PART OF THE LARGE CROWD attending the dedication, ceremony at the Arrow dam Monday can be seen in this picture showing the special guests seating area and beyond. The planning of the security system for the event is one which would have made a World War I or I. commander. the drool with envy. Huge plans were RCMP, department of highways and others which showed the location of every policeman, highways department em-' ployee and Hydro personnel. As well, there was a Celgar tug and RCMP launch located above the dam and a tug and launch on the downstream side, all radio equipped. Several radio frequencies were in use and authorized personnel toured the damsite area in constant touch through walkie- | [Hydro Warns Boaters About Sliding Banks ™ Bi .C. Hydro is posting ' signs to warn boaters and the public generally of sliding banks and resulting waves in the Arrow reservoir now that ‘the water is rising. The signs will be located ‘at the downstream entrance to the Arrow dam navigation lock, at the Arrow Boat Club, tdgewood, ferry Fauquier. and Needles, ferry ramps at Arrow Park, West Gastleaird Plaza |. Team Continues Winning Streak With 8-6 Victory The Castleaird Plaza team continued its winning streak with an 84 victory over the Salmo ladies in Salmo last Thursday. Donna Lancaster hit a triple and a single and Verna Weatherhead hit home run to pace the win- ners. Chris Evin was the win- ning pitcher again to give a B | four-win, one-loss record. talkies with a zene SOUIMUMICAONS headquarters locat- ed in the dam's control tower. At one point in the after- noon's svents a Hydro employee in the lock tower stepped out of his booth and immediately this action was reported to the control centre who quickly confirmed the man’s right to be where he was. Celgar had men patrolling the road on the Castlegar side of the river and the B.C. Forest Service had a four-wheel vehicle continually on the move as well as a water pumper available in the event of fire. There were also several ambulances at the site and they saw use sev- eral times during the day as the soaring temperatures af-. gar News Photo fected a number of people, particularly oldsters. — Castle- 3 Cadets to Attend Special Courses = The Air Cadet League of Canada has announced the names of three local cadets who will attend special cours- FI/Sgt. Veli-Jussi_ Tukki- maki has been selected for: This course is rated Cadet age. Air | education, Every summer, 240 selec- the senior leaders bai ted cadets representing all the provinces report for seven league as possibly aie Yinest weeks of concentrated train- training medium ever devel-|ing designed to broaden their oped for young men of Particularly with respect to Air Cadet matters, to qualify them as drill in- and to prepare them Hushpuppies A SELECTION FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY We also have a stock of COOL SUMMER SANDALS addocks “SHOES THAT MAKE AN IMPRESSION“ for future positions of leader- ship both within the Air Cad- et movement and out of it. A competitive sport sche- dule supplements the academ- te program and the cadets falso enjoy weekend visits to historical and industri points of interest. A training bonus is provided for.Cadets who graduate from the seven weeks course. This year the course will be held at College Militaire Royal de St. Jean, St.Jean, Que. FI/Sgt. Jim Nemrava has been selected to receive a flying training scholarship.| The summer course is nori ally of five weeks duration and covers 35 hours of. fly- ing and up to 60 hours of ground school tuition. The cadets must pass department Cameo Beauty Shop Break-In Nighi June 6-7 A break-in of the Cameo Beauty Salon sometime dur- ing the night of June 6-7 is under investigation by RCMP. of transport written and fly- ing tests at the end of ihe course and those who pass are awarded a private pitot’s license and the Cadet flying badge. Sgt. Robert Fullerton has been selected to attend ,a physical training and recrea- tion course. Fifty Air Cadets selected from all provinces Participate “each summer in the course. Successful grad- uates are qualified to super- vise and instruct in. physical training and recreational ac- tivities in their home squad- rons and at summer camps. ‘All cadets receive a train- ing bonus on completion of the six-week course. Castlegar Juniors Lose Both Games Of a Doubleheader The Castlegar Juniors lost both games of a double- header played against Grand Forks Sunday