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SPRING DANCE
On saturday, April 30 at 9 p.m., Nordic Hall, Midnight
lunch, Music — “Rimshot". Everyone welcome. tickets ‘at
Regional Recreation or phone 365-3226 or 365-3842, Spon-
sored by Blueberry Recreation Society, 74

ROBSON EVENING GROUP
Coffee party, Thursday, April 28, 10 a.m, to noon, Robson
Community Memorial ‘Church Hall. Baking, White
Elephant Table, Food Hamper Drow and Door Prize,
Everyone welcome. 2/33

Iniroductory talk wll be Hens Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m,
at the Community Services Centre, Suite No. 4, 1215 - sr
St., Castlegar.

INTERNATIONAL ORDER ¢ OF 1085
HTERS BET!
Lilac-Toa and Bake Sel Saturday, April 30, 2 p.

P.m. at the Legion Hal
Bethel and Council members,

SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
Are having a Spring Tea, Bake Sale and Bazaar on Friday,
April 29, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m, Admission 75¢. Door prizes
own, 2/33

bape uas bial IN EDUCATION

Parents a
program designed 4 severe a flexible gai en-

vironment to meet individual needs, call.Linda at br

3463 before April 28.

FLEA MARKET ANo. BAZAAR
On Saturday, April 30 at 10.a.m., Pass Creek Fire Hall, Alf
Crossley Art Raffle, Russian “Specialties and Baking.
Everyone welcome, For mare inlormatlon call 265-6035 of
365-5826. Proceeds to Pass Creek- Volunteer Fira Depar-
iment. © 3/32

Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit

organizations’ may be listed here. The first 10 words are «

$3 and additional words are 12€ each, Boldfaced words
(which must be used for headings) count as two words.
There is no extra charge for a second consecutive Inser-
tion while the third consecutive Insertion is half-price.
Minimum. charge is $3 (whether ad is for one, two

three times), Deadlines are 5 p.m. Thursdays for Sunday's
poper and 5 p.m. Mondays for Wednesday's paper.
Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197

Columbia Ave.
co M yu NITY ;

pam, -4
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BUSES-IN-WAITING . .'.Two buses. marked ‘Premier

‘Bill Bennett’ were the only
1s got of the Social Crodit

qiimprs Castlegar residen-

ler's entourage during

his brief

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| PRINCE GEORGE (CP) —
if Premier Bill Bennett was

“moved -.to \tears during, a:
a good record, “if you (Social *

Credit). know.what you are.
” saying‘ls better for labor ‘and

speech Monday night, ““It’
the’ first time in this’ cam-

record,” NDP. leader’ Dave:
Barrett ‘said Tuesday: night.

“At least he's in tears — a.
‘ greater portion of the pop-

ulation is in tatters because
of his 3 record,” Barrett said to
"

Ai
nett later spre dicing a vee in Nelson.

ly. Ben-

+ CowNews Phata by Phil Calderbank

Man pleads

KELOWNA (cry A man
who said he'd “vote for the
devil” if it would get him in
hospital for surgery to ‘repair
a painful pinched disc asked
Premier Bill Bennett Tues-
day to-personally intervene

in his case because he was fed -

up with using painkillers. ~

The man was the second
person to confront Bennett as
the premier. visited his cam-
paign office in nearby ‘Rut-
land. Moments earlier, ‘2
woman who said her husband.
had betn waiting since Oc-
tober for critical heart sur-
gery pressed a letter into the
premier’s hand asking for
help. =

The woman later told re-
porters her husband had ‘90
per cent blockage of the
heart and she was:concerned

| that other heart patients had

received surgery before p her
ailing husband.
“I don't blame anyone...

but, someone's. got: to help

- us.”

* The Social Credit govern-
ment has been under. con-
siderable attack. from  hospi-
tal unions, doctors and other
groups over reduced hospital
funding, which “has forced
bed closures at some hos-
pitals,and increased already.
lengthy: waiting _ for elec-
tive:  eurgery.

Clem-Quessy, who injured

his back while working as a

telephone: lineman and was

hobbling’ around the cam-
paign office on crutches and
in obvious pain, said he had
been waiting two months for
surgery that had been can-
celled at least once because of
a lack of beds. :

““You ‘wait and wait, and

- wake up night and take pain-

killers,” he said. “I'm fed up

with that. I'm not the type to
* ‘live on painkillers.

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. Projects

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in limbo.

KAMLOOPS (CP) — In-
vestors with billions of dol-
lars to pour into B.C. are
awaiting the outcome of the.
May 5 provincial election,
Industry. Ministry Don Phil-
lips said Tuesday.

Phillips said there were
“millions of dollars worth of
projects on. the drawing
board” held in limbo until it's
known which party will

- form the, government.

While Phillips ‘would’ not
release any company names

ordetails, he said most will:

only invest in British Col-
umbia if there is a Social

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B.C. Soermment, © Debt
The Socred debt has grown

from $4 to $14 billion. in 7- short

years. Let’s look at some of the

public assets Bill Bennett has

pawned to _ foreign

lenders since 1976.

money

Buildings

Colleges & Universities =

Ferries .
Hospitals
Transit

B.C. Place
Computers
Billy Bonds

Hydro
Rail
Operating Deficit

0
Whistler Land Co. Ballout 0
$3,000

$500
U1)

Interest alone on the Socred debt
costs taxpayers $1.2 billion annually
in taxes and user fees. That’s $1.2
billion not available for essential

care and tax relief. A New Democrat
government. will end - this Socred .
fiscal madness and build for B.C.'s
economic future..

for: surgery

“T want him « (Bennett) to
say if there. are going: to be
any improvements... Why
should people-like us have to
wait to get in (to hospitals).
We want to get better, get
back on our jobs and be pro-
ductive, not sitting around on
our duffs.”

‘Although he was Sreastag a
Bennett button and said he
had always -.voted - Social
‘Credit, Quessy said he want-
ed answers from the premier
and would look at’an alter-
native candidate if he didn’t
get the response he wanted.

“I wanted to find out if
possible could he answer me,
is he going to do something
about it or is it just going to
be another political overtone.

When Quessy finally cor-
nered Bennett, the. premier
listened to his problem and
then called. in Hugh : Fitz-
patrick, a Kelowna General
Hospital: board trustee who
was at the campaign office.
“We're going to make sure
you're looked after,” said
Bennett.

Fitzpatrick said he would

look into the matter. He ad-
mitted there was.a waiting
list at the hospital, “but as
you can well appreciate that’s
the way hospitals work.” |

Quessy said later he would
probably ‘still , vote Social
Credit, “but right now I'ma
little bit disappointed fs the
system.”

Fewer voters
are registered

VANCOUVER (CP) — Fig.”

: ures released by the regis-
. trar of Voters show there are

66,000 fewer people reg-
istered this year in Vancou-
ver, Burnaby, New Westmin-
ster and the North Shore

compared with the last see ‘ridings. outside Greater Van-

tion,

Spokesmed for both major
Parties say they - suspect
Many people were missed.

“The lists are not in good
shape,” said Joe Denofreo,
campaign director for the
NDP. Tuesday. “There's go-
ing to be just bedlam on elec-
tion day.”

“There's going to be- long
lineups and there's going to
be frustration and anger.”

The registrar of ‘voters,
Harry Goldberg, says he

thinks the numbers were too
high in the last election:
“We chalked it up to the
fact there were a lot of. re-
dundancies (in the 1979 list),”
said Goldberg.
However, in’ a majority of

couver the total registered
this year is higher than in
1979,

Goldberg said the 1983 list
is “much cleaner than the '79
list. You. have to remember
that there had-been no enu-
meration for over 35-years.”

The biggest discrepancy
between registration figures
this year and in 1979 is in
Vancouver-Point Grey,
where the total is down more
than 14,000.

from a

-packed ' 800-seat. auditorium

on the, boundary of two rid-
ings held’ by Social: Credit in
the last ‘house. .
Public accounts show it
cost taxpayers’ $900' for a:

. makeup job on Bennett for a

television appearance,’ “and
even then they couldn't get it
right,” Barrett said to -the
delight of the highly-; partisan
crowd. °

“Pancake makeup and pan-)
cake” breakfasts: do not a
policy - make. . Barrett's
speech, punctuated by: jab-
bing fingers and’ gesturing
arms,: was frequently inter-
rupted by loud spplause and
shouted comments of support
for the NDP and criticism of
the’ Social Credit ‘govern:
ment,

A’ soup kitchen. Barrett
visited Monday in Terrace “is

. ‘a'microcosm of the: problems

throughout’ B.C.,”" he ‘said,

and it is disgraceful that ©

Bennett can make a flip com-
ment about the situati

vision debate! ‘Barrett said

that if Bennett and the Social
edit government have such

business, then why not come
on television’and say, it?”
He’ returned to his, original

“themes ‘of improving. the fi-

nancial picture of health care
and education, saying that
Social Credit has been trying
to destroy both.” _°

\A'1,800-patient waiting list
at Prince George’ Regional
Hospital “is simply not fair 7.
he said.

