DEDICATION CEREMONY for the Mica Damo on Thursday of last week eaw approximately 1,000 people on hand. Highlight of the ceremony, held in the underground powerhouse, was the start-up of generation by Premier W. R. Bennett when he pushed a lever to “start two of ‘the four generating’ units now installed in the + powerhouse. With six units in operation the powerhouse will have i} ‘Guatemala’ “and CUSO's role in’ Central ‘and’ Latin ‘America’ will be. among’ the topics discussed at a meeting hosted by the CUSO committee in Castlegar, the Monday Night -Group, at Selkirk College on Monday night. Interested’ per- sons are invited to the session, where a CUSO | field | staff officer, Tim Dramin, will be ‘guest speaker, This’ event. will be of > particular interest to those who Intersection Accident Causes - $300. Damages A Castlegar woman has been.charged with driving without reasonable considera- tion’ for others following an accident Thursday evening on Columbia Avenue’ and Willow Street. Charged is Mary M. Trusz whose 1968 Oldsmobile sus- :tained approximately $800 da- mage when it was making a left and turn to go onto Willow | Street and struck a 1977 pickup an ull y of 2.6 million The force to drive the turbines is provided by water stored in McNaughton Lake, the reservoir behind Mica Dam, the largest of the three dams built in British Columbia by B.C. Hydro under the terms of the Columbia River Treaty in 1964 between the United States and Canada. Alex Cheveldave New Registrar for BCASA The B.C. Amateur Softball ‘Association elected Alex Chev- eldave of Castlegar as registrar for B.C.,-at the annual Tmeeting held last weekend in Van couver. Cheveldave has been mi- nor softball co-ordinator for the past four years of District 10, an area stretching from the - Paulson Bridge to Golden near the Alberta border. ‘Other vacancies filled were vice president, Al Buchanan of. Kelowna; treasurer, Dick Chan of Sidney; and, B.C. umpire-in- AERO TAXI Fast — Courteous — Reliable Phone 365-5700 ; high school football players. yeu! chief, Gordon MacDonald of Richmond. Cheveldave will be one of the delegates travelling to -[ Toronto for the annual Cana- aa a dian Amateur Softball Associa-. tion meeting to be held Nov. ~~ Couch Bites Frogs Coach Larry Canaday ad- vorable publicity has ‘ forced mitted last Thursday he has him to give up the.practice. bitten the head off a live frog “Allit is, is to get our kids from time to time to fire up his "up for ballgames,”’said Cana- day, coach of the Eau Gallie Fla. High School. Commodores. “Ive done it for three or four years.” Canaday, who has shaved his head to help motivate his” team, said biting a frog “was something I thought of one day. I did it on the spur of the” moment.” He said he was trying to motivate a player. and said, “Son, you've got to get fired ~:4 But heisays, recent. unfa- ” +" "Looked down and saw a little frog and I just reached Would the person or persons who removed a hub & whee! from a 1956 vehicle parked at 601 - 7th Ave., S., Castlegar, please return It. . down and grabbed it and bit its head off,” Canaday said, adding that the player's “eyes got big as saucers.” China Creek : 1 persons from these premises will be prosecuted. Basran Holdings Ltd. Woman Charged After. Blowout [Qreseanemncoe nnn ‘A China Greek woman has TOMLIN Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Sales & Service’ ° Mike Tomlin been charged with driving with bald tires Saturday after the unit experienced a blowout, causing the truck and camper to flop. onto its side. Charged is Helen St. Marie. ** No injuries have been ‘reported. Total ‘dartage has + been estimated at $3,000. The ineident occurred on Highway 3 three kilometres south of Castlegar. We Supply &- Install SEPTIC TANKS & FIELD Site 5, COMP: BH SS. 4 “-Castleg: *oWalter Tomtin 365-5511 365-5034 What better way to say “Hello from British Columbia” ‘ a ‘Christmas? of. : BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA , MAGAZIN plus: 1978 De diary 13 Colour photomtebhs=, memo space ONLY $4.00 postage paid anywhere in the world Please order early. Allow eight weeks for processing. Subscriptions begin with the Winter 1977 issue. Offer expires Dec. 31, 1977. ‘Part One of a Series: which was attempting to over- ‘take the Trusz vehicle. | - Driver of the pickup, which sustained approximately $200 damage, has been identified as Della Kambick also of Castle- “No iniuries neve been repor! Meet the Rebels KEN SCHISLER-NO. 20, plays center and is Assistant Captain of the Rebels. 