Annual Event Scheduled for this Weekend Ce Library d Parliament Bldgs. 5 Castlegar Figure Skaters Prepare for Carnival Local Figure Stating Ciub Presents a Hop Around the Clock —Bill Susut Photo, Castlegar Figure Skating Club's Annual Carnival pre- - parations have moved into high gear. A“Hop Around the Clock” is slated for Saturday in the Community Complex Arena and promises to bo a most entertaining display of skating. The first half of the pro- gram will feature the younger skaters in a colorful Easter, review. The magical skating. feats of little bunnies, flowers and decorated Easter baskets are only a: few of. the delightful surprises in store, Balancing out this seasonal theme will be a musical calen- dar which will span the past 50 years. Fans of music and dancing anywhere from the Roaring, Twenties to the Rock- C TLEGAR NEWS SPORTS Castlegar and District Bowling Results Golden Age Bowlers Feb.’ 16) LHS Annie Humphrey 180. LHT Annie Humphrey 480. MHS Robert Cormier 200. MHT Ken Keating 500. Mon. Night Mixed 9-11 p.m. (Feb. 14) LHS Susan Carigan 265. LHT Susan Carigan 653, - MHS Art Dusseault 300. MHT Art Dusseault 714. THS Slow Pokes 1018. THT.Slow Pokes 2949. Team Points: Spares 39, Nomads 35, Unknowns 25, Slow Pokes 41, All Stars 44, Inferior Wiezels 45. Other 600's: Erma Mykyte 606, Elsie Rysen 607, Darrel Rourke 696, Earl Rourke 710. Glenmerry NEW AND USED FURNITURE 3191 Highway Drive PHONE 364-1822 Tues. Morning Ladies—Colfee Break (Feb. 15) LHS Lola Tymofievich 261. LHY Eleanor Holdsworth 683. THS Wheaties 1004. THT Wheaties 2729. Team Points: Cheerios 50, Moffets 41, Mugs 88, Pincurlers 36, Take Five 45, Wheaties 42. Other 600's: Lola Tymofie- vich 645, Selma Adams 611, Bea Knutson 608. Tues. Afternoon Ladies 1 p.m. — (Feb. 15) LHS ‘Linda Buday 282. LHT dade Buday 667. HS Super Valu 1012. THT yeaa Valu 2824. Team Points: Super-Valu 60-!, Boundary Electric 60-'/, - Castlegar Drugs 43, Central Food Mart 35, Cameo Beauty 36, Beauty Lane 27. Other 600's: Irene Hill 602, Tues. Night Mixed 7-9 p.m. (Feb. 15) LHS Kay Adshead 252. LHT Judy Meyers 675. MHS John Soberlak 277. MHT Matt Rohn 675. THS Columbia-5 1109 THT Columbia-5 3171 Team Points: Dingbats 3, Misfits 1, Alleycats 1, Regulars 1, Screwballs 3, Columbia-5 3, Other 600's: Marvin LeRoy 669, John Soberlak 653, Larry Olson 645, Denise Olson 634, Mable Postnikoff 639, Darline Edwards 609, Tues. Night Mixed 9-11 p.m. (Feb. 22! LHS Glenys New 293, LHT Judy Keus 650, ‘ MHS Charlie Burdett 304. MHT Larry Webster 719. THS Headpins 1128. THT Headpins 3066. . Team Points: Rowdy Rush- Ins 4, Headpins 3, Live-6 0, M.O.TS. 3, Roadhogs 1, Night- hawks 1. Other 600's: Orlando Vec- chio 716, Charlie Burdett 671, Robert Kirkwood 651, Walter Kanigan 646, Matt Rohn 611, It Now! 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Night Mixed 9-11 p.m. (Feb. 16) LHS Marge Bonnett 246. LHT Marge Bonnett 604. MHS Grant Rice 243. MHT — Grant Rice 623, THS Square Balls 994. THT Flukey Five 2738. $ Team Points: Sparrows 1, . Sports 1, Square Balls 2, Tired Five 3, Roxy Rollers 3, Flukey Five 2. Thurs. Morning Ladies (Feb. 24) LHS Val Leslie 258. LHT Myrna Wesley 639. THS Chipmunks 948. THT Chipmunks 2574. Team. Points: Chipmunks 3, Squirrels 1, Beavers 4, Lions 1, Minks 3, Teddybears 0. Other 600's: Nona Paulson 605. ‘Thurs.. Night Mixed (Feb. 17) LHS Linda Millar 262. LHT Barb Karzaniewski 697. MHS Matt Rohn 316. MHT Earl Rourke 795. Team Points: Avengers 1, Early Risers 0, R-T’s 8, All Stars 0, Stand Bys 3, Misfits 1, Dynamiters 3, Cannon Balls 1, : Robson Rollers 3, Anything Goes-1, Alley Cats 3, Chal- lengers 4. Other 300's: Earl Rourke 312, . Other 600's: Marvin Wood 732, Matt Rohn. 695, Annie Rayner 688, Scott Wood 684, Walter Kanigan 682, Gordon Danchella 662, Doug Fellman 654, Mario Carpino 650, Frank Webster 647, Carol Emmons’ 646, Orlando Vecchio 624, Gladys Manahan 616, Larry Webster'609, Linda Miller 608, John Stetsko 603. Fle Night Mixed 7-9 p.m. (Feb. 18) LHS Carol Emmons 301 and 300. LHT Carol Emmons 154. 