at Kinnaird They lost the first game 10-0 and the second one 5-4. Dennis Champers tovk the loss for the first game. He. struck. out 4 batters and walked two. He was relieved in the fifth by Gene Shutek who fanned five and walked one. Grand Forks had a total of 12 ‘hits. Police say $55 was taken from a desk: drawer. Entry was gained by opening a \dow. The incident was report-| ed at 9.30 a.m. Saturday by’ owner Mrs. Pearl Melnik. Brian the win- ning pitcher, struck out eight men and allowed four hits. Valter Popoff. of Castle- a gar and Harry. Strukoff of| Grand Forks were each cre- dited with a two-bagger. Larry Popoff, the losing pitcher in the second game A struck out four batters and walked three, Gene Shutek relieved him in the fourth inning and fanned eight bat- ters, and allowed one. walk. |E On Monday the Plaza team travelled to Nelson to play the Nelson Queens. The team Yecorded 29 hits to romp to a 37-7 victory. Mary Kanigan ‘and Pat Simpson each hit a homer, and Verna Weather- head hit two homers. Dot Martini and Cheryl Maglio Bie through with two dou- lary Kanigan, the win- ning hor held the losers ‘o four hits until the bottom gt the 7th inning. The Slocan-Thrums team holds down first place, Cast- leaird Plaza secozd and Sal- mo has d. The home town team els to Rossland for a game next Tuesday. Tramps at i Demars, Nakusp, ferry ramps at Galena and Pe helter Bays, and at Revelstoke. This is a temporary con- dition as much: of the total slippage expected will occur the first few years follow-| ing the flooding of the reser-' voir, says the Authority. Greatest danger is expect- ed in the narrows between the lakes. Here more than 30 miles of high silt banks will become unstable, and the public is warned to avoid this area which centres around Experience on the Lake Roosevelt reservoir the south, where similar soil con- ditions exist, has shown clearly’ that sloughing and shore line cave-ins can be ex- pected. “We don’t want to alarm ihe public unduly,” explain- 1d B.C. Hydro reservoirs en- Sinaor J.-W. Milligan. “But we must do everything pos- sible to alert people to a very real danger that exists until reservoir banks become sta- bilized.” Robson Girl Guides Enjoy Final Outing The 2nd Robson Girl Guides held their windup for the season on Saturday. Sev- eral of the parents, along with Guide lieutenant’ Mrs. W. Jenkins. motored to Har- rop for the day. It was a beautiful day and the 27 parents and girls enjoyed it and had a wonder- ful time. Horseback riding was the order of the day. A box lunch was enjoyed and the guides expressed their sincere thanks tothe parents who had provided the trans- portation for them. i NOTICE PLUMBING & HEATING ‘SERVICE CALL SMITH’S PLUMBING AND HEATING LTp. 365-7531 SMITH’ “Come As You Are” to the informal Coffee Party held by the Robson Wo- men's’ Association on Wednesday, June 18th, from 1030. am. to 12 noon at the home of Mrs. J. Raine. There will be a Bake Table and Novelties for sale, PLUMBING & HEATING LTD. 61 CRESCENT ST. — PHONE 365-7531 — CASTLEGAR Licensed Gas Fitters —Plumbers — Sheet Metal Souvenier Copies of Castlegar News Extra souvenier copies of this week’s edition of the Castlegar News, along with a limited number of last week's paper, are available at the Castlegar News office at 10c per copy. Sorry, no mail or telephone orders ac- cepted. Papers must be picked up in person at our office. Father’s Day SUNDAY JUNE 15 ARROW. MAKES THE ‘COLOR THAT MAKES IT BIG FOR DAD Perfect freedom in'a sports shirt, dress shirt, pyjamas — Arrow hag them all in the largest selection of styles you've ever seen. TERECOTA PERMA IRON Stays fresh all day — short and long sleeves 6.00 - 7.00 - 8.00 COTTON & POLYESTER :- T-SHIRTS button down and V-neck Priced at only : TIES — SOCKS — HANDKERCHIEFS SPRINTER UNDER SHORTS Black & Decker Power Tools Fishing Rods, Reels & Tackle SECOND SECTION: AST Published Every Thursday at The Cees of the Kootenays” SECTION VOL. 22, No..24 10 CENTS PER COPY ‘No Passing Grade For Celgar Pollution’. If marks were handed out to pulp mills for pro- ficiency in. pollution mat- ters, the Celgar’ pulp div- ision here “would hardly rate ao passing grade: and indeed could (by compari- _ son with ‘the. Skookum- chuck mill) be classed as dropouts or worse.” This Is the “opinion of Ald. George Cady of War- field, chairman of the As- sociation of Kootenay and Boundary Municipalities pollution committee, ex- pressed In his report