B4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 22, 1981 JOY OF READING can still be experienced by Mrs. G. Fletcher who is the benificiary of the Selkirk Lions poor for re; Grant $5,500 awarded Kaslo’s Moyie The B.C. Heritage Trust | has awarded a $5,600 grant ular print and whose hearing prevents their using the audio books. Shown here is Mrs. Flet- cher with, standing left to right, Lions Steve Jankola, board president Dr. Roy Ward, librarian Judy Wear- mouth and Lions Frank Stasila. The Selkirk Lions Club made a donation in 1975 which purch to the S.S.Moyie at Kaslo, operated by the Kootenay Lake Historical Society and owned by the village. More than matching the funds is another $6,550 grant from the Canada Community Development Projects, a federal program whose fund- ing is controlled by the M.P., Lyle Kristiansen. ‘The $12,050 total will be used to put a fence around the historic sternwheeler, which has recently been endangered by children and others lighting bonfires near the beached boat. Land- scaping will round out the work to be done. Kristiansen said Wednes- day from Ottawa that he hopes the grants will be the first of much largers sums needed to fully restore and protect what he termed an. invaluable asset to Kaslo and the country. “The S.S. Moyie is recogn- ized as the best surviving da similar lens which has been in continuous use. Young hunter shot as season opens BRANDON, MAN. (CP) — A 14-year-old boy was in sat- isfactory condition in hospital Friday after being shot by a stray bullet while deer hunt- ing. Marcel Showdra was hunt- ing with his father and grandfather 12 kilometres northwest of nearby Russell when he was hit in the back, RCMP said. There were about 100 hunters. in the area shooting in all directions, therefore the person who fired the shot that struck the boy may never be known. The incident occurred Monday, opening day of the deer hunting season. Uranium cartel hearing adjourned TORONTO (CP) — The preliminary hearing for six, Canadian) mining companies charged with conspiring to fix domestic prices and lessen competition in connection with Canada’s participation in an international uranium cartel was adjourned Friday until Jan. 15. The hearing was scheduled to begin in provincial court Friday. The companies charged but not charged, are Gordon ‘MacNabb, former deputy minister of energy and for- mer president ‘of Uranium Canada, and John Runnalls, former special adviser to the federal Energy Department. Also named is Andre Petit, who formerly worked for the French Atomic Energy com- mission and, operated the cartel’s Paris office. The charges were laid ear- lier this year after a four- ple of a ster- nwheeler in all of Canada,” the MP said. “Society mem- Aimed at U.S. shoppers Yes”, FRIENDSHIP , 2% By CasNews Staff “Shop up north.” That's the advertising slo- gan that will bombard con- sumers for the next five weeks. But it isn't intended to send Kootenay residents to the far reaches of the Yukon. Instead, it’s target market is the United States — Spo- kane and Seattle in par- ticular. The slogan is part of a multi-media campaign by the tourism ministry to urge Americans to shop in Canada. It’s an attempt by the pro- vincial government to make local businesses’ Christmas merry — and profitable. “It could bring lots of Santas to your door,” says the brochure pushing the scheme. The government banking on the Low Canadian dollar and excellent exchange rate to bring a flood of American shoppers across the border on their annual Christmas shopping binge. Advertisements will be re- minding Americans of the i B.C. gifts — such as year into the with vi ig the Ci Investigation Act are: Deni- son Mines Ltd.; the Crown corporation Eldorado Nuc- lear Ltd.,; Gulf Minerals Canada Li Rio Algom Ltd.; Uranerz Canada Ltd. and Uranium Canada Ltd; the now defunct Crown cor- poration. Cited as co-conspirators, Pp of the cartel by the combines investigation branch of the federal De- partment of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. Participation in the cartel — set up to protest mining companies in Canada, South Africa, Australia, Britain and France — is not itself illegal under Canadian law. » EXCHANGE a errs furs, British imports, Eskimo art, and Indian art.. Weekend visits, and week- long stays will also be prom- oted so Americans can take advantage of customs reu- lations. However, the tourism min- We guarantee a fair exchange on your US. dollar. is asking businessmen to submit a pledge card indi- cating businesses are com- mitted to fair exchange. In return the businesses will receive a sticker and cash register card. Business- es interested can write to istry wants local b men to give Americans a fair exchange on their dollar, and F Tour- ism B.C., 800 Hornby, Van- couver, V6Z 929. Solve water problems BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A specialist on Canadian water resources said Friday x ; Duane Elton, president of the Canada West Founda- tion, said Canadians are too ied with their own an will have to solve their water problems individually. P’ water said Elton. “We need to use the water we have more efficiently.” Elton and Hall spoke at a Canadian-Ameri