» “We must not’ let ‘them
destroy: the medicare  sys-
tem," he said, ‘to an ovation,
when’ he referred confi-
dential Health Ministry docu-
ments, ‘leaked early in the

 .May,. & ‘provincial | election

campaign by, the NDP.

The documents showed
that proposals “had ' been
made to institute:a ‘substan:
tial fee-for-service.charge. :

Barrett also reiterated his
early theme.that the edu-
cation system has been under
systematic attack by the So-
cial Credit government.

“One year of teacher-bash- —
‘ing has‘ done more‘ damage

than'10 years of budget-eut-
ting could do,” he‘ said.
HITS BOARDS
“One year ‘of assaulting
school boards has left board
why

“Nobody’s going to provide
miracles or overnight solu-
tions,” he.said. “We all have
to work together to clean up
the mess.”

: Repeating that: he would

to meet Bennett in a tel

| Socreds

they ran for office.

“It has done almost ir-
reparable harm to students.”
Barrett repeated that an
NDP government would re-
store education funding to
1981-82 levels immediately. ©

decline

: policy statement

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Societ Credit party will ae
tell the B.C. Teachers’ Fed-
eration what its education
Policy is. .

The federation says it has
‘received policy statements
concerning education from
five political parties running
candidates in the May 5 elec-
tion — but the Social Credit
party is not among them.

Policy statements. were
received from the New
Democratic Party, the Green
Party, the Liberal party, the
Progressive: Conservatives
and the Western Canada

~ Cavicept, a federation release

But it ‘aid no statement
was received from the Social
Credit party, even -though
the federation had requested

one,”
7

Advance
polls noted

VICTORIA (CP) — Reg-
istered ‘voters in B.C. who
will be outside the’ province
on May & can cast their bal-
lots on April 28, .29 or 30,
chief ‘el officer Harry

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“In addition,” he said in'a
prepared release, “registered
voters who are disabled can
vote at an advanced poll in
order to avoid the congestion
of polling day.”

The release. said further .

information about. advance
polls can be obtained from
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“The Black: Hawks

or bust
By CasNews Statt
the Chicago Black Hawks haven't got- four more
dedicated fans in the world than four Castlegar men who
Grove 36 hours non-stop to watch their favorite team
, defeat the Minnesota North Stars for the Norris Division
championship.
Dwayne Glendinning, } Miteh’ Galloway, Rod Stowart
‘and Gord Semenoff piled into the front of a pick: up truck
at about 1’ a.m, Saturday, April 16, gassed up: at’ tho
Hilltop Service just outside of Castlegar, and headed out
for St, Paul, Minn, A apur-of-the:moment decision, the
quartet had no luggage and no‘ ‘change of clothes, |
: With only $40.in cash, but with, their wallets full of
credit cards, the foursome drove the 2,000 miles in 85
hours, arriving in St. Paul in time for the third game of
the best of sevenseries. | +

With all their cash gone, the four'gave some credit.

cards to a ticket scalper outside the arena as security for

the $40 he wanted for each of the four tickets to the game. he

They then headed into the arena, only to see .their
beloved Black Hawks drubbed 5-1 by the North: Stars.
Retrieving their credit cards from the scalper the
next day, they again paid. scalper Prlees! for: ‘Monday
night's exciting game, Chi leago be:
4-3 in overtime... - i
‘By this time the Castlegar foursome: were’ on ‘very

friendly terms with the scalper.°With the fifth’ game
scheduled back in Chicago, he put them up at‘his Chicago’

apartment and gave them free tickets for the Wed:

HOCKEY ‘SOUVENIRS «. ..: Fou! Castlager nacho
fans (from left) Dwayne! Glendinning, Mite
Galloway, Rod Stewart and Gord Semenoff, pose in
front of the pick-up ‘truck which they drove non.”

night match.-
-The Black Hawks won that game 52. on their home
ice, taking the seven-game series four games to one,

Ai ‘nna

di Ly Stowart and Semenoff
eae home Thursday morning; again driving the 2,000
miles in 35 straight hours and arriving in Castlegar at 10
a.m. this Saturday, April 23.

stop to Minnesota to watch their favorite team, the
Chicago Black: Howl in the NHL's Norris Division
—CosNews Photo,

Shaving off their seven-day beards and Peeeeee into
their first fresh clothes in a week, the hockey fans headed
for the West Kootenay Trade Fair '83 where friends

_ Suitably welcomed them home in the Bavarian Gardens.

Struggling to pay. the rent.

