LPAI OPABNS DPS raver tiny for Sante ont ry cease trea Sen Ney te mee ce S ete ia me teh TB COT " 5 ys "i es ‘i . CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, September 26, 1974 Sewa ge Disposal CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, September 1974 “Go bick you « Lert? go ick, Of-h-h-h:” Go’! bick! Oh. ’ “Sold. woman's |, high-p! Bangy volce and ended in a * of groan, Every ‘gnce in a {Siwhile she, would add som “thing ina’ language unital gible to me. Although | she, was still per, haps 200 yards away, and eve- ning shadows were falling over Alberta's Peace River coun-| try, I could make out'her bent: form and I could see her rough farm boots. :: They) were: “the boots of a. man, and on her head I could which was the common head- i, gear. of.farm women from cen- pe. : “Ukrainian,” I thought: to Inher hand ’‘on which she would sometimes ‘lean, probe .*: ably. for: rellef: from: some = rheumatic twinge. Every’ three or four steps’ "} she would wave the stick at) the cattle © and shrill,” ‘Go ick. Go bick."’ i man's helplessness. They pald. her ‘no more heed she'd been one. of ,the’ stubby She ‘was ° trying“ to chase them’ down : the ‘road: in‘ the -; same direction Iwas walking, but: they.” kept’: making - end * runs around ‘her,’ and were’ see:the kerchlef or babushka . myself, She had a heavy stick t Peace River and Edmonton. ¢ « Recollections by Gerald Wright ymoving 4 au i “the noe mae pt fa ithe whole pleture in‘a'minite,’ T spent'a good bit of my boyhood ‘summers chas- Ing cattle/on’the farm of an uncle In) Ontario, and 1 know how elusive ‘and maddening they can be, My first impulse was to help the old woman, I laid down my suitcase and began looking for a stick, Just about that time my ear caught ‘the high ‘whine of a'car motor coming from: the north at a good speed, “Likely, going right through to Edmonton," I. thought. \If 1 missed this car’ I might find myself on the Toad the rest of : the night: In the inid-October the ther. ‘mometer. in northern’ Alber often gets'down {o freezing at (night, sen though the sun may, have shone all day long: ee I ifelt’ vaguely. guilty bout the ‘old, woman as I picked up. my! ‘tultease again and ‘began ? briskly. down theroad. “° I never: hitch hike in the agit that’ most! people: regard — lounging by the voadeide Sh (ham ir the air. °) 1) just » march ''smartly ‘down |, the’ road ‘as “though I were, walking to: the next ‘bus stop. ‘ "That way, if a motorist picks me..up, I. feel: that: I'm his guest and not a parasite. I could’ hear the driver, lift {)chis: foot’ from | the accelerator. o.%..:: ‘‘and in a moment the car’was -S)o() alongside. and ‘slowing ' to a Y: stop. It was brand new, sl opened the be How | far’ ya paola the demi ‘edelver demanded, ": ignoring my’ greeting: ‘The well-dressed ‘woman beside him was silent. “I'm heading ‘for | Edmon- ton,” °T replied,” beginning to ‘climb into the back seat. He waited’ until'T was in and “had closed the deo then’ he ‘fumed °@) palr: of cold gray eyes onme,? ‘Have: you got " he de- manded. There was something vabout the question’ and the way, it was put that set.my stomach on edge. It'.was like being in- vited to dinner: and’ then: be- ing banded a bill for the food. “Yes; I have $5, but I wasn't planning to spend _iton \ this ‘trip, ** Tsaid matter-of-factly. "Okay, then,'’ he lashed me‘: “with | his voles, You | better Just keep on walking.’"®: 5: “TH I jst do that, thank you;”” Hegred Stepping out and losing ; By this thme the cattle were ‘ almost up to where I’ stood. ©” “ pler‘note in her volce:as: she ‘shouted, Go bick. Go bick.”” half-mile or so down the road.” f As we chased the last cow,in- ° barbed-wire ‘gate, she® ‘turned’ * toward. me.’ I couldn't ‘see 'her. ’ ‘+ face :very, well: because it was. getting dark,: but I could hear: : ithe gratitude in her. voice/as;.: * she’ sald, ® ‘Tinks ’ you. Tinks you very moch,”” 2 Her, ; gratitude, ‘gave “me, ‘They were sneaking along thes); a farthest: Yente ‘on ° the’ side “fe from me, The old woman i limping slowly, after’ them, “vainly shouting,’ »“Go ‘pick. Go bick: Ob-h-h.” 2 I didn't’ give the ‘car a sec ond look : as, it sped. off, spray: ‘ton truck who’ picked ‘me’ up; only ‘minutes’ after I left the’: ‘old woman and her cows. uy mane NOTICE i eee aie necesumceatie de i | Association will open: its, office on’ Monday, Sept. ‘ember: 30'at 305 'Spruce Street. f Hours will be from 1.40 3 p.m. on Mondays, ° < Wednesdays and Fridays., y “|p phone number wil bo published when a Today, pecia! and Sai DRY CLEANERS : HEADQUARTERS for ~ : HOCKEY SKATES “CCM! JUNIOR TACKS: “AND. JUNIOR PRO the winter of 197 he Sauron te been grant i District United Appeal! ca eis spaign i dur: the gar Squadron 681 for use pasersent of the ie ‘operator. of. Tanetion uy ‘Service'and the RCMP are presented night -whicl $1,000 damage when it crashed ‘on Highway 3A near the airport overpass’ Friday ‘afternoon. ‘The driver, identified as \ Nick’ Pectin’ of Castlegar, re- ived'a cut'lip and ‘abrasions yhen the Vehicle failed. to ‘a.turn,' went out of “control and ended up across the : iy highway’ ina ‘ditch, No‘other. vehicles were |. ir, volved. Mr. Pectin was alone on : : “Seannette zo A 28, 1974, the truck. ‘The incident is still under = investigation. 3 ¢ weit ‘Kootonay Cablevi: “sion Society’ telecasts the fol- owing promaite tonight on Channel 8: ) * we 1.00 pm —USWA Local tf 7.90 p pyin—Joan Vanker/An’ Be ntervley: Joan Vanior talks Shei! hD work iyith the intel. ‘Avcoballea tom Brt talks. atia luncheon: neon put on on by, thet Koote: s Tom Ee ciee tenis rent holism and the advantages of a... Moatment Centre in this area... cents leita Jack Alot discusses the endum to bey voted na this his the nd’ his concerns about, the Third” 8.00: p.m. 1—lnnghts tw ures weekly: two-” ©. lectures given by, college ' ulty, ultysmembers's and guest, j and non-believers, they'also are’, ich © Recently: CBC; News: featured . © plans ofthe f Phat iecltlea e cfere ana ow be) used. eee re called’ upon ' to: help out; with emergency. flights if necessary. j system of batts a permit x must. be obtained from the health a ‘whieh the violation if prime importar he eeting were plans on behalf of he. aetal regional ‘meeting. ich: takes ‘place :here: this Saturday. Hosts include the St. Rita’s'Council. Expected are Permits: Required From Health Unit peo) Director of) the; West “) Kootenay Health Unit,’ Dr. N. Schmitt, advises that a number of mobile! home; owners throughout the area have been suiting up their units on parcels i privately qwned land and living in.tl en without first applying for & permit under! the; sewage disposal regulations...” The regulations require fia before a need sewage: ‘any kind is ersons. discharging from’ any. mobile hora (0 (or. * any dwelling) without first (obtaining a’ permit can, on VV eonviction, receive a penalty of i ‘up to $100, as'well as ape thereafter durin, i