CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 6, 1978 o

First Steamer in Pacific Northwest

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Historical Exhibit on the First Steamship In the Pacific Northwest, the Beaver

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By LORI FRIESAN

# The tennis courts are get-
ting busy with many enthusias-
. people getting a good start

athe 1978 tennis season.

3 In order to use the court
fadlities, we ask that a user's
fed be paid. These fees were
dug and payable as of April 1.
Once again, the Regional
ecreation Commission will be
‘collecting the weekly, monthly
and yearly membership fees.
The fee schedule for 1978 is as
follows: family—$55, single—.. -
$2§, junior—$8, day—$1, week
—$8 and month—$10.

« A daily fee of $1 may be
collected at the courts by a
director or a member of the
executive, Please be prepared
tohow your club membership
idgntification tag or receipt if
asked.

< The executive for 1978
elected at the fall'annual meet-
ing is as follows: president
Laurie Lyons, vice-president
Renata Belezyk, treasurer Shir-
ley Wanjoff, secretary mere

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nis Courts Getting Busy

Users’ Fees Payable

Pryce, tournament director
Gordon Gray, publicity Lori
Friesan, junior rep. Paul Wear-
mouth, social directors Kay
Jones and Lori Friesan.

Directors are Herman
Kemperman, Elaine’. Bohnet,
Bob White, Art Dusseault, Kay
Jones, Mac Sinclair and Frank
Steenvoorden.

Tennis lessons by a quali-
fied instructor will be available
in the near future through the

Funeral This Morning
For James Menzies

Funeral services will be
held this morning from the
chapel of the Castlegar Funeral
Home for James Menzies, age
69, who died Saturday at the
Castlegar and District Hospital.

He was born June 25, 1908
in Scotland, and came to
eastern Canada at 12 years of
‘age. He worked in eastern
Canada for a time, prior to
moving to Alberta, where he

d in the Drum-

A new feature we hope to
add this: year is court lighting
for the centre two courts, We
are currently looking into it and
will pass more information on
when it becomes available.

The Spring Annual Meet-
ing is set for May 4, Members
and prospective members are
asked to keep this, daté* re-

served and plan to attend this ‘

meeting.
Just a few reminders:
Upper courts for juniors;
© Mens’ night Tuesday;
e ‘Ladies’ night Thursday.

‘the Trail area.

April 12-14 inclusive,
5:30 p.m.

First

Car & Boat Bingo

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GIFT FERTILIZER
_ COMINCO PENSIONERS & WIDOWS

‘corning: will REAvIde. a 50-pound bag of
gift fertilizer to Cominco Pensioners and
Widows of Cominco Employees, living in

Gift fertilizer cards will be mailed. April 4,
1978. ;

Cominco Pensioners and Widows who do
not receive a gift fertilizer card by April
11, 1978, may pick up-their card and gift
fertilizer from the Tadanac Salvage Yard

between 7 a.m. and-

Annual

feller Mines up.to 1980, That
year he moved to B.C., and was
engaged in farming and logging
on the Arrow Lakes.

He was a resident of
Nakusp from 1942 to 1965 and,

* for the past 12 years, has made

his home in Castlegar.

_BCTV Documentary

Surviving are his wife,
Signe; two sons, Edward of
Castlegar and Robert of Dun-
can; a daughter, Mrs. Roy
(Signa) Olson of Castlegar; a
brother, William of Calgary;
two sisters, Mrs. Roy (Agnes)
Webb and Mrs, Rene (Sally)
Houdayer, both of Nakusp; 10

grandchildren and three great,

grandchildren.

Rev, :Ted Bristow will
officiate, and pallbearers will be
Roy Jones, Roy Webb, Crossley
Coates, Rene Houdayer, Bill

* Kennedy and Chris Kerr.

Burial will be at Park
Memorial Cemetery with
Castlegar Funeral Home in caré
of arrangements.

Wins Festival Honors

A documentary about the
Burn Ward at Vancouver Gen-

tive employer saw the “AC-
CESS program, and hired her.
ACCESS cameras illus-

eral Hospital, produced by
British C bia Televisi
and broadcast last year on the
ACCESS segment of the News
Hour, was honored recently at
CAN-PRO '78, the annual festi-
val of locally-produced Cana-
dian television programs. ~
The ACCESS episode was
named the best program in an
information series, from a city

trated the inad facilities
of the burn ward. Doctors
explained the need for a
planned $3 million renovation
project, and an address was
shown at the end of the
program where

The first steamship in the
Pacific Northwest will be pre-
sented in a historical exhibit at
the National Exhibition Contre’
in Castlegar.

“The Vancouver Maritime
Museum has created this uni-
que show, which will. be. on
exhibit; begi

waters on which she had served
such an important role.

“The Honorable Com-
pany's BEAVER" exhibition
traces the ship's history from
launch to final grounding, and
beyond, It underlines her. true
significance in the 19th century

through ‘April 21.

The BEAVER was a side-
paddlewheeler built in 1835 for
the Hudaén Bay. Company. in
order that the company could
consolidate and expedite its
fur-gathering activities in the
largely, unknown ‘frontiers’ of
the Northwest Coast of British
North America,

During the next 53 years,
this little steam/sailing vessel
accomplished far more, notably

of Victoria as

of British Colum-
bia.while serving the Hudson
Bay Company, the Crown col-
ony and the province,

It occupies over 800 square
feet of floor space and its 17
panels contain artifacts, mod-
els, trade goods, a totem pole,
souvenirs, salvaged fragments,
charts, drawings, photographs
and descriptions,

The tour ‘of “The. Honor-
able Company's BEAVER” is
being funded by the federal.

the .major trading post for
Vancouver Island and the dis-
covery of coal at Prince Rupert.

After serving 24 years for
“The Honorable Company", the
BEAVER was leased to the
Royal Navy to act as a
surveying ship during the mak-
ing of the first comprehensive
charts and maps of the area.
She also maintained law and
order’ along the coast during
that eight-year period.

For her remaining 21
years, the ship changed hands
several times being overhauled,
remodelled, burned ‘and
grounded as she served as
general towboat, freighter, and
sometimes ‘ferry. :

In 1888 she ran aground for
the last time at the entrance to
Vancouver Harbor, abandoned
to sit precariously on the rocks
of Prospect Point for four years
before sliding forever into the

Assis-
tance Program.

To encourage schoo) tours,
the exhibition will be on view
Monday to Friday from 10:30
a.m. to 4:80 p.m.

Irreconcilable
Differences,
Rules Judge

An English court granted a
divorce to Doris and Albert
May, who'd been married for 26
years, after Doris charged that
Albert ran around naked play-
ing the tambourine . outside
their house whenever she re-
jected his sexual advances, and
Albert charged’ that Doris
made him pay four-English-
pounds each time that they
slept together.

Irreconcilable_ differences,
ruled the judge.

New Bill Clarifies
Bankruptcy Policies

The Bankruptey Act 1978,
(Bill S-11) was introduced in the
Senate two weeks ago by
Senator Raymond Perrault,
acting on behalf of Warren
Allmand, Minister of Consumer
and Corporate Affairs Canada.
‘ The bill is a revised version
of Bill C-60,' which had been
introduced in Parliament in
1975 and reviewed in detail by
the Senate Cominittee on Bank-
ing, Trade and Commerce later
that same year.

The revised bill is the
product of extensive consulta-
tions with experts spolnet y

creditors for up .to $2,000
unpaid wages per employee
plus an additional $500 per
employee in respect of amounts
an employer is liable to pay as
pension and other health and
welfare fund contributions.

e It imposes personal lia-
bility on directors of a cor-
poration for unpaid wages and
contributions.

‘eo It sets out express Parts
to deal with securities firms,

i ips and. i

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Province of British Columbia

NOTICE
PUBLIC ©
HEARINGS

REGIONAL DISTRICT
REVIEW

Notice is hereby given thata
Public Hearing will be held at

PENTICTON
Penticton Inn, 333 Martin St.

Monday, April 10 at 10 a.m., 1:30 and 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 11 at 9a.m., if required.
GRAND FORKS 2
Yale Hotel, 416 South East 1st Ave.

Wednesday, April 12 st 2 p.m.

CASTLEGAR
HI Arrow Arms Motor Hotel, 615 - 2nd Ave.

Thursday, April 13 at 10 a.m. and2p.m.

Organizations or individuals who wish to present a Brief
to the Review Committee and have not yet Informed the

~ companies. a

Secretary should do so as soon as possible.

The bill also iP the

the Senate C
bankruptcy experts, and | He
sons who are directly affected
by the operation of the bank-
ruptcy law. The bill responds to
most of the recommendations of
the Senate Committee and also

might be mailed. Because of the
“ACCESS” broadcast, the Burn
Unit Finance Fund received

il totalling $85,000.

witha lation over 300,000.

BCTV Producer Margit
Nance created the “ACCESS”
episode in response to a request
from the V.G.H. Burn Unit. The
program illustrated both the
physical and the emotional
damage suffered by burn vie-
tims.

Filming included scenes of
a skin-grafting operation, vital
but awkward hydrotherapy
procedure, and interviews with
several men and women who
had faced or would soon face
the traumas of adjusting to life
with deformities and disabili-
ties caused by burns.

A young woman admitted
her inability to find a job
because of her burn-scarred
face, although she was well
qualified to work. A prospec-

at the

The first-prize-winning
ACCESS episode was produced
at BCTV by Margit Nance,
filmed by John Chant and Ken
Chu, and edited by Bert Darby-
shire.