5 Ken was born in Princeton on Sept. 19, 1957 and'is a Virgo. He is 5'7" and weighs 165 Ibs. He is the only son of Stan and Olga Schisler of Kelowna, and has three sisters. He is a graduate of the Kelowna High School and is presently Attending Selkirk College. His plans include a career as a physical education teacher or a recreational di- rector. Ken played ‘all his minor. hockey in Kelowna and was on the Kelowna Juvenile Packers when they :won the B.C. - Championship. In 1974-75 he played for the Kelowna Buck- aroos Junior A team when it won the B.C. Champtonship and . went on to win the B.C.-Alberta Championship. He enjoys most outdoor | sports. Ken thinks the fan support. is super, and that the Rebels are a great bunch of guys to play with. He says everyone gets along so well together that it creates a good team spirit— which he thinks is one of the . main reasons for the success they ‘have had. Order in Person’ oot the CASTLEGAR NEWS 191 Columbia Ave. BRIAN VERIGIN—NO.'3, plays defence ahd is Captain of this year’s Rebel team. He is 6 | ft. tall and weighs 175 lbs. Born » in Trail on July 31,'1960 he is a Leo and the second of four boys , in his family. His parents are Russe! and Tilly Verigin. He is presently in Grade 12 at Stanley Humphries Second- ary School. In. Grade 11, he - received the Rotary Construc- tion award. for constructing a cedar strip canoe. Brian has. played, all his hockey in Castlegar, and played -_ in four provincial playoffs. In 1974 he received: the Outstanding. Defenseman Tro- phy and last:year he won the Canadian Safeway Ltd.. Trophy for sportsmanship and ability. Last year he was chosen to play. defence on“ the West Kootenay. Junior B All-Star team. He has attended the Kelowna Buckaroos' training camp..and last ‘summer, the Billings Bighorn ae camp wat Calgary. Brian is working ey hard for a hockey scholarship with © some. major university. He hopes to go into the field of . . business administration or elec- trical engineering. His other interests include playing : the: ? guitar. for :.the: “Zodiac” dance band, fishing and tennis. Personally, Brian really likes the crowds. The fans give him more drive and desire ;to perform | well.”-He* is ‘very appreciative of the tremendous: support the fans are giving the + Rebels. .* $2, 000 Damage. A 1915. Vega sustained an. estimated $2,000 damage Sat- > urday evening after.it went off Pass Creek Road‘10-kilometres: | from Castlegar, overturned.and - landed at the bottom’-of a 10 foot embankment. Police said no charges have : been laid against driver Peter | ” Kalesnikoff,.24,\who'was kept overnight:in the ae and - District: Hospital. Western Can 3! ‘ CfAuctionsering Ltd. Canada's firat,.and. the. only completely. Canadian course §-* offered anywhere. Licensed under}: the Trade Schools: Licensing Act, F.8.A.:1970, C, 366, For particulars of the next course write: Box 687, Lacombe, Alberts or Phone 782-8215 i cuso Agito Project uF ~ Guatemala Discussed contributed to and are interest- ‘ed’ inthe CUSO Guatemala Agricultural . Project, for. Mr. Dramin has spent much time at the centre in the Guatemalan Highlands and will be able to give a first-hand account of the i work being done there. Tim Dramin is coming to B.C. for the annual ‘regional meeting of CUSO in Vancouver, +f. and asked particularly that he be given time to come to Castle- gar to meet some of the people who showed such an interest in CUSO's work in that part of the world. *. GUSO ‘is’ an ti eeton - which places Canadians in jobs in .the. Third | World—Africa, Asia and. Latin America— where they can pass on their skills and. expertise. to the citizens of those countries. The organization is also becoming | more. involved in sponsoring projects in: these countries’ which have been © initiated by. local people and.’ which need a few. years of outside support in’ order. to become . self. sufficient, The -- Guatemala Agricultural'Project « is such an undertaking—a pro- ject’ to which Castlegar has contributed $3,000'in the fast -year. As well, CUSO is commit- ted to doing educational work in Canada so that people here can better. understand. the