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Councillors plan to attend
Vancouver workshop

rity of British

and the Univ

SUN STAFF

ind Regions
workshop will «

gies, temptations.

City Councillors are nite

plating whether they should
attend a Land Development
Workshop in Vancouver, Jan
uary 28 and 29

Sponsored by the Real Estate
Foundation

pitfalls an

development

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Columbia School of Co
Planning, the 13
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because the city 1s heading into

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of land | an active development stage
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it would be beneficial for each
attend the

staff to
council member to

workshop

The Management and Staff at West's Department Store

Seasons Greetings

and Thank You for your patronage

Wallace

Peter Vatkin
Vi Stoushnow
Wendy Baker
Linda Buday
Edith Eriksson
roldsbt Lil Price

Phyllis ¢

Penny Hurd
Sharon Isfeld
Dennis Krahn
Leona May

Robin Mitchell

Lee Newton
Audrey Polovnikoff
Gail Shellenberg
Lori Ann Shumey

Jill Tait

Shelley Tennant

4 g Sorry, we will be closed
Marrianna Westinghouse Mon, Dec. 27th
Donna Yackel =

Linda Dalla Lana
Jessica Savill
Linda Barry

Tina Castle
Darlene Doskoch

Laurie Verigin

Department Store

1217 - 3rd St., Castlegar
365-7782

would like to extend

to all our Customers

Horning Jeannette Horning

Gaye Krause

stlegar Sun

Wednesday, October 6, 1993

The Columbia Chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada got in the Christmas
spirit by donating $288.50 and a quantity of food to:the Salvation Army Christmas
Hamper: Program. Funds for the donation were raised through an auction at the
club's Christmas party. President of the Columbia Chapter, Gordon Bos hands over
a check and the food to Salvation Army Store Manageress ;, Sandra Granstrom.

Carrie Leckie
Luisa Machado
Chris Markin
Verry Phillips

Amber Saunders
Carol Sommerville
Helen Sookachoft
Gwen Walls

Shawn Vondiebitsch
Carol Krahn

Gladys Leckie
Donna Grayson
Alexander Burgoon
Bryan Yackel

Enjoy

FREE SKATING
at the Community Complex
Dec. 27th, 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Complements of West's

CASTLEGAR ARCHERY CLUB holds

weekly

meetings Tuesday and Thursday at Kootenay High

Country, 1106 - 3rd Street. Info: 365-2477

CASTLEGAR SENIORS ASSOCIATION New Years

Eve Dance
welcome

December 31, 8:00 p.m

All Seniors

Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizat
be listed here. The first 12 words are $4 and additional word

each. Boldfaced words (which must be used for hea
words. Each consecutive insertion is half-price. Min
Please note ads-must be PREPAID. Deadline is
Wednesday's paper. Please bring in or mail your not

wy
The Eastidgar Sun

ZN VIN 1G8

465 Columbia Avenue
Castlegar, BC

season
keeps
Greyhound
officials

hopping

DAN CARLSON
For The Castlegar Sun

The incredible eruption of
activity that arrives with the
Christmas season warrants extra
preparations. The same: is true

f

SUN. DEC. 19 TO F

PRICES EFFECTIVE
DEC. 24, 1993

Castlegar Foods - 635 Columbia Ave.,

Castlegar * 365-5755

PRODUCE eamecsss=mecs
Japanese Mandarins

Approx. 9 Ib. box

B.C. Russet Potatoes

10 Ib. bag

Jumbo Yams

1.08 kg. .

Head Lettuce

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GROCERY wane
Caesar Clamato Juice

Reg. & Extra Spicy 1.36 Lire. $1.49
Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce

BOB OM. ceccceccseccccssssseescessseeseeeese 99¢
Limit 2 w/$25 grocery order $1.99
Fortune Pitted Black Olives

Med. size 398 ml............. vee POE
No Name Pickles

7 varieties, 1 Litre ...... 3 $1.99
Ahoy Smoked Oysters

104 gram.

