| i ‘Teak CASTLEGAR NEWS. SING-A-LONG was well received Saturday by the Dale Hunter playe ed a wid seasonal s: young people who attended a spacial Christmas | well as announcing fhe arrival of Santa Claus with th > program put on by the Castlegar and District Library. Added. pleasure from wrappings TORONTO (CP) — At Christmas, good’ things come in special’ packages and the more personal the packages, the more the recipient will appreciate the gift, ' . Illustrator ‘Barbara’ Klunder‘hand-paints her gift wraps.for family and friends One of her gifts this year is a small piece of. wooden “Victorian moulding that. is - ‘ideal for soméone renovating | a home. ‘The, gift. is boxed and wrapped in brown paper. On he front, Klunder painted a portrait’ of the recipient's home. Another wrapping is yellow, ‘blue, hot pink, tur- a Toie and.black inspired by a Japanese fish kite. Inside, . mas gifts with a touch of pm there's a weight“ scale for very appropriate Here Comes Santa Claus.” School District No. 9 seeks Beara $1.5 million building plan By ANGELIKA YOUNG | The School District No. 9 board approved a $1.6 million 1981 building program at their regular meeting Mon- day might. Chairman. Anne Jones told the board that the program, which now has to go the Ministry of Education for approval, will probably be cut back, “You won't get it all because the department will eut it to pieces,” John Dascher, Secretary -treasurer, said proposed ex- penditures are still tentative, “We're a long way before we get into working drawings. First it has to be approved.” Proposed building would be quite i at Stanley . * including a learning assist- ance room, $33,150,‘ and physical education storage, $17,250. Silver Birch would get $96,266. Expenditures would include a basement, $42,202, entrance and stairs, $11,480, new roofing $12,000 and equipment $10,500. At Shoreacres Element- ary a storage room and corridor extension tied-into the existing structure would cost $27,063. Other Schools Gain Other schools would get: Tarry's elementary — learn- ing assistance room tied into existing structure, $40,057; Valley Vista slementary - Humphries accounting for about $500,000. This would include a armnasio addit- 625, addition, $49,600, and to upgrade changing rooms, ex- ercise and weightlifting and physical ten room, $7,000; and Wood: land ‘Park elementary. administration office tied into ; ‘etrvctilr pect will cost $20,000 to cuuelets the ‘addition to the school board office. of two 66- i Kinnaird Junior Second- ary School would also get a hefty chunk of the funds — about $425,000. Building would include an art room, $83,100, replanning of the existing administration area, $68,000, administration add- ition, $50,250, air-condition- ing in the new library, bandroom and foods, $30,000. Blueberry Creek Elem- - entary is slated for $46, 357. This would include'’a learning * assistance room, $33,150 and refinishing one classroom, $6,000. The proposa! anticipates it will cost $83,583 in addit- ional funding to purchase equipment for Kinnaird elem- entary. This is the balance from $180,000 approved for the school of which $20,000 was approved from shareable surplus and $76,417 approved in sorta expense proposal No. 7. Robson elementary wou- Id get $79,170 in projects, LaHue acting. fire chief: Dennis LaHue has been passenger school buses will cost $46,000. Other expenses in the building’ a budget would be ETV equipment $22,780, energy conservat- ion, $13,800, administration computers,. $21,000. sTrustees approved . a $148,501.88 pregress claim to Nixon and Browning, con- tract managers of the new Kinnaird elementary school, Total payments to date are $337,067.02 or 24.89 per cent of the $1,854,057 contract total. A progress claim. for ICBC upgrade projects also was approved in thé amount of $43,403.47. otal payments to date are, $245,768.55 or 88.6 per cent of the $277,394 contract. =. . John Dascher, secret- ary-treasurer, said the Pro- ject to put a sprinkler in Kinnaird Junior Secondary + nect an eight-inch pipe to the city's 14-inch. main though they had expected to use six- inch pipe. But, he said, the bid was an over-estimate so “We're still below- actual . fact." Trustees approved a motion to include in the final +1981 budget funds to pur- chase and install two chlorin- ators and one year of supplies ‘for the Robson school. A cost . breakdown was not given but trustee Malcolm Scott. said “chlorinators would cost about $700 each. The first step in’ making a special education 402 pro- gram — job training for the moderately.and severely han- “ dicapped — was taken. Trus: tees approved advertising for a 