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Castlegar and District Senior Citizens Association

NEW EXECUTIVE of the Castlegar Kiwanis Club was in- a ski
stalled by Kiwanis licutenant:g

held

Ing at the Hi Arrow Arms.

Retiring president Bob MacBain st

jovernor Bill Watson at

ated the next step in the

club's ongoing project, the Kiwanis Soccer Pitch and Track
Field, is the installation of a sprinkling system that is
scheduled for this fall. Several ventures undertaken by
the club in the past yoar Included Logger Day, an auction,

af

Bazaar, tea termed a success

\

an curling, bicycle race during Fit-

Most of us are looking
for ways to cut the food bill
and eat well at the same
time.
This has long been a
concern of Joan Snyder, bi-
ologist at Selkirk College.
Gardening has always pro-
vided supplementary veget-
ables for Snyder's table, but
12 years ago, the kind of
gardening she did altered
dramatically.

As a biologist concerned
with both the quality of the
environment and human nu-
trition, she became convinced
that the addition of chemical
concentrates, “artificial” fer-
tilizers, to soil and plants led
toa decline in soil quality and
had unknown but potentially
damaging effects on human
health. z

She switched to what is
known popularly as “organic”
gardening and began with
characteristic thoroughness
to explore organic techniques
of building a healthy soil and
controlling pests and plant
diseases.

Snyder points out that
crop yields are as high as
those produced by non-organ-
ic methods and in the long
term may be higher because
organic fertilizers don't cause
the breakdown of soil struc-
ture. This kind of breakdown
has been found in areas
which have been farmed for
long periods with artificial
fertilizers. Costs are reduced
because “plant debris” is
plentiful in the Kootenay
environment,

Composting is quick; in
summertime a useable com-
post can be produced in three
to six weeks. And it’s not
hard to scrounge animal
manure by offering to
“spring clean” a barn or
chicken coop!

Is Snyder ever tempted
to spray bugs attacking those
earefully grown crops? If you
really need to spray, she
says homemade concoctions
of herbs and plants are quite
effective. Companion plant-
ing of plants unattractive tu
different bugs can also help.

But the most important
thing of all is a healthy soil.
Once a good rich soil has been
built up, the plants growing
in it will be more resistant to
diseases.

The family garden pro-

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According to Selkirk College biologist

‘A healthy soil=good food’

vides a good proportion of
Snyder's household veget-
able needs. But she is study-
ing ways in which that prop-
ortion can be increased.
Imagine having fresh lettuce,
tomatoes and cucumbers in
the middle of winter, watch-
ing delicate flowering plants
bloom during the winter and

growing your own oranges
and lemons. These are only
some of the more dramatic
benefits of greenhouse gar-
dening.

The most common one is
to enable early germination

of seeds to produce your own
bedding plants. Construction

KDHS unveils new
brochure on complex

The Kootenay Doukho-
bor Historical Society is
pleased to announce that its
new brochure advertising the
Doukhobor Village, National
Exhibition Centre, and Cul-
tural Educational Centre
Restaurant is available for

tourist attractions in the
Castlegar area.

The inclusion of the
Kootenay Country Heritage
Logo designed by Steve
Kresta of Nelson shows the
Kootenay Region in its ge-
ical location.

llers and local resi

The brochure was de-
signed by Leni Normington
and manages to keynote
some of the more popular

It is hoped that the
brochure will fill a gap for the
many tourists who visit the
village each year.

of an effective greenhouse.
can be expensive but there
are many ways to cut costs
without losing efficiency.

Heating and mainten-
ance costs can also be sub-
stantially reduced by com-
plementary use of solar heat-
ing with traditional fuels and
of course there are the more
modest but highly successful
hotbeds, cold frames and
cloches.

