CASTLEGAR NEWS, Wednesday, December 22, 1976

"Mykyte-Pakula Wedding Vows

—Photo by Loel Olsen

OTTAWA
and Small
Business

By KENNETH McDONALD

Everywhere in Canada,
the property tax is fair game
for greedy tax gatherers.

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There is no underlying
principle in its application.
What justification can there
be.,for charging education
costs against the property
tax of pensioners and others
whose children have: children
of their own

or ‘for Sa
not on what it produces, but
on what some bureaucrat

i farmland,”

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decides it would fetch for
housing or commercial deve-
lopment? Or for taxing busi-
nesses at 150 per cent of
assessed market value?
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Yet these glaring anoma-
lies, far from being corrected,
are being used by provinces
as levers for grabbing more
taxing power,
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Take Ontario, where a

2, #full-dress tax reforncommis-

sion is sitting. It's important,
because the eventual findings
are likely to be cited by
other provinces to justify
moves of thelr oy &

One proposal fs tocancel ©
all exemptions for churches
at 3

In a setting of pink and
white chrysanthemums and
lighted tapers, Karen Marie
Pakula and Randy Robert
Mykyte exchanged marriage
vows before Rev. Ira Johnson,
in St. Peter's Lutheran Church
In Castlegar on Nov. 205

‘The bride is the daughter
‘of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Pakula
and the groom is the son of Mr.
and Mra. John Mykyte, both
families are from Castlegar.

The bride's great aunt,
Mrs. Dorothy Skanning of ' Trail
sang “Sunshine of Your Smile”,
accompanied by Mrs. Louise
Ferworn of Castlegar.

Given in marriage by her
parents, the bride wore a gown
of white polyester satin, styled
with empire waist and jewel
neckline. The dress, which had
been made by the bride's
mother, featured a lace yoke at
front and back of the bodice,
trimmed with a self-ruffle, with
the full-length sleeves ‘softly
gathered into lace cuffs, Lace
threaded with satin ribbon
adorned each panel of the long
skirt.

Her cathedral-length veil
of scalloped illusion net was
secured from a dainty head-
dress of pearl-studded flowers,
and for jewellery she wore the
groom's gift of a gold pendant
watch.

Pink roses, white carna-
tions and apple blossoms made
of silk fibre and accented with
baby's breath, fern and knotted

Let People
Pay —
For People

assistance through grants is
preferable to property tax
exemption’, Hear the au-:
thentic voice of the tax
collector! -

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You work with Crippled
Civilians, or Big Brothers, or
Boy Scouts. You've putin 10
unpaid hoursa week, willing-
ly, for years. So have your
neighbors. You've raised
enough ‘money, to. keep sol-

is vent and the hall you use for

meetings or collections is
exempt from property tax.

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Suddenly the province de-
cides you will have to pay
100 per cent tax on market
value of the building you use.
But if you go cap in hand to

Waldie’s

Tie of the Hat

Our Tip of the Hat this week
goes to George Rilkoff, who
has completed service with the
School District both as a trustee
and as board chairman.

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ARROW AVIATION

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Monday - Friday — Non stop Service except

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Departs from Castlegar 10:10 a.m.
Arrives in Spokane 10:55 a.m.

the at the pro-

yincial capital you may get
some of it back. No prizes
are offered for guessing what
happens to the rest of the
money you paid. -

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New Brunswick has a
good idea: Let property tax
pay for property and let peo-
ple pay for people. The pro-
perty tax would pay for fire,
police, water, roads, garbage
and sewage; personal taxes
(income, capital gains, sales)
would pay for education, re-
creation, welfare and health
care.

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Then, as it should be, the
sbusiness tax.would be abo-
lished, farms would be taxed
on what they produced, and
all property owners — busi-
ness and residential — would.

pay for tlie services they re-
teived. Social services would
be paid for from the general
revenue.

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In its brief to the Ontario
commission, the Canadian
Federation of Independent

pink and white ribbons com-
prised the bouquet carried by
the bride.

Maid of honor Miss
Christine Lightle and Seiden:
mald Miss Janet McQuire, bo
of Castlegar, wore petra
full-length dresses of pink poly-
ester satin, gathered in front to .
a shaped midriff, The bodices
had V-necklines and cape-style
collars, overlaid * with * white
lace.

As jewellery, the girls
wore crosa earrings set with
their birthstones, which were-
gifts from the bride.

Flower girl and sister of
the bride, Miss Shelly Pakula,
wore a full-length dress of pink
polyester satin styled with cape
sleeves overlaid with white
lace, and she carried a basket of
artificial pink and white roses,
Her gift from the bride was a
gold locket.

