Saturday,-May 2, 1992 @ If you have an upcoming event or a regular meeting and you want it listed in AfterHOURS, let us know. Call us at 365- 7266, fax us at 365-3334, or drop us a line at What’s on around the West Kootenay CLUBS CASTLEGAR Banjo’s Pub 365-6933 Tonight Kootenay Stew 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Budweiser Talent Search Mondays, 9 p.m. Brewskies Pub 365-2700 Tonight Palladin 10 p.m. to 2 a:m. Exotic Dancers Mondays to Saturdays 3:30 to 8:30p.m. © Karaoke Talent Search Every Monday 9:30 p.m. Dexter’s Pub 365-5311 Tonight Crossroads 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m. Marlane Hotel 365-2626 Exotic Dancers Monday to Saturday Noon to 12:30 a.m. ROBSON Lion’s Head Pub 365-5811 Karaoke Wednesday 8 p.m. to midnight TRAIL Crown Point Pub 368-8232 Eastern Breeze Wednesday to Saturday 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. ROSSLAND Powder Keg Pub 362-7375 Tonight Mystic Rose 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. NELSON The Boller Room 352-5331 Comedians Wednesdays 9:30 p.m. ART GALLERIES Deadline for listings in AfterHOURS is Friday at 5 p.m. CASTLEGAR National Exhibition Centre Vignettes: An exhibit of clay wall pieces and sculpture by Ed Bamiling. April 30 - May 31 West Kootenay: Land & Life An painting and photography exhibition by West Kotenay artists of their home region May 5 - May 31 365-3337 GRAND FORKS Grand Forks Art Gallery Made By Hand: An exhibition of paper and felt work by B.C. artists April 9 - May 9 442-2211 CASTLEGAR Castle Theatre 365-7621 Tonight through Thursday Straight Talk, 7 p.m. Gladiator, 8:30 p.m. TRAIL Royal Theatre 364-2114 Tonight through Thursday Basic Instinct, 7 & 9 p.m. NELSON Civic Theatre 352-5833 Tonight Through Thursday Fried Green Tomatoes MEETINGS Beta Sigma Phi (Exemplar) 4st and 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. Various locations Next Meeting: May 6 365-3114 Beta Sigma Phi (Preceptor) ist Wednesdays , 7 p.m. Various locations Next meeting: May 6 365-3401 Beta Sigma Phi (Ritual of Jewels) 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Various locations Next meeting: May 13 365-6892 ~ Castlegar and District Senior Citizens Action Committee ist Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Next meeting: May 5 365-8237 or 365-0085. Castlegar City Council Regular meetings ist and 3rd Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Council chambers Next meeting: May 5 365-7227 Castlegar Gyro Club Thursdays, 7 p.m. Next meeting: May 7 365-5689 or 365-6308 Castlegar Hospital Auxiliary 83rd Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Hospital board room Next meeting: May 18 365-6587 Castlegar Hospital Board 4th Thursdays Hospital board room Next meeting: May 28, 7 p.m. 365-7711 Castlegar School Board Various Mondays, 7 p.m. School board office Next meeting: May 18 365-7731 Castleview Care Centre Auxillary 4th Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. Castle View — Next meeting: May 27 365-3754 Christlan Women’s Club 2nd. Thursdays Fireside Inn Next meeting: May 14, 7 p.m. 365-7728 David. Thompson Stamp Club 2nd Mondays, 7:30 p.m. St. David's Undercroft Next.meeting: May 11 365-5496 4-H Meetings 8rd Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Kinnaird Junior Secondary Next Meeting: May 21 365-2352 Grief Support 3rd Monday of every month Home Support Office Next Meeting: May 18, 7.p.m 365-2148 or 365-2452 Hospice (Palliative Care) Last Monday of every month Next Meeting: May 25, 7 p.m. Hospital Conference Room 365-2148 Kinnaird Women’s Institute 83rd Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. Next meeting: May 21 365-5441 Kiwanis Club Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Fireside Inn Next meeting: May 5 365-2151 Knights of Pythlas — Twin Rivers 1st and 3rd Mondays, 7 p.m. Masonic Hall Next meeting: May 4 365-6149 Kootenay No. 9 Oldtime Fiddlers Tuesday Practices, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen’s Hall Next performance: May 24 359-7621 Kootenay Temple #37 Pythian Sisters 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Masonic Hall Next meeting: May 12 365-5282 Lions Club 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Sandman Inn Next meeting: May 12 Regional District of Central Kootenay : Various Times Nelson Next meeting: May 9, 9 a.m. 352-6665 Rotary Club Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Sandman Inn Next meeting: May 5 365-2780 Selkirk Toastmasters 2nd and 4th Mondays, 7 p.m. Selkirk College, Room B17 Next meeting: May 11 365-6442 or 367-6549 7 Selkirk Weavers and Spinners © Guild 3rd Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. Castlegar Doukhobor Museum Next meeting: May 20 365-5918 SHSS Parent Advisory Council Last Tuesdays, 7 p.m. SHSS Library Next meeting: May 26 365-7735 Strokers Club 2nd Wednesday of each month 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Senior Citizen's. Hall Next meeting: May 13 359-7480 or 365-3540 TOPS Club Tuesdays, weigh in 6 to 7 p.m., meeting follows Next meeting: May 5 Back of Health Unit 365-3114 West Kootenay Family Historians 4st Monday of every month Next meeting: May 4, 7-9 p.m. Downstairs, Castlegar Library 365-6519 West Kootenay -Flyfishers Club Next meeting: May 12, 7 p.m. Aasland Taxidermy 365-8288 West Kootenay Naturalists Association Last Monday of every month Selkirk College, 7:30 p.m. Next meeting: May 25 365-4933 Women's Aglow Monthly Next meeting: May 6; 10 a.m. Legion Hall 365-3279 Mayday Committee Picnic Birchbank Park May 3, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. 