The purpose of the CAN-
PRO '78 festival was “to record
accomplishments in local tele-
vision station production and to
highlight local television sta-
tions’ senses of community”.

Two other BCTV programs
received recognition earlier ‘last
month, receiving

to the comments of those per-
sons who submitted briefs on
the predecessor bill.

_ “I am confident,” said the
minister, “that the bill, when
enacted, will establish a bank-
ruptcy system that is compre-
hensive, workable, and above
all fair in the sense that it
adjusts equitably the interests
of creditors, insolvent debtors,
and the public generally.”

The bill introduces several
major policies: :

It consolidates all federal
insolvency laws in one statute.

e-It clarifies basic sub-
stantive provisions and ‘stream-

by the A of Canadi:

in a

Television and Radio Artists.
Rolf Harris was

and facili-
tates. wate consumer ene sai

for best variety performance in_

The Rolf Harris Show, and

Pete's Place was nominated for -

the best children’s television
program in British Columbia.

Castlegar Recreation Complex
Saturday, April 29th at 8 p.m.

Prizes:
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,© Much More, Over $10,000 Value!

® $100 Door Prize on Advance
Ticket Purchases

ALL PROCEEDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY TENNIS COURTS
Tickets avallable from any Castlegar Rotarian

Sponsored by the Castlegar Rotary Club

mercial
alternative to auelelt spank.
ruptey. nes,

elt provides for- express

delegation to the Drovineas of:

to survey trust-
ees and receivers to determine
whether it is feasible to estab-
lish a funded plan to insure
wage earners against losses of
wages and other benefits
caused by the bankruptcy of
their employers.

‘The Senate Committee had
recommended such a plan but
its establishment has been
deferred pence further analy-
sis.

the Public Hearing and wishing te to

make an oral presentation, are also welcome.

On behalf of the Committee,

Brig. Gen. E. D. Danby (Retired)
Executive Secretary

Regional District Review Committee
Suite 206-515 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V5Z4A8 872-2335

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their dependency on the “exter.
nal agencies” of either govern-
ment or big business, he said.

Brewster said the brief

In response to the question
of improving public awareness
of the function of regional dis-
tricts, the brief calls for a
better “politician-t -to-press” Te

as well as

cites the of gov-
ernment to encourage small-
seale participation in regional

economies and suggests re-'

gionalism could be “an effective
instrument for co-operation be-
tween the government and the
people.”

‘According to questionnaire
replies cited in the brief, the
main purposes of regional dis-
tricts today is to serve as a
bridge between local and senior
levels of government and to
function as “an instrument of
public expression" through
boards of directors, he said.

PLANNING

Continued from page Al.

Moore said the RDCK
should look after its statutory
non-municipal planning priori-
ties before looking into contract
work within municipal boun-

daries.

term insurance.
aL

news coverage and inter-re-

gional communication, more -

effective tines of communica-
tion between directors and
their constituents and more
recognition of advisory plan-
ning is

Thrums Store Fire

Under Investigation -

A fire Thursday evening,
which

witht gas pumps, propane and

‘Thrums General Store and Post
Office, continues to be under
investigation with no estimate
of damage yet released,

Tt was attended by loca!
assistant to the fire marshall,
Castlegar District, Bernie Van
Rasse!, who sald the fire was
first reported by a member of
the Castlegar Fire Department
{South), Nick Chernoff, who
was passing by on the highway.

Chernoff gave assistance
as did West Power

rom the
store's stock. Those attending
used what facilities they had to
contain the blaze soit would not
spread to nearby buildings,

Crescent Valley RCMP
reported that the owner of the
store is Kurt Leisner,

While no-cause of the fire
has been released it is beliaved
to have originated in the base-
ment which contained a woth
shop.

who attended with a tanker.
Also present was a fire truck
from the Castlegar Airport
used to discharge chemicals and
quickly extinguish flames when
the gas pumps caught fire,
Van Rassel called the fire
‘most difficult’ having to deal

Handicapped

. R Deans
told ‘the Caltogee News it Is
difficult to determine what mail
loss occurred because of the
fire,

Group boxes were imme-
diately made available the day
after the fire to re-establish
mail service to Site 18,

To be Granted Increase

Handicapped persons and

their families will be granted an _

across-the-board $20 monthly
increase effective July 1, Hu-
man Resources Minister Bill
Nandee Zalm announced recent-
ly.
The’ new rates bring the
basic benefits for a single
, Yecipient of Handicapped Per-
sons’ Income Assistance to $285
per month and raise the rate for
a family of four from $635 to

The increase will affect
over 11,000 recipients of
HLP.LA. and is expected to cost
over $2 million for the nine-
month period of the fiscal year
1978/79,

Both single and family
recipients of H.P.LA, also. re-

ceive special rental subsidies, °

said.

and medical bene-
fits,

B.C. Economic Growth
Greater than Canada’s

Economic growth in B.C.
was 1.7 per cent greater than
Canada's last year, according to
the throne speech read to the
legislature last week.

Lt.-Gov. Walter Owen, re-
viewing the province's econom-
ic performance, noted that in
real terms it grew at a rate of
43 per cent.

He said B.C. created 15 per
cent of the new jobs in Canada,
in 1977, though it has only 11
per cent of the population, and
lost only 188,188 man-days due
to labor disputes in the provin-

Canadian Life Insurance
Of the amount of individua!
life insurance owned by Cana-
dians at the end of 1976, 53 per
cent was permanent, cash-value
insurance, and 47 per cent was

Please join us for

environment scaveni

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You are invited to an

_ Open House
Saturday, April 8 at 12:30 p.m.

Creston Valley
Wildlife Centre

events, nature films, exhibits and a children’s
ger hunt.
Prizes for 12-year-olds and under
Special Guest
from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Len Marchand
Minister of State for the
Come and enjoy a spring day with us.
Coffee, Juice & Doughnuts

an afternoon of naturalist

cial jurisdiction, compared with
1,452,646 in 1976,

He said investment in
manufacturing during 1977 rose
by 21 per cent, and the value of
mineral production rose bye) 20.8
per cent.

iiitercte Man

“Last summer we moved
to meet the needs of those
handicapped persons facing
high rents by introducing a new
rental overage for single re-
cipients,” said Vander Zalm.

“However, it ‘is now evi-
dent that a genera! rate ‘in-
crease is necessary and I am
pleased that we are able to
provide the additional help at
this time.”

Part of Flood
Plain Planned
As Parkland

City council last week
decided to consider using part
of the Castlegar North flood
plain as a provincial park and
reject a local businessman's
plans to operate a gravel pit in
the area.

Council members last
Tuesday supported a planning
committee recommendation
that J. E. Cooper's proposed
operation on a lot in the flood
plain not be approved because
it was zoned for rural use and
because the city was investi-
gating the suitability of the
section from the Inland Natural
Gas line south to and including
Zuckerberg’s: Island asa park
site:

Parents Suing Seattle

A couple and their 21-year-

old son are suing the Seattle

, school district because they say

he was graduated from high

school in 1974 without learning
to read,

“He was always in special

education classes, but he was ~

given a genera! education certi-
ficate as well as a graduation
diploma, so that meant the
school thought he. had satisfac-
torily met all requirements and
could read,” Mary Fisher said.

“I couldn't see how that
was possible, because we used
to help him with his homework
and we knew how he strug:

Frank Fisher said his son

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The RDCK board of direc-
tor's voted last Thursday’ to
refer Knowler's request, sup-
ported by the City of Castlegar,
to Area’ J director Martin,
Vanderpol, the Area J advisory,
planning commission, the plan-
ning department and the tech-
nical planning committee for
recommendations. -

Knowler said in a March 7
letter to the RDCK his meet-
ings with Castlegar city coun-
eil's parks and recreation com-

mittee in February failed to |

find a suitable site for dirt bike .
cycling, It was suggested at the
meeting such a site might be
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Richard “can’t read an applica-
tion to get a job.” .
Fisher said his son was
“turned down by the Army,
Navy and Air Force because he
“couldn't read”. -

The suit, filed in King
County Superior Court, seeks
unspecified damages for per-
mitting the graduation “with-
out the requisite reading skills"
and unspecified damages for
emotional distress, It also asks
that young Fisher be given
remedial instruction at the
district’s expense until he can
read at the “level of a high-
school graduate.”

Announcement

~ Kelly Weber |
Kelly Weeber has joined
our staff as hairstylist at

Beautiful Reasons Halr|:
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She hopes all her former
clients In the Castlegar area

will continue seeing her,
now at Beautiful Reasons.

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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 6, 1978

Mr.
Retailer:

You Lose 3 Out of
10 Customers:
Every Year

-..and 30 per cent of

your business leaves with them!

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Hard to believe, but truel If yours is an average business, ‘you

LOSE 30 PER ‘CENT of: your. customers each year. If you don't

‘believe. It, look through lest year’s accounts and see how many are

no longer active.

WHY .DO YOU LOSE THEM?

Through death, hard feelings, moving to another community or
through the efforts of hard-driving competitors . . . 0 variety
of reasons, some of them beyond your control. At the same time,
there's 9 normal business increase of ‘only four per cent each voir
That leaves you fecing a 26 PER CENT HANDICAP each year, A
handicap you must overcome if your business is to remain healthy
and profitable.

WHAT TO DO ABQUT IT?

The answer lies in better merchandising, better planning, more
vigorous promotion of fast-selling goods and service. The surest,
most profitable method of seles promotion is consistent, timely
newspaper advertising.

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