PEN-AND-INK SKETCHES by a ‘a well-known B.C, artist Michael National Exhibition Centre here. The sketches have boen donated by the artist to the B.C. Provincial Museum as a pilet project to see if the sale of such works of art canbe a Duncan are available at the successfal for all muscums in the province. The director of the National Exhibition fund-raising * Contre, Dwane Harder, displays one of the sketches, that of the gill netter “Georgia.” The —Castlogur News Photo by Burt Campbell ‘Lead Exposure i in Trail Does Not Pose Significant Health Hazard % Health and Welfare Can- : ada has announced that ex- 3 posure to lead in the Trafl area ~ does not pose “a significant <, health hazard,” according to + Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco, Mr. Brisco disclosed last week that he received the” 4, Information in a letter from Dr. A.B. Morrison, assistant deputy minister of the: de- partment’a health protection > branch. Ai o workers of America ‘and Cominco. ‘In his letter to Mr. Brisco, Dr. Morrison said analysis of all blood specimens for lead have been completed, _including 57 taken. in jecting to this selective hair analysis, He said that original- ly, hair analysis was to be done ' on all survey participants. “While I can understand the need for fiscal restraint, I that reducing the repeat June, 1976. “The results indicate that presently there is no evidence ofa sgaificant he health hazard in the area,” “ovever, a exclude the He said Dr. conclusions were based ‘on the ‘trace element study of blood and hair samples in Trail and Nelson conducted jointly by the University of Ottawa, Health - and. Welfare and the West Kootenay sad elite, units of an high exposure to lead over an extended period of time, we will measure lead concentra- tions ‘in selected hair -spec- imens. When that is finished, we can evaluate the need for sacitionet ae studies. We expect to 4 the B.C. Healt “In general, I think this letter is very good news for the community,” Mr. Brisco said. “It probably will be greeted with a general sigh of relief.” The survey and analytical work, conducted over the past | two years, was based on a com- parison of residents of Trail and Nelson. Approximately 1,500" people—including 100 smelter workers and their families—at Trail and Nelson participated. ‘Nelson statistics were used asa “control” for comparison pur- poses. The: study was endorsed by “Local. 480. of the United Steel- by January, 1977." Mr. Brisco sald he has sent a letter to Dr. Morrison ‘ob- “the Drag Race By Richerd Percival There once was a drag race Between the shags and the snags + | Between the ne of them, they were a But one aay they had to face each of ‘The shags pe, all reved up But the snags were all squared up So the shags won that race. number of hair samples might affect the study's credibility with the scientific community,” he said. “But if Dr. Morrison can assure me that this slightly abbreviated study will with- stand close scrutiny—without any dispute—then I'm prepared to go along with be Mr. Brisco explained that originally, the hair samples were to be analyzed for both lead and other trace elements. “Tm certain. and Welfare’s ‘reasoning is that since the blood analysis was acceptable, only a few hundred hair analyses need ‘be done. If these selected hair analyses don’t conform to the blood test results, then additional tests would be carried out.” Blood samples were taken in October, 1974, four months after the smelter shut down during a strike, and then at one-, two- and four-month in- tervals after the smelter re- sumed operation. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the changes in absorption of lead and how it related to work exposure and .exposure.to air pollution. How About that Second Chance? Now that the Games are over, and all the tears “have been shed, It’s time to look ahead to the 1980 Olympics, What the International Olympic Committee needs like a hole in the head is new ideas, but I'll give them one anyway. It's simple: give every’ a second chance, I'msure people like Debby Brill and Bruce Simpson and Puppies Are Known to Be Authorities ° ‘There must, ofcourse, bea climax to this fascinating: narrative, And there is, Next morning I was moping about, feeling as though I'd juat learned my mother was a prostitute and my father a quack abortlonist, ‘ A voice: “Smiley, get your: gear ont” Another Instruc- tor, widely known as a Mean - We took off. I hate tobrag, but with the careless abandon of a man who knows. On Friendship “Why buy a book ‘on making friends?” he asked his wife. He continued: “The top authorities on the subject can’t even read, They're puppies!” When you have such “ex. perts” to place in loving homes, you should be thankful that dog lovers not only read, but Sugar and Spice Yankovich ski will agree with me. Most of us get a seco! chance in life, whether