Td Ste rs ; TRIS a", tugboat of Kootenay Tugtoat Limited, Nelson, has been alter his wife. It is used to move the CPR barge between Slocan : beached at Slocan City for sandblasting and a new paint job. The tugboat was launched 21 years ago by Ivan Horrie and was named and Roseberry. —CasNewsFoto by Les Campbell Bridge Club Results Seven tables took part in First, Pauline Glover and Monday night's play at the Joy Etuka Cameron, 110; second, Keillor Bridge Club with the Cleada Bower and Agnes Charl- following results: ton, 108.6; third, Grace Donald- son and Jean Fischer, 101.5. East-West Average: 84, First, Stan Greenwood and Dave Kendrick, 107; second, Tan MacDonald and Otto Walk- er Jr., 87.5; third, Marilyn and Dave Cooper, 85.5. hel ju judge good quit ise “SHOES THAT MAKE AN IMPRESSION* FOR SAVAGE SHOES AND “ALL YOUR FAMILY FOOTWEAR + Phone 365-7025 — Pine St. — Castlegar : ! Welcome Service Held Monday For Kinnaird Resident Frank Bergen, 71, who for many years operated Bergen Nursery in Kinnaird, died on Wednesday of last week at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. Funeral service was. held Monday from the chapel of the Castlegar Funeral Home. A resident of this area since 1937, Mr. Bergen was born at Mennon, Sask. on Sept. 26, 1905 and was married in Rosetown, Sask. Mr. Bergen resided in Saskatoon before moving to Rossland in 1937. He was employed with Cominco and in 1948 moved to Kinnaird. He took an carly retire- ment due to ill health, following 29 years’ employment with Co- minco. He operated Bergen Norsery in Kinnaird unti! 1974. He had resided in New Denver since then. Mr. Bergen was 8 member of the Castlegar Apostolic Church. Surviving are his wife, Winnifred of New Denver, three daughters, Mrs. Danny (Joan) Law, Mrs. Fred (Phyllis) Goldsbury of Robson and Mrs. Bill (Kathleen) Berquist of Pass Creek, one son, Arthur of Win- law; 11 grandchildren; seven sisters and five brothers. Rev. R. Daum officiated at the service. Organist Mrs. Rita Sundvick played hymns “On- ward Christian Soldiers”, “Amazing Grace” and "Beyond ‘the Sunset”, with soloist Thor Sundvick singing “In The Gar- den”. Pallbearers were Daniel Law, Bill Berguist, Fred Golds- bury, Phillip Mark, Dennis Mark and David Mark with Sam Walker, Max Kurtz, Wilf Wilson and George Wilson as honorary pallbearers. Burial took place in Park Memorial Cemetery, Castlegar. Doriations may be made ta a Memorial Fund in care of the | Castlegar Apostolic Church or flowers gratefully received. “Castlegar Gunflower Fest Friday, Saturday, Sunday, July 22, 23, 24 50” Cool-Ray Polarold Sunglasses... Bain De Soleil Dark Suntan Cream) ‘anything... % i Funtime! With Sunflower Fest happening this weekend, make sure you're prepared for “Bronzetan Suntan Oils 90% New Denver Accepts Bids For Pumphouse Construction - New Denver's village coun- cil has accepted bids for the construction of a pumphouse for the community's stand-by water well and pump. Larry Grierson of Hills will build the structure and Gard- ner Electric of Nakusp will do the electrical installation, Total costs for the project including the pump and its installation by the village is expected to: be about $23,000. The money has" already “been, allotted in the village budget. The pumphouse will house * ’ tho second and strongest of the two wells drilled: in’ New Denver during the recent re- . constructign of the village water system, Located at the foot of Main St, next to. the ‘cenotaph grounds, the well produces 500 Crescent Valley Man Buried at Krestova — Many friends, relatives oa j Government in the Postal Ser- and funeral services for William Frederick Davidoff, 25, of Cres- cent Valley, Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning of last week, in the Shoreacres Com- munity Hall. Mr. Davidoff died acci- dentally July 10, Mr. Davidoff was born in Nelson, Nov. 9, 1951, receiving his early education in Crescent Valley and later in Burnaby. He also attended Simon Fraser University for two years. He was employed by the Federal vice in and later by Tri-Pac’ Lumbering in Slocan. He: is survived by’ his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davidoff of Crescent Valley; two brothers, Dave in, Vancouver and Leon at home; two sisters Mrs. Nina Zmaeff of Winlaw, and Mrs, Marcia Al- macy of Crescent Valley, Pallbearers were Sidney Maloff, Gary Davidoff, Leon Davidoff, Peter Hlookoff, John Chernoff and Harry Chernoff. Burial ‘was in Krestova Cemetery. UL 8. gallons per minute, three © times