Wednesday, May 20, 1992 Martin Meyer RECYCLING ADVISORY GROUP Canada is one of the most wasteful nations on earth. Many of our landfills have a rapidly declining capacity, resulting in numerous envi- ronmental problems as well as increased waste collection and disposal costs. In recent years there has been a widespread willing- ness to come to grips with our solid waste dilemma. Public concerns over the quality of our environment have created a major grassroots interest in sustainable development strategies. These strategies include recycling, re-using, and source reduction. Source reduction may be defined as the reduction of waste at or near its source. It is a very environmental- ly sound alternative to tradi- tional forms of solid waste management, Source reduction mini- mizes the need for collection, transport, processing and dis- posal of waste materials. Everyone can participate in source reduction strategies — Recycling and You including government, indus- try, the commercial sector, in- stitutes such as schools and hospitals, as well as private citizens. : For this reason source re- duction is usually placed at the top of the hierarchy of pre- ferred waste management strategies — higher than re- use and recycling. The concept is quite simple: if we don’t generate the waste in the first place we don’t have to deal with issues related to its disposal. Manufacturers can contribute to source re- duction by making products which last longer; by mini- mizing packaging; by lightweighting, and by includ- ing the use of recycled mate- rials. Businesses and institutes can develop standards which encourage reduced consump- tion and re-use of purchased products, and can promote employee education and in- volvement in source reduction options. Governments at all levels can promote guidelines and policies to assist source reduc- tion strategies and where ap- plicable, can implement nec- essary legislation to promote compliance. A further role of govern- ment is to provide ongoing public education and feedback regarding these strategies. Individuals can promote in- creased source reduction through personal lifestyle changes which include selec- tive product purchasing, prod- uct re-use, and decreased con- sumption. These activities may fur- ther be promoted through neighborhood and environ- mental groups, public in- volvement programs, or the ballot box. KG Fireside Restaurant SUMMER HOURS Monday-Saturday 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Sundays & Holidays a 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. OF 1810-18th Avenue, Castlegar Reservations 365-2128 365-5304 Launch Time, Sapper Time Even When You Don’t Have Time... 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Hot Dog Sale, Bon Fire — 6:30 p.m. Fireworks — Approximately 9:30, 3-D glasses available. Teen Dance — Admittance 1/2 hour after fireworks. Music by A-1 Music Fruitvale Community Hall, chaperoned. Admission $5.00 per person. SATURDAY, MAY 23 Kids Races — 10 a.m., Ball Park. les — D vin front of - Liberty Food Store. : Parade — 12 p.m. Luncheon and awards at Curling Rink following parade. Participants only. Kiddies Carnival — Junior High Gym, 1-3:30 p.m. Face Painting = Beaver Creek Beaver Race — Buy your beaver for the Great Beaver Creek Beaver Race. Adult Dance — 9 p.m. Music by Full Load. $7.00 per person, advance tickets only. Fruitvale Community Hall. Tickets at Fruitvale Pharmacy and the Ball Park. SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MAY 23 & 24 Pancake Breakfast — 7-10 a.m. West Kootenay Trail Riders Hamburgers & Hot Dogs — 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Fruitvale Firemen. Concessions — 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Face Painting - Kiddie Cars — 12 noon-5 p.m. Petting Zoo — Amanada Ranch Bingo Crown and Anchor Barbeque Beef and Smokies Tie Dying — Bring your own T-shirt to be colored. Bavarian Gardens SUNDAY, MAY 24 €ard-and-Pin Trading —10.a.m.-2 p.m. in the Curling Rink. Bring your hockey, ball cards, etc and pins to trade. Admittance: Children and Seniors, one75¢ ticket; Age 16 and over, two 75¢ tickets ($1.50). Pet Show — Dress up your pet. _ - a Bocce — Contact Vince at Village Office. Jr. High Lawn, 12 noon. Families, Seniors or Challenge Teams. (Business, Council, Police, Schools, etc.) For ion call 367-7551. $2.00 entry fee. a Wednesday, May 20, 1992 Women’s Institute holds conference i Seven branches gather to discuss institute’s future The West Kootenay District Women’s Institute held its Spring Conference in the Elk’s Hall in Nelson on May 2. All seven branches were represented with members at- tending from Fruitvale, Salmo, Kinnaird, Harrop, Slo- can Valley, New Denver and Granite Road (Nelson), the latter being the host branch for the conference. District president Joanne Hamilton welcomed all mem- bers and delegates, and after the singing of O’ Canada and the Institute Opening Ode, a memorial service. for two members who had recently passed away, Margaret De- mers of Salmo and. Joan Mc- Nown of Harrop, was led by Edna Warner. Business arising from the . minutes of last year's confer- ence, and most items of new business were dealt with at the morning session. Some decisions made were the continuance of the Selkirk College Bursary at its present level, the 1992 Fall Workshop will be held on Oct. 7, hosted by Kinnaird Branch, the 1993 Spring Conference will be held in New Denver on May 5, with Slocan Valley members assist- ing. 