3 MHT Garry Rayner 754. THS Road Runners 1065. THT Road Runners 3002. Team Points: Super Stars + 67, Road Runners 51, Mischiefs 43, Trainees 39,Lamp’Lighters , 88, Five Pennies 24. Other 600’s: Robin Dalziel 730, Erma Mykyte 626, Made- line McIntyre 608. Fri. Night Mixed.911 p.m. LHS Connie Olsen 228, LHT Connie Olsen 611. MHS Ed Sallis 255. MHT Ed Sallis 656, ~THS Outsiders 1032. THT Outsiders 2890. Team Points: Mean Machines 0; Outsiders 4, 100 or Bust 4, Newcomers 2, Chal- lengers 0, Alley Brats 2, a Other, 600's: Loel Olsen veuib Boling ¢ Counel Mixed Pee Wi GHS Tammy. ‘Bennet 95, GHD Tammy Bennet 177. BHS Dean Bird 100, BHD Dean Bird 182 Bantam: GHS Lori Matiazzi 146. GHT Lori Matiazzi 346. BHS Ricky Newlove 243, BHT Ricky Newlove 493. Suniors GHS Joanne Romano 226. GHT Joanne Romano 524. BHS Brian Vershine 214. + BHT ‘Brian Vershine 515. jeniors GHS Barb Olson 229. GHT - , Barb Olson 574. BHS. Rob Kirkwood 308. BHT Rob Kirkwood 714. Seedlings! Already Germinated. Ready for Replanting ® Hot Bed Tomatoes © Hot Bed Cucumbers We have Peat Moss & Steer Manure! Also, Perlite for your House Order Your Ornamentel & Fruit Trees NOW FOR SPRING! Tropical Plants & We Are Open Saturday & Sundayl _ Hanging Baskets ........Jess_ 15 % irday &. Sunday. “MHS Robin Dalziel. 288. . ing Fifties should find some of their. old favorites’ skillfully executed by the talented senior skaters, A special feature this year will be tho solo performance by the club's senfor professional, * VOL. 30, No. 11 Miss Christine MacBeth. Chris was one of Canada’s’ highest ranking pairs skaters \ until turning professional and always puts:on an extra-ordinary dis- NOW RENTING | play. ” SHAVERS BENCH TOWNHOUSES ‘A mystery act. is Tumored to be in the offing as well as one of those routines which defies description and must be seen to be believed. Allin all. the: program promises to produce something for everyone's taste, but most important it gives the young local skaters a chance to cen their skills, 2 Bedroom Sultes , (ow sq. tt.). Norith Sprrerereersriritiit) 3 Bedroom Suites (11458q. ft). MOnth oo se ccccseteeseenes FOR INFORMATION . After2p.m, call 364-2249 *250 5280 Junior Hockey Award Winners The . Kootenay -Inter- national Junior Hockey League has selected Geoff Yule of the Castlegar Jr. Rebels as the top rookie.in the league for the "76-17 season, - Other award winners are: top goalies—Steve Handley and Chris- Vlanich of Trail; | top scorer—Murray Price of Rosx © land; who was also nanied the league's Most Valuable Player; most sportsmanlike player— Gerry Quiring of Grand Forks; and best defenceman—a tie be- tween Scott McLeod of Nelson * * Term Insurance. I can help make it work for you. Let me show you how. _ Mrs. Dorothy Shelfontiuk 365-7838 and Glen Connor of Creston, CASTLE TIRE (1977) LTD. NY SAN A & ; x RN ss N WH Nt tty i Mi Cea RALAKAS Hay ER dl Sa Wa Da ea a fi Lake a SALE ENDS MARCH 19. . Special sell So Germination ‘i Propogation NOW AVAILAB! 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A smooth ride with fle ible _ polyester cord body plies. -e Long tread life because the o.fibergiass cord belts vear-producing squirm Victoria, Be Ce VBV 1X4 a “Feb. 28 STLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of thé Kootenays” TWO'SECTIONS (A&B) <@h3B0 i CASTLEGAR, ‘BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1977 Local CB Operators Hear Cougar. Alarm Local CBers monitoring Channel 11 Monday ovening heard a first-hand account of a. cougar’s attempt to snatch a household pet at the home of a Robson woman. Mrs. Alice Minnich said that after she had phoned the. police and called a friend on her Citizens’ Band radio a large number of local CBers called in offering their assistance. She declined their assistance after the cougar fled and CBer Bob " Wood arrived at the 'Minnich home, she said. Mrs, Minnich said her hus- band Perry was working Mon- day night when the cougar: threw itself against a glass patio door in an attempted attack on her be cats biter nearby. ‘Wayne Campbell, con- servation officer who was on the scene early Tuesday morn- ing, said an adult female was * bagged about six hours later, The hunt led