‘ Ne, “> Castlegar News «ember 7. 1986 SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING COMPUTERIZED HMAMCIAL STA TEOAEN Ti: For manogemen! or tax purposes FAEKWARE ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE SALES AND SUPPORT: Powertul, Hexibie 15 Plus Years Experience to Help You! OFFICE AID 365-6658 Hamper drive underway gion Branch No. 170's Christ. mas hamper drive is under- way. Gift for that MAIN MAN! Wrap him in something specio! this yer! When it’s the though! that counts, a gift he wear at home (and think of you) is always welcome GIFT IDEAS Vests, Gloves & Slippers! SAVE 10% OFF Reg. Priced Merchandise For Cash Purchase BOYS & MENS WEAR 233 Columbia Ave. Castlegar 365-6761 D of non-perish- able food will be accepted until Dec. 18 at the Legion or at hamper committee chair- man Ruth Rourke'’s home at 549 7th Ave. At a Dee. 1 committee meeting Legion president Denny Tucker reported that there will be one ton of potatoes coming from Grand Forks, along with a consid- erable amount of other veg- etables. The list of hamper recipi- ents may be larger than last year's total. So far there are 107 people on the list. De- livery of hampers will take place Dec. 20. Hampers can also be picked up at the Legion between 10 a.m. and 3 p-m. The Legion's bingos were one of the large contributors to the hamper fund. But be. cause the bingos have been cancelled the Legion will have to raise funds in another way.to help the needy. The\ Castlegar Volunteer Fire Department is working on its toy drive and will come through as usual. Toys can be LOCK WRENCHES : $g99 10” Length 19” TOOL BOX includes Tote Tray $11° FLOATING FLASHLIGHT $7.49 RATCHET SCREWDRIVER $9.99 $16.99 (Plus Many More In-Store Specials) — Sale Ends Dec. 13 AUTO PARTS PROFESSIONALS 1807 COLUMBIA AVENUE CASTLEGAR © 365-7787 to the fire depart ment or the Legion Hall. In other news, the Legion held a meeting Tuesday night with 33 members in atten dance. Veteran Affairs officer Steve Melnick reported that 10 interviews were conduct- ed Monday with Jerry Van Dale, a Department of Vet- eran Affairs counsellor from Penticton. Melnick added that a new group of veterans will become eligible for assis tance. Meanwhile, last Sunday's Grey Cup party at the Legion was enjoyed by many people. President Denny Tucker put on a mouth-watering roast beef luncheon. The lounge will be closed at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Ticket sales for the Le gion's New Year's Eve Dance are winding down. In other news the Legion Ladies Auxiliary will elect its 1987 officers Monday night. On Dec. 16 the Legion's new officers will be elected. For Your Convenience We're OPEN MONDAY WIN listed below 4 Twe subscribers names ore Provincial ticket good for T up you had Castleger News office Tuesday or Wed nesday until 5 p.m.. or phone 365-7266 by 5 p.m. Wednesday to claim. Find your name below kt end good luci 365-2912 365-7145 365-2955 365-2155 365-3666 365-3311 ONEY PONTIAC BUICK SALES & SERVICE ' 365-21755 365-7252 490. 13th Ave DEPARTMENT STORES aes Colseie 2 365-3255 365-7782 365-7813 365-7414 COMMUNITY NEWS ~ MR. AND MRS. ROBERT KNUTSON residing in London Couple wed in Scotland Robert David Allan Knut. ‘son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Knutson of Castlegar, and Virginia Lysbeth Calder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Calder of Glasgow, Scotland, were united in marriage on the afternoon of Aug. 25 in the chapel of Glas. gow University, in Glasgow, Scotland The church was adorned at the entrance and at the bot- tom and top of the aisle with a large floral display of cream and peach roses, irises, lilies and orchids. Rev. Ewan Nicoll officiated and Mr. J. Smith on the or- gan played musical selections of the Bridal March, Perfect Love, Psalm 23, and the Wedding March. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Her gown was a style three-quarter length dress with a peach silk underdress and a cream chif. fon overlayer. The neckline was v-shaped in the back and front. The drop waist was highlighted with a broad, pale peach ribbon tied in a bow on the left side and the dress was full and frilly from the waist down. The bride wore her hair 1920s. long and wavy with a comb garlanded with lily of the valley and a cream ribbon to pull the hair up on the right side. The main flowers of the bride's bouquet were three cream orchids and four peach roses in a bed of lilly-of-the valley and further adorned with ivy hangings. Nicola Margaret Calder of Glasgow, the bride's sister, was the bridesmaid and the flower girl was the bride's goddaughter, Clair Stevens of Carlisle, England. The bridesmaid wore an ivory colored three-quarter ballet length dress of silk and chiffon with tiny pearls sewn in at the cuffs, bodice and waist. The dress was hem med with leaf-shaped silk and pearls. The flowergirl wore a peach full-length dress, fitted to the waist above the full skirt The two carried bouquets of cream with peach roses and lily-of-the-valley on a bed of ivy and fern John Knutson of Castlegar, the groom's brother, was best man and Mark and Ray mond Lindsay, both of Both well, Scotland, were ushers The reception was held at the Buchanan Arms Hotel in Drymen, Loch Lomond, Scot land. At the hotel entrance was a floral display in cream and peach. At each table were cream and peach ar rangements on peach table cloths The cake had with white icing and draped over the top was a garland of peach colored roses two tiers Rev. Nicoll was master of ceremonies and Alistair Auld of Glasgow toasted the bride Out-of town Bella Pauline Fowler of Castlegar, Michael Moran of London, England the groom's grandmother Gladys Tulloch of Vancouver, and Ellen Knutson and Evian Jones of Frankfurt, West Germany guests Moran and were Telegrams were from John Sweeney of Castlegar, Mr. and Mrs. J Voth, Mrs. I. and R. Cousens, Mr. and Mrs. R. Taylor, M Katzalay and R. Picard, all of Vancouver and Mr. and Mrs. M. Gray of Toronto, Ont The couple honeymooned in the highlands of Scotland and are now residing in Lon don, England received h For Active People OPEN SUNDAY 11-5 ‘Til Christmas ra MOUNTAIN Ye & Sports uT 4-H CLUB STARTED IN CASTLEGAR By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer $ A 4H Club has started in Castlegar. The club for youths ages 9-19, was officially formed Nov. 27 when nine members signed up and a slate of officers was: elected. J : Jim Straker, an RCMP constable in Castlegar for the: past 6'; years, is responsible for getting the club rolling: Straker was a member of a 4-H beef club in Bangor. Sask. for 10 years before coming to B.C. But there hasn't: been a 4-H club in any of the B.C. communities he's lived in, including Castlegar. § “After being in Castlegar for six years, I thought it's time there was a 4-H club in Castlegar,” he says. : Straker decided to see if there was enough interest in a club and the result was the formation of the yet unnamed 4-H club. “I'm really happy with the response,” he says, who says there are another six “potential” members, in addition to the nine who have already joined. Projects chosen by the members involve horses, dogs, outdoor activities, and a self-determined project still to be decided In the dog project, young people leayn dog obedience. Topics covered in the horse project include learning to sadcle, mount, walk and ride a horse. Straker explains that each project has a leader. Paul Crawley is leading the horse project and Dieter Dohmen the dog project, while the forest district will supply leaders for the outdoor project. Straker is the club's general leader while Judy Wyle is assistant leader. Straker notes that other projects are available, such as gardening, food, fashion, rabbit, poultry, dairy, power toboggan, shecp, small engines, bicycle, tractor, leather craft and photography. The clubs will try to have a minimum of three members for each project that is offered The 4-H club began back in 1913 in Roland, Man. Club work in B.C. began a year later. The early clubs were located in the Fraser Valley and featured projects of potatoes and livestock. The Canadian Council on Boys and Girls Club work was incorporated in 1933, r i i commenced in 1931. In 1952 it became known as the Canadian Council on 4-H Clubs. The 4-H name refers to the four symbols of club work: head, heart, hands and health The objectives of the club leadership training, development. The club is open to youths between the ages of nine and 19 years old. Currently, club members range in age from nine to 16. Straker explains that each member is required to complete a project according to guidelines that are set out by the 4-H organization. Public speaking is also an important part of club activities. As well, club members show their Projects at an achievement day. Straker notes that one of the best things he learned in the 4-H Club was confidence