Kinnaird mn , Shows ils Sister Jeanif Whteh] Bion’ vite He Had Made During Jennifer's Visit to one House Monday Morning From Page 8 Cranbrook Rink Wins. man Event on Weekend |M. McDonnell Grand Forks ). Fines - Rossland C, Waters- Nelson -M. Haines -Castlegar * 4" Event : B, Chernoff -Castlegar ‘A. Stasila - Castlegar C. Allen- Castlegar 8, Torbic- Castlegar - “D" Event E, Shorthouse- Trail A. Oglow - Castlegar” A. McLean - Beaver Valley M. Rosse SAM'S AUTOMOTIVE PHONE 365-3666 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, March 6, 1975 READ THE CLASSIFIED ADS ra varern mrouiomeetomes, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS: PUBLIC NOTICE . Highway No.:.3 at Genelle. Bluffs, 9 closure’ during the: following hours M Friday inclusive:’ \! 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M, 8:15 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. 10:15 P.M, to 11:15 P.M. 11:30 P.M. to 12:00 Midnight 1215 A.M. to 3:30: AM, Closures will commence the week of March ditions, an alternate route via Highway 38 thr- ough Rossland is available, J..W. Nelson, P, Eng. Regional Highway. Engineer “for Minister of Highways Spproxb mately 7 niles North pf Trail will be sul if te 10th, 1975, Subject to favourable weather con- ~ L. Zurek; fourth, K. J. Glenn , stad and D. Péote. EW. first, Miss A. Me- Donald and Miss E. Hamson; second, L Glover and Maureen Mitchell third, Fred Hess and Jack Kilpatrick; fourth, Helen Robertson and Cliff Carne. Playing will take- place again this Tuesday evening at the Hi Arrow Arms, Driver Charged . With While ' Unsafe No extensive damage was reported, But a driver has been charged, following an accident Sunday in Brilliant near the KC Co-op. r Charged is Wayne Pail Popoff of Castlegar whose 1967 Ford was. in collision with’ a cking - * BPW ON Ea, ; parked vehicle owned: by Alex Tamelin, also of Castlegar. Popoff was charged Mr. Sah backing while unsafe to do * Mi Wickett from the’ Castlegar.‘ Columbia Funeral Home and his staff. aroff. fai «no hidden charges: and life insured loans to eligible members. So If you ore zihinking, of buying a car, planning home improvements ing’ anew. home, with the CARE and SHARE people. REMEMBER .°.. UP TO 95% FINANCING AVAILABLE AT KOOTENAY SAVINGS CREDIT UNION 7 Branches to serve you . remember to consult first NAKUSP — Box 136 — 265-4254 NEW DENVER — Box 271 — 358-2245 ‘BIRTHS — To Mr. and ‘Mrs, fake ike Pictin of Genelle, ‘of oy ‘March 5a Son. ‘WEATHER $. @. Fjelistrom, DPM. “AT Hi ARROW ARMS TODAY, MARCH 6 9 am. to 8 p.m, FOR APPOINTMENTS PHONE 365-7282 CASTLEGAR JANITOR SERVICE Complete Janitorial Service =Moderm:and Efficient. Equipment Fully Experienced — Fully Licenced PHONE 365-6193 “INDUSTRIAL = COMMERCIAL ~ CLEANING SERVICE. “@ FLOORS _ Estimates. Without Obligation |@. WAXING @ WALL CLEANING @ WINDOWS ".@. SKYLIGHTS Fast and Efficient Service : 365-6293 “Our budg et for the 1975-1976 fiscal year has been designed to achieve greater economic equality and social justice — in British Columbia.” | “This budget is a job security budget. It contains new programs and initiatives; new and improved services for’our citizens. This job security budget provides expenditures to maintain and increase employment throughout the economy of British Columbia.” A Job Security Budge! The budgetary Bee res for 1975-1976 will be made with people in Thind. Expenditures resent job levels and increase emp! province Mile also providing meaningful ‘aed rane a to ie quailty of life’ This budget deals with programs to construct new Is, hospitals, low and’middle income housing, high- Ways, and homes for. our senior citizens. This bu iget will wide for special ¢ employment yment programs for workers in the Fresty sector, pul lie works. building construction, summer ployment programs for our younger citizens, jshipbulld g ing in’ our ‘local yards, ‘community and recreational ‘con- struction progres and Tnuch more. een the other expenses) ‘Columbia. For: example, if the new: ee price of. jas Is set at $1.50 per mcf, the municipalities would receive oughly ‘an additional F320 Taillion annually. At $2.00 per mcf. re “(the competitive value of the fuel), the municipalities would ¢ “receive roughly $40 million, whi is equivalent to an addi- ita In “in addition, the pl See anieht intends to make : additional per. capita grant payments to the municipalities this and ‘next, in.order to ensure that the per capita grant pro ram is kept up to date. Tc. .al per capita to municipalities in the | coming fiscal ‘year, vill pavers over - $70 million—almost $7 ‘million of this is a Tesult ‘of the new provincial policy. A Fair Taxes Budget > Again ‘this year, there will be no general increases in onal income or. sales taxes for:the citizens’ of. British + Columbia. Each homeowner and family farmer. will receive the’ benefits; of ‘a doubling of.the limits of the school ex removal program. The maximum reduction’ last: year $40. This year rit will be $80. This is in addition to the the $200 homeowner grant. Assi ‘stance! to renters in 1975 will be provided through a new RENTER TAX CREDIT. Proaram. Credits of up to will be