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A Christmas gift

Word this week that the
Castlegar and District Public
Library expansion will be going
ahead couldn't have come at a
more appropriate time. After all, it
is Christmas, and what better gift
for the community than a new
library?

Of course, the provincial
government deserves a heartfelt
thanks for adding $22,500 to its
already hefty contribution of
$200,000. It obviously understood
the importance of the library to the
community, and without the ad-
ditional funds, it is unlikely the
project would be pushing ahead

But the government doesn't
deserve the credit for the expan-
sion. That belongs to the residents
of Castlegar who showed their
overwhelming support for the ex
pansion during the fund raising
campaign of the last three weeks. |

\t was support that came from
all sectors of the community: from
students who donated a single
dollar and corporations which
donated thousands of dollars. It
came from seniors, business
people, unemployed, professional
groups, children and labor

Library board chairman Deb
Chmara recalled several donations
that brought tears to her eyes, but
perhaps none more than when a
young girl hauled her piggy bank
to the library to donate the $40
she'd been saving.

And the support was as unex-
pected as it was massive, con-
sidering the state of the economy
of this area. Official unemploy-
ment hovers around the 15 per
cent mark, though the unofficial
rate is a lot higher.

It was also unexpected given
the time of year: while people are
more generous at this time, they
are also likely to be short of funds
especially for things like buildings
They have to buy presents and ex-
tra groceries. And they're asked to
give to the needy through such
worthwhile organizations such as
the Legion Hamper Fund and the
Kootenay Society for the Handi
capped. It can be hard on the
pocketbook.

But it makes the library's fund
raising effort and the community
support of that effort all the more
remarkable. Congratulations
Castlegar. You deserve it

What's it really mean?

In another three days it will be
Christmas. Christmas 1986. And
perhaps now is as good a time as
any to pause a moment in our hec-
tic lives and consider what Christ-
mas really means to us.

It is family, friends, gifts,
eating and a host of other things.

It is somehow fitting to remem-
ber, too, that Christmas is ao
religious holiday. There is nothing
wrong with Santa and all the other
trappings that make Christmas so
festive. But they shouldn't over-
shadow the reason we celebrate
Christmas

It is because a baby was born
— the most incredible event in the
world. A child — the symbol of
new hope; of supreme love; of life
over death. And in that child is
something for everyone, whether
Christian or not; whether religious
or not. Love and joy and peace on
earth are not religious concepts
they are something in which
everyone can share.

So in the rush of these last few
days before Dec. 25, try to remem.
ber what Christmas is really all
about — if only for a little while

Ron
Norman

As a bit of a Christmas treat I've
decided to reprint the famous reply
by Francis Church, editorial writer
for the now defunct New York Sun,
to a letter from Virginia O'Hanlon,
8, of Manhattan, asking if there was
a Santa Claus.

The response appeared in the
Sept. 21, 1897 Sun.

“Is there a Santa Claus?

“We take pleasure in answering
at once and thus prominently the
communication below, expressing at
the same time our great gratifi
cation that its faithful author is
numbered among the friends of the
Sun:

“Dear Editor

“I am eight-years-old

“Some of my little friends say
there is no Santa Claus.

“Papa says ‘If you see it in the
Sun, it’s so.’

“Please tell me the truth, is there
a Santa Claus?

“Virginia O'Hanlon

“115 West 95th St.

“Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the skepticism of a skeptical age
They do not believe except what
they see. They think that nothing
can be which is not comprehensible
by their little minds. All minds,
Virginia, whether they be men’s or
children's, are little. In this great
universe of ours man is a mere
insect, an ant, in his intellect, as
compared with the boundless world
about him, as measured by the in
telligence capable of grasping the
whole truth and knowledge

“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as love
and generosity and devotion exist,
and you know that they abound and
give to your life its highest beauty

and joy. Alas! How dreary would be
the world if there were no Santa
Claus! It would be as dreary as if
there were no Virginias. There
would be no childlike faith then, no
poetry, no romance to make toler.
able their existence. We should
have no enjoyment, except in sense
and sight. The eternal light with
which childhood fills the world
would be extinguished

“Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might as well not believe in fairies!
You might get your papa to hire
men to watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus,
but even if they did not see Santa
Claus coming down, what would
that prove? Nobody sees Santa
Claus, but that is no sign that th
is no Santa Claus. The most ieal
things in the world are those that
neither children nor men can see.
Did you ever see fairies dancing on
the lawn? Of course not, but that's
no proof that they are not there.
Nobody can conceive or imagine all
the wonders there are unseen and
unseeable in the world

“You tear apart the baby’s rattle
and see what makes the noise
inside, but there is a veil covering
the unseen world and not the
strongest man, not even the united
strength of all the strongest men
that ever lived, could push aside
that curtain and view and picture
the supernatural beauty and glory
beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia,
in all this world there is nothing else
real and abiding

. nta Claus! Thank God he

s, and he lives forever. A
thousand years from now, Virginia,
nay, ten times ten thousand years

from now, he will continue to make
glad the heart of childhood.

A. SP bre2. ee

Letters to the Editor

Waterslide not wanted

Re: Waterslide Back on Drawing
Board (Dec. 14 CasNews).

The drawing board is exactly where
this proposal belongs; it certainly does
not belong in Ootischenia. This was
made abundantly clear at last year's
public meetings. Mr. Exner accuses
Martin Vanderpol of spreading “mis
information” (whatever that means) to
the residents of Ootischenia to per.
suade them to turn down the proposal
I can assure Mr. Exner that | am quite
capable of forming my own opinions
and I was, and am, still opposed to his
proposal for philosophical and practical
reasons based on the “misinformation”
he himself presented.

I am philosophically opposed to the
expenditure of our rapidly diminishing
resources on a large plastic toy for
the dubious pleasure and entertain
ment of those who happen to be
passing through this area. Here in the
Kootenays we are blessed with some of
the most spectacular natural “facil
ities” in the country; these tourist
attractions do not need “development”
for they are perfect as only nature can
be perfect. Rather than spend $2
million to develop a tourist “trap” it

Letter
amusing

I wag amused to read a letter in the
Dec. 14 issue from S.W. Webster who
appeared to justify the purchase of
West Kootenay Power and Light Co.
by UtiliCorp. on the basis that big is
best and local management is bad. He
states: “One need only look at the
decrepit state of the City of Nelson
power plant to realize the inevitable
result of local management. The West
Kootenay Power system is in little
better condition.”

The present management of the City
of Nelson has recently replaced both
turbines on their two largest gener.
ators, increasing their total output by
10 per cent using the same amount of
water. They are upgrading their
distribution system. West Kootenay
Power, to my knowledge operates a
fairly efficient system and their “local
amateurs” haven't done too badly over
the years.

Management is not a matter of size
or location. You can be a good manager
in a small company in a small com
munity

If large size and location in a large

y leads to good rs .
how can we explain Canada Post, B.C.
Tel and the Chrysler corporation in the
1970s?

Ron Ross
Castlegar

would be better to spend a small
portion of this money to promote what
already exists.

Additionally, this proposed facility
will clash loudly with the chosen life
style of those of us who came here to be
free of the plastic and chrome glitz of
“development.” We chose to live here
in order to remain closer to the earth
and to provide our children with an
environment free of the conspicuous
consumption which a project such as
this waterslide exemplifies

CETAC says that the land they want
to “develop” is only a “6.16 acre
sandpit™ but I can assure you that my
children, and many others, have spent
countless hours playing there and they
did not need any help from CETAC to
enjoy this land.

My practical rejection of this prop-
osal is based on my all too familiar
relationship with the restricted water
supply in Ootischenia. CETAC would
have us believe that they can drill wells
and further draw down the available
ground water and not affect the quan
tity or quality of the water in the
existing wells. Their “experts” assure
them of this and we are supposed to
accept these findings over the infor.
mation given by the Ootischenia Water
Board which has been dealing with the
water situation for years and whose
conclusion is that there is little likeli
hood of finding water within the boun

Another
giveaway

They have
mountains,

Made a wasteland of our trees.

We have lost control

Of our Crowsnest coal,

And they poisoned all our seas.

We have lost control of our power
dams,

And our best productive’ land

Cleared with sweat and toil;

Then our gas and oil

Their missiles soar

O'er Labrador

When will we make a stand?

Now our pills and drugs are on the
line

Another “giveaway!

We must pay their price

And sacrifice

Is there no other way?

We must reverse this awful curse

Or will forever be

The slaves of these knaves

With this, their swollen purse

Not the True North
free!

ripped off all our

strong and

Pat Romaine
Castlegar

daries of the proposed development.