in public speaking. The club meets every third Tuesday of each month. The meetings start out as a business meeting. The group is then broken up into project groups where club members meet with the project leaders. “The club is run by the kids themselves,” Straker says. The leaders simply guide the kids in their decisions. Straker said that the motto of the club is to learn to do by doing. Straker also points out that there are numerous travel opportunities for club members through competitions in public speaking, demonstrations, food competitions and educational display competitions. Straker agreed that the 4-H club may somewhat overlap the Scouting movement in Castlegar. However, he says there are differences between the two organizations. Straker notes that Scouting is run by parents. For kids who want to have more control and be able to make their own decisions, the 4-H club may be more suitable to their needs. He stresses that it won't be a competition to see which club can take members away from the other. “The major thrust of 4-H and the scouting movement is young people,” Straker adds. “We have young people that who want to take part in outdoor activities but they feel scouting doesn't meet their particular needs.” He adds that there is an excellent scouting program in place in Castlegar but with the two clubs, young people will have even more opportunities. The only other 4-H_ club in the area is in Beaver Valley where about five or six projects are run out of the club. The club currently meets in the Stanley Humphries secondary school library, but is hoping to find another location The club's president is Shane Batting. Naney Perepolkin is vice-president, Shelley Tomelin is secretary, treasurer is Michelle Rezansoff and Kyle Dubord is club reporter. The club's next meeting is at 7 p.m. Dec. 16. include: knowledge, citizenship training and personal BUSINESS End of strike may signal price collapse VANCOUVER (CP) industry analysts. States any more Ross Hay-Roe, publisher industry newsletter. the end of next year.” Prices for spruce, thousand board feet. sawmill.” Hay-Roe said when board feet, he said. more than $200 level it's five-month-old woodworkers’ strike will precipitate a collapse in North American lumber prices, say forest This means British Columbia's forest industry will also feel the full impact of the 15-per-cent interim ‘U.S. duty on lumber, they say, and this means mills will close and employees will lose their jobs as the least efficient lumber producers find they can't compete in the United “And that's just the beginning of the bad news,” said “Wait until the downturn in the economy hits around Jaak Puusepp, vice-president and forest products analyst with Pemberton Houston Willoughby, agrees with the gloomy scenario and expects it to hit as early as the second quarter in 1987. “They'll be OK in the first part of the year as they run like hell to cut wood to catch up with lost production,” he said. “But in the second quarter, after they've caught up, there'll be massive layoffs.” The interim 15-per-cent U.S. duty, imposed Oct. 16, has had no serious impact on B.C. lumber producers because lumber prices have remained relatively strong. pine and fir bellweather commodity, have stayed above $200 U.S. a But the strike by more than two-thirds of the 30,000. member International Woodworkers of America, which began July 23, has cut about a third of British Columbia's normal lumber production. Bernie Futter, of Futter and Co. Lumber in New York, said that even with the strike there is no problem getting lumber from American and Canadian producers. “It's seary.” he said, referring to excess mill capacity. “I'm very concerned. I would not like to be a B.C. full lumber restored in British Columbia, the price of nearly all types of lumber “will drop instantly “The next day it will be off $15 to $20" a thousand Puusepp agrees: “It will be at least $15. “The price will ultimately drop $160 to $165 from the at now.” The end of the bitter of PaperTree Letter, an two-by-fours, the production is Oil rustling causes concern CALGARY (CP) Oil companies that said they didn't care much about oil rustling during the boom times now are scrambling to stop the widespread thefts. “In the boom days we, and other companies I'm sure, didn't care about losses,” said Jack McMahon, a security adviser for Dome Petroleum Ltd. “Everybody was making so much money it didn't mat ter.” But