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The executive board duly elected for 1992-93 is: Joanna Hamilton, Fruitvale, presi- dent; Edna Warner, Harrop, vice-president; Rose Burgess, Harrop, secretary-treasurer and directors Dawn Anderson, Slocan Valley, Elsie Hiebert, Kinnaird and Doreen Feller, Harrop. District conveners are Doreen Feller, agriculture and Canadian industries; Eliza- beth Hoskins, citizenship, ed- ucation and unity; Margaret Johnson, health and welfare; Elsie Hiebert, consumer af- fairs and home economics; Ann Barkley, international af- fairs and Vera Angrignon, cul- tural activities. Competition winners were Florence Lewis of the Harrop branch, knitted teddy bear and Doreen Feller, also of Har- rop, a wheelchair bag. The bake tabled raised a to- tal of $139. Before the meeting was closed Etiola Pettyjohn of Fruitvale thanked the mem- bers of Granite Road for their assistance in hosting the con- ference and commended all members for their contribu- tion to our successful day to- gether. THIS IS A Welame Wagon COMMUNITY Let us welcome you! Phone 365-2455 On Saturday, everyone isinvitedtospenda ergy into the park. - day at Winlaw Regional Park to do some Those who wish to help should bring any of brushing to make the park more attractive. the following equipment: pruning shears, saw “We're planning to clean out some brush at or chainsaw, weedeater (with a brushing the south end of the park as wellas brush out blade), shovels. They should also wear stur- along the established trails,” says Craig dy footwear, bring work gloves, eye protection Lawrence, Slocan Valley Recreation Co-ordi- as well as bring drinking water and a lunch. nator. The event starts at 8 a.m. and continues The brushing day was the first task iden- throughout the day. tified as needing to be done by the new Win- In the afternoon there will be a bonfire and law Regional Park Board. Createdlessthana awiener roast which the whole community is month ago, the Board has quickly grown into invited to. Everyone is asked to bring fixings a functioning body, willing to put time anden- _ for the wiener roast. HELP US HELP _ YOUR COMMUNITY Your opinions will help government develop a new capital grants program for-communi- ties throughout British Columbia. This year’s provincial budget sets aside half of all lottery proceeds for urgent health care priorities. The remaining half goes to general government revenue. That means there is no longer-a separate lottery fund and the GO BC program has been cancelled. Although the overall amount of money available has been reduced, we have created a new Community Grants Program to replace the old program. Grants from this program will be capital in nature. That is, they will go to eligible community organizations to acquire or improve assets such as buildings and equipment, not to cover operating costs or provide services. Other ministries provide operating assistance to qualifying organizations. This is an opportunity to advise your government. Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions and mail to the address given below, by June 15, 1992. GO Uh S. Tt. FO UN. Ss To ensure that projects have significant local support, provincial capital grant pro- grams traditionally pay only 1/3 of the total project costs. Do you think this is fair? If not, what portion of the costs do you think the provincial government (that is, all the taxpayers of the Province) should contribute? GO BC had a maximum award of $1 million. Given that funds are limited do you think British Columbia’s communities would benefit more from a few large grants or many smaller grants spread throughout the province? What, in your view, should be the maximum grant? What types of capital projects should the provincial government's Community Grants Program support? What types of projects should NOT qualify for provincial assistance and why? PLEASE SEND YOUR OPINIONS TO: Community Grants Branch Ministry of Government Services Wiz 1117 Wharf Street i Victoria, B.C. V8Ww 222 Ministry of Government Services FAX 356-9358 Hon. Lois Boone, Minister