364-2902 , Full Gospel Businessmens Fellowship Dinner May 7, 6:30 p.m. Sandman Inn 365-5180 et lel peeaamee Sand ot Bion-tee social Canada m Saturday, May'2, 7992" AroundTOWN Our person for Our People Glen Freeman 365-7266 CHEER UP The Castlegar Women's Aglow Fellowship is holding a morning coffee meeting at the -Legion Hall Wednesday, May 6 at 10 am. All interested women are invited to attend and listen as Sharon Loyva of Kelowna shares her special message of encouragement to the discouraged. BACK TO THE FUTURE The Castlegar and District Heritage Society has invited interested residents toa Community Pride Workshop Thursday, May 7 from 7 pmto 9 pm and Friday, May 8 from 9 am to 4 pm, both at the C.P. Rail Station Museum. Registration is necessary for the Friday session only. For more information call 365-6440. OurPEOPLE ~ Rebuilding Russia because they are the administrative centres of their respective areas,” Verigin said, “with an area population of about 40,000 people.” A nation once considered a political foe is in dire need of assistance Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER If you don’t know that the ex- Soviet Union is going through tough economic times, you’ve had your head in the sand. Poor financial management and lofty political ideals have virtually crippled the proud nations of Russia and her neighbors. That’s why the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ has chosen to send much needed goods to two Russian communities. “This is not a Doukhobor to Doukhobor campaign,” said USCC committee member John Verigin, who added that the Grand Forks chapter of the Rotary International are in the process of joining the campaign. “We are asking that all people in the Kootenays assist us by donating goods, and in return we will assist as many people as we can in the ex- Soviet Union.” The local organization will be sending goods directly to the cities of Chern and Tselina, both south of Moscow, where they will be distributed fairly. “We picked these cities Castlegar is currently in the process of twinning with Chern, and the USCC has members already in place who will assist in efficient distribution. “Donated materials will not sit around Moscow waiting for pickup,” Verigin said. “They will be in our hands 100 per cent of the time. That way we can.ensure everything will reach the target, without getting lost or ending up on the black market.” The ‘USCC will be collecting what their sources in the Commonwealth of Independent States say are the four things needed most — medicine, clothing, food, and money. Included under the category of medicine is medical supplies, equipment and so on. “The people of Russia need everything from vitamins to antibiotics to pain relief medicine,” Verigin said. “We would also like to collect rubber gloves, sutures, syringes, and that kind of thing. Medical personnel in the area say everything is in short supply.” Clothing for men, women, children and infants will also be gladly accepted by the USCC. “Runners, boots, workclothes, linen — the people there need these things to survive.” Donated food must be non- _-. Verigin also noted that Katherine Markin, pictured here at Ootischenia Hall, is just one of the workers who will be accepting donations and shipping them to Russia. News photo by Glen Freeman perishable and in non-breakable containers, including canned foods, vegetables, fruits, pasta, rice, and so on. : For those who choose to donate money instead of goods, 9 a tax receipt will be issued. “Money received will. only be used to purchase medicine or medical supplies on the Russian * end,” Verigin said. “Not one penny will be used for administrative purposes.” Collection depots for Russia- Creek Hall, Shore Acres Hall, Glade Hall, and the B. Voykin “residence in Slocan Valley. Each centre will be open for donations every Saturday from a.m. to noon and each Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. until goods are shipped to Russia at the end of June. “Canadians are generous people,” Verigin said. “In this case I’m sure their generosity will shine through.” One can only hope that theirs, bound donations will be at the generosity — your generosity — following centres: Kinnaird Hall, Ootischenia Hall, Pass will shine bright enough to light the life of a comrade in need. Glen Freeman NEWS REPORTER Several Stanley Humphries students have had a close encounter. tomorrow. Jennifer Ford return from the nation’s capital “The goal of the trip was to bring young people together and increase understanding,” Stanley Humphries kids encounter Canada Port said. “Youth from Eight local teens have taken advantage of Encoun- ters with Canada, a federal government program de- signed to strengthen na- tional unity. Ryan Schatz, Brian Port, Tammy Giles and Bonnie MacDonald spent one week in Ottawa, touring the city, its parliament buildings and so on. “It was a really great ex- perience. I'd do it again ina minute,” Schatz said. “We spent time getting to know people across Canada, and it really opened my | & eyes.” Austin, Corinna Waage and gain memorable experiences in Ottawa. News photo by Glen Freeman. Lana Venier, Tennille Encounters with Canada, a federally sponsored program, has seen kids like these each other and understand what other areas ar¢ like and what other people are like.” across Canada got to meet High school students were specially picked by their teachers to participate in the Encounters with Canada program. “Through the year, Grade 11 students do a unit on gov- ernment,” said Talented Gifted program teacher Chris Foster. “These people demon- strated an honest interest in the material, good academic grades, and responsibility. “That’s why they were picked by their Social Stud- ies teachers for this pro- Encounters with Canada has been sending Canadian students to Ottawa since