is + falling down on the job, im- paired © driving, or being married, ‘Why not the Olympic athletes? - Igot a second chance once upon a time, and I was ec- statically grateful for it. It was 2 lamg'time ago, and the ~ Qlympics had been cancelled for The Duration, but there were some pretty serious games in progress, just the same. It ‘is one of the great ironies, and my | students simply can't understand it when I try to explain, but yours trply, and a lot of others, ‘were involved in a bitter competition. We were trying to become fighter pilots, so we could be killed. Isn't that silly? But it was so. No Olympic athlete ‘suffered any more tension be something more than a the pal- minor .nuisance. My in- pitations of Olympic contest. structor would shout at me to. ants as we edged closer and do a steep‘turn to the left. I closer to that triumph of would guess at the muffled sado-masochism, the Wings instructions and do a loop. Test, He would yell at me to do a Thisconsisted of about one loop, and I'd doa sloppy slow hour of psychological torture roll. in which the atudent few the aireraft through a number of uncomfortable and alarming exercises while an ‘instruc- tor, sitting in the front seat, snarled imprecations. Came my big day, Every- thing was great. I was shaking like a wino, It wasn't quite snowing, but it wasn't quite not snowing. And the intercom wasn't working. Normally, this isn't a big deal. The intercom was just a little sort of telephone into he is off to the galleys anyway, I flang that aircraft around the sky in a dream Wings Test. -' Two days later, I not only had my wings, but had suddenly become an Officer and a Gentleman, So, Everyone deserves a Second Chance. And that is my contribution tothe XXJst Olyespics, Tl let the com- mittee figure out the details, FIT-RITE | Eremenko’s ‘sc ‘QUALITY SHOES for. the family ” for Dress — Casual and Werk j respond to messages in the Classified Ads, Y If you've loat a pet, adver- tise that fact in the Lost column. Ifyou want one, then check the Giveaway column, perhaps someone has a kitten or dog they, want to give away. Rememhez;: Castlegar News Want Ads usually get results, Try one soon. Alter half an hour of this blind man's bluff, he’ indi- eated with a ferocious gesture of his thumb that he was taking over and we were going to land. We did. He climbed out, speechless, I climbed out with my tail well between my legs. He just looked at me, and shook his head. I just looked at him, and wagged my We both knew that 1 Twas Washed Out. He walked away. I looked ‘around for which the instructor shouted some immediate means of obscenities and the student - committingsuicide. The only: ground his teeth, thing I’ could see was a But ona Wings Test, itcan whirling propeller and that was a bit too messy, Our Footwear Will Meet the Need ~ __of Any Type Work or Any Occasion aie anxiety, or. we did when it came to the big day, the final event, our swings test. Long before that, of ‘course, were the elimina- tons. First one was the physical examination. It was tough. Many a youth with dreams of dicing through the clouds in a dogfight was shot down in the M.0.s office be- cause he had flat feet or was color blind. Next came the; preliminary heats, These were known as. Elementary Flying Trainin, Ifyoucame through about 4 hours of flying without being Ey ae sick, without bouncing more than 40 feet on landings, and without runninginto another aircraft and killing yourself, you made the semi-finals, We lived in constant fear. Oh, not of killing ourselves. Nobody was concerned in the least’ about that. The dread ‘Phrase was “washed out.” “ ‘That meant that you weren't going to be that dashing figure — a fighter pilot — but that you were going to be retrained as a mere tiavi- gator, wireless op or tail “gunner. ~ Ifyou survived the heats, off you went to finishing / _school, known as Advanced Flying. This was like making the Olympic team, but knowing you'd’ probably finish in 31st place. T'was sent, with a lot of other young idiots dying to -bekilled, to Camp Borden. It Swas quite an august group, inudng ‘one Jake Gaudaur,. the large, jovial gentleman who is now the commissar of the Canadi Football 200 Narrow or Wide Reg. 11.65 -specaL *1.09 LEATHERETTE EXERCISE BOOKS Reg. ‘25¢ : ° SPECIAL. ........ 10/$2,00 Reg. 39° SPECIAL .... INTERLINED EXERCISE BOOKS 9/59 | © REEVES TEMPO DISC: PAINTS 12's “Reg, $2.89 SPECIAL ssessscsoncses *20 VY All School Lists. Available For Reference For. sinus headache | League. Hi, Jake. \- Despite the augustness of _the group, we trained in mid- winter. We flew in snow, we landed on snow, we crash- landed into snow, and oc- casionally an intrepid stud- ent, usually an Australian, proved once again that an aircraft falling 6,000 feet will not penetrate the ice of was Napoleon's retreat from sCOW. And all the time, leering over our shoulders, was the ugly face of that thing called jut. It seems incredible, look- ing back, that we were in such thrror of that creature. Ifall the young fellows in the world had managed to have - themselves washed out, there wouldn't have been anyonetofly and kill and die, ‘Escaping Fumes Are Blamed “TA doctor was baffled by the case of a long-distance truck driver who suffered stomach . sickness every day but ‘Sun- days. 