to the AKBM's spring meeting on May 31 at Trail. Mr, Cady sald his com: ° mittee visited the Skoo-— kumchuck: mill on an in- spection and it “made us wonder why one pulp mill could cperate in so com- pletely different a manner than the same kind of mill in another area.” He continued: no doubt. in our minds that CASTLEGAR, BRITISH i COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1969 “There is ; the local pulp mill operat-|E ors could spend some time! to good advantage by tour-| ing the mill in the East Kootenay. “if we were able to give out marks for proficiency,| the. Skookumehuck mill would rate fair to good in some matters and excellent: in others. Celgar, | am afraid, would hardly rate|' a passing grade and indeed] 3 could, by comparison, bel classed as dropouts. or Mr, Cady did not go Into} detall. about Skookum-| chuck’s operations but did report that all of the: state. made by a pany oitictel to ARBs. Crary brook meeting “have been made fact.”: fi He was assisted in the ‘pleasant task by J. C. Vipond of: Trail, governor of Rotary International District. No. 508, while Mayor Carl Loeblich of. Kinnaird and Mayor Mur- ray Little of Castlegar looked on. Mr. Vipond recalled the local club, upon completing the ‘cost were in SNIP OF A RIBBON by Education: Minister Rotary Health Centre, started in 1965 to Don Brothers offically opened the new Rota plan a senior citizens villa. He ‘said first Villa for senior ‘citizens here last Sunday. The outstanding safety record achieved in the con- struction of the Duncan and Arrow dam prolecls has earn: ed men suffering permanent dis- ability or loss of life. To mark the achievement, Workmen 's Compensation Board tribute | is the British Columbia Hydro and Power # | Authority. A Canadian record, and perhaps a world record for safety in the heavy construc- tion industry, was set during construction: of the two. pro- jects when more than 10% 200, man hours were worked without -any work- Board R. 8B. ‘Sow and Duncan Safety — Is Possibly a World Record over a 2%& year period with- out being killed or maimed at the site. On the Arrow project, which began in 1965 and was in Oct- Ci a special scroll. to B.C. Hydro chairman H. L. Keenleyside during the opening ceremonies of the Arrow dam. During construction of the Duncan dam, which was completed in 1967, a work force of up to 1,200 men worked 2,250,000, man hours ober of 1968, eight million ian hours were worked without the loss of life or serious injury. The .WCB citation com- mended the B.C. Hydro and Power EAM, its contrac- tors, rs and = work- men for their “outstanding achievement.” Clu! of 1966 and here, only 2% years later, the villa was being opened. He said the local, “Rotary Club,.a small club in comparison with others, “is an inspiration to all other Rotary .” — Castlegar News Photo Vases ‘of irises and pe nies of varied colors and a matehed tab table centre piece of cor of the recent tea ‘of the B.C. Research Council Opens Now Centre Scientific Research Said to be Important to All As it Derermines a Couniry’s Standard of Life cent; B.C. government — per. cent; other income — 13 from royalities patented’ devolpments cro more than 300, business lead- ers, government . representa- tives “and members’ of th ‘P such as abreae: Britain and the: US. who the trend © continued, and|us fresh impetus has been Biven since by the. present. lunar .|tace. which began: with jaan. ching of the world’s “Sputnik” in 1957. D id social spend on ’ research, out of an- nual. gross national product. 2.5 per’cent, 3 per cent jand 6 per cent, rr. sal pressures were now. placing ° science for answers to pro- blems such as those connect- ed with pollution, communi- the present 1.5 per cent aan by Canada. He traced the present up- ‘UBC,|surge in scientific _achieve- development because’ that what largely determines their : standard of life. ment to World War ‘Two, when, he - said, - technology was mobilized as part‘ of’ the war effort. He said following the war, cal and ur- ban development sibility for keep-|ii the needs ‘Olficially opening the new centre, which has a floorspace talling: 14 some exploring site low-cost. housing, a field = bat need research.” He -listed possible solution. Mr. Bennett reviewed some of the history of the B.C. Research Council from in|army e B% partly itty government, * to ensure that there were re- search: facilities. and. partly with the scientists, who. had to.do the