402 program co-ordinator, This is a full-time teaching Position. - Funding ‘has ‘not yet been received in this grant- , fish. For’a change of. pace, Klunder wrapped a. child's gift in pink tissue paper and a “red and white ribbon. The . ‘outside is decorated with a wooden, red pull-toy -soldier on which Klunder’* has painted the child's name. The idea of having.a gift on the outside, as well as the inside can mean double plea- sure to a child, COMES IN ROLLS “The. artist has used shelving paper to wrap most of her gifts because its inex- pensive and comes in big rolls. Flowered or plain shelving paper can be dec- orated with stick-on gold and silver flowers. Klunder offers some other budget wrap ideas for Christmas: — Wrap a child’s' gift, with the color-comic se¢- tion of a newspaper and dec- _financed program, Chairman “Jones said “if we, don’ initiate the program, - put somebody .in, place, some action ‘to the govern- ment before money is forth- coming. Trustees also accepted : a Jow quotation from Gescan to supply light white floures- cent tubes for $3,972,” Trustees also gave three readings toa sale of $100,000 worth of Wilkinson hearings haven't ended yet" Attempts by the union. for ‘non-teaching employees to remove Selkirk College's Hugh Wilkinson as job classi- fication officer will tract which expires Dec. 31. Their’ hearing -appli- cation, filed Nov. 80, charges Wilkinson with bias. They although a hearing scheduled for Wednesday was _ post- poned. Roger Cristofoli, presi- dent of CUPE Local 1841, . said cancellation of plane flights prevented the infor- mal labor board hearing from taking place but another will _be scheduled, The union resents hav- ing Wilkinson imposed on them in their current coh- tract negotiations, Talks began in Novem- ber to negotiate a contract to replace their 30-month con- his interp: ion of his role as that of arbitrator. Ristofoli said “the whole thing stems from the back- to-work agreement last Feb- ruary after a wildcat strike. We had filed an application to the Supreme Court of B.C. Then we dropped it.” When the college recent- ly announced Wilkinson would be coming back at their request to arbitrate a settlement on the job classi- fication issue, ing. “ital Expense Proposal No. 7 - 80B. The debenture Bylaw No. 48 in the amount of $100,000 at 13.09 per cent is repayable over a 20 year- Kinnaird Junior Second- “ary accepted the board's offer of an interest-free loan of $4,000 to purchase cross- country skiis."Repayment is to be over a three- to fiveyear period. - ‘ the union * asked for a labor board hear-- ‘AUTHENTIC ’ RUSSIAN SPINNING WHEELS by local craftsman 365-5593 3 e A “nugget” of . on'Cap-" ‘them on bright-colored pa- : tiny pieces of mistletoe-and a orate it with a tree ornament - instead of a bow. Infants aré often more fascinated’ with colorful wrappings than with , the contents of the package, When they get older, they tear the wrapping off quickly. so, there is no point in using i expensive paper. \. using the present itself for: = re inspiration. — Yse an. ordinary ; brown, paper grocery bag tied with string and dec- crated with a Santa Claus on the front cy ‘ — Cus out' giant initials from magazines to make up Roxton \~ Bedroom _ + Collection. . . add the personal touch you want a camfartable the name :And . the ‘person getting the gift and -glue per. Interior designer Dor- othy Ames wraps her Christ-’ whimsy. One is wrapped in shiny fuchsia paper and tied with silver ribbon holding arti-. ficial, snowdrop ‘flowers glis- tening with sparkle. Tucked into the flowers is @ pink fan mask in the shape ofa tulip— the latest trend in decor. . ating. Another gift is wrapped with green, shiny paper and - tied with olive’ green ribbon, ’ Tucked into the bow are.two clump of cinnamon sticks. °. ‘The idea of adding’ cin- namon sticks is practical be- cause they:can be added.to a favorite Christmas hot grog or thrown in a hearth fire to create‘a pleasant aronia. ACCEPTS SYSTEM OTTAWA (CP) .