problems in the Third World, and Canada’s role in those problems. Monday evening is only ‘the first in a series of speaker and film nights which will bé spon- sored by-the’ Monday; Night Group this winter. Janet Lucas, who recruits.and selects health . workers for CUSO jobs over- seas will be coming to Castle- gar, Oct. 31, Further informa. © tion about this evening will be in next week's Castlegar News. 3191. Highway Drive PHONE|364-1822, Peay HAIR ee + with a cal : bed ne ee ily o Gams Mion. « . » Ba PUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY. GIVEN to the the Municipality of Slocan that | require the presence of said electors at the setae Hall, Slocan, B.C..on AT THE HOUR OF TEN orc CLOCK FORENOON, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERSONS TO REPRESENT THEM AS TWO-YEAR TERM + INTHE CTING ALDERMEN: -2 Vacancies The mode. of nomination. of candidates shall be Ps cI follows: Candidates shall be nominated in writing | by two duly qualified electors of the Munlcipal- ity. The nomination-paper shall be delivered to the Returning Officer at any time between - the date of this notice and noon of the day of nomination. The. nomination-paper may, be" -In the form prescribed in the Municlpal Act, and shail state the Name, Residence and Oc- * cupation of the person nominated In ‘sich ‘a’. manner.as to sufficiently Identify such candi- date. The nominatlon-paper. shall be suD scribed to by the candidate. In the event of a poll being necaaeary, 8 uch poll wilt be opened at the W. |.-Hall, Stocan, on the 19th'day of Hovernber: 1977, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and. 6:00 p.m., of which every person is hereby required to take notice and govern himself accordingly. Given under my hand at Slocan: this 8th day. of , October, 1977. Vera Hamilton, Village Clerk, : Castlegar. y Newly: saga Nurses Reflove Staff Reduction -y concerned in what the religious: state of the: world is today, I felt it a respon- sibility upon my heart to share some of those feelings with you, 1’ have “attended,” in the, for I believe we printer in the: days of: the, great ‘apostasy It. is -artime when’ many. "people have fallen away (from: the truth and a time when also many churches are no longer as conservative as they once were, ‘Another gospel is ‘rapidly re- placing the true'one. And what’ is the explana. tion of this? I can only'give one answer, I suggest only. one solution that those people nev- er had the true knowledge of Christ. And if we study the hurches today in all: the’ new _ Give the “Please, say yes going around in ‘spite, of the difference, : ~~ . they. have: dy | them carefully arid it won't take you long. They are dead wrong to regeneration, . justification, ‘was conned He thought he was a proud Pharisee active in the Kingdom. of- God. | What possibility would there. be that he would miss out on salvation? ‘And yet, all this changed in a moment. All his illusions were shattered: at that :moment; on ‘the’'road: to’ Damascus, He ended up:as‘a poor wretched ‘sinner; who could only~ cry, “what wilt’'Thou have mo to do?” Also, later on he said, "But what things were gained to me 2, those I'counted lost for Christ.” :- If there is one doctrine that the devil has singled out | for his attacks, then it is a ‘doctrine: of the free justification alone, That is still the doctrine that is” being attacked today. i If we’ go: back to the reformation and with.the gos- spel today, then you have to say it-is ‘also'a complete different doctrine that is being preached today=-not‘a doctrine of free will, but. by grace alone.-; Let each and every one of us examine ourselves, and say with’ Paul, “Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?” ° Hieke Franks > wan, : with the appointment of ‘Public Health | Nurses: Joan McKenzie and Shirley Hunter- Oglow, the . staffing . of the . Castlegar Health Unit is now up to full strength again after a reduction, in stalf in. past months, Shirley :Hunter-Ogtow, a Castlegar: resident who re- ceived part of her training at Selkirk College and her B.Sc. in Nursing at the University of British Columbia in 1975, has. ; just come from two years of nursing in Nelson's Selkirk Health Unit. Joan McKenzie, who lives in Warfield, received her R.N. from City Hospital in Saskatoon and her B.Sc. in nursing from the University of Saskatche- Including “old hand” Rose- mary Jensen, there.are now a. total of three public health .