CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 10, 1976

‘8 C.'s Provincial Parks Record

Over 10 Million

Attendance In British Col-
umbla's provincial parks leaped
over 10 million in 1974 for. the
frat time, Recreation and Con-
servation Minister Jack Rad-
ford said recently.

Total attendance Increased
by more than 11 per cent over
1973, the previous record year,
from 9,664,000 visits to
10,746,000,
y visits accounted for
_ the largest gain, 11.8 per cent,

climbing from 7,789,000 in 1973
to 8,712,000 last year. Camper.
nights showed an increase of
8.6 per cent, from 1,875,000 to °
2,034,000.

1974 marked the tenth
straight year of increasing
attendance in provinelal parks,
asid Mr. Radford. The number
of visitors has more than
doubled aince 1965 when
4,800,000 visits were recorded.

There was a notable
change to the origin of camp-
ground users in 1974. British
Columbians represented 63 per
cent of the campers, an increase
from 58 per cent in 1978 and a
reversal of a trend to fewer
residents that started in 1963.

Other Canadians account-
ed for 21 per cent in 1974, the
same percentage as in 1973,
while Americans decreased
from 21 per cent to 16 per cent.

Also worthy of note in
1974, was the levelling off of the
decrease in the percentage of

tents used as a form of .

accommodation which re-
malned at 35 per cent, the same
; as the previous year,

Camper vehicles showgd a
slight increase, from'81 per.
-cent to 93 per cent, and tent
trailers dropped from 16. per
cent to 14 per cent. Trailers
accounted for the same per-
centage, 18, as they did in 1973.

Mount Seymour Proviteial
Park in North Vancouver was, ,
once again, the single most
popular park in the system
with 996,000 day-visits re-
corded, sald Mr. Radford.

Next in line was Cultus
Lake Provincial Park, near
Chilliwack, with 708,000 day
visits and 97,000 camper nights,
fora total of 806,000 visits,
followed by Golden Ears Pro-
vincial Park, near. Maple
Ridge, with 572,000 day-visits’

and 76,000 camper nights, for a -.

total of 648,000 ‘visits.
“The second most popular

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96,000, campers registered,
Golden Ears was third with
76,000, and then Okanagan
Lake, near Summerland,
74,000; Goldstream, near Vic
toria, 69,000; and Manning,
67,000.
‘The nature interpretation
program presented in 30 parks
was attended by a total of
800,000 persons, a 25 per cent
increase over 1973, said Mr.
Radiord. Visitors were guided
on nature walks and talks, or
viewed the many: displays o!
natural history exhibited in the
nature houses at Manning,
Miracle Beach, Shuswap Lake,
Bowron Lake, and Mount Rob-
son Provincial Parks,

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DREE Program
Gets Extension
To Year's End

Kootenay West MP Bob
Brisco announced last week
, that the DREB industrial incen-
tives program for this riding
has been extended to the end of

e year, :

He said applications for the
program, which had expired
March 31, will be accepted up to
the end of September, Mr.
Brisco sald he received word of
the extension from the federal
department of regional econom-
ic expansion.

It's’ not the two-year.
extension I was working (or,
he sald, “but it should at least
allow time for the provinll

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© "In addition, 1 think it's
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Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley

A Fall Marks Winter’s End

ROUND here, it's one of
those grand end-of-
Marek anes with the sun
wn, the air posi-
rue balmy {about » 40
degrees), the defeated snow
stinging grimly to the
lowed corners, and that
fovely ‘smell of rotten earth
that precludes spring.

If it were fall, of course,
and the ‘temperature were
the same, we'd be saying:
“By, George! Nippy enough,
ain't it. Looks like winter's
hot far off.”

But at this time of year,
the weather is more a state
of mind than a matter of
temperature, and all across
the land Canadiana go

slightly hysterical with the

jubilant certainty that once
more they have made it
through that masochist's
— a Canadian

: wine
‘With the first relaxing of
* those icy tentacles, we goa
bit haywire. Rubbers are
kicked into a corner. Sweat-

plunged into prams, And

wera all come down with a -

winter.
‘Typical example, This.
ones was garbage day.
it because the sun was
ahining ‘and it wasn’t snow-
ing, +I nipped ‘out in my
ajamas and’ slippers to.
Feposit the plastic Tags.
It was a trifle nippy, but
the sun was shining and

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there was that. ineluctable
essence in the alr. I winked
at a sexy: squirrel in’ the
cedar tree, Tmade a V-for-

+ Victory sign’ at Old Sol, 1
at a beautiful crow.

I stopped to stroke the cat,
who'was lying in the mud,
basking. “And I've been
sneering and blowing” ever

ay matter. Winter. is
‘over. Those long black
nights and those short white

ys are gone for another
six months, and, as far as
T'm concerned, fill up the
bowls and let joy resign
unconfined.

