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us _ Castlegar News “rr! 10. 1985

B.C. growers

plant

LANGLEY (CP) — Jurgen
Wernicke, a local fruit grow-
er, is hoping a round, brown
and hairy fruit could become
Canada’s newest commercial
crop.

Wernicke has been re-
searching kiwi fruit culture
for the past two years,
studying techniques in Eur-
ope and California. Four hec-
tares of his 23.5-hectare
property are being used for
planting kiwis.

Wernicke, already a suc-
cessful blueberry grower,
said the area around Langley
is ideally suited because of its
high elevation and the
amount of rainfall. Two
smaller farms on Vancouver
Island are also experiment-
ing with the fruit and Wer-
nicke predicts that between
the three of them “we'll have
at least 1,000 acres (400 hec-
tares) of kiwi fruit in the next

‘Kaslo makes
friends with
Russian town

Kaslo has made friends mation on one of the town's
with Shuya — a Russiantown churches, and letters from
northeast of Leningrad. residents wanting to find pen
In an effort to promote friends.

goodwill between Russia and 44.1, was paired with the
Canada, a package was sent Russian town through the
containing a letter of greet- Ground Zero Pairing Project
ing from Kaslo city council, a a town-twinning sociéty
map of the area, posteards b,seq in Portland, Ore

and photographs of the Kaslo

area, a history of Kaslo, a Most of the material sent
contribution from the town's was translated into Russian
soccer teams and cub group, by participants in Grand
information about the Lang- Forks, Nelson and Slocan
ham Cultural Society, infor- Park.

Meeting for.
crop growers

An information meeting on Armstrong; and Dr. David

kiwis

The name — kiwi — comes
from the fact they have been
marketed in New Zealand for
about 70 years. The fruit is
more properly known as the
Chinese gooseberry because
it is native to China and re-
sembles a gooseberry.

It is about the size of an
egg and has a brown skin
with short hairs covering it.

Usually eaten raw, the
fruit can be used in savory
dishes and contains the enz-
yme, actinidin, which has
been found to be an effective
meat tenderizer. It also has a
high Vitamin C content.

The Canadian venture is an
expensive one.

Wernicke said the startup
costs per half-hectare can run
between $20,000 and $30,000.
The federal and provincial
agricultural ministries are
helping to underwrite part of
the costs under the new crop

SPACE
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10 years.” development program.

TWIN TOWN . . . Kaslo was recently paired with a Russian town in an

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The National Exhibition Centre had a productive year
in 1984, board chairman Jean Mackenzie says in the centre's
annual report.

Mackenzie, who took over as chairman from Bob Brisco
when he was elected to Parliament in September, says the
board has a “new confidence and enthusiasm” as well as a
renewed sense of commitment to the future of the NEC.

NEC director Lucille Doucette adds that 1984 has been
a year of change at the centre.

Faced with an uncertain economic future, the centre
sought to consolidate past funding sources as well as
diversify future sources.

But Doucette says that the most important change at
the centre was the employment of a second full-time staff
member. This innovation had two immediate benefits — it
allowed the director a semblence of mobility and, with the
employment of a Bachelor of Education graduate and
certified educator, it allowed the programming function of
the centre to be “transferred quite confidently,” she said.

Another change at the NEC was;the development of
policies under which the NEC is administered, says
Doucette. These include: a statement of purpose (for the
NEC and the Castlegar and District Museum); a building
rental policy, a collections management policy and a
conservation policy.

The NEC also made great strides in 1984 in securing its

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Feeling pressure from both federal and provincial levels
to substantially increase local and self-generated income, the
NEC brought this dilemma to the forefront this past year, a
funding report states.

Encouraged by a number of actions taken by the centre,

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funding from the province rose $500. Federal funding
remained the same. But the largest were made municipally
with grants increasing 10 per cent. Together, grants rose 31
per cent in 1984-85.

The NEC also increased self-generated income by 29 per
cent through retail sales, memberships, workshops,
exhibits, donations, earned interest and special events.

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The biggest jump came in retail sales which rose 136 per
cent.
One of the campaigns undertaken to increase income
was the “corporate and non-profit membershi ” Targeted
to small business, organizations and partrons, this campaign
succeeded in bringing a brand new funding source to the
NEC, the report says.

