FREE SAFETY INSPECTION * 55 Point Inspection * For an appointment, call Dick’ at 365-2155 ahize tn al mechan calrey MALON EY. PONTIAC BUICK GMC Ltd. Columbia Ave. Castlegar, 7 al es - Wizard’s Palace. “| 1905 2ndt.; Castlegar ‘ OPEN a a . Monday -Saturday 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. & 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Sardevs 1 p.m. + 5 p.m. Ey 2 ©, BUCKLE UP! A] laced ‘press. centre ‘person: * 1 ‘deemed too ‘sympathetic ‘the: now-suspended “inde- jent labor union Solidar- statements, a lot: of news fa generated by the govern: | ment’ agency. Recently, re- ports centred on‘a military. . operation code-named “‘calm"’ that resulted in some 5,500 Poles being detained for in- ‘fractions of martial cant Fee: ulations. * After western news “ae. counts ofthe operation ap-. ‘peared, PAP produced.an in- |. ‘terview with’ a senior mill- tary official who commented: . - ““Our opponents see. in our - country not what there is to: see but what they would like very tiuch to see. One) can only ‘feel sorry for western journalists that in their chase of ‘sensation they got’ en- tangled in a noisy defence of and black the! western -medis, PAP. Te ceaibs the cetitacs of _Rustlers filching timber | $900 each are peing taken de. from) both Crown land and private. property, including but.\'areas set aside as greenbelt. veatedata plata rate by tree thieves, the backwoods ver- re-' sion of: the cattle rustler. ‘The sound of the chainsaws makes” them ‘easy to. find. along any back road — cut- for. ting up expensive, aaw ‘logs firewood. t _ The freeloaders are! oven, filehing cordwood cut by the jroads. A forester, with a local company sald the freéloadera prefer hemlock, balsam and spruce — and cedar for kind- ling. MANY UNEMPLOYED ‘Ho! said. the company. is keeping “a low profile” on the issue: with many of its men now unemployed and logging - into areas where it’ is legal to cut wood impassable y’. because of snow. RCMP aay that unless they get a report of theft they ‘and equipment used to be: impounded, ‘sald Cam Beck, Forest Service public infor- mation officer. It also allows. the forest service to recover , up to three times the value of the wood cut. ‘Tree rustling problem, ,said Dodd, '‘but " Mwoulds’'t I look good taking a guy who's been out of work for six months to court for stealing a little firewood?" : He said: free permits to. collect wood left over from ae logging. operation are av: able.to the public.and that next’ year the devertment will step’ up a campaign ad this ‘and will get’ over to z provincia Forest Service. The law allows any = il- ‘legally eut wood to be selzed ‘fuel bills, but.this year, after ‘regularly Produces news a8 several mild winters in a row, the a circus 30d be ~ Working with chemica scan g by East ‘Bloc countries. Inevit- ably, the ‘front-page news | ke VANCOUVER (CP) Ste- troupe performer, as ii jug- fanMerchant is 12 and wants’ sler. } , Stefan is serious about his ° away and join a juggling, practising his rou-. asin the things that tines for two or three hours. - dreams are made of,'but join every day. Two days a week, a Jesitinats he. meets several . school friends for juggling lessons in the ofa people : amount of wood they would . even go into his yard.to take icin abreaatatal up; to “ cher who utes jug- gling as “the bridge that spans the gap between sports and the performing arts.” Kruse was introduced to Juggling in 1965 by an Inuit at: Aretle Bay in the North- :~ elementary school, , like sickles, knives and fire clubs. Stefan and. fellow fugsling : devotee Penny: Cooper, also ceophy, and gave it up for 10° years until he met a 13-year- old. joggier. in- Regina. He’ tried again, and this time it y clicked. dozen’ fugeling: classes ‘held ful you catch the right end,” ‘says Stefan. “I was afraid I might drop iit on my foot,” says Penny. “Or in‘ your’ hair,” : says Dick Kruse, the serine te tea- each -wosk! fn -achonla and She Vancouver. He says that even: the Klutsiest. novices can’ be jug: ging ‘three® balls’ after one torr ot Eee i