Usually, we straggle into
spring with nothing more
hilarious than a slight
lessening of despair, but this
year ‘thee ‘old lady and I ended
winter with a gallant fillip.
Some would call it a flip.

‘As you know, if you are
keeping up with the sada
news, we “took up’

recall, we took up golf in the
fall, after the leaves had
begun to tumble,

arguing’about what kind of
wax to use (we have two
kinds,-red and black) and
clumping “around in. our
boots like real skiers.

Our timing was perfect.
On what turned out to be the
last day of skiing! for the

* season, we took @ shot at a
hill. Gr maybe ‘it was.the
other way around. , \

It wasalong, straight hill:
no trees, no rocks, nothin,
that a capable. six-year-old
couldn't handle with both
hands in his pockets.

We ita certainly polite ~

enough. 2 You go
first, Toute he man.” And:
“No, no, dear. Ladies first,
you know.”

‘As usual, I. was out-
manoeuvred. I steeled my-
self with recollections of
driving a bicycle head-on
inte a cow during an English

°- black-out, of diving into a

hell-fire of German anti-
aircraft fire.
I took off. One thing I
dislike about skiing Is that
there are no brakes, You
can't even drag your feet.
Well, sir, the only way.
can describe my descent, of:
that ‘slope is hell-bent.
‘Squatting like a kangaroo in
labor, eyes rolling, I went
down there at what I reckon

nominious tumble. No splits.
Thirty feet from the end of
_ the run, all danger behihd, I
tened-up; waved.one

le onehalantly and:

Chicken was pet
© Just then the ‘snow, with

‘unbelievable crust, rose up. -
and smote mea, mighty’ |

smite on the head, My cap
lew off. [knew I wasn’t in

* hell, but I sure felt bent. I>’
lay ‘there, quietly uttering

words Thaven't heard sines '

my Dad used to godown and ,
beat the coal furnace with a
shovel;

I heard a scream.” “At
least she knows I'm dying,"
thought bitterly. ae is

she. going
some cof the things she ald
to me, over the years.”

Then 1° heard another
scream, “Bill, get out of the
wayl I'm going to run over
youl” +

Wrenching my broken
neck around, I looked be
There was’ a’ dark: fi
flying toward me. It pie

Me 87 wit but was aa nee ei no In,

riding two” broomsticks,
instead of one, een tk ta

department. has responded to
representation from: Kootenay
Weat on this’ situation.”

The most recent DREE
grant was for $210,000 to

: Kootenay Dehydration Ltd., of

Creston, last month for an
alfalfa pelletizing plant.

Mr. Brisco sald the plant,
whieh produces animal feed,
will provide 11 new jobs in the

«valley and that the DREE

‘grant covers 25 per cent of the
capital costs. Thirty. Creston-
area farmers hold sharea in the
facility. 7

’ Farm Vacations
Prove Popular
To Many Families
David E. Freed, who heads
the youth development branch,
says that with the larger

more families can take advan-
tage of the familly farm vacation

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of Cominco. Employees in the. Trail

- area may: obtain their gift fertilizer +:
card by writing Employee. Services, .
Personnel, or by. telephoning 364- (}°
4304, Trail. The card entitles them
to 50: Ibs. of one of four types of

Elephant Brand Fertilizers,

Cards ‘and the gift. fertilizer will :

be distributed from the Tadanac,

Salvage Yard, April 17-19 inclusive, «|

between. 7:00. a.m. and 4:00 pm.
daily.

PEE
seasan for the Cealegur Minty Beckey Aseeites ae
right, Randy Kirby, Rhys Andrew, Bandy Martin, Bert

Larry Plotnikoff and

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Mustangs: Members of the winning toam are, froat roy, left te | Cox,
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* Letter to the’ Edi

King of Hearts Happy fo Reign.

Dear Sir:

‘This laa letter of apprecia
tion for the work and assistance
the meinbers ‘of the Heart
Foundation and.the Royal Ca-
nadian Legion Branch 170 did with'a congenital heart defect
on our behalf, to reign as “King of Hearts",

'» Qurson, Lorne, considered i, Out daeter asked our per-

should have participated in
such an-event.'I would like
everyone to know. that. the
Heart Foundation asked our
doctor to; recommend a

Discussion Leaders for Socred

Policy Workshops Announced

‘Discussion leaders for the
policy

“These resource people are

ps at the up-
coming regional Social Credit
policy convention were an-
nounced today by workshop
chairman Frank Be

Mr. Belnder sald the eight

in their topic

areas and should provide valu-

able assistance.”

