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But they showed me I was wrong,” Penning said Tuesday, the first day the children were allowed to watch television. ———) Jerry, 11, and Wendy, 10, said the loss of television gave them more time to read books, do homework and play with friends. It also meant a change in routine for their mother. “As a mother, you get used to using TV as a babysitter. When kids are bored, you say “Why don't you go watch TV.’ We couldn't say that any more,” she said. The payoff was to\be $200 for each child who completed the bet. Penning said his children originally wanted to buy a television set for each of their rooms if they won. “But that didn't make sense to me,” he said. A year without TV ante with the pledge that he computer if they held out until 's So he increased the : ould buy them a persona! e Dee. $1. The first thing they viewed was Cotton Bow! parade. — » “Jt wasn't that tough,” Jerry said. “You em —_ 08 have confidence in yourself for the first week. pom yd ~ seco! eek, you're so used to it that you can Tiros said they trusted their children not to cheat by watching television at 4 friend’s house or sneaking a peak when they were out of the house. : Jerry's ignorance of Wendy's restaurant's Where's the Beef? commercial should serve as La that the hildren stuck to the bargain, Penning said. . “Everybody in school was saying ‘Where's the beef? Where's the beef? And I didn’t know what they were talking about,” Jerry said. : ; The suburban Mount Lebanon family decided on the wager after Penning felt his children were watching too h television. . ; meer wasn’t uncommon for them to get “up in the morning watching it and when I'd get home from work they'd be watching it. And suddenly your life begins to revolve around this box,” he said. - Jerry and Wendy are now on their own to watch what they like in 1985, but Penning said he may have to start “another incentive program” offering computer software as the payoff if the children “start to abuse the box” again. :..99 cut from Canada grade A beef boneless outside round steak roast Kg 9-29 w. 2 38 from the tropics golden ripe bananas 1 3299 Mexican grown ® Canada no. 1 tomatoes 09 Tide laundry detergent tomato soup 3. .99 21 Canada grade A medium eggs .99 cut from Canada grade A beef stewing beef no4.14 w. l 88 California grown * Canada no. 1 head lettuce 91.30 0b. 59 California grown * Canada no. | fresh © jumbo cauliflower se intg 218 w. .99 ‘ dozen. ctn. xg 1.30 12 L box Doiry Maid from concentrate. Dh COM. 20 cece cece eee eceeecceee . Campbells 284 mi tins ONWARDS AND UPWARDS . . . Air cadets from the ‘No. 581 Squadron received promotions Dec. 19. Mayor Cadets get At this regular weekly parade on Dec. 19 several No. 581 Squadron Air Cadets re ceived promotions. They include AC Sean Bay con to LAC; LACs Trent Omard, Theresa Lamb, Brad Putula, and Alan Miskel to Corporal; Corporals Deana Neuman, Diana Churches and Kevin Rapin to Serg eant; and Sergeants Dan Lamb, Tony Jackson and Wendy Basson to Flight Sergeant. Consideration for the Committee. On congratulating the cad. ets, each speaker emphasized the importance of the cadet program in its service to the community, as well as to the personal development of each cadet. Each speaker also congratulated the squadron on its accomplishment during the past year. Following the formalities, quests, parents and cadets were treated to an informal cup of coffee and refresh ments served by the local P are: ies in the ranks, dress, depart ment, participation in cadet activities, attendance, per- o-or- dinated by Ginny Basson. Other cadet activities this month included a Christmas iT trip, to Spokane. sonal within the cadet program and a positive indication of the abi meet the requirements of the new rank. — The cadets were addressed by Mayor Audrey Moore, W. Laurie of Nelson, the Area District Representative on the provincial committee, Air Cadet League of Canada, and Bob Jackson, chairman of the Castlegar Parent Sponsoring The cadets stayed overnight and were also treated to a squadron dinner. This trip was provided by the parent sponsoring com- mittee in appreciation and recognition of the hard work put forward by the cadets in helping to raise the funds necessary to support the squadron. One such fundraising pro- paper towels Atlantic 2 roll package @ 98 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES. LOAN-OUT CAMERA The Castlegar News: has two simple-to- operate loan-out cameras (complete with film) which it is pleased to allow grdGps to use for taking pictures for use by the Castlegar News. Arrangements for cameras should be News Department at 368,35) 7. the use of these fnade through our Audrey Moore was among ofticials who congratulated the cadets for their achievements. ject carried out on Dec. 28 and 29 was the delivery of more than 2,000 Sears Spring and Summer catalogues. The delivery of Sears cata logues has become the major cadet fundraising project These deliveries — which are done seven or eight times a year — require a great deal of preparation including the promotions sorting of labels, preparation of routes, labelling cata logues, and the co-ordination of drivers and cadets for de- livery day. The fundraising commit tee, which are responsible for this effort is under the dir. ection of Ginny Basson and includes Jan Neuman, Carol Churches and Maria Bacon. Car restraints for children EDMONTON (CP) A new generation of Albertans will find 1985 a year of re straint, thanks to the prov ince’s new Child Transpor tation Safety Act The legislation, making car restraints mandatory for chil dren under the age of five, applies to children born after Jan. 1. About 200,000 young Albertans are not affected by the new law. But the president-elect of the Alberta Medical Associa tion, Dr. Douglas Perry, said Talk to me about RRSP Nobody else has a Registered Retirement vings Plan quite like our Accumulation innuity. it offers Competitive interest rates for Sar A Tuesday he hopes the gov. ernment will extend the compulsory safety measure to