14 _ .CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, February 14,1974 Senior Citizens Association Welcomes Six New Members Six new. members were extended a welcome at last Thursday afternoon's meeting of the Castlegar and District Senior Citizens held at’ the Centre with 70 members present. President J. Stier opened the meeting extending greet- ings to all. Mrs. C. Brady at the piano accompanied the singing of “O'Canada” and “Blest Be the Tie". Members were told of the Blind Spots Cause Many Accidents ‘ “Clearing only enough snow and ice from a windshield to allow the driver to see straight ahead creates a major safety hazard,” says the i A hile Associati a keep-fit classes being held in the Arena Hall. Notice of the . annual meeting of the Kootenay Society for Handicapped Child- ren was read inviting those interested to attend, The meeting will be held Feb, 20 in the Legion Hall. Mrs. Newhouser outlined a list of available speakers and asked members to give her an idea of what they would like. It was reported visits had been made to the hospital and cards sent to several members. Mr. and Mrs, J. Dvorak visited Mr, and Mrs, T. Houghton in Creston. They. are ‘both well. George . MacAndrew is in hospital. Mrs, Brady reported there will be carpet bowling. at the , Centre Friday afternoon. She asked for names of the members who would: like to subscribe ‘to the National F Senior Citizens Castlegar Kiwanis Club. sulting blind spots may cause serious accidents, Safe drivers make sure of perfect. vision through all car windows, Remove snow. from ‘the car's hood and roof to prevent particles from blowing onto the window while the car is in motion, Long-handled scrapers are the best tools for this operation, ‘Although a car -has been thoroughly winterized at the. beginning of the cold season, frequent checks of windshield wipers should be made because the wiper blades tend to deteriorate and become crack- ed. The arm tension mechan- ism should also be inspected regularly to make sure it is not * faulty. In cold weather, wind- shield washers should be filled with an anti-freeze solution to prevent ice damage ‘to the glass. The B.C. Automobile As- sociation” advises) that for temperatures around 20°F., the mixture. should be one part anti-freeze to seven parts water; for temperatures down to. 10°F. above © zero,” the mixture should be one to five; and_* for. temperatures ‘ below. zero either one to two and one-half or one to two. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT has been presented to Mrs, Gilbert (Alice) Fowler of Castlegar for. her 20 years of service in assisting with local blood donor clinics. Mra. Fowler received the ‘awarZ ata banquet held last week by the: Dick ThOmP #08 of Trail, left, vice-president for the West ay region of the B.G-Yukon Division of the Red Doors of Castlegar Public Library fo Remain Open One Hour Extra’ on Friday Evenings: At its meeting on Monday of last week the new Castlegar Library .. board” elected’ its officers to serve for the coming term, Mrs, Heather Hallett is now chairman, Don Jones vice- chairman, Mrs. Linda Singh “secretary and. Mrs, Clarice jade ‘the presentation and lauded Mra. {nyolvement: in Red Cross activities such ag home nursing. Mra. Fowler accepted the certificate “on behalf of all my co-workers.”. The Kiwanis‘ Club‘ sponsors the blood donor clinics and on‘ behalf of the club Jim Cromwell, right, “presented Mrs. Fowler with a floral ‘arrange- ment.—Castleger News Photo’ * News. Mrs. M. Olsen gave a report on the Evergreen Tour to California which she and Mrs. S. Englund and Mr. and Mrs. J. Stier took in December, returning home early in Janu: Manpower Provides On-the For the Unemployed and the Employed Job Training ary. There will be some tours at a later date to the Kootenay Canal Project. : Treasurer Mrs. McNeil ‘gave a full detailed report on finances. The annual fee of $5 is to be paid to the West Kootenay Regional Council, Senior. Citi- zens Association. Mrs. Mar- garet Campbell, one of the The federal government through the’ department: of manpower and tinmigration 8 during the second ‘half, To be. ‘eligible for the program, the trainee must have ‘interviewed | to > ensure - their -suitabilily for training. Employers fare “offered f providing fente skill train been and ‘without marketable skills of his own; All... financial assistance to train’ the selected disadvantaged clients ing pi and employed aenbers of the labor. force. Two of these. programs involve. training unemployed people while the third assists in training their own lebrate her will _ birthday on Feb. ‘Al. were employees who require skill to keep abreast of e her and Happy Birthday was sung. Congratulations also go to another member, -Mrs. A. Thorp who celebrated her 82nd birthday Feb. 2. Thanks was extended to Mr. Stier for. the lovely collection dish he made and donated. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mrs, N. McNabb and Mrs. W. Davies of the Heart. Foundation were introduced. Mrs. MeN: interesting talk on the heart and on’ the functions of the Heart eal Mary at Anderson... 2" Real Estato’ Ltd, 365-6451 or 365-5244 desired a hold 2 eee and 0:5 rding the? heart ‘ind: ils many? different labb gave a ‘very Doctor Wal- *-ton, who:was unable to attend, *” changes taking ’place in their. jobs. + ‘The first two, programs are called “Training-on-the-Job for Skill Shortages (TQJS)" ‘and . eligible. nat financed primar- ily ‘by tax’ revenues ‘including. non-profit private agencies are on the following basis: Canada ‘salary. of the’ trainee ‘for the This training” program. first four weeks; 90 per cent for meets two ‘needs?’ it! provides the ‘first: half:of-the remaining © work” and ‘meaningful «skill training period; and 60 per cent training, for the:umemployed ~ .for the’ second’ half: of the person while.at'the same time Temaining training period to a assisting the employer to fill’a(,. maximum of $128 ‘per week. vacancy: in-his company. The} trainin 4 period.,may. duents wera dle cired [range from a minimum of 12 to to. train’ ‘on’. the) 'job 7 for= Job for Dis- sae Workers (TOJD)". The TOJS program is: a counsellor's tool. It may be used to assist a company. to train new employees in’ skilled ; Jobs: where the company's efforis'to™: find trained people with these. ‘skills have been unsuccessful. A contract is established. between ‘Canada Manpower, “and:.the employer. which; ‘calls for’ a sharing ‘of -wages.. The weeks, is divided in two halves with Ganada paying.50/per.c cer it of the trainees’ wages during. . g employ~ pene A Adult Manpower ” clients. aésessed as disadvantaged ai selected for the'TOJD program! will be thoroughly tested and many. clients. will’ be’ physical, there’ are (a great’ number of other job-related problems that. ‘ean’ severely: limit: a. person's + employment: prospects. This program is. particularly versa: tile and flexible and designed to help.“ selected ‘3 unemployed workers facing severe employ- “ment barriers train or:re-train; ment with. the ’ Automotive Retail quality. pays'100 per cent of the gross °°; McKinnon treasurer. The busl- ness of the evening was mainly concerned with shaping broad outlines of policy-and assigning each member to hig own area of responsibility; i The librarian reported t that, the library had ‘collected’ less money this January than’ in January ‘of 1973 because mem- bership fees for Areas'I and J had been raised. The circulation figures: showed ‘a 21) per cent increase. The popular Story Hour has reconvened > under.‘ the supervision of Mrs. Huston and Mrs. Evans, A’ request: was made? to ‘the Friends’ ‘of: the Library. for more drivers. to take Day Care children to the Story Hour. Friends of the Library had donated ' $50’: towards the purchase of a taperecorder and headphones ‘for, the | library. Unfortunately, extra funds were required to cover the cost of a” machine» of. institution The’ taperecorder would be a valuable extension of the library's services to the public and it was hoped that the extra. money would soon ' be forthcoming. Mrs,’ Roots was cordially thanked for her contribution for children’s books. Mr. ‘Jones, .as’~ acting chairman, read a letter from ‘Mrs. Smales stating she was giving up most of her volunteer public’ relations» work:. The. board heard of: her resignation with regret and thanked her for. all her; hard work and dedica- tion to the library's cause. - Letters are still coming in * from other libraries, congratu- lating Mrs, Smales on the prize- winning! scrapbook’ she.<‘com- piled, and requesting permis- sion: to! borrow’ the book : for. reference. Mrs, Moore has been asked ‘to: give a talk on the scrapbook to the Pacific North- weat Library Association Con- ference in: Burnaby. Lengthy discussion — fol: lowed over the revised budget the board is to present to the town. The librarian again made a plea for longer library hours as the congestion’ during the present: hours is becoming uncomfortable. The board agreed to the library's opening one extra evening a week, on Friday from'7 to 9 p.m. There isa possibility that a Book Mobile will be available at the end of March whith could move books from the library shelves around the surrounding countryside. Mrs. Margaret ..Whitlock has been appointed the librar- ian's assistant. She has been working in the. library sidce September. ‘and. is ”-halfway through the library develop: ment: commission. course, more candidates for the course are being ‘sponsored “by the board.” Agreement For Protection . OF Polar Bear: there are’ somewhere close to 20,000 polar’ bears left’ in the world, These animals are often found on ice packs far out to sea ‘and wander the arctic regions of) Norway, ,Denmark,’” the Soviet Union and ‘the’ U.S.A. with: over. 50. per cent. in “Northern Canada. For their “protection, an” agreement has been negotiated covering < management:..tech- niques, and:ways in: which the’ bear's habitat may be | pre- served, making provision: also for the'~'traditional: hunting ‘rights of. native peoples.: KONAL ECUMENICAL | PARISH “Anglican, & United Churches “9:40. A.M. Sunday School = Saturday Mer ‘Mass 1 Pm, CH RCHES What Is. Missing? ST. RITA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev. W. Harrison : ” Ph, 865-7143 - Sip ‘Masses, at: 9am. ad 11am. CALVARY’ BAPTIST CHURCH’ Office 865-3430 405 Maple St., Castlegar, vo: Worship Service 11'a.m.’:'% " Sunday School 9:45 am, e065 S002 and Paes Richard» Ki oe Church of. i sr Lutheran : Hour’ 7 GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 1003 - 7th: Ave., Kinnaird “Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Rev. C.: Smyth, Trail. 