Mr. Beinder, who is not a
member of the party auld party

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ita real honor to reign as "King a
of Hearts” during Heart Month. and I am positive he would not

brooms began'to
meter

aa I:knew the witch was
jing’ to split right up. the
: midale unless the nightmare

wie did. I woke up. ‘The
witch was dead. sone
broomstic! inted st 1
in the air, Phe other was

‘Then: “Are you all right?”
And: “I don't: know. Are
you?” And: -*I dunno. -1

glad it's spring,

and there's ine more skiing
until

- But porniugs ‘certainly tones
you up. Tean now touch my
toes with no problem at a
Tuse a yardstick, And my
wife can knit Jike a demon
with one ‘hand.

Caribooze Tradition

Sidewalk Superintendent
‘The ‘Sidewalk Superintendent’
‘writes an editorial-page column

+ in the Cariboo Observer, Ques-
nel.
+" THlooks as though the good
of hard-livin’, hard-lovin’ and
hard-drinkin' image of the
Cariboo “pioneer” is still alive
and swilling. °°

‘Those statistics - trundied
out recently by the liquor
administration branch showing,
just how much booze passes
over the counter at.
grog shop ina year are enough

to make even old Bacchus
Himself pop his cork in wonder.

mis usual Williams Lake
upstaged everybody in the
by staggering off with

I the highest, booze sales figure.
Ofcourse, between you, me and

the fence post.I'd say there's ,

probably a lot more in the Lake

town to.drive a body to drink ‘:

anyway.
The whys and the where-
fores of the alcohol consump-
tion phenomenon in the Cariboo
have been a source of fact and

fiction for many years. Thi

most colorful and widely used

of the theories is tradition.
We northerners are trad!

ie. the sharp edges of this almost

spartan existence becomes pa-
ramount. Alcohol—and the
l-* more the’better—provides the

tionally a rough-hewn lot, ac- means,

customed to working har
during the week and drinkin

excessively on weekends. Our filled cr

history is one of gambliny

rooms and saloons and rough

and-tumble pioneers bravin,

the bitter elements and per?

haps as 8 result becomin;

‘d Let's face it, drinking—the
gz” game of fainting in a. smoke-
room, guzalg
ig a yourself vara a stupor—t

-* common form of recreation in
these parts.

It may. not be‘featured in
i _ your average tourist guide'to

imbued with an unusually high; local recreational delights, but

capacity for liquor.

So much for the myth. Now
let's try some of the more.
realistic possibilities—such as pub.
long, cold winters, boredom and

_isolation.

_it is usually not too long before ©

“the newcomer is lured into the
alcoholic clutches of the local

Meanwhile, the bulk of
~+, those not living in the Cariboo

‘Those long months of short. continue to look upgn drin!

days, long nights~and cold, _
bleak weather can drive anyone ;
either to suicide or to drink
beyond a certain length of time,

A person, especially one who

distinction to it that. perhaps
they envy or at least wonder at.

Unfortunately, we in the
is” Cariboo also pay the price for It.

single, is forced to cope not only: We have one of the highest

with the dire elements, but also *

to stave off the basic hibe
nating instinct.

The need for some kind of .
sell-induced oblivion to soften

traffic accident rates in the
r-; province—most of which are
‘ alcohol-related.

However, what those li-
quor branch statistics really got

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;, how! well the government

homes in on a good thing. Well,

< perhaps to some itis, nol
eceasarily

the best of a bad situation.

& °. Itappears governments,
© both federal and provincial,

+ have long been ‘wise to the fact

business: dependent upon. the
«basic human vices, you've got it
made.”

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Telephone 368-6331

5 think I'm gonna ery.” (That
‘see tt The’?

habits as a kind of glory and’

me to'thinking about was just ,

‘a good thing—but
iS tet us call it the ability:to make,

that if you get a monopoly in a:

progi by the

f
agriculture, -

Mr. Freed says there are
29 farm hosts this year, almost
double that of 1974. They offer
a variety of activities for the
children and adults alike and

“are scattered throughout the

province, from the north east-
ern Peace River district to
Vancouver Island.

Farm and ranch ‘hosts are
looking forward to enquiries

from urban ‘vacationers who*
‘wish to get a first hand look at

farm life in B.C. Last year the
ticipants, hosts and vaca-

ers, enjoyed themselves

ti
and are looking forward to
1976. :

Mr. Freed expects that all:

the farms will be accommodat-
ing guests: throughout’ the
season -

“A booktet’ listing host

* farms is available from the

youth development branch and
will be sent on request atsno
charge. Inquiries should: be
sent to: Family Farm Vacation

Program, Youth Development |;
Branch,’ B.C. Department of

Agriculture, Parliament Build.

ings, Victoria, B.C. V8W 227.