— A United Nations communica- tions agency has accepted the Canadian " Telidon system technology as a world stan- . dard for: ivideatex, or two- ° STORE OWNERS, BUYERS $5 SS Spring Gist Show “JANUARY cane nN, 12, 13, 1981 VANCOUVER NOW BIGGER THAN EVER! Close to 300 exhibitors will present, for the first time in ‘81 exciting new items and display that mean extra, _ arly Profit for you. “BUY EARLY, SELL EARLY! , You'll find all.the new items and bbst deals .at EXHIBITION Canada's best’ Early Bird buying event, the VAN- COUVER SPRING GIFT SHOW. _ SAVE TIME, SAVE MONEY! Save money on air fares, hotel and meat bills. fand,: - taxis. Find just about all'you need, first, in Vancouver. HOURS: = Jan.11. SUNDAY 10AM-8PM ,_ dan.12- MONDAY 10AM-9 PM van.13 TUESDAY 10AM-5 PM STRICTLY. FOR THE TRACE. NO CONSUMERS. NO CHILDREN OF ANY. AGE WILL BE ADMITTED. way t Wrap up your feelings with a call. * Your Yuletide long duane calls will more easily if yo avoid the rush b x after Christmas through efore royalties : United Btates, ‘anys a aa : Smokers who kick the habit'may notice an improve- ment in their ‘night’s sleep, in the Journal of the Amer-. ican Medical Association, ~ Fetuses of pregnant cows are the source of a serum used in. the tissue- suggests 4 study reported in Family, Ph y. Dr. Constantin Soldatos and “colleagues; from the Sleep Research and Treat- ment Centro at Pennsylvania ‘State University - studied ’ sleep patterns-in a group of 50. smokers::'and 50. .non- ‘smokers,. ‘matched for, sex: and age to facilitate com- parisons. Those in the smok- ing group ‘averaged 25 cig- arettes daily and all had been smoking for more than three years, The smokers, the re-" searchers found, spent con- More time “awake during the course ofa night's sleep, principally because it took them longer to daze off.-, In a related study, cight men jwho smoked heavily:— ~ between 1" and three packs a day — were instructed to stop abruptly. The total time ..° spent’ awake on an, average: night: dropped t by 38 per, cent. NOVEL PROGRAM A University.of Florida gynécologist has developed a novel: program to help Ip par- ents*of stillborn children, | which inchides giving the parents a photograph of the infant,, The Medical Post re- ports, “We have developed what we calf ‘blanket photos,’ taken‘of the’baby positioned in a blanket to highlight nor- mal features and appear as normal as possible,” said Dr. Kenneth Kellner. “Even ba- bies with congenital malfor. mations or severe- postmor- tem changes can usually be photographed in an accept- able manner.” Most parents are glad to have a tangible memory of the child, he said. Only two women out of 47 rejected the photograph of their baby . when it was offered. The-purpose of the. pro- gram is tomake a stillbirth as much like:a normal. ele, of the serum has fallen with less beef coming on to the market, Usea of the fetal bovine “serum include growing colls for medical diagnosis of in- fections,and illnesses, diag- nosing genetic defects, test- ing the toxicity of chemicals and producing drugs and vaccines, 5 "The report says much potential serum is not col- lected because the slaughter- houses producing it are two remote from processing fac- ilities or’ because volume is : too,"‘small < for Process but supply . PY “highest hese four on gy GI nnstad;’ Guides Sherida i Ki On Bos usta: and Fothtinder: girls who sta about seveli‘year: abe gad have worked ak (= tmas time and the good ‘news on hangover cures is at almost anything can be to relieve the suffering. 6 bad news is that nothing ill work, mon cold, but it’s the hang- over that's method of avoiding known as the ig after — keep the cap bottle. : “There is nothing to cure CASTLEGAR NEWS, December 17,1980 ° Bad news, nothing caused by excessive indul- gence. Dilute | drinks heavily W. Kootenay health board meets Jan. 14 The West. . Kootenay ‘Board of Health has re-sched- uled their next regular pub- lic meeting for Jan. 14 at'7:30 p.m. in the Castlegar school board office. :. A meeting scheduled for Dec. 10 at the same location with mixers and ‘nibble on high-protein snacks such as cheese and cold cuts between ° drinks at a party. : Tf you have one drink an hour, your body: will need one-and-a-half: hours’ to’ re: cover, Stop drinking at a party two hours before you plan ‘to leave ‘and switch to coffee’ and ‘food 26 you ‘can booklet offering recipes ‘for such; is ava was cancelled because of poor it. morning-after. feeling,” ‘8d conditions. ue (pays Dr. Evelyn Vingilis of ( tho’Addiction Research Foun- Purposes, v2. “Fetal bovine serum is being imported into the U.S. from: Canada, | {Mexico and Costa Rica. ° J _* FATAL INJURIES Fifty per cent of head injuries. suffered in auto- mobile accidents are fatal, gays Dr. James Pinella, dir- \ ector of the surgical ward: in the intensive care unit of the University of Saskatche- wan's University Hospital. In a Medical Post report, Pinella-said most of the ser- ious head injuries treated at his hospital result from auto- mobile accidents and involve people between the ages 15 and 26. , Of those who survive, he” said, one-half probably will have neurological problems for life. Dr. J.D. McQueen, a” Saskatoon - neurosurgeon, said in the report that treat- ment of severe head -injury had improved during