to the finding of the’ remains of two dogs. Four or five are reported missing -in the area, Examination of the cougar ‘indicated it had eaten a cat recently, Campbell said. While another, - younger cougar may be in the area it will probably move on, he said and * the usual practice is to tran- quilize the animals and relocate them: whenever possible. Campbell said any reports of cougars in the area can be made to him at any. time through the ROMP. New Dealership Prepares To Open Its Doors Here The first North American car dealership to be located in - Castlegar, Maloney Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd., introduces itself April. 1 ‘with a two-day grand opening. Fast efficient service will be the accent of this new business to be centrally located in, the former premises of Selkirk Sales which is presently being completely renovated. Service will include all i aspects of a dealership featur- : . ing fast muffler service, tune- ups'and auto transmission re- building. President Gary Maloney is an ns Goalog dealer. with: wledge’ of motive field which he Sed f while still in his teens. display of the newest cars and trucks. Visitors will be treated to ~ free hot dogs and given the op- portunity to enter a draw for a trip ne two to Disneyland. Patrick 9 and Brian 7 are not strangers to the Kootenays. Their strong historical‘ inter- ests have brought them to the.” Kootenays on several occasions to visit historical sites-and old - mines. Maloney has high praise for the City of Castlegar which he says encouraged and co- operated whereever possible, CDBA Recommendations After 20 Minutes Board Meeting Reac no common ground found.’ Parking Proposals. : Made to City Council — Policing, a one-hour par! ing limit and consideration ‘of a Maple St. ‘extension are among romend tions 6 on down: ‘Downtown’Bi sociation” willy G council this week, CDBA pi dent: Bjorn Badbled, said Tues day. ‘ ; The. association's +recom- é “the’ result’ of a loney ‘Pontiac Buick pire means 10 new jobs for the area with further personnel ‘added as warranted. Where possible, says Maloney, employees are to be local residents. Gary, his wife, Gail, and their three sons, Kevin 18, Three Stalls Available special two-day meeting earlier this month about parking. pro- blems i in. Castlegar call for ‘the lots,’ anda feasibility study, of. ching Maple St. through intel Fron °\Tenat”” Edblad : aid: “There have only :.. been, limited at~ *--groups to discuss parking Pro- blems with: the city.’ ie * Bdblad said the! 86-member : ‘ porter: i appointed editor of the Castle-: cil will ‘neither enforce! over to police parking f in the downtown area, reduction of ‘two-hour parking time limits to one hour and unlimited time at “Parniie _ U-Drive Tenders Out Keeping in line with the ministry of transports directive that U-drive leases - go. to tender, the following recom- mendations, which were heard at the last regular council meeting, have been made by the airport committee. : Tenders for U-drive leases - at the Castlegar Airport be for three stalls only. The minimum tender ‘figure is to be-established at $3,000 with the contract being for two years. This contract includes terminal space and five outside parking stalls for each” successful tender. . °° « ch ‘tender includes Mr.:Guedes, 24, has writ ten for’ The Vancouver Sun, The Province and several other lower. mainland - publica- and will join news editor Hughes: in directing the r, News ‘editorial: de- paviment Council Votes Tuesday : will -decide » this “2 month. to accept or reject the proposed ii increases, On flights to Penticton from Castlegar, the fare will rise to $25 from $24.50, an in- crease of two per cent, Flights to Vancouver will cost 2.5 per cent..more, increasing from $40.50. to $41.50. : Anannouncement by PWA. called the increases very On Firemen’s Pay Hike . Castlegar city ‘eounel votes Tuesday on proposed salary increases for’, the’ all- volunteer Castlegar: Fire De-.: partment, , Ald. Dave Ferguson, chair- “man of the protective services committee, .said.. Monday, if council approves the increase i will be the first since ‘1973. Retroactive to Jan, 1, the property for app $60,000 and turn it over to the and main- ment ‘of $6.50 per. hour ‘of ‘raise includes | pay- : firefighting and per practice to “all members,. up fromthe cur- Srent $6 rate. In-addition, fire chiefs’ yearly. stipends will. in- crease by $750. to $2,050, and deputy chiefs will receive $850, an increase of $350: Engineers will 1 receive “$450 yearly, an -increase_ of ($150, and captains’ salaries will increase by -.