For the

Editor, Castlegar News:
My, attention has been
awn toa lengthy story “...
nd

are

as this report of Mr. Brisco’s
remarks may have left some
of your readers with.a false

of 1979" in

our issue of Jan. 28, quoting
MP Bob Brisco as saying that
116 Kootenay West workers

of CDC's: acti-
vities. Thank you.

Tam W. Deach

, Castlegar's Volunteer,

i Exchange is busily putting
together copies of the Com-

munity: Resource Directory.

The directory lists’ ser-
vices, clubs and organizations
in the area and isan

Mothers’: Babysitting '|Co-o)
Nout Group; Tra

3 Foster, Parents’: As-
Sectien ‘Granny’ Club!’ —
just to namea few,

ray clunteers ty ‘always

“ig ovor.and tho staff thought

you' would like 'to know, the

source of information. Copies
lable from the ex:

of C

ny which was building pulp
ills in Iran.
: Mr. Brisco is alleged to
have said that “the Iranian
‘government still owes the
Canadian (sic) Devel

be
change after Feb. 20 at a cost.
of $5 for businesses and a

EDITORS'S NOTE: The
federal entity which spon-
sored the Statler-Hurter ven-
ture in Iran was in fact the

for
Hard-cover binders for
the directory are available
from Crossroads Printing.
Many thanks go to ail
the volunteers who devoted
so much time and energy

‘Corporation significant sums
tof money, in the ions...”
tAnd the report in your paper
{goes on to say that Statler-
jHurter, when they accepted
thelp from the Canadian De-
ivelopment Corporation,
‘could have insured their loan
sand didn’t,
{> Mr. Brisco is reported to
Thave said that part of the
‘problem resulted from the
Mailure of government min-
listries to interact. “Industry,
“Trade and Commerce was
inot checking with CDC, CDC
twas not checking with’ the
‘Foreign Investment Review
‘Agency, nobody was check-
ing with External Affairs,”
he said,
. : Either Mr. Brisco or
your paper has confused the
Canada “Development Cor-
poration with the Export
Development Corporation.
The Canada Development
Corporation (CDC) was not,
in any way, involved in this
project, nor is CDC a Crown .
corporation. The Canada De-
velopment Corporation has a
mandate to develop strong
‘Canadian companies, but we
‘have never been involved in
this type of overseas fi-
.» mancing.
I would. appreciate it if
you would publish this letter,

+ Completely finished up.

Ex

port D Corpor-

ation, although the Jan. 23
news. story accurately re-
ports the “Canadian Develop-
ment Corporation” as the one
named by Kootenay West
MP. Bob Brisco. A check
made shortly after - publi-
cation of the story confirmed
Brisco had incorrectly named
the corporation involved.

the directory; Sel-

‘kirk College for making the

the City © of

nited Way; Com-

inco and People Interaction

for their generous donations,

and Crossroads Printing for
use of their punch.

The exchange is . in-

volved in many activities

such as the Gardening Club; : |

(COURT NEWS 7

In -provincial court on
Feb, 5 Margaret Macleod, 69,

‘of Blueberry Creek pleaded

guilty to a charge of driving

while impaired. She was’

fined $50.
s .

Frank Costa, 19, of Cas:

tlegar was fined $350 or in
defeault one month in jail and
$35 on two separate charges.
One for driving while his

“driver's licence was under

suspension and the lesser
fine for carrying a loaded
rifle in RB xehicle. :
e

ames Geass 23, of
Castlegar pleaded guilty and
was fined $350, or in default
one month in jail, on a charge
of public mischief and $50 on
a charge of failing to notify

OOTISCHENIA — Up & ,
di In.

the owner ofan unoccupied
_ vehicle of an accident.”
. ae .

