oe ‘in srtions co) ;
Now nse L {ts avallablo FREE at

t i he
elep one PE Kootenay Savings

RENTAL OF,
CONSTRUCTION
EQUIPMENT

The Ministry of Forests may
wish fo rent construction

eauipinent throughout British

Columbia during

fiscal year. The following

types. ot equipment may be
requis

Dump! men 4cubic metres
andor

Crawler | fractoré, SO kilo-
watts and over;

Scrapers, 6 cubic metres
and over;

Excavators and backhoes;
Front-end loaders, } cuble

iving equipmont:
, 75 kilowatts and

365-5210 > os OF qpecer eee | | RRSP | |

1016 - 4th Street, Coulsgar

Brian L.
Brown

Certified General
Accountant
270 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar
Ph. 365-2151

Mircallcneous heavy duty
construction equipment.

Rentals will normally be of an
all-found hourly rate basis.
For dump trucks, and

Office Aid
tect
Financial Statements

miscellaneous
where different rate systems
are in effect, alternate rates
should be listed,

aie Pe not o formal tender, but
equi ssted
are invited to toliss 1 thelr equip-
ment giving the following In-

Make, model, serial num-
ber, year, ‘attachments and
proposed rental rate tor
machine, business od-
dreas and telephone num-

Written submissions should be
forwarded before February
28, 1983 10:

Manager, Surveys ond

Cons!

Ensineering g Branch
Mintry of Forest

victon, "arith olombia

365- 6658.

615 Columbia Ave.

Tax
Tutoring
Data Processing

COMPETITIVERATES ., °
PH, LUELLA AT

Soligo, Koide ©
& John
Chartered Accountants.

+ (Upstairs)
Castlegar |
Phone 365-7745

x Ch

* Estates.
w Household: crore liquidation x ‘On giteat Our Avciion Yard 4

on New Program ‘wlll be Weekly Sales Every Saturday.
- Starting at 12 noon and Commencing Nov. 6, 1982: Floor Sales — 7 Daysa Week.

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HIGHLAND

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SPAGHETTI. ROUSE

‘Specializing in Halian cuisine.

'For.Reservations

- Phone 364-1816:

‘1476, Cedar Avenue.
‘Trail, B.C.

COLEMAN COUNTRY :

“BOY. SERVICE
‘ mp & Septic Tank

Pumping ©:

Phone 365-5013.

34002 ath Ave ue.
- Castlegar. +

Contact Orville Kramer orJames Donovan at 357;2058. Box 609, Salmo,

MITCHELL AUTO PARTS
APA )—

For All Your Auto Needs
1402 Cofumbla Ave.

365-7248

SPRAVTER CEILINGS
RENOVATIONS

> Most C

Henry John, B.Sc., C.A.°
Resident Partner

SEALED TENDERS will be

accived by Selkirk College of
Costlegar, B.C. fora stipulate lated
sum contract including all trades
for the following project:

Additions & alterations to
Patenaude Hall, David Thom-
.Pson University cenire: Nelson,
British Columbia

The project consisis of a 490
Square meter, 3 storey steo!
med concrate and masonry
tending: addition to house
clossrooms and studios served
Y hydraulic elevator. In ad-
ition,

MOROSO,
MARKIN &
BLAIN

Certified General
Accountants

‘241 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar

Ph. 365-7287

CASTLE TIRE

are required within the existing
building. Alternate prices wi

ested for the ad-
dition of a covered sculpture
storage area.

(1977) Ltd.

SALES & SERVICE
ALL BIAS TIRES.
INSTOCK .
NOW REDUCED
BUY 1 — GET 2nd
MATCHING TIRE |
AT % PRICE”

siesta nan: .
Hete

> Tean
Service SP.

365-7145 |

1050 Columbia Avenue’ :

Plans & including
forms of tender and instructions:
* to bidders will be available from
Toby Russell Buckwell & Partners
rchitects; 1650 Alberni Street;
Vancouver, B.C. V6G 1BI, from
Monday Jonuary 10th, 1983.
Deposit required $50.00 per set.

[ender ineloding a bid bond &

consent in the amount of

“five thousand dollars

( must be in ane han-

ds of - he | rsar at rd

room of Selkirk College in

Castlegar, British Columbia on oF
before closing time of 3:00 p.