0 p.m. Wed..7.30 Prayer Bible ile lois Phone Trail 368-9818 10 Dus LN. ‘Walker = Phone 965-6662" -PENTECOSTAL - TABERNACLE: : * Sunday’ ‘School 9.65 am. Mo! forship °11: a.m, ‘asked Show: he: pi _ convince. the about. theneed for the better rate of >: - Gross. Says. Forestry -; Should Make 15 Pet. é iy Bob McMurray ‘canadian Cellulose has the objective of making a’ consis- tent.profit, says president Ron Gross, but he believes that:the target for the forest industry generally should be'a return of 15 per cent.on invested capital, Mr. ‘Gross,’ speaking last, Thursday to’ the: Vi keep them employed and if we are going to need capital for expansion,’ then we have to show batter, results,” Mr, Gross sald Can-Col planned ’to finance some: im- provements. and the normal continuation of business: from its cash flow, eiprolls Plus expected to rise to $205 per ton on Jan, 1), i; The. president said he hoped to get better operating performance by replacing nec- essary ‘and vital equipment which, hadn't. been’ properly maintained, improving working and safety conditions, provid- Society of Financial: Analysts, said’the return in the pulp and paper sector had been _histori- cally low ‘ifi_all the manufactur- ing industry and ‘business in general, Bap He said it was necessary to strive for 16 per cent in today's enyironment,., because: of the risks taken/and because of the number. of: people’ employed. ‘He was being questioned by investment ‘analysts ‘after degeribing the current status of. Canadian; Cellulose, (Can-Cel), . the: successor. to chronic loser Columbia ‘Cellutose. Can-Cel is now 79) per: cent owned ‘by the provincial government ‘and 21 per cent by 6,500 shareholders, many in Canada, Shares have traded this ‘year from a low of $1.10 to a high of $8.50 and this week at $5. .Gross, who empha- a in his earlier address that. an-Cel) ;has\ a. :very | clear. arms-length relationship”, with the government, said he didn't, think:"politicians: necessarily look ‘at that number (15 per cent). ¢ Studies sion by. the Coun- ‘cil of. Forest Industries of B.C, ‘over the past seven years show rates of: ‘return varying ‘from two | per. cent in ‘1971 to seven per cent. in, 1969. This year, profits of many compahies have doubled; or, more those of 1972 © and the rate will likely. be more than eight per; cent: The Can-Cel president was lanned’’, to. lowances but hak new oat ; would be needed when there were major capital’ invest- ments, Special studies are- in progress on company. opera- tions in the northwest and West Kootenay and no major decisions have been made, He sald the company had “some, ideas” about how new money could be raised, but there were no firm decisions, He said one of the..main objectives of the management team was to devise a long-term plan for. Can‘Cel. Under the previous ownership of Celanese Corp. of’ New York,” the > company was under threat of: devestiture for five years and made short-term decisions bas- ed on its need. for capital. This’ willbe the first , significant: ‘profit’ year since 1965. In the first nine months, the company reported profits of $8,156,000. . Assuming. contin- uity of: production,’ the fourth quarter is expected to show a continuation: of the “upward earnings trend. Can-Cel is spreading - its market risk by selling more of its, pulp. over, terms greater’ than one year in all its major markets. ‘Mr. Gross feels this will be an advantage when the “pulp ‘cycle turns in: the other. direction, as it Surely: will,” (Recent demand’ for’ pulp. has been high and the price is ing ad roads in advance of logging requirements and , Seeking cost reduction oppor- tunies » which were’ ignored earlier. because of lack of capital. | He ‘cited these “problems and opportunities” in company + operations: Hospital Board Acknowledges Cash Gifs; Preparations Made for Annual Meeting An announcement of threo cash gifts in’ 1978 was the highlight of the recent meeting of the hospital’ board, Hospital | ad summer, Dr. Art Johnson was welcomed as the medical staff , representative for 1974, Ken Talarico announced $100 was donated by the AAA for. the use of the health saiee f for their. “meetings; , $100 turned: over! to. the hospital fromthe Women's Auxillary to the Castlegar