Bruce Brigden, 23, of
Castlegar pleaded not guilty
but was found guilty to a
charge of driving with a
blood alcohol count of over
.08, He was fined $850 or in
‘default one month in jail.

s s *

Hans Kolman, 42,: of
Castlegar was fined $400 or
in default one month in jail
after pleading. guilty to a
charge of refusing to take a
breathalyzer test

aeieie Halishett, 18,
of Castlegar pleaded guilty to
a charge of driving while his
driver's licence was under
Suspension, He was fined $50.

to‘ help: in “the jofflee or in

various ways in the commun: ... -

ity. If you have’ any. ‘ideas,
concerns,’ time’ to; offer“ or
would just like to have a chat,
drop in at the ‘exchange and
find out what is t

Honor Roll.

lst, a'student must achieve a
tainimim ‘of “B” standing in
\aeademic- ‘subjects. Honor-
‘able Mention is awarded to

who made the },

To make the Honor Roll

first-hand.» Y

The exchange is situated
‘at 33 Pine 8t., next to West's
Department | Store’: and / is
open from 10 a.m.: to 2 ‘p.m.
Monday to Friday. d

‘J. MURRAY YOUNG "of

Castlegar has feceived a
Master of Laws Dogree from
the department of economics
and political science at. the
University.’ of. London: “in
England:: Young ° graduated
from the University. of Brit-
ish Columbia with a degree in
commerce and law, and: ar.

+ ticled with the local law firm
“of Michael'E. Moran, Q.

where he was employed for

three years. Born in Nelson,“
Young is the son of Mr. and

Mrs. Jack Young of Castle-
gar.

who, have
‘ahigh standard but who have.
not: met ‘all Honor” Roll |.
qualifications.‘An Honor Roll

list | will’ be. published: each \.

“quarter,

Our congratulations are’ *

extended! {to ‘the | elena
itudents: i

+ GRADE 8
Corinis Batchelor, Diane

Chang, Deirdre 'Collier; Mon-”

. Susan: [Cherberikatt ‘Chris
| Hadikin, Richard Hall, ‘Jean-
vie} Johison Chuck ° Kitpat-
ri

ica: Dascher,:David Dawson, | *

< Harshenin, : Sherri

‘Cheryl North, Heather.
Epa tet Bill: Pettigrew, | _"
Natalie Postnikoff,, Wayne
Postnikoff, Kim : Reibin,

Katherine Sherlock, Steve _

Smith, Shannon Smithers;
Janet Soukeroff, Scott
Stetako, . Lee . Syrja, Eva

Alexis Walsh, Chery! Wa!
ters, Glen Wilson, Jimmy‘

"GRADES!
“Rob Adams, Janet Ar-

Sterling, Audrey. ‘Stoes,
Wanjoff, : Stepha

* Results from.
‘Joy Keillor’:
Bridge Club .

’ Five-and-one-half tables,
with an average ‘of; 54, par-.
ticipated in’ Monday)

playa thedoy Kee Bey soi. Ask

gotoff, Mike Berger, Karen :-

Birch, ‘Gail | Chéveldave,-

Douglas . Forrest,’ Wayne

Gritchin, Lawrence Hadikin,

Stuart Hill, Sandi Lee:
.. Kevin Mason, Cyril Nev-
akshonoff, © Brian. Osachoff,

Connie’ Paulson, . David: Pic:

ton, Kari Sahlatrom, Step!

OOTISCHENIA ~~  Exec-

arid down,
2 baths. On approxima-
tely 5 acres.

lown Pp mal
tloor utility room, 3 ‘good ‘i
sized

used as revenue sulte.

5-mins. shopping plaza.

Duplex, up & down,
both rented In Clty,
showing good return.
Corner lot close to town.

‘BEAUTIFUL YARD —
2 bedrooms, with sitting
room could be 3rd _bed-

room. floors

baths, tworyear-old
home on 1/3 acré.

3 Bedroom family home,
basement finished with
tec room and energy
stove, bar and alr con-
ditloning, garage. with
automatic door opener.

Approx. 60°x150" land-
scaped lot, fenced. Very
nice 3-bedroom’ hore,

throughout.

y patio.
Exclusive subdivision.

home, heavily
Insulated, 2 fireplaces.
Lovely kitchen,

suite. with full ith.
Large bedrooms, dauble
garage, intercom, cen-"

tral vaccuum.

