cs Castlégar News December 21, 1988 Younger children prefer simple toys NEW YORK (AP) — Aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends can find holiday shopping frustrating when searching for gifts for young: sters. “It's tough to know what to buy for young children because they change in, Mey = Christmas Kootenay Society for the Handicapped And the Individuals it Serves Send local Season's Greetings ond help the Kootenay Society for the Handicapped. For a donation of $3 or more, the Society will publish your name in issues of the Castlegar News just prior to Christmas. (For a donation of $5 or more, the Society will issue a receipt, if requested.) DONATION BOXES LOCATED AT THE tral Castle Bowl, Castlegar & D Public Library, Selkirk College Bookstore and Castlegar News. greatly in relatively short spans of time,” says Dr. Susan Bredekamp of the U.S. National Association for the Education of Young Children. “A wooden puzzle with a couple of pieces might be wonderful for a 15-month-old but boring to a three year-old, who wants the challenge of more pieces,” she says. “A three- year-old will love big fat paint brushes but the five-year-old, who has developed finer hand move- ments, may want the slender kind.” The association, whdse 60,000 members are teachers and admin istrators of child care, pre-school and kindergarten programs in the United States, offers these tips for holiday shopping: e Avoid fad toys. “There is a reason the same toys are played with generation after generation: wooden blocks, crayons, rh dolls,” says Bredekamp they meet the needs that young children have always had.” Know the child's age, especially BREAKFAST BUFFET 7.a.m. to 9a.m. Every Day! 53.99 SUNDAY BRUNCH s 5 e 99 Pay aay MONTE CARLO RESTAURANT Open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. © 365-2177 Triple $35 north of US/CANADA border on Hwy * Double $32, Quad $40 NEWTON INN * Plenty of free over sized Parking Restaurant, Lounge and ub Centrally located budget hotel! with spacious modern rooms only 10 minutes 99A. 45 minutes trom downtown Van- couver, 25 minutes to Victoria Ferry and only minutes from major shopping cen tres (Surrey Place & Guilford) and Cloverdale Race Track Colour Cable TV and Air-Conditioning % Meeting Room for Up to 20 B.C. Hydro Wishes to Advise the Public that the NAVIGATIONAL LOCK AT HUGH KEENLEYSIDE DAM Willbe CLOSED DEC. 25 Christmas Day And JAN. 1 New Year's Day @ BC.Hydro COMMUNITY Bulletin Board 2891, Roberta, 365-5860 Columbia Ave Sponsored by: = ae Transit Leave the This holiday season let us do the driving. NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE At Robson Recreation Hall. Novelties, Smorg, dancing to David Anthony's Music. Members $25.00 a couple. non: limited to 55 couples. Phone Geraldine 365-6095, Bill 365-5670, Cherry!, 365. 2/101 members $: © couple. Tickets Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 10 words are $3.75 and additional words are 20¢ each. Bold faced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. There is no extra charge for a second insertion while the third consecutive insertion is seventy-five percent and the fourth consecutive insertion is half-price Minimum charge is $3.75 (whether ad is for one, two or three times) Deadlines are 5 p.m. Thursdays for Sundays paper and 5 p.m. Mondays for Wednesdays paper. Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197 COMMUNITY Bulletin Board up to age three. Very young children change significantly every three to six months, and thus their interest in certain toys changes. When in doubt, pick something the child will grow into within six- months. e Buy toys that involve the child, not that entertain him. “Talking” a doll that doesn’t speak, for exam: ple, stimulates a child's imagination more than playing with dolls that talk. Toys that move to a young child’s touch help develop motor skills and thus are better than battery-run toys. e Opt for toys that allow a child to create whatever he or she wants rather than a defined object. “Young children love the doing of an activity more than the end product,” Bred. ekamp says. They enjoy coloring all over a page, for example, more than coloring in a coloring book, because it is fun, not because it looks good. Likewise, she says, wood, nails and a small hammer are better than a model or a kit. e Remember that price has no bearing on the interest the child will have in a toy. “Many favorite