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Just struggled home through
about the tenth blizzard of
this month. You could see

t_jour hand before your face,
—if you had a large hand and
good eyesight.

Found my street more by
feel than sight, turned off
with a skid, went through the
routine of getting into the
garage. It's rather like laun-
ching a small boat in a large
surf. It takes a lot of skill and
a fair bit of nerve.

At the entrance to the
driveway are the boulders.
These are huge gobbets of
snow thrown up by the
snowplow, which then
freezes them bigger than a
large man's head.

Then there is a flat space,
shovelled, about.the length
ofa car. Then, just at the en-
trance to the garage itself,
there is a sort of reef of ice,
built up to a foot or so of
frozen snow.

You have to hit the
driveway, and there is a large
maple a foot to one side, at
about 24 miles an hour.
There is a great rending noise
from beneath, just like rocks
tearing the bottom out of a
boat. But you don’t even
slow down. With a judicious
touch of brakes here and ac-
celerator there, you sashay
past the maple, line her up
for the .middle of the garage,
and goose her just a little on
the flat patch. There is six in-
ches clearance on each side.
All being well, you then ride
up over the reef of ice, with
another rending noise, this
time part of your roof peel-
ing away, slam the brakes at
the last minute so that you
don't go through the end of
the garage, switch off, and
sit there wiping your brow.

My wife is a big chicken.
She won't even try to put the
thing in the driveway, let
alone the garage. Maybe
that’s because she has hit the

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high emotional readout makes "yes" the best answer.

18-48 Posdve Coc Your latent strength could be sted soon, Acepl the challenge white
out body and mind ae at theit peak

per cent in area schools,

Dr. Pagan said the symp-
toms of measles are high fever,
coughing, runny nose and, after
several days, a blotchy red rash
starting on the face and spread-
ing to the rest of the body,
Conjunctivitis, or redness of
the eyes, may also be a symp-
tom.

‘He said such t complieations

Asked later about the vote without benefit of a “quorum,
outgoing chamber president Searle Sheldon said there was no

bylaw re

wiring members to follow the procedure because the

chamber had not been incorporated, But he'said the chamber's
application to the provincial government for incorporation under
the Societies Act will bear the signatures of a quorum.

Continued from page Al

She estimated that. about,
$25 over’one year per house-
hold would be the taxpayers’
share of the water system cost,
She estimated that house-
holds connected -to the, elty's

and: encephalitis Ta result
from red measles, German
measles, although considered a
milder form, is particularly
dangerous to the fetuses in
pregnant women, he said.

Adults are considered im-
mune to the disease, he said,
children under 12 months of age
will have to be vaccinated again
later “but we feel we should
protect these babies when
there's an epidemic around,” he
said,

Winter Brings Its Challenges

Bill Smiley

six times, both in and coming
oul.

l enjoy it. | feel like a skip-
per whose ship is sinking,
and who has launched a
boat, taken her through the
surf, over the rocks, through
the reef, and beached her on
golden sand.

But inevitably, on such oc-
casions, my thoughts turn to
the poor devils, our pioncer
ancestors, who had to cope
with the same weather and
snow conditions, with a pit-
tance of what we have to
work with.

When I've shut off my
engine, feeling a bit like Cap-
tain Bligh on one of his good
days, all 1 have to do is walk
40 yards to the house. Inside
there is warmth from an oil
furnace, light, an electric
stove to cook dinner, a col-
ored television to take me to
lotus-land.

I can huddle in the coward-
ly safety of my modern home
and defy the elements, Let ‘er
snow, let er blow

No chores to do. No trips
to the barn to feed, water,
milk the beasts, by the light
of a lantern, in sub-zero
temperature. No wood to lug
in from the woodpile, or
ashes to carry out. All [ have
to do is sit down with a
drink, unfold my daily
paper, and wait for dinner.

And it’s no dinner of salt
pork or canned beef, with a
hearty helping of smashed’
potatoes and some turnips or
carrots my wife had to dig up
from the root cellar, topped
off by some preserved rasp-
berries from last summer's
crop.

No, the refrigerator is one
of our modern gods, and one
of the most popular. | think
it takes precedence even over
the car as a twentieth-century
deity.

We kneel before it, con-
templating its innards. We
place offerings of food inside’
it, much as the ancients prof-
fered food to their gods.

And, just like the ancients,
we are smart enough to take
food back and eat it, after
the god has been placated.

Not for us the pioneers’
meagre fare. We have fresh
(frozen) meat to hand. We
have fresh vegetables,
nothing from the root cellar.
‘We have cheese and fruit and
eggs and orange juice and a
myriad other exotics that
would make our ancestors
blink in awe and fear.