he said since the price of oil has tumbled by more than half in the last year, causing layoffs, bankruptcies and budget-trimming, oil rustling has become a major concern. Oil companies have been building security depart ments to try to prevent losses, from theft of equip: ment and oil to fraudulent activities, he said RCMP Const. Ray Camer on, who has worked for three years on an oil-theft case that sent four Albertans to jail, said he's certain oil rustling is widespread “Before this investigation came to light there was no indication this was going on,” Cameron said in an inter. view “This has opened the eyes of the board (Energy Re. sources Conservation Board) and our own force.” RUN DUMMY WELL The four men were sen tenced for a sophisticated oil-rustling scheme that in volved operating a dummy well while stealing crude oil from a producing well owned by a Calgary firm. Cameron said as a result of the investigation, Lethbridge RCMP now are involved in eight or nine separate in vestigations dealing with oil theft Most oil thefts are com mitted by people who work in the oilfields because their knowledge of drilling and other operations can help them pull off such a scam, Cameron said. McMahon said there are different ways to steal oil, but the most common one likely involves truckers skim ming oil from a storage site and putting it in their own tanks. “Some of them do have holding tanks,” he said, add ing one farmer had an oil tank disguised as a grain silo. Alberta's Energy Depart ment, concerned about losing royalties because stolen oil may escape taxation, set up a study last April of oil rus tling CP Air tale romantic By BRUCE LEVETT (Canadian Press CP Air, which began as an amalgamation of nearly bankrupt bush airlines, has been gobbled up by Pacific Western Airlines Corp. — a $300-million merger that opens 4 new chapter to the most romantic story in Canadian aviation history. The whole thing probably began around 1925, when Grant MeConachie — president of the company that became CP Air from 1947 until his death in 1965 — was growing up near the Edmonton airport, wiping down engines and cadging rides from such famed bush pilots as Wop May and For instance, there was the time MeConachie nearly drowned a postal inspector while applying for an airmail contract. McConachie had taken the unlucky inspector up for a ride. Unfortunately a mechanic had left the drainage cocks open on the plane's pontoons and McConachie’s passenger was doused. McConachie got the contract anyway. McConachie used to tell the story of an Indian chief who wouldn't let his people go for plane rides. “But it’s as safe as a bird,” MeConachie argued. “You've never seen a bird fall, have yo . without The chief relented. His people could go if they wished, pr Proposals or but only if the young flyer showed he could imitate birds in ideas to di ite Ht another way-and land on a twig Punch Dickens. As president of CP Air, McConachie fought for new routes across the country and around the world. Under his could assist you. For more information or an appointment call: guidance, the airline began flights over the North Pole to Europe, to South America and across the Pacific to Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, and on to Australia. More colorful, however, are some of McConachie's tales from the time he was a bush pilot with his own company, originally composed of a Fokker airplane bought with $2,500 borrowed from his Uncle Harry. In the early days, McConachie once recalled, “mercy flights were routine.” Once, however, he faced a suicidally short take-off down an isolated beach. He had fo tie the tail wheel of his plane to a tree, rev the engine and signal a mechanic to cut the rope with one sweep of an axe. He made it back with a broken propeller. A Panasonic Microwave Oven From Pete’s woo GIFT CERTIFICATES FROM ‘SAFEWAY 95 VALUE ‘ E.H. DELAMONT Cranbrook 426-7241 (Collect) Q ===. Value Holiday Package Gortex Ski Gloves ON SALE 4 Hockey Equipment ‘and Sticks ..... ON SALE Fishing Tackle Rods & Reels .. . ON SALE © Aerobic Footwear by eebok — Nike Brooks — Adidas At Sunshine Village in Banff incl food SIMPLE TOUCH, ELECTRONIC TIMER, at U be _7 CU.FT., & COOK-A-ROUND TURNTABLE From West’s Travel — TOENTER — Draws will be held Dec. 9, Dec. 16 and Dec. 23, 1986 LOTS AND LOTS OF PRIZES, LOTS AND LOTS OF WINNERS Prizes are not redeemable for cash. 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