g. TIME TOGRIN Everyone's heard a- bout the guy who dropped 8 fortune in ite inate - when bls shopping bag “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” broke. Public Notice . gat _ : - : To the Residents of Blucberry Creek SPRINKLING REGULATIONS Effective Immediately hegielative ianeeeyes Parliament Bldgs., 501 Be evill® S Victorin, Be Ce. V8V 1X4 Published Every Thursday Moming ‘a VOL. 29, No, 25 CASTLEGAR; BRITISH) COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JUNE My 19768 20 CENTS PER COPY - Local Airport Operation The use of more than two sprinklers at any one time fs prohibited by Bytaw. Infractions of these regulations will result? In Prosecution, RUBBER’ STAMPS CASTLEGAR NEWS Phone 365-7266 191 Columbia Ave. PAVING Driveways & Parking Lots J..E. G. BLACKTOP PAVING Phone 365-2244 or 226-7697 — For Estimates — ee ne eens nea enewerens aj Bluaberry Creek Irrigation District The afforc Lo 1: plan to make owning a home possible for more people. ig one’s for you. It's called AHOP (The Assisted: Home Ownership Program), and it combines the federal assistance provided by IC (Central Mortgage and Housing Corpo- ration) with additional assistance from the B.C. Government. Very simply, here's how it works: If you're a two-person household and want. to buy or build a house, and the price is within the establiched AHOP price limits for the area, . youcan qualify for the CMHC Interest Reduc- tion Loan. This loan acts to reduce the “ mortgage Tate to 8%, and is interest-free for the support period. ‘That's only the first part. The second is a CMHC subsidy of up to $750 for the East year, You're eligible if you've applied for the maximum Interest Reduction "least one dependent child; ‘and even with the loan, your monthly payments exceed 25% of your income. Now here's the extra bonus fram us. you've qualified for the above CMHC subsidy, and your monthly payments more than 30% of your income, you qualify ne an addi- _ tional subsidy, of up to $750. + dd it all up, and it means that the Ns Boast: bility of home ownership is greatly extended, and now includes families in B.C. with incomes below $10, 000 a year, British Columbia Department of Housing Hon.Hugh A.Curtis, Minister. Loan; have at *, J Aplanto encourage m more. $e A planto make more cient use of rdable housing. . ‘This one’s for the municipalities. And you, You may benefit from the resulting reduced municipal taxes and/or increased services. It's called MIGP (Municipal Incentive Grant Pro- gram), and it's designed to encourage the de- eelopment of affordable housing an the more efficient use of land. There are two grants available to municipalities and regional districts. The first. ie 8 $1,000 Ogrant, from CMHC. The'second is a $500 us, That means the total grant per el eligtte ul ile unit is $1,500. To be eligible the its must be constructed for Bropooed ho residency, be connected to munici- pal piped water and sewage systems, and be served with roads having at least gravel sur- face. ese are the basic qualifications. There are others that apply to densit ty, size ize and value requirements. What they all add up to for you is growing communtties with more affordable i housing for more people. rental housi available. co ‘This one’s for the builders. And you. You benefit because it creates a more adequate sup- ply of rental housing. U's called ‘ARP (Assisted Rental: ‘Program), and ite designed to stimulate private investors to once again invest funds in affordable rental housing. The incentive is for the builder ... but, the benefits are on toyou. ‘A prototype of this program resulted in on Vancouver Island last yes ‘The amount of assistance available to the builder depends on the number of units in the project, the construction coat, the mortgage in- terest rate, operating costs, and prevailing rents. Itstarts with a $600 grant per unit from us in the first year, If this grant is not sufficient to allow the builder to charge’normal market rents and maintain an agreed-upon return rate on his equity, an assistance loan of $1,200 per unit is available from CMHC. Ifeither or both of the above still leave the builder below the ag: return rate on equity, a conditonal $1,200 interest-free loan per unit is available from the province. The agreement establishes initial rental rates. After that, rents ‘are set by market condi- tions, but any higher net revenues derived go towards reducing the amount of : assistance, Basically, what it all means is more rental housing available st more reasonable rates. in 2,000 new rental units * MAIOR AWARD WINNERS at Friday evening’s Stanley Humphries Secondary School Commencement’ Exercises are, left'to right, Rene Rilkoff SHSS Award,” Desai; Kathy Mason SHSS presented by M. SHSS Lead to’ Pam’ Corbett, lett, and; Sally: Johison, = IODE Lilian Killough chapter regent Mrs. J. F. Killough. This was awarded the girls as the two top band students and will be continued on the. : 12 tol cass $4,955 were presented at the® 1976: Commencement Exercises of Stanley _Humph- ries Secondary School students on Friday evening of Inst week: Three students, judged on academic” ‘ability, ‘service and citizenship, received ‘the three top'awards presented by the ‘school each year. ~ ‘The’: Stanley ‘-Humphries - Award, which is the major award, was. won by. Ts Rilkoff. It: was accompanied $76 and was presented by u Desai. eceiviong the Aggragate Award was Kathy Mason, and the’ Leader’s: Award went to Barry De’ Paoll. : These: two- awards, accompanied by. $50 * each from the Cuy of Castlegar, were presented by Mayor Ed Mosby. Other award winners were Lane Highway “A near tragedy at a "Columbia Ave. crosswalk has resulted ‘in. the’ local RCMP reminding the public that Col- umbla’ Ave. is‘ a° single lane highway. Drivers are informed pass ing on the right is illegal aici when another vehicle is turning left. ) aE /; Sally: Johnson’ Ys and Kevin Lamb; and of $50 to Beta Sigma Phi Bursary of $50 to Tracey Leitch, presented by Mrs. D. Bate. Castlegar Chapter RNABC award of $200. to Kathleen Kanigan, presented by Mrs. J. Peregrym. Eastern Star'Minto Chap- ter 79 award of $55 to Judy Duetsch, presented by, Mrs. J. Buffett. F. A. Hayw ood Memorial Bursary, of. ‘$100 to Gail Fodor, presented by Mrs. J..Kaufma +, Union of: Youth. USCC. awards of $100 each'to Kathryn Smieff and! Holly - Voykin, pre- sented by C. Ozeroff.” Robson Women's Institute awarad . of $100. to ‘Colleen Kilpatrick, Presented by: Rev, Ted Bristow offici- ated at the service at which * officers and Cadets of Squadron No, 581 were in‘attendance. Pallbearers. were. Pat Sweeney, Jim~ Moore, Brian date of its expiration ‘being © selves years ago when they became ¢ the first twins to be born in Duncan,’ Rick. ‘Nelson, Mike He June 29, the date of the next regular, council meeting. the Castlegar and District = Setleeas News Photo by Lals Hughes : Lowther, Gregg Graff, Dave “(continued on page 4) RECOGNITION in the form ofan iluminated scroll was preasaicd local resident Jim Leckie, centre, for having donated 35 pints of blood over a period of years to-the Red Cross. The presentation was made by the Castlegar Kiwanis Club, sponsors for over 20 years of the. seml-annual blood door clini. The presentation was made by elub president Jim Cromwell and was witnessed by a longtime clinic volunteer, Mrs. Gilbert Fowler..The scroll notes that Mr. Leckie’s action in consistently donating blood “is an example of generosity and self-sacrifice worthy of all pralse and beyond all price.” Actually, Mr. /. . Leckie has given more than 35 Pints of blood with frequent unrecord Canada di led donations in Eastern World War il. A record turnout of 395 volunteers donated their blood at the donor clinic held in the Legion Hall earlier this month. At this clinic several awards were also presented to donors for their support. Those receiving pins in recognition of 20 blood donations are Mrs. B. V. Ingham, Mrs. T. R.. Rourke, G. Fletcher and T. Lang, all of Castlegar; A. Y. Hartley of Blueberry Creek and Mrs. H, J. Street and J. A. Street of South Slocan.—Kiwanis Club Photo phy