$125 to $200. . Lieutenants. will receive $200 yearly, an increase of $100. - modest” and attributed them to rising labor and material costs through inflation. _may cause still another increase i in fares later this year. “Pacific Western has, and : will continue in the future,” the statement said, “to exercise stringent cost controls and thus - keep fares as low as possible, to ‘our. mutual benefit.” Loca! Support More Generous, - More. Aware. A better: informed Castle: gar public is ‘donating more money to fight Canada’s: num- ber one’ Killer, according to this year’s'Heart Campaign chair- man.. Marga! iret’ Pryce said. Mon- day that’ as of March 10, the amount collected in the ‘area was $5,858, $1,297: more than “the donations ‘collected by the Heart Campaign at the same ‘time last. year. “People were more willing . to give more this: year because they are better educated,” she ‘said. “They are aware that the money is needed for research.” "Residents: who still’ have the Heart Campaign envelopes distributed to locat households by campaign workers in Febru- ary, can'still send donations to P.O. Box’ 3023, Castlegar, she said. ». resolution *~ for the meeting, authorized ‘the RDCK By RYON GUEDES «. Editor, Castlegar News It lasted 20 minutes and cost Central Kootenay . tax- payers an estimated $250. ‘The special meeting in Nel- son of participants in the refuse disposal operation at Castle. gar’s Ootischenia dump instructed by the Regional Dis- trict of Central Kootenay board of directors to reach a “suitable agreement'’—promptly ad- journed Saturday morning - after board chairman A. K. McAdams ruled ‘out of order the City of Castlegar’s recom- mendations for dump usage. dams told Castlegar director Audrey Moore, Area 1 director John Moran and Area ‘J: director : Martin. Vanderpol their recommendations op- posing RDCK plans for the City © of Nelson's use of the dump showed" “substantially | no . change” from recommendations the board rejected March 5, and © could not be discussed in the ‘, context of: the meeting. Dis- “cussion would be limited to the ; “ Ferdinand John ‘Wiesner, : $2, appeared in- Nelson court Monday - and has been .re- manded to March 23 for plea. Wiesner was picked up by police two hours after a vehicle passed. another _north-bound vehicle on the road between the - Kootenay. Columbia Co-op Society and the Brilliant Cul- tural: Centre, resulting in the. Passing | vehicle striking a The, pedestrian has been tenance, he said. Slocan Briefs Slocan . council . has” ex- pressed its appreciation ‘to the Nelson School District for its support. towards” the school board office which the village will obtain for a Medical Clinic. oe eee Construction ‘is undérway on sidewalks on Harold St. from: the W. E. Graham ‘School ‘to opens nightly at 7 p.m. at Stanley Humphries Secondary. School under. the scrutiny of festival adjudicators Buzz Bense and Nancy Harris. Winners at the festival will reach the first level of a series . of competitions leading ultimately to the Dominion Drama Festival Finals. I ‘Tonight's entries ‘are: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (L. V. Rogers High School, Nelson); Six Sketches (David Thompson Sec. School, Invermere); Stand and ‘Deliver (Kinnaird Jr.. Sec. School, Castlegar); King of the Castle (Stanley Humphries Sec.’ School, Castlegar). ; Featured tomorrow night. are: A ‘Pretty Row of Pretty Ribbons (Stanley Humphries); Let Me Hear You Whisper (L. V. Rogere): ‘The Marriage Proposal (Ly V. Rogers). 