. This cafe will assist travellers and truckers from the Okanagan who find late evening eating facilities scarce after they leave Vernon. * * With the cost of meat going up, more people are turning to bear hunting. There have been several reports of worm-infested bears. This meat . is unsafe for consumption. Hunters are advised to pour old oi) or gas on these animal carcasses and burn them. An unburned, animal in this condition attracts other bears and birds. These poor creatures in turn will also become worm-infested, © D-BAR -D LICENSED DINING ROOM Open Wednesdays and Thursdays 4 p.m. to Midnight Friday 4 p.m. - 2 a.m: Saturday 12 noon - 1 a.m. Sunday 12 Noon - 10 p.m. D-BAR-D CABARETS THIS WEEKEND Friday and Saturday Cabaret — 9-1 THE GENERATION GAP +++. Starring ROD CLIFFORD Admission: $1 Per Person: PARTY BOOKINGS AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY — PHONE 365-3294 D-BAR-D RIDING STABLES One Mile South of Weigh Scales at Ootischenia Be. fair to wildlife and spend the extra few minutes to properly dispose of contamin- meat, — * Gordie * Mr. and = Mrs. Nelson of Silverton had their” daughter Penny home for a few days. Penny's husband, Mike Nicks, arrived in time to attend Blair's graduation. The nicks make their home at Ladysmith. * * Mrs. Flora Barnett of Summerland and her son Alf spent a couple of days in Silverton. The occasion of her only grandson Larry's gradua-. tion. Tell your mother and father that you want to learn to swim NOW, TOMATOES, Aylmer, 28 oz. 2 for 69¢ LIMITED — ON ROBSON SIDE OF FERRY OPEN 7 A.M. TO 9 P.M. 7 DAYS A WEEK CHECK & COMPARE - Then See Us for Your Floor Covering and Building Requirements CARPETING: tn Foam Back of Different Weights PRICES RANGE FROM $2.95 TO $8.95 SQUARE YARD = .- Services OLYMPIC STAIN SALE CONTINUES REMEMBER, YOU GET 1 GALLON FREE WITH PURCHASE OF 4 GALLONS ACT NOW — LIMITED TIME ONLY) KOOTENAY BUILDING SUPPLIES 663 Columbia Avenue — Phone 365.5155 KOOTENAY VACUUMING SERVICE FORMERLY POWER VAC °©PVICES Phone 365-3179 HAVE YOUR ENTIRE FURNACE SYSTEM CLEANED NOW! RELAX IN THE SUMMER. WITH: CLEAN FRESH AIR IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE. WE CLEAN AIR CONDITIONING, FIRE PLACES, CHIMNEYS WE VACUUM OUT DIRT YOU CAN'T REACH “1S THIS YOUR DUCT WORK” r THIS COULD BE A FIRE HAZARDI e This picture was’ taken in Trail. The housewife can't clean” this mess, Besides the dirt, dust and lint tains blown nna the hess and plugging the fan and motor; this is where moths, carpet beetles and germs breed. -tfn Johnny's Grocery & Gas Sales Cominco Quarter Century Safety Club Injury - Free Employees Operator A. F. Baggs and 8 sri Iting John Reid ‘, Ald, Mike. Livingstone " reported five dog ‘complaints in May with seven tickets issued, He said two violation tickets were also issued, with one cancelled, . s Ald. Carl Henne reported three men worked 100 hours on rock wall construction and ; cleaning weeds from the edges of sidewalks during the same month, .* e An invitation from_ the Weat Kootenay Cerebral Palsy Association asking the town to join the assoclation was refer- red to aldermen for their individual consideration of per- sonal memberships. * . e Ald. Ed Moaby reported ; that ratepayer Bill Merilees’ ; complaint regarding postal delivery to his Chickatee La Lane af been “clarified and rectified”. * *. . Ald. Livingstone suggest- ed council follow up on its request to the provincial Attorney-General’s department for.a small debts. court in Castlegar. . -An . i from the : ea from Castlegar Council Castlegar branch of the Koot- enay Society for Handicapped Children asking council to have a representative attend its board meeting was accepted. Ald, Henne will attend the meetings when he's able to do 80, ° s ° Works supervisor Alex Lutz will discuss with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Greep their request to purchase some town pro- perty adjacent to their home which would allow them to improve their property with a LA grant. . . . Ald. Mosby reported the town’s willingness to enter into negotiations with Joe Van Dungen of Helen's Flower and Gift Shop to allow operation of a nursery beside Mr. Van Dungen’s 2nd Ave. home. He said the town has no objt Active Summer For Children af An active summer of camping is planned for Camp Koolaree which is operated by the Koolaree Committee, Koot- enay Presbytery and United Church of Canada, It is open to children of all faiths. For the third year, Kool- aree is making available its facilities to the Nelson Child Care Society. These children, families and leaders will be camping the first three weeks of July. The remainder of July and August are scheduled for the following camps: Intermediate girls—July 27 to Aug. 4; Junior girls—Aug. 6 to 14 and Aug. 18 to 26 will see a junior boys camp and an intermediate boys camp going on simultaneously, The camp te. offers Chris- tian | as long as the nursery's operation is not unsightly. 