On the shelves in the kit-
chen we have another host of
luxuries: canned fruit and
vegetables and soup, coffee
and tea and sugar and
smoked oysters ‘and sardines

‘and'salmon and tuna, In-tie’ ¥”
bread-box, cookies and cakes

and bread that cost money
but no labour.

After a meal that would
appear to a pioneer as food
for the gods {even though
half the stuff in it is going to
give us cancer, according to
the quacks), we don't have to
sit huddled by the stove tury-
ing to read a week-old news-
paper by the light of a kero-
sene lamp.

We can sit in comfort and
read a book from among
thousands in a library five
minutes away. Or we can
listen to music or drama

sited Kootenay Diver-
ston. is

He said Hydro “has to
think seriously" about the
Murphy Creek proposal soon
because of the considerable
amount of lead time such a
project would require.

“There would need to
be probably two years after
they made a commitment to
go ahead before construction
actually started,” the Ross-

HYDRO RECONSIDERS

inued from page AL

land-Trail MLA said, “That's
necessary for design, com-
ploting feasibility work, wa-
ter lines, environmental stu-
dies, property acquisition,
and all that paraphernalia
Atal Boes into building a

ie said a critical factor,
even though the project is
high on Hydro's priority st,
would be: “the political eli-
mate for borrowing $600
million”. The public mood at

from hundreds of miles
away. Or we can watch the
same, or the news of the day,
from thousands of miles
away. By merely twisting a
dial.

How did they stand it,
those sturdy forebears of
ours? Wouldn't you think
that they’d have gone
starkers under the burden of
never-ending toil, . never-
ending cold and snow, never-
ending monotony and lone-
liness, in winter?

Not a bit of it. They
thrived and multiplied.
(Maybe the latter was the
answer. There's nothing like
& bit of multiplying to pass
the time.)

Many of them didn’t sur-
vive, of course, Children
died in infancy. Women were
old at 30. But it was a life-
long test course in survival,
and the tough ones made ii it,

a lime when nearly 50 cents
in every revenue dollar
Hydro gels goes to interest
“isn't any help,” he: said.
“But that has to be con-
sidered as a controlling
factor when we think about
any new energy project,”

D'Arcy said.

School Board
Applies For
Labor Grants

Schoo! District No. 9 trust-
ees voted Monday to apply for a
total $18,432 in provincial labor
midistry grants to hire 16
students to work on summer

construction projects at local .

schools.
The school board approved
an application under the Youth

_ Employment | Program for

grants covering the hiring of
six students to complete con-
struction of the student park at
Stanley Humphries Secondary
and another application for the
hiring of 10 students to build

What alot of
complacent slobs we are to-
day!

But I'm sure glad.1 don’t
have to go out to the barn,
put hay down for the horses,
milk the cows, dnd drag in a

* quarter-cord of wood to keep
the stoves going, tonight.

at the
Shoreacres, Pass Creek, Ooti-
schenia, Blueberry Creek and
Valley Vista elementary
schools.

The application proposed
that each student be given 45
days work at the $3.20 hourly
minimum wage.

To All Questions
There is an Answer

Are you now in a position to apply for Old Age Security
Pension? In fact, you have an application before you but are now
doubting your eyesight ‘or wondering if the bifocals should be

replaced.

If “widows” look like “windows” as you focus in on question 10.
of your application, rest at ease,

A typographical error has prompted one reader to write into
the Castlegar News calling attention to the > question that reads, “If
you are a married woman or WINDOW, give your maiden name.”

She suggests if you happen to be a “window” you also add that

“double glazed” at present but that you are feeling “no

This information came in a letter postmarked ne and

signed AL Glazier.

present g system —
spend an average of $100 on
plumbing and appliance repairs
made necessary by ‘the hard
water supplied by the system
as Well as an extra cost of $120
for soaps, detergents and sham-
poos over.a year.
. "So It almost seems to me
— I don't want to say this too
loud —° we might even be
saving. ' some money," Moore
said, ‘

Phillips was critical of
Rossland-Trail MLA Chris
D'Arcy's ‘announcement last
week that the funding formula
would <“still’ necessitate the
local taxpayer shouldering an
unconscionably large share of
the load.”

“The local MLA never
phoned me, talked to me about
the Castlegar water situation

or visited in my office about |

this problem,” he said,

The’ minister commended
Social, Credit candidate Phil
Brooks — {o whom, he first
mistakenly referréd as the
area's MLA — for his “assis-
tance to me in putting the final
package together.”

ONLY. ONE

Continued from page Al

Ald. Albert Calderbank,
a member of city council's
works and services com-
mittee, explained to Castle-
gar Chamber of Commerce
members last Thursday that
heavy truck traffic driving
down the sloped highway
from Grand Forks into Cas-
Uegar was a safety hazard.

“They're (the ministry)
going to take that across and |
they're going to loop around
and then go north from the
opposite side of the road so
there’s no danger of vehicles
coming down the hill and
losing their brakes and
crashing on the highway.”

