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In its present form, the

Castlegar and District Public’

Library came into being in
1974. when the two towns
amalgamated. Before that,
the Castlegar and Kinnaird

libraries operated separate-

Both of them were born
and déveloped through the
efforts of dedicated volun-
teers with the help of dona-
tions from the community.

Castlegar and Distret Public Library

Some sof these people are still
closely connected with the li:
brary — as volunteers, for
example, Glady | Manahan,
Eileen Woods, Barbara
Wood, or as staff, Helen Mc-

‘Leas ie is ‘Livingstone; vi

wel Kinnaird Library,
started’ out In 1946 but: it
didn’t obtain its charter from

- Victoria: until 1968, It: was

housed ‘in the old Kinnaird

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first’

_ fore it was given a

Hall, soon rbelng squeezed out

of'a tiny room on the ground,

floor to the dot much bigger
one up a narrow flight of
etairs' — ‘an arrangement
cohtravening all present-day
fire regulations. Jn , 1973,
when space and access. be-

‘came a major problem, the.

town of Kinnaird proposed,
building a new city hall and
Ubrary complex on the site of
‘the ‘recreation, complex, but

;/that) referendum was de-

-féated.
at Volunteers manned thre li-

“brary —'doing all the book

and cir-

System. Under this a

» Alter the dlofeat ‘ot a ref:

undertook to'provide capital

funding for. library buildings.
and it was thought this would °
be the solution to the: already ,

crowded shelves in the exist-

ing: lbrary. branches. oe
As preparation’ for the

larger role the Cast! B RG

fora

‘hall/courthquse/library com:

plex, the! Castlegar {library
board decided it would go to
referendum’ on: its, own as
space: problems. had become

| desperate. With regional dis: +

trict’! funding;
was

brary would ‘play in: the’ all
Kootenay Regional. (Library
System, the board hired pro-
fessional librarian Joan Wen-

man on ‘Audrey ‘Moore's: ‘re-

tirement in 1975, Funding for
this and | oa the Road

"20,000

up a’ ‘concept ‘plan ‘for a

ft. regional library.
which would serve the entire
district. H ‘

‘The board and staff were

more than 2,600. ee
houre to the library over a:

067,000 books last year, and
on average 60 new members x

joined Por. month,
The: library offersa reeule

pre-school Story Hour in
branch and is, at - rst

very excited about this prop-

osal to"bring better library

culating the books until, in
1972, the board was able to
hire the first paid librarian,
Jean Turner. In 1974, ius
before the he

the Sane g government;

‘When the Social’ Credit:

government gained control,
the Koot Lie

service fo th ity and
the board, headed by Dr. Roy
Ward, worked, untiringly .to
convince the: population. to

‘library: moyed into the ie
mentof the Castlegar Sa-

1 vings Credit’ Union and
everyone breathed a sigh of .

Fellef to-be in more spacious
quarters. ¢

In. the meantime, the
"Castlegar Library bad been
following the same pattern,
starting.” out..in: 1946. with”

“volunteer staff in the United

Church Sunday School room
and obtaining its charter in
1947. Lack of space and poor
conditions forced the library
to move ‘four times, from
_ Sunday school to community
hall to private basement and
back to community hall, be-

brary proposal ‘was ‘shelved
and Kootenay libraries were
back ‘at square one’ with
inadequate buildings and

brary board ‘appointed Judy :

Wearmouth in her place.

The ‘space. problem
been ‘stemmed: for 'a ‘short
time by the renovation and
use of the Castlegar. Branch
basement and the board re-
alized that expansion was
becoming an urgent neces-.
sity.”

Since then, successive

boards have worked-with the’;

city, the provincial govern:

private house on Front °
Street.

‘The fact that ‘the house
cracked during the relocation
and ‘had ‘neither plumbing,
water. nor. adequate heating
*did not deter the enthusiastic
‘volunteer staff and: board

“who made the space into a
real library with the help of
the Rotary Club and the first
paid librarian, Mrs. Jessie
Donnan. « Ee

‘In 1967, the present library
“building was completed asa

-. centennial project and the li-

brary’ officially ‘opened 21
years after its birth. A 25th

iversary." celebration in”

¥
brary given oy ‘Mr. and Mrs,
Charlie. King.
Present: Mayor ‘Audrey.
Moore: was, librarian from.

1972-1975. During that time,”

the library won' the . pres-
tigious John Dana \ Cotten
award for public relations;

the twin libraries were amal-°

‘gamated; and. the Library
“Development Commission
consolidated plans for an All-
‘Regional Library

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Fund and the Lotteries Fund,
trying to obtain capital for a
new building.

