na na ee eg eee Re CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thuraday, Juno 12, 1976 Oth Annual Swim-a-Thon Takes Place Sixth annual swim-a-thon of the Castlegar Aquanauts Speed Swim Club takes place this Saturday at the Bob Brandson Memorial Pool, This [nthe club's only major fund ralsing project of the year which is open to all swimmers who would Ilke to participate, ‘The maximum in the non~ stop swimming is 72 laps {one mile) or one hour time limit. There is a time limit, however, of 45 minutes for first year swimmer This is the Registered B.C, this Saturday “Safely Council Mile Swim for which registration is made right at the pool, “Rules call for the second year awimmera to awim at less time than thelr first year with the third year swimmers to make better than thelr second year r will be presented for those who qualify. For thls entry there is a fee. ‘A club spokesman has Fequested that all pledge books be returned to Mike Varabeioff by tomorrow at the latest, City Will Not Legislate. Against the Honey Bee Did you know there is a 2 scarcity of bees, that bees have {been known to be hired out and ~ Shave been the object of rus- { tlers?. These are a few facts } brought to council's attention }. Tuesday night when Ald. Allen {| Selble reported on his study of 3 Seeussoon Open? Daysa Week LIKE OWLS? - See th ee we ciiars an andt Andian te “CHOWE WOODCRAFT 4 Miles Northof | Cresent Vallay Store ~ Drive out and bees after complaints had been received asking for some form of contro! over these creatures, The bees also recéived support from a concerned citi- zen who wrote to couneil in de- tail. "While the writer stated he was aware of the discomfort and also the allergic reaction caused in some individuals from. asting, he said the fact is honey s very seldom sting as it means death for them to do so, ‘As far as-the number of. bees goes, it was pointed out that bees are forgers and too many hives in a given area will result in natura! elimination of hives due to starvation and bee Fe disease. Mayor Ed Mosby com- * thorough and intellige: he had’ ever: acon ‘on’ this aub; : Council will not be legistat- ing against bees, It is felt it is not within its powers, Mile swim creat and cards eventually ‘Control of. Water - Level Requested _ By Ratepayers: (continued from page 1) required to provide almilar notice of water level changes as that presently given by West Kootenay Power, The association is also contacting B.C, Hydro chair- man David Cass-Baggs inqulr- ing if, In his. capacity as chairman, whether or not the corporation has any intention of replacing the utilities weat of the Keenleyside Dam that were. enjoyed prior to the building of the dam. Pat Metge Addresses . Sr. Citizens Regional Recreation direc- tor Pat’ Metge was gueat apeaker, at.a‘meeting ofthe Catests Senior Citizens, held Thursday, evening {n thelr ‘Gane He spoke'of many coming P/events in ‘which the members 5 any, way the residents in that community. Costing #104,000, “could participate,'and hoped that they would let bim know of Fecreation co hi sion’can’assiat) jenior, h : meeting mith ‘a chicken supper. “Various committee reports during the evening, From, Page 1 1915 Commencement Exercises for SHSS ‘Two Awards of $100 from the Pulp & Paper Workers of Ganada Local No. 1 to Brenda f be Chapt Klitand Mareena Markin by, R. Leamy 2: D.E. Lillian Killough to “Cuff Link and Tie Sets Trovel Cases a Tennis Bag: Electric "Razors — Pipe Racks Bar Accessories & Ice Buckets ° Stamp Albums & A ‘ Canada West Books - Chess Sets ~ Bookends — Chanel for Men _, Super Match — Table Lighters it : Ganon Webster by. Mrs.M. ‘Two Canadian Cellulose Company Bursaries of $260 each to Katrine Thor-Larsen ‘and Patricia West by R. Rivers; Selkirk: Lions. Clubiof Castlegar Award ‘of $100 to Clara Kavaloff by W. Hotuboff; KT & RE McGauley