1.) Thursday, February” 7,

the bid depository system will
apply to plumbing, heating, van
tilotion and: electrical srades,
and will close at 3:0
&S1). Tuesday. February 15,
he following
depositories
he fue
Mainta jepository
The enticion, B.C., Bid
jt
The Kelowna B.C,, Bid
tory
and "at 40 pam, .(M.5.7.),
Tuesday, February 15, ve ot
the Cranbreck, B.C. Bid
Depos!

Mr. Dale Schatz, R:1.A.,
Burvar, Selkirk College,
P.O. Box 1200,

‘ested in get-
ing ine “Coutlegar News os

ob, Carrier OD Mail

Please contact me with
detail

(Please Print)

Address —

City
N

‘Phone Number
2 |

,Or-better still, pho
365-7266.

Lower .

“The Plate

MAYTAG .

Appliances Sold
Maytag — General Electric
Kitchen Aid — Jenn-Air
—Gibsen—

: “THE BEST”
WARRANTY SERVICE
INSTALLATION SERVICE
- EXPERT
REPAIR SERVICE
on all major appliances -
including fridges
by qualified Technicians.
Authorized Repair Service
Large Stock of Parts

365-3388

- HOME APPLIANCE.
REPAIR LTD.

We've
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© Renovations *.

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Kitchen Cabinets

Commercial:
* Big Job or Small

2%

gash & Door Utd.
i Fruitvale."
- 367-9833.

CABINET.CENTER
: Call Bob at
367-9833
or 367-9316

Hwy. 3A, tuitvale

365.2309. |

“OPEN.

364 Days a Year’
1038 Columbia Avenue
{Bottom of Sherbiko Hill)

roceries, Tobacco,
 Confactionary & General

1241 - 3rd St.

“CASTLEGAR
FUNERAL, AL.

if Marble ani
Bronze Plaques
Phon

“Wesel & use.’
* PRODUCTS:

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Ph 365-3328 Cola

USED SHOP.
‘ uy = SELL — CONSIGN .

> MUFFLER.

Located at
‘Castlegar Turbo

1570 - 2ndAve., ,
Trail — 368-8078

(Across from Safeway)

OVER.10,000 BOOKS °
IN STOCK AT

Yo OF NEW PRICE
TRADES WELCOME

ad Drones
. In-hom ervice :

“WATERBEDS 2 QUILTS
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© Large Stock of Parts

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— Others

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SHELDON’S CARPET
CLEANING

. PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE -
Forcarpetsand

upholstered furniture
FOR FREE ESTIMATE CALL

TOP QUALITY CLOTHING
INFLATION FIGHTER PRICES

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land Ave., Trall
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FREE ESTIMATES:
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2601 - $th Ave.,
Castlegar
365-7312

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ws SERVICES

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* Backhoe

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365-3015

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Castleaird Plaza 5-3810

hd HONDA

‘We don't make a'lot of

~ noise but we service’
. what we sell and’our™ -
prices are right.

Don't buy another Honda |

until you check our. price
or'you may be’ paying
2 oy 4 feo.much.

Elliot Motors Ltd.

scgBA Trail Honda
-. Dealer Beeld

Invite you to call them fora free
moving estimate: Let our
representative, tell ies wapout

made Wiltier apap Tespec-
ted: name -in- the moving”
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“SANDY'S.” |
. NEW &

“ecniplete Shoe Repair”

- Keith Pendergast. .

PROPRIETOR :
410-N1th Ave., Castlegar

‘PROFESSIONAL .
:! Tree Topping, Shoping,
Removol & Fruit Tree Pruning

,, Columbia Pest
_& Tree Service Utd.
968-6114 :

“‘Tues.-Eri. 9 a.m.
Saturday.9 an, "2 Foon
ET

2 (TIM)
~ ALLEN; BSc.
“. OPTOMETRIST
"966 Baker St.
Nelson, B.C.’>
-Phone 352-5182

© Savings
e Loans
e. Mortgages

Insurance

Credit Union

South Slocan
Nakusp

New Denver
Waneta Plaza

Trail
Fruitvale
Castlegar
Salmo

. WISE’S .
HARDWARE
2044 Washington St.
Rossland
- Shotguns
& Rifles

‘Clothes taken on contignmesti

House Design:
Renovation Design ~
Graphic Design
‘Phone 362-5533

Rossland; 8.¢.