dialogue to help Americans. Ina to the Gar- ~ HowTo » rison water diversion proj- ect, he said Canadians “don’t want American water either.” Elton was referring to Canadian concerns that water flowing north from Garrison may pollute Cana- dian ‘waters. He said Can- 1 ‘Vadlans are concerned about THE MOST OF having: enough water to ir- rigate their own farmland and also view water as part of their national heritage. Both Elton and Wayne conference sponsored by the Upper Mid-West Council and the foundation. _ bers and I hope we succeed in our efforts to make the ship a national historic park, which would mean major funding and national publicity, I'm pleased that the soc- fety has worked so hard to put its grant requests in order. The group will have its hands full administering this initial project. I hope we can find far more money to keep them busy preserving the Moyie.” Rally to protest high interest rates Kootenay West MP Lyle Kristiansen will be one of four guest speakers at the citizens’ rally to protest high interest rates at 8 p.m. Wed- nesday in the David Thomp- son University Centre cafe- teria. Nelson-Trail and District Labor Council is sponsoring the rally and is expecting a large turnout. The rally will correspond with a Canadian Labor Con- gress rally in Ottawa in which a broad section of in- terest groups, as well as the labor movement have formed a coalition to protest the in- terest rates. “Because the high interest rates have such a serious im- pact on every section of so- ciety we are inviting all in- terested groups to parti- cipate in our rally,” said labor council first vice-president Klaus Offermann, The rally will last about two hours and include speeches by Jack Munro, first vice-president of the B.C. Federation of Labor, and Mike Kramer, secretary- treasurer of the B.C.F.C. Winning Western numbers Have You He We Can Repair Calculators Photocopiers Dictating Equipment Transister Radios Typewriters Cash Registers And all other Systems INQUIRE AT 365-2167 1013 2nd St., Castlegar In appreciation for the support we got during our grand opening we are of- fering this framing special just in time for Christmas. Nov. 23 - 28 CUSTOM FRAMING Serious about selling real estate? These are some of the very important questions you should ask each real estate roker with whom you interview: Winning Western for the Nov. 18 draw for $100,000 are 1993960, 1881717, 3461819, 2518128 and 2342999. Numbers for the $10,000 prize are: 1917460, 2110497, 3655851, 1476580 and 1898256. Last six digits win $1,000; last five digits win $100; last four digits win $25 and the last three digits win five dol- lars’ worth of Express tic- kets. WINTER DRIVING Ensure that the leads from the distributor to the spark - plugs are not cracked or worn. Check the spark plugs at the same time. \ you: offer? 2. y “field tr 3. 4, What is your commission split? 5. What organization? 6.Do 7 1 ‘ 8. What supplies are provided for me to use? 9. Who pays the multiple listing fees? 10. Do you have a national referral program? Our Career Night is an opportunity for you to hear the answers to these questions and many more. If you are looking for a successful sales career In real estate or the right »PPor y call 294-2321 y n it the seminar with the Regional Training Co-ordinator. 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: REALTY WORLD FIRESIDE INN Banquet Room Each office is independently owned. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY: A CONFERENCE ON ISSUES FOR THE 1980'S Dec. 12 —9a.m. 5 p.m. SELKIRK COLLEGE, CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Displays, lectures, reaction panels and audience participation. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY: WORD PROCESSING Representatives from the THE MICRO-COMPUTER OPEN HOUSE is being held at Hobbit Hill Children’s Center Monday Kootenay Columbia Child Care Socie from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. This is an opportunity for the public to see the all those who donated to make the p: iP and new at the center. It is also the CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 22, 1981 } BS To rearrange signs By JOHN CHARTERS Signs are usually a good thing. But sometimes one can get too much of a good thing! Last Saturday, the execu- tive of the Kootenay Douk- hobor Historical Society de- cided to reorganize the forest of signs near the entrance to the Doukhobor Museum and ‘National Exhibition Centre. *Bince it was felt that some of ty’s way of saying thank you to of new U and these signs were with respect to taxes, the Murphy Creek Dam and the B.C. forestry department. Treasurer Fred Voykin re- ported for the concession committee on a meeting with Harry Voykin, operator of ’ the dining and souvenir con- cession facility. It was felt by the committee that in com- mon with Fort Steele and other historic sites, the mu- others difficult to see readily and therefore dangerous, or simply confusing, most will be made simpler and placed in more suitable sites. Sizes and lettering will conform to Department of Highways regulations, It is hoped, by so doing, to permit.tourists to locate the Doukhobor Museum, the NEC and