° nurses serving people, in the - district and working out of the health unit on Spruce Street in Castlegar, J Their work .is focused on the preventative and health education aspect of nursing care. During the day, ‘much of their time is spent: at:-local achools, - Joan for Health Unit Back in Full Strength — gested exercise programs and the effects of drugs and cigar- ettes on the unborn child. — .. With-such help, it is hoped . that mothers will have easier pregnancies and healthier” ba- bles. Prenatal classes for those in the later phases of pregnancy ‘are held on a continuous basis, ‘These classes prepare the par- ‘ents. for the delivery; of their child and also give some advice about mother and child care in hospital and. at. home. |The classes are in the evenings, so that at least some fathers can attend together with’ ‘the moth- ers-to-be, § ‘= The | health home nursing services’ {hroush its home care ‘nurse,‘Mary Ann Proctor, a registered nurse who ‘has’ been - working .with the’ ‘health ‘unit; since ) June,”:She -makes home -visits ‘to: patients who are discharged: from hos- pital:and in-need of follow: up ouraing at home. ; With’ this service, ‘people can‘ leave the hospital sooner ‘and récuperate,,in: ‘the ‘more familiar surroundings of home. This service also provides nurs- ing treatments for people who ‘otherwise’ might | require hos- example, visits schools in South Castlegar, Blueberry, Ooti- schenia and Selkirk College. At ~ the schools the nurse deals with various health problems no- “tleed by the teachers and also- runs programs to check: eye-:. sight, hearing, administers im- and talks . about ‘Do Not Want fo be a Saint’ : Prayer for Middle Age Prayer For The Middle Aged Lord, Thou knowest better than I would know myself, that I am growing older, and that | someday I shall be old. Keepme from the fatal habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject, and on every occasion. Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's af- fairs. Make me thoughtful, but not moody, . helpful, - but: not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it septs & pity not to eth endless recitals of details, give me wings to. get to the point,” Seal my lips on my aches and pains. They are increasing and love of rehearsing them is becoming: sweeter as years go by. - I dare not ask for grace to enjoy the tales of other's pains, but help me to endure them with patience. Idare not ask for improved - memory, but for growing hu- mility, and ‘a’ lessening . of cocksureness when my memory. seems to clash with the mein- ory of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that, occasionally, I may be mistaken. Keep me reasoti- ° ably sweet. “I do not want to be a saint, Some of them are so hard to live with, but-a sour old person: is one of the crowning works of the devil.» Give me ability to see good =: things in unexpected places,’ and talents in unexpected peo- ‘|. ple, and give me; 0 Lord, “we _ Brace to tell them so. ‘ —Rev. DF. ‘Thompson Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng. ' “A Windsor Product with over 100 varieties of wall ; “panelling.: Everything an plywood Products; at low, tow prices. ~ Come in and look around. Give usatryl 3" * Weare located at 725 - ‘6th in Aver Souths (Next to L&D Heating.).°°- ql nutrition, care of the body and 80 On. * . The nurse routinely makes home visits, in relation to the health of the children, as she is, the liaison’ between school and home’ for: health: matters. “> Considerable ‘work: is also done with babies and preschool children. Hore’ visits are made and clinics are vheld’ at the.”- Health’ Unit. Well baby clinics are held every. Thursday after- . noon from 1:80 to, 3:30 where mothers are welcome to come, weigh their babies, have neces- sary. immunizatiohs._ adminis- tered and talk’ about health or ‘utrition problems..": “ Work: is ‘done with pre-< » school children to check: their vision, hearing’ and, general -development. A’ free “dental check-up (is . also : offered ;: the preschool child. < -) An immunization clinic: is. held for adults every Tuesday. and Thursday from 8:30 to 4:80. Im the evenings the nurses offer. classes.: for {expectant parents. One such. class