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.

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available at the Castlegar News office at

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Sorry, no mail or telephone orders ac-
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at our office.

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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 ;
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