Me orial Scholarship of $126) Gordon Webster. by E. Me ‘ Gauley; Herb Pitts Memoria! Bur- sary of $100 to John Veysey by J. Leckie; Principal I's Award of $50 to Gordon Webster by Li. Farrell; Moran Geronazzo Bi Bursary of $75 to Pat Beninger:by M. Lauriente; and BC. High ‘School Bos Basket! ap ‘of $200 to John Verse by Dyck! ‘Robson. Couple: Celebrate. th Wedding hake “Mrs and Mrs, Dave Ste- wart of Robson were pleasantly surprised on May $1 when they. visited their son Gary, to find + about 40 of thelr relatives and friends gathered to wish them well on their 25th wedding anniversary: © =, Beautifully decorated ta- bles were set out on the lawn for the event, Prior to the luncheon, Mrs. Stewart was presented with a corsage of white carnations and lily-ofthe- valley, by her granddaughter. Louise, and Mr. Stewart re- ceived a boutonniere ‘from ‘granddaughter Laurie, bath daughters of their eet: son, David Stewar R, Bro a the messages members of the family: who were unable to be present. and a cheque was received from radio station CKQR in.memory © of tho late A.’ Brad; J. Raine expressed: hii alncere thanks for the kind- ~ nesses extended to him by members. while” he’ w: atient:in the hospital. - pleasant evening was brought to a close with the serving | of Fefreshmente, os aaa Caen SS Ralph Hyssop, who ‘Allan pleaded guilty t0 2 charge of supplying liquor to a mij fined, $86., Swanson was ‘Dougie: fined $25 after he pleaded gullty to a charge of being a minor in possession of liquor. y * *. |) Wilber. Sawataky, who pleaded ty to a: change of eral gifts, along with the many good wishes. One unique. gift was a plaque with a large “25” inscribed; on it, surrounded with.a 25-cent pieces. : Guests attending this gala oceasion ‘came from "Fruitvale, Nelson, Langley and Castlegar. officer, was fined $100 or indet default 20 des in jail, . “ ee Bryan Frederick Marsh was fined $95 when he minor. in possession of liquor.” j "Funeral Service. Held For E. M. (Shorty) Travis. Funeral services were held “yesterday ’from the chapel of tie Castlegar Funeral Home for: of which in- cluded a letter from MP Bob Brisco, MLA Chris D'Arcy, and Red Cross Water Safety When you take your family to the beach, be sure to keep Records Timex Walthes ... 2... (0% Off Chocolafes & Turfles ... 10% Off In the CARL'S DRUG MART: of Castleaird Plaza PHONE 365-7269 the water. Such toys float easily away and young children may: drown if tempted to chase and retrieve them. Supervise your children ‘* carefully when they are in on, or near, water, + ROYAL CANADIAN : LEGION LOUNGE — OPEN — Fel. 4 p.m, 's Sat. 1 pam,’ Travis, i ot Castlegar who alee Saturday. OM ‘Travis was bora fn Parkersburg, West Virginia, ‘Aug. 26, 1920. He: raised. ‘and educated there and moved ‘to Canada in 1956, living first in Calgary’ and :mioving ‘later to Rossland where ihe! ‘married Polly Poohachoff. ; Mr. Tales Sip: ment rental firms wot a 1968 and has had various’ positions 2 He is survived. by. his wile’ Polly; a daughter Zella Mae at home; bis mother .Mrs.: Janie ; “Travis of Akron, Ohio;'foar brothers,’ Earl ‘of New, York, Bill of Coolville, Ohio, Robert of ae Marietta, Ohio and Charles of Williamstown, W. Va. anda: sister Mra, J. (Nora Jean) {Farnsworth of Mari Rev. Ted Bristow officiated atthe service at which organist | Dawana Dinning played hymna, “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” i] and “Amazing Grace”.\) ' Pallbearers were Ted Hill, Grant Reed, Lyall McKendy, ‘Martin Meyer, Mike Esovoloff ‘and’ Larry -Maloff with Ed = ' Lewis, Len Greenwood, Maur- ice Hingley and Bob Briggeman © as benerny pallbearers. jurial, Look: place at Park. Mosel Cemetery. ATS uRa ROMANIA SINGER SALES & SERVICE. : CARTER’S SEWING CENTRE: 703 - 7th Ave. 5. 