GIFTED PROGRAM in Schoo! District No. 9.15 to be featured in a future edition of Education Today, a publication of the British Columbia Ministry of Education. In the district Tuesday were Education Today and director of CONSUMER ACTIO! “Consumer Action."’ a feature sponsored by this Tewst "Paper ana ihe British Columbia Ministry of Consumer and Affairs, p for readers to one marketplace problems i “obtain answers (0 consumer. related, ‘questions. Address your queries (o care of this newspaper. or contact the Ministry Action, directly, by. writing to "Ce B . Buildings, Victoria, B.C. schools information services and. editor of Education Today ‘Seth Halon, centre. Showing the drea to the visitors is Schoo! District No. 9 director of Instructions Mike Lauriente. —CetNowsFato by Rik Hall photographer Doug McPahil, left, Everyone has a special dream ! Everyone has some kind “of a dream. In Russia, they tell me, it is to own a dacha in the country, while in Austria they are more apt to opt fora chalet in the Alps. In Eng- land it’s often an ivy-covered cottage although in Scotland it may more likely be a long shieling in the misty islands. In Canada the dream of many is unquestionably for a waterside summer cottage. And a boat. i While there are still those who choose remote Fegions for their hideaways, fand extend their sphere of woodland adventures with the aid of dirt bikes or ‘snowmobiles, most naturally gravitate to water for their . summer fun. : | And no other country offers more wilderness waterways, sun-blessed lakes, inland seas and crinkl- ‘ed coastlines to explore. Boats are, of course, an indispensable adjunct to cot- tage life, and both cottage and accompany craft are today available in a remark- able variety of sizes, styles and conveniences. No cottage is‘’complete' without some sort of a dock, and a boat beside it is almost as predict- able as a mortgage. They say you can tell a great deal about one by the company one keeps, and sitting alongside these jetties tin the sunshine you will find a revealing cross-section of the .national taste in marine tstyles and colors, and the ‘deepseated division in Can- Tada between utility and pan- tache. : There was a time when ‘the family boat was either a “green canvas-coyered cance waiting upside-down on the bank for to find the waterways, and boating be- came infinitely more. con- venient. And, ‘of course, the technology of boating equip: ment kept pace. Hull designs undreamed of by Sir Walter Raleigh, even when he was puffing on the weed, were soon ac- cepted as commonplace. Noisy, oily, undependable knuckle busters evolved eventually into stern drive marine plower plants that seemed to provide the pen- ultimate in efficient opera- tion, high performance, clean design and esthetic appeal. Boats of late have blos- somed out into a veritable flower garden of varieties. Fishing machines and fly- bridge cruisers, . houseboats and high performance sport- boats, centre consoles and cuddy cabins, all sit gunwale at marinas or lined up at their private docks along lake shores for all the world like a mixéd bag of Light infantry awaiting inspection. To cover all possible types and styles of boats and boating in this feature would be impossible for the variety is now astonishing, the public appetite voracious. Rather, we will dwell on those craft that represent the greatest present demand, offer’ the conversation, “And this little half." 1 d. most interesting and provide a sense of freedom and satisfaction to the greatest number of Can- adians. We will also consider what it costs to own a boat today, what you get for your money and, perhaps most important, what such a pur+ chase can provide in the way of enjoyment in return. , When you wander through a boat show or walk into your local marine dealer's showroom, don’t ex- pect bargain-basement prices for boats and, motors ‘and other marine equipment. The boat builder who, like so many other business- men relies on a barrel of oil to ‘be converted into fibreglass,- or the motor company that watches with astonishment the cost of aluminum escalat- ing like crazy, simple faces the same economic factors as the company that byilt the last automobile you bought. Have you noticed how sales people denigrate the cost of a new car nowadays “by casually throwing into the (Tv half what, for God's sake?) The fact is, however, that, boating equip- ment has barely kept pace with the cost of living and in some cases has lagged well behind. Also the resale of boating rigs reveals a ready market at a price comfort- ably close to the original cost. Isn't it nice