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_By Alpha Phi Chapter Beta Sigma Phi

The Alpha Phi Chapter,
Beta Sigma Phi, hed at its
January ‘meeting Mrs, Jean

Christiansen as guest speaker |
for a ptogram given by Mrs, |

Daun Bate. Mrs. Christiansen’s

topic dealt with suitable Iiter- .. w!

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companied her talk with exam.”
ples of pleture and storybooks
for different age groups. Th
meeting was held at the home:
of Mrs, Daun Bate, with Barb
Dusseault as co-hosteas,

The Jan. 19th meeting was

“held at the home of Mrs. Barb

Dusseault, where the evening’s
program was based on popular
musie, presented by Mrs. Paula
Belton and Mrs. Barb Dus-
seault, Hostesses for the eve-

+ ning were Mrs, Eileen Akselson
+ and Mrs. Chris Beauchamp.

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Funeral Service Held
For Charles J. Morey

Funeral service was held
yesterday afternoon from the
chapel of the Castlegar Funeral
Home. for Charles James
Morey, 76, of Castlegar, who
died Saturday in the Castlegar
and District Hospital,

Born in Beniji, Minn., July
1, 1900, Mr. Morey came as a
youth to Canada with his family

: to Saskatchewan. He lived on

farms there until 1943 when he
moved to the Pend d'Oreille
area.

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In 1945 Mr. Morey moved
to Renata and lived there until
1965 when he went to Winlaw,
coming to Castlegar in 1971.

He is survived by his wife,

Laura of Castlegar; four sons, ._

Fredrick of Williams Lake,
James of Snow Lake, Man.,~
Henry of Fernie and Charley
Jr. of Castlegar; four daugh-
ters, Mrs. D. (Laura May)
Unger of Bruxelles, Man., Mrs.
A. (Florence) Pscheritter_,of
Peoria, Alta., Mrs. M. (Carol)
Nelson of Winlaw and Miss
Anna Morey of Willaims Lake;
two sisters, Mrs. Anna Wright
of Washington and Mrs, Fannie
E. Bradford of Melford, Sask.
and 25 grandchildren.

Pastor John ‘Blake of-
ficiated at the service with
burial at Park Memorial Ceme-
tery.

Impact Throws
Pedestrian —

- ‘Through Air’

No charges have been laid

in an incident which occurred at
9:30 p.m. Friday - when a
14-year-old pedestrian was
struck by: a car near the. old
Castlegar Arena. .
é The. pedestrian, Dawn
Marie Prokop of Castlegar, who
was thrown through the air by.
the ' impact; was taken to
Castlegar and District Hospital
and kept overnight for ob-
servation.

The driver was identified”
‘as Marlis Ann Shaw of Robson.

Head Injuries
Reported In
Sat. Accident

Driver and passenger both
sustained minor head injuries

Alpha Phi members and

their husbands took part in a

bowling party Jan. 22 at the
Castle Bowladrome. Prizes for
high game totals were won by
Mrs. J. Jorgenson and Mr, Art
Dusseault. Booby prizes were
won by Mrs. C. Josephson and
Mr. T. Jorgenson.
The first February meet-
pe was held at:the home of
Elizabeth Young,’ with

Mrs, Jill Swinbatk and Mrs,
Jennifer Jorgenson ‘as host-
esses. The ‘program was pres-
ented by Mra. Cathy Danlel'and
Mrs, Jill Swinbank, along with
syes jest ‘speaker Greg Layton,
0 spoke on the proper way to

present a speech,
b Val.

Presently, members are
hooking a rug to be raffled at
their annual Bake Sale and
Raffle to be held April 16, the
proceeds of which are used for
bursaries to worthy high schoo!

students in an area of the arts, .

‘Tickets may be purchased from

entine's Day on Feb. 16 with
heir annual card’ party, Re-

_freshments ‘were served ‘by

Mrs, Barb Mathers, Mrs, Eliza-
beth Young and Mrs, Paula
Belton.