365.3810 Castlegar, ac. “READ THE CLASSIFIED. ADS: : Holiday Time will Soon Be Here Have Your Car & Front-End Checked NOW! @ TUNEWP: '@ BRAKE JOB © EXHAUST SYSTEM © @ FRONTEND ALIGNMENT, Downstairs in the Fully Air Conditioned ° ee MARLANE, HOTEL ie “The ‘Chaparrals B-TRACK TAPES TRADE ‘This Griday ‘and Saturday ct Jonny s Grocery & Gas Sales ‘On Robson Side of the Ferry — Telephone: 365-7941 4 custom ofthe Canta Hew ‘conference will rej Doha, B.C. Federation of Foster Parents: Hold Conference Bo. Fe fon fon of Foatar’ int Associations is holdin; ie oth annual meeting ant provinelal conference this. Fri- aay. Setury and Sunday at : Unrcien Mine, Qure—Together wo Cars", i Delegates a ending this esent 61 foster parent associations throughout B.C., as: well as Many foster parent associations from across Canada, . Otte of the goals of the conference's to form a Cana- dlan foster parents. Special intereat workshops ° avallable at the conferonce Include the problems of juvenile delinquency; effoctive foster parenting; leadership training; ; Rative Indian concerns; handl- - capped children; family com- munications; human ‘sexuality; common sense nutrition; group ‘and therapeutic home parents; departmental policy; reality therapy: ‘and teenage workshop. Twin Rivers Band . Takes Three-Day Tour ByR. On the Sor of of June 2, ‘the ‘The Twin Rivers Ele. mentary, band, a group of 89 musicians from grades aix and seven, left Castlegar and headed for Sparen 8 BC. as part of a three-day On their way, ‘he band atopped In Cranbrook and play- ed'a concert at) Central Ele-° mentary School, where they were well received and appreel- ated by the Central pupils and Immediately after the con- Delivered by Crai: Jones)” Grads 1975 Validectory The 1976 Stanley Hum- phries graduating class valedic- k torien Friday evento ie Craig Jones. As has bee ress is. print ) ed 8 its iors and ts as omens Guests, Mem: bers ofthe Staff of Stanley. ° ies and gentle- - Humphries, ‘ladi { men, fellow graduating atu. 4. stage of the di adult—it is our graduation from: f \ t dents, Mother: ; snirusied to the educators ‘of “There will be, aa there must, | It puts the finishing touch’ on the’ fir 1g young: the public school’ system. 2° Over the life span of the: average person,’ this moment will be dwarfed by other events auch as marriage or the birth of Za child, But: ineddenta that seem ‘The way in which we j.bandle these events, and the have successfully completed: our vast learning Process, We: have. hopefully un the battles with see no hope, us. + But though. in of this, the many things to sustain us, and one of these is our graduation ‘and subsequent entry into the adult! world. t . When we were younger we +were very vulnerable. One “person's actiona or words influ: enced us greatly. Entire philos- ‘ophies of life are often derived from one admired gesture, di some people's dreams, others’ “> potential are all too: often puailreced he Wrong Ag: ‘quaintanc svPhese things don't: end {with graduation.: They stay uus for, moat of our lives, = and we must ‘bev ery, care! Graduation is notan ending for anything... i, only beginnings. There is ,n0. wa a eo gan { Lives will be’ vastly’ different that: our. ‘hard for us:to:bolieve that there are po , ‘our parents have’had on’. > STe2! :ue.\ Sometimes it has been: Sump & Septic Tonk Pumping - PHONE 365-5013: 4800 SOUTH 4TH AVENUE — CASTLEGAR what they were doing was in our beat interests. We have many times lost ‘sight of the fact thatif nothing! ‘> else—our ‘parents have exper. fence.’ And no one can deny the. a merits of first-hand experience. But, regardless of what we were told, we always went out and tried it ourselves and we F aivaye woke up. with a hang- ‘Thus, for their many kind +‘ actions, ‘wonderful intent,” and unfailing devotion, we thank. our’parents very, very sin- cerely: From each of us, to each of you . «thanks, We really have a multitude * of people to thank. People who have’ seen at) one time or another, the numerous fallacies of our ways, and have extended. themselves to redirect us... people who have taught us ‘one way or ‘another,’ some hard basic and people, usually called’ parents, who were always there when things ‘were going right, and never far away when things were going wrong. ‘To sit down and thank each person individually would take years, However, we would like to especially ‘thank the teach- era; those dedicated, tough, ~ honest adults who har forgive you for your 6,000 word eanays and your:damo late re, have™| eens for bytes traly fal. On behalf of grad “75, please accept: our simple 1 The last:12, years, have ‘im nt* c) demateally, ‘but -alao inthe establishment of friendships that. will last a, lifetin hvery cert, the boys boarded the bus for the drive to Fort’ Steele where they spent several raln- swept hours’ locking at relics and artifacts left by the Moun- tles ‘and Indians of days gono by. Then it was off to Sparwood , where the boys met their billets and rested for the night. Early Tuesday \morning the boys assembled at!Moun- tain’ View Elementary | Schoo! where its principal, Phil John. son, formerly of ty fale é Elementary in Cas ted the pA ‘and fled ti them is “Jon the details of the combined ‘schools concert that morning.’ The morning concert .was a * dress rehearsal for the evening concert forthe inte, ° | Mountain View Elemen- tary featured thelr Scottish icing group, their Intermed!- ate and.Primary choirs, and their Spar-ette Majorette team. During the concert’ forthe children, the band stopped playing: to) allow the! band Mr. “an Instrument talk.’ ‘strument was explained and band members were asked to Gecioaatvate, their instruments, The, pupils sniered, ihe cus demonstration, 1 mi formance ‘a seated that: evening for, the parents and applauso for the band was slged wall good. The band played wel! even though they were a bi tired. ‘That same afternoon the band was taken for a tour, iat bpportunty to go Hatt opto ‘opportunity: to go it up. the top of the mountain above Sparwood where the coal is being mined in huge open pits. The | were extremely im- pressed by the size of the huge trucks, yal Salus at approximate- ly one-half yn dollars each, that were vse toe carry the coal” away. Wednesday morning, the band was up again bright and early, in preparation fo a concert at. 8 tary School. This school is auch larger, containing about.500 students. The pupils of. Spar- wood Elementary were ex- tremely impressed with the _band,. and! at one point were singing and clipping f along mith he be band tothe tune Han ae the return fourney the bus headed for the Fish Hatch- : ery, at Bull Ree Here some ots % ithe relnfores'some of the thes about fish in * The people’ you see before; friends you are all the beat of sd, T bellove, these relation. ships will last regardless of nothing more powerful than * strong. friendship, and a0 — frlendship's stronger than here.. These last DEVELOPMENT. "CORPORATION laughing, erying, experiencin; and growing: together have ‘mide ‘us’ spiritually. a part of °. one another. We are all: one person; we the members of grad "78. Snir © Rivers School, ‘cries ‘of: iHome i at. last!” could be: heard’: ate our thanks to our teachers ‘and parents :<:. Let me remind ‘you that ‘life has’ no ‘endings, only beginnings. And above all, “allow me ‘the, pleasure.“of - h ie 10 SMALL Bi “The Seal Business Development ‘ofthe: British: Columbia Development ‘Corporation Invites: secondary manufac.’ ‘Or. processit ng businesses .t0, to. discuss urers, “thelr, financing | probl yours area on the presentotives who will oe nite rn foll lowing dates, Mr, P.