George Ashton, Lieutenant Bill Michaux, ‘Lieutenant Commander Bill Turner, First; G training officer Walter Sabl and trans-Cai bad idea and if you are a winn it‘is’ a sure’ thing.’ : was the feelings ex-: pressed, at; the Jast regular. meeting of city council when: it approved ‘a-grant of $100 ards assisting in: the spon- sin of Castlegar Airport committee chairman Dr. John © Hall‘in the June 80 to July 11 Great Belvedere Air Dash. In a letter to council Dr. ° Hall stated this was the second year. that the air race will have been held and is limited to “tail-wheel type aircraft". “T intend ‘to. enter: the: air-race this year.'with my Citabria aircraft. My navigator, will be Capt. Roy Bamford, RCAF retired and lecturer iat Selkirk College. We have every. hope of winning this race,” said Dr. “-In‘outlining his proposal . Hall stated if council would consider sponsoring his aircraft. e,would anticipate painting “City. of Castlegar’ along: the «aide of his’ aircraft:in ! hen some aldermen indi- : the amount of the grant cal did) not: seem’ significant, the.) -. mayor jokingly suggested it could come from oi of the ‘councilmen's stipel wished. “Your worshi ponded ‘Ald.’ Andy’ Shutels. aller all we've been through eH prepar- b , over again.” Mayor,; Ed’ Mosby * and finance chi ‘Al Stueling nd overnight stops in the Great’ Belvedere “Air. Dash: B uncil : ofsany: ny. legal ‘obligatio1 ithe, aircraft: will'be:sp: insured for this. venture. ner xpected to ‘Information shone 365-3385 2 in covered by: CBC TV: and‘ radio. t: ,entire'distan ‘The Valley A = 8 opening: Club ‘Tourna- a ‘Sunday, with’ three id if they so » “The following Is ‘an: infor. mal account of the recent’ work party: that: spruced up Silvery: * Slocan Social Centre: : The; skies\were grey: May. 9,'as 16 members of the ‘Blocan Sr. Citizens: converged ‘on'the Silvery Slocan’Social Centre at “nine ‘in ‘the morning.” a delicious lunch was perved't b Lindsty everyone. @/2. wate tunatel ta ughter: and words of’ encour-; ‘agement exchanged, as” the i 4 8 i pulled. roots,” raked,.‘collected, bris ‘and-loaded trucks, ce lifting.’ One or two’ of the fs ladies “sat, Mother Earth, when a stibbora : Foot ‘suddenly broke: off. 3: called for an investigation. Sure “enough, one grub’hoe handle” couldn't. withstand .the ‘strain } tee bee put into. Th ‘Alex: Bojey, ‘runner-up gross— falter Malakoff; ru a rtunit projects that: have: be proved in. the Okanag granted to ‘operal can ithe Doukha % Per. Annum © Per Annum: TERM DEPOSIT A pr / will reault:ins356: receiving employment this CASTLEGAR : Chanel Tt socially useful'and Tepresents a. © responsible’ approach’ to. com: = munity nieeds, . approved projects do not du +22: Winlaw ‘has’ bee granted $5,700 to'develop Wintew Park for more intensive tional =. (gram; dminister : f ‘manpower and © ace niet ofthe. vernment’s over-all and‘is'so designed. to develop employment. for youth that -is:! K. M: Ouellette, provincial 3 manager, job’ creation: branch, P gion, pointed out that * ‘care jis)taken to. ensure: that cate or conflict ‘with existing local programs. Three Farms Receive Damage As Creek Runs Wild in Thrums ‘Heavy runoff from mount- fain snows into Main Creek ‘on ithe Thrums flats caused exten: islve damage to three: farm Properties last Thursday, ! Parts of large gardens and ‘greenhouses on the Kabatoff, ‘Saliken ‘and. Sapriken : proper- itles }were swept ‘away’ as: the’ yereek'ran amok and left ‘a temall lake"; on ‘one’ property, \ Provincial Emergency Program \(PEP) zone co-ordinator: Edith ‘Van Maarion’ sai 2) Mrs, Van’ Maarion is a member of the recently formed high: water, committee, ‘which ° ‘also includes. Bill Nelson, re-; fen nedes pest and PEP. ‘ent out 600 sandbags ‘after the farm owners reported that the creek: had: left a ‘channel’ that had been. cut several days