CAO TAR AT Smirn me a 4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1969 Old Steam Locomotives Are in B.C. A photo album of old steam locomotives found in British Columbia, with a up . Magazine travel industry describe the Fraser Canyon and the Par- lament Buildings in Victoria. provincial - botanist, and the the major part of the winter reproduction of a elected by bia Other stories in tke aut lograph- ih he F i ere Association ne ea color, 48-page lished by the department we sue. Mexico Beaches Offer Little Something for All With more than 6,000 miles of colorful tropic coast- line, Mexico's beaches liter- ally offer something for ev- eryone’s tai ‘There is the famous in- ternational playground, Aca- pulco, renowned for its spec- tacular scenery and cosmo- politan hance the coast with both their beauty and marine won- ders, Here the great galleons of Spanish explorers lie en- crusted — to the delight of skin divers, Spectacular cor- al formations spray from. the ocean floor, a) her. “eather, the hride wore a The desire for quiet, | fun, romance, sports, or adven- ture can be fulfilled in scor- es of coastal settings. For the hunter, game abounds in the jungles that fringe coast- al resorts and placid villages. On the Gulf of Mexico, more remote strands. Many or there vacation centers are pleasant drive from Stextee city, which in turn is linked to eastern and west- ern Canada by regular CP Air jetliner service. ‘These same waters en- Marx Auto Body _ & Paint Service Towing — Body Work Painting — Welding 24-Hour Wrecker Service| Phone 365-7248 SUGAR AND SPIGE Getting Daughter lists are lost and new ones in|begun. Then there are hours snap. Tonight, as I sit ‘alone with = cat, in blessed peace, |¢, I feel as though I might last for a bit yet. _ 4 phe Bast of my rotten kids has gone off to college, and her mother, reluctant as ever to raise her wing and let the chick go, went with jj ber. ‘ 5 The latter will be back -|in a few.days, and the form- er will probably be back in a few weeks, but it’s a won- derful respite. Even the cat jects more relaxed. But may- that’s because she’s preg- vent She's eating like one of those dogs in the FV commer- cials, so it looks suspicious. ‘catting the girl ready for calege | i something like outfitting an entire exp tion to Outer t Mongolia 2: as ae Pve discovered ¢ it the ‘few Te ret, ou have to talk about it for ‘an. average of seven hours a day. Then n fey of Windiepensables Ub razor and shaving cream. The en or like a edi-| OK, of talking about clothes; turn- ing up hems, lowering neck- lines, raising waists, what go- es with erat, what clashes with wi anne why I've been hiding in the bathroom and the back yard for a couple of weeks, during these alter- cations (that’s not altera-/¢ tions). This, of course, produc- es heated accusations that, “You don’t even care! Why cane you show some inter- join them for a modeling show, at which I mutter, “That's pretty. Yeah, I like that one. That, looks Pretty good on you.” Agai brings forth heated eed tions. The fact is, I have about so. If it doesn’t I have. enoug! pene to Keep. Bd Prat shut, uring reparatory period, I have rai like the invisible man. I have had two ts|dinners cooked for me in two weeks, I have done all ‘This, in turn, ‘makes me] © the shopping. I have broken _ By Bill Smiley | Off to College up innumerable .. feminine squabbles. (Kim's taste and her mother’s, in clothes are as far apart as the R.C.'s and the Communist’s philoso- phies). And I have stripped | ¥’ Ty every bank account to the barest of bones. If that kid drops out, as so many bright youngsters| do. I'm going to take all her effects, piano, those records that drive me out of my skull, the lot, and burn them in the back yard. Invited to-this soiree will be a number of parents know. We have recently form- called spreading: like wildfire. With- in a year, it'll be bigger than the Rotary Club. By the way, anyone who | &5! wants ob join the organization fees. All you have to do is drop me a line, explaining briefly why you think you th qualify. _ Anonymity i is guaran- teed. Charter members are: a couple with a son of 150-plus is making toilet gent lids in a factory; a_wol whose Rarer ‘daughter ran away; a minister whose Gaughter’ * smokes pot, and ‘There is only one proviso. Business and Professional Directory You have to swear a solemn oath that, if your kid is over 16, you have: given him, o! her, no more than two , “hast chances”, and:you have ‘then SERVICE CENTRE All Work Guaranteed Phone 365-6767 CASTLEGAR CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY PHIL’S TELEVISION SERVICE & REPAIR Phil Popoff 365-8143 MARVIN L. LeROY BS. OD. Box 130 — Castlegar, B.C. OPTOMETRIST Tues., Fri. 8 a.m. 4.30 p.m, Saturdays 8 a.m.