iatyeseon CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, July 31, 1975 tic and You — Authoritative Information Can Only Come from UIC Where do you get your iStormation about Unemploy- aig Insurance? Do you rely on: A. lends? B. Employers? Uglons? D, Heresay? BS The Unemployment Insur- ite Commission is the o: spurce authorized to give infor- tration related to your entitle- it to benefits. If you have aby. questions, please direct « {uigm to your local Unemploy- aapat Tnaurance Commission IS “There have been. many diificulties for the claimant, ply because they listened to someone who just ala did not .Kiiow what they were talking shout. Too many times, the claimant has suffered as 5. result of misinformation, There have been many Rinaes in the Unemployment d duction with respect to wage loss insurance plans. You may want to know what we are doing about any abuses that may occur, or our many Program ceslaned to asaiat the claima Itis camels difffeult to make: the adjustment from a full employment income to the dependence on Unemployment Insurance benefits. It is not too hard to underatand that a person will seek Information _ about the Unemployment In- surance Commission from their friends or associates, However, the ‘staff of your local Unem- ployment Insurance Commis- you feel, and are ready, willing and able to assist with information about the claims process, your particular benefit rates, and even Lost? market Information. Insur- agulations, and it would’be iypossible for the "man on the treet” to keep up with these anges. For example: How many of pu know that there is a ying for sek benefits). Are Uinpd in calculating a Sensei claim or that there is a ference between the terms “aioqualiieation” and “disent!- ent”, These points are men- tidned only to illustrate that the os employment Insurance Act extremely legal instru- and, therefore, extreme- Iyseomplicated to the layman. ance Commission has. printed information pamphlets on a ~ number of topics ranging from “how to fill out your application for benefits” to how to maintain your eligibility in “Rights and Obligations”, Do you have any sugges- tlons-on how we could serve you better?. Please direct your sugges- tions to: T.'A. Stevens, Public Liaison Officer, SECOND|OVERALL with a final mark of 95.75 per cent was achieved by Joe Cheveldave Jr., quality control supervisor at CanCel doring this Year's Interlor Lumber Manufacture: ‘grading People h I Insurance an Queensway Ave,, Kelowna, They can also take the full ILMA as Joe did, to boost their overall Recalling the Joys of aHot in 1973 the Ingurance Commission used countless hours in the Pacific region to train staff members sozthat they could process your claims, and answer your ques- tians. We hope that you will take advantage of this exper- i on One of the services of the ‘Usiemployment Insurance Com- mifanion is the public lisison laed to the Unemployment Insurance legislation. The public laison officer is avilable. for speaking engages: mats to groups who may be aed in learning, j gener alg”, the ELL through "the “end ‘of June and into July puts the Ie toall those pessimists who _-elaim our. summers are changing, getting cooler and damper. That was areal, ‘ald-fashioned scorcher. Even our big, ‘old, high- ceilinged house, surrounded by shade trees, warmed up to the almost-uncomfortable ~ point after a week of high blue skies and hot. yellow suns. Farmers’ were ‘worried, and alot of people who had to work through the heat were _sulfering, and Ihad room for, slotafsympithy for both ast lay ‘on the beach and wondered whether T should ~ tocool ante pronraas He wl “also cohduct seminars on specific topics, such as the reco1 eniployment, and premium ief Gastlegar News And Union Agree peeing Mi “"T have lots of sympathy,. but no. feeling of - quill because Ihave pald my due: slugging it out in the heat many @ summer when other people were cooling off out- side and inside: There were scveral years cS On First C {A first contract has been negollated between tae Cas- News and the a natioual ‘Typographers e wa Vancouver Local Ni A memorandum of agreement was signed by. the ‘company and the un- the big passenger boats that. used to ply the Great Lakes. We worked 12hours a day, seven days'a week. ‘That ‘was in the days when a tong weekend was just a ‘weekend, with no poudeye ‘for the worl Most of the. summer 1 enjoyed thoroughly, when