All the girls wore floppy
hats, and the senior attendants
completed their ensemble with
elbow-length white gloves,

Mr. Lyle Mykyte of
Genelle was best man for his
brother, and the bride's. bro-
ther, Mr. Linus Pakula, was
groomsman, Sharing ushering
duties were
Pakula, brother of the bride
and Douglas Mykyte, brother
of the groom.

For her daughter's wed-
ding, Mrs. Pakula chose a deep
rosered floor-length gown of
polyester jersey, accented by a
corsage of white roses. The
groom's mother was dressed in
a formal gown of turquoise
polyester crepe with sheer

mylon overlay en tone. Her
corsage was of yellow roses.

‘The guest book was in the
charge of the bride's cousins,
Miss Gina Dal Corso of Coquit-
lam and Miss Laura Henke of
Burnaby.

Blue, pink and white
streamers decorated the
Legion Hall in Castlegar for the
reception, and small arrange-
ments of pink and white straw:
flowers graced the guest tables.

Made by the bride's
mother. and decorated by a
great aunt, Mrs, Mary Haines,
was the threetier wedding
cake, which. was flanked by
lighted candles and centered
the head table. Teed in tradi-
tional! white, each layer “was

roses: and buds. A miniature
bride and groom stood under a
trellis entwined with roses, on
the top tier.

The groom's godfather,
Mr. Ted Tronson of White
Rock, was’ master ‘of cere-
monies, reading congratulatory
telegrams from Lethbridge,
Victoria and Barrhead, Alta.
The toast to: the bride was
proposed by Mr. Gerald Rust of
Castlegar.

For a honeymoon trip to
Spokane, the bride donned a
long, wrap-around skirt and
matching vest of navy blue
polyester velvet, with which
she wore a white long-sleeved
blouse and bow tie, and a cor.
sage of white roses.

Guests attended from Van-
couver, White Rock, Burnaby,
Duncan, Coquitlam, Winfield,
Nakusp, Elkford, New Denver,
Winfield, Genelle, Edmon-

ton, Lethbridge, Boyle, Thor- °
, hild and Red Water, Alta; and

Maple Creek and Kyle, Sask.

‘The newlyweds are mak-
ing their home on 7th Ave, S.,
Castlegar.

Snowmobile Tips

Always operate a snow-
mobile with caution. Due to
varying driving conditions of
terrain, ice or snow, there is no
fixed formula for turning, stop-
ping or starting distances.

Messrs. Bruce .

Kid Knievel Wows
Vancouver Crowds

A 16-year-old Vancouver
boy who broke his left leg
trying to jump four small cars
with a pedal bicycle Saturday,
doesn't want to call It quits,

“Someday I'll jump over
endless rows of cars, buses and
places like the Grand Canyon,”
Edward McVicker Jr. sald in an
interview Sunday.

“I've gone through fire,
over shopping carts, garbage
cans, water and picket fences
and have only hurt myself 12
times,” McVickers sald,

He said about 600 people
and two television crews came
to watch his latest stunt at a
city park.

McVicker said he let go of
the handlebars over the third
car, caught the off-coming
ramp’s corner and struck the
ground just above his kneecaps.

A fire truck, an ambulance

. and two police cruisers arrived

and he was taken to Vancouver
General Hospital.

“I asked the doctor to put
my leg into. a cast instead of

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able to aid the deer hunter by
providing him with the scent of
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which is reported to be capable
ofattracting deer from as much
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Classified Ads in the
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having an operation sc
wouldn't miss myself on telo-
vision,” he sald,

MeVicker broke his right
kneecap in August trying to
jump 15 garbage cans and was
in a cast for two months.

He wants to jump three
vans in March after his cast
comes off and, later, three

buses,

“And I'll start on a motor-
bike next yen not of legal
age yet,” ho sai

aint aol is Evel
Knievel, an American stuntman
who. unsuccessfully tried to
rocket across. Snake River
Canyon in southwestern Idaho
in 1974.

“Every Oct, 17th I cele-

brate Knievel’s. birthday by

jumping over something or
having a party,” he said.

He said he met Knievel
once in Seattle, showed him his
collected information and was
treated to lunch.

His father says he cannot.
prevent Ed Jr. from per-
forining 3 stunts, so he prefers to
supervi

“HT tT icied to stop him he'd
just go somewhere else, so I
might as well watch him," 'said
Edward McVicker.Sr., 5 paint-
erat Vancouver General Hospt-

“He's going to have to
build better ramps though. He
also needs a coach.”