the last 10 years and would continue todo so when new equipment, for meastring brain’ water . content, blood volume : and: +, dation. “There's just no anti- z +3 ote. to the chemicals in alco- E AP nope eo mee Sores oe {a 9 is_taken up by the alcohol in your system and province forced to cope wi With best wishes. ter the that gives you a-headache.” out the benefit of their aye- :, festiverseason, and a- pros- EASE THE PAIN sight, ‘and to. carry. on. oug,;,pprous 1981. ere Although the foundation prevention of bl Fred Koalenz "can’t. ‘cure the ailment, | it Field Secretary Kelowna _ (CHRISTMAS HOURS; Downtown Branch, Closed Dec. 26, 27, 28 and Jan. 1- Plaza Branch, Closed Dec. 25 & 26 Open Sat., Dec. 27, Closed Jan. 1 gar Ne Castlegar News: ' : With the year 1980. drawing to a close, I. would like to pause and reflect on the many forms of assistance rendered to ‘The Canadian pail ips 4 2 National Institute for the °™" . ; Blind by the media, members. seis ee ead eats Home Goods introduces the world famous . Sec eminent Electronic: Organ from Holland lindness PFBSoow grams to schools and in- no : offers these tips-to: gu : dustries: ; pd Hosts. a th pain _ goes to the Castlegar News and Radio Station CKQR for keeping the eye safety mes- sage of the CNIB before the © public, to the members of service clubs, and other volunteers for assisting the Castlegar. United Way in their’ fund-raising campaign, s zp ote un Touch of Excellence” and to: the citizens of. this community for oftpporting the CNIB by th contributions to “the Castle... gar United Way. As the representative of the. CNIB, I. accept this continued ‘support with ap- preciation. I can also assure . he readers of this area that became support. will. permit our agency to con- thi as possible. There is: san, om Tahoe phasis -on-avoiding: ni," encouraging the parents to see and hold the rpaby and giving them an opportunity to be alone with it. Parents receive full birth information and a copy of the baby’s footprints and return, eight to'12 weeks later, for an autopsy report and a family counselling ses- sion, s s . LOWER RISK Girls. born to young mothers are less likely to de- velop breast cancer in later life, says a report in the Journal of the National Can- cer Institute. The lower risk was evi- dent in. data from seven urban areas. worldwide, in- cluding’ Boston, Sao Paulo and. Tokyo, even though over-all risk of breast cancer varies greatly. i The h said Capacity Be attends UCW tea The United Church Wo- men held their annual Christ- mas Tea and Bazaar on Saturday afternoon in the Legion Hall, with a capacity crowd in attendance. Mrs, Marion Ackerman and Dawna Dinning greeted the guests and sold the tea tickets. The tea tables were fes- tive: with. their’ Christmas centrepieces, which had been made by Bea Lundquist. She had also'made and donated the door prize of a Christmas centrepiece which was won by Mrs, Betty Craig. Cc in charge of that the finding of a: 25-per- cent lower risk for daughters of young mothers was. dif- ficult. to’ “explain... ‘They. sug: - gested: that a predisposition - toward “cancer might : be’ a: manifestation’-of a genetic defect which ‘a daughter is more likely to inherit from an - older mother. Risk tended to rise after the early 20s. . * SERUM SOURCE Lower rates of beef pro- duction. are affecting some aspects of medical and bi- ological research in the - ‘th rious tables were Ke t a of the fish pond. busy dure the afternoon. Mrs, Hunter. and ‘ Edith cite were in charge of assorted cards. The well- Jaden bake table, with a large assortment of goodies, was supervised by Edith Sher- biko, Val Maxwell, Bea Lund- quist and Jean Fitzpatrick. A table of sewing varieties was in the charge of Mildred Brady, Helen Bonacei and Gladys Morris. Mabel Clel- land and Mary Owen’ looked after the white elephant table. : Assisting Mrs. Marg Ful- . had made and Carla Sosaph Terton with the serving. of ‘teas were.Wynne Scarff, Jan Carr, Dawn Beynum, Grace Ackney, Diane Hebert and Justine Buffett. The kitchen. was under the. care of Peggy Newman, Louis Johnson, Jo- anne Fisher, Helen Stamp Vincent, Bella Moran’ and Jean -Lundquist. '“Surprize packages were sold by Flo- rence Dow and Ethel Spain. .. The ‘girls of the. ‘ex. plorers group had a table.of assorted flowers which they @ HEARIT @ SEEIT @ PLAYIT We have a wide range of models and prices to choose from . The Eminent ahh its Automatic Features ¢an ‘make. you sound like a professional in minutes «... ‘' son and Bev Fisbie were kept busy selling them, as well-as several. arrangements in vases. 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