3 Bedrooms with extra
guest bedroom in base-
ment. 1-1/2 baths, nico
fireplace. Cedar & brick:
exterlor., 3 years old,
fenced and tandscaped.

ENERGY SAVING
HOME —

full basement with earth
stove, extra large lot. -

BONNINGTON — New:

3 lots of app

1/4 acre each,

y
_ water available fram community well.

RASPBERRY EAST — Approximately 1/2 cere lot, with frult trees on black-'

topped road.

SLOCAN — 1.24 acres with well on property, $17,000.00.

Sth Ave., South $40,500.

SHOREACRES — Approximately 4 acres flat land. Well on property.

CASTLEGAR — Connors Road Subdivision corner lot, $19,000.00.

we need’ listings In all price ranges. Call us!

+ 365-2111

BIG ROCK

Walter Tymofievich 365-3250 {
Mary Wade Anderson 365-3750
Malco!m Scott 365-2451
Wallecs | Held 365-7051

Nor 368-3703
Kathy Perikett, Recepttonist be
Stan Partridge, Agent 365-74:

5 REALTY LTD. EACH OFFICE Is INDEPENDENTLY OWNED

Neil A. Pereverzoff Res. 365-2337
Florence Saliken Res. 365-6046
Carolee Fitz-Gerald. Res. 365-5945
Joe W. Kambick Res. 365-2354
Gordon F. Gemmill Res. 365-7800

ete
(Resort Properties)

Bjorn A. Edblad Al (B. c.) Res. 365-3423
Greg W. Nichvalodoff, Mgr. Res. 365-2230

Sudy Sheppard, 68; and fifth
Helen Batchelor) and: Mary

shopping, this homa has to be your
. cholee: If convenience Is important: to
you.°. Three ‘bedrooms, fireplace, and
plenty of storage make this perfect for
a family. Priced in the sixty’s.

SELLER'S LOSS, YOUR GAIN — ‘An
attractive blend of. brick and’ stucco
compliments this new 1,160 sq.° ft.
_&bedroom home which boasts 2''x6"’
-extertor walls, ensulte bath, ‘supel

+ with’ built-in’ dishwasher ‘and a ‘very.
‘attractive® plllared fireplace in’ the
lving room. Enquire today, this won't
last tong at price offered.

ATTENTION COMMUTERS. — Two-
_ bedroom: starter homé. In’: Fairview,
convenient® for travelling to Trail or
€ Larg fand-

_Onily $35,000.00.

COMMERCIAL .

Over 1,600'sq. ft. of storago Including
reception area and office. Located ina

Woll-established area . of Castlegar

North. Priced to sell at’ ‘$85,000. 00.

This amall home on Columbia. Avenue

‘quarters. Commercially: ‘zoned . and
$ltuated close to a fast’ growing
business area, with a 96-foot frontage
on Columbia Avenue, this Is a great
buy at $59,000.00.

BRS i ¥
LOCATED CLOSE TO ‘SCHOOLS and.

‘> quality carpeting, extra large kitchen’ - 3-pbeds

ecaped Tot, with sundeck. Call Row. -

is ideal for a small business with living:

interest the way a-: |
“gewspaper prints the news 3

“YOU WILL KNOW IT'S FOR YOU —°:
When you view this. near-new quality:

“constructed and ‘tastefully decorated

1,500 sq. ft. elit level’: eaturing 3°

bedrooms, 2 baths, rec. room’ with

fireplace, spacious attached garage,

and an additional guest .home’on. a:

completely fenced and tand: iscaped: fot.-
Call, now. it’s a real bargain. ~

A’ SUPER LOT, GREAT. LOCATION
and a 10% asstimable mortgage makes
this: lovely - 2-year-old 1 tt:

room home one of.the best. buy

on the; market ‘today.’ Drive: by 1844:
Meadowbrook Road in South ‘Gaatlegar-;
‘and: view: this © desirable ; property*
located close to the park and school.

Don tt hesltate, We tome 's  Brieed t9
$e

“THERE IS EVEN ~ FIREPLACE in

this’ neat. 2-bedroom older home. in

Robson. Great starter.home on a large

lot in a quiets batvisiony Call ‘today.
Only $33,500.00. M.L.S. i

ATTENTION INVESTORS!

POOL HALL & SHOE REPAIR

.BUSINESS

Complete ~ buliding and equipment,

.plus:small home. at rear of property.
: Ready for business. This is an'ex-
‘callent Investment opportunity. Call:

the, Cooper, Team orey for ‘more

detal Is.

: ERTY:”
FOR SALE — FOBILE HOME Lor.
North: Castlegar, fully. serviced: Only:

+ $15,500.00...

RURAL RESQURCE AREAS

\ Liars to all private tand not Calegerized within thle Saeed)

CLASS 1 or GLASS'2
Ba Serou Ge
ME spaWnING’

“Cor Fiviociacl Bedinenis)

- BRTERALS

Hig e Ww — :

‘COMMUNITY
WATERSHED

i map of the Arrow lakes sub
‘of Central Kor

ional plan, rural ‘Area J ts:

‘as having th
settlement in the future, while little de:
3 ‘Are

week and Is|
. at Ootischenia Hall Te

sbioionst plan wai the topic of public: meetings | in Robson
eduled for more

‘Presents .

under the "juriadistion of the
wrong health unit, according
to.a Central -Kootenay- Re-
gional Hospital District:

« commissioned health services

study.
~- Conducted at a cost. of
$23,000 by: the’ consulting

_/firm.Woods,.Gordon ‘apd oo

the tly

disetission
the’ ‘community: level:“is: ol
viously needed”. ‘to determine
‘the “ ‘extent of. population
‘shifts to the various units and
other impact .which’ woul

+, result from implementing the.
recommendation, the study *

said.
But ‘Ald. Heather Hallet,
Cc

document . includes *n its
findings the recommendation
that both the Castlegar ‘and
Creston areas receive com-
munity health services from
the Selkirk health unit. |. -

|The study notes™ the
CKRHD's community’. ser-
vices are co-ordinated by the

Selkirk health unit based in
. Nelson, the East Kootenay

health unit ‘based in Cran-
brook and the West Kooten-
ay health unit based in Trail.
-*Present health unit
boundaries ‘place Castlegar,
served by:the West Kooten-
ay unit, and Creston, served
by the East Kootenay unit,
“outside of the CKRHD with
é t_ to’ community | ser-

respec!
_ ‘vices, but inside the bound-

ary of the CKRHD with
‘reapect to health planning,”
according tothe ‘report.

-“In order to obtain ¢o-.

city ‘council's
health and welfare commit-
tee chairman and West Koot-
enay: union board of health
representative;: < said” the

;.boundary inconsistencies are

not. sufficient grounds -for
placing Castlegar under the’
jurisdiction of the . Selkirk
Health Unit,.*

“We're getting very...

, as far as I-can

good
see, from the West Kootenay.

unit and if that’s their-only

reason for changing I'd’ say .-

they . were _crary.” Hallett
said.- *

“Given the service set-
up, and the fact that we ave
health . services
Castlegar now that are out of
Trail, we have a lot of things.
coming ‘out of a est tas
people have gotten to.
They're working “and they.
have their case loads.”

“I think anything like
a lot of study

in the :
and administration of the.
various health services for.
the district, we recommend
the boundary of the Selkirk
Health unit: be changed to
include the Castlegar and

Creston area,” the document

said. ‘

“Such. a” . boundary’
change, ‘if approved, “would
not restrict the people of the:
Castlegar and Creston“area

‘ROBSON
: ‘RECREATION “
CASH-BINGO |
. (Adult) FER
Friday, 7:00 p. m.