Mr, McVicker says his son »

jumps for the challenge, adding

that he was always 4 daredovil.
“Mom doesn't go for it

though,” said Mr. McVicker.

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An environmental sanita-
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need for watershed zoning, was ”

presented by chief public health
inspector Mike Harnadek at the
last. meeting ‘ofthe West
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The following is the text of
that report:

The board's suggestion to
the two regional districts re-
garding the need for watershed

zoning has been discussed at |

technical planning committee
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It is my impression that
the majority of members in at-
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were in general agreement
that, where community surface
water sources are involved,
some forin of watershed zoning
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But at least 45 persons who
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So they. wrote. cheques for
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By Murray Little
“The Fire”

It) was: dry.
and hot that year
and. work was
hard
Hoover was doing

‘started his dam,
on ‘the Colorado, but up north
things were not’yet orgariized.

the

Sto’ find.

A Little This and a Little That

"Hea tal That's How It Was

The “forks” was where the
beautiful clear east fork, met
the silt-laden north fork and
created a color distinction like
the Fraser and Thompson in
miniature. The big sandbar at
the join looked like the place to
camp.

: The tents were raised, the

grub stowed, and’ Billy said

Hiete| look her. over",
hal!

country was burning up. No’

body could remember, when the
forests had been that dry, and
the fire wardens were making

their rounds of the beer par-~

lors, picking up who they could.

Harry. was too young to
drink, but just knocking around
town he was a sitting duck.
Billy Evans, the federal war-
den, nailed him down by the
tennis court and ‘told him to
bring. his! blankets next
morning to the railway station.

‘There were six of them
next day, shoving their gear
and the tools into the caboose

and heading ‘east to Albert

Canyon and the fire.

drag stopped at the
th of Silver Creek about 11
fock and the conductor.th

miles up
the east an over a root-strewn
trail they looked her over. On
the west slope of the range ona
80 degree cant they could see
that the fire had gotten a big
start and was roaring toward
the top.

“Can't do anything about
that,” said Billy. “Get them
grubhoes and shovels and start
throwing dirt around the edges.
When those, stove-pipes stop
blazing, saw ‘em down.”

. For five days they fought.”

the fire like that. The bulk of
the heat was following the fire
up the hill. The’ crew got
blisters tossing dirt and felling
“the smoking timber below.

e worst ones were the

better ways to do it, 'Nobody
had heard of a water bomber or
a helicopter.

When it became dark, they
stumbled back to camp, wolfed
up the beans and bully-beef,
and tried to sleep on the hard
sand,

Harry was the “kid”, and
the boys felt a little sorry for
him with his blisters and puny
frame. The boss took pity and
gave him two days as bulleook,
which was to slice the bread,
heat the beef, and get the tin-
plates: washed.; -

Harry knew about the
fishing. In the clear east fork he
had waded all day to his hips
the year before with his chum
and came home with the limit in
trout. Now, though, he didn’t
have a rod, but had line and
gut, and a few flies.

He did pretty well till his
last fly. hung up in a tree. He
had to try a bent safety pin
after that and could land ‘only a
few by carefully’ jerking the
willow “rod” over his head into
the bush and stomping on the .
trout before it slithered back i,

hollow cedars, which so

the packs and:the groceries
and'said he would see them
“later, “ifthe boys are still
alive", that is. .

Evans picked his straw

‘a Cornishman named»,

Shorty, and in no:.time the ©
seven-day: wonders were lean-
ing into the old mine trail up to
the forks.’ Harry. found himself
packing one of the tents.

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chimney.
The men, who' were on a

10-hour. day, ‘ took plenty “of:

breaks; and chattared about

zoning be referred

stench of smoke. They threw on
their boots and ran up the trail.

Evans had gone into.town,
80 Shorty took over. They got
tothe fire in maybe 30 minutes.
Nobody spoke.. The whole
bloody. mountainside was on
fire.

One big cedar, high t up on
the hill the day before, was
resting near the creek. It had
slid the whole length of the hill
when the wind toppled it in the
night and had fired the moun-°
tain again on the way down.

The language became ter-
rible.

They worked all that day
ina puny effort to slow the fire.
‘Tempers were rising and blame
came easy. Shorty had to curse
to keep them on the job and,
being s war vet, knew how.
Harry was like a fifth wheel and
kept mostly out of sight.

Nobody slept much‘ that
night. In the morning Evans
arrived: back early’ and got
them all going with his own

brand of World War language.