ago by. the depart- ‘ment of highways. Bo By 2.80 p.m., the situation :‘was “presumed under control,” but about 100 sandbags were Jeft with the owners’ in’ case new trouble developed. isting in the sandbag- ‘ging. were 12 men sent out by Canada Manpower after PEP . called for ‘further help. Man- power is one of the backup resource groups for’ the high water committee, others being Human Resources, . Red Cross and RCMP. /-The farmland ripped away by the’ creek waters was described as rich, black loam, ranging.in depth from one foot to's foot and a half. 5) A culvert plugged beneath Highway 8A where the creek crosses beneath ‘the road ag- gravated the situation, officials said, and the CP Rail track gave way after it was undermined by water. The tracks were quickly prepared for, traffic, however. Kees [Lanny] van der Pol, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Vander- pol of Robson and a 1972 The highway ‘ took out two truck loads of gravel and had three pumps in operation, PEP said. Trouble was first reported in the area, about’ two miles east of Brilliant, several days ago, and the’ channel: was cut then to divert water from the farms. The creek runs through the ‘properties, none of which suffered damage to buildings. Nelson Hosts Koofenay : Folkfest "74 June 22-23. Kootenay Folkfest ‘74 will jbe:held at’ Lakeside Park: in’ “Nelson on the: weekend of June ‘22 and 23. io Letters of invitation have. been ‘sent’ to various ethnic organizations in the East and «West cwhich will provide protection from the elements for all people interested in exhibiting’ heir- looms and artifacts from their various cultures. The Video Society. will be producing a video tape for in the festival. “Kootenay Folkfest' ‘now. has * ‘an office: located’ in the Stu- ‘dents’ Union’ Building’ at’ Notre “Dame University in Nelaon.. _osThe' telephone number’ is 352- vi,Peter Offerman has pledged the use of a circus tent. sion and, to add to their library of local ‘productions, Folkfest is open to all people’ from: all’ cultural back: grounds and needs the support of ‘all people." ‘All inquiries are to be sent ‘to Kootenay Folkfest "74, Box 426, Nelson. Mis Philomena Harrington wise’ miscellaneous - ‘shower ‘was held April 29 in St. ‘Joseph's Catholic Hall to honor bride-elect Philomena Harrin; lostess for the evening, enda O'Dwyer,: presente: ‘corsages .to the: groom-elect’s mother Mrs. Joe Archambault » and: bride elect Miss :Harring-. ton. he hall was beautifully, decorated with lovely Spring flowers with a heart of colorful tissue flowers placed above a decorated chair for the honored © > guest.’ Overhanging the table was a decorated umbrella with colorful tissue flowers which eiehed her good luck,. good da O'Dwyer making a hat from ’ the bows and ribbons:which was modelled by the bride: elect. "Refreshments were served by Mrs; June Archambault and -Mra.:Polly ‘Corbett.:‘The even- ing ended with Miss Harrington thanking everyone: for the many: useful gifts. Denfal Hypersensitivity : Can Go Unrecognized % When dental therapy is completed, dentists often test & may. go’ unrecognized and: un- treated unless the dentist is aware of ‘and re- patient's’ teeth for’ with’a jet stream of cold water.’ ir. If there is:a:visibie: « tion—and some patients been'known ‘to almost ‘jump with pain—the dentist fare dental hypereensi- x ‘Aecording to’an ‘article’ in The! New York Journal : of actions characteristic of the problem. . a “phe Journal described a study in which 75 per cent of the patients 'suffering from - teeth: obtained ype 7 >-relief ‘through ‘normal care’ of their teeth at home” by substi- tuting. Sensodyne, ‘a’ specially for the ‘one they normally “used. 2 The authors explained that. tooth surface sensitiv, can be Annie Penford,‘ 45, of Cas- tlegar; pled guilty Friday to ailing to