research and de- SUMMER PLAYGROUND PROGRAMME For Pre-School! Children. — Ages 4 to 6 Years Program ee menees June 16th - 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.” Children are requested fo bring a lunch Parents must deliver and pick up children at either KINSMEN PARK in Castlegar or KINNAIRD PARK in Kinnaird Registration Fee: $1.00 per child for the season He insisted, however, that eventually business and industry had to be ready and willing to apply the know- ledge gained, in producing new processes and goods for society’s use. Bri Trussell sald: he fore- stay yto-its-move to-a. special builsi will h ing’ in’ 19! Tesearch and facilities for clients in indus- try.and government needing | to technical in a wide for’ her’ many He paid tribute’ to: Dr. Gordon. M. Shrum, sorner: per cent. Returns on amounted to around 5 per ce t. erephtcally, of revenue e aetived from the f fa prefabricated housing as-a el Castle, Rangers, Guides and Brownies which was held in the Castlegar United Church hall. s Mrs. J. Blydo, president of the Parent Group, welcom- ed the guests. Presiding at the urns during the selves had a table of home- made candy and the proceeds will used in their own company. It was attended to by Pam Corbett and Yasmin Volovsek, Guides and athe serving tea were Chris M: Kathy Fields, Lucy Lebesotf, Margaret Bableh, Mary An- Plaque is Presented to Girl Guides For Campfire Singing Competition 0-| Cormier.. The Guides them- derson and Susan Shmoork- off. Winner of the door prize. wern Guiders Mrs. M.-A. Liv- ingstone, Mrs. H. Sheridan, 25 | Mrs. Opal Dalton and District 25) commissioner Mrs. J. H. Rob- erts. Presentations were made on behalf of the Catholic Women’s League by Mrs. M. Gallo who presented a music oY award plaque to Mrs. Roberts. This plaque will be an an- d| nual award at the Girl Guide campfire singing competi- ns This year’s competition ‘lis to be held the latter part 7 September jane name of e winning pany will Hlecea on eine Plaque each rear, + On behalf of the Parent |Group;"Mrs: Blydo presented a Guide: silver coffee’ spoon ‘Mrs. M.) Gall with deep director of B.C. among. platiorny guests at the opening, for his many con- tributions to B.C.’s develop- ment. ish Ce range of fields. ant in » applied Council is applied DP ‘B.C. Research offers. re- technical services biology, applied hysics, years of service. : At’ the home _ baking table, Mrs. Terty McMullen was assisted by Mrs. D. Wat- ers. The kitchen convenor d|was. Mrs. Gallo, assisted by most clearly show evidence of the environment. CONTEST, Box 1041, later than June:27, 1969. Pictures ‘and must be 3” x 5” or Pictures and be labelled as to date and Enter as often as you Mrs. A. Allis and Mrs. T. POLLUTION CONTROL ASSOCIATION ‘PHOTO CONTEST PRIZES: Ist-$25 2nd-$15 3rd-$16 Frees to fae avearded te fhove RULES: Entries must be submitted ta PHOTO 041, Castlegar, and be postmarked mo may be either black and white ar ealsur or larger. must be taken in the West oy ore location. All photos become the property of the WEP.CA perl sponge wtp wish. 22 society ‘which ‘draws its mem- bershi from oe cant field, business an . the opening needed in the 70's and be- yond. But it was . expensive work, he warned, and like B.C. Research, there would have to be ili ceremonies, the annual meet- chaired by the Hon. lied by tie rovinelal gov- E ‘f ie eee every step, and every vro-ler ject would have to be.aimed at some definite end BC. natsearch deel that “heome from sponsored research’ during 1968 amounted ‘to $952.68 eee earned the year’s operating ee tm of $320,000 from the B.C. gov- ernment. It was noted that a por- tion of the government grant each year on “in i many the starting point for new techniques and‘ processes lat- er put to use cand financed We prove the h: to make Cars them worry-free Golf Equipment Camping Coolers, Jugs, Stoves Etc. Rifles at Low, Low Prices YES — WEST’S HAS A WONDERFUL SELECTION OF GIFTS FOR DAD!!! Dennis Chambers took over in the seventh and struck|¢ out two batters. Castlegar was cre dited with six hits. and Grand Forks with five hits. Jack Goddard of Grand jf Forks got the only. home run of the game, while John Horcoff was credited with a three-bagger and Larry Cher- noff with a two-bagger. The. Castlegar Club trav- $ Sunday for|§ Sources B.C. Reséarch last bles were ; — er Sarath {ESSEOEER vee AOTEEES Test drive Datsun 1600 soon. 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