: OTTAWA (CP) — Almost apartments spent 50 per cent
12 per .cent of Canadian ‘or more of their income on

families renting homes or éhelter in 1981, say. census 3

data released: Tuesday by
Statistics Canada. .
Clearly, thousands of fam-

ilies were struggling to pay

life because of a combination
of low income and high: hous-

/ Recreation News

ing costs.

But about two-thirds of
renting families paid less
than 25 per cent of their

f

income on rent, heat and

for the other. necessities: of |

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[ POLITCAL FORUM

All Candidates

Thursday, April 28 — 7 p.m.

taney oe s Secondary School Gym"
720 . th Ave., Costlegar ”

A new season of ‘roller
skating starts Friday, April
29. We will be offering two
sessions each Friday night at
the arena-complex. Session
one is from 7 - 8:30 p.m.; ses-

- sion’ two- is from 9”

‘10:80 p.m. So get-out ious
rolfer skates and plan on gét-
ting some -fast-paced exer-
cise. Admission’ price is $1.

“ Skate rental-is $1.50.

‘ Bieyele Clinic. .

The Kids ‘Bieyele Safety
Clinic will be taking place on
Saturday, May 7 from 9 a.m. -
12 noon at the complex. The
clinic includes films, rodeo,
bike inspection, bike regis-
tration and traffic safety sta-
tions, +

Every child who partici-
pates in this clinic will re-
ceive a free hot dog and a pop
supplied by the Castlegar
Legion. As well they will

_ have a chance to win a

five-speed bicycle donated by
the Downtown —Business-
men’s Association. There is
no charge for this event but
pre-registration is necessary
by calling 365-3886,

workshop tuition, lunch, nu-
trition breaks, a T-shirt, a 4
km and 10 km fun run and
prizes. .
Qutdoor Activities
Anyone interested in out-
door activities- such as can:
ceing, hiking,

tend an organizational meet-
ing on Thursday, April 28 at

“7 p.m. in the conference room

pf the complex. For more. in-
formation call Rod at 365-
3386.

Summer Work
A ‘inder to all

skiing, cycling, ‘fishing, » vet.
and is interested in helping to
create. a..vibrant ‘outdoors
club in Castlegar, please at-

seeking summer employment.
with the Recreation Depart-
ment. Deadline for appli-.
cations is Friday.

utilities:_ Traditionally, pay-
ing 25 per cent of income on
shelter costs is considered an
acceptable level.

The average monthly shel-
ter, costs of renters were

The highest average
monthly rent in a province
was in Alberta, at $384, and
the lowest in New Bruns-
wick, at $252.

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The “For People on the
Run” running workshop is
returning to Castlegar for a
second year on May 18 and
14. Registrations for this
workshop are now being ac-
cepted at the recreation of-
fice. The fee is $25 and this

includes a banquet, fashion’

show, Friday night lecture,

Former
resident
dies

Former, Castlegar resident
Ines ‘Pagura passed away
Friday at the age of 89.

Mrs. Pagura was born
Sept. 15, 1893 in Italy and
came to Canada in 1920, set-
tling in Vancouver. She mar-
tied Frank Pagura on April
15, 1920 at Vancouver and
lived in Trail, Slocan City,
and ‘Castlegar, For. the past
14 years she has been at
‘Duncan, B.C.

Mrs. Pagura was a mém-
ber of St. Edwards Catholic
Church of Duncan. She is

For Those unable fo go fo the Polls on
Election Day — ‘call your local Social Credit
Headquarters for.information or rides to the

‘Advance Polls of April 28, 29 and 30, 365-8411.

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School District No. 9 willbe piloting a.
RUSSIAN KINDERGARTEN IMMERSION CLASS
beginning in September, 1983! ~

This Progfam will be open to EVERYONE. You DO NoT have
to speak Russian or come from a Russian background.

WHY STUDY ANOTHER LANGUAGE?

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disciplines that are applicable to any learning situation,

2. The disciplines and skills one learns beside the lonauege itself, will be
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CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 27, oii .
For the
record

An obituary notice on Deer
Park pioneer Henry Cecil
Coleman in the Sunday April;
‘24 edition of the Castlogar
‘News should have noted that
Mr. Colempn is survived by a
‘sister, Muzic M. Wires of |
Redwood, Ore., and was pre-
deceased by a brother,
Philip. . -

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“survived by one daughter, 3.
Nancy Michieli of Duncan,
seven grandchildren, seven
great-grandchikiren.

Mass of Christian burial
will be celebrated Thursday
at 10 a.m. from St. Rita’s
Catholic Church by Father
Michael Guinan, Burial will
follow in Park Memorial
Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of Castle-
gar Funeral Chapel.

Should friends desire mem-
orial contributions may be
made to the charity of their
choice. .

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