To someone who goes through
August limited to a single sprinkler at
two gallons per minute, it is hard to
accept the installation of a waterslide
as a logical use of a severely limited
water supply! It is ironic in the
extreme that we who are bordered by
two major rivers must watch our
gardens and lawns wither for lack of
water; I would suggest that an assured
water supply for all of Ootischenia is of
a much-higher priority than this “de
velopment” which is intended to line
the pockets of its proponents and pay
minimum wages to those who may
work these

I am further confounded by the
intention to erect another motel in this
area when the existing facilities are
seldom, if ever, fully utilized. Further,
the access to this site is restricted and
can only cause greater congestion and
confusion at an already hazardous
intersection.

If this area must have a waterslide
then please build it where there is lots
of water. I suggest that the land
adjacent to the Monte Carlo and
bordered by Highway 3 would make a
excellent location, but then CETAC
would have to figure out another way
to develop their parcel of land. With
this in mind I suggest that something
related to agriculture is far more ap-
propriate to land which is already in
the Agricultural Land Reserve.

E.B. Crosfield
Castlegar

Give up
booze?

Ever since I wrote to the editor
supporting Ald. Nick Oglow a month
ago on the library issue, there have
been at least a dozen letters to the
editor in favor of the library expansion
Maybe if some of those supporters
gave up their booze and cigarettes for
three months and donated the money
to the much-needed library fund
instead, we would not need a three.
week blitz for $46,000.

This great-grandmother on fixed
income did not appreciate a phone call
at night waking her out of a sound
sleep asking for a donation to the li
brary fund. specifying a deadline in
three weeks. My donation was in their
hands the next morning before noon.
Enough said!

Fern Schwartzenhauer

Remember

The Castlegar and District Chamber
of Commerce elected A. Anderson
president at its election meeting held
last Thursday.

Mr. Anderson replaces Mr. W.
Waldie who has served as president for
the past year. The installation of
officers will take place at the annual
general meeting in January.

.

There's something new in Canadian
locomotives on BC rails these days. It's
the Consolidation Diesel now hauling
freight between Nelson and Hope on
demonstration with the CPR.

‘This 112-foot streamlined twin-unit
giant, weighing 520,000 pounds is
unique in the world of railroading
because it is powered with an “opposed
piston” Diesel engine

.

A wreck occurred in the CPR yards
yesterday morning when the engine of
a freight train from Trail fell over on its
side. It is believed a broken part from
under the engine caused the accident.

Both the fireman R. Bell and the
engineer E. Sutter jumped to safety.
The auxiliary unit from Nelson was
called to the scene and cleared the
right-of-way in a few hours.

25 YEARS AGO
From the Dec, 21, 1961
News

A start on Columbia River develop-
ment in the spring was predicted here
last Friday afternoon by Rossland-Trail
MLA Don Brothers.

Mr. Brothers made his prediction
while speaking at the official opening of
the new District No. 9 school board
office. He said that when the Columbia
goes ahead “Castlegar is going to have
prosperity of which it has never had
and never envisioned.”

.- 2 e

Council policy on sewers for Castle-
gar in light of defeat of the $420,000
sewage bylaw Dec. 8 will be set in the
new year.

This was learned at council's meeting
Tuesday night when developer N.T.
Ogiow asked for a written summary of
the sewage history in the village and
plans for the future.

oe

The Castle-Bar subdivision has been
approved in principle by Castlegar
council.

” At its meeting Tuesday hight council
heard developer N.T. Ogiow explain
the subdivision, present a plan of it and
make several proposals to council
regarding water and roads.

.

Playing at the Castle Theatre is
Village Of The Damned and High Time,
starring Bing Crosby, Fabian, Tuesday
Weld and Nicole Maurey. Adults $1,
students 65 cents and children 35 cents.

15 YEARS AGO
From the Dec. 22, 1971
Castlegar News

A fairly new section of the Motor
Vehicle Act was involved last week
against the owner of an Ontario car
Charged with driving with improper
tires was Susan Newman of Woodsley,
Ontario.

Police said her car was involved in an
accident two miles west of Castlegar
last Thursday in which $1,600 damage
was done.

* 2 -«

Thirteen bids ranging from just
under $3 million to over $7 million were
received by the department of high
ways for the construction of 15.33 miles
of road north of Nakusp on Highway
23.