the dining and sou- venir concession without end- ing up in the college parking lot as now happens, with monotonous regularity. This the renovations possible. Northern workers lose allowances VANCOUVER (CP) — Union and company repre- sentatives have reacted an- grily to the announcement by the federal government that the tax exemption on allow- ances paid to workers on northern projects will be re- moved. Contained in background budget papers tabled by Fi- nance Minister Allan Mac- Eachen on Thursday was the announcement that housing and travel allowances to workers in isolated regions will no longer be tax-exempt starting Jan. 1, 1983, Mining company execu- tives say it throws into doubt the viability of projects like Cominco’s $160-million Po- laris lead-zine mine on Little Cornwallis Island in the Northwest Territories and northern oil and gas devel- opments because of the ob- stacle they will face in at- tracting labor. The budget papers said the tax break on allowances had allowed treat- apply uniformly to all: Can- adians across the country.” The tax exemption was due to expire at the end of this year but has been ex- tended for one more year, with the explicit warning that existing benefits will become taxable income in 1988. In addition, any bene- fits included in union con- tracts signed after the bud- get will immediately become taxable. ment” of workers living in isolated regions and that “the federal tax system should Child dies after drinking wine MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 14-month-old girl died after she drank wine from her baby bottle, the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office said. Tests showed the alcohol content of Rosenell Hicks's blood at the time of death Monday night was 0.4 per cent, the office said Tuesday. Analcohol contént of 0.45 per cent or more is usually con- sidered fatal in an adult. Police were questioning the baby’s 23-year-old mother, who was not iden- tified, said Rudolph Will, deputy inspector of detec- tives. The woman's boyfriend anda cousin of hers were also being questioned, Will said. No one was arrested, Will said. Police said the woman had gone to a neighbor's apart- ment and left the child and her three-year-old daughter with a 23-year-old male rela- tive. When the mother returned an hour later, she found the baby unconscious and smell- ing of alcohol. A rescue squad’ took the baby to Children’s Hospital where she was pro- nounced dead. The medical examiner's of- fice said it is not known how the wine got into the baby bottle. Pensioner told she’s now dead CALGARY (CP) — A 70-year-old pensioner recent- ly discovered the federal government had bounced her monthly $214 pension cheque because it decided she was dead. “I was stunned,” said Anne Sawchuk. “It seemed so stupid, at first I thought it Sawchuk, who suffers from leukemia, and her husband, Bill, said they ran into trouble about when they re- ceived a letter from a super- market near their northwest Calgary apartment. The store told her the government had refused to honor a pension cheque she had cashed because she had there is a sug- gestion that some form of government cash benefit may be introduced in place of the exemption, although mining industry sources say this fell far short of a commitment. Bill Wilson, president of Cominco Ltd., B.C.’s largest mining group, said removal of the allowances placed fur- ther northern projects. in Jeopardy 2s atu “It's hard to keep workers in the north now,” said Wil- son. “If we can't offer some benefits, what's the point in them staying? “I think there are some elements of the Department of Finance and the Depart- ment of Indian and Northern Affairs that think this is the same as an executive getting a car or: some similar ben- efit.” Wilson said that at the time Cominco was planning its Polaris mine it suggested to the federal government that it would be of national benefit to. maintain a stable workforce by offering tax exemption for workers who stayed for more than two years. However, the idea was rejected because “the gov- ernment could not distin- guish between Canadians.” Gerard Docquier, national direction of United Steel- workers Union, said Mac- Eachen’s decision, which would cost workers between $1,500 and $7,000 a year in extra taxes, would lead to a year,of labor friction in the North. “With only a year to renegotiate dozens of collec- tive agreements, we are going to see a yar of bitter- ness and confrontation in areas the likes of which has yet to be seen. “Our members are damn mad and they're not going to be bashful about showing it. “The minister has ab- solutely no idea of the ex- treme hardships faced by northern workers. Perhaps if 0 E N | Hi 0 E ] wats ol eg 7 regarding the proposed regional plan for the he got up from behind his comfortable desk in Ottawa and spent some time in the real world of 60-below tem- peratures, 24-hour darkness and cultural deprivation in which the northern workers spend six months of every year. has_ been placed in the hands of Pete Oglow, Inga Thor-Larsen and Elmer Verigin. At the same meeting, sec- retary Christine Faminoff reported that the museum artifacts were being insured