During years of research
and ical ie asa

Castlegar and District
Senior Citizens Association
hold its regular business
meeting in their Centre Oct.
4, with M. Town presiding
and 33 members present,

A warm welcome was
extended to all with Happy
Birthday sung to those cel-
ebrating birthdays this
month,

Keep fit classes have
begun and Mrs. Hilda Papp
told the members that she
would like those attending
the classes to bring a blanket
or mat to the next class
which will be Oct, 16 at 10:80
a.m,

Mrs. Papp will be con-
ducting these classes until
November every Tuesday
morning in the Senior Citi-
zens Centre, if

Members were remind-
ed of the West Kootenay-
Boundary meeting which is
to be held Oct. 9 in Grand
Forks, the bus will be leaving
the Centre at 10 a.m.

a a

the monthly paper, The El-
dor Statesman. Mra. A. Me-
Neil's letter of resignation as
treasurer was accepted with
much regrets after nine
years in that position. Mrs,
McNeil will now make her
home in Red Deer, ;

Committee reports in-
cluded hospital visiting in
which all members in the
hospital have been visited by
W. Easton, :

G. McAndrew gave a
report of his work as a Senior
Citizens Counsel, stating he
attended o workshop in Nel-
son and had handled 82
problems of senior citizens.
He is available at any time to
help the seniors by phoning
him at his home, i

Three get well cards and
five home visits were made.

on Oct, 18, it is to bo on Oct.
26,

Square dancing has not
begun this year for lack of a
caller. Mrs, Peddle, president

of the Golden Square, will.

look into this and see if
someone was available to be
the caller.

The treasurer's roport
indicated tho fall Tea and
Bazaar had been most suc-
cessful, Mrs, R. Cormier, who
was the general convenor for

The names .of two do*:
parted members were placed:
on the Memorial Book, 3

Somo new light fixtures:
are needed for the basement,
it was deelded to uso some of:
the money from the Memor-,
ial Fund to purchase these.

Bob Cormier, appointed
as chairman of the ‘nomin-;
ating committee, will arrange:
for two members to assist

im. : :
" A discussion was’ held:
an i

the bazaar, her
most sincere thanks to all
those members who had
donated to the bazaar and to
all who-had worked at the
various tables and to every-
one who had helped in any
way to make the day a
success,

wanting to use the Centre for:
a few hours this month, The:
president will seek more’
information then call an?
executive meeting to report:
his findings. Bees

The meeting closed with
the singing of the Queen;:

The kitchen would
like two members for kitchen
duty for the month of Novem-
ber. :

For entertainment on
Oct. 25 there will be a
a Hall

P inelud-
ed a letter stating sub-
scriptions are now due for

ip party,
Members are asked to note
there will not be any meeting

Grand Guardians pay

visit to Bethel No. 60

Catherine Russell,
Grand Guardian of British
Columbia of the International
Order of Job's Daughters and
Hal Hicks, Associate Grand
Guardian, paid their official
visit to Bethel No. 60, Castle-
gar on Oct. 5.

A supper ‘preceded the
evening meeting.

Hh

gardener, Snyder has gather-
ed lots of it fon on

d Queen Yvonne
McGuire and her officers

successfully growing veget-
ables, fruits and flowers. She
will be sharing her know-
ledge with people this fall
when she teaches two of the
new courses in Selkirk Col-
lege's agriculture program;
“Organic Gardening" and
“Greenhouse Management.”
Contact Continuing Ed-
ucation at the college for
details of time and place,

-- e- Remember?

Castlegar News headline stories from one year ago:

City awaits MOT proposal having given Oct. 31 as the deadli
from the operation of the airport.

Ne h

for Castl "s with

* * *

ing employees of the Castl
and Selkirk College served 72-hour strike notice.
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Nelson, Trail and Grand Forks school districts

Proposed rezoning of 9,27 acres of Ootischenia land newly released from the Agricultural
Land Reserve has drawn criticism from the area's regional district representative. ~
* . *

RCMP report cites city traffic hazards. Second arterial access recommended,
* *  #,

The city is to invite a recreation and conservation ministry official to examine the
approximately 50 acres of flood plain lands along the Columbia River for which it has sought

provincial park status,

CASTLEGAR KIWANIS CLUB

SKATE-A-THON
SATURDAY, Oct. 27
~, 8:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.