This was announced last week by
Revelstoke-Slocan MLA Burt Camp-
bell, who said the apparent low bidder
is Norm Keglobic Contracting Ltd
with a $2,864,169 bid

. 6 e

At the Castlegar Safeway store
turkeys were selling for 47 cents a
pound, coffee was 97 cents a can, soft
drinks sold for five for $1 and large
eggs were 55 cents a dozen.

5 YEARS AGO
From the Dec. 21, 1981
News

Power rates for West Kootenay
Power and Light Company customers
could be going up again in the new
year, following a decision by the
Provincial government earlier this
week to increase rates for water
licences to utility companies.

The increase-probably about 12
per cent — will be effective Jan. 1 and
will be on top of an 13.5 per cent
interim rate increase granted West
Kootenay Power and Light earlier this
year

- 28 6

Castlegar's hefty parking fines are
paying off, city clerk Ron Skillings said
Tuesday.

Skillings said the new fine system,
introduced this fall, makes it easier for
the city to collect and easier for a
summons to be issued for those who
don't pay.

s 8 6

Selkirk College made a dramatic
turnaround in its budget perfarmance
this year. jumping from a $500,000
deficit in the year ending March 31,
1980 to a $190,000 surplus in 1981.

MORE LETTERS

Waterslide great news

It sure was great to hear that
Castlegar-based CETAC Development
Ltd. hasn't given up plans for a water-
slide and recreational area in Ootis-
chenia. The people of our area deserve
a facility such as this one, a place the
whole family can enjoy.

At the end of last spring it didn't look
like there would be any chance of a
waterslide in our area. But thanks to
Gary Exner and the other members of
CETAC they are not giving up.

This is a much-needed project for
this area and hopefully the people of
Ootischenia will feel that way.

Castlegar and area has been hit
hard economically in the last few years.
We have seen so many local people lose
their jobs and have to move away, and
businesses closing out because of it.

Grim Christmas

“Be careful,” suggested the Spirit of
Christmas Yet-To-Come. By opening
his disguise, he displayed two emacia-
ted figures of Ignorance and Want.
“Beware them. Especially this one, the
boy, Ignorance.’ ”

That's what Charles Dickens penned
in his renowned Christmas thriller A
Christmas Carol. It wasn't simply a
thriller he wrote, nor just the story of a
greedy old man who renounced his
former ways. Dickens wrote to human
ity about humanity.

human race. It was the story of ability
and power to do good, backsliding into’
degradation and_ self-absorption.
Scrooge's rejection of personal respon-
sibility and promises for the tinsel
plums of ambition were not so very
different from the everlasting history
of man.

His second thoughts on a penniless
love-match caused him to channel all
his energies and personality into
“business”. So very rewarding. How
matey to sit with one’s ledgers in one's
old age and perhaps hear the scratch.

Young people have little chance for a
future here now. Somehow this situ-
ation has to turn around, and this

find out what else is in this part of the
Kootenays. They might scrap their
holiday plans and stay here instead,
and stimulate our economy.

I know some residents of Ootischenia
are concerned that some of their
privacy may be taken away. But the
plan shows the facility is right along
the side of the highway, so people
coming to the waterslide will enter
and exit on the highway, and should

ing of innumerable pens over the
pages, instead of the sound of “tiny
feet". How many “tiny feet” run away
from home, rejected by the absence of
paternal love, and the preference for
appearances, worldly acclaim, and
again, “business” by those whose duty
it is to bend the green branch and teach
it how to live?

Scrooge could not face the Spirit of
Christmas-Present. The jollity and fun
was too much for him. He called it
“humbug”. For a man who hadn't
Christmas in his heart for 364 days in
the year, it wasn't surprising that he
could not raise any enthusiasm on the
365th day. He was at least honest with
it himself. Most of humanity is not. It
pretends on the 365th day to possess
something it has not. It pretends to
goodwill and peace.

“Humbug.” said Scrooge. “Humbug”
it is. Humbug in high places and low.
Humbug among those who should lead,
and humbug among those who criticize
those who lead. Humbug everywhere,
the church and the home. Humbug in
the individual and in the crowd.
Humbug in the “isms” and in this “ists”

Toll number omitted

In reference to a letter from J.
Gravelle of Nelson which appeared in
the Nov. 16 issue of the Castlegar
News, B.C. Tel is assisting Kootenay
West MP Bob Brisco in publicizing the
toll-free number to his constituency
office in Castlegar

Unfortunately, this toll-free number
(1-800-663-2130) was omitted in error
from the white pages of all 1987 tele.
phone directories in Mr. Brisco’s riding

and the company regrets any incon
venience this might cause.