CARD. SOCIAL

> Satu Pr mn.
from seeking medical treat- urday 300 Bam
ment in Trail or;Cranbrook.” . | i

FOR RENT.
Office or.Retail Space’. _
In Downtown Castlegar f
buik peated, paigha Castes Mews.

on Approximately "400: $q. ft. Heat ey

je, light Air-
~ conditiéned in summer . ea

i CONTACT: ‘Cas: gar News, 191

= Columbia Ave. Ask for Burt Campbell..Ph,

365-5834 evenings: and

; , weekends. -

unit in Trail it's closer than it'

‘would be in Nelson."
CKRHD chairman .Mar-

tin -Vanderpol, who also

‘chairs ‘the union’ board of —

health, voiced a similar _re-
action to the recommenda-
tion.

“LE guess it- could’ be. |
implemented quite handily.
and ‘quite easily but I don’t

see the reason for it,”
said Vanderpol, who repres-
ents rural Area J on the
regional board. “Our own
area ‘is’ thoroughly. covered
by. the Trail unit.”:
-->,,He described the West
Kootenay board’ as: “one of |
the: most progressive boards
in the province,” attributing
the unit's reputation to the
efforts of previous chairmen
and Dr. Nick Schmitt, its
former medical health officer.

“I: was* always quite
impressed with..the workd
done by Dr. Schmitt and his

staff,” Vanderpol said. “And Ii

feel: we ‘have ‘been given

; pretty fair coverage in this

area wherever the need
arose and ‘whenever. it was

ew
THE SIGN OF A’

GOOD BUSINESS
“NEIGHBOR . . .

“THE SIGN OF

WHO CARES
ABOUT PEOPLE ...

This emblem identifies
the civic-minded

‘Veron

_in the community.

For Information call
JAN Eyre StestAa)

ENNEDY "365-3590 |

Castlegar will receive
$420,428 out of $181.6 million
worth of unconditional mun-
icipal grants to be distributed

grant for Castlegar

increase in ’ the ,,value of,
unconditional ' grants, .Fi-
nance Minister Hugh Curtis .

said the Jace, “reflects the}

“econ:

under the p: 's revenue
sharing’ program’ in 1980.

: ;.Given an increase of
i $81, 936 or 24.2 per cent over
last. year's figure, Castlegar.
fs‘among the 140 B.C. mun-

, icipalities named as recip-
ients by Municipal Affairs
Minister Bill Vander: Zalm
last week.

Vander Zalm's an-
nouncement revealed’ that
‘the value of the 1980 revenue
sharing unconditional grants
was up 19.7 per cent over the
1979 level of $109.9 million.

f “An -increase’ of this

«magnitude should help mun-
icipal ‘councils » to *. restrain
‘property taxes in 1980,” he
said

i i the custody, ofthe ministry of
"Noting the $21-' 7 million

The eares of avenue’
sharing grants is the special ;- .
revenue’ sharing ‘fund: under ~

‘omic prospects for. 1980 and:

1981. as’ well: as .our past
record of ‘sound |economic
management.”)

“It also confirms ithe! =

growing value of the revenue’
sharing concept we commit’
ted’ ourselves” to vin: 1977," “i

conditional grants) represent
a eee ‘contribution: to
| finance. In‘ '1979

‘sales | tax: revenues,
‘with « one ‘corporate tax point:
- and one Leto: income, tax

point. te

A TE |

“p, M.’ " by Pantel

Cocktail Dress, 100% Rayon

“Surrey: Classic" Suit

A beautiful beige tweed suit made in Van-
couver. Features — .A Channel. no-button
locket. It's finished off with o “3rd Dimension"
silk blend blouse i a so-ordinating chocolate

Cos

ACCESSORIES
for SPRING

SPRING ©
FABRICS.

Feather Pins

* A MERCHANT] &

Jachs - iby “Tribal ns
* = the latest'in 1980 Spring Casual
|. fashion.

Your.
LINK
Hardvare
Stor2

Clutch Bags
Scarves

Gold Chains
Silk Flowers

Our new and colorful
Spring fabrics -have
arrived. Shop early for
best selection. |

Department Store

FASHIONS MODELLED BY JOANNE TURNER

Air Travel Agents for
ALL AIRLINES

© ACCOMMODATIONS
° eT

—Siclephone 365-7782