Spring Cleaning!

ewe. Need ‘Good ‘Used Items.

‘for the Annual,

Kiwanis Auction!

“Saturday, April 26th.

note,

Donated Items Welcome!

Fer pickup of your Items, psa phone **

the following numbers:

3655571 or 365-5688 3
Proceeds for Safety, Oriented FirstAld Program

We would like to publicly thank
the Heart! Foundation for ask-
ing him to reign'and for the
astistance they gave'us' when
Lorne had to'go to Vancouver,
We would also like the Legion
to know of our gratitude in

thelr sponsoring Lorne.

We sincerely hope that
Lorne's participation in’ Heart

“Month made'a fow people

aware that children can

with congenital heart defects. :,

: There seemed to be some
concern as to whether Lorne

have done so if he thought it
would have been detrimental to
ne,

‘The heart specialist in
Vancouver has found that he
will not have to have surgery
but he will be limited {n athletic
activites, such as body contact >

‘Again we would like every-
one to'know how much Lorne
enjoyed being “King of Hearts”
and give our thanks to the

\ Heart Foundation and Legion.

Edand Eva Hawthorne’
and Lorne

~ Telescope Viewing Facility
) Opens at Selkirk: College:

Selkirk College will be
opening.its telescope facility to’

the general public Thuradays, ‘

from April-17'through to May,
Persons interested in view:

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Some of the objects which |
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Saturn, Venus, the Orion Neb-
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will be “the meat of
the two-day convention sched-
‘led for April 18 to 19 in Trail
“We are confident, that
these discuasion leaders will
stimulate active and wide-
ranging discussion on issues
affecting all B.C, residents.”
‘The leaders “and their
topies are: Dr. Pat Fowler of
Castlegar, health; Jim Gray of
Trail, labor; E. 8. “Skip”
Montgoriery of Nelson, educa-
tion; EB. "Slam" Salvador of
Creston, municipal affairs; Jim
Hutchinson of Trail, industrial
development and clean environ-
ment; Boyd Hardwicke of
Grand Forks, mineral policy:
Wilf Hearn. of Salmo, forest
. policy, and (Bill, Barnsley, of
‘Trail, parks recreation and
in

‘fon leaders, Mr. Beinder said
‘several “resource people” have
‘also been recrulted "or ‘each
policy ares.

‘Calvary. Baptist
- Church Shows

_Film on Sunday.
18 1961 Merrill Womach
was flying alone enroute to
Spokane, Wash.; to spend
‘Thanksgiving Day with his wife
and children, His twin-engine

aeroplane was forced down in a”

snowstorm: over’ Beaver

yh, Ore. The next morning
he: took ‘off on. the slushy
runway, Two hundred feet
shore We trees beth engines

ra tried to get back to the
te but the lane fell short
50 yards and crashed in the
tee The explosion ‘of: 108

Ballons of high test aviation fuel’

‘was heard miles away.’

Wo-,
to'a nearby road:
mere he waa Hleked up and put
je back sont of a car and
ere toa hospital’ inKlamath
re. Amazing
all the way.”

° Through more than 50:
operations and rion of sur.
gery, Merrill faced many com-

‘plications, critical illnesses and
Impending death.\Two blood
its passed through his heart’

oe into’his lungs and it: was’.

only after his family heard him’

i sing after. surgery. att they.
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‘ who owned.and operated ~
COUNTRY BOY’ SERVICE
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COLMAN, EXCAVATING LID.

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a is time we would like to express a...

Thank You

4:To. Everyone

for. ‘allowing us the vases of serving you in the past and ask for your continued
fF the new owners and ‘wish them every. success in their. new |

itely was not a criterion’ for
selection of the discussion lead-
ers or resource people,

“Selection based solel;

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on knowledge of the respective
topics,”. he said. “People were
prepared to accept an opportu-
nity to provide: constructive

input into the policy-making

procedures of one of our major

provincial politica! parties.”
Mr. Beinder added that the

discussion topics ‘are’ flexible.

“They're not intended to be at
all restrictive," he said. “For

example, I've been asked ‘what.
about land use policy?
“Now I fully expect that

land use policy willbe part of”

the discussion in at least two of
the dreas we've outlined, name:
ly municipal affpirs and parks
and recreation,
nd T trust, that many
who attend these. policy’ work-
‘shops will do so because they
care about the province, rather.
than because they have any
formal party affiliation."
‘Along with: various social
events, the convention will also

feature an address by’ Opposi-{

tion Leader’ Bill ‘Bennett,’ fol-
lowed by a question and answer
period. Party’ president Grace

McCarthy and MLA Ed Smith

will also attend.

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