However, we have been working
closely with Mr. Brisco on a public
awareness program which I am sure
will help resolve the concerns of J.
Gravelle, as well as other constituents
in Mr. Brisco's riding.

E. Clark
Public Affairs Administrator
Columbia

Kelowna

Frisbee an automaton?

have no need to enter the Ootischenia
residential area.

As far as location goes, the present
one is the only one that suits a project
like this. When et on

way 3 after going over bridge
on the Cobvasbad River it’s back into the
mountains. This project wouldn't work
on a hillside.

In Ootischenia it is flat, it has good
sun exposure, and it’s right on the
highway for easy accessibility, which is
important when driving an RV.

It's not very often we have the
opportunity to have local trustworthy
investors, who are willing to put out $2
million on a clean industry, one that the
whole community can benefit so much
from. It would be a shame to see it fail.

P.J. Laurie
Castlegar

ghosts

the “anti-isms" and the
“anti-ists.”

Humanity (Scrooge) has always
turned his head away from awful
warnings of those two boys, Ignorance
and Want. They are growing up fast.
One day they will mature. They cover
the earth. Their wreckage is beneath
the ground upon which people walk.
The homes and bones of every skirmish
from the year dot.

Grim ghosts for Christmas? Yes
indeed, and not very charming lads to
be hiding beneath the cloak of
Christmas Yet-ToCome. Ignorance
and Want are their names. Remember
them. Watch them grow to maturity
and in their ignorance misuse every
thing of beauty and progress mankind
has discovered or made, and in their
great want, steal and kill.

Watch them now. They are our
children.

Please address all Letters to the
Editor to: The Castlegar News,
P.O. Box 3007, Castlegar, B.C. VIN
3H4, or deliver them to our oftice
at 197, Columbia Avenue
Castlegar, B.C

Letters must be signed and in
clude the writer's full name and
address. Only in very exceptional
cases will letters be publishd
without the writer's name. Never
theless, the name and address of
the writer must be disclosed to the
editor

The Castlegar News reserves
the right to edit letters for brevity
clarity, legality and grammar

Why a Sunday
closing law?

‘The Dee. 18 decision hand-
ed down by the Supreme
Court of Canada to declare
Sunday closing laws consti-
tutional is a most solemn one
for the people of a “free
country.” The question is
why Sunday? Why not Wed-
nesday, or Friday, or another
day of the week? Canada is a
highly multicultural nation,
representing a host of many
different cutlural
backgrounds and religions.
Does this decision by the Su-
preme Court take into ac-
count the freedom of the
“minority” as well as that of
the majority? Again I ask
why Sunday?

Emperor Constantine is-
sued the first “Sunday law”
im 321 A.D. In a clever move
to unite his empire, Constan-
tine while on his way to bat
tle one day declared he saw a
vision, a shining cross, a
voice spoke to him saying:
“In this sign conquor.” He
then delcared himself a
“Christian,” marched his
army through the river de-
claring them now all “bap-
tised" Christians and was
welcomed into the church.

Writer affected
by ‘Bakkenmania’

The Dec. 14 Castlegar
News published a letter by
S.W. Webster with com-
ments on both the City of
Nelson power house, and
management, and West
Kootenay Power and Light
Co. Ltd.

I would suggest to you that
he has been infected with
“Bakkenmania,” and would,
therefore, have no idea or
understanding of what he is
writing about.

If he is such an expert on
hydro generation, when was
the last time he visited any of
the installations he criticized,
and does he know that the
life of hydro units has been
upgraded to twice the life-
span he stated?

This area was the pioneer
of hydro development in this
province, and Western Can
ada, and need not take a back
seat to anyone with regard to

GIFT INDEED!