and. District Hospital who had: received ‘a cheque from Interior Diese) to be used for the benefit’ of children in’ the hospital’: and $1000 was an anonymous gift from ‘an ‘out-of-province donor: :., who had’ cause’ to use our! < facilities in his travels - last - eThe sulphite pulp mill at 1 Prince Rupert, the’ only’ mar- ginal operation in the company. Studies‘ are in progress. Mr. Gross, wouldn't’ comment on Thursday, but there have been reports’ that the mill will initially be converted to paper grade sulphite from the present high-quality pulp, and then perhaps to newsprint produc- tion. ‘Northern residuals. Can- Cel has always had problems’ ., with high wood costs because it only has about 20 per cent of its pulp mill fibre from chips, He said ‘the company could build additional ‘sawmills to obtain chips, go into partnerships on sawmills or. aid local operators, “(It is “now ‘a’ partner. in Babine Forest Products which is. awaiting. government. deci- sion ona bid to build a sawmill hear Burns Lake). ePollution © control gram. The company has been ‘attacked for problems at Prince ~ Rupert ‘and. Castlegar... A program is’-now ‘being dev- eloped) with’ the provincial pollution ‘control branch and money’ will be spent’ “in a rational approach: y return... “The: only. way I know—in labor relations,” government relations or anything else—is to jalk to\them. > ._ breaths last week! The teachers are always telling u: prove, ‘oug vocabularies, unpre bea. ‘dangerous. business!!! phen. Poohachoff both “told us pro. James /. Warner, and /Ste- consisting of J, Scott, Mrs, J. R, Lamont and K, Johnson was appointed to present names to the general mopting to fill the ‘These are vote, membership must be paid up 30 days before the general meeting. Tentative plans were dis- cussed for reconstruction of storage, pharmacy and pur- chasing aren space in the basement. There is a large storage area which can be the terms of Mr. Scott, who has served his third term on the board, and Nick Oglow, who is now the town representative. The annual meeting was ‘tentatively set for March 28 in the Health Centre. Membership ar tay be paid at the hospital T to house a larger pharmacy ‘and purchasing agent's office, Director of nurses Mrs. O'Sullivan, reported that the new visiting hours were work- ing out well. 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SESE diseases. ssceialion a By Caz: where heor: tow! ‘ firms 00°A.M.: United: Church Service a 1 20.11.15, A.Mé Anglican Communion the first: halfand 25 :per cent: a : j just, carte ray, should’do ..~ : hen’ you’: © J todeal gy ane School’ 10 a.m. for.” AllAges, Including ‘Adis FS rr EAE ea se TESTING: AND. INFORMATION STATION SHSS Thurs.,: Feb.21 Set., Feb. 23. 7/p.m..to 10. p.m. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ——EE Fitness among Canadian child- ren begin to decrease each: year after 6. What are you doing about. this???. ‘ Obesity and postural problems are increasing among © child- fen. ‘ Do: you recognize your child as part of their group??? Our. physical education: time. ranks among the lowest in the: © civilized world. Aren't: you tired. of . always being at the bottom of the list????. Let's get movingll! “FITNESS WEEK" February 18th, to 24th Regional Recreation Commission No. 1 ond Canadian Heart “insurance claims under. the provincial ‘Autoplan. ‘The basic rates will:be $15 for towing'a vehicle up to fout miles from an accident’ scene to “an ICBC claim centre, and $9.50" { to move‘a vehicle from’a claim, centre to a’ garage or shop. ‘These compare favorabl with rates now being charged.” The new, rates, negotiated’ over. the last few ‘months, will “3: concern’ of! the‘ department: of |. become effective ® throughout the province on ‘March*1, when than, nee on-the-job portion. This ually -‘takes . place on the. working * premises. where the:/; ght :.type® of equipment. and - ffaelities are most, often readily available, The workers involved in’s discussion are. the: prime manpower. If they are properly «trained, they’ ‘will continue to be the pi auto. ‘insurance program starts. ic rates,:the payment for, waiting time over -15: minutes at: $7.50: an” how sThe: mileage‘ rate ‘ for towing. « over. four miles and up to.10 > miles is $1.25. mile, and over 10 miles at $1'a mile. The plan also provides for: a flat fee of $13 for recovering a: vehicle under ‘adverse. condi 2° tions—such “as a car’ ovel eli in addition to any. related: > towing charges. Towing charges will: | considered’ part: of “1a “clai arising from an accident. Pp force. VA T-LL contract calls for. a‘: ‘50-t 50 sharing - of ‘the, trainee.’ wage ‘costs with the. employer. ‘dui iB the theory. phase and 2: 215-25 * ‘of The Castlegar News Is a audit Bureau of Circulations. It 1s. a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the B.C. division CASTLEGAR NEWS _ PUBLIBHED EVERY THUREDAY MORNING AT 2 tae OF THE CASTLEGAR, 8.C. 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