ger :
POPPY. DRIVE gets the blessings of the city as serviee oficer
Steve Gallo pins a Remembrance Day Poppy on Ald. Albert
Calderbank .with the poppy committee members looking on.

on the

“ Remembrance Day Popples go on sale tomorrow and Saturday'as

streets from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Legion members appear
pEeaaa ana LC a: 10,6 Bi Rating Fons are slen tn be

distributed to students: through School
Remembrance Day Poppy committee members are, left to right
service officer Steve Melnick, Ladies Auxillary president Thelma.

» Walker, branch secretary Dot

herson,’ branch President

Macp!
Normal Lala Bate and L.A. secretary Ka:

N

y Bate.
. EGaaNewsFoto byl Lois. Hughes”

‘Canada Post Issues
Sailing Ship Stamps

‘The third set in the Cana-,
dian ‘sailing’ ship series of”
c stamps will be issued Nov. 18;
according to a recent announce-
: ment by Postmaster General
Jean-Jacques Blais,
“Collectors have admired
the sailing ship designs and
Production techniques since we
first introduced them in 1976,”
shid Mr. Blais. zi
: “This: year, Tom Bjarns-
on, the artist, has again con-
egntrated on careful detail, but
bas enhanced the. illustrations
by adding human forms to give
gteater perspective to the
viewer. I know these stamps
will continue to be acknow-
Iddged for their brilliance of
: design.”
B The ships depicted. this
+“ ypar range from the 25-foot
Mackinaw boat, which was used

cluded in the. set are the

three-masted or ‘tern’ schoon- ‘

ers, used for international
trade, and the ‘pinky’, one of
the sturdiest and most sea-
worthy ships ever to fish off the
eastern coast.

Hospital Women’
permission., for tha: Castlegar
‘Air: Cadets to carivass the ‘ aty

‘and sell nuts Nov.\16: from. 7

p.m, to'9 p.m. to provide extra

services and ‘comforts for Hos, :

ital patients,
ele
Counell voted to conatder
Castlegar Villa Society. applica:

tion for blacktopping the mye ner

rental ofthe Kinnaird Hall-for
the: Blueberry’: Creek Third
Annual cat Falr Dec. 9

“Council instructed the’

planning'department to contact,
the local Canada Post station in: °
Sorder.to clarify the numbering..*
syatem, tobe used in the High:

Meadows ‘Subdivision, ‘and ‘re-
port ‘its findings at .the. next
planning : comimittee meetin

“Gouna were told the

Doorless Driver.
“Leaves Police.

. Two Clues

~~ A young motorist who
raced through Milwaukie, Ore.
left more behind” than irate
residents.
Police said two men who
did not give their names, but
were described as “very big,”
- walked into police headquart-
ers, each with a car door under
his arni. They told police they
-adshased ayouns.mapinasar

a: “ afpente raced down their street

: Wear A Poppy
‘Lest We: Forget

where children‘ were’ playing
* hes vigilantes said they
overtook the car in a parking
lot and confronted the driver,
opening the doors of his auto.
But the young man sped off,
leaving the two men holding
the doors, they said...”
Police took custody of the

-.doors and are waiting. for

someone to claim them.

“White Pi

Spooks and pumpkins and witches and screams in the night. You will’ ‘be sche this atet é

Se One. Man's Opinion

By FRED MERRIM.

the fact that another Halloween has'come.and gone.

It is my understanding that in ancient times it was an evening set aside when’ ‘the common -.'
folk of the day would attempt to frighten all the evil spirits. We have come a long wy from those
days. Now, our young take to the streets with large’ whit dressed in
costumes meant to depict everything’ from Dracula to Orphan’ Annie.

I think that its a fun time, a good tin

treats to last him a month of Sundays, I think it is: wrong. <

May I suggest that we are encouraging the children to think in terms of more and most. In .
my opinion, parents should send their children out in costume for. the fun of it with a small brown
bag that should more appropriately match the size of their stomach.

It is not my intention to take away from the fun and
highly energetic young person, but anything we can do to teach our young that even fun as
symbolized by the fullness of:their white pillowcase can be-carried to excess. :

tf I would hope. that ‘should parents not agree with me and continue to. issue the oversize
collection bags, then perhaps some of my, younger readers will say to themselves “enough: is

and I, like the children, think the custom should be
continued except:in-one point only. I-object to the’ large white pillowcase.