-21 a.m. Ph. 365-7355 Ph. 365-5636 ARSLOW'S Entecntioas Ltd. Gunsmiths Ph, 368-5025 1319 BAY — TRAIL, B.C. For RUBBER STAMPS See, Phone, Write Clean Cut Rubber Ph 365-7605 GREEP‘S ELECTRIC We pick- ‘up and Deliver DUTCH CLEANING SERVICE Castlegar-Nelson REPAIRS; To All Major Appliances CASTLEGAR APPLIANCE & REFRIGERATION SERVICE Ph, 365-6939 Eave. lots of. money. Make beautif bright with, Rug-Mate Stain Re- moving Rug Shampoo. Fent Potectrie shampooer KOOTENAY BUILDERS AND SUPPLIERS DESMOND T. LITTLEWOOD D.O.S. OPTOMETRIST 366 Baker St. Nelson, B.C. Ph, 352-5152 PARDMAN FURNITURE Maytag S: RUBBER STAMPS Quick Service All Sizes, Styles CASTLEGAR NEWS Phone 365-7266 KOOTENAY WELDING: & CASTING REPAIRS General Welding Cylinder. Blocks Cylinder. Heads, Etc. Yr orale “Ave. Ph. 365-553 CASTLEGAR FUNERAL HOME Dedicated to iondly, Thoughtful Se Ambulance — flowers mt Granite, Marble and Bronze Plaques Industzial, Commercial. BOUNDARY Electric (Castlegar) Ltd. Electric Heat Specialists Medallion Homes Ph, 365-7241 Kinnaird Eqt. Service The Motor & Mower Shop Sharpening.and Repair * Specialists' for “All Makes . of Power Mowers’ and’ ines PH, "305-3411 1480 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Second-class mail The Castlegar News is a Audit Bureau of It is a member of the papers Association, ein Weekly Newspapers BC. Wtusiad Newspapers Advertising Bure: CASTLEGAR} NEWS . number 0019, member of the the Canadian Weekly News- the EC, division of the Can- ent su isthe gar, BC. panes ame ‘waiter Sastlecss) News Draven Os ee lot Debitoation | be no Mability paid for such ad: in any event kicked tim, 0 or. her uci come in many beautiful col. species’ does. They row. in- batches ale bul osyond ue- vouring their own. young. ded in the collector,-a’ heat- amateur aquariumusts. » Pencil fish, gi: algea eater which.1 know by ny other nas, The closest thing to like a sword: leaving this] eq ing and: raising th Jure. grow very devil with the rest of y pirtuday This era’ may: not last long or else the interest| toa grows into’what has become a popular hobby. of many persons to have.an aquar- ium equipped with filter to d/take the drudgery of. daily “|eleaning of the tank away. Gold fish -are’, quickly r. forgotten and ‘the: beginner, a> Al the narwicst us trop- creatures ors, at least the male ui in: to sizable scnovis without much care even though the fatality rate is high as the From here un uc tae in- terest of fish is sti embeu- er is added to the aquarium and a person finds himself or hersetf collecting’as many different fish as wul tolerate living in-a community tank. The answer to just what Mrs. fish live in harmony together varies in the minds of many In my. own: aquarium 1 have successfully piaced the jood - hardy guppy, _ platies, rosy barbs, catrish, head anu ass » caranais (which are an extta orignht neva) anu .an Bold fish that’ can’ go fate le tank *withouc devouring the smaller..tropics is the|.s. , sword tail who has the bright color of the gold fish with| re. the male having a long ex- tended lower .scction to his -he occupants, . have one creature in my tank that. some fish Blas advise small aquarium, | chat is a dacostamls: He supposed be just too can-; tankerous to get along with careful serveillance ‘I never had to regret his addi- my underwater do- main, ce In all well balanced a- quariums you find snails of various types. There, are red snails, black snails, Japanzse snails and snails that look like spirals. The .only ‘ thing these snails have in common is ther — ability; to . muluply- keeping. .. the population down takes periodical heart-' less. thinning. 4 it was with these facts in mind that: it made me shudder at the ‘problem which has “taken place in North "| Miami. ~ It seems, they are batti- ing fist-sized snails, und -|some were said to be even larger, that are eating every- CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1969 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BINGO TONIGHT ST. RITA’S HALL FRONT STREET but after two years under]. have|*» The Hunting Season is Now Herel SEE THE BROWNING ROOM | BROWNING & WEATHERBY RIFLES IN STOCK AT ALL TIMES - Rifle Scopes installed and zeroed in We have the largest Sporting Goods Store in B.C. 8q. ft. of floor space to serve you. Pistols in Stock Smith & Wesson and Ruger Norm’s Sport Shop soo Ee Mondays dase Saturdays jaker St. jelson —. Phene S22 352-2015. thing in sight.— even the paint on the ‘house. The tloriaa department. says they‘ are Biant Gereaite Lense and icus estimated were up to 20.000 of thea in a 13-square area. Sees are said to thrive on foliage and calcium and at present are a threat. to South Florida's: cash crops. ic uiey aren’t contained. The problem is being Pate head on and a granular felt it is. too populated- an area_tvu be spraysa by, pian- Ad person can creatures Pay is ea this army of. sni stems from three snaus brought as.a present ty'a granumsther by a young boy returning from a trip to Hawaii just three years ago. An. ‘that is ow snails Plus A Complete Line ‘OF Quality Materials All You Need from’ Basement to Finish & Home Planning Service Across ‘from the Arena- Castlegar, B.C. Box 90 - Phone 365-8151 P & G Builders Supply MOST SIZES IN STOCK AT YOUR NEAREST DELIVERY AND ARRANGE INTALLATION AT A NOMINAL CHARGE. on ALLSTATE Premium Traction 700/650-13. 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