to know that you ‘were clever enough to make such a good investment? So if this is the kind of good life that you crave, first visit a realtor, or read the summer property section in your newspaper. Waterfront, property is another dandy investment. Or you may wish to visit a few marinas in the boating area that appeals to you, talk to the owner, introduce your- self to some of the «boat people who keep their craft there, and decide if this is ~ your kind of life style. Then go home, find a ballpoint pen anda pad of paper, and list the good news and the bad news that together will add up to the good life afloat. ‘Pre-set thermostats while at factory say consumers Thermostat settings on electric hot water heaters should be lowered at the factory in order to prevent scalds, ‘according to a Tor- onto Consumer Panel. The group of C) at the factory. People can adjust the thermostats, but it involves removing: a metal ‘plate and avoiding contact with live wires. The consumers passed the i d thorities should be encour- aged to undertake an edu- cational program, to. warn consumers of possible scald- ing dangers. Manufacturers should in- struct on the ef- paddle, or a varnished cedar strip Peterborough outboard - Tunabout sitting, and fre- quently settling, at the dock. As the world became a ‘little older and perhaps a little wise, (although I am prepared to‘ question that last hypothesis), the canvas -was replaced by aluminum and the cedar. strip by fiberglass. Lakes were re- ‘stocked with fish, marinas appeared like predictable service stations along the ded that residen- tial hot water heater ther- mostats be pre-set at the factory at 120 F (50 C}. They also want external controls so consumers may easily ad- just hot water tions: heater thermostats should be pre-set at the factory at 120F and have external gontrols so consumers can easily adjust hot water These dials should be marked in degrees rather than in general terms such as hot, medium or cold, and should be color coded to warn of high temperature hazards. At the present time, electric water heater ther- mostats are set at 150 F.(65 e External controls should be marked. according to temperature rather than in general terms such as hot, medium and cold. The com- mittee should consider color coding the dials to highlight possible hazards. @ The appropriate au- e Residential hot water: ficient use of hot water heat- — ers through a manual. © Manufacturers should be encouraged to improve - the accuracy of thermostats. - These recommendations will be passed to the Can- ° adian Standards Association (CSA) Committee ‘on Per- formance Requirements for Electric Storage Tarik Water Heaters. The Toronto con- sumer panel consists of a cross section of about 60 people who review and com- . ment on CSA standards. _ 9315 a.m, FREE Sores 1 baby. lists for only 12-and-a- | Question: . You talk a lot about . contracts in your column. The other day my 18-year-old son asked me what a contract is and I couldn't give him a very complete answer, Could you explain? Answer: Many of us sign documents without ever realizing we are entering Into a contract. In fact, we are often involved in _ contracts without even putting anything in writing. In essence, a contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties. It could be a simple matter of buying groceries at the store—or a complicated issue such as buying a:house or car. * To determine whether you have a contract, ask yourself the following questions: . Was there an offer made + by oné party? (When you hand the clerk money in - exchange for goods, +you are ‘‘offering’’ to buy those goods.) . Was the offer accepted? (Did the clerk take your money and give you the merchandise?) . Did the parties intend to form a contract? . Was ‘‘consideration’’ given (usually money or a promise to pay money)? - Were both parties legally ‘able to form’ a contract? (For example, people: under 19 cannot enter into a binding contract except for necessities—untess the total price is paid and goods delivered.) : POINTS TO REMEMBER: @ When you enter into a contract, you must fulfill your end of ‘the bargain. You do not have a 7-day **cooling-off"’ period + except for a very limited class of contracts, such, as door-to-door sales. Some businesses will cancel a contract—that is, give you" a refund—as a matter of -policy, but they are not required to do so untess the goods are defective. A contract doesn't necessarily have to be in writing ‘in order-to be valid. (Note that ‘Action,”” F for the sale of land must be .in writing.) ‘@ Never sign any document without reading all of it carefully, since you may be entering into a binding contract, Be fully aware of your rights and obligations before you sign. It's not a matter of whether you trust the salesperson; it's just good business sense, Don't hesitate to add terns to the contract such as “Subject to my mechanic's approval.’’ If the seller accepts your conditions - - !(you must ‘both initial any changes to thé agreement), you have acontract that you can cancel, should these conditions not be satisfied.” Minors (under 19 years) will probably need a co-signor unless paying in full and in cash. That co-signor will be bound by all the terms and conditions \ of the contract. Laws such as the Consumer ‘Protection Act, Trade Practice Act, etc., could affect your contract. It’s a good idea to, familiarize yourself with these ° consumer laws. If possible, take along a witness when you plan to negotiate a contract: Make notes! If you give a deposit to hold an item. and you change your mind, you are not necessarily entitled to recover your money. A deposit is given to hold goods for you, but also to protect the business in case you change your mind. . This is only a brief. discussion of a complex subject. If you are entering, into a contract involving a large sum of money, consult a lawyer. WOODEN SHOE RESTAURANT Family Dining | 6 a.m. until 12 midnight Every Day Below the bridge on Nelson Ave. Nelson eg Ph, 352-9998 “Consumer. FF ES over 60 varieties ¥KiDAY, OCTOBERS 10, a.m. to7 p.m. at the Castlegar Hotel t Coast Seafoods . 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SALE Reg. 3.5 TWIN BLADES . cro smooth, 103 COFFEE MUGS Character Reg. 2.95. on | 99. 14 49 PHOTO FRAMES - ] Neat little 2.19. 100 SALE NICE'N. EASY’ SHAMPOO . cores . 3.35. Castlegar. gets most most $20, 000. transit study aids several centres The Regional District of Central . Kootenay board has voted to co-spon- sor a $20,000 transit study which could mean expanded services to, areas - outside Nelson and Castlegar. - : The’ study, ‘with costs split 50-60 with. thé provincial Urban Transit Authority, would also look at bus service in Creston; Salmo, the Slocan © Valley, Kaslo and the east side of Kootenay Lake. But the: bulk of the finds, nearly $13,600, will fund a study for Castlegar and surrounding Electoral Areas I and J, Reid Henderson, regional district administrator, said last Sunday. k During Saturday's district meet- ' ing, transit authority. spokesman Bob “Lingw ood’ outlined: the . three-part study dy which his department will begin in mid-October or November. = The transit authority, which, will come to the Kootenays a few days a month to perform field work, will study in-detail the needs of Castlegar and surrounding aréa, and the transit ; Tequirements ‘of Nelson, Taghum and j Balfour residents. In what’ Lingw called a “sec: © i ondary study,” righ will investigate ‘ service possibilities in Creston and Salmo. j;. And-in what be ralléd. an tovers. view or preliminary study,” the transit j authority will scan the needs of the Slocan Valley up to Nakusp, of Kaslo and north, and dows the east side of | Kootenay Lake. i Although the study’ will comment on the feasibility of intercity transport between Nelson, Trail and Castlegar, Lingwood said it would likely be teo expensive to consider. The idea of 4 transit study is not new. Both Trail ‘and Nelson systems | have been the subject’ af transit : authority investigations, y But when Castlegar set, out to investigate its own needs, the * school ie sysier, a suggestion several rural found : district asked the transit authority to expand the Castlegar study into the: outlying areas, and also concentrate on Balfour and Taghum. pcusast The UTA, a crown corporation fi that funds provincial transit services, also plans bus systems, acquires and leases vehicles, and researches new systems and market needs. When a transit system is imple- mented, said Linwood, : the pravince / eventually pays 52.6 percent and the region or municipality 47.5, which it raises through fares, display. advertis- ing in buses, and property taxes. But in the system's first working year, the government pays'a larger portion of the bill until the 52.64-to-47.6 per cent split is Poached in the fourth year. Bithera mnunicipality o or. region can administer the transit system, or as in Penticton and Trail, where services - extend outside the city limits, the tivo can split costs and expenses. * But any rural service, Lingwood said, will have trouble making ‘its 80 per cent from fares. In the first year of regional service outside Trail, buses made. only 15 to17 Per