‘Some will say that the pillowcase has its advantage, as its white surface signals motorists on -f
the dark streets that children are about.'A good point. But when I see a six-year-old child lugging
a white cloth bag around the streets with enough ‘candy, popcorn balls, licorice and assorted

department dalready. gi
“the name* artithiand “Drive”

cs unnamed. _atreet In th
Fsubdivision.

Council si ‘Behool *

“Board” No.’ 9'' permission’ to
ingtall ‘a’: six-inch:’sewer ‘ line
from Kinnatrd:Junlor Second-
ary’ School, through Kinnaird

‘and ‘tle’\Into ‘a’ city
manhole, under tho direction of
the‘ city works superintendent

Cour ity’
works’ superintendent * to: in-',
vestigate, along .with' a ‘West

"Kootenay Power. representa-

tive; ie problem sf ee

: 0)

‘fate Ed Mosby, a forme:

“of Castlegar, received
“guthorization’ in’; the: coun

3,
“‘elosed’ session to: discuss ‘with -

Serre} Funeral Heais which,
id.

High ‘Meadows subdivision. in
‘tesporise to a letter from’ sub-
‘division’ engineer: C. G.’ Meck:

«Mag, ‘who said. the. sub-

contractor had delayed | the ad-
The

* Thanka to everycne who entered th
a during last Saturday’

PLAN 10: ATTEND -
Castlegar —
Golf. Club,

> Dancing: 9 p.
Everyone.’ ‘Welcome. airy
$15 per couple, —' $8 single

Tickets Available’ ‘at:

or which Meckling: agreed to j

:inelude

CHEN i y
NEW EXECUTIVE of the Castlegar

‘evening at the Hi Arrow Arms.

ca) pata tah :
Kiwanis Club was installed by Kiwanis
Houtecant-governor Ev Kula of Nelson at « banquet aod dance beld last Satucday

th

ib would continue its

¢ Charlie Coboe listed the $2,100

Dr. Roy Ward

record of service to the community during: the 1977-78

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday,

st Herb Garden
"Raided by the RCMP

Old ‘age pensioner Jack
Lee's: whole life has been

‘| growing plants—and now he

» faces “a death sentence” for his’
appreciation of the beauty of
the ‘marijuana plant,

Lee, 77, goes to trial Nov. 8
in Greenwood provincial court
charged | with possession. of
marijuana following'an RCMP
raid on his herb gardena month
ago that netted eight to 10 of
the plants.
y+ “It's a very ornate, beauti-
ful ‘plant and I'm like the
Greeks—I- worship beauty,”
sald Lee, owner of the 300-acre
Pine Crescent Ranch,

He said one.of the officers
who made the arrest told him
be could get five years in prison

Funeral Service Held

b raisinga hydrant value box and

applying asphalt patches at five
locations inthe subdivision,
see

: Council spnieved works
and services committee tecom-
mendation that the city observe
the slope of Firat Avenue South
in response to a ‘complaint by

“enough, I do not: need any: more’ candy..

I hope: ‘you all had ‘ ‘a Merry | Halloween.

from’ any

When. a derelict, woman
* called Doris was found dead on.
a street corner in Montreal's
rundown south side, she. be-
came just another - obscure
fatality in city police records,

Lost, friendless and drunk —

° "Also:

Qf You're Looking for a. Lasting

- Gilt bor Little People . . . See Our
— Display of Wedgewood "Polon

~ Rabbit” China. The Finest i i

- Hanoery Wow. *

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Yay

"> Introducing Four New Patteris:in ‘tronstone from Wedgewood’s
G. & J. Meakin Division in: Trend Oven-to-Table' Wear.

gat vely Well dy *
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—

Rowan

Country. Tweed .

to oblivion, she had apparently.

been raped by a group of.men.
No one knows what happened,
and_.until recently no - one
seemed to care. ie
Now, word is getting “a-
round. the city’s female down-

and-outs that there is a place,
“they can go for’ help.- :

_ ‘Named, Doris’for the un-
known vagrant who died almost
three years ago, the four-room
flat_over. a dingy’ restaurant

+ opened last January at the

lower end of Street.+

women: who. work: there. full-
time,: said the. centre ‘exists
mainly to help any woman with:

problems, but “it's” usually’
poorer people, unemployed, :
.. quite’ a -number ‘of: them:on >

‘ugs'and alcohol.

‘Chez Doris has sleeping
facilities and, for the moment,
is only open during the day. It
offers handictafts; games, tele--::
vision, records, -used: clothing,
soup and sandsyiches, but main-

Jim Gouk
that the road—sloped into the
hillside—is likely: to create the’:

likelihood ‘pf winter ‘accidents,

Corrective repairs will be made.
on. the:’ slope’. if ‘necessary,
council decided. ” 2

“ More than 180 women from

various’ church denominations ...

‘Women's Aglow held On 2s 22, i

the Fruitvale © Se

School.
“Key speaker atthe Retreat

> Kelowna that. bas grown to 11 ~,

chapters ‘in the ‘south-eastern :
aréa of B.C. Mrs. Buchenauer is

. Men with alcoholic.’ pro-\

blems or: adrift: aloné on’ the

streets of the city can generally

One room ris set aside asa
detoxification centre,

find a place to get out ‘of the

cold; a mea! and maybe’a bed,:
thanks to the Salvation Army.

or other private hostels.

But women had been left to
fend for themselves.

= who are being ‘ released: and.

have nowhere to. go. :
“We also go to court
into bars—we can see. whe!

“woman is ‘in'trouble.”

Eastern Area Board, Outreach
ional director

chairman and regi Senin
of. the’ South-Eastern Area of |

.C. and the prairie

“S-Workshops were given by

olores DeRosa of Trai, Genia
‘ Obal of Beaver, Falls, and ‘Jean
Metcalf of

junich Waa catered by. the 7

from .the ‘Full Gospel

"For Ann Westerlund

‘Rev... Ted Bristow offi-
ciated ‘at. the: services, with
Mrs.’ Dawna: Dinning a3 organ-
ist. Hymns sung were .“Ama-
zing’ Grace”
Ages".

Pallbearers were Alex

‘Kassian, Kevin Wilson, - Karl

$ a 1928.

: ? ghe was married in Train
1848, continuing to live in that.
city until 1952, when she moved
‘to Castlegar.

- Mra.; Westerlund ; was an
ardent gardener, with a ‘great.
{love for flowers. ©

i She is ‘survived by her

| husband Johnnes, of Castlegar;
a daughter Diann, at home; 8
-step-brother Evonne, . in Po-
land; and two cousins, Helen -
Ostafew and Steve McKoryk,
} both of Vernon.”
i She was predeceased bya
Veo » William « Mehoruk, - in «
‘1976, ‘ By 2

aa)
as]
Oo
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increa ed by 5%

Since Last Year
Tn the six months: ended

ore

" (Sept, 80, the first half of its

~ |eurrent fiscal year, the Federal
‘Business | Development Bank
jauthorized..1,967: loans for
$63,345,000" to: businesses in °
British Columbia.

Kristensen, John Ponak, Joe
Cushner and Peter Kobluk. |:

Honorary pallbearers were

and “Rock ‘of

Beach Resigns
From. RDKB Position

Bill Ostafew, Steve McKoryk,.”

Leo Westerlund, Alex Chee-
chuk, Wayne Ostafew and Joe.
Bruman.

Interment took. place in
Park Memorial Cemetery, with

Castlegar Funeral Home in care,

of arrangements.

- Amendments ‘to Act
Streamline Tax Base

ir you are ‘an average
property. owner, you've prob-
ably been about those

‘assessments. you receive. each

taking a new and understand-
able meaning for the average
homeowner...”

This is the result of amend-
ments to the Assessment Act.
which were, ignored by the

In they ee inpialation has
Fequired the ‘actual ‘value as-
base to

This was ani f five
per cent in number and nine per
cent in amount over the same |
period: a-:year ago when the
bank approved 1,288 loans for a

* [total amount of: $58,316,000.
‘At! Sept. 90, FBDB
'$443,586,000° “outs tanding in
loans; investments, and guaran-
tees to 9,040: ‘customers in
‘British Columbia.

FBDB, a Crown corpora-
ition, assists. the growth ‘and
‘creation of small and-medium
size business enterprises across °
‘Canada by providing them with ‘
financial: assistance,’ and, man-
agement services. -

in'a manner. which eventually
‘destroyed ‘the fairness, or eq-
ulty, of assessment. ‘The. new
system continues to recog

that some restraint is desirable,

chad but) not at. the. expense of

equity. g
«.. The‘ amendments provide

for assegaments to be hased on -
apercentage of the actual value E

of your property.

The taxation base haa ‘been :

‘streamlined. No longer. is land
taxed at'a different percentage
rate than eee ‘The total
value of ‘the ™.property., (the

, actual value of ind and build-
: will

‘be used for.

fs cent fo

& Wear A Poppy

“ings
taxation “purposes: at 15 Per

per: cent for business opera-

tions, and 30 per: cent ‘for

industry.

Assessment Commissioner
ipa thal

wat value. for. most, lasses
of property:

That means ‘that if. your
homd’ and. property. have. an
actual, value of $60,000. the.

agsessed value would be 15 per,

cent of that, or $9,000. -. . .
» "According ‘to. Gwartney,
the change will make property
assessments more equitable.
“Over. the years, many

assessments have got, out af
line with assessments on simi-
lar or like properties ‘in other.
parts of B.C,," he said. This
means it hasn't always been fair
as between one taxpayer and

: another.
“Now the assessed values 5

for school ‘purpéses will. bear
the same relationship to actual
value. throughout-the province

regardless: of location, .thus:

ensuring fair ‘sharing of school

grants and costs," Gwartney.

stated.
The 1978 assessment no-

lices—which' will arrive in’ the.
mail about Dec. 1—will show,

clearly. the actual value of the

That. ‘actual value

should | Pmarket?

value. |. 7
(The aesessed value—15 per
cent of actual value—will also

‘be provided. ;

“The assessed values will in

{most eases be’ higher than ‘in

previous years. But the’ final

“rate of. taxation will’ be: dater-

mined by a: school district or
municipality's need, not by. the

{ change in assessments.

‘Municipal councils through-

} out British Columbia are, now |

considering whether to use the

? same ‘assessment. roll for, gen-~

eral: municipal; Purposes, or

¢ variation of it. -)<

“The overall effects of the

“ change to assessments based on
uals erally

RICK BEAUCHAMP, ad-

\ ministrator. of the Regional
_ > District of Kootenay Boundary
‘since ‘June of) this year" and

former city clerk for Castlegar,
has resigned effective Dec. 3.

He has accepted a position
‘as clerk-treagurer for the City

, of Revelstoke. The RDKB post

is now. being advertised for a
replsconent,

‘He's Not Asked

To Attend
Many. Parties

From a standing start he
leaps more than 4 ft. 6 in. in the
air and lands squarely on top of
an upright piano. “I don’t know
“how it all started,” sald Nigel,
23, ‘'I'just looked at the piano
‘one night at a party and though I
could: do it:' I've been. doing it
ever: since."’

—Sinday Independent

“At my.age, that’s a death
sentence,” Lee said.

He claims he uses the stuff
for medicinal purposes only.

“IL happened to read that
it's good for glaucoma. I have
cataracts, and it’s hard for me
to see, especially in the winter
when the sun reflects off the
snow,” he said.

So he ‘boiled up a few
leaves and put together a
marijuana poultice for his eyes,

“and I found that it did an awful
lot of good.”

He said, “I smoke a pipe
and cigars but I don't inhale.

‘It's no good for me to smoke the

damn stuff. I mix it with :my
pipe to smoke but that means
nothing. I was not interested in
this ‘high’ business.”
‘Lee said he’ planted the

marijuana sheds this. spring
after a friend gave them to him.

Two weeks after his ar-
test, he appeared in provincial
court with a legal aid lawyer.to
plead not guilty “because deep

within me I can't see where I
am guilty of anything.”

He said, “I haven't ‘hurt
anybody. Being isolated out
here, I don’t know about this
damn marijuana stuff.

“If you traffic, especially
with young people, that’s a
different matter. But i you
shouldn't be classed
criminal for, growing the atutt in
your gardeh.”

He said he has brought his
case.to the attention of the
National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws in
Canada,

KELLY WEBER, tome formet.
ly at Cameo Bea
\s now avanable tor mes
and wom hair.
sppointments at Bolu
ine Salon. Call 365-6700;
Thank: you ‘to ‘all. my
customers for-your. patro
age and | hope to be able

continue serving you.

oe a

‘ ‘Be : A,
for the Added Touch"
is pleased ‘to, welcome *

: Kelly to our staff:

- Sid
: - Barb

- Marianne —
- Joyce

Phone 365-6700
for appointment,

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