BLUE TOP BURGER Weekly Special BEEF DIP ea, $395 NOW OPEN 10 A.M.-9 P.M. 1521 Columbia Ave. 365-8388 CALL AHEAD, DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE servations 825 4466 ENTERTAINMENT Youth competition slated In conjunction with the Pacific National Exhibition’s fourth annual youth talent search, the Castlegar Festivals Society and Castlegar and District Arts Council will stage a preliminary competition for amateur entertainers as part of Sunfest 90. The competition will take place on the afternoon of June 3 at Kinnaird Park. Any youth, ages 13 to 21, is eligible to enter. The categories are vocal solo-female, vocal solo-male, vocal group, | solo, band/instrumental group, dance solo, dance group, variety solo and variety group. To be eligible for this competition, groups must have no more than four CELGAR, WESTAR & COMINCO MEAL VOUCHERS ACCEPTED (365-3294 cated | Mile South of Weight Scale in Ootischenio LICENCED DINING ROOM Castlegar Aquanauts License No. 73760 6th ANNUAL GIANT BINGO! SATURDAY, MAY 26 Castlegar Complex Arena Floor 4-51000 jackpots $1000 Bonanza Sonoko Kambara (standin, the Kootenay region at th: qualiti Nels: an intermediate competitor, Francis, a senior ci for the provincial competition during the Kootoney Festival of the Arts in March in ARTISTIC COMPETITORS Tammy Francis and Elaine Chong (not pictured) will represent C. Festival of the Arts uve ay 3 23 to 27 in Saanich. Kambara, and Chong, a junior competitor, — COSTS — $20 — 6 Up Booklets, Plus 4 Bonenzes. $25 — 9 Up Book 25-$100 GAMES TIME — 6:30 P.M. COMMUNITY Bulletin Board REGISTERED NURSES ASSOCIATION Meeting ot 7 p.m., Conference Room, Castlegar and District Hospital Tuesday, May 29. Guest speaker: Sue Knoerr, subject: Pulp Mill expansion 3/40 Pius 6 Bonenzes. CASTLEGAR AQUANAUTS GIANT BINGO. On Saturday, May 26 at the Castlegar Complex on Arena Floor. 4-$1000 Jock pots, $1000 Bonanza and 25-$100 games. Bingo starts at 6:30 p NELSON DIOCESE ANNUAL CHARISMATIC CONFERENCE O.L.P.H. East Trail Catholic Church, Friday evening May 25, Saturday May 26. Guest speaker: Father Washington. Friday evening Healing Service 7 p.m. — Emely Pasqualotto. Theme: “Praise God for His Goodness.” Everyone is welcome. Plan to attend 2/40 DAMBUSTERS SCUBA CLUB There will be a boat scrub, June 2 and 3 at Scotties Marina starting at 10 a.m. both days. Contact Al Poster 365-2999 5/40 ROMERO A profoundly moving film about the life and death of El Salvador's Archbishop Romero. Wednesday. May 23, 7_p.m.. Nelson Civic Theatre. Sponsored by Nelson Central America Support Group. Tickets at door $5/$4/$3 KINNAIRD CHURCH OF GOD Coffee party, yard. cratt and bake sale. Sotyrday, May 26, 10.0.m.-2,p.m.2404 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 15 words are $5 and additional words are 25¢ each. Bold faced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. There is no ex tra charge for a second insertion while the third consecutive insertion is half. price and the fourth and fifth consecutive insertions are only half price for the two of them. Minimum charge is $5 (whether ad is for one, two or three times). Deadlines are 5 p.m. Thursdays for Sundays paper and 5 p.m. Mon: days for Wednesdays paper. Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News ot 197 Columbia Ave COMMUNITY Bulletin Board — 1355 Bay Avenve, Trail Call: 1-800-332-0282 West's Travel 365-7782 The Nelson Central America Support Group is bringing the feature film Romero to the Civic Theatre for a single showing May 23 at 7 p.m. The local group, formerly Nelson Tools for Peace, has broadened its mandate to address issues and concerns that confront the whole region of Central America, a news release says. The committee hopes the screening of Romero will educate people about El Salvador through the inspiring and powerful story of one mar- tyred priest. A discussion will follow for those who choose to Romero to play Civic stay. Admission prices are $5 regular, $4 student and unem- ployed and $3 children under 12. Note: the film is not appropriate for young children. The film is the powerful depic- tion of conservative priest Oscar this country has in the brutal murder of a Catholic archbishop. But the realities of the repression that stamped out Romero’s voice of hope in’ 1980 are as ruthless and as prevalent today, the release says. In Romero, A of El Salvador, who evolves to sym- bolize peace with justice for the poor and the oppressed. Romero was gunned down while celebrating Mass. Ten years ago, many Canadians had very little familiarity with El Salvador and may wonder why now, a decade later, what interest 1989, six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were murdered — eight more victims in a war that has already claimed 70,000 lives since 1980. The graffiti on the walls in San Salvador, ‘‘Be a patriot: killa priest’’ scrawled in 1977, unfor- tunately, ring a dreadful truth even today. All per should-be a minimum of three minutes and un- der no circumstances run more than four minutes in length, a news release says. Detailed rules are available from Eleanor Elstone of the arts council. The arts council is responsible for orgapizing the judges. Ray Yule will be scheduling the acts and the emcee for the show will be Murray David Collins. The. overall winner of this san- ctioned eveht will be guaranteed an invitation to compete at the PNE youth talent search Aug. 20-24 and Air BC has donated a trip for two to Vancouver to the winner. Even those who don’t want to or are ineligible to enter the youth talent search are still welcome to perform onstage June 3. Festivals society chairman Ross Hawse said that the Oldtime Fiddlers and Debra Tom- pkins dancers are already signed up. “*We want to make it an afternoon of great entertainment,’’ Hawse said. “‘By adding the PNE youth talent competition to our festival | know we will draw a lot of talented youth. We want people to remember though that you don’t have to enter the youth competition to go onstage. We have the Oldtime Fiddlers and others there too and it will be just a great after- noon of free family entertainment.”’ Teacher tries to “save show By STEPHEN NICHOLLS CP Television Writer RICHMOND HILL, Ont. (CP) — An elementary school teacher has kicked off a fund-raising crusade to get CBC’s Switchback switched back on. David Aptheker has opened a bank account and is seeking donations from across the country to rescue the recently cancelled Sunday morning TV show for kids. “What an awful thing to pick on — a kids’ show,”’ said Aptheker, spor- ting a Save Our Switchback button as he sat on his livingroom sofa in this town just north of Toronto: A “They have shows like fishing shows and gardening shows and you can’t tell me they aren't limited audiences. Why don’t they take them off?" Earlier this year, CBC pulled the plug on Switchback, citing federal budget cuts. Four versions of the live program were produced in Halifax, Regina, Ottawa and Vancouver. For a while it looked as if the show might be spared through a co- pr ion between CBC and YTV, DAY BREAK ~ Peis 7 6a.m. Breakfast Special ........ a SERVED 7 DAYS A WEEK 6 A. 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CALIFORNIA SUN AND GOLD TOUR Travel down the spectacular Or Coast on your way to sunny California the authentic Danish Village of Solvang: spend a couple of exciting days in cosmopolitan San Francisco, the Author Lunn to read at library By JUDY WEARMOUTH Head Librarian The distinguished children’s author Janet Lunn will be reading in the Castlegar Library on May 23 at 10:30 a.m. Lunn is taking time out from a West Coast tour to give only two readings in the Kootenays (in Castlegar and Nelson) and we're privileged to have her visit the Castlegar Library. Her work spans a range of children’s fiction from picture books (The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Amos’s Sweater) to youth fiction (the award-winning time-travel novel The Root Cellar and Shadow in Hawthor- ne Bay). She also wrote Double Spell, a juvenile mystery you can’t put down. She is a leading children’s book critic and reviewer and has lectured extensively on the subject of children’s literature in Canada. Born and raised in the United States, Lunn now lives in rural Ontario. She and her husband, Richard, have five children and five grandchildren so her BREATHING ISAFACT OF LIFE Nifty, Nifty Look who's 50! books are presumably well-tested before going on the market! Her reading, sponsored by the Canada Council, the Castlegar Library and the Castlegar school district, is free and open to the public as well as invited school classes. MOST CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED PRIME RIB * SEAFOOD © STEAKS * CAESAR SALAD © SPECIALTIES ACENSED FULLY LI COMINCO & CELGAR VOUCHERS WELCOME 352-5358 646 BAKER ST., NELSON — ACROSS FROM PHARMASAVE the youth cable channel. But CBC spokesman Glenn Luff said it didn’t work out. The show cost $2.9 million a season to produce, said Luff. CBC was illing to pitch in $1.5 million in crew and facilities, if YTV could cough up the rest. “YTV's best offer was $260,000, said Luff. Now, said Aptheker, it’s up to the public. He’s opened up an account under the name Save Our Switchback and is beating the bushes for donations. RESERVATIONS WELCOME PANELISTS: Fructova Environm AGENDA: 104a.m. 12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m. — Ai KOOTENAY BOUNDARY ROUNDTABLE ON THE ENVIRONMENT “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally” MONDAY, MAY 21 — 10:00 A.M. Brilliant Cultural Center, Castlegar Castlegar City Council — Doreen Smecher — Peter Abrosimoft al District — George Cady ional District — Ben Hove ed tal Resource Center — John Semenoff Grand Forks — Watershed Coalition Ferc Radon Study Group — Don Pharand U.S.C.C. Working Group on Environment — Steve Verigin Native Peoples Representative — To be Confirmed -11:00 o.m. — Statements from Panel 11:00 a.m.-12;00 p.m. — Panel Interface 12:00 p.m.-12:15 p.m. — Break for Refreshments udience OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC FREE OF CHARGE COMMUNITY NEWS — Penel interface Castlegar delegates attend conference Rev, Ted Bristow and— Cheryl Swedburg represented the Castlegar United Church at the annual meeting of the B.C. Conference of the United Church of Canada in homosexuals. The general council statement caused a rift in the church when many church ‘members felt moral standards would be lowered if the church i earlier this month. Tory Merritt of Castlegar also at- tended as a children’s delegate. Att the conference, delegates voted to put their money where their mouths are and raise $1 million for native land claims in B.C., the church says in a news release. Half the money will go to support the current court challenge of the Gitksan-Wet’suwet’en tribal council. The rest of the money will support other tribal groups in the province. While most of the $1 million is ex- pected to come from donations from church members, the meeting also made provision for using monies from bequests and the sale of church properties no longer in.use. Gitksan tribal chief, Art Wilson, a delegate to the meeting, spoke of the long struggle of his people to reclaim their lands which have never been relinquished by treaty. The Gitksan-Wet’suwet’en land claim covers an area of 52,000 square miles of the northern interior of B.C. Special guest speaker, Karen Ridd, who visited Castlegar earlier this year, told the delegates of hey 14 hours as a prisoner in an El Salvador torture centre last November. Ridd shocked her captors when she refused to leave the prison without the release of a fellow Peace Brigades worker. After intervention by the Canadian government, Ridd was freed but for- ced to leave El Salvador. Since then she has been on tour to inform Canadians about the human rights abuses in that country. The delegates also rejected more than 20 petitions asking the national church to withdraw or change the membership, ministry and human sexuality statement made two years ago on the ordination of self-declared for ordination. Instead, the conferen- ce accepted a call for the national church to re-affirm the statement and work harder for human rights for homosexual people in the church. Other petitions and resolutions dealt with by the gathering included a protest against low-level, military flights over B.C. Earlier this year the federal government authorized a new 1,500-kilometre flight route to be used by low-flying American bombers and Canadian CF-18 fighters. The severe nursing shortage in British Columbia prompted the delegates to call for increased provin- cial funding for the training and salaries of nurses. A special_educational program for AIDS awareness was adopted by the conference to combat ignorance about the disease. University of British Columbia chaplain, Rev. Brad Newcombe, said, ‘the church has often been perceived to be silent in relation to AIDS. This is an opportunity to change our at- titudes and show Christ's compassion to those who need our support the most.”” Other petitions called for a renewed boycott of Nestle products, support for refugees, and an increase in government development assistance to Third World nations. Conference delegates also asked the national church to make an overture of friendship to Quebec in this time of national tension affirming the value of its language and culture in Canada. In a lakeside worship service, six men were ordained by the conference into the ordered ministry of the chur- ch. As one of its last acts, the conferen- ce installed Jim Angus, an hereditary chief of the Gitksan nation, as its new president. Hunting rules released Limited entry hunting regulations for 1990-91 have been released by the Ministry of Environment. Hunters wanting to take part in the special limited entry hunts must apply for ‘‘authorizations,"’ offered in limited numbers for each hunt, a ministry news release says. Ap- plication cards and booklets detailing season dates, and types and numbers of authorizations allotted for each hunt, are now available at sporting goods stores and government agent offices. Hunters must make sure their ap- plications for limited entry hunts are received at the offices of the wildlife branch in Victoria by June 14. Ap- plications received after that date cannot be entered in the computerized random choice draw that determines who receives authorizations. 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