8 8 Ald. Henne reported one traffic inspection made in May resulted in the issuance of 15 tickets. He said 11 tickets were paid during the month with five “tickets -and-- one summons | Letter to the Editor Documentary Material Sought | Dear Sir: Tam researching a docu- mentary for CBC Weekend on how people spend their leisure time all across:‘Canada. What I am looking for in particular are people who have interesting hobbies, the more unusual the out-of-the-ordinary the better. For instance, people who f. delight in collecting strange ; things such as old sewing machines or people who might do such things as carve dolls out of apples or fly kites. =» Also, I am_ looking for people who work in their particular job during the day but who might have started a small band or string quartet during their free time purely for the fun of it, not professionals or union musi- cians, If anyone has an unusual hobby, I'd appreciate their writing me as follows: Brigitte Berman, CBC Weekend, P.O. Box 500, Terminal "A", Toronto, nt. ‘ _ Brigitte Berman Wheel Alignment AND BALANCING (inspection covers | these 6 pointe: hae wai + BUSHINGS We Have Purchased “The Famous 330” Balancer We Can Now Balance Trucks Up to 1 Ton Ken’: s Aufo & Wheel Alignment PHONE 365-7532 NEF LS 2 7 t TOMORROW IS 10% DAY AT HELEN’S FLOWER AND GIFT SHOP LTD. 10% OFF ALL MERCHANDISE IN THE STORE — COME IN AND SAVE! edlas ela CP Aee EP, CASTLEGAR SOCILS Mrs. H. Johnson 365-8294 Mr. and Mrs. Ross Me- Cutcheon of North Vancouver, formerly of Castlegar, were in town last: weekend’ while Mr. McCutcheon took part in the Castlegar Open Golf Tourna- ment. Mrs. H. Johnson left Sunday morning to attend the Senior Citizens Association's annual convention to be held in North Vancouver. She returns home today. Members of Minto Chapter Order of the Eastern Star entertained guests on Tuesday evening of last week from Trail, Nelson and New Westminster. The guests come to extend their congratulations to Mrs. H. Schellenberg who has. been elected associate grand con- ductress of the Grand Chapter ot B.C. Order of the Eastern tar, Pulp Mill Conversion Plan Asked Resources Minister Bob Williams said Monday he has asked officials of the Columbia Cellulose pulp mill at Prince Rupert to prepare a conversion program that will reduce pollution. Federal Environment Min- ister Jack Davis has charged ~ that the mill, which will come under government control June 29, is among the worst polluters . in B.C. Williams - said the proposed conversion would involve changing half the operation from a sulphide mill to a paper producing plant. He _ said paper production is “con- siderably less polluting.” REMEMBER FATHER’S DAY Wo have an excellant selection of gifts for FATHER on FATHER'S DAY See our new line of genuine Delf Blue and Copperware all handmade REMEMBER EVERY 3rd FRIDAY IS 10% DAY AT ./ HELEN'S FLOWER & GIFT SHOP LTD. 73 Maple Stree! — “Say It With Our Flowers” Phone 365-5191 onored About 1,000 Cominco em- ployees at Trail have comploted 25 years or more of continuous service without a lost-time accident, In. recognition of their achievement, the injury-free employees have been enrolled in'the Cominco Quarter Cen- tury Safety Club. Each member will receive a personally en- graved silver tray, presented at a banquet for him and his wife. The presentations will be made throughout the year to groups in the various activities of the company’s Trail opera- tions. First to be recognized in this manner were 665 eligible employees in the lead smelting group. Operator A. F. Baggs with 80 years of continuous injury-free services, received the first tray, It is estimated that gal ensuing year, 50 additional employees will ae lify for Quarter Century Safety * Club membership and the silver tray. Again Planned Camp Koolaree handicrafts, games, archery, canoeing, boating, swimming, hiking and campfires. Church-affiliated groups and familles wishing to use the camp facilities for one to four-day sessions may contact tocal camp leaders through the United Church. ‘ Registration forms are available through local United Churches and some businesses, Projects undertaken by Solkirk Colloge forestry stu- dents as part of their course work this year have resulted in tho establishment of a de- monstration Christmas tree plantation and a small tree nursery a Selkirk College. The objectives of the Funeral Services For 92-Year-Old Robson Resident A resident of Robson, Peter Stoochnoff, 92, died Monday at the Castlegar and District Hospital. Funeral services commenc- ed Tuesday from the chapel of the Castlegar Funeral Home, concluding yesterday. Born in Russia, June 29, 1880, Mr. Stoochnoff moved to Kamsack, Sask. in 1899, then to Ootischenia and district where he lived until 1954. He then moved to Robson where he lived until his death. Mr. Stoochnoff was pre- deceased by his wife Polly in 1949 and three sons—William, Peter and Nick. He was also predeceased by three bro- thers—Kuzma, Phillip and George. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nora Postni- koff of Robson and Mrs. Helen Burton of Cranbrook; three sons, John of Penticton, Alex of Kimberley and Sam of Vane- ouver; 17 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 18 Forms have been through the schools of Districts No. 11 and 7. Burial took place in Bril- liant Cemetery, Christmas treo plantation are to carry on some research into the use of abandoned agricul- tural land for growing Christ- mas trees as well as to provide a teaching aid for forestry courses at the college, Approximately 1,400 two- year-old Douglas Fir seedlings, supplied by the B.C. Forest Service were planted on a one-acre plot on May 31 as the first stage of the project. It is planned to plan an acre overy two years until the four-acre site reserved for the project is * completely planted. The project will be of a continuing nature with the students working on it every year. As well as establishing the plantation, other student pro- jects will involve demonstra- tion and assessment of results of cultural techniques used in growing Christmas trees such as fertilization, pruning and shaping. Harvesting of the trees will be done in eight to 10 years. The obj of CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thuraday, Juno 14, 1973 Christmas Tree Planfafion and Forest Nursery Established af Selkirk College will have the capacity to produce 7,000 seedlings per year, The nursery will be an ongoing project with students involved in operating the nursery and planting the seedlings grown. Wester Canada School of Auctioneering itd. Canada’s first and the only completely Canadian course offered anywhere, Licensed under the Trade Schools Licensing Act, R.S. A, 1970, C-366, For part- iculars of the next course writes Box 687, Lacombe, Alberta or Phone 782-5215 2-23 gram available, ing the “mini” nursery is to provide instruction and prac- tice for students in nursery techniques. The nursery will also serve as a source of seedlings for. the Selkirk College Forest Reserve on the Blueberry-Paulson Highway, for future plantings of Christ- mas trees and for landscaping of the campus. The nursery will be based on the production of container stock. Seedlings are being grown in styroblock containers identical to those currently being used by the B.C. Forest Service. Seeding was carried out on May 30 and the first seedlings will be ready for planting in the fall. The nursery cessful business get a lot of benefits that ordinary customers. don't. At a credit union, every one who does business there--either as a depositor or a borrower--automatically becomes an owner-shareholder. He has a direct say in the policies of his credit union and at year end receives a share of its earnings. Nearly half a million British Columbians now profit by using credit unions-as a great place to ‘save or borrow. FOR INFORMATION ON CREDIT UNIONS AND THEIR SERVICES Dealer Wanted | We require an aggressive sales and servica dealer in this area for Moto-Ski Snowmobiles. This quality line is built by the third largest manu- facturer of snowmobiles in Canada and the U.S.A. We have a finance and demonstrator pro- For further information please contact: Jack Newton, Woodland Supplies Ltd. 4460 Juneau, Burnaby 2, B.C, Ph, 291-6116, KINNAIRD TRANSFER LID. L. A. (TONY) GERONAZZO, MANAGER EXCAVATION — HAULING — BACK HOES CONCRETE GRAVEL — PIT RUN GRAVEL TOP SOIL — 3% CRUSHED ROAD GRAVEL DRAIN ROCK — MORTAR SAND “Septic Tanks and Disposal. Fields a Specialty” Phone 365-7124 é | ‘Who owns a - Credit Union? Who cares? You should. It's a fact of life. . the owners of any suc- 424 tin Name. fill in and mail this coupon to: Credit Unions P.O. Box 2038 Vancouver 3, B.C. Address. City/Town Who owns those other places where people save or borrow? CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION i241 Columbia Avenue Telephone 365-7232 KOOTENAY SAVINGS —CREDIT UNION Trail 368-6417 Fruitvale 367-9223 Castlegar 365-3375 —{Acrastiom Post Salma 357-9553 S. Slocan 359-7221