all children and adults. Perry! said he is pleased with a provision in the law that will allow motorists charged under the act to avoid paying fines by buying the required car seat. The legislation requires that drivers strap into car safety seats any children under the age of five and weighing less than 18 kilo grams. Convenient periods, an extensive choice of Income options, and th: OF policy fee Before you buy an RRSP. talk to me. J Jack L. Parkin 365-6664 Mutual Life of Canada ere is no front-end load NEW . . . Latest graduates of the Selkirk College Long Term Care Aide includ Makasoff; Michelle Coombs, Sherri Decembrini, hi Morton; (front row) Jeanne Slubowski, (back row, left to right) Catherine Polonikoff, Josephine Barinecutt, Marlene Fry, Gerald Connie Pearce, Sabina Carli, Janice Osachoff, Auberte Robbie, and Shirley Brunton. Health care grads Crhgutn ceremonies were held Dec. 14 at Selkirk College's Castlegat Campus for 13 members of the Health Service department's 1984 Long Term Care Aide program. Following opening remarks by department head Olive McPhee, James Cromwell, director of Academic and Career Studies, introduced the graduating class. They are: Josephine Barinecutt and Connie Pearce of South Slocan, Michelle Coombs and Auberte Robbie of Robson, Kathleen Morton and Jeanne Slubowski of Fruitvale, Shirley Brunton, Sherri Decembrini, Cather- ine Polonikoff and Janis Osachoff of Castlegar, Marlene Fry of Rossland, Sabina Carli of Grand Forks and Gerald Makasoff of Vernon. After presentation of diplomas, pins and bibles, college ipal Leo Perra d it to the graduates. The group was also addressed by guest speaker John Marks, a private soci work consultant, Auberte Robbie, class speaker, and Nadine Eaton, director of resident care at Willowhaven Lodge of Nelson. The 15-week course trains those who serve on the front line in health and human service field. Long term care aides provide services to people confined to residential or long term home settings. Bartender Barney speaks on the economy By KEN SMITH CP Economics Writer There is, said Barney the Bartender as he thoughtfully polished another martini glass, one good thing about 1984. According to the latest surveys, people are coming back to drinking martinis instead of white wine with soda and stuff like that. “{t's not surprising, not to me,” he said. “The way the world is going, you can't make decisions based on a stomach full of wine and stuff. You need real guts. “And that calls for martinis.” “We never had the problems of the last few years back when the makers and shakers used to drink four or five martinis for lunch before going back to their offices to make those hard decisions. “Those problems only came up when people started drinking wine. Well, I warned them. . .” Barney had been worried because he could see his job as one of North America’s top martini builders getting wiped out through lack of demand. iq One aspect, he said, of the last year has been the fatuity ~ef some comments from people hi 9 should know better. “Tell us one,” interjected a c hangover. “Sure,” said Barney “There's the big-wheel businessman who suggested a few months ago that unions tel) their members they should accept a five-year freeze on wage and salary increases so Canada could achieve a cost ddvantage on other ‘countries. “Now, that is dumb. “It might save a few bucks in labor costs, if you could find a worker foolish enough to agree to it. But what would the final expense be? “Aside from the labor unrest, you would have five years ‘of pedple losing the stuff they need — it’s called money — to buy new cars or get haircuts. That's progress?” “Let's have another,” said the customer and Barney, not sure whether he meant an example or a martini, produced both. “What about universality of social programs?” Barney demanded. “Parliament wasted day after day debating who meant what by universality when all they had to do was look in a dictionary. “If members haven't got one on hand, the parliamentary library should have. If not, the members can get together and buy one. But to waste Parliament's time on this is plumb foolish — why not debate how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, or something else that’s essential?” HITS FULL STRIDE Barney bummed a cigarette from a customer who wasn't paying attention — “can't afford to buy them now, with all the taxes.” He then warmed to his theme. “Does anyone really believe someone making $200,000 a year deserves a baby bonus as much as someone earning $23,000? Who's Kidding who?" tomer, roused from his insulation Se 500 into Alberta dur- Island to the 64-member group. In Alberta, there are 10 have their. free if it isn't delivered 39 minutes or less — a guarantee that costs him about 100 pizzas a month, including 55 when a tractor-trailer overturned and created a massive traffic jam. Mother's founders — Grey Sisson, Pat Marra and Ken Fowler — established their first restaurant in 1970 near NETS MILLIONS Their formula brought total sales of $71.5 million for the fiscal year ended last Oct. 2. The company’s after-tax net income, less extraordin- ary revenues, was $1.5 mil- lion. But the decade-long expan- sion ended in recession. “The interest rates w going bananas and they seared the hell out of us,” said Jim Anas, Mother's vice- seeking ways to move into Edmonton and Lethbridge. “That's really the renewal of plans that had to be shelved when the recession hit,” explained Gordon Ras- berry, who brought Mother’s to Western Canada in 1978, Under his thinning grey hair and quiet-spoken man- ner, Rasberry is an aggres- sive promoter who follows Mother's policy of getting i volved in community activi- ties ranging from spaghetti- eating contests to minor league hockey. He also lets customers Pp of Anas said Mother's became so debt-ridden that 400,000 shares, representing 47 per cent of the company, were is- sued last December to ease the load and allow renewed expansion. Restaurants outside Alber- ta are franchised or company- owned. 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