“Our probloms : can -be solved. , Our. ‘‘services’' to” Castlegar, will continue’ to, expand.” These were the closing 're-" marks of chairman Roy Ward when giving his report on 1980. at Monday ‘evening’s annual meeting of the Castle- gar and District Public, Li- brary Association. He called 1980 a new learning experience for. the board - tu tontisn ¢ waved vt cipated cost of the library portion of the complex, had been closed. ° of libraries and boards.” She ‘also stated that ‘ser- vices to the handicapped are * improving all the ‘time and funding will be available this year — The Year of the Handicapped — for special , Esks initiated by Ubrar- “We hope our government E + will see fit to reopen this file. In any case, we still qualify fora one third grant fram the # recreation facilities fund — the problem is we have to raise the two-thirds balance ‘of-the value of the building. Your board's question is ‘can we. do it?’ The reply is, ‘we can and must do it,’ ” he said, ‘Librarian . J udy’ Wear: “mouth reported.on the nu- merous activities the library: had, been involved in during the pastyear. These included. ‘short. story competition, Patron of the Week raffles, the®. Writing | for_Children : “We hebe tobe ible to give program of monthly puppet shows and stories to'’:local: the children of Silver Birch “Si 4, board members by Leas Nowa: A meoting was held on Jan. 17 in Castlegar to offi. - cially kick off Snowarama with the naming. of:)nine * a take; tic at 1981 in the West Kootenays. board's ‘next, regular It is to be held Feb. 22, ‘held)Feb, 2... with registration from 8 to 10 i . ‘am, at Nancy Greene Lake. gen This has ‘been . sistent since the Jnceptio Lions’, Clul mobile club: hav ~ Those in attendance at the - P: k meeting ‘were George Tomich ‘of tho Rossland Lions Club, * Sam Samuelson, president of the Snow-goers, ‘Caevil' 1 vaya, Hartso ip In’ thé ‘past the. Mat.jof the Kootenay Sndw, 2 the Rossland an Lions” clubs, nae : their atlcct have raised the {) second ‘largest’ amount for’ the: cupniet cbilaren | ‘of our ‘Boys’ club holde A ANA Boye Club of special Castlegar’ ~“ent'’s “night at “ sponsorin, church,” Calvary Baptist Church last Sunday. The six boys in grades 3 to.5 wore their full: uniforms as they stood infront and sang the “Pals themesong” and recited Scriptures they had memor- ‘Their ‘leaders : Roa’ "Kem i nedy and Dave Roberts and . =” student. he ‘. explained the-AWANA pra. aoa." eram which is new to Castle- weokend,. poster competi- tions, book sale and puppet shows. :)) ‘Wearmouth’ ‘aid a mem- bership count had been taken showing. that 1,848 house- _ holds. were counted in’ the. : Horth section of the eity ‘with 849 in the south ‘section and . city’s “boun- ig ‘scheme, where by the ‘pur- of 1 ‘3 Castlegar, ond Distries Feblic Library, took & moment to pose forthe camera. joard. member: row, left to Tight Susan Feria Maisie | Dalziel, Doreen Knutson and Par, ing time ia planned forttlve:end 6! this month. In’the ‘¢all-the:° cg froup ** ike’ ihe ye util try s but i'll try. Se ae ane rahe ot panicked." he se a ry! Loft Er could atrts “motivate me to clea move. things rearrange furniture to reliay: he. plumbing: In; the; ‘teasing. Have ren’t the style of chairs you'd : ‘cushions: ‘That's jlike. Wearing: a WIN: but the ‘new. caltpet ‘apuld, hee ak you'mention it,”"! sald, ia my hea ttl cluded by a shi wae ted by Pastor ' e By jupz GubicaToN ‘TORONTO (CP) — Lead-’ ing feminists! were. almost , vitriolic - in. their “ condem- nation of the role of the fed-- ship.card fore oe the OTLs truss aby oF the Te 7ihe Advigery ‘participating. in whe?! Beadis of Women, q -said-; Wearmouth. " “A fine spirit of dene’, ‘tron the federal gov. ernment. She -was defeated ‘in 17-to-10. vote that backed a S decision by the other: members of the” council’ until .to; May a women's conference on Gonsttu ‘Cou fares nee 55, ‘former edi- is evident among West Koot- enay libraries ‘and we hope + thatthe whole area’ ", benefit: font this interaction quit her-$46,000-a-year post’ - when she lost -her fight at a will . meeting in Ottawa. to estab- lish the couneil’ teiaoes (COURT NEWS ~ /} Anderson,’ a’ 4 didate in a 1979 byelection, put her job on the’ line after’ - accusing ithe executive’ .of giving in to politica! pressure