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FREEZERS . ae $399.00 GUNS & AMMUNITION at Special Prices ‘AIR TRAVEL COATS & JACKETS ; Tweeds, Camel, Checks _ New Clothes _ arriving daily Legislative Library, - Parkfament Bldgs., 501 B Victoria, B. C. V8V 1x4 Published Every Thursday Moming at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”” VOL, 29, No. 96 LE CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1976 SERVING Castlegar - Kinnalrd Robson - Geneile Blueberry Creek Shoreacres - Thrums Slocan Valley and City New Denver - Silverton 22 CENTS PER COPY stlegar is to Have a a ‘Candidate In the Contest for Miss Canada Will, Castlegar’ have the. next Miss Canada?’ This could well be for the city is in the running thanks to” Miss Donna Townsend, who is: gehlle -ropresenting the | lty. Saturday at’Creston, won the title Miss Interior B.C., giving her the right to advance to the Neighbors Band to Stop . Vandalism Vandalism continues in © Pass Creek area and the res- , idents are fed up. Miss Canada pageant to be held in Toronto this November. Eighteen-year-old Miss Townsend was chosen from among 32.3 st! er lovely young ladies and was | crowned by the reigning Miss Interfor Karen Wienberg Gréenwood © of Kelowna. Firat runner-up was Shelly Jobe of Creston with Betty Soleskie of Prince George as second runner-up. The contestants were judged oa short talk given at a luncheon, at private inter- views with the Judges where asked and on their appearance in evening gowns. Miss townsend was ac- companied by Mrs, Walter. Holuboff of the Castlegar _ Queen Committee. Other events for the gitls included a motorcade through were ton, a visit to the wildlife centre and a bar- becue supper. Miss Townsend entered Saturday's contest after be- coming eligible in June’ when she was uared"second princess in the Miss Castlegar pageant. Castlegar will be -host' to the 1977 Miss Interior of B.C. Pageant. Ata esting on Wednes- } day of last week in Pass Creek | Hall, residents expressed con- | cern over. the; rash of van- +,, dalism, and petty thievery that ‘has - occurred the © valley lately. Homes have been broken = into,’ gardens raided,’ gasoline has been stolen'and strangers ° have been: seen: prowling a round at night. <. Todate the potice have not ; been able to apprehend anyone. Pes: SAWDUST. LADEN DEN hghry resulted wore morning 1 when a R. Haas of Robson say they “will be more Chee and alert in the future. § ‘They have asked that any- sone noticing ‘strange cars to make note of. the Heence Sum: bers. ‘Losses or} amtarbaces, i “however minor, “ported and nelgtbors- have’ agreed to cooperate with each other and: respond to help ‘when. summon: “Maintenance er sews ties rai oner f Courtney. Courtney. It took two wreckers to upright the tractor and its ‘SOefoot bed. Police said the lett roar set of tires were reported to Lave locked sad (he tralies skidded cessing (he rig (o,f te lead ‘ and skid across the highway. Damage has been estimated at bpp et erly ater ost enact en fo —Castlegar. News Photo by Lots Heghoe $1,740 Locally Grant for Arts. Council Castlegar and District Community ‘Arts Council has been allotted $1,740. This was made known: when’ Provincial Secretary Grace McCarthy an- nounced ' final’ payments of. grants from the British Colum: 2 bia Cultural for the period en ‘ing Se ‘Total arts grants increased ‘ substantially by almost’ $600,- 000 over the previous year, due to the infusion of funds from the Te than: $2.4 million dispensed from'the fund: ‘ in support of arts programs this year. included fully Won the Mise Interior grants. to performing ‘arts organizations,” yisual arts “in. stitutions and groups, com: munity arts councils, literary. publications and scholarships for. talented - young provincial. students, ; In the southeast Segion of th Slocan, Holds Labor. Day Celebration on Weekend Se Slocan's annual Labor. Day celebration, sponsored by. the Slocan ‘Recreation Club. gets underway Saturday with a dance in’ the Silvery: Slocan Hall. Local favorites, The Play-, mates, will provide. music in what: will be their last local engagement as they have moved away from the area. tr, “There is to be a breakfast Sunday morning-as. well as senior fastball, Late afternoon a. barbecue supper will be avail- able on the grounds. 