1 (Stanley Humphries); The Box rado Market. * * * Acchain link fence has been . put around the’skating rink for a tennis court. a es * The Emergency Program : : Bylaw No. 313 has been eiven, * the fi nal: ae . Ald, Gordon Clacke has ac- cepted the position of Civil Defence Coordinator : for. Slo: can. x Nearly’ one-third. of the * money ‘spent by the Regional District of. Central Kootenay « goes to. administrative costs, Castlegar mayor Audrey Moore charged Tuesday. Moore ‘told. the Castlegar News: the ‘combined’ costs’ of running the. RDCK™board ‘of ‘ . directors, operating the RDCK building “and* paying salaries, fringe. | benefits and office: ex- penses for. the. RDCK admin- ‘istration amount to, $298,980 of the $942,337 in the proposed basic budget... “The running “of. the office amounts to $96,000 for bank charges, © telephones, station- ery, memberships,in organiza- tions, janitorial services, feasi- bility. studies, conferences and delegations and grants in aid,” the mayor, said. “It costs: the: Moore on /RDCK Budget Administrative Cost $300,000 “hoard $75,900 to operate’ ‘sti pends for the directors, Canada Pension, insurance, stationery, ‘supplies, travel expenses, con- ferences and delegations.” ““The administrative costs, ‘as far’ as.1 can. determine, + inelude salaries for'the treasur- “the regional district,’ Moore said. ‘ : “We get charged for -plan- ning: but _we. don't" use the © _ planning service; andthe. gar- bage/ service is extra to. that - $60,000 figure,” she said..“We * get accounting service for. Rec- reation. Commi No..1, we ‘er,: the” Yand executive ‘secretary .and ‘charges for office supplies and ‘office equipment’ rental, ‘amounting to $145,000." “I think that’s indicative of a high cost of administrating the’ tax. dollar’ collected,” she ‘said..“I would not like to think ‘that the city operates with that ‘ get”. The City of © - Castlegar contributes aver $60,000 to the, ‘administrative cost of running ind of an administrative. bud- get accounting service for the Castlegar Complex Commission and we get borrowing bylaws © f for the city through the Muni- | Finance Authority.” MT think that's a’ small re- _turn.to the taxpayer for. over $60,006" paid in.”, + The'$942,337 figure repre- sents :the: basic budget ‘re-’. maining. after. the -$1,082,467 ‘funding for recreation and the $545,833 in debenture debts— neither of which is spent by the RDCK—are* subtracted’ from the dverall $2,570,637 RDCK budget, Moore said. Contacted Wednesday morning by ‘the Castlegar News, RDCK » administrator. Gene Bodard said the proposed budget has not yet been given a ©: reading-and is still incomplete in certain areas. He. said’ the costs of operating ‘the RDCK office and the board of directors are not involved in the cost of "administrating the regional dis- trict. ° “This. year. $111,000" has been levied for the identified as Lorne P. Kalesnik- off,'14, of. Brilliant. Police say the youth, who was taken to the Castlegar and District t Hospital, was dead’ on arrival. : The’ vehicle: was located . approximately two hours after the incident with the aid of the’ Castlegar CB-Radio Club. NCO V/C of Castlegar de- ° tachment Sgt. T. J. Bomba has: publicly thanked ‘the members of the club which he said readily. ; and ably assisted the local de- tachment members in locating. the vehicle involved in the fatal accident. As:-a_ result, says, the commanding officer, many hours of valuable investigative “time -was saved.-and- is an example of unsolicited coopera- tion. aon A Year Ago Headlines from: the front page of the Castlegar News of March 18, 1978, = Selteteke wick Physical Edweation Centre Opens for Gen, Use” Schsol ta No: 9 Outlines Next, , Year's Building | Peer Kootenay-Columbia Child Care | Society Re-Elects Norm Wolfe :.¢) As Board President): ©: ; ie Siete CanCel Workers Accept | © .: Report ‘ tion,” Bodard said. “That rep- resents a tax of less than two- thirds of a mill. That's a cost slightly in excess of one cent per day to the average tax- payer to pay for the administra- tion of the regional ‘district.” i * i ‘7-Man Jury Rules Out ~ Negligence or Fault in Death O1 Pass Creek Woman caatlegee Airport ‘caine Tower Operational Soon