A2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 17).198)" Awaits outcome of appeals Minstry of highways weed contro) programs that would involve the use of herbicides in the Castlegar and Salmo areas have been suspended ponding the ‘outcome of appeals filed with the Pesticide Appeal Branch, The permits authorizing the ministry to use herbicides are being held in abeyance until the board hands down its decision, said Tony Bodnarchuk, Regional Landscape Supervisor with the Ministry of Highways, on Friday. Although the permits state the programs could start Friday, the ministry feels the Snowpack spraying should be postponed because of the opposition, and the residents’ concerns will be respected, Bodnarchuk said. He added the appeals are scheduled to be heard by the board on Juné 18, The appeals have been filed by residents of the Salmo area, and by residents of the Ooteschenia Improvement District. Meanwhile, West Kootenay Health Unit spokesmen say Tordon, - the herbicide the ministry wants to use, has & low toxicity to wildlife and fish, and is very safe when the proper safeguards are Looking better. Snowpack figures recorded by the water management branch in the lower Columbia and Weat Kootenay regions improved during April, al- though they remain below the long term average accu- mulations. The measurement of water in the snowpack in the Col- umbia basin was 89 per cent of the May 1 average figure, with individual readings ranging from a low of 70 per cent of the average, recorded in the Paulson Pass area, toa high of 94.5 per cent, re- . corded northeast of Nakusp. Another reading taken very close to the point with the 70 per cent reading, shows a figure that is 91 per cent of the average. - In the West Kootenay area, the measurement is 91 Carl's Drug M per cent of the May 1 av- erage, with figures ranging from 11 per cent, taken south of Nelson, to 101 per cent, at the head of Trout Lake. April stream runoff ap- peared to be near average. The water management branch predicts the May to September runoff for the Columbia River at the Arrow Lake inflow will be average. The May to September runoff for the Kootenay River at the.Kootenay Lake inflow is expected to be 89 per cent of the long term average, The prediction for the Slo- can River near Crescent Val- ley calls for 96 per cent of the average figure. The predictions assume normal weather conditions. rt In the Castleaird Plaza Prices in Effect Friday, Moy 15th tdea! and vegatabl ‘Butterily Gold, Woodland, Autumn DISHES LIDO SUPER DELUXE OSCILLATING hada ic Covers araa of 50 ft. x 70 ft. 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Picloram, the active chemical _in Tordon, is on a List of. chemical licensed for use in Canada ‘with approvals based on fraudulent studies conducted by an American company. The chemicals are being reviewed by the federal government's health department. Arnott said the textbooks he consulted refer to studies done by the chemical's manufacturer and by independent laboratories, and they all ‘reach the same conclusions, The company that did the fraudulent tests is not mentioned. Allan Ford, health district inspector in Castlegar, explained health district officials have interceded to block chemical spraying in the Blueberry Improvement District because the- residents' water supply is an open stream. The health ministry requires any spraying must be kept “a tremendous distance” from the watershed, and the highways ministry decided it would be impractical. Water sources in Ooteschenia are wells, and would not be affected by the spraying, he said. ‘Didn'tbomb’ says Dave Barrett VANCOUVER (CP) — position Leader Dave Barrett says that contrary to news reports, he did not bomb out . at a political seminar last week in New Zealand. ‘In a telephone interview, Barrett said the whole thing was “one big screw up” and he never went to the hall where he was scheduled : to speak. He was referring toa news story which said only seven people — who were to have their admission refunded — turned out to’ hear Barrett . address a political seminar. Barrett said the story was at best misleading, since the meeting had been cancelled 24 hours before the seven many souls showed up. tthe mers 102 BIRTHDAY Was celebrated by. John J. ‘Bonderott unit and ‘his fon an Friday at the extended care unit Hi the Castlegar and Mable Bonderoff, shown above, District Hospital. 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As coordinator of’. the three-year-old Volunteer Ex- change, she began in July by circulating a questionnaire, a survey of five per cent of Castlegar households. Do you know what the Volunteer Exchange is? What do you see as the purpose of the Volunteer Exchange? What are some of the needs iri the area? These questions were asked to a random sampling of residents. Programs for the elderly and the youth stood out as the biggest areas of needs. Nancy czes the purpose of the Exchange as two-fold; the recruitment and training © of community volunteers, and the improvement of social services in the area. The areas of outreach of the Volunteer Exchange are numerous and varied. As I chatted with Nancy at her home in Thrums, I' was sur- prised at the number of things she and the Exchange are doing. It is a place where volun- teers are