2 Monday's program starts with more senior fastball with: the Castlegar Savings Credit Union serving a free pancake breakfast. Monday is also the day ‘for the parade and the children’s races. Other activities include a Little League ball game and a bingo with a $100 prize. “There is'to be concession... booths, games of chance and sem available every. Gala Dance at Official Opening Aids New Centre ‘A grand opening dance is bid in’ conjunction with the {official opening. of the Castlegar and ‘District Arena and. Community Centre: on Sept: Me, + This was announced this week by Jim Cromwell, presi: dent: of the Castlegar Kiwanis Club, sponsors of the event. - ‘Charlie Cohoe, chairman of the club's special committee in charge of the dance, said games of chance will be'a feature of the dance while music will be by “By the al “ from, the dance will go towards furnishings for ¢ ‘the, new facility. » New Charges Have Been Set By Post Office For the first time, the post office is charging for two ser, vices previously made available without charge. A $1 charge is being made for redirecting mail at’ the re- quest ofa customer. The charge ~ will cover a period of three months and each renewal of the service will cost an additional $1. This became effective Sept. 1. A $1-a-month charge will also be made for holding mail at a post office at the Feauest ofa “customer. ‘These mainly will affect persons or organizations chang- ing address or going on holi- days for limited periods. The payment for: the change of address is made by fixing stamps to the value of $1 to special forms customers then mai] to the post office con- cerned. ‘There- still “will be no charge made against personal * change-of-address cards mailed from one individual to another. Lb nings into a future lottery. Ei- ther that or buying a lot of beer... If the last five: digits of your ticket match any big winning number, you get $5,000. If the last four digits match, the prize is $500, and if the last three match any win- ner, the prize is $100. -Altbougit 8 Bamber of 9100 winners in our reported, they have not been ed. cor °°" Winning ticket numbers are carried in a news story elsewhere in this paper. were nee to: Columbia Valley Arts Council, “$1,115; | Cran- brook and District Arts Coun- cil, $2,300; Creston Community . Arts Council, $1,880; Fernie and District Arts Council, $2,000; and the Golden Com- munity Arts Council, $1,685. Grants were also awarded to: Kimberley “Arts Council, $2,055; Kootenay Chamber Or- chestra, $2,600; Kootenay- Columbia’ Arts «Council (Nel- son), $2,940; and Trail and Dis- Arts Council, Murray Little Starts ' community; will contain some ype items; and from *. time to time will record a little history and report on some interviews with interesting o- cal people. y: In’ announcing the intro- duction of the column, Castle- : i”. gar News publisher Burt Camp- bell said are crossing highways on their way to and from school. But parents as well as motorists have a respons- ibility in this regard. For their part parents oh Sonid inelet thele $4.00, Ta alin, echolarahips valued at $695 were awarded. peda sad chee come have built, well. A Little This and a Little That Walk Down Columbia Ave. & Look at What You See Jean, and we particularly like your striking grassed driveway! i Next remarkable thing is, of course, the Forestry Estate. I'call it that «- because. really it seems more than enough for our modest requirements in these days ofl land shortages. But it is nicely kept and eye-resting, as are the school board’ and the police properties. The Old Rink, the subject of lasting controversy, isan old friend. It provided a much wanted need in our town; has fantastic memoties for anyone involved irfits erection, and to me it “fits right in” with its still good paint job. _ Across the-street we sée’ good and shad about the. way commercial rou fe By ‘Marray Li { Dus laa bas Gocie's Mane onirie he lank 20 soars Of course it's not - perfect, but, mainly our city fathers with’a big assist from John.Q. Taxpayer One of the nicer things in the town is.the new Columbia Ave. from Mitchell's to the Hi Arrow Arms, Come with: meas I hoof it. ‘You notice the pleasant sweep of a broad street neatly controlled | by the curb and gutter. A few holes in the’pavement starting to show, and more of that later, but in the main a nice vista for the lucky motorist, and in my opinion enhanced by the long line of the railroad embankment. It was once planned to keep this bank in low grass, and some firs actually > were planted and have thrived, but mainly it is a sort of “nature in the rough” effect today. The’ Marathon people are said to be interested in selling this ‘property tothecity, or anyone else Premimably. But at $40,000 Per ‘acre it will , free rei Mr. Little “will have ign to write as he pleases, subject only to the laws of Libel and the bounds of taste.” : i This and: a Little That" is employed in CanCel's pulp division’ asa statistician. He | came to Castlegar from Revel- = stoke in 1956 to the old