When he saw the candle-
jlike hillside he just sated fora

hile, lit” up hi

{22 alphabet,’ ending in “what the

‘dawn by a stift wind and the

Senior Student Kills

Man to. Buy a Big Mac

A high school senior has .;

- pleaded gully to killing an’
elderly man, during his school <

lunch hour in order to. get

money to take his girl to Mc- :

Donald's for dinner.

David Joyner, 18, entered’

the plea in Manhattan Supreme:
Court, admitting he strangled
Douglas Miles, 75, last March 2
in Miles’ West Side apartment.

Police said» Joyner. -ad-
mitted he left Charles Evans
Hughes High School on. his

4 3 Iunch hour,’ went. across the
+ street to : Miles’: apartment,

forced his way in and ordered
‘Miles to write a cheque for $68.
The youth then ordered

the old man to call his bank and.

arrange ‘that; Joyner. would
chave’no trouble ‘cashing the

écheque. As soon as Miles hung
Sup, Joyner. strangled him with

his bare hands.

‘Then. Joyner went to the |
bank, cashed the cheque, and |
used it:to rent a limousine and
take his girl to the hamburger
restaurant.

Detectives acting. on in-
formation Mrom. the, bank,
checked the “high school’s re-
cords, found
enrolled there, and arrested,
him.
After Joyner ‘entered his
guilty plea, Justice’ Burton: Ro-
berts asked him whether he is
sorry and the youth: said he

was.

“For yourself?” asked the
judge. “Or are you sorry for
Mr. Miles?” -

“Tam sorry for both of us,”
the south replied.”

it Joyner’ was

hell can seven lousy men do to
i this?” &

No one knew, but returned
to the usual duties with the
_primative tools.

At three in the afternoon
Evans said, “the hell with it,
let's ‘go back to camp." The
wind. was springing up again
and big black storm clouds
were gathering in the east. Half
way back it began to rain and
stabs of lightning became fre-
quent,

Suddenly, across the creek
and not a 100 feet away, a big
fir was split down the middle by

a green and yellow flash that
lifted everybody off their feet
and blinded them for a minute.
The roar of the thunder was
around them and in them.

‘They ran back to camp, ©
grabbed bread and meat, and
huddled in the tents. It rained
hard all night and in the
morning the valley. was clean of
smoke,

Evans said, “we're going
pone

‘They got to the CPR maifi-- ~

line about 10. The conductor
was laughing, but he took them
home. Everybody got 10 hours.
a day and double overtime, at
the base rate of 80 cents an
hour.

Harry was going back to
school that fall. But first, he had
vo get over the boils that
developed from.the beans, the

to the planning committee of
each board for their considera-
tlon and action, |

The Provincial Mobile
+ Home Park Regulations, that
were administered by the
Health Department, have been
rescinded. It is the govern:
ment's feeling that these regul-
ations, by and large, deal with

the overall subject of housing.

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Wednosday, December 22, 1976

18A

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““Auto- Plan’

COHOE INSURANCE

269 Colum

Therefore,
tions for mobile home parks
should be developed by the
Provincial Housing Depart-
ment and administered by.
regional districts and councils,

Within such standards/
regulations, the Health Depart-
ment has retained its tradi-
tlonal role insofar as ground
sewage disposal and domestic
water are concerned, At‘the*
local level, our health unit has
no objections to this decision.
However, we do feel that where
ground sewage. disposal ‘and
private domestic water is con-
cerned the developer of a
mobile home park (or any other,
housing development for that
matter) should first be required
to secure health unit approval
before the local authority issues
a building permit.

‘We feel strongly about this
because more’ and more -mar-
ginal land is being developed
and because we do have water
table and poor soil permeability
problems in parts of our health
unit area.

Our” department: has
started a “fee for - service
charge” in four health units, on
an experimental basis. Only.
septic tank’ permits are’ in-
volved at present,

There is a staff shortage of
public health ‘inspectors in-
British Columbia and, during
this economic restraint period,
our department is: finding it
difficult to -fill’ existing posi-
tions. Therefore, it is felt that,

if money. was generated |

through the permit system,
there would be a better chance
of having these positions filled.

In the area of education,
we are continuing with our
one-on-one and small group en-
vironmental . health education
program, at the time of each
inspection.

This winter, in addition to

our normal routine. work,".

ny intend,’ to: :do: ‘complete =in->
P._.. spections of all of the schools in:

our area. Special emphasis will
be placed on. safety hazards
(both

‘In Order for Our Staff
‘To. Observe the Christmas
\ Season,

We will be Closed...
Friday, Dec. 24
Saturday; vee 2 25

Sunday,'Dec. 26
Monday, Dec, 27
We Will Close at 2 p.m.

“Friday, Dec.:31
: Castlegar

Savings Credit Union

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