remain at the scene of ani faceident. She: was given'a one year suspended sentence. ~ Glenmerry NEW AND USED FURNITU ‘> 3191 nana Drive “PHONE :,364-1822 by. acids, sugars, - toothbrushing, toothpicks ‘and “too vigorous use of dental floss. Hot or cold food and beverages, cold air’or dental instruments are often enough’ to trigger pain. First Ship. - ?The first ship’ to land in San'Francisco from the Yukon goldfiolds, late in 1897, had 22. passengers with $650,000 in 7 » gold.dust among them. on, coastal televi-_ duate of Stanley. Secondary School, has been awarded a $2,500 student’ ex- change scholarship: between Victoria University and Keio University in Japan. Mr. van de “Pol has’ just completed his second year in secondary edu- cation and will be working for the Forestry before entering Keio University in early: Octo- ber: The scholarship covers his while at uni The annual Father and Son Banquet of.the Second Castle- gar Cubs, Scouts and Venturers was held\May:6 at Stanley Humphries Secondary. School. Seated ‘at the: head table were ‘District Commissioner Loyd Groutage and Mrs, Grout- age, president ofthe Group Committee, Mrs.'M. Sommers, master, of ceremonies Venturer Danny Nazaroff and Mike Naz- aroff,: John’ Dunn and his two sons Robbie and Andy. ° Danny Nazaroff introduced the head’ table then called ‘on Scout Robbie Dunn to‘ say Grace after. which a delicious dinner ‘was. served -by’ the’, Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal: is Canadian Legion. ‘The toast to the Queen was given by Venturer Jim Schaf- thuizen and ‘the toast to the, Founder by Cub Glen Bording. ‘ Scout Pat Read toasted the fathers to which A. Read replied. Danny next called on the following leaders to come for- ward and. introduced’ Cubs but not the costs of ravelling to to Gorden ; Jim. Watt. and Robert Haack; Scouts’ Mr. Groutage and Leo Sommers; Junior Venturers Brian Mc Donald and Leo Sommers and Senior Venturer Glen Toogood. Mrs, Sommers then pre- sented each with a small token of appreciation and thanked. them for a successful: year stating it'is through their attending and the fathers ‘for their support in all activities and for Pe XCASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 16, 1874 Annual Father and Son Banquet Scout Association to be pre- sented to a local Venturer. Venturer Trevor Hughes then called on. Mra, Sommers’ who is retiring as president of the Group Committee, then on behalf of all the Cubs, Scouts ge accepted the aw He. then called: on Queen Venturer Leo Sommers arid presented it to him for his outstanding service as a 'Ven- untiring efforts and lead that the many activities are provided for the boys. Also named. was Phil Cal- derbank who was absent, Scout Brian Parfenuik gave the toast to: the leaders and Gordon Soukoreff replied. He said the leaders also enjoy the activities along with the boys. He thanked the boys for. and V d her with a lovely gift. He thanked . her for all’ the work she had done for them during the past turer with Queen Venturer his tha: Avery ‘successful evening came to a close with Mr. Groutage showing slides of | hese in- five years. Mrs. pressed her thanks. Glen Toogood, on behalf of the Toogood family, presented the "J..W. Toogood Memorial Award for serviee" to the local Ferry Travellers Get Thrill It isn't every day that one sees a sea lion and a pod of killer whales on the ferry. run from Victoria to Vancouver, but that was the experience travel- lers had recently. The sea lion: was perched atop a mooring’ buoy. outside Swartz Bay on the Victoria side. As the ferry'’s wash caught the buoy, the sea lion was swung comically from side to side. . In Active Pass there was a sudden flurry of excitement as someone spotted half a dozen killer whales off the port beam. 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