enlisted, for ex- ample, to drive the elderly or handicapped to appointments and shopping. It‘is a referral centre. A - battered. wife, for instance, can turn to the Exchange, which can put her in touch with the women's transition home in Trail. is also a community * centre, hosting a wide vari- ety of programs, courses and | | U Chorley workshops. One of these workshops is STEP (Systematic Training of Effective Parenting). This is a “self-learning” course, says Nancy. “You don't need a lot of experts in. Members of tlie group lend help to each other.” Another innovative ‘pro- gram is -.the change. This is for those.of us Service Ex- . with more time than money — which includes most of us. The program works like this; if you know how to fixa leaky faucet or shingle a roof, for example, ‘but need a baby- sitter or someone to tutor, your son in math, you can barter or trade your services. Nancy is still collecting names for this unique trades- exchange, and hopes to, have a catalog available soon. : An always popular and ap- preciated course is the ex- panded: babysitting course. The kids learn by “doing . things.” For example, “we pull in toys —'a variety of toys — and pass them around the let the kids talk about which ones are safe,”. she SBYS.. Nancy is excited about the brand new Know-How : pro- , gram, “This,” she said, “is a one-year test program to try ' and provide social and legal: workshops for low income * people to train them to be- come better advocates for themselves.” Workshops on wills, es- tates, guardianships, rights of handicapped children, rents, mortgages, contract laws are currently being given by Nancy. In signing a’ * ; contract, claims Nancy, low. i. income and handicapped peo- > ple “just can't afford to make ; a mistake.” She is very. con- « cerned that people like this know’ and act upon. their Tights: Nancy feels: very deeply about the single parents and others in Castlegar forced to go on welfare, but has very. . strong doubts about the ef- fectiveness of the welfare system. “I'm 100 per cent. behind (welfare) people who want to get ahead,” but she, added that “the more you- find out about the welfare system the ‘more: you find Show incredibly limiting it is.” NANCY HENNE. esis “aahing people how to volunteer She told me that a person. on welfare is only allowed to earn $100 over and above his welfare allotment, In many : cases that allotment amounts level. Nancy cites three 3 reasons why it is so difficult to get off welfare, 1) high unemploy- ment in this area, 2) “the jobs you are competing! for,” she says, “are, the ‘difficult, .un- rewarding, physically ... de- manding jobs such as. wait- ressing,” and 3) “there's not enough daycare.”. Nancy knows firsthand the problems. of , being, both , mother, father and bread... winner. She,. herself is a single parent. When she was pregnant with’ her son Neal, now two, she stood on ‘her’ feat long, exhausting hours every day asa dishwasher in Nova Scotia artist visits area Nova Scotia came to Brit- ish Columbia last week in the guise of longtime marine ar- tist, ‘teacher and personal friend, Brenton: (Brent) Ho- mans and his wife, Alice. The Homans, who had just. spent four months in Louis- iana and Mississippi where Brent was painting and lec- turing, were on their way to me Smith in hen Northwest, rritories, Ry capture of the of: ‘the northland ard Woods Buffalo Park. B.C., and particularly the Kootenays, are no;strangers to the Homans, for Brent taught art in the Trail Junior Secondary School:almost 20 years ago and he‘and Alice revisited’ the province in. 1972. Both the artist and his wife are native Nova Scotians from around the Hubbards area of that province, which is‘ close to both Halifax, Dartmouth and the famous Peggy's Cove. ~ Alice, who is of United Empire Loyalist stock, re- tired recently’ after 28 years of: service in the Hubbards post office (the latter 16 as postmigtress) to travel with Brent. She is the admitted practleal business half of Me partnership. _Brent is the descendent of one of a group of British sailors who survived the wreck of a British naval ves- sel on the Nova Scotia coast in 1820. His father was a dir- ector of the. federal depart- ment of fisheries and he has been closely associated with the sea, fishermen and fish- JOHN: CHARTERS’ ts Reflections &. Recollections _ ‘poats, all his ‘ife,: It! waa hi fs m the Nova f Art, that he ” “oon found employment with ‘the world-famous marine re- search organization — the Bedford Institute of Ocean- . ography — as a marine ar- tist. First, however, there was a period of wartime service when, as a recent graduate of the arts college and con- sequently, as he noted wryly, “knew everything about art,” he joined the Royal Canadian Engineers. In spite of this ‘limitation’, however, he was able to do some pioneer work in the then-fledging field a - scientific camouflage. ‘In 1969 he decided to launch himsélf into a career as a fulltime artist and, with the aid and encouragement of Alice, established a soon- thriving gallery at Hubbards. From here, he ranged the Nova Scotian shoreline at- tempting, with brush and palette, to capture the moods and character of the sea. Success was measured in ‘an increasing. number of pa- trons, both Canadian and American, and exhibitions of his work in numerous cities in both countries. * In 1976 he and his wife Artist, Brent Homans, has been closely associated with the se fishermen id fish- boats, all his life. winters in the area of New Orleans, where the drama and color of the French Quarter caught their imagin- ation and the variety and number of shrimp: boats opened new possibilities to - this marine painter's eye. * A Biloxi City columnist, Jerry Kinser, writing in the Sunday edition of ‘The Daily Herald’, sates: “Homans, :a well-known tarted spending part of their:, becoming widely recognized along the Coast during his winter visits. An exhibit of his shrimp boats will be up in ‘Edgewater Mail, March 9-14. He .will be painting there, also. “Being a marine artist, Homans . became fascinated with our local shrimp boats and this collection is the re- sult. He has a degree in fine arts and’has been an art " teacher 'in the public achools 2 throughout Canada, Near the end of April, Homans and his | wife, Alice, will travel to the Northwest Territories where “he plans to paint and sketch in! preparation ‘for fall - showing in Nova Scotia. “A number of his paintings Other clippi “he was giving a works Kop ri portraiture -and - exhibit of ‘arth Howard Memorial Hosptial. Brent, describes his: wark ° as a combination of ‘realism’ - and. ‘impressionism’. and, ‘while admiring somé of. the juried. art work. presently on “Clutter.” he insists, te a ‘symptom of youth’ and inex- perience. Painting is very - much ‘like life — if you work “experience enables you . to eliminate the unessentials - and unnecessary. ‘Aware- ness’ and a growing simpli- -éity and control’ are charac- teristics of maturity in both to '$3,000 below the poverty Cases NEWS, Mev 7, 1981 ' ‘a’ senfor citizens’ home’ in Vancouver. “But when you're - pregnant, what other jobs” can you get?” ‘After her baby was born she felt very keenly about breastfeeding. The problem? : Where could she find work where her infant:son would be’ welcomed to be packed along? She’ was fortunate to ‘ secure a position as a nanny in a Vancouver’ household. When Neal was four-and-one- half weeks old, off they went for her firat ‘day on the job. A year later, Nancy de- cided to finish her education, ‘and witha student loan she earned her elementary teach- ing certificate from Belicirke ; College... Nancy is a local girk, She. -was born-in Trail, and since ° she was 12 she has lived ‘in” . Castlegar, so it is only ‘nat- ural that she would ‘return here to try todo what she can to better ‘the servites avail-' : able in this communi After” high: eI ool; she, worked a number: of jobs. She served ‘as’a student place-” ment. officer in a Manpower “". office, she‘ worked for the » COomRANE, 3, ALTA: (CP). — Raising sheep ‘is ‘a, good occupation for a woman, says Grace Bruns; who does it en a 82-hectare Cochrane: area- the art of painting and the art . farm. of living.’ “And,” he" added, ‘Stiving | and learning are..insepar- able.” To illustrate the point, he told the story.of a famous French artist. who, after a long and celebrated career, lay dying. “How sad _it’is to have to * die,” sighed the great’ man, a hen Iam just now learnin to paint.” At a dinner party: held in their honor, Brent and ‘Alice renewed acquaintance . with old friends, made new onos and discussed. the’ evolution of his works, ‘some of which “shown on this page. °.: all wish him every suc- cess in his fall'exhibition and “future as arising Cana- “Lambs are adorable cre- atures who adapt. well to’: shepherdesses,” Bruns said. -“But you can't raise, lambs without a manure. heap‘ — . they need it to play. on.”:; Charles is an air traffic’ con- ‘troller — started farming 10°. ¢ years ago after moving’ to. Alberta from Toronto.” « “They tried raising cattle but Bruns, 43, couldn't:han- die them when her husband was away. “Charlie would go to work and’‘an old cow would go into the back 40 and decide to ve'a calf backwards. What ing «in nteer Exchange serves communi person for a newspaper She's been “working or goin; to school non-stop call: m: life.” “slaughed.. “Days off? Wha J days off?” ‘Her days off: are: mainly~ comprised of laundry” and? ‘ever, admit that sho likes to | ), embroider’ and play, the gui- swimming, : SUrUnrY, = was one of 20 people chosenil. from B.C. to tour. Nicaraguast in=;South “America. tion. Now they have millionsc f dollars of debt...1t‘ was:aw devastated country: with ab-7 ject poverty -and.60 per: cents) that* country’s’ history, have '“99'‘per ‘cen literacy® jocial ‘honest perceptions of what happening “there.”**: Nan thoroughly enjoyed the tour. <2 “#[ just loved it.” Nancy is “really commit ‘to seeing services expanded here,” but: the. frustrating Pp ‘sak basically a hobby. “but it’s aS Profitable : hobby.” “I made $16,000 fast ‘year. That's not a.lot | a YB. children in a’setting 1’ appre’ 3 : precise The Bruns --- husband, “at end they ap 2 She does most of the, work Es herself, including 12-hour. 3 shifts when lambs start com- ary.’ Pregnant ewes must be checked: at - least. every, hour becatse!a birth. can occur: with: are as I going to do, with three” ” mall’ children? You -- can't jeope in.a situatia Uke t.” ty f * Yasked her about her. hob oe ‘dies, the things she likes toy’: TNS SSA ANTENA SON ANTATTCNETENNI ANON SAROARAATIN x