sent J ene sain 1 bom... > ‘In 1979, he, said, of the 16 BC. “communities with transit systems, half met the revenue target they set for fares and advertising. In Victoria, that target is 35 per cent, and outside the large cities it is _ generally 30 per cent. Lingwood said a transit: system : could subsidize. private carriers in the _rural areas if they expand their . services. ° But the transit authority,. which Fe -will attempt its “most rural study” when it heads for the Kootenays, is uncertain about boarding the rural ~ _ The rural directors were é obviously goncerned about transportation beyond + -elty limit ae Colter, the Kaslo. director, id his village in the 1940s had good “Greyhound service to Trail when the roads were bad, but ‘with improved roads the system has ended. And if - transit service is implemented, bus - lease costs are not trivial. Lingwood said the province’ has ordered 26 to 29 new buses which should be ready. this November for rural communities. For those buses, the city or region will pay from $138,000 to $16,000 a year, with costs amortized over 20 years. In Nelson, he said, the.lease rate- for 1976 models decreased-in April from $8,000 to $3,800 a year. ~ Could the RDCK find some medium-vintage buses, asked Martin Vanderpol of-Area J. Something, say, between 1948 and 19787 ~ Not likely, said Lingwood. “In fact, the demand for “medium vintage” models is so great, he said, that you “couldn't find one for love or money, unless it was wrapped around 4 telephone pole’ somewhere.” (An terms — of | region nal “district politics, the transit study is weighted to favor Castlegar sad surrounding areas. To raise the $13,600 necessary for that study alone, the regional district had to find its way around a $5,000 restriction it has-placed on any one feasibility study. So they called it . -several studies and placed priority on the Castlegar and Nelson areas. Henderson agreed that in the long run ‘rural areas may also - benefit, either, because. this study. will some day lead to rural transit service, or when a rural area next asks for a water system study, the cities will not shee ‘Thirty-three young Canadi be- tween the ages of 17 and 21 will be arriving in the West Kootenays this - Wednesday to participate in # fed- erally-sponsored program called Kat- imavik. Now, in its fourth year’ of ‘onier: ation, Katimavik aims to offer to these young adults opportunities for com- manly service, environmental | aware- 1 growth and an understanding of the country through nine months of volunteer service in three different areas of Canada. In Nelson, the volunteers will be working with the Silver King Work- shop, the B.C, Parks Branch, Regional 1, Camp Ron ree, oe with the "Sod Caves * project. In Kaalo, participants will assist the Langham Cultural Centre, the Kinsmen project at the pl: the Laurie. Mackenzie ' (Nelson): are - the group leaders directly supervising And participants. While the \program secures ac-! City of Kaslo, the Legion and the’ Historical Society. And in Silverton/ New Denver, the Katimavikers will be helping out on projects d by for the of, the project, the participants ‘are also” billetted for two weeks to provide closer intergration with the host’ *’ the City of New Denver, the Pavilion, the Valhalla Wilderness Soclety, the . - Lucerne School, the “Skinny Skiers,” and the Sandan Historical Society. The West Kootenays project will be co-ordinated by Don Johnston, in Nelson. Anne Beliveau (Sllverton/New inal rouauentien —Sa ay. —to bee defray extra costs, Anyone interested in the program’ and in accepting’ a billet is asked to” contact Don Johnston in Nelson iat 825-0471. . A group of tourists’ com- prised of artists, journalists and public officials from var- ious republics of the Soviet ° Union, arrived in Castlegar last-Thursday. ‘ The tour was organized by the Society “Rodina” - which maintains cultural ties with Russians living abroad. On Friday morning a grand concert was staged at the gymnasium of SHSS © where students from the dis- trict gathered. Old Russian love ballads, folk songs and contemporary Soviety melo- dies were sung. Star soloists included Tamara Debick, from the LVOV Opera Theatre in the Ukraine; Karl Zarinish, from - the Riga Opera Theatre in the USSR; Victor Cherno-' baev, from the Minsk Bolshoi Opera Theatre in Belorussia; soloist, Vetalia Shishkazhe' from the Vilnius Opera “The- - Soviets shrill city atre;. and soloist Yuri An - tonov, from the Moscow ' Philharmonic Society. - * Accompanying pianist ‘was Ludmila Koortova from ~ * the Moscow Philharmonic |, Society. The large crowd of stu- dehts heard the ever-popular ‘songs — The Volga Boatman. and Alpng Petarskaya Street; folk tunes Volga- © River, The Spinner; and Soviet melodies Semenovna, ., The . Little Cossack, ‘and Strolling in Moscow. Ukrainian poet Vladimir, - Vehroitch read his recent - composition which is dedi-.