UCW Ladies
Entertain
At Centre

Sixty members of the Cas-
tlegar and District Senior Citi-
zens enjoyed an afternoon of
entertainment Thursday _ in
their Centre, provided by the
United Church Women.

The program consisted of
singing games and other games,
with several prize winners. The
seniors extend their thanks to
these ladies who share their
time and talents with the
seniors once every year.

”. The afternoon was brought
toa close with an abundance of
refreshments,

Explaining. his contribu--
tion, Brooks. said he met in

Cranbrook. with..Philllps sand" >

Premier Bill Bennett during the
past weekend following a brief-
ing on the city's walter prob-
lems by the mayor. He said he
Smet in Victoria Monday with
Municipal Affairs Minister Bill
Vander Zalm and Phillips “and
everything just fell together.”

“The announcements today
are the result of a good re-
sponse from the people of
Victoria to the people in the
community,” he said, “I was
fortunate to be involved."

Asked if he expected the
release of funds for the water
system to affect voting in the
next provincial election, Phil-
lips said the move “wasn’t a
vote-getting gimmick.”

“It was a people problem
that was there and it was

solved by. a common sense
solution,” the minister said...
Asked |how -soon ;

federal-provincial
for the $3 million loan would be
finalized, he suid details have
yet to be worked out by federal
and provincial officials and the
agreement had not yet been
signed, but he had been assured
by Marcel Lessard, federal
regional economic expansion
minister, “thal this will be
accomplished.”

“We're trying to get rid of,
the red tape and I certainly
don't want any red tape or any
bickering between any form‘of
government to hold up con-
struction of this water supply,”
the minister said.

“I wouldn't be here making
this announcement ff I wasn't
fairly sure of what I was talking

“about.”

School District No. 9.

Not Prudent Enough |

School District No, 9 does
not qualify for one of ‘the
education ministry incentive
grants to be awarded to dis-
tricts demonstrating prudent
budgeting, secretary-treasurer
John Dascher said Monday.

Dascher told local schoo!
trustees’ the estimated per
pupil cost increase here be-
tween 1977 and 1979 was .82
per cent less than the provincial
average of 22.61 per cent. But
the district had to be three per

cent below the average to
qualify for the grant, which -
would amount to approximately
* $25,000, he said.

“In our particular case’ we
would have to reduce our
budget by $124,000 in order to
pick up about $25,000° in
grants,” he told the Castlegar
News. Referring to 13 B.C,
school districts — including
Trail — listed as qualifying for

the incentive grants, Dascher .”

said he would be “very’ sur-
prised if half of them qualified.”

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Tex Mowatt and Hank Coleman
Seek Socred Nomination

Both former Nelson mayor
Tex Mowatt. and incumbent
Nelson alderman Hank Cole:

man have announced they want . f

to represent the Social Credit
party in Nelson-Creston in the
next: provincial election.

Mowatt, a farmer and re- -

tired businessman, and Cole-
‘man, alsoa businessman and an
electrician by trade, said last
week they will ask the Nelson-
Creston constituency Associa-
tion to nominate them March 24
to oppose incumbent New
Demoete MLA Lorne Nicol-

Mowatt, has been actively.
invélved in the, community for

several yeais. He has ‘been a’ °

cub leader, Sunday school
teacher,, youth: group leader
and has coached Little League
and Babe Ruth baseball and

*. basketball,

* He worked on fund-raising
campaigns for Notre Dame
University, the Salvation Ar-
my, Red Cross and the Com-
munity Chest. He served on the
executive of the Fairview
United Church, Chamber of
Commerce, Nelson Maple Leaf
Hockey Club and Silver King
Ski” Club, Mowatt was co-
ordinator of the development of
the new Whitewater Ski Area
ahd president of the Nelson

Little League, Nelson and Dis-,

trict Chamber of. Commerce,
Nelson Ski Club and Nelson
President’s.Club. He served as
both Alderman and Mayor on
Nelson city council.

* » Mowatt established retail
stores in the office equipment
business in various areas of the
intetior of B.C.. The Nelson
store, which he managed for 22
years, was the'first one started
and: ‘the last’ one.sold.

3 le has also designed and

rked on the construction of

ints “home and office buildings.
zi Mowatt and his family now.
jive on their farm 15 miles west
‘of Nelson. He says he enjoys
ithe physical work demanded by
farming but ‘still likes the
ghallenge of business problems
‘and has been counselling others

, + TEX MOWATT
++» former Nelson mayor

- in the area-for the past several

years,

“I feel that opportunities
are here for anyone willing to
work,” he said. “The Kootenays
are blessed with just about
everything.”