activities of children involve inexpen sive articles,” Bredekamp says — packets of colored construction paper, a box of chalk, plastic stacking cups. Holiday stress can be avoided NEW YORK (AP) — In Dale Car- negie’s day, the key word was “worry.” Today it is “stress,” but the remedy remains the same. On the 100th birthday anniversary of the author of How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, the or- ganization he founded, Dale Carnegie and Associates, Inc. offers 10 tips to avoid being strung out this holiday season: List holiday activities in order of importance and hold to that schedule. e Remind yourself of the high price worry exacts in terms of health. e Avoid fussing over trifles. e Live in day-tight compartments, concentrating on today. e Put enthusiasm into whatever you do, whether it is gift-shopping or addressing holiday greetings. e Take a breather before you get tired © Give for the joy of giving. To expect gratitude is to court heart. ache. e If holiday plans break down, accept graciously whatever is inev itable. e Let a smile convey a message of your goodwill. e Keep your outlook positive, reflecting the spirit that makes the holidays special. Planning a Wedding? We Sell Distinctive Invitations, Napkins, etc. Come See Us At Castlegar News 197 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Regional Transit System 2 Maloney Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd. New Year's Eve timetables available on bus. No bus service on Mon., Dec. 26; Tues., Dec. 27 and Mon., Jan. 2. Regional District of Central Kootenay eys at Home New Years Eve. a - oes al - oe mber 21, 1988 Cut-your-own place offers fresh trees OTTAWA (CP) — You've reached the point where Christmas means crowded malls, traffic jams and restless, house-bound children. Maybe it's time to head to a Christmas tree farm. These cut-your-own places don't have flashy lights, piped-in music or a video store nearby. Instead, there's fresh country air, plenty of room for the kids to play and hundreds of trees frem which to choose. Some farms sell cookies, coffee and hot chocolate. In some places, you can bring a toboggan or cross-country skis, and others have farm animals around for children to pet. It’s so peaceful, you may start to remember what Christmas is all about. When families put up a Christmas tree, they're following a tradition that began more than 1,000 years ago. Bringing in the Yulelog started in Great Britain and spread throughout Europe and finally reached North America. The tree trunk was thrown on the fireplace where it burned for the 12 days of Christmas. “It really puts people in the Christmas mood to cut their own tree,” says Hilde Luebbert, owner of two tree farms near Munster Hamlet, a rural community west of Ottawa. “They like a fresh tree, they like to be able to smell their tree.” HELPS CHOOSE So you're not a Christmas-tree-cutting connois- seur. There’s usually someone like Luebbert nearby with tips on how to pick just the right one. “The Scotch pine, with its thicker needle, is denser than the spruce, and definitely more popular because it’s much better able to hold its needles,” says Luebbert, who has been in the Christmas tree business for five years. “But the spruce has a stronge scent,” she adds. Pine and spruce are the most common choices. The Scotch (or Scots) pine is an exotic species, with medium needle length and blue-green foliage. The white spruce is more green than the pine, has shorter needles and requires special care to avoid early needle shedding. If you're after something a little different, try a balsam fir. The short-needled fir has good needle retention and a pleasant aroma. They are harder to come by, but look terrific decorated. A glut of Christmas trees on the Canadian and U.S. markets may explain why the three million Canadians who buy Christmas trees probably won't have to pay much more than last year. PRICES VARY Still, prices aren't uniform, so cutting your own average-sized tree will cost anywhere from $10 to $18. Pre-cut trees sold at urban parking lots tend to cost more and, of course, aren't as fresh. If you don't have time to cut your own, you can easily determine the freshness of a pre-cut tree by gently squeezing a needle, says John Laird, owner of Laird’s Tree Farm in Osgoode, Ont. A fresh needle will bend, not break. You could also bang the tree’s butt on the ground and watch for a shower of needles. A