for $200,000 and that audio- visual equipment — including a portable recorder, cameras, tripod and cassettes — had been received by the mu- seum, Elmer Verigin reported on a very satisfactory meeting with the manager of lands seum and em- ployees should, for the: sake of the tourist trade, be dressed in period costume. Dr. Mark Mealing and Inga Thor-Larsen will undertake the necessary research, Cc Anna officers of the regional dis- tricts in the area for suitable grants, In September, 1981, Pete and Mary Oglow celebrated their golden wedding at the Doukhobor Village Museum and guests were invited to become members of the society or make donations to the museum in lieu of gifts. ‘Over 300 guests attended and Pete Oglow reported that the society had been en- riched by $2,000 and that 97 new memberships, including three life memberships, had been taken out. There are now 181 family, was delegated to contact the Invita fe and ) memberships in the society. To national parks “Autumn is one of the best, times to visit Canada’s Na- tional Parks,” says Hon. John Roberts, minister of the en- vironment. “After Labor Day,” says Roberts, “national park. vis- itors find special enjoyment in quiet places where ‘the wind in the trees, or the sound of a waterfall, reaches the ear as a call to explore the beauty of our country.” National Parks, A Brief Guide (48 pages) contains a short description of natural SLOCAN VALLEY REGIONAL PLAN and v PUBLIC MEETINGS The Regional District ‘of Central K Committee will be holding-epen Slocan Vatfey. features and recreational fac- ilities of each of the national parks and describes the type, location, season of operation and the number of sites and services provided at the dif- ferent campgrounds. The illustrated guide is available to the public, in English and in French, free of charge, from Parks Canada Information Services, Ott- awa, Ont., K1A 1G2 or from Parks Canada regional offices’ in Halifax, Quebec City. Cornwall, Winnipeg and Cal- gary. ootenay and the .Kootenay Resource Management houses and the secorid series: of public meetings The open houses and public meetings are an ‘H’, Silverton, New Denver and Slocan, to ma was a gag. I know I'm ill, but Teh sees dead yet." as well as being brought up to date on issues identified and information collected, regarding the Slocan Valley Regional Plan. OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC MEETING LOCATIONS AND DATES LOCATION TIME Silverton Memorial Hall 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. OPEN HOUSE 7:30 p.m. PUBLIC MEETING Hall, representative’ of a Denver consulting firm, said Canadians and Americans waste too much water. “We don't need to talk about dams and diversions,” Cold sit GROCETERIA & LAUNDROMAT & SHAKE SHOPPE Van Hoy Group will demonstrate the Micom Word Processor and discuss its applications to the business and educational workplace. THE NEW ELECTRONICS AND SOCIAL CHANGE Dr. David Godfrey from the University of Victoria will discuss the new infor- mation technology and its implications. He will demonstrate Telidon. TO REGISTER: Contact Continuing Education, Castlegar campus at 365-7292, local 232 or toll free — 352-3010 from Nelson, 368-5333 from Trail. Pre-registration is required by Dec. 4. Lunch will be included in the registration fee of $18. Late registration will be $25. Selkirk College (7 Tim Messenger, owner of Castlegar Computers will demonstrate the many ap- plications of the Apple 1! Z computer. labor relations in remote A KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dr. Aant Elzinga is a Canadian who is a professor of the Theory of Science at Gotheborg University in Sweden. NEW TECHNOLOGY AT COMINCO Harry Poling, a Develop- ment Engineer for Cominco in Trail, will give an illustrated talk on the new zinc plant. REACTION PANEL Representatives from education, science, in- dustry & labour will have an opportunity to react to the events of the day. died last February. DAILY INTEREST. Kz the bulk of your spending money ina Commerce Daily Interest Savings Account, and transfer money to your Commerce Chequing Account as you need it. That way, most of your cash can be earning you a good rate of interest. Every day. CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE COUNT ON THE COMMERCE. NOW OPEN MONDAYS TILL CHRISTMAS This Monday Only 15: All Regularly Priced Merchandise the CK lothes Kloset and a. 359 COLUMBIA AVE. CASTLEGAR 365-7589 COMPUTERS IN SCHOOL Rik Hall, the coordinator of computer instruction for School District No. 9, will demonstrate the use of computers in instruction. DATE Silverton Nov. 30, 1981 Dec. 1, 1981 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. OPEN HOUSE 7:30 p.m. PUBLIC MEETING Slocan Slocan Sr. Citizens’ Hall We Are Open 364 Days a Year Dec. 2, 1981 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. OPEN HOUSE 7:30 p.m. PUBLIC MEETING Winlaw Winlaw Community Hall 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. OPEN HOUSE 7:30 p.m. PUBLIC MEETING Slocan Park Slocan Park Comunity Dec. 3, 1981 Hall (School House) EVERYONE IS WELCOME Monday - Saturday 8:30 - 10:30 p.m. Sunday & Holidays 9 - 10:30 p.m. 1038 Columbia 365-6534 a,