In 1979,; the’. Kinnaird
Branch had to move from the
Castlegar . Savings . Credit

Union premises toits present

location on Columbia Aven-
ue. The new visibility of the
branch resulted. in the doub-
ling of ut

‘vote. ‘th a

decent
building, open all day, with .
ample room for books, chil-
dren's and adult programs,
with space for, comfortable
browsing.

.: Now this referendum has
been defeated, the library
board is requesting help from

e..city, which is invest!-

gating the ‘use of ex-B.C.- ings

Hydro trailers at the rear of

‘the Castlegar Branch, and

even this temporary solution
seems unlikely. Nothing is

certain yet except that the li- '

brarians are pulling books off

the shelves and putting them.

in boxes for storage.

‘Despite all.the shelf space
problems, the inadequate
buildings and cramped work-
ing conditions, the library's
services have continued to
grow. The present regular
staff — Judy Wearmouth,
Pat Livingstone, Helen Mc-
Leod, Catrina Ward — man-
age to process and juggle
shelf space for 2,000 new
books per, year. ‘Thirty- five
donate

provincial « grant. “Puppet:
shows have been staged on a:
quarterly basis over, the past’
five years and! up. “eat last’

summer, a volunteer. yeiels ane

‘monthly Saturday ‘story and

‘il show for. older children.” {

Every ‘school children:

year
are invited ‘to join’ in Young 3

Canada‘ Book Week and for’
~ the last four. years the

has participated in ‘National

Book Festival, bringing: in,

well-known authors for read:
and” holding : competi
tons and workshops. :

+ A‘ shutin | service in in:
operation’ for people. who
“ean’t come to the library.
Anyone requiring: this: ser-
vice is urged to’ call the li-
brary. at: S65-6611.. "Apart

from the 25,000’ books, the li. °

brary also circulates a chang. *
ing collection of audio’books
for those unable to read print.
and thanks’ to the Selkirk

Lions Club, ‘there are cas-. :

sette-players available for
loan and four reading lenses
already in continuous. use.
-The board and staff hope to
eontinue to operate. at: this
level, however circumstances

may force cutbacks in service ©

in-the future.”

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— Taks —

‘Take Furniture Village in

Castlegar is part of a. five-
store Kootenay chain with its
flagship, Taks Home Furn-
Ishers, located in Cranbrook.

+ The story of Taks started .

in 1946 in-Creston when Tak
Toyota opened a small radio
repair shop called Creston
Electric Ltd. (this name was
later changed to Taks Stores
Ltd). i

In. 1960 Taks opened its

‘second outlet in Golden, and

today ‘it is*managed by Art

Futa ‘and ‘a staff of six, '

providing full sales and ser-
vice.
Take’: third outlet . was

> opened in Cranbrook.in 1964

and’ replaced: with a larger
stare on‘d1th ‘Avenue (now
mart

combined sales’ and ware-
house .and sales building in
the:“Slater Park” area in
Cranbrook. :

Taks continued its expan-
sion into Fernie in 1969 when
a store was opened in the old
Waldorf: Hotel. Today, the
Fernie store is managed by
Bentley ‘Feddersen with a
staff of six.

‘In July, 1979 ‘Taks opened

‘fifth location in’ Castlegar

as ‘Taks Furniture Village

which, is. manager by Bill
Miller. In 1980 a new building
was constructed in Creston
and: is. managed ‘by Art
Giorgini with'a staff of eight.
‘Taks is a member of V.LP.
(Volume Independent Pur-
chasers) Stores Ltd., which is
a non-profit. buying group
consisting of 65° members
with 91 stores in Western
Canada. Ron Toyota (co-
owenr of Taks) was president
of the VIP group in 1978 and
1979.

Tragedy struck Taks oper-
ation in Cranbrook on Dee. 26
1980 when a fire completely
destroyed the’ retail store

warehouse: complex.
$2 million in the build-
ing, equipment and inventory

‘BILL MILLER
+. owner/manager

ee f
The re-construction on the

same site’ in Slater Park
began in late ‘March and the

“grand re-opening took place ©.

Oct. 29,' 1880,

with metal cladding in the
warehouse and a wood framo-
up with stucco exterior retail
area, The warehouse ceiling
is 82 feet high and the entire
building is fully ‘sprinklered
for fire protection. The ware-
house area is over 13,000
square feet and carries inven-

to service'all five lo-

cations in'the Columbia and 33

Kootenay areas.

The’ front-end (or retail
sales ‘area), is. over |
square ‘feet on two” floors

with’ an extra 6,000 square-

feat: for: shops. and .officeg.

The Cranbrook operation has »

four managers: Ron Toyota,
.general manager;’ Paul Bur-
rows, office and assistant
manager; John Scott, oper-
ations manager; and. Den
Foraie, sales manager.