fresh tree will not shower. Trees that won't be decorated right away should be stored in a cool spot, even outside so long as they are protected from wind and sunlight. If you decide to cut your own tree, the Ontario. Christmas Tree Growers’ Association suggests you wear warm clothing and footwear appropriate for stomping about in the woods. Remember to bring some rope to tie the tree to the car. Flyin’ Phil back in driver's seat VANCOUVER (CP) — Fasten your seat belts, British Columbia. Return your trays to the upright position and please observe the No Smoking sign. There could be some turbulence ahead. Flying Phil Gaglardi’s political career has taken off again at the age of 75. He's back in public office 16 years after the electorate grounded him and the Social Credit government of W.A.C. Bennett. Gaglardi, the Pentecostal preacher and former highways minister who mixed bombast with blacktop, is the new mayor of Kamloops. “Tl never mellow,” says Gaglardi, whose bantam-rooster physique is more than compensated for by # booming voice that rattled rafters during all-night donnybrooks at the B.C. legislature. PHIL GAGLARDI .. never mellow “T'm exactly the same. I'll be creating all kinds of situations that people will question because I'm a flamboyant individual. Always have been. Always will be. I'm not going to change because everything I've tackled, I've always made a success of, by the grace of God.” JETS, FAST CARS Gaglardi (pronounced Ga-lardy) was dubbed Flying Phil because of his heavy use of government aircraft. His record of 132 flights in 1955 still stands in British Columbia. He resigned from cabinet after his daughter-in-law and son were flown to Dallas for a vacation on the government's Learjet. Also known for his collection of speeding tickets (“I was just testing the curves”) and other driving offences, Gaglardi is almost humbled by his political resurrection. He says his mission on this Earth is serving people. And his next crusade will be to bring to Kamloops the industry and jobs that have passed by the southern interior cattle town of 64,000 like sagebrush blowing in the wind. “T've never been a big shot in my life, although I've been acclaimed as one of the doers in the nation,” says Gaglardi, who was born in a canvas-roofed cabin on his father’s farm near Mission City. “But I've never accepted any acclaim. I'm just an ordinary 15-cent farmer boy and that's all I'll ever be.” Gaglardi was making this statement in an opulent office on the 17th floor of the Vancouver Stock Exchange tower where he sometimes works as a troubleshooter for his sons who are involved in hotels and real estate. Lately, he's been trying to entice business to Kamloops. HE'S ALWAYS ON He’s a miniature dynamo. Ask him a question and it's an opportunity to deliver a sermonette — sometimes in one breath. He has even lost weight since his days in the legislature and his button brown eyes are clear and sharp. “I'm as strong as a horse,” says Gaglardi. “I never had a physical headache that I know of in my life. I've got all my teeth. I walk like a young man. I talk like a young man. I work like a young man and that's the way it is.” “I'm up early every morning. I don't even own a pair of bedroom slippers because, by the time I get through with the day's work, it’s time to go to bed. So I just pull my shoes off and climb into bed and that’s it.” Gaglardi's manner invites comparison with Premier Bill Vander Zalm, who has chafed the electorate with his one-man style of government and personal crusades against abortion and organized labor. When Gaglardi was minister of rehabilitation and social improvement, he called welfare recipients deadbeats. Vander Zalm, endorsed by Gaglardi in the Socred leadership race, offered them shovels. Both deeply religious men, neither Vander Zalm nor Gaglardi is known for hiding his candle under a bushel. FOR FREE TRADE Gaglardi, a former televangelist who still has a Sunday radio sermon on a Kamloops station, embraces free trade with the United States, as does Vander Zalm. “Anybody who says the Americans are going to take us over, I get so cotton-pickin’ mad . . . I'm ready to have a fistfight with anybody like that. Am I the kind of gutless, weak, insignificant individual that an American's going to come up and push over? That's a pack of hogwash.” Gaglardi once called pollution “the smell of prosperity” but another of his yardsticks to measure a