-E. Palm, British: Columbia Development Corporation, *: 272 Granville Square, 43): 200 Granville Sree eae ‘Vancouver, B.C. V6C. ‘British Columbia \. Development’ 3] Corporation | ‘There has been a “gubstan: tial increase in’ all types: of traffic using’ the: Castlegar Ferry during the month of May, 1975, a8 compared to period ‘last: year. The only decrease. occurred fn. the num-! ber of livestock to cross on the ferry. ‘The May’ statistics are a3 follows, with the 1974 figures / indieated in brackets: v “Number. of round trips (8,144) 8,245; number of auto. , 9°.» mobiles and deivers (28,786). 8°". 82,404; ‘number. of. passen; gees {not drivers (42,763) 46,289; “number of trucks; all types (10,885) 12,598; ‘number of trailers and’ semi-trailers (334) 463; number of motor buses (105) 117; ‘number of motor- ‘cycles (222) 588; and number of livestock (45) 21.) COHOE _ INSURANCE : Leesirmals a Complete : * 969, apoavanes “ave. ~ PHONE 363-3201 Downtown Chevron Service Official Opening Saturday Tho offictal’ opening of © Downtown Chevron Service takes place this Saturday under. the ownership of Dall Beninger, a resident of this area for the past 15 years who will ne Mttlo introduction, Mr. Beningor originally came to this area as owner of Dall's TV. shortly alter the opening of the Castleaird Plaza Shopping Centre, . He feels his fackeroand | in electronics is'an assot:to his business which offers:a‘com- «plete Alagnoatic tune-up centre. Execullve Secretary of UN “Association Gives Talk Here. : In the area last week, was Lydia Sayle, the executive secretary ofthe United Nations vi As local issue or concern, To hel; communities to get Involved in such'a project, student co- well as visiting Stanley, Hum phries Secondary School, Mrs. » bed ‘spoke i the meeting of the “Citizens se Rls Wai eld Awareness” grou] Her talk foe focused on the United Nations’ Conference on -_ Human Settlements, Habitat “week in August. The faite is "76, to be held” year from tow. ‘The conference, as the title suggests, will deal with the conditions in which people live. in Vancouver: a _ Emphasis waa put on the need for representatives from Third ©. ‘World Countries to attend the conference, although it‘is pos- alble for people to get involved in the conference on'a local seale. Bah ‘The U.N.A, is encouraging communities to examine the problem of human settlements from a local vowpolnt, and create a project: eel iie mB throughout the province, and the ‘name ‘of: the ‘loca! ‘co- ordinator, will be released pre- ‘sently. © oo Also. discussed at the meet- ing was'the U.N.A. student ‘sominar which is held sno | in Vancouver’ during’ the th open’ to) grades 10 and 12 students ‘and community groups, Mra. Sayle expressed a hope that people from this area will be’ able to attend Still on the topic of human acttlements, the: group dis- :' cussed ther alternatives to’ pre- sent systems. On this note, the - film, "The New Alehemis was viewed. Thls excellent film depicted: a farm in’ which everything is run on a selentific ° basis, but ‘where the’ scie does riot interfere with: the balance of nature. have’ been hired: CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, ‘Sune 12, 1975 FOR ALL OCCASIONS Mr. Beninger and his wife Wo specialize in Edith are both sports minded. ‘weddings, funerals He enjoys restoring antique Y ‘and everyday cars as woll as boating and arrangements fishing. Creative designs by They have five children, professional designers While they all Hve at home two are young men, one working for CanCel in the sawmill division. and the other with Carefree Designs Enterprises. ‘Their only daughter grad- uates' this year from Stanley ‘Humphries Secondary’ School ‘while another son attends Kin- nalrd Junior Secondary School and the youngest boy attends Castlegar. Primary: |. Mrs. Beninger is employed » “We Wire Flowers atthe Castlegar § eaves Credit ‘Anywhero”. ton, WEST KOOTENAY ANIMAL “+ HOSPITAL “NEW SUMMER HOURS . 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