TROPHIES

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Collecting The

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the ip
Majority Degree ceremony.
Miss Cindy Roth, Past Junior
Princess and Miss Idriss
Roberts were the recipients
of the degree.

Mrs. Russell was pre-
sented with a money corsage
from the bethel to help
towards her special project
— the new Children's Hospi-
tal in Vancouver.

Miss Roth and Miss

Honored Queen Yvonne Me-
Guire, Senior Princess Janet
Foubjster, Junior Princess
Diane Vader, Guide Celina
Sookachoff and.Marshal Jan-
na Sylvest.

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Last Sunday, Honored
Queen Yvonne McGuire and
her officers were the guests
of Grace Presbyterian
Church.

Hamish Harvey conduc-
ted the service and was
assisted by Senior Princess
Janet Foubister, who read
the Testament Lesson and
Honored Queen Yvonne read
the Responsive Reading. .

Twenty-four girls rep-
resented Bethel No. 60. Fol-
lowing the service, lunch was
served to the girls at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Kel
McGuire.

FEATURE DRAW

This Sat., Oct. 20th at R.G.'s

for the following:

1* Prize

Two nights stay at the Parklane Motel in Spokane,
featuring private in-room movies, free continental
breakfast & Canadian money at par.

2™ Prize

large stuffed animal from Castlegar's newest toy
shop, CASTLEGAR TOY VILLAGE.

Come in and enter your name with the purchase of
any item in our store.

1
World Records the highest authenticated
role of egg-laying by a hon is 36) oggs in

164 days by

@ Black Orpington In an of-

a
ficial tes1 a! Taranki, New Zealand, in
1930, i

LEAF-COVERED grounds of Kinnaird
Park provide a suitable setting for an
autumn stroll. Construction of aspha!t

landscaping and grass
seeding — part of the Castlegar Selkirk.

walkway,

City

section

" Thursday, October 18, 1979

hits.

first draft

City council members
have joined the list of Central
Kootenay elected officials
criticizing the first draft of a
regional hospital district-
commissioned $30,000 health
care facilities survey report.

Council last week ap-
proved its health and welfare

Roberts also their
majority certificates from
Guardian Mrs. Marg Foubi-
ster while the Honored
Queen presented them with
engraved spoons on behalf of
the bethel.
.

*

The girls of Bethel No.
60, were the recent victims of
a surprise kidnap breakfast.

The progressive break-
fast started at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Foubister
for orange juice, then on to
the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Parkin for fruit cocktail
and finally, to the home of
Mr. and Mrs, Kel McGuire
for_ waffles.

The plan was devised by

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FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS RAISING
PLEDGES FOR SKATING 100 LAPS

Pledge Forms available at:
Castlegar Drug

or the

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that Dr. E.T. Paterson, chair-
man of the CKRHD hospital
advisory committee, be sent
a letter stressing the need for
“much more comprehensive
treatment of the Castlegar
area” in the final draft of the
report prepared by the man-
agement consulting firm
Wood, Gordon.

‘The motion added that in
-council's opinion the’ first
draft “has omitted a lot of
services for this area” and
described the study’s ‘cover-
age of Castlegar's health care
needs as “completely inad-
equate.” .