community's wealth is jets and cars. Kamloops has potential because of “three major highways running smack bang through it,” and “I'm going to do everything in my power to see that Kamloops becomes the city that it once was when we had more airplanes flying in and out of Kamloops than any city in B.C. outside of Vancouver. Gaglardi comfortably won a six-way battle for mayor; four others on his campaign ticket captured aldermanic seats on the nine-member council. “I'm the tie-breaker,” says Gaglardi who once had a friendly race with British Grand Prix driver Stirling Moss at the Westwood road circuit near Vancouver. “So I sit in the driver's seat.” He's poised to put the pedal to the metal of civie government and not worry about his mistakes. “If you're gonna do anything, you're gonna make mistakes. What difference does it make? Just get back up on your feet and keep on going. That's what I do,” Hospital waste disposal costly VANCOUVER (CP) — Hospital waste disposal has become so costly some British Columbia hospitals may have to cut services, say some hos pital administrators. It will cost $120,000 more than anticipated for Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver to send its special wastes to an incinerator in Belling. ham, Wash., Robert Smith, hospital society president said. Special wastes include -human tissue, blood, needles and other dan gerous materials. Burnaby Hospital is passing its extra $100,000 cost of dispoal back to the provincial Health Ministry, said spokesman Henry Waldron. Lions Gate, Burnaby and Royal Columbian hospitals are sending specially marked bags of hospital wastes to Bellingham because they cannot use the Greater Vancouver regional district's waste disposal system. The regional district does not allow hospital wastes to be incinerated at its incinerator. Some said increased disposal costs affects all hospital budgets. “The bottom line is that if the provincial government agrees to fund the $120,000 cost of getting rid of this, my global budget for patient care won't be compromised,” he said. “I haven't had to cut services yet, but with an unexpected cost of this LYNN ANDERSON Wednesday, Thursday & Friday magnitude, we may well have to cut weeny back.” Gil Blair, regional district chair man, said he is so alarmed at the problem that he spoke to Premier Bill Vander Zalm. DINNER SHOW and ROOM for 2. at the Sheraton with one of the top country/pop female stars of our century! 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The Kokanee, which normally take four years to grow to full size, are not likely to be suitable for catching for Holiday Hours Dec. 25, 26 & 27 — CLOSED Dec. 28 - 31 — OPEN 11 a.m. -7 p.m. Jan. 1, '89 CLOSED ¢ Jan. 2 Back to Reg. Hours 1004 Columbia Ave. By SUSAN YELLIN The Canadian Press With just days to go before Christ mas, here's a warning for last-minute shoppers: you'll have to settle for whatever is left on store shelves, maybe shell out more for it and what's worse, end up buying the wrong thing. Many of these gifts are the stuff of which great spring garage sales will be made, a consumer expert says. Free rides -3100 Fiona Gilchrist, a spokesman for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, says the problem stems from the harried nature of the procrastinating pur. chaser. Pause for a few minutes before heading out to the stores. Give a second thought about buying an appropriate gift for Aunt Mildred — not the tempting mini skirt hanging on a store mannequin. And not the electric circular saw for your all-thumbs cousin Fred. READ FINE PRINT As you're tackling what gifts to get for Mom and Dad, Gilchrist strongly suggests you check the policy on refunds and exchanges in stores. Many people don't know that “stores have the right to set their own policies,” she said. “So especially at this time of year, if they buy a gift that's inapprop- riate, the wrong size, or whatever, they may find out they cannot ex pple, ses PED. expe change the item, they can’t get a refund, they can’t get anything.” After all, it costs stores time and money to process exchanges and re funds and put the returned goods back on shelves. SHOP ARMED Gilchrist advises shoppers to go armed with proper sizes and color preferences if they intend to buy clothes. Without that, the chances increase of having to return a gift in the long liféups of post-Christmas exchanges. 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