Waldie's_- Sawmill division’ of: the com- in- dividual with a flair for. writ- ing,” adding: “Murray's column will fill 2 void we've wanted to fil for. some time.” Mr. Little, a former alder- man, served as mayor for the four years 1989 through 1972. He isa past president of the Castlegar Kiwanis Club (and is still its treasurer}, and was active in the Castlegar and Dis- trict. Chamber’ of Commerce from 1954 to 1969. . The writer -of “A Little is tended. Could pany, to the pulp mill in 1969. Heand his wife, Jean, have =" Prince St. and accompanies Murray on- his daily walk around sections of Castlegar. Murray says he'd appre- ciate leads on what's going onin Castlegar and suggestions on” ° ‘ pesaible column topics. He can contacted evenings and weekends at 365-8081. excess merchandise behind a nice fence? Aa te parking, it is my understanding that the city encourages the use of the arena lot, so why not, People, do it! The paving will come later. ‘As we go by the curling rink we lake off our hat to ithe ambitions people’ ly stow some of that e most ardent di Water B S) Youth Crew End what's going to happen hére? * We come to the former elementary schoo! property. Everybody's ’s asking : e ‘. “works can finish the sidewalk there and maybe put up a bigger sign, who planted that lovely flower bed. We cross Spruce St. at the foot of. Hospital Hill wondering how s0 soon public “Hospital,” with its psychological impact on motorists. and cold symptoms — TRAVEL and cold symptoms. ee ALL AIRLINES = "Reservations * Accommodations We go by the Ogtow section of Columbia, and let's say it, we like the new” look -of Mike's TV, Star-West: and: particularly: Tu-Dor Sporting Goods. ‘ Super-Valu, with the current forced prosperity, will have to try harder to be tidy. We offer a constructive suggestion to them: Fix the blankety-blank side» . outlet into the alley so that more customers ‘will use'that access and help the traffic problem. - > 2 We cross the street: and admire the thie appearance of the building supply now that it has that new sidewalk next.to it, and we look at the power pole + smack in the contre of said walk: We appreciate that little else could be done here, but:“head’s up” you walkerst!s:- ‘We now pass, on our left, the “big hole,” ‘an extensive property that seems to beg for a nicely sculptured piece of architecture in place, ‘but for the time being I.like very much ‘the tall lombardy pop + And the feeling of serenity is heightened by the lovely acacias in their rich green going by Jean Jones’ very well- -kept place at 715 Columbia. Hats off, On the south side ‘of Spruce is that big empty corner once cluttered with - mobile homes. Would city hall Please tell me what, this is zoned for? It should be something 3] * Going on and up ’Sherbiko Hill one can only admire how the trailer park snugs into the embankment and how the hill itself seems so much longer and less steep, Thé long. delayed sidewalk is very much in place now with its f cunningly designed drainage system. John Public wanted it, not let’ 's see him Paper Friday Next Week » Quiet: Season. $2 The Castlegar News' will be distributed on Friday: morning : 3 5 a: next week, instead of on. Thursday. °: Forestry. water, bonberts ‘The change in publishing date is necessitated by the fact that | 5t# ie ‘e beth eg sae nes Monday is the Labor Day holiday wh F cent of our, staffare Port: left Monday also.on annual vacation at this tim And Sunday?. That's his YOUR LINK’ HARDWARE STORE . Sp oorha SRNR ATA experiencing one of the’ quiet-: est seasons on.record. The last day i in August also marked the erid of this’ year's service for the yout crew. publishing date’ ‘won't I carriers, to. make ee mat as far as we got this day. It wasa nice tour..The, vista is impressive, Let. “us give credit ‘to the men who re-built Columbia. under difficult circumstances, and may the occupants of the land bordering this costly jewel do hats possible to harmonize it, A parting querys’ When does the telephone line, so cumbersome and pathetic, go underground? note of the ¢ ¥ R The eer tion ine ‘the official opening: of the - new Castlegar ’Arenaand Cominunity Centre complex il also be ‘ reT ( distributed with next week's Castlegar News, along with a special Ph ss atlogar, 8. Ec 21 PINE STREET, CASTLEGAR supplement on-the evening -courses, being. offered this fall and ater for ey paieainal oe e = : winter by Selkirk College. ‘ t +f A; praia ea dokn Russell : 3 PHONE 365 7182 Dae: : . just quietly smiling. i ws Depa rtment Store While ‘the wet ‘ summer Tommy Bila Comer of Pine and Columbia Phone 365-7813 ° weather has plagued the vaca- Open Mon. - Thurs. 9 a.m, to.6 p.m, Fri. 9 am, to 9 p.m; Sat 9 am. to 5:30 p.m s Sunday and Holiday Itcurs: 12 noon - 1pm." 6-7 pm. j i { 3 ees SN EAP EAD Ons LIER GSD O AY EN Alt IES ey en A wes ee srisiic reinca ee ere ye PP PRISE ee ELE eee