Res. 3657872. 4
2 Box 3489" .
- Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3W3

= REFRIGERATION

TEN Tpboltery Sito

“For all your
_ upholstery needs:~

614 Front St., Nelson
2952-9419 .

Filter Queen
_ Stan Harding Jr.
693-2369

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Industrial Piping Supplies

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down on the pad and then went back to sleep.. In the
morning she awoke, snatched up the pad with the happy
conviction that'herein lay perfection: She read: ~
-Higgamous hoggamous
:, Women are monogamous.
“ “Hoggamous.. higgamous ,

bridge’ between hope and reality.
“ "But to get back tothe original aveton “Was Sante
Claus, good to your", :

ts p
a substantial sweepstake. win, key to tra
across the world :

: was not encumbered with family gifts. However Santa
‘got into the ‘act with.a crocketed and: framed royal
‘Chinese: ‘dragon to keep: company -with. the “Dragon:

“golniposed.: She “awoke on n schedule; dashed the poem :.

i Tree,” a trip to Spokane to see the superb performatice of.
that Christmas

The favorite questions this time of 5 year, must, 'as
a be, “Was Santa Claus good to you?" and“Have

/Fomiids me of a story that! ”
-anthor ad supreme wit Y
She was, she said one of those’ ‘people who wrote her

HISTORICAL PHOTOS “Times have changedi

_ Photo at top shows group of Robson swimmers ona

log in the Columbia River — a time when men and

-.women<apparently wore’ the same type of swim-

classic, “The Nutcracker,” performed by |

the Alberta‘Ballet Company and the Spokane Symphony,
together’ the wherewithal .to attend some future per-

formance; two books on-which to build future hopes and ©

dreams — ““Homelands’ of the Clans”

and _with..a
Bartholombw ’ clan: map,: and: “What:

dream beak entitled “Nightmare — the ‘world

dreams” was of course'a natural for life-long be

" éxpert in this kind of ‘private. entertainment,

ure: of, a portly,’ whiskered Scot tlh, piper’ and. the
perscription “!

“ming sults. ‘Photo below. shows Mrs. Ferguson and
* Mr. Fowler in front of the’old Robson Hotel — a
time when life's pace was much more leisurely.

ee In any. case, with all of this bounty (booty): from ‘
Santa; I was Plersed tosee that my. faimily

wishes,

- was, while the | noise of machinery and traffic. is already
the

d my

vol, There are also some wise folk who besides dike up
their annual financial‘accounts at this ‘time: of-the’year |

balance their hopes, dreams and realities for the period in'*"

the form of New Year's resolutions. °
Ifor one, however, tend to avoid such long term

Given the

‘of the times and the

‘fact that I have such a fine collection, already of only
slightly used resolutions from previous years, there is.

little point in making more.

Nonetheless, I am firmly resolved to ‘stay out of.
hospital by heart attacks, as I did last year, while still

. getting involved in more things than I can
I will continue: to push back ‘the horizons ‘of

handle.

Scarce. yards away; I will de

of another day's frantic activity

liberately stop and use

‘precious minutes as I did this monring to watch auch
“things as the water ousel (“dipper”) who owns the south
end of-the gravel pit, as he hopped from his small snowy
island and strolled unconcernedly tmder the icy waters of
tho river looking for his breakfast, and furthermore, I will
take time to consider the life and activities of this-one '
: small bird in relation to the rest of creation; I will take "
:time to cherish my friends, cultivate my enemies and

, finally, sooner er later get the Christmas: decorations

down and stored away.

To my readers, my thanks for their kind cominents i :

their

experience’ while attempting to-gain the peace and

to their

and. under-

standing; I will attempt to continue to pursue the still
t serenity of a quiet snowy “winter's 's morning. such’ as this

Propane
out of ©
| the kitchen

EDMONTON (CP) —

Propane is coming ‘ont ofthe

. kitchen and moving on to Canada’s streets and high
Once used mainly for cooking and heating, propane is
becoming an important motor vehicle fuel as more cars.and.

trucks‘ are converted to burn it. -
The rate of conversions is gathering speed

Canada, even in Alberta where gasoline is cheaper than in
‘other provinces. Propane gas is being used in Edi to

power éverything - from anda urs and

heavy dumptrucks.

“Interest in propene conversi sis

“across

and their valued assistance. To those

who may fee] that commitments appear slow in coming,
Please be patient, we are not the sole masters of either
“time or event. To everyone — a more Prosperous and
happier 1988, and‘hang unto your dreams, they are still

the bridge between hope and

reality.

nyerts an average « ) of 16 to20.
triick in the.10-tot

says he is saving | $500 a Et oe fuel.

The latest figures show that 62 applications have been:
received for rebates on 425 vehicles converted to propane in
Alberta. A total of 2,900 ‘vehicles were’ involved across

Canada, with more than half

of those in Ontario.