ROBSON IRRIGATION Distaicr Wed., March 31- in Robson Church Hall ‘Kootenay Saving Credit Union "oes noten of and colin invites if vies to attend the 1 3TH. ‘ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1982, . Cominco Gymnasium Victoria Street, Trail, B.C. Registration commences ‘6: 30 p.m. AGENDA, INCLUDES: ” * Reports © e Announcement of Flectign Results --barbituates, LSD, - and hi © Auditor's Report “available. logging companies to to make non-commercial more Modern technology breeds new bandit. BAN. MATEO, CALIF. (AP) — In what police believe may, be the first robbery by remote control, a walkle talkie radio in a brown paper, bag was used to steal $3,400. Police Sgt. Bill Hurley said ‘William Noren, 21, and Laura Lambot, 81, ‘told him ‘they never saw anyone Saturday as they gave up the receipts , from the Home Yardage Co, to the talkative but felonious paper bag. ~ : The two were headed for the Bank of America to make a night deposit, Hurley said, when a voice from a clump of. bushes ordered: wy “Don't Yok! There are three rifles pointing at you.. one.’ Do exactly as-you are told“. and you won't get hurt. Pick they stopped, footed around, in the bushes, found the bag, opened it and discovered the radio. “Turn the volume down,” Lambot. obeyed . and’ was told to put the money in the the . voice commanded, “take the paper bag toward the Hillsdale parking lot.” Carrying the bag but not. ' the money, she started walk | ing away. “Stop,” said the menacing, detached voice, “and get the take. Don't make another: She then took the none the top of a flight of steps at the parking lot and left the radio with the loot as. in- Study says teens Using less drugs WASHINGTON (AP) — American teenagers appear se of ilcit substances in. a trend that. may reflect © quieter times for ‘society's youth, says the author of a federally Researchers at ‘the Univer- sity. of “The findings were based on asample of 17,000, high school seniors from ‘18. public: and’ peprite® imehiool rarotind the” country. Lloyd * Jobnaton; who 1981 fgaren ‘an encouraging in the d that use. of marijuana,: PCP, tranquilizers and nitrate in halants’ was less prevalent ‘among 1961 high. school ‘se- niors than it was among ear- classes. - found. And while the use of cocaine f steady, ~ moderation”: even’ “though “the absolute numbers - (of marijuana i was defined as smoking on 20 < Or more occasions during a 80-day’ period. In: 1978,: the peak year, 11 per cent of the - seniors acknowledged smok- . moré teenagers .are taking: stimulants such as amphe- tamines. y 230 P. Mm: proportion of seniors using pot at all fell from 51 per. cent in 1979:to 46 per. cent last year. ‘The. proportion of seniors smoking: one or more cig- arettes daily dropped from 29 per cent in "1977: to 20. per. >cent last year. The number of half a’ teenagers’ smoking pack a day or more declined nearly a third. < Johnston said thé decline in the use of some harmful substances. may reflect a change ‘in the times. - “[ think drug uso is kind of | responding to its own cues. The old. catalysts are no longer present —‘ the Viet- mam war, generational ten- _ sions,- Watergate, unrest in the cities.” He said during the peice where drug use was “a great deal of youthful isbecoming a ‘ of oi oN The’ federal “government bas put’ millions of dollars a year into.the railway system over the last decade to offset some’ of the eto of low Crow rates. = Because .the- Crow rates cover only a fifth of salwy. tain a viable grain marketing system. Changes in the 1897 rates ” “now are being negotiated by most farm organizations and the railways over. Nehernest : opposition from many: farm- ers and two Provincial, Boy: ernments, : "The talks are.to be con- . cluded by the end .of May. Minister Jean-Luc Pepin says legislation’ ap- proving a new-rate agree- ment. will:be presented to a Kraft’ said grain prices are established on the world Frog jumping ,FRANKFORT, ‘KY.. (AP) — Kentucky's lawmakers fig- ure frogs have too long taken a, back seat to that state's famous thoroughbreds. © To right the slight, Rep-’ resentative Frank: Smith of Shepherdsville led a move to establish an official Kentucky Frog Jumping.’ Champion- ship.- The annual event will be held at. the | Bullitt County, Fair, where about 250 of ' ‘the’ leaping: ‘crittdrs’ competed last year. “Frog jumping is.a tradition that dates back to Mark Twain,” Smith said. market.. So . farmers. can't pass on their increased costs ° boards. to consumers under normal conditions. In other words, farmers setters. Kraft said even if ‘higher rates lead to reduced’ grain production,. the . situation wouldn't be changed appre- ciably. Canada is a relatively -: small grain producer in the ‘world context. A substantial reduction in crops here would hardly. be noticed in’ the international picture. slow the rise of prices for poultry and eggs, foods con- f enthbeteacebeni db 992, eae (= Biciak ene ; STrES DYES Answer for Sanday, , March 21, GOLDBRICKER . "is OFTEN TASKS. BUCKING ASSIGNED are price takers, not. price: IT] Naa ire trolled by national marketing eggs. So Kraft said lower feed costs should be reflected ‘Western livestock produc- in consumer Prices, . ers have been leading critics} of the Crow. They: maintain! the low rates on — moving to Eastern feeders or i export customers tend to un-! derpin feed grain prices on’ (eeu the Prairies, particularly. in ‘g times of tight supplies. If freight rates. were in- creased, the outside demand for Prairie feed might soften.~ The grain then would be of- fered to Prairie feeders at . lower prices. ~ Actually, Kraft said higher. 3 freight rates might reduce or’ ‘Feed prices are part of the cost..of production formula used by marketing boards to set prices for poultry and IRDOIVIE} ase I ERIS 3) 7 ISTE ; Ric MSOPER! BoA Ele! vi ey ge Exotic b threat to SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — As though the battle over the Mediterranean ‘fruit fly wasn't enough, California agricultural officials now have a new ‘imported crop- threatening pest to fight: the exotic Indian white eye. Is a bird, a tiny one with green and yellow feathers. A pair escaped from a zoo eight years ago and now the state says the species is sion” that might endanger fruits and vegetables if left unchecked. i Armed with tape-recorded love calls, state bird trappers have nabbed about 100 of the birds and hope to confine the threat to the San Diego area . by ‘the end of this year, * ‘The Southeast Asian birds, which peck through the skin’ of tomatoes and other soft- skinned vegetables and fruits, are the descendants of the pair that escaped the San Diego Zoo State officials weren't aware the birds were on the. loose ‘until 1980 when an amateur ornithologist spot- ‘ted one on a ‘eucalyptus , branch in San Diego's sprawl- ing Balboa Park, which sur- rounds the zoo. - “We've known about its potential ‘detriment for at ~ SALE DATES” : March 24 to March 31 ird new farmers: ‘feast fiveyears before we found it here, based on what . the bird has done after being introduced» in areas’ like Hawail,” said uve Keefer of the CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 24, 1982 HOMEGOODS FURNITURE. WAREHOUSE Tues.-Sat. 9:30-5:30 China Creek “Drive a Little to Save aLot” sie of he Don ‘of: Food and. Agriculture. “So we will get it out of the wild - even if we have to destroy them.” State seatrictions onthe * | going _ bird prohibit private owner- . through a’ population “explo- ship and require zoos to have special permission to exhibit the species. ‘The, state., workers | aro trying to keep the birds from migrating north into south- orn Callfornia’s vineyards. - In the' state's favor is the’ fact -that the birds ‘don't * reproduce as quickly‘as the medfly, an’ insect ‘that lays eggs rapidly. “With the escape of a single pair, they may: have tried to breed for several years ‘be- fore there. was a successful may have been very gradual ‘until all at‘once there was an explosion.”, He gave no esti- mates on how many. white eyes may be at large. Th N “gas, vate OFF 10 % Reg. Pr. 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