The NEC is also undergoing a comprehensive

made from the Upgrading and
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Areas of study include: a facility needs analysi

structural analysis, and a financial analysis.
The consulting firm has ‘accepted the contract in

NEC has good year

A feasibility study explores every alternative for
funding and programming. In this way, should expansion or
diversification be indicated, the changes will be backed by a
solid block of market and funding research.

Last year was also a year of change of attitude and
direction in terms of the museum collection, says the report.
While for many years the museum ¢OMlétion was displayed
for one month during the summer and when exhibition
schedules forced the galleries to remain empty for too long,
this was not the case.

In June 1984, three university students were hired on a
Canada Works summer grant to accomplish a number of
tasks.

Primarily their task was to conserve the museum
collection. Condition reports were completed on approx:
imately 85 per cent of the collection, and volunteer labor
finished the job by late December.

Staff also undertook certain basic conservation tech.
niques to stabilize the artifacts most in danger.

Total cost of the project, including the Canada Works
project and the NEC contribution was slightly over $10,000.

The NEC was active in 1984 in providing work oppor.
tunities for national youth programs.

The past year was also busy in terms of additions and
deletions to the equipment and appearance of the exhibition
centre, the report says.

The most important change at the centre, was Project
Space, an employment development project from Canada
Works which began in February. This project renovated and
developed office space, “which was sorrowly needed at the
centre,” says the report.

With the interior of the centre given a facelift, the NEC
can now concentrate on changes to the exterior.

This year will see the NEC painted and a central
concrete sidewalk poured, which will cut down on dust in the
summer and allow safer passage for patrons in the winter.

The long-term includes the development of the groups
surrounding the centre.

One of the NEC's priorities identified this past year was
educational programs “or lack of them,” the report says.

The NEC has spent “considerable time and expense”
speaking to teachers, evaluating museum programs and
existence and planning for the long-term educational goals of
the centre.

KCTA attends
sportsmen’s show

The Kootenays were rep- which was up slightly from

resented at the Calgary last year

Sportsmen's Show by Koot Eight thousand of the new
enay Country Tourist Asso- Kootenay Country News bro-
ciation President Chuck chures were handed out, and
Truscott, Christine Munker- many queries about the Koot-
ud, Terje Munkerud, and enay Country were handled

pollination for growers of
crops and beekeepers has
been organized by the B.C.
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food. The meeting will be
held April 17 at the Down.
towner Motor Inn in Creston.

Speakers for this meeting
will be Doug McCutcheon,
supervisor of Apiculture Pro-
gram for B.C. Ministry of
Agrficulture and Food in Ab-
botsford; John Gates, Apiary
Inspector for the BCMAF in

Lane, Tree Fruit Breeder for
Agriculture Canada at the
Summerland Research Sta
tion.

Some of the field crop
topics that will be discussed
are pollination of clover and
rapeseed; hive placement in
the field; importance of hive
strength; timing of hive
placement; and controlling
problem insects while hives
are in the field.

Cremation for
Arthur Hawkins

Arthur Robert Leslie
Hawkins of Castlegar passed
away Monday, April 1 at the
age of 76 years.

Mr. Hawkins was born
July 20, 1908 at Letterkenny,
Ontario. He grew up and
farmed in the Nipawin-Wol-
seley area of Saskatchewan.
In 1929 he married LeOwen
Rilley at Winnipeg. The
couple then returned to Sas-
katchewan and continued
farming until moving to Trail
in July of 1942.

It was in 1942 that he be.
gan working for Cominco. In
1949 the family moved into
Castlegar and Mrs. Hawkins
retired from Cominco in 1972
after 30 years of service.

A member of the retirees
Curling and Golf Club, Mr.
Hawkins spent many hours
either golfing or curling.

He is survived by three
sons, Robert of Calgary,
Ronald and Allan of
Castlegar; one daughter, Vay
Oliphant of Castlegar; 11
grandchildren; two great
grandchildren; and two sis
ters, Marjorie Mills and Della
Medd of Victoria. He was
predeceased by his wife in
1978, two brothers and two
sisters.

Cremation has taken place
No flowers by request

The family would appre.
ciate friends of Mr. Hawkins
to join them for refreshments
on Saturday, April 13, from
2-4 p.m. at 3417 3rd Ave.,
Castlegar.

Cremation arrangements
were under the direction of
the Castlegar Funeral Chap

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