‘Gibson said there is a backlog of applications, so the
figures are not completely up to date and some conversions
do not. qualify under the program. :

< ‘The rebate program reduces the cost of converting to
propane which can run to more than $2,000, although many

conversions cost about $1,500, _

Mazur Said he likes to think a customer can recoup the
. cost of the conversion in three years. |
4 ::, BEST FOR HEAVY USERS

To. make

feasible,

have to drive more than 80,000 kilometres a year— although ‘
one firm Suggest 60,000 kilometres would be ni

*_. -However, Peter Warwick

of the Edmonton’ ‘Ambulance

Authority said the authority should recover its investment
in three months on an ambulance used for lengthy trips to

“transfer: patients.

bulsness “to

I said factors it
are the

the increasing number —
ig price of gasoline, the

definitely picking

oe program .and decisions = Ford Motor Co. and

; up, said Stan Woychuk, branch manager for ICG Canadian a

Propane Ltd., which converts'75 to 80 vehicles a month,

mainly for fleet oparators.

Judith “Gibson, manager of the federal Energy.

Department's Propane rebate program, said the rate. of

conversatins is increasing. Ta

‘axicabs and delivery vehicles

are among the leaders for ‘conversions.
‘But one’conversion market lies .virtually untapped:
GOOD FOR TRUCKS
Ken Mazur, a sales representative with Cigas Products
Ltd., said conversions of one tonne and larger trucks are not
as frequent as they ‘should be. These trucks are good
candidates because of their heavy appetite for fuel.

said.

So far, most trucks being converted are pickups, Mazur

FORD ESCORT NO. 1

Small cars

DETROIT (AP) —’ Amer-
icans looking for “perfor-
mance and pizzaz” rediscov-
ered luxury automobiles last
year, but the top seller of
1982 was a little car — the
Ford Escort.

Ford said it sold 837,667
Escorts, which had a base
price of $5,770 -for . 1982
model

General Motors Corp.'s
subcompact Chevrolet Chev-
ette, with a base price of
$4,997, was second, with
sales of 281,927,

Figures show that while
six per cent fewer cars were
sold last year than in 1981,

g sales of large luxury cars

grew 5.1 per cent from

1,483,240 to 1,506,957. The
figures include bigomeatic and
imported mak ‘

-In explaining the ‘trend,
Arvid Jouppi, independent
auto analyst in Detroit, said
although total sales by U.S.
manufacturers were the
worat since 1961, “gasoline
Prices were momentarily
down ... (and) the higher
income buyer was the one in
the market. The love affair
for performance and pizzaz
also éxerted itself in 1982.”

CAR SALES DOWN

Overall, sales dropped to
7,978,317 cars from 8,480,709
a year earlier, with the big-

vehicles.
Gasoline costs 31 cents
propane costs 14 cents a litré.:

Harvester to manufacture propane-powered

a litre in Edmonton, while
However, propane contains

less energy per litre than gasoline, so the saving is leas, «

Besides saving on: the

initial cost of thé@ fuel,

propane-powered vehicles have extended engine life, need q

fewer oil changes and create

less pollution.

While interest in propane conversions is increasing, —
Gibson and Mazur’ said public education is needed on the

availability of the fuel.

A skeletal distribution network already exists, Gibson
said, and there are already more outlets selling propane than

diesel fuel in Ontario.

Mazur said the time,is approaching when Propane will

be available’ 24 hours a day.

top sellers

gest decline in the mid-sized
market where 3,229,193 cars
were sold in 1982, off 9.1 per
cent from 3,553,417 in 1981. .
In the small car market,
there were 3,237,167 sales,
last year, a 7.3-per-cent drop
from 8,494,052 a year earlier.

The large Chevrolet Im-
pala and Caprice models tied
for the third best-selling
model, with sales of 204,193.
The 1982, models started at
$7,918.

Fourth was the Nissan
210-Sentra subcompact, with
a base price of $4,949. Nissan
Motor Co. of Japan sold
191,312 of the cars, with the

Sentra replacing the 210 in
May.

The Chevrolet Citation,
starting at $6,297, was fifth
with sales of 188,782,

The sporty Chevrolet Cam-
aro, with a base price of
$7,631, was sixth, followed by
the large, $8,603 Oldsmobile
88, $5,448 Toyota, Corolla
subcompact and $9,160 Olds-
mobile Cutlass Supreme
Coupe. F

Domestic carmakers deliv-
ered 5,756,660 autos in 1982,
the worst performance since
1961 when they sold
5,561,100 cars.