Melitta Gourmet Coffee

300 g. Reg. & Decaf. .

Okanagan Choice Cheddar Cheese

$5.99
ee ... 89¢

600 gram
Pacific Canned Milk
385 ml

MEAT

T-Bone or Wing Steak
8.78 kg. Family pack
Beef Short Ribs

4.14 kg. Family pack

ib. $3.99
lb. $1.88
ib. $1.49

Smoked Pork Picnics
3.28 kg. Whole
Grade A Turkeys

2.18 kg. w/$50 grocery order..Ib. 99¢
$1.29 tb
Schneider Ex. Thick Bacon

ea. $2.19

Over limit price

Black Forest Ham or

Old Fashioned Ham 100 g

Olympic Whole Boneless Ham

4.14 kg. Ready to eat......b. $1.88

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Foremost Small Eggs
Dozen

eee 99¢

Foremost Whipping Cream

Foremost Egg Nog

1 Litre.

Foremost Butter

454 g. w/$25 grocery order... $1.99
Overlimit price $2.89

SPECIALS THIS WEEK

BAK ERY weennmenemecesi

Castlegar Foods Dinner Buns

Bread Crumbs
454 g.. ;
1 package FREE with turkey purchase se|

GROCER Y ~sssesesmere:
Coke, Sprite, Pepsi & 7-Up
2 Litre + dpst $1.49
Old Dutch Potato Chips
200 g Assorted .99¢
1st Choice Tortilla Chips

$1.88
EI Molino Salsa
375 ml. 3 varieties $1.49
Cheeze Kurlz
170 gram..... 88¢
Christie Brown Snack Crackers
200 = 300 Qh veeeesesseessesereeseen $1.99
Good Humor Ice Cream

2 Litre Assorted ................ $1.99

10% off all packaged
chocolates and candy

Castlegar Food

CHRISTMAS HOURS:
Mon,, Dec, 20+ 6 pm : Tues., Wed., Thurs., Dec. 21, 22, 23-99 pm
Friday, Dec. 24 - 9-5 pm
CLOSED Christmas Day and Boxing Day

for the Greyhound Depot in
Castlegar

At Greyhound, the extra
Preparations are not that of
thawing turkey or purchasing
Presents. but rather business
adaptations to deal with the sud
ten in iy an ng mul
titudes 0 senyery and cargo
through th pot To deal with
the pa id business post
tux has rented trucks
to «’ Space shortage

3 trucks, we
and on

eparate. We

Make a special effort to keep
business and Christmas parcels
eparate also.” said Assistant
Greyhound Avent, Lorraine
Pellener

Parcel
stantly, but th

outgoing con

arrival is not always reliable due
to to backlogs in other depots
For example, a parcel may
pend unwanted time in the Van
or Kamloops depots
changes made around the
egar Greyhound Depot are
an example of business flexibili
ty, resulting in increased effi
ciency. Officials at Greyhound
say, that especially at this time
of year, they
operation

endeavor to keep
running smoothly,

avoiding possible inconvenience

to the paying customer.

Merry Christmas,” Pelletier

concludes happily

A Christmas Seal is
A Hug on Every Card

i

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Help stamp out
lung disease!

THE Fu LUNG ASSOCATION
hrutmas Sal People @

RED MOUNTAIN
SKI SHUTTLE
Lift Tickets
Frequent User Discounts

365-0211

Wednesday, December 22

1993

Castleview Care Centre resident, Helen Lebidoff,
couldn't help reaching out to hold.a hand of the Val-
ley Vista School student. The students, accompanied
by Dick Wayling on the piano entertained the resi-
dents by singing Christmas carols last week.

The Cé astle agar Sun

Kootenay compassion clothes Bosnians

STERLING NEWS SERVICE

Haberstock, the Redeemer Lutheran Church
minister Who helped organize the effort

Kind-hearted residents in the

have donated about six tons of clothing for
needy Bosnian refugees in war-torn Croatia
A truck filled with 2,200 cubi

donated clothes

Zagreb, Croatia.