Blames Road

Conditions

For Accident

Road conditions have been
blamed in a single vehicle
accident Saturday evening
when a 1967 model car struck a
light standard in the 1500 block
on 4th Ave. S., resulting in an
estimated $800 damage to the,
vehicle.

Both driver, Donald Bruce
Davies of Castlegar, and pas-
senger Barbara Duff of Blue-
berry Creek, sustained minor.
injuries.

‘Alpha Phi members of
Beta Sigma Phi recently held a
Friendship Day at the Hi
Arrow Arms Motor Hotel, with

Trail members in attendance,

A glimpse of spring fash-
fons was presented by Update

Fashions end the Klothes.

Kloset. Commentator. for the
fashion presentation. was
Madeline Plant of Update

Fashions, and models were Kim
- Smith, JoAnn Wabisca, Carol

Plant, Donna Townsend, Lor-

raine McGuire, Judy Emde and
+ Carl Da: Costa,

Assisting the models were
Pat Brown, Lorraine’ Baines
and Karen Smith; Hairdressers
were Henrl and Ken from
Cameo Beauty Salon, Make-up
was done by Joanne Farrell for
NutriMetics,

+ Flowers were donated by
Helen’s Flowers. Donating door
prizes were the Klothes Kloset,
Stedmans Department Store,
Castlegar Drugs, Carter's
Sewing Centre, Carl's Druga,
Castlegar Plumping and Heat-
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in a single vehicle accident

early Saturday morning.
Police say a 1966 compact
hit slush - sending it ‘out. of

control into a ditch near the

Fairview Subdivision.

Driver James John Laur-
ient of Trail has’ been charged
with driving too fast for road
conditions,

The passenger has been
identified as Ron Alliboney.

Damage to the vehicle has
been estimated at $500.

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TRADE FAIR ‘77, sponsored by the Selkirk Lions of Castlegar, sana
momentum rapidly with the 66 stalls indicated on the’ sbove floor plan of the

and District Arena.at a premium: Trade Fair ‘77. chairman Walter
Tymofievich, who indicated earlier that the two-day attraction will attract from
SE Ae Nee es Nee wrested tk sein te hatana Displays

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name 2 just a few. The immediate adjacent grounds to the Community Centre will :
: blossom out in recreation vehicles, boats and equipment, all shaping up.to being the
biggest trade fair to hit the West Kootenay, ~

~ Canadian Water in Arrow And ‘Says There's a Boom
Duncan Reservoirs Available.

B.C. Hydro has agreed to
make emergency releases of
water from Columbia River
Treaty ‘reservoirs in British
Columbia ‘to help: the. north-
western United (States . - cope
with ‘what\may be its lowest
water year in half'a century.

“The ‘arrangemen

: Unues: a” pattern of mutual:
assistance | between ote
Canada, and. the Pacific north- :

western’ U.S. over ‘the years,
For example, several years ago
when B.C.. Hydro's power sup-
ply from the Peace River pro-
Ject was: cut off by storms and
< slides, - U.S. tities

~“ made suffielent power available .
to avert blackouts in B.C. until.’ J) -’

damaged powerlines could be
repaired.

a maximum ‘of 1.7-million
acre-feet of water from Cana-
fan. storage in the Arrow and

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, Duncan reservoirs could be re-

leased between now and April
80, This would,be in addition to.
the norma! releases,

Following the emergency
releases, B.C. Hydro will re-.
store the ‘Arrow and Duncan

‘reservoirs to the levels they

otherwise would have reached,
by releasing water

In addition, B:C. Hydro
will be paid’ approximately
$600,000. for energy produced
‘at downstream U.S, generating”
plants as.a result of ‘the
emergency releases. There will
be no reduction in the amount
of power available to British
Columbia’ as‘ a. result. of. ‘the

from Mica reservoir between
May 1 and July 31.The U.S.
then wil! make up the reduction
in Mica storage by returning
energy or its equivalent, by
July 31, 1979 at the-latest, °

Reverses...
Airline”
Decision

Alberta was not obligated
to. seek ' Canadian transport
commission ‘approval for its
purchase of Pacific Western
Airlines, the Supreme Court of
Canada ruled last week.