from Lioyd Axworthy, min- iste “for. the* | mates of women, who sug gested: the conference soold % club for, ee ges They met wie oie oo led . ‘have. i: Me es pee ‘gional conferences proposed - ‘a8 & consolation prize to‘the 5 anada th “the time for re- In} ‘provinelal court Jan. 18 * two: fereraie charges of being in’ possession of a. narcotic were heard. Plead- ing guilty and fined $75 each, * or in default four days in jail, were Donald Weir and David a Se - Larry Wynnychuk pleaded guilty to two separate charges. One for ‘being a minor in possession of liquor, for which he was fined $176; and one for driving while. impaired, for which he was. days in jail. Misdhiot to pctvat prop- erty has resulted in Keary Martin being given a.condi-. tional discharge and placed on seven months’ probation. Martin will also carry out 40 "By CRAIGTOOMEY “MONTREAL (CP) — The * world’s largest. vertical-axis windmill will be, built in eastern Quebse by 1985 with the help of-a $17.6-million « grant from the federal gov- ernment, the federal minister of state for scichce and tech- -nology announced Friday. , John Roberts said the Treasury Board has also ap- proved $18.7 million in fed- eral funding for the construc- tion of an experimental fu- sion reactor, called a Toka- mak, in nearby Varennes. Roberts said the two Proy ects, to be built in operation with ‘the National Research Council and Hydro- Quebec, will help Canadian researchers play a more ac- tive role in the development + of alternate energy sources. “Canada may not have the resources ‘available to do as much in this field as countries such as the Soviet Union and the United States,” he said. hours. of community work service, | . Richard Simonen pleaded guilty to a charge of’ theft over $200. He was sentenced . to one day in jail,’ E es ee Bill Kinakin was fined $: after pleading guilty to.’ ‘a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident.’ a 5 Judith Woods -was_ fined. $50 or in default three days in sce le $950, or in default 20 days in. Jail, after being found guilty. “of a.charge of ‘driving while impaired. , “But we must create thee pertise;required to have a cess to’ these, new techn i ogies by taking an active par! in their dpveloument” fined $200 or in default 20, jail after being found -guilty..° +a breathalyzer test, Hugh McKean :was fined : a er. . government's proposed changes to the constitution 5 Status. of .Women Council, said the resignation is dust. a thé council will suffer for i edibilit “she said: ‘The god Cards into the fe 93 communities share $863) 000 - YECTORIA -- (CP) "| — Twenty-three communities in: B.C. wiil share more than “$865,000 for 28 projects ini- tiated in 1979 under the fed- eral - Community. . Services ee Program, Pub- “Works © Minister Paul ‘ Cosgrove announced Sunday.” This is the fourth payment to B.C. of a total of $15.15 million in federal funds com- mitted for community sewer and water projects in’ the 1879 program year, and it brings the total distributed in In the 1980 | ‘program year, a ‘further $25.2" million ‘in ; federal funds: has been som! mitted to BC. ae) Communities to's! vin the’ latest . payment ‘include Campbell’ River, -Kainloops; Kaslo, Lumby, Masset, Ross, land, Satmo,' Slocan,. Smith- ers, Surrey, Taylor,’ Lady- “smith, Langley, Peachland, ‘Princeton and © the city of Vancouver. . «higher than Ottawa's Pt School i to" retain: ‘its name ) The notion of renaming the meeting Monday a motion ‘to refer'the. “name the new, ” wind turbine séanniesey and. could open vast markets’ at : home. and abroad, will stand 110 metres: tall now making _ 1 (2-Timothy 2:16) is ” The bays, a8 exclaimed : that, CUPE, ‘should” be _ ‘“STUPE.” Later in ‘the «tion period, : Bonderoff- to: “It ts agreed titer requ "| advertiser be condi SE éccupled item, 3 signature wally as balance of he: will be Roberts - acknowledged that the Tokamak fusion re¢ , years: for $15. million, will lkely. have less immediate ) benefits. ‘The soaetoes which will be only three metres in dia. meter, will not genetate any’ energy but rather provide a research tool for experts from Hydro-Quebec, Mon-":, treal-area universities and “ther Canadian Zotearchers ) CASTLEGAR NE Established Aug. 7,19. 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