paid to eligible renters on low and moderate pend The rate’ of provincial corporate’ income tax for: small businesses will decrease to an effective rate of 10%, while the provincial rate for large corporations will increase from to 13%. THE GOVERNMENT OF HONOURABLE D. BARRETT, wi ill be meds to maintain «. ° 3 sunt ions to respond ‘to the An Elderly Citizens Budget Under the HOMEOWNER GRANT program, elderly citi- zens will continue to receive the extra $50 payment, for'a “total grant of. $270. ithe bud. et inlides ag minumum $80 payment-under’ the IT program for those aged 65 and ate The Sule et SES ‘oposes to con- tinue the RENTER ESOURCE RANT for 1975. for these wer ee and os Reed means Ri two. eee of (or’more) for 1975 will be made ‘to this ‘group. The additional payment is designed to ease the transition to the new income-related progr: ance to the‘elderly who are often the by inflatiori—those. people ‘on’ fixed incomes. Additional: funds will'be provided To Mincome, Adult! Care, Home- makers Programs and Pharmacare tol sense, the scope of vati aspecial emphasis wil be placed on providing additional housing for our senior citizens. A Social Progress Budget $122 rnillion will be oct tothe Mincome fund for our 128,000 citizens, aged 60 or. over. Child maintenance care Cot shi wile benefit from $40 million to further'the ‘ fdephone in of our: B.C. ioe owth Laon ee lephone in formation system wale be iaunched this spring. One of the most dramatic expen of education. Increased tors to schools and reduced home- ‘owner school taxes, additions to university y operating gran grants, student scholarships and bursaries, co! vocational schoo! construction will account nt for an editions E $64.6 million of this years budget over last ie ee si e dramatic increase in the number of part-time students. “This trend has been encouraged by 9 by government funding. Funds will again be made available to enable our educational in- needs of their students and of e such need is illustrated by the 5-fold increase in fund for student’ ald and teacher training scholarships since . A Families Bu >The budget for S51 976 ae ces a high priority on hous- ing. The Department of Housing will be actively involved in building projects for senior citizens, as well'as supporting the activities of non-profit housing societies. Another area of concentration will be the ‘accessibility of rental accommodation for families with children. An aggres- sive land servicing policy, new ‘community planning and development, and the’ servicing of Crown land for sale or. lease to private individuals will facilitate this growth: of housing and accommodation. In the past year, 181 communities have benefitted from 516 grants fromthe Community Recreational! Facilities fund. The appropriation of additional funds to this program a ya for.further community. recreational projects. cultural and Industrial Expansion Budget. ane ‘arm Income Assurance Program, the only one of its am, by viding greater ‘assist-. ot fe most geverel affected - “grams. In addition; ‘the Briti ditures will be inthe field. kind in Canada, provides a base by which ais pro- rams can be carried out with the assurance that producer. « incomes levels can be’ safequarded.:The program will be ugmented by $27 million. his rogram, together with the ctivities of the Land Commission: provides an important : mmeasiire of job and income security for farmers. Agricultural ; vet programs will be expanded t b a hunter $6 aon. fh the ihe not only in,the economy ‘of Drie eet but | in tl e oli je of all' British Columbians. In in the comin, ‘ovision is being made for expansion trade rissa, technical and small busi- riéss ss assistance, and lustrial and economic studies pro- ish Calamts Development Cor- Poration, form formed toprovidefinancial andtechnical assistance ind to the end of last. month, provided '24 loans fotalling $: C8 Milton ‘75% of these loans were to small ‘A Sharing Bu -Asum ng Bu mi fen will be allocated for world food relief This augments the $5 million Agricultural ‘Aid to Develo ing Countries, and Major Disaster Areas: Fund, from both . capital and unexpended interest earnings. The British Col- ] match private sector contributions :. lef. If'you give a dollar, the govern: dollar with ‘an’ equal amount, in order’: to pas all. British Columbians in’ voicing their concern.- ‘It is the intention of your government to establish a new: provincial financial institution which will be designed to in- «reasethe competition in financial markets; fo lower interest tates, to support further of our province, to’ ensure. that: more of al ail of-our mon remains in our province, and to incréase the amount of cedit extended to low and riddle income earners; to farmers, and to small business. i fi For Your Own Copy cIF you: would like your own own copy of. the, 19751976 budget write: Budget, Barrett, Minister of Finance, Parliament Buildings, Votan B.C. V8V 1X City/Town. . 7 .. Postal Code. “Our wealth i is found i in the skills of our people and i in the resources which they own. ¢ BRITISH COLUMBIA PREMIER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE