Se el de Cee ea eee ee 6 Day CASTLEGAR NEWS, October 22, 1980 een nee PRESS OF A BUTTON by B.C. ' Don Phillips, started up eae Pearse ep een ciney Bs se riece bate « ‘Open letter | Back into action 's minister of industry and small business development, , Pr i fi, S.A" new zinc: production + 90H Li The "Cuuiiter Attack Drinking ’ Driving’ ‘group of Stanley Humphries Second- ary School -has'.again been , formed and have'already be- gun carrying out activities to inform the student popula- tion and people of the com: munity of the dangers and serious consequences of drinking and driving, Since, i977: when the New Denver arena opens ‘November 3 The New Denver arena.: Equipment _ breakdow; and lack of. money hi » threatened this. vital ope ‘ation, however, | recontl; in members of the New, Cc Clup si courage the Public to Help get drinking off the road, and Lae 5 , was there has, been on a prov. ince-wide average a reduc- tion of 120° deaths, 2,460 fewer injuries and $53.5- million -saved in societal ‘eosts, 99) luvs 7 y Stanley Humphries Sec- ondary © students" are con- cerned —‘wWe wantto make this one'of the''safest com- munities‘ in' which to‘live — and this-can’ only be done through: ‘ear ap erase’ thit ‘old ‘belief — ‘it'll never ‘Happen ‘to. me.’ We know it can because we have seen it -happent.- This year the provincial CounterAttack’aim is to En- Community TV CABLE WEST 10 COMMUNITY ACCESS TV Th y Night Schedule process at Cominco's Trail y" is part 9 Op: ig of the process of checking out all of she. sompgpents in equipment to make certain everything in a new plant ‘is:in working orden To tke'right in this picture is-A.V. (Marc) Marcolin, Cominco ‘group Vicespretiddyt fo B.C., who was described by Phillips at o post-ceremiony luncheon as the “kingpin” in the company’s $425 million modernization program. The mini also singled Castlegar out in his remarks as an area community “with a great future.” Phillips | sonnel responsible for the new plant onda the of Western Canada, : id tribute to all Cominco per- as an important one for all —CosNews Foto by Burt Campbell Canada pension: plan Report submy By MARLENE ORTON OTTAWA (CP) — A final report outlining recom- mendations for the refinanc- ing of the Canada Pension Plan is to. be submitted * shortly to the government, a federal pension official says. However, Robert Allen, pension “that ‘thé. plan-is al review Branch,” would fot give details on the report, the last of three prepared by a continuing committee of fed- eral-provincial deputy fi- nance ministers, and said it will not be made public, . . Allen was commenting on the future of the national pension plan, an issue raised earlier in the Commons by two opposition MPs following the recent statement by a pension expert that the plan will be bankrupt by the end of the century. Progressive Conserva- tives James McGrath of Newfoundland‘and Pat Now- lan of Nova Scotia sought _ assurances the government is doing something to ensure that future pensioners will not be short-changed. Douglas Frith, parlia- Ra ra More im $14 bi is owed by the provinces, most by Ontario. Quebec does not parti- cipate in the plan, although its Quebec Pension Plan op- erates in a similar fashion. © A report this year by J.J. MacDonell, the former auditor-general, revealed million’ Short “of t needed to pay all future benefits of current and form-- er contributors, SEES PROBLEMS The government has suggested that contribution rates will have to be in- creased to cover the rising cost of the payments, which will exceed contributions by 1985. i As well, government in- come security experts esti- mate the plan will be ex- hausted about the year 2000 if no changes are made. Frith told the Commons on Monday that when the plan was set up, it was recognized that changes in rates would have to be made. Pension officials say the provinces and Ottawa are working on planning these ft mentary tary to Wel- fare Minister Monique Begin,- told the Commons that the special financial i delicate changes. For example, contribu- has been meeting since 1977 to discuss changes needed in the next five years, “We are convinced that some changes have to take place over the next five years, and-we are well on top of this,” said Frith, MP for” the Northern Ontario riding of Sudbury. PLAN PAYS $244 The bit i ’ Social notes ts MRS. H. JOHNSON 365-8294 Mr. and Mrs. M. ‘Kar- chyski of Kelowna were in town over the weekend visit- ing cousins, Ruth Townsend and Emily Kulchyski. peer ee Mrs. J. Donnan returned home ‘Wed of last employer plan was estab- lished in 1966 and pays a .maximum for 1980 of about $244 a month to contributors and their survivors in addi- tion to the old-age pension paid to everyone over 65 years. Current contributions — 3.6 per cent of earnings up to certain limits — raise about $3 billion a year. The amount not needed to pay benefits is loaned to the provinces at favorable interest rates based on the percentage of contributions from their residents. week after spending a week in Oyama visiting her family, Mr. and Mrs. David Donnan and family. Coa Rare Lear Y MATINEE: ESTIMATED LAUGH COUNT (287) | 410 City + Highway, Starts Sunday (FE poe WILLIE NELSON 703 pm tted soon tion. rates can be changed only. with the agreement of two-thirds of the provinces with a total of two-thirds of the country's population. And changes would take several, years to come ‘into effect. As well, the federal gov- ernment is anxiously.seeking ut $95'"refortns’ “Ih... private-sector je" amount’- pensions, alter more than 15 reports from governments, industry and advisory organ- ‘izations have recommended urgent improvements. * Five-car 5:30—Five-day outlook’ on the weather. * : 5:40—Castlegar Library ; storytime. 6:00—Exploring the Maze — "Part 2 of a series on learning disabilities, This program in- eludes Nick ‘Parsons, learning’ assistance teacher, from Robson, followed by Marianne Frostig, PhD, author and director of the Marianne Frostig Center of Educational . Therapy, Los Angel- es, e 3 6:45—USCC Youth Festival — Series continues with the Salmo and Brilliant choirs, as well as a sixtet from Brilliant. 7:15—Union of B.C. Mu- ic Bleipalities AGM — “continues, with? Bill "v e fdiscuss- citizens to call the ampaigning to” they are public local RCMP jf they see a drinking driver on the road. = From time to time throughout the year students will be distributing . infor- mation to the public in shopping areas of our city, at police - roadblocks and through articles published in the Castlegar News. We would like to see more adults of the community involved and assisting us. a If you are interested o: would like one of the group to discuiss the program or set up a display please call our sponsor teacher, Mrs. M. Wallace at Stanley Hum- phries Secondary School. Thank you for taking the time to read the article. We hope you will think, before you drink and drive. CounterAttack Group of Stanley Humphries Arena Committee voteily pool | their... resources {/ The Community Cl ganizes New Denver's ann’ Mayday celebration and uge: the profits from that week. end to maintain and.operate thé Bosun Hall. Those funds’: will also be used to pay. for necessary repairs to the ice’ Plant so the arena can open ° Nov, 3. : Barry Buchanan is'‘head- ing a hiring committee in search of a new arena man- ager. : Earl Nygaard or Creigh- ton Smith are asking ‘that volunteers for work bees contact them. The committee is offer- ing kitchen facilities to any- - one interested on’a monthly rental basis. The committee expects it will be kept open: as a-refreshments stand dur- ing all important hockey games and public activities, Bev Casely or Kathy Wiens are contacts. e Secondary School, John P. Hendren service Monday. Service was held Mon- day morning from the Castle- gar Funeral Chapel for John (Jack) Ponfield Hendren, age 63, of Castlegar, who died Thursday of last week. Mr.,Hendren was born: | Oct. 14, 1917 in Winnipeg, Man. He was raised and edu- cated in Meadow Lake and Prince Albert, Sask: . « He served in the RCAF, obtaining the rank of officer. Upon his return to civilian life, he studied at the Uni- versity: of Saskat He is survived by his wife, Anna; two sons, James’ Garth of Edmonton and Wil-: liam John of Regina;. one brother, Gordon of Ottawa; and five grandchildren. Rev. Des Carroll offi- ciated. Cremation followed the service. Funeral arrangements . were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chap- el. ; Should « friends . desire, . 