The pagan day of worship
was the “venerable day of the
sun” or what we today call
Sunday. To make it easier for

All Our Love
WVRKKea

VICTORIA (CP) — A per
son would not consciously
address his mind to what he
is doing in alcohol-induced
amnesia, the British Colum.
bia Supreme Court murder
trial of Robert Frisbee was
told Friday

Psychiatrist Dr. James
Tyhburst said Frisbee was in
an altered state of mind
called automatism brought
on by alcohol and librium the
night his employer, Muriel
Barnett, of San Francisco,
was bludgeoned to death.

Frisbee, 59, is charged
with first-degree murder in
the Aug. 19, 1985, slaying of
Barnett, 80, for whom he
worked as a private sec
retary. The wealthy widow
was found in the $2,000-a
day cabin she shared with

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Frisbee aboard the Norwe
gian cruise liner Royal Viking
Star

The slaying is alleged to
have occured in Canadian
waters aftr the liner left here
for San Francisco on the final
leg of an Alaska cruise.

“If you assume he (Fris
bee) had some drinks and
librium, and by words or
gesture Mrs. Barnett in
sulted him and he had an im.
mediate loss of temper and
control and was conscious of
doing that — and remem
bered doing that — do you
think he would tell you that,”
asked Mr. Justice Lloyd Me
Kenzie.

Replied Tyhurst: Yes, I
think he would. I'm satisfied
he dealt with that issue, that

Fe

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if there were any indications
of that sort, he would have
told me.”
TYPED CODICIL

The Crown has alleged
Frisbee, bequeathed
$250,000 in Barnett's original
will, typed a codicil for her
giving him two-thirds of what

was a $3.5-million U.S. es. 1,430

tate. bedrooms, 3 baths and family room. This house
was built to take full advantage of its peacetul
Ist Avenue
livingroom,
covered sundeck all overlooking the Columbia
River. Undoubtedly it will sell before New Year's
at only $69,900

CALL BRAD IMMEDIATELY TO VIEW

But prior to leaving on the
Alaska cruise, arrangements
were made for Barnett to
sign a new will when she got
back. effectively wiping out
Frisbee's entitlement to $2.5
million.

The trial continues Mon
day with Crown rebuttal
evidence. The case will then

Strand & Mosby Realty Ltd.

6-year-old house featuring: 4

location with kitchen, sunken
sunken master bedroom and

365-8054

365-2166

The church at that time
was still observing the Bible
Sabbath, the day we call
Saturday; and for several
years both days were ob-
served by Christians. For
several reasons too lengthy
to diseuss here, the church
finally the “suns
day” as the “Lord's Day.”

Christmas Greetings from
THE PASTORAL STAFF & CONGREGATION
“Everyday's Christmas with Jesus™ s

My final question is: Why
should I as a “free” citizen of
a “free country” be forced to |
close my business, or be
forced to do or not to do any-
thing on “Sunday” as long as
1 am not endangering the life,
or property, of my fellow
citizens?

come along
Prices effective Sun.. Mon.. Tues. & Wed.

Richard Weber

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construction, maintenance or
management.

If you think that bigger is
better, then it is no wonder
that some rates are so high,
for we have to pay for over.
building.

Why was no provision
made for generation at the
time of construction of the
Keenleyside dam? Neglect?

W.D. MacDonald

We reserve the right to limit quantities
Prices limited to stock on hand.

CENTRAL FOODS

Swor-Easy

to all your friends
for only $ 4.00

and at the same time help the

KOOTENAY SOCIETY FOR THE HANDICAPPED

be adjourned to Jan. 5.

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PLAZA STORE
CHRISTMAS HOURS

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OPEN SUNDAYS
11:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

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Send local Season's Greetings and help the Kootenay Society
for the Handicapped. For a donation of $4 or more, the Society
will publish your name in issues of the Castlegar News just
prior to Christmas. (For a donation of $5 or more, the Society
will issue a receipt, if requested.)

DONATION BOXES LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING:
Bonk of Montreal, Bank of Commerce, Castlegot Sovings Credit Union.
Kootenay Sevings Credit Union, Pharmasove Cerl's Drugs. West's Travel
Agency, Castlegar News. Castieg: hawk and Central Foods.

Or mail your donation, using this handy coupon

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To: Christmas Cord.
Kootenay Society for the Handicapped
Box 3204,

Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4

Please include the following nomes
Cord od (send $4 00 for each tomily grouping

3) Community Christmas

Nomes (please print

Address Postal Code

$s enclosed

For cash we recommend dropping this form i on envelope in ony of the Donation

Boxes of the businesses listed above