we" were “up the: Lakes,” “rom last sriday, INDUSTRIAL. — RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC HEAT i L.HOOLAEFF ELECTRIC “PHONE 365-7191.” Contracting COMMERCIAL Sugar. ond Spice sleeping under blankets at night, and revelling in the hot clear days andcool nights . of shead, or Thunder, ‘seven-day’ run, “at ~ ‘Windsor and Detroit, it was another story. That was *sthen,. and’ still is, the muggiest,” funkiest, just plain hell-hottest. place in _ North America. Even the pas¢engers pers- pired. heavily. ‘The crew didn't perspire, nor even went, They ra tite water: When you hit the Detroit River, you knewit. First, by the filth of the water, . Sec- condly, by the lack of any ‘semblance ‘of breeze. Third, by the stink from. the breweries of Windsor. ere was no air con- ‘ditioning in.those days. If you hada fan kicking around torrid, tired air, you were lucky. ‘The passenger cabins, were airless. The crew’ quarters, most | of them without windows or port- holes, were virtually ~un- breathable in. And the stokehole, where the black gang fired the coal into the furnaces, was an inferno, Why there wasn't mutiny down there, I'll never know. But we were young and healthy and had no unions to tell us how we were being exploited (which we were). So after cleaning up the boat and standing under a tepid HAPPY. MOTORING . HOLIDAYS with WOODLAND PARK ESSO SERVICE * Holidays For Trouble-free | sperfectly useful for st shower, i was on with some. ut to sample. Precise Height Above Sea Level Being Figured Surveyors of the: surveys.” and mapping branch, depart: ment of energy, mines and resources, are rapidly complet- ing a 600-mile geodetic survey northeast of Thompson, Man, that will provide the area's precise height above sea level, ‘This is the firat timo this area’ of Can has! been surveyed to first-order ac- etres per Results will be used by i tap makers of federal: and rovineial id by TRUCKLOAD SALE OF FISH “over 50 Varieties... TOMORROW, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 11 a.m, fo 7:30 p.m, at the Castlegar . WEST COAST SEAFOODS - | SITUATION WANTED <+) Fvegot.20, years purchasing experience, + including ‘inventory control, expediting, ‘etc. 18 years on: heavy. construction and! 2 years: on process,’ pro and by local surveyors involved-in property and prospecting sur veying. The project is the branch's program to provide such first- ‘order survey figures for all Canada. = Can be Fatal Says Canada Safety Council © cPat can be fatal, That's the message the Canada Safety ~ Council wants to get Into the nation’s kitchens in Its continu-~ ing’ aceident-prevention cam- paign. Thousands of homes are destroyed each year, the coun- cil says, asa result of fires started by unattended con- tainers of fat or oil left to heat ‘on kitchen ranges, * Fat, ata certain tempera- “ture, will ignite spontaneously and burst into flames, giving off Summer the river, into Lake St. Clair, and the first signs of a breeze again. No sleep, and .a 12-hour day ahead, but who needed it? Then there was a summer working in a factory. in Taronta, Most of the factory it had ) attended on >» However, if all precautions * acrid, black smoke and igniting” any nearby combustible ma- terial ‘such as curtains or cabinets. Should such a fire occur in your kitchen, the council cau- tions against. throwing the contents of a container into a sink, Burning fat and water do not mix, {t'says, and, if into a sink with any force, will spread the fire. ‘The best : Prevention, the council says, Is to remove the. cause by never leaving a frying pan or similar container un- e stove, fail, the council says “don’t panic." the situation can be controlled, A large lid placed over a burning container will deprive the fire of the air it needs to survive and the pan can be removed after it has had time to cool. Organization is another preventive action suggested by the council. One person stiould be in over-all charge of the thus have was air by then) as the plant t turned out film andcameras. But guess who © got to work in the machine shop, down in the bowels, Ps le was sai heady stuff” “ (not the beer) for a.17 or. 18 year old. 