_Taks appliance and furn-
iture store in Castlegar has
two floors of appliances, color
TV and furniture providing
customers with a wide selec-
tion of styles and products.
They pride themselves on
providing a pleasant atmos-
phere for customers to shop
for furnishings for their
homes.

They also pride themselves
on keeping up with current’
trends and beirig knowledge-

able about their products,
thus being able to. offer
helpful advice io thetr cus-
tomers.

As well, the pride them-
selves in the “after-sales”
services of delivery by cour-
teous and professional staff
and looking after. complete
service of your ‘purchase
during and after the war-
ranty period. Taks also val-
ues their customers. during

the. initial sale and in future

BOB PROCTOR
wee soles representative.

Dunwoody -
and Company _

The ‘office of A.J. Shank-

land’ ‘set up. practice .in.

Castlegar in September of
1977, By March of.1978, they

were well settled-into their’

new office beside the Bank of
Montreal and had merged
with the Canadian firm of
chartered accountants, Dun-
woody & Co.

- Dunwoody &~ Company
was founded some 60 years
ago in Winnipeg by the late
Col: James M. Dunwoody.

‘Today Dunwoody & Com-

; pany is, by most traditional

measurements, firmly lodged
in the ranks of the Big Bight
ascounting firms in Canada.
‘To serve a wide variety of
Canadian business and gov-

“ernment, the more than 600

members of the firm are
spresd among 26 offices

Canada, serving all
sizes a and types of Canadian
business.

‘The firm is run by a ex--

ecutive committee of three
partners, who are elected by
their fellow partners for 4
year. term, and a na-
tional managing partner, ap-
‘pointed by. the executive
committee

Bach oftlee is relatively
autonomous in. its organi-

Institutes in a number of
provinces; and they contri-
bute time to chairing anu
serving on a wide variety of
institute committees.

Virtually all of the 25 of-
fices across Canada are
equipped with color. tele-
vision playback equipment
and an extensive library of
color videocassettes. This Ui-
brary is continually | being
expanded with new .video-
based seminars which are
provided for each office. ©

These, coupled with :re-
gional and national seminars.
and ‘conferences provide a
fyll-range of education from
their one-week in-residence
staff introductory ‘course,
through their one-week in-'
residence CA finalist examin-
ation-course, all the way to
sessions aimed at managers
and partners.

As members of the inter-
national firm of Dunwoody
Robson McGladrey & Pullen
they are associated: with
firms in 44 countries, having
8 fee volume of some $200
million. This . provides : the
means to meet the needs of
clients operating on an inter-

ational scale, and the oppor-
Tanity for staff to secure

-international experience.
7» D ody and Co, '

zation al

’ while adhering to uniform

national standards on. pro-
fessional and technical mat-
ters.. r

Dunwoody’ & Co, ts rep-
resented on council in the cA

employs a: staff ‘of five,
including ‘Brian ' Brown,
C.G.A., three bookkeepers,

. Linda Hart, Glenna Ehman

and Elaine Jackman, as well
as receptionist Elaine Sallis.

‘The re-built’ building’ is”
’ pre-fabricated steel structure

000

Five-store Kootenay chain

ae

Bs

- history : of expansion and service

At Taks, growth is more
than just a dream

GOLDEN

The Golden store was the. second
store in the Taks expansion open-
Ing in 1960. It. is managed by Art
Futa and a staff of six. © ‘

“ Qur-new Cranbrook store opened October 29th of this year and i Grovides
warehousing for our chain. This 44,000 sq. ft. building Is the largest

furni
as. W

John

" CRESTON

ite
ell

Scott, Operation Manager plus 18 staff members.

Creston was the an place of the Taks stores
in the year 1946. In 1980 the new bullding,

seen. here,

was erected’ and {s. capably

managed by Art Glorginiand a staff of eight.

‘FERNIE

Taks continued its expansion in

* 1969

by the opening of the Fernie

store. ‘Today the Fernle, Sparwood,
Elkford area Is served by manager
Bentley Feddersen and a staff of

six. >.

CASTLEGAR

ure store in the Kootenays and serves the Cranbrook Kimberley area
‘as the rural section of-our market. The Cranbrook operation Is

managed by Brian Robinson, Sales Manager; Paul Burrows, Comptroller;

In July of 1979 Taks opened thelr store In
Castlegar managed by Bill Miller - thus
providing service to the West Kootenays.

...its a fact !

CRANBROOK 426-5272 @CRESTON 428-2204
*FERNIE 423-4486 eCASTLEGAR 365-2101
GOLDEN 344-2728

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