Members of both council
and the CKRHD board cited

city council's health and wel-
fare committee chairman and
representative on the West
Kootenay Union Board of
Health, was particularly crit-
ical of the study’s neglect of
Castlegar's health care facil-
ities and needs,

While concentrating on
CKRHD, the report “glossed
peripheral health care," fail-
ed to study'the role of health.
units extensively and did not
deal with such problems as
the need for the need for
mental health care and treat-
ment of alcoholism in the
Castlegar area. E

Under the terms of ref-
erence established by the
CKRHD the consultant was
instructed to:

e Discuss and agree on
conduct of project, problems,
methods, responsibilities,
and terms of reference. Visit
principal communities, meet
key parties, survey existing
facilities and services;

size and con-

ani
following initial examination
of the yet-to-be-publicized
draft last month.
: Mayor Audrey Moore,
Castlegar representative and
chairman on the CKRHD
board, said the draft amount-
ed to only “an inventory” of
services presently offered by
hospitals in the region. Un-
der the terms of reference
established for the study, the
ired to

- future

e
dition of present hospital
facilities; :

e Review services pro-
vided by government and
other organizations including
public health, medical mental
health, home-care, home-
maker, ambulance, dental,
and health education ser-
vices;

e Examine present and
of . medical

was req

provide a “blueprint of devel-

opment” for hospitals and

other health service in the

CKRHD for the next 20 years
she said.

Ald. Heather Hallett,

United Way

Barometer

practice;

e Analyze present and
future patterns of referral for
hospital services;

Estimate future work-
loads (to 1983) for hospitals,
other health facilities, and
services;

e Calculate future facil-
ities and personnel needed
xor hospitals, other health

. facilities, and services;

$14,000

Thanks to You

W's Working

¢ Evaluate alternatives
for the region in the mix of
facilities required;

e Assess, for the pres-
ent and the future, organ-
ization and coordination of
facilities, services and per-
sonnel using present .demo-
graphic information;

e Assess coordination ,

and interrelationships be-
tween health and other sys-
tems, such as social welfare,
voluntary organizations etc.,
and obtain a broad cross-
section of community input;

e Develop conclusions
and recommendations;

e Discuss, amend, and

present survey report to
hospitals, health and regional
authorities. Make final report
to hospital programs and
other authorities as request-
ed by the regional bourd.

lions Club's $524,000 iP

program for the park — is now com-

plete. (See story on page Al.)
—News/MirrorFoto by Ryon Guedes

: Health Minister Bob Mc-
Clelland has approved a
$2,073,596 budget for Castle-
gar for 1979 to 1980, accord:

ing toa health ministry press -

release last week,
McClelland released de-
tails of a $23 million budget
increase, to B.C. hospitals for
the current fiscal year (1979-

0).

McClelland said the min-
istry has been anxious to
develop a system for deter-

‘mining the 1979-80 budget
base that would not penalize
hospitals that exercised con-
trol over their operating ex-
penditures,

Instedd, he explained,
the total allocation for hos-
pitals was increased by $23.5
million — the amount of last
year's aggregate deficit,
These additional funds were
then distributed among the
hospitals’ budgets,

The approach was de-
veloped in consulation with
the B.C. Health Association,
the health minister said, and
“they concurred that this was
aiinore Itabl h,"

these funds, McClelland ad-
ded, hospitals now have a
realistic base for this year's
operation. i
“Money has been flowing
hospi from Victoria

With the infusion of

to
these last few months as it

never has before — not in the
entire history of our health
care system.".

The total budgets for
West Kootenay-Boundary
hospitals include:

Grand Forks $1,516,382;
Nakusp $737,723; Nelson,
Kootenay Lake District |
$4,787,327; Mount St. Fran-
cis $1,597,388; Now Denver
$342,878; Rossland
$1,129,570; Trail $8,893,666...

The adjustment process
" gave special consideration to
areas which have been dem-
onstrated as needing a boost.
For example, general _in-
-ereases were made in staffing
allowances for nursing care;
the allowances for orienta-
tion and staff training were
also increased.

Other adjustments rec
ognized it ased costs in
such items as medical and
surgical supplies, drugs,
food, plant operation and so
on. y

Anna Trail, took place on Thanksgiving with Mrs. Mame
De Anna, left, unveiling the plaque while Rev. Michael

Guinan looks on. Over 60 persons turned out to pay
tribute to the mon who, In the early stages of developing
an educational reserve, found the most workable access
to the area. See.story on page D3, afi

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