CHARTER: VANCOUVER & CALGARY Starting, from 379, 00 Your Eurail asses Britrau HOLIDAYS BOOK NOW! Results from Minor Hockey (continued from page 18) R. Cheveldave for the Bantam Rep. Scoring for the Buzzards Kambick and D. Obetkoff. Assists went to P, Samoyloff and A. Conroy. Scor- ing for the Bantam Rep were M. Nevakshonoff and P, Laur- ino. Dynamiters 5, Bantam Rep 4. Goalies were D. MacKinnon for the Dynamiters and R. Cheveldave for the Bantam Rep. Seorita f for the + the Dynal were P; pot Kirby { ‘ah and Be and Sither ing Cheveldave (2), P. Laurino and Nevakshonoff, Assists were made by Sherstobitoff (2), MacKinnon, Stre- igan. . Weebles 6. Goalies were Perry Kit for the Studs and Jeff Townsend for the Weebles, Scoring for the Studs were B. Verigin (6), N. Voykiu:, R. Grim and R. McKenzie. Assists went toR. McKenzie (3) and G. Yule (2), Scoring for the Weebles were F. Costa, G. Sorenson (2), 8. Bozek, C. Furlan and W. Koochin, Assists ' went to K. Wilson: (3), W. Koochin, C. Furlan (2), B. Kubos, 8, Bozek and D. Mac- Kinnon. March 26—Midget Rep 14, Commercial All-Stars 7. No details. Casflegar and District Socials » H, Johnson 365-8294 Visiting at the home of Mrs. O. B, Ballard for a week was her family, Mra, Jean Wyllie of Vancouver and Mr, and Mrs. Rex Ballard of Ed- monton. -Mrs, Ballard cele- brated her 90th birthday on Wednesday of last week when many :of her friends called during the afternoon and even- ing eee extend their good wishes E. Rourke returned . home on Tuesday after spend- ing three weeks visiting with her son-in-law and daoghtet Maureen, Mr. and Mrs, Dickenson and family in ‘Son Peg, Man. WALDIE'S PLUMBING & Hi Members of the Legion and L,A., who attended the seminar il during the weekend, were Mr.,Ed Zorn, Pastor R. Klein, Steve ‘Gallo, Mrs. J. Walker, Mrs. .W. 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The slide occurred Bridge and Thrums. ‘eceurred about Officials at the scene of the elide were checking through the rubble at the time ‘Arts Council Distributes $1,740 -In Grants to Local Art Groups Review of the proposed budget was the main item of business at the monthly meet- ing of the Castlegar and Dis- trict Community Arts Council held recently, B.C. Cultural funds a- mounting to $1,740 were re- cently received and from’ this amount local groups will .re- ceive grants. Included were the Selkirk. ‘Weavers -Guild,~ the Castlegar and District Library, the Trail and District Regis- .., dered Music Teachers’ Assi tos, the BeillantCularal ies ‘Secondary Band, dae and Doukhobor oir, Individual grants-in-aid ap- plied for, were not available at this time. Discussion on con- tributing to arena recreation complex furnishings also took ce. The annual meeting of the Arts Council will be held on May 81 this year in the main lounge at the’ college. | Enter- tainment and coffee will follow: the | usual business». meeting. Bob Bertuzzi was named as nominating “committee chair. © person. Membership in the Arts Council is 195 at present. May 27 to 80 is the date set for this years’ Fine Arts Show and it. will be held: in’ the National Exhibition Centre. All local © painters, amateur” and , nional.: any medium, batik; sculp Hing «moa = Strands: ielay S model shi ‘The school art display was also discussed and ‘more infor- mation on it will be festhicae wnigan Summer, School of the Arts are available at «the libraries or, from the ° music department at Selkirk College. tr a kn ln ees bad bon gy it but were optimistic that rerouted. Snow Sheds on Skyway - Bear $35 Million Price Tag. Ifthe minister of highways was to take the only: positive’ way to ensure that a fatality did gheds throughout the’ entire length of the avalanche zone, a preliminary estimate for an adequate shed indicates instal- »lation would cost approximate- sly $85 million or. the depart- ment could.close the highway. ~ indefinitely : from Nov. 15° to. April 1, ‘the during whi ‘concern was expressed over the. winter conditions on the. Sky: way. However, the letter did outline what’ steps hed been taken. ‘A task foree has made several recommendations on preventative measures for aval- anche. control | which ° includes. posting, avalanche warning signs, closure of the highway during hazardous : periods,’ ap- pointment of persons to evalu- ate the snow. stability, educa- ~ tion of highways ‘maintenance staff in’ avalanche safety and . rescue, ahd a public infe tion rogram. ¥ ‘These. recom: onda SERVING Castlegar - Kinnaird Robson - Genello Blueberry Creek Shoreacres - Thrums 20 CENTS PER COPY ae Serves Notice of Intent To Strike in City of Castlegar A letter of intent to strike has been sent to the various municipalities, says bargaining agent for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Clarence Lacombe of Trail. He said a vote taken Tues, night in Trail, covering Castle- gar, Trail, Rossland, Warfield, Montrose and Fruitvale, has resulted in 63 per cent in favor of strike action and 19 opposed, and the overall vote for the West Kootenay-Boundary area * stands at 81 per cent in favor of strike action‘and 22 against. Mr. ‘Lacombe | told the : Castlegar ‘News yesterday morning the letter of intent to strike also includes a request for further talks with the employer to try to resolve the dispute. He said the main item is wage demands, but it also covers sick benefits and vaca-. tons. “The employer is taking a settlement reached in Cran ’ brook as a guideline,” he said. + “This is 10 per cent plus improvements in a fringe bene- * fit package.” “If the fringe benefit pack- age approved at Cranbrook was granted our group, I feel our wages would fall in agree- :ment,” he said. Mr. Lacombe explained ‘that bargaining was done on a regional basis with eight muni- cipalities, each having local .. issues to resolve, Bargaining that proceeds 2 ‘ona regional basis can have the recommended and, as.a result, in 1975. the: department « re- tained ‘Norman | Wilson, Snow Consultant from Californis. Mr. Wilson, who is recognized as one: of North America’s fore- mast authorities on avalanche control and specializes in’ the {continued on: page 2) main issues resolved but, he : balance employee spokesman John Phillips is reported to have said Friday. that employ- ~ ees are concerned about ru- mored fee increases from $5 per call to as high as $25. Mr.-McClelland says that rumors are rumors and that the ‘costs are always under review. ff, Kilpatrick, Mair Rinks \ Win ‘A’ Ey Events i in Jam Can Curling Sidp Chuck Kilpatrick Junior : Skip Brad Mair — Jason Chernoll 3! Dobald Hill - Senior ‘A’ Bart Demoskotf — Mike Wasileakolf Quinn Konkin — Slip Vietor Hoodikoff