7 be adi to. ing the Planning Act. — Energy for B.C. in the’ 80's — a seminar with Bob McClelland: - collision near local airport ‘A five. vehicle accident Monday evening on Highway 3A near the Selkirk College- Castlegar Airport junction resulted in five persons taken to Castlegar and- District Hospital with undetermined injuries. All were later re- leased. Police report a vehicle driven by Sam Konkin .col- lided with three. parked ve- hicles. Another vehicle at the scene lost control as a result of the first incident. |. Operators of the other vehicles have been identified as Cynthia Chernoff, William Mazey, Marlene Popoff and Sandra Jackson. All the Castlegar area residents. -Total damages have been estimated at $13,300. The incident is still un- der investigation. Police say. charges are pending. ‘ a ..) to Selkir' PAINTING: Artist Brian Scott will give time: '€:00 p.m. College of Art. at 421 - 13 Avenue (the TAX& ESTATE PLANNING: Is Nov. 29. COURSE IDEAS: We are beginning to plan Program that you think find the foll LOCAL HISTO! PIONEER YEARS. Burdette White will pe paintings on Friday evening, Oct, 24 in Roam G-17, Bi Co-sponsored by the Emily Carr ADULT LEARNING CENTRE: Need English language instruction? Want to improve your skills in .reading, writing, spelling, math or general sclence? Drop into the Adult Learning Centre through Thursday for a chat with the instructors Mar- vin Work and Judy Cameron or phone 365-8003. We are in the early stages af planning this. Our in- structor is Henry John, C.A, The date of the workshop Hi you any suggestions? Are you qualified to teach a others in our community. Please give us a call. Do you RATION FOR MARRIAGE IGRAPHY HOW TO STOP SMOKING, TRACING YOUR ANCESTORS RY: THE HORSE IN CASTLEGAR AUDOBON WILDLIFE FILM: ‘Vanishing American Wildlife, studies of the Desert Slender Salamander, Alosko’s Grizzly Bear, the Grey Wolf and Florida Manat the Main Lounge of the College, Nov. 4at 8 p.m. QOVOOQDO000 Coming Soon k College g free public lecture on his Portuguese Hall) Monday our winter program., Have would enrich the lives of. sonally narrate his film “" The film includes in ree, OR. JENSEN'S Please note the worksho; paces available at the door. p is full. There will be no OOOO OCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOCOOOO Selkirk College, Costegar. Craig Andrews, Coordinator. ©OOOQOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOHOHOOOOOOO In 11970, Mr. Héhdren moved to ‘the Cancer.Fund, Box 2292, - Castlegar, B.C, ‘COMPLIMENTARY ' FLOWERS FOR THE LADIES - We'll Be Giving Away A COMPLIMENTARY RAFT RIDE : FOR2 up the Thompson River ($500 Value) : TODAY! ROCK! NEW WAVE! COUNTRY a WESTERN! RIS | Calendar expects to open on Nov. 3.).'3. 5 _ Painting Workshop ‘by Brian ‘Emily Carr College of Art Outreach tion must be made by Oct, 14th Bite teh by : An exhibit of Photography by Dect. egular meeting of the Castlegar ‘and District Community Arts Council to be held in the Kinnaird: Library at 7:80 Pm Yeon * : : © \Nov. 6, 7, 8 — Annual Fall Art Exhibition of work ‘by the Trail Art Club to. be held in‘ the ‘Tadanac Hall 2-6 and 7-10 p.m. daily. : . . . Nov. 14 — Kaleidescope Theatre ‘presents a . dramatic, production’ “About Free. Lands" in conjunction with the ‘show at thé National Exhibition Centre. This FREE presentation about western expansion will take‘ place in the main lounge at Selkirk College and is sponsored by the NEC. A marvelous opportunity to experience professional theatre enacting Canadian history at, ‘no charge. Show starts at 8 pm. 7 Soe * # Nov.-21, 22 — Sixth annual Christmas Craft Fair sponsored by the Blueberry Recreation Commission ot be held at the Castlegar Community Complex. Contact Lynda Carter now for booth: space. at 365-9226. : : thie “8 « z No — Mammoth Art and Antique Auction to be hell at‘the NEC from 1 to 4 p.m, ! se 6 : “Nov. 30 + Dec. 7 — The Printmobile is coming _, to Castlegar. . * . ». «West Kootenay. craftspeople are invited to + participate in a quilt display to take -place at the “NEC March 16 to April 15, 1981. Contact, Arlene Qmmundsen' ‘or Dorothy Miller-Tait for more information. ‘|. es * * * Please renew your membership to the Com- munity Arts Council at either Library or at Carl's Drugs in the Castleaird Plaza, Items for thls bi-monthly feature should be telephoned to Mrs. D. Miller-Tait of the Castlegar and District Community Arts Council at 365-7850. ( 5 Ae Sponsored by Castlegar Savings: Writ i General's prize for poetry for 1979. The Toronto writer also ter Audrey Thomas-will read won’ the’ award ‘in (1970, for “The Collected the Kid,” journalist Works of Billy i uy ‘the Uni. “Almon's .' jammer. and short story. writer ‘will. read. ‘Her most recent book, an account of Ukrainian settlement in western Canada, Her visit to the Kootenays will include a reading on Nov. 8 at the Art Folks Home in South’Slocan: “On Nov. 14, fiction wri- at DTUC from “Latakia,” her most recent novel. Her pre-. ‘vious works. include ,Songs My Mother Taught: Me" and., “Mrs,,’, Blood.?,, Thomas, a: ‘Vancouver author, ;svill also read Nov. 123-ataj Selkirk ‘ College in Castlegar., From » Nav. 10:to 14 she will conduct os--.' a Workshop at DTUC on writ- “ing ‘autobiographical. fiction. >: All readings in the series are open to the public.,— fb shoe Sturgeon evident here * 4.24 to25 inch carcass of a sturgeon was pulled from the Columbia Rivor Sunday evening approximately ‘two miles from:the Hugh Keen- leyside Dam. It was brought to the attention of a Robson resi- dent who said there has been a great deal of seagull activity on the river which appeared duo to some dead fish appearing. These she said were mostly white -fish and squawfish, * “It was the activity of “ the seagulls,” she said “that lead to the finding of the sturgeon,” SPB ORS . District: conservation of- ficer Wayne Campbell said it ds not uncommon to find sturgeon -in these waters. They can still be fished but require a special permit, These are issued to a holder ofa valid fishing licence at no extra charge.’ ‘ Approximately. 50 -per- mits are issued a year with CASTLEGAR NEWS, me 22,1980 i ra / Sy i uts its oil. still neenenn .20 per-cent :) ABIDJAN, IVORY = COAST (REUTER) '— Ni . : gerla, one of the pighest-= * priced oll exporters, cut its:= oll output by 20 per cent last = month because of a glut on = the world market, reliable = Nigerian oil sources _re-: about 16 sturgeon cat ht an- nually, v a py “Seventy. ‘per, cent. of, these are below the Keenley- side Dam while the rest are at Waneta and the Pend d'Oreille,” he said. lathe ‘ot :Hon. barrels ‘a - to 163. Campbell,.who'picked up ‘million followed pry = the dead. Tuesday: a; among said the biologist eould not: of the Organization of Petro- :; determine the cause of dea um, Exporting Countries to = because,'the state of theyntrim output and reduce the = carcass, ut. . ange: 1 year MICKER. | “E.P. SALES .. :. Waneta Rood, Trail ; 200 yd. past Schneider's 28 868-8512 6 * ‘Wai by Don, Dobson’ of of divisic Survey of Canada. - Dobson describes his work as ‘collecting’ “historical information:’ He says Water Survey of Canada collects and publishes 3a information on various ‘rivers and lakes ith.650 to:700 testing stations in the dcific Yukon Region: The information is published and ayailable to everyone a rough Water Survey of Canada, Room ry 1 West Pender Street, Van-- Fr: B.C. It is.imainly used for lsmestic water, flood'control, irrigation ‘and industrial requirements, ire 3. ~CasNewsFote by Lele Hughes 511 Vernon St., Nelson : _ j Vi a No Cover Charge Mon. thru Thurs. or before 9 p.m. Fri. & Sat. Watch For More Nightly Events BIG DADDY'S TONITE 511 Vernon St., Nelson “The Night Clb with the Chai Atmosphere” water level, information and stream flo _ Maintenance only after breakdown EDMONTON (CP) — It the trend toward reduced’ ¢, Volunteers | for crime © prevention " VANCOUVER (cP) — takes an if break- *,down':before some naviga- ‘Transport Canada "We're operating within a ‘reasonable levelof safety +» but we're riding close to the. line lems,” ; sai gional manager of planning _ ‘and: programing for. Trens- Canada. in Ed: port hr, re. Rohr: said. Transport . Canada’s westérn region has -injallowable 5690 © from= 4° mn last three: had a*reducti man-yeara=to:—E 1,780 during the years... tl °~ “Not‘only have we lost -that, but we've had (traffic) ° growth of maybe-45 per cent in’, some areas. over those three years; We have dif- ficulty keeping up.” . play larger roles.in British That is, the feeling of Norman Brown, 87, the prov- ince’s first full-time crime- prevention co-ordinator, ap- pointed in September by the B.C. Police Commission, : “The police can only'do so much — you have to have he and imp . equipment have reduced ‘the tronic navigational aids at low-volume ‘ airports ‘in tthe West. © 2 >; A recent. ada Aviation Council of Can- ada said it may be necessary . Ro! to reduce operating hours at. smaller airports. _ Rohr said: there are no” immediate safety concerns, but problems could develop if need for. maintenance in some asa partner,” he says. 3 ae aN Brown areas, prob- Jem. exists. $:: “Right'now we're not at 8 point that concerns me’... * . but at the maintenance end it’s a double-sided problem,” hr said.:“We're short of -man-years for the’ mainten- + ance work we have and we're having a hard time getting - People even for the man- years we do have.” Z _ atid be liaison officer for B.C.’s police’ forces. He said police do not have all-the re- sources necessary for crime- prevention programs and the |. community — through’ vol-" unteers — will have to make |: programs work. ei He compares crime pre- vention’ with preventative medicine. . “You have to look at |..° your: i (Police Briefs 7 A-\New,. Denver man, * David :;Mark,..has . been‘ charged. with. speeding and with not-wearing a seat belt: following \a‘. single ‘vehicle accident Tuesday on High- way 3A°11 km. north of | Castlegar..°.). . PERE . ‘The’ Mark:. vehicle. was south bound when‘it went out of control travelling over a slight, bank and rolled over landing back on its wheels, Damage to the 1977 van has been estimated at $3,500. No injuries were reported. i * Loe Police yesterday were still irivestigating a hit: and run accident which occurred on Thursday of last week on Columbia Avenue. at Tenth Street.) * «|. ; . ‘The driver of the victim: vehicle suffered. neck injur- ies. In an earlier report police had stated a suspect-Vvehicle , had been seized for examin- « ation. ‘ * “. The break and entry at.” the Castlegar Golf Course reported Satufday is pres- ‘ ‘ently being actively investi- gated by local RCMP, Police say. several golf = 7 wanis - SKATE-A-THON . Sat., Nov. 8 PLEDGE WHEN ASKED club cart shops were entered and carts taken for a joy ride on the course. toe ANY, L ore * . Over the weekend local police ‘investigated 42 com-_ plaints © resulting: in three “drivers. being charged for idriving while impaired, three minors ‘being found in pos- session of liquor and eight liquor seizures made. . * * There was an estimated | $2,600 damage Friday to a 1978 Buick driven by Pamela Veller, 21, of Castlegar after it left the road and struck a - ditch. on vss Weller received. minor head injuries; The matter is and” see. where the problem might arise. You don't wait for the spot to show up on the x-ray. In crime prevention you are |. attempting to pay the bill now because it’s a heck of a lot more to pay for it later.” . _ Brown ‘would like the. police to come to him, with any new crime-prevention programs. - fs WOODEN SHOE] _ RESTAURANT -® Dutch Atmosphere © International Culsine Mon. - Fri. 6.0.m. to Midnight. 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