~ eated to the Canadian Douk- hobors. , aa On their tour of North America, the group has al-. ready staged other successful performances in Washington, D,.C., and. at the United ‘Nations building in New York, Future davalesaieat plans now in works . The city of Grand Forks and the Kootenay Boundary Regional District . are preparing plans to help guide the future development of Grand. Forks and the surrounding area for the next a 10 or so years. The. purpose of these plans, planning consultants say, is to ensure hat new development placein an ~ orderly and economical way; that an ‘ appropriite amount of land: is desig- - mated for all necessary purposes, such . - as housing; industry and retail stores; _ that the roadway pattern is adi area are not reduced but hopefully enhanced, . The plans are also concerned with and the to handle traffic; that the: comets ond water systems are adequa' new development; and that ihe vidal and the environmental ates: of Finally, it ia most ‘garth that the’plans reflect the concerns of people ‘living in te ete way. KBVA meeting is scheduled ‘The third annual general meeting of the Kootenay Boundary Visitors’ ‘ Association has been scheduled for Oct. _ 5 and 6. ° - Grand Forks has been selected for * the event which is expected to attract over 100 bers and i f the ‘er of Crawford Bay, is hopeful that the Sunday gfternoon-Monday format will allow many of the retail store Members to attend. : “We've always felt in past. years,” he stated, "that it was diffi cult for the toattend KBVA. Convention chairman, John Stock- , store and yer ‘on a Saturday. We want them there because tourism plays such an impor- tant part in their income structure.” Full details of the AGM will be announced shortly, Stocker said, but the present plans allow for at least two featured speakers (including one on mini-conventions), a - Western-style. opening night barbecue, and an ex- tensive buffet dinner with speaker to cap off the event. 7 ake time to serve,’ says Rotarian governor | By JOHN CHARTERS “The: real rowan, of Rotary ie service, “consideration to ‘the longer’ term Rotary Stident Exchange. in this wit and impartiality, and Helen Howes thanked Mrs.. Speers for their visit. aspect of i ‘un- service is the ee into eiaeye Rotary! district governor Alan Speers, during his official visit to the Rossland Rotary Club, returned re- peatedly to his basic theme ‘Take Time to Serve’ the watchword of the year of Roary International President Rolf Klarich of Finland. Earlier in the day, Governor Allah and his wife Agnes had been met by . Rossland Rotary Club president Hugo her, and after.ab with him and club secretary-treasurer and former Rossland Mayor Harry Lefevre, he relaxed on the Birchbank golf coure' with past district g: s from Serta families are sponsored by. the home’ club and live as. guests of Rotary families in other countries, staying in their homes and going to school with their: children for periods from three . months to a year. The last student guest of the Rossland Rotary Club was Maria, (Maru)‘‘Lopez of Mexico City, Mexico. this copcept could be. extended, with great value to all, to the exchange of students from French and English- speaking students from within Canada. * “I speak ‘from limited, but very i ” he Ernie McGauley of Rossland and past district governor Bob Small of Moscow, Idaho. e Mrs. McGauley, Mrs. Small and . Mrs. Spers were‘entertained by the Rossland Rotary. Anns at the home of Rotary Ann president Irene Malchow. - At the pre-dinner Rotary Club assembly with the club members, the E , district Boverae; discussed Rotary | said. A third program, obviously very close to the governor's heart, is the Rotary Youth Leadership Association (RYLA) in which young men and women who indicate ‘leadership po- % tential are sponsored for a week's intensive training in youth leadership at a leadership camp. In errs ot f popularity, among the Rotary clubs “ot different countries in which teams of younger, ici of objec- tives, the seeker was an outstanding hi non-Rotary men, with a Rotarian as group leader travels and speaks throughout the host Rotary district of the host country, acting as ambas- sadors of goodwill for their own country-and broadening understanding . of the host country. ; On their return, members of the