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10 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, November 16, 1972

CASTLEGAR SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs. H. Johnson 365-8294
"Mrs, A, McNeil return-
ed home last Thursday mor-
ning after spending a week
visiting her family, Rey. and
Mrs, A. McNeil and family
of Edmonton,

Mrs, J. Evans of Bran-
don, Man, arrived on
mbureday, evening in Robson
where she will spend some
time visiting her brother
Mr. Harry Evans and other
relatives.

. Mr, Darrel Rourke, who
was a patient in the local
hospital for a week, return-

d home Saturday.
. Mi, and Mes, David
Donnan of Kelowna spent

the weekend with Mr, Don-
nan's mother, Mrs, R. C.
Donnan.

Mr. Fred Kazakoff of
Burnaby was the guest of
his mother, Mrs. A. Kazak-
off, for a few days last
week,

Mrs, G. Shepherd, who
visited Mr. P. Smibert and
other relatives in Kelowna,
returned home last week-

end, i

Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiig
of Trail, formerly of Cast-
legar, attended the dinner
Monday evening marking
the official opening of the
Senior Citizens new hall.

WE

SIPE TIRES

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New Branch

excellerating pace of 75 to
80 members a month.

This indicates that Koo-
tenay Savings Credit Union
is offering its members ser-
vices and interest rates that
are needed and appreciat-

ed,

With the opening of
the South Slocan branch,
Kootenay Savin, Credit
Union is channeling some
of these growing activities
into that area bringing ser-
vices closer to the members
homes and

This can be achieved
quickly and effectively by
a direct transfer action.
Management is encouraging
this very much and are con-
fident ‘that members will
adapt to the new facility
established for their own
convenience,

It can be pointed out
that all service programs
in the South Slocan branch
will be computerized and

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Reed

A NEW AND SPECIAL AWARD is the Figt. Sgt. W. H. (Bill)

| Trophy for

J here by

Mayor John Landis of Castlegar to WO 2 Roger Rioux who
accepts it on behalf ‘of the Squadron. The trophy will be
presented annually to a deserving air cadet of Squadron
581. Mayor Landis, who was Flying Officer at the time Mr.
Reed was active in establishing of the local squadron, paid
verbal tribute to the late Figt. Sgt. Reed. — Castlegar News

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The South Slocan branch
with two

teller and general clerk.
The full Credit Union
services, offered in the
South Slocan branch are id-
entical to those offered in
any one of the other four
branches.
- Kootenay Savings Cre-
dit Union has now close to

the previous year.
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be
ial pe Kootenay Savings
Credit Union and its men

bers.

It, is for this reason
that board and management
are looking forward to wel-
coming all interested peo-
ple at South Slocan Play-
mor Junction at 2 p.m., Sat-
urday to view the new of-
fice and their progress.

’ MD Study
Then Vote
Requested
The affect a municipal
district would have on the
{wo towns and areas I and

J should be studied so a
vote on MD can be put be-

by the Castlegar and Dist-
of C

- Annu
Castlegar District
United Appeal
Objective

$23,000

ening at Stanley Hump!

trict
at Thursday's meeting.

Bill Waldie said the
idea of a MD was brought
up as early as the 1960's.

Mayor John Landis of
Castlegar said it was vital
that “all facts be known”

ways, with an overall vote
in which the overall major-
ity rules or a separate vote,

Sr. Boys Play Excepfional Game

Sr. Boys’ Volleyball

At the West Kootenay
Sr. Boys Volleyball tourna-
ment held at Trail Friday
the Stanley Humphries team
played exceptionally well.

After regular play they
were tied for second place
with Trail and Grand Forks,
Then after a playoff for
second they were still tied
but Trail took second on a
better points for and against
basis.

Game results:
First set Trail 16, Cast-
legar 14. Castlegar 15, Trial

Second set, Grand
Forks 15, Castlegar 3. Cas-
tlegar 15, Grand Forks 3.

Third set Nelson 15,

Castlegar 11. Nelson 15,

For a team that was not
considered by the opposit-
ion to win a single game,
our team came very close
to winning the tournament.

Alex Josafatow, team
captain, was the top player
in the tourney from any
team. Other oustanding
Castlegar players were Nor-
man Deverney, Mike Kon-
kin and Doug Bigsby.

Nelson’ won the tourna-
ment and their team will be
the West Kootenay repre-

sentatives at the: Provincial-

finals in Dawson Creek.
Basketball”

The Harlem Clowns put
on an outstanding display
of basketball showmanship
and ability last Friday (evs

‘ies.

A “standing room only”
crowd went away knowing
they had received their
money's worth.

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Clowns defeated .

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In 1968, 200 acres were
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1971 costs in a
ing was ig on a more
acceptable proportion but
high water, flushing streams
returned the amount of col-
lected debris to 1970 stan-
dards,

Mr. Roos’ : presentation
did not appear to resolve
some differences of opinions
as indicated in a question

fol-
lowed.

Art Anderson question-
ed whether the boom at
Renata was in operation.

Basil Macalister asked
that.‘the buck not be kept
passed back and forth”
stating the “public is the
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Kinnaird Library Open
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RNA Regular Meetin:
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Robson Parents to Guid-
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VOL. 25, No. 47

R NEWS:

Published Every Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays”

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1972

CENT MRSA LASSIE AION ER AN

Slocan Valley and City
Now Denver - Silverton

" Cook-Maudocks Step Out

Aldermen Not

Two facts in the forth-
coming Dec, 9 municipal
elections are already evid-
ent

ROR J

Se
Ald, Bob Maddocks

Ernie Mills of

Ki

position

wo f r faces will no
longer be seated at

council table in Castlegar. .

Ald, R. W. Cook and
Ald. Bob Madodcks both
ialled to file papers.

For alderman Cook it
ends a creditable record of
fete years of public serv-

ce.
When asked about his

soon,” but remarked he had
a great deal of satisfactlon
in serving the public.

ity spirit he also added, “If
anyone needs anything, if 1
can volunteer in anyway—
my knowledge is just a tele-

No words were minced
by Bob Maddocks who stat-
ed he was not seeking re-
election for ‘fundamental
differences” between him-
self and Mayor John Lan-

Mr. Maddocks said he
felt his own contribution to

+ phone call away.’

circumstances, but he was
“looking forward to serving’
this community at some fut-

ure date,”

Those seeking alder-
manic seats in legar are
Carl Henne, Gordon Brady,
Mike Livingstone and Paul
Samsonoff.

Mr. Henne was at one

je an both
Mr. Brady and Mr. Living-
stone have in the past ran
for alderman.

G.
(Arlene) Hu Mrs.
R. (Marga) Walter.

PUBLICLY: INTRODUCING ‘Regional Recrea-_

tion C No. 1.

back row, left to'right, Gary Hyson Blue-
berry Creek, Elwood Grunerud Castlegar,
Sam Hadikin Pass Creek, Jake Koenig Kin-
naird and Mike Lauriente Castlegar. Front,

are, ke
chenia, Nic!

laft to right, chairman Bill Henne of Kine
naird and the newest member Mrs. A. San-
ford of Robson. Missing are regional re-

¢ Jock’ Alouf,: John: Wesllen-

koff of Shoreacres, Harry Voykin of Ootis-

risenkoff alternate -for. Mr.

Voykin and.“school board representative
Pat Haley of; Kinnaird. Members posed for
the picture on’ Tuesday of last week when

-pitisn’ Gohumbia’
Democratic. government: will
“assume’100 per, cent of the’
capital : financing ~\ of = com-
munity’ colleges. in‘ then
fiscal year, -
Education Minister -
een ‘Dailly met earlier - yes-
terday with representatives
of the community colleges
to inform them of the chan-
ges in financing. .
The government’s di
cision to assume: all finan-

KIDA Industrial Development Commissioner
- Austin Fraser Speaks to Castlegar Kiwanis

The strength of the
Kootenay. Industrial Devel-
opment Association is in the
communities it serves, says
eID iridustrial _ develop-

the rural areas and unin-
corporated communities as
well as the organized mun-

i of Castlegar,

Austin

| School Dismissed
For Some Glasses

purp
attract-industry into the ar-
ea, with the individual com-
panies deciding themselves
where they wish to locate.
He said this “area concept”
of KIDA can be summed up

the © slogan: “KIDA
Country — Industrial Park
of th ~

for hh
of School District No. 9
will result in a school holi-

| day for some of the stud-

ents,
On Friday all primary
divisions willbe excused
from school while on Dee.
6 all elementary students
will -not be attending
school. :

Dispute Goes
To Arhitration

Salary dispute between
School District No. 9 and
its teachers has gone to
binding arbitration.
Decision of the arbitra-
tion board must be handed
“down by Dec. 31.
School trustees at their
Monday meeting appointed
Podovinikof of

tion boi

+ Their advocate at the
hearings ‘will be Wilf
Peck,

The teachers will be re-

i presented by Gary Bowden.

.An arbitration  chair-

A man is yet to be named.

e

Touching briefly on two

proposed industries — Care-

free Desipn Eaterprises Ltd:
Se

considering
Creek location.

Mr, Fraser said statis-
tics indicate it takes ap-
proximately 34 months “to
get-a company. organized
and operating as a going
concern,” adding that
is “quite a good possibility
of 700 jobs” for the region
with either new industries
or expansions of present op-
erations, ,

Referring to the recent
visit of Hong Kong industr-
ialiscs to KIDA Country, the
speaker said the trade mis-
sion had travelled - across
Canada and received its best
treatment in this otea. He

a

and CanAm T. y

ters Ltd. — the industrial
commissioner noted Care-
free would employ 69 peo-
ple in its first year of op-
eration and is seriously

United Appeal

concrete results would ev-
olve. from the mission.
“Trade-wise, and industrial-
ly, we could well present

(continued on page 11) -.

Falls Short of $73,000 Objective

“Perhaps we set our
objective too high’, were
the comments of Castlegar _
District United Appeal
general chairman Colin
Maddocks when reporting
this year’s objective of $23,-
‘000 will..in all likelihood
fall a $1,000 short. y

In spite of Monday be-
ing marked. as the final day
for calculating the results
of the campaign, some
funds were still outstanding
when the figure of $21,050
was reached.

Mr. Maddocks stated
he felt on. the whole, re-
turns were satisfactory.

He extended his appre-

ciation to all. who contrib-
uted financially and to the
various committee heads
and their canvassers,

He said he felt all in

all there was a strong indi-. ©

cation of “community inter-

“There is: no way to
put value on the money in
terms as to what it does
for the young and the old
of this area," he said.

“This: fund represents
the sole source of many of
the community activities
that would have to be cur-
tailed were it not for the
Castlegar District United
Appeal.”

of: Kin
ext . naird’and k
helrd the regional dist-

a Blueberry

directors: for “areas -I
and J that it would support
an arena referendum for a
Rew.arena to be built in
Kinnaird, with . $50,000  in-
cluded in the bylaw. for u

the present Cast

The motion was made
by Ald. R. C. Maddocks
Tuesday night, following
disclosure by Ald. Andy
Shutek that a suggestion has
be de. thai ind

Mr. Shutek was report-
ing on a meeting held Hal-
loween night by represen-
tatives of the two towns,
one of the regional. district
directors, and representativ-
es of Recreation Commis-
sion No, 1,

He said the meeting
discussed a new arena to be

built in. Kinnaird seating ~
. 1,200 people and .incorpor- ~

ating a convention centre.

George Bondaroff. of: Kin-
naird suggested at the meet-
ing that the matter of a
new arena be left until af-
ter the subject of a District
Municipality is dealt with
while another Kinnaird ald-
erman, ‘Jack Chernoff, fav-
ored an early vote on a new
facility. “The meeting then

- 1973 KG Days
- Theme Struck

A: theme has been
struck-for the 1973 Koot-
enay Columbia Days.

West Kootenay Tourist
Association vice-chairman
Mary. Anderson stated at
Monday’s meeting the as-
sociation has chosen “Door.
Step to Adventure — Sal-.
ute to Expo ‘74" for its KC
Days theme. ne
KC Days is sponsored :
by-the Castlegar and Dist:
rict Chamber of Commerce
which .in turn is. affiliated:
with the West Kootenay
Tourist Association.

‘ells on such subjects as eq-
ualizing the

Fear that Municipal
fairs Minister Jim) Lori-
mer is “back-tracking and
sluffing” on his earlier in-
dication that the subject o:

Ald, R. C. ddocks
was commenting on a letter
sent the twin towns of Cast-

d by Mr.

in which he sug-

gested “a vote take place

etter /you have had ample

e to everyone

in the area with the pro.

posals, This could well take

until December, 1973, or at

an earller date if you so
require,”

Mr. Maddocks said the
minister “fired shots” at his

were about ready to

The minister, said the al
erman, also indicated that if
the two towns would act

iB rate on
Celgar complex, the possible
taxation of | Keenleyside
Dam, and the taxation of the
Brilliant Dam.
ae Because oie this, the

. oO ase;

dropped its plans for a bash
ness tax aimed primarily at
Celgar. Since a bylaw im-
plementing a business tax .

must be |
in the fall of

running Lorimer Back-Tracking? |

‘Requests Steering Committee

In Kinnaird little direct
comment was made to a
letter from Municipal Af-
fairs Minister Jim Lorimer
which dealt with the sub-
ject of a District Municip-
ality for this area,

Mayor Colin Maddocks
noted the minister did not
state that a vote necessari-
ly had to take place in cun-
junction with the December
1973 municipal... elections
but .could be taken at any
given ime, even prior to

The town will now re-
commend the revival of a
DM steering committee, us-
ing the present committee
consisting of Mayor Mad-

year, the possibility exists
that the fall of 1973 will
pass without such a bylaw
being considered in antlci-
pation of a DM vote in De-
cember of next year.

Ald, Maddocks said Mr.

docks, Mayor John Landis
of Castlegar and a repre-
sentative from both areas
T and J‘as the communica-
tion Hine between the steer-
-ing committee and counc-

: Council agreed to ap-
proach Jack Hipwell as
their representative.

inal steering
would be helpful in updat-
ing the report on DM.
Procedures as to how
steering
would handle itself would
be set up. at a later date.

Sparcity of Information Appears
To Hamper Curling Rink Lease

Concern that Castlegar
ratepayers have not been
well enough informed about
arrangements made by the
town with the Castle;

. . Maddocks:
said there has been “‘a‘spar-.

ith nothing resoly-

Mr, ‘Shutek... sald ” his

. ~personal - opinion’ is. that: a

vote on a new arena should
not be delayed but since
Mr. Bondaroff has express-
ed such.an opinion, Castle-
gar should “send a letter
to Kinnaird asking them the
status (of a new arena) and
what action they’d be pre-
pared to take.” -

Noting that “someone
has to put their position ‘on
record,” . Ald: Maddocks
then moved that Castlegar
support an arena referen-

dum for a new arena in Kin. ,

naird seating 1,200 people
and including $50,000 for
upgrading the present Cast-
legar Arena.

He said the motion
“wouldn't preclude an in-
door swimming pool” and
has the effect of putting
“the onus on the other ar-

e-

new arena

- forward again.

NURSING STUDENTS relox in the’ faculty
lounge following the annual Awards Cere-
monies held Thursday at Selkirk College.
left to right are Connie Gregg and Eileen
Marcellus, both of Kinnaird, and Chris Turn-
er and Linda Harris of Nelson. All are in
their second year of nursing at Selkirk Col-

while Miss M

lege: Three of the girls received bursaries
: J a scholershi

The girls were among 30 students-who re-
ceived $3,150 in scholarships and $1,800 in
bursaries at the annua! awards ceremonies.
A complete list of recipients appears on
page eight. — Castlegar News Photo

“The necessity for a
20-year lease escapes some
people,” added Mr. Mad-
docks. “A five-year lease al-
lows a review in five years
time if problems develop.”

Ald. Andy Shutek said
the 20-year lease is more
convenient to th the
town and the club than
renewuble five-year leases
and added that the longer

Kinnaird Public
Meeting Set
For December 5

A public meeting at
which — individual council
mbers of the Town ‘of
aird will present re-
ports will be held Dec. 5 at
7.30 in the Kinnaird Hall.
Following these reports
candidates for the. forth-
coming: Dec. 9° municipal
election will be given an op-
portunity to speak.
Advance polls will be
set up for Dec. 6, 7 and 8
during the regular business
hours of the town office
with voting on election day
to take place at the Kin-
naird Fire Hall.

us,
Don't forget to remind
Mom and Dad, though, that
your levers must be mailed

Referendum Vote fo be Held
Pass Creek Needs New School

The ‘Board of Trustees ©

for School District No. 9
(Castlegar) has applied to
the department of education
for permission to present a
referendum to the owner-
electors on Dec. 9 of this

year.

Approval has been re-
ceived from the department
of education to proceed
with the referendum which
will provide a new three-
room school for the Pass
Creek-Gibson Creek school
children. ©

The present school has
recently been condemned
for health reasons by Dr. N.
Schmitt of the West Koot-
enay Health Unit.

In order not to’ disrupt
classes and with agreed

special sanitary applications
the board re eked Dr.
Schmitt for an extenison to
remain in the old :
til September 1973. After
that date it will be closed
indefinitely. Dr. Schmitt has
agreed to this arrangement.
satis a en
c Cost approximate-
y $100,000 with the Prov-
incial Government picking
up 50 per cent will be
built on a new. school. site
which was obtained
year through a. Free Crown
Grant,

Tentative plans call for
construction to commence
early in 1973. with the
school being completed by
school opening in ‘Septem-
ber of the same year,