'Some of the boys chad a lite trouble making it “we the gang: spl ‘Then it up to the top, deck, becouse there, was no use trying to steep’ in our quarters, and sit there, naked, as the boat glided up Busrheri ing machines and. the “abdut'962" In” mperat hot weathen washot all summer, the guys ° down there. were in a foul mood throughout thelr shift, Thonestly believe that, in the various summer jobs I've had, [have sweated enough tofill the tank of one of those new. solar-heated homes they're talking’ about — something like’ 40,000. gal- Tons. At Home Can Save Money Why not a little home butchering? It could save you money. For example, try cutting your own steaks from an extra-thick roast of beef “or cutting a whole pork loin three An inexpensive: hack saw witha good blade will substi- tute for a butcher's saw when you have to cut through bone, Or, if you buy bologna; buy it in a'chunk. By alicing it at home you may be able to save as much as 10c per pound. Learn:to cut up whole chickens and save even more. Whole chickens are usually sold more cheaply. than cut- up pieces of chicken. ° » Some recipes call for slices , of-beef filet: What it really means is that tender meat should be used. Try trimming off’ some slices of round or chuck roast and applying meet tenderizers for home-made filets, These are typel feel sorry for. That's the weekly newspaper editor. Of course, they're s0 spoiled now that some of them even have, as I understand, air conditioning in thelr offices. But in my day, the office took the full: blast of the summer sun from about noon ‘on. Outside on the street, - long cool girls in shorts and tops, and little, cool, brown kids in even less, sauntered along, ablivious to the heat. Inside, the editor. stewed and sizzled, trying to shake off pieces of paper that stuck to his damp hands, trying to explain to advertisers why the paper was coming 0 late, wondering, if ‘nore ear it.) responsibility for the stove, hould a second person needed, that person should act only as an assistant. After all, it warns, “too many cooks..." may start: a fire. othe first. ship‘to * land in: San Francisco from the Yukon goldfields, late in 1897, ha “passengers with $650,000 in gold dust among them. Member of Canadian Association ef; Pure ‘chasing Agents. : Full or Part-Time position wonted,” BOB PALMER 365.6784 ~ GRANITE: - HEAD STONES and GRAVE MARKERS Contact — Paul Markoff, Slocan’ Park ° Agent for — Great West’ Mamorial PHONE 226-7564 Beautify your home... add new life to sofas and chairs with custom-reupholstery b: Vou Ele Qnvited ir oe lame, Setetan ee : ‘compere presinest cic Casilegar Custom Upholstery Across from the Castle 7 Thestre — Phone 365-5696. G@> KOVACS DIGIT CALCULATOR " Rechargeable Batteries & Case toc. Regular Price $59.95 seme $UDNS & RING ae =2" DESK TRAYS 15 Ott LEDGER POSTING TRAYS would’ be" any next week, and trying to wring-an editorial out of a soggy brain. MaybeT'll check things out with some of my old weekly colleagues at the convention sthis summer. in’ Saskatoon. Til expect a cool answer. ‘Yes, sympathy, but no guilt feeling. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have totake my. grandbaby out to the beach, where we will sit in the ool peppersteak and many quick- cooking dishes that rely on tender meat for their success. Most lower-priced chops “will need tenderizing since the lower cost usually, indicates tougher meats. Pounding of meat to break the fibres or gvarourtlegs and look atthe girls in bikistis, and dig holes in the wet sand, and splash each other, and jabber at each other. in'that special language that nobody: else seems to understand, and & . STACKING CHAIRS 2 PAPER CUTTER Se eee HI-INTENSITY LAMPS CSA. Approved Regular Price $16.95 oe “@ HOME FILES. “FANTASTIC. SOARING CONDITIONS" was the’ way a spokesman for the’ War Eagle Sky’ Club. of Trail’ described Sunday's hang-glider demonstration’ at Pass Creek’ Park as part of Castlegar Sunflower. Fest. Ken Greene of Rossland, a panning ‘technician with the: Clty of Castleger, sald a.15 ph updraft extended well away from’ Sentinel Mountain almost tothe Columbia River: providing ‘a, half-milewide tidge for Blidert: io soar along. The 18 hangglidres soared about! 1,000 ‘fee! above their take-off ' paint, on - Sentinel Mountain, putting athe about 3,000 feet above Pass Creek Park. Berdles ‘he Teall ‘club, hang-gliders: from the Acthph- obia Club of Nelson ‘took par ‘at did’ some gliders from: “Kimberley,” Jim Spiers of Nelson) with’ his black-and-white kite, ‘stayed up: Ta hours, Noel Hayward. of Nelson, with his green kite, scared for 1% hours, while Kieth Muffly of Rossland, In a red