- In a’ 9to-0 decision, the
high court reversed a Federal
Court of Appeal ruling that air
regulations concerning airline
purchases do apply to a: pro-
vincial government.
Alberta. secretly acquired

vs cones of the air

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by insulating hot water ee

by assuring. that heater temperature
controls are not'set at’ a.higher tem.
perature than is required fo meet your: < )

“by planning your use of hot water to avoid: s
. waste in clothes and dish washing. as well’ Hee
as bathing and-showering.

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B,C. Hydro’s own gener-
ating. system, which: includes
the vast Williston Lake reser-
voir on ‘the Peace River,. is
designed. to. accommodate a

~. sequence..of low-water years

without limiting its ability. to

“supply Power for* sobeequent

years.’

- Beeatise of low rinoffe this
year, however, Hydro recently
halted exports of surplus power

- tothe U.S, in order to ensure

that B.C. Hydro '‘reservoirs'do
not fall below adequate levels.

A mid-February: water
supply outlook for the Columbia
:Basin in the’ U.S.‘ northwest,
issued by the National Weather
Service and the Soil Conserva-
ction Service in the:U.S., esti-
mated ‘that: Columbia. River -
run-off at The Dalles, Oregon,
will be about 67. million acre-
Teet in the recent dry :year-of
1973 “and with the’ previous
.all-ime low flows of: about 60
million acre-feet in :1926 and
1944. Normal Columbia run-off
at The Dalles, Oregon for the
period is about 106 million acre-
feet.

‘The U.S.. agencies noted *

that the outlook has deterior- ~

‘ated since ‘the Feb.’ 1. snow

‘survey. report which. confirmed

“Get. out ‘of uranium
stocks,” advises the Investment
Reporter, a Canadian Business
Service publication.

Ina front page story dated
Feb. 18, the ‘Reporter’ notes
that there’ was a boom in
uranium shares in the second
half of the 1950s and: ‘again in
the late 1960s.° A third boom
began early in the current
decade “and .may now ‘ be
drawing to a close, if things go,
‘as we expect.”

The story points out that
the Canadian: uranium ex-
tracting’ industry. is running

into.‘ more: and more inter.
“férence~ ‘from*

might because those who regu-
late nuclear’ power are more
concerned than they used to be
about danger to the environ-
ment,” the story says.

“We have had doubts for
‘some time about long term
investment in'the industry but
we ‘felt that shares’ of com-
panies in it would do well, so
long as the ongoing bull market
lasted. But the shift from’ a
sellers’ to.a buyers’ market in
uranium is becoming’ apparent

‘and may. soon show up in the

prices -of uranium company
shares,” the story sald.

whose intentions, ‘good as they,
may be, do’not providé much

for shareholders to cheer about, |

“Elsewhere, uranium use
is not Browing as fast'as it

hares
Mines Ltd, Rio ‘Algom Mines
Ltd.,, Roman Corp.» Ltd., : an
Preston. Mines Ltd., to sell ra
profits.

Re-Apply for seoplensean

Health and Welfare ‘Mini-
ster Marc, Lalonde last week
reminded the’ more than: one
million-Old Age Security pen-

sioners, ‘who: receive Guaran-*

teed Income Supplement bene-
fits, of the March 31.renewal
deadline. If. pensioners fail to
re-apply by then, their benefits
maybe interrupted... :
Application for the federal
government's: Guaranteed In-
come Supplement, paid to pen-
sioners ‘with - limited . incomes,
must be made each year.
The. Department | of. -Na-

‘tional Health and Welfare :sent

‘application kits (containing in-
formation booklets and: ap-
plication forms) to all supple-
ment recipients in late Decem-
ber’ or early’ January. .Two
reminders. will also” be: sent
before the March $1 deadline.

