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The Capitol Theatre in Nel-
son is searching for 23 talent-
ed senior high school students
to be part of an intensive expe-
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citing Broadway musical.
Stage director Paul Ker-
shaw, veteran drama instruc-
tor from Cranbrook, will be au-
ditioning to find 15 musicians
and performers. The Capitol’s

every $25.00 in

costume manager Kathryn
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from text to curtain in costume
design and construction.

The session will require stu-
dents to be in Nelson for the
first three weeks of August.

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GOSECONDS

Hidden in a quiet corner of
the Oglow Building, is the St.
David's Thrift Shop. Relying on
volunteers for all of its 20
years, St. David’s has a lot to
offer the residents of Castlegar
— and vice versa.

page 9

The Castlegar Rebels sea-

~ son may be over for some, but

not for Gordie Walker. It could
be a long summer for Walker,
who isn’t sure if the team wants
him back.

page 17

Most people pay to do what
Denny McArthur does for a liv-
ing, but as the pro at the
Castlegar and District Golf
Club, he doesn’t play as much
as he would like.

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PLAYING AROUND

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with a twist — fun.

Cameron Stewart tries to steal a kiss from Mary-Lou Brien Wednesday
Canadian Heritage Revue, brainchild of writer John Prisland of Vancouve:

News photo by Glen Freeman

at Stanley Humphries Secondary School. The
r, has been traveling to B.C. schools to teach history

M@ Closure of Castlegar post
office may be an option as
corporation looks to streamline .

Scott David Harrison
EDITOR

Sandra Groepler says Castlegar’s
Canada Post Office will close its doors.

The B.C. director for Rural Dignity
Canada says the Crown corporation will
close down postal stations throughout
the Kootenays in favor of one interior
sorting operation located in Kelowna.

“There’s a plan in the books to do this,
they’re just not telling anyone because
they know how the people will react,”
Groepler said Thursday.

Groepler said Canada Post has devel-
oped a master plan which would see
stations in Castlegar, Trail and Nelson
shutdown and replaced with privatized
wicket service before 1995. She said all

Editorial, page 6

letter sorting — including Castlegar-to-
Castlegar correspondence — would take
place in Kelowna.

Canada Post’s Ilona Beiks would nei-
ther confirm or deny Groepler’s com-
ments, saying the corporation is com-
mitted “to streamlining the service to
make it better for our customers.”

“We're always looking to streamline.
Any company in this age has to to re-
main competitive,” Beiks said.

Beiks cautioned that it is premature
to discuss the possible closure of postal
services in the Kootenays, saying no fi-
nal recommendation has been made.

“Even if changes were to be made, we
would only do it if we could meet the
commitment we have made to our cus-
tomers,” she said.

Beiks said any move delaying door-to-
door letter service beyond Canada Post’s

Post office closing? |

four day commitment would not be con-
sidered. 2

Beiks added that centralized sorting
stations and privatized wicket services
have been given a bad name. She said
“streamlining” has been successful in
over 100 Canadian communities with no
job losses to Canada Post employees.

“Certainly, if we wanted to keep the
old tradition of post offices in every com-
munity, we wouldn't be able to compete,”
said Beiks, adding that fax machines
and private courier services have taken
a bite out of Canada Post’s profitability.

Groepler said Beiks wasn’t being
straight with Castlegar residents. Call-
ing Beiks a “highly paid PR officer who
has a vested interest in keeping herjob,”
Groepler said Canada Post will shut-
down local services.

“If we let them do it, they'll do it,”
Groepler said. “We can’t stand back and
watch this happen.”

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