People were bringing in boxes
filled with mostly jackets and coats, plus
blankets, trousers and other clothes
said Rev. Harry

Taking Christ out of Christmas

sweaters,
which could be used,’

STERLING NEWS SERVICE

was driven late last week to

Winnipeg from where they will be airlitied to

The religious aspect of Christ
mas is being downplayed in Cana
da and elsewhere in the western
world in order to prevent offend
ing multicultural sensitivities

Schools appear to be leading
the way,

Many Vancouver schools
have all but banished the Chris:
tian element of Christmas
while some municipal councils
have retreated from. sponsoring
nativity scenes and other Chris.
tian icons.

Kerrisdale Elementary School
has renamed its Christmas con

Over LO days, volunteer

nenay clothing for shipment

fect of
overseas.

ind bags
in camps in Croatia
Canadian

cert in an effort to prevent pupils
from other religions from feeling
out of phage

We do not any longer, regret
tably, call ita Christmas concert
said principal Graham Nixon

We call it a mid-winter concert
even though it’s not winter.”

Many other schools have
replaced Christmas celebrations
with multicultural nights or “fes
tivals of light.” Some’ principals
have cited pressure from school
trustees.

Perhaps the most striking
example of this trend can be
found in Birmingham, England.

The Midlands city, which has
attracted a high proportion of

Homecoming at Heritage Museum

SUN STAFF

Most of us know that necessity
is the mother of invention, espe
cially Castlegar and District Her-
itage Society member, Carolee
Fitz-Gerald.

Fitz-Gerald had a dilemma
how to fit visiting with friends.
and children returning home for
Christmas, into a small home

With her children only expect
ed to be home for a couple of
days, and a ton of friends who
want to visit with them during the
Christmas season, Carolee came
ap with a solutiof® Why not host
a ‘Homecoming’ at the C:P. Rail
Station Museum—even better
why not invite the whole city’

“The more the
explained Fitz-Gerald

And so, the public is invited to
a ‘Homecoming’ on Boxing Day,
December 26, from 2-4 p.m

Coffee, tea and hot chocolate
will be available, and although
the event will be free, Fitz-Gerald
said donations are always wel
come

“We hope that everyone will
come, bring their families and
guests and meet and mingle with
old and new friends.

For those who are nostal
gic, the complete Castlegar
News collection will be on
hand. as well as albums of
photos and clippings
Stanley Humphries
School

merrier,”

from

High

One of the voluntec
that, following the Second World War, she
had been a recipient of clothing

Aid hasn't been getting
said. “These clothes will be distributed to
Bosnian refugees who stay by the thousands said, “One whole truck of donated clothing

Lutheran
assured Haberstock .that Canadians will be

in Zagreb

helped pack the — needy peopk

The relief org,

rs told Haberstock — transportation costs in getting the
the refugee

donated from So far, the entire

Columbia’ has

provinces

clothing to Croatia and Bosnia
Pleased with local efforts

into Bosnia,” he

definitely says

World Relief munity

non-white immigrants over the
last 40 years, has just banned
Santa Claus, church bells, angels
and municipal street signs that
say ‘Merry Christmas.

But an ethics expert at Simon
Fraser University says the current
trend fails to help different cul
tures get along

"You shouldn't deal with
diversity by outlawing Christmas
or Christian displays,” says Mark
Wexler

Moves to erase public expres.
sions of Christianity have “gone
too far,”’ says Chinese communi-
ty spokesman Don Lee

“It's too politically correct. It's
too absolute,"" he says.

Sun
Classifieds
Sell

monitor the shipments, mak
ing certain they are taken directly to. the

vization will be paying: the
clothing to

of British
donated tive truckloads of

Haberstock

something about our com

Your family hair care
centre and Gift Shop

The Upper Room
314-10th Ave

fe wish friends and
ia family in the Castlegar Ig
area avery
Merry Christmas.

H Donations to local i
charity in lieu of cards

Happy New Year!
Brian, Yolanda,
Jain & Emma

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