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Sons of Norway Sponsor.
Family Outdoors Club.

The. formation of. a club
with interest in ski-touring and
hiking took place last Wednes-

-day at the meeting sponsored

by Nordic Lodge No. 76, Sons of
Norway. ‘This was-the third
such meeting aimed at pro-
moting cross-country skiing
and an. appreciation of the
winter outdoors.

Previous. ;meetings have
featured films, speakers and
general discussions of aims,

Nordic Lodge has also
Sponsored free ski lessons at
Nancy Greene Lake each Sun-
day. since early’ January, fol-
lowed. by. ski-touring expedi-
tions,

Although the basic ob-
jective of: the newly-formed
club is ski-touring, it will also
promote other snow activities,

‘as: well-as. summer outdoor

activity. The-.members . also i

expressed the desire to attempt
to encourage family outings and
to attract young people.

meaningful business needs to
be undertaken. The secretary-
treasurer will seek some films
for the next meeting,

Mr. Reinsbakken gave a
brief report on his examination
of the Grassie Mountain site as
a potential ski area, stating that

@ proper survey. will-have to:

wait until the snow melts.
_ Negotiations with the Forestry
” Service have reached the point

that a meeting of all recrea-

tional groups with the Forestry
Service had been called for
—s

Mr. ReinsBakken , still
hopes that the club, under a
Special Use Permit, will be able
to pick a site for building a
shelter which will be near the
new highway and will permit a
good range and terrain for ski
touring trails.

The meeting ¢losed with . oh

the signing-up of 35 members,
Secretary-treasurer Olaf Krin-
ghaug. advised that he was
confident “membership would .
increase rapidly because of the
wide interest that had been -
expressed in recent months. ’

Although sp d by
Nordic Lodge, it was clearly
established that any person of
any age is welcome to join as a
full member...

Another item of business
at the meeting was the election*
of officers, with the following
results: president Ivar Reins-
bakken of Castlegar, vice-
president Marian Hutchinson of
Castlegar, ‘secretary-treasurer
Olaf Kringhaug of Trail, and
directors Dean Houghton, Rune
Skretting, Olaf Gundersen and
Tom. Willson, all of Castlegar.

The matter of a‘club name
was deferred to the next meot-
_ ing, ‘with. the hope that mem-

| Everyday goodness.

bera will give the matter some: J...

thought “and ‘/come sup: with

nahies" which ° will:

express’ the club's aims and 4

+) activities.

There was some discussion
of an appropriate fee structure.
Because no substantial expendi-
- tures ‘could -be ‘anticipated in
the near. future,” the annual
dues were set at $1:per person
with; a° maximum “of: $2. per
family. 3

‘The new executive board
was also: given some instruc-
tions by the meeting. Firstly,
they are to examine. constitu-
tions from other similar clubs
and bring in a draft at some
future meeting. Secondly,. the

continue
to. receive, their... supplement:
regularly, the department will
operate 76 satellite offices in
small towns across the country ..
between-now and March 31.
The dates, hours of operation
and’ locations’ of ‘these offices
will-be announced locally.

rs were advised to take
on specific. functions. such ‘as
trails, cabins, youth,-ete. They
were also empowered to recom-
mend further directors, should
the ‘need arise.

Lastly,‘ the board was in-

structed to call meetings, when’

1» deemed necessary, but only if”

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January as the fifth
month of record or near-record:

* drought* in the U.S. ‘Pacific

northwest...
Recently: ihe-U.S. Army. -
Corps of Engineers undertock

-to-draw down the reservoirs
‘behind its Libby and Dworshak

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about. 10. feet’ below: originally
planned ‘levels, to :enable’

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