Coleman, who was nomi-
nated unopposed to represent
Social Credit in the 1975 pro-
vincial election but lost the
election to Nicolson by a five-
per-cent margin, is presently
serving his third term on
Nelson city council. -

A long-time Nelson resi-
dent, he isa former chairman of

. the Regional District of Central

Kootenay board and is pre-

Heads Salmo
Shriners

Peter John was installed as
president of the Salmo Shrine
Club No. 21 recently as the

West Kootenay Shrine clubs .

held its annual joint installation
in Nelson.

Also’ taking’ office with
John are vice-president Cecil
Smith, secretary Ned MacNeill,
treasurer ‘Willie. Hearn and
directors Dave John, Ole Jen-

sen and Ralph Strand.

Installing officer was G.
Simons of Gizeh Temple.

aibaee’s

W
HANK COLEMAN
«+. 1975 candidate

sently serving as a director of
the B.C, Aviation Council. He is
a past president and director of
the Nelson Rotary Club,

“I believe I have a duty to
the Social Credit Party and.a
responsibility to the 45 per cent
of the voters who supported me
in the last election,” Coleman
said in a press release this
week.

“During the last election
when party fortunes were. at
their lowest ebb, I not only
stood as the Socted candidate
but came within five per cent of
winning this seat for the
party,” he continued. “I believe
the people who supported me
the last time will again, par-
ticularly as the Social Credit
party is giving us good govern-
ment.” -

He said the party will get
increased support this time and
obtaining the additional five
per cent to.win “should not be
difficult.”

Now party fortunes have
improved, he said, it is natural
there will be those who see this
as an opportunity to compete
with me for the nomination.
While this is healthy and makes
for a‘ vigorous party, Coleman
said, his efforts “will be totally
concerned with winning this
seat for our oe and the
government.” . > 1.12.

Saturday's Workshop Probes
Problems of New Canadians

“Plans for. the workshop
“Who Are We?", organized by
the West Kootenay Multicul-
tural Society for Saturday, at
the Trail Labor Centre (Mine
Mill Hall) have now been
finalized.

St After an.introduction of
multiculturalism ‘by Butch
Smitheram, first vice-president
Gf the Affiliation of . Multi-
cultural Societies of B.C., Tony
Emery of Selkirk -College will
speak on‘ethnic pluralism and
social adaptation of first gene-
ration Canadians. :>

“ A panel « ‘of representatives

from. the Polish, East. Indian,
Dutch, Italian and Portuguese
communities will discuss the

difficulties they encountered as“

new Canadians, *.

Moderator will be Dooley
McDonnell. A general discus-
sion will follow.

After’ a free luncheon
break, Mickey. Moran, well-
known Castlegar lawyer, will
speak on the legal aspects of life
for the new. citizen.

A forum, which will include
Castlegar Mayor Audrey
Moore, will discuss
problems and’ their. solutions

some of the:

confronting the immigrant. Dis-
cussion groups will review the
Points discussed by the forum.

The wind-up in the form of .

conclusions and evaluation by
Simon Oosterhuis, president of
the B.C. affiliation, will con-
clude the workshop.

A time for refreshments
during the early part of the
evening, followed. by a dinner
with entertainment, will pro:
vide a further opportunity for
participants to meet each other.

For pre-registration and
dinner-tickets phone ‘secretary.
Mrs. Lindsay Cross in Trail,

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Drop Due to Floods, Strikes.

Pacifie Northorn Gas Ltd,
Feported last week net earnings
of $1,358,007 In 1978, down
from $1,484,958 in the previous
year, although sales revenue
increased to $16,849,630 as
against $19,799,257. in 1977 due
to increased rates to ils cus-
tomers which were granted in
1978,

After providing $337,500
for preferred dividends, the
earnings per common share
were 64 cents compared with 69
cents a year earlier,

The decrease in earnings

was due to a B.C. Energy .”

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don’t give the

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Commission decision of May 12,
1978 which reduced the com-
pany's return on equity; flood
conditions which broke the
company’s natural gas mainline
in two places in early Novem-
ber; and a four. ee strike by

by the International Brother-

hood of Electrical Workers,
Local 213,

PNG has applied to the
energy commission for a rate
increase which, if granted, will
bring its level of earnings up to

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The Canadian A

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that looking directly at the sun
during Monday's eclipse, with
or without a screen, could cause

permanent damage to the eyes. ~

“Focusing your eyes on the
sun can painlessly make a hole
through ‘eye tissue in a way
similar to burning a hole in
paper. by focusing the | sun's
rays through a magnifying
glass,"

“While mild cases of eye
injury caused by looking at the
sun may heal in time, the

dition is usually

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The Association says the
simplest and safest way to
‘watch the eclipse will be on
television,

Children will require par-
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eclipse period, which will begin
shortly after dawn, concluding
about 9:30 a.m.

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