the village's normal re- quirements, ‘The initial well, now in operation, provides 175 g.p.m. enough to satisfy normal de- mand, The new installation will * serve as a-stand-by for fire calls and for excess demand. It will hot be brought ' Into regular operation as it is lower in the . ‘village system and consequent- ly entails higher pumping costs. ‘Fruitvale Man. _ Charged . - After Accident Local RCMP have charged Ron, -Yuzik’ of Fruitvale with failing to yield the right of way, after the 1973 Plymouth he was. driving struck a ‘1975: Volks- wagen driven by Connie Brown ‘ of Castlegar. The incident occurred Sun- day,. afternoon’ on Columbia Avenue:when the Brown car was coming off the Robson ferry. Total damage has bean estimated at $1,600, No injurfes have been reported. : Ny ‘Price Qsale e Ladies and Mon’ 's Sandals © Ladies Handbags Eremenko’s 1p XN FIT-RITE Shoes AN Summer Merchandise Up to Half Price. Long and Short Dresses, Loungewear, Sportswear and Sleepwear. Sun Dresses Bathing ‘ Suits & Cover-Ups 25" Fabric, Fabric, Fabrie . 100% 45, Polyester: Reg: S408: sessatte ets LESS oc .cccseee Printed Cotton Terry. Reg. $4.08... Pda Ra enn 50: _ Polyester. Cottons. 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Human Resources Minister : Bill, Vander Zalm has an- nounced approval of a $14,000 grant for the expansion of the Infant Development Program jto serve the Castlegar area, » The ‘program. will - serve , children from -birth to three . years identified as develop- “’mentally delayed in: one or more major skill areas, “We have found that when ? families in their own homes, the | changes for coping with handi- rf ‘ capped children are improved B : tremendously,” said Vander > Zalm, “The program provides a worker who makes home visits on a regular basis and offers » assistance to parents in caring for their handicapped child,” he said. fia ‘The program is being spon- sored by the Kootenay Colum- ~ bia Child Care Society in con- junction - with the. Koot services can be provided to, ver (Slocan Valley), Thrums, Castlegar-Trail, Rossland, .Fruitvale and’ Montrose. A local monitoring .com- mittee composed of profession- als: representing ‘each: of the major centres in this’ geograph- ic “area has’ been appointed, Members include Dr. Ciatsko, : pediatrician, and M. Thiessen, public health nurse from Trail; Peter Kosof, psychologist, and Betty Matthias, public health nurse from Nelson. : Castlegar will be repre- sented by Norma Collier, pre- school supervisor, Judy Pol- lard, preschool supervisor, and Jean Krug, physiotherapist. . . The Infant: Development. Program has been shown to be particularly effective in pro- viding needed early support to families with handicapped children. Children are enabled to develop to their full poten- tial, often times reducing or iminating the ne- KOOTENAY SAVINGS CREDIT UNION “-+ CASTLEGAR 365-3375 — SOUTH SLOCAN 359-7221 CASTLEGAR FITNESS CIRCUIT, a four:foot-wide track Society for the Handicapped Pe + (Castlegar Branch). The program is planned to serve an area within a 60-mile radius of Castlegar, including ~ Nelson, Nelson North Shore, Same, Slocan City, New Den- cessity for later, more special- ized care. - The Castlegar ‘services brings to 10° the, number. of Infant Development Programs sponsored by the ministry. of, + human resources in B.C. - Regional Licensing — Suggested for Banks B.C. Finance Minister. ., Evan Wolfe is urging additional {changes i in the federal Bank Act ‘including requirements that _ Rew banks be licensed under a . formula that looks after region- wale capital needs. and . that “'chartered: banks be bound by vatid provincial legislation. _ . Wolfe's proposals were contained in a recently released letter to Federal Finance Min- iister Donald Macdonald. - His comments followed the federal government's white paper on Canadian banking legislation which proposes revisions to the Bank. Act.expected-March 1978._ On’his proposal that new banks be licensed regionally, Wolfe said B.C; businessmen continue to complain about a failure of Canadian banks’ to meet their needs in supplying operating and capital funds. censed insofar as Your Annual Servicing | : 693- , 82t- 16th Ave., Genelia” they would only be permitted to grow outside the region to ~the extent that they - grew inside the region ona dollar-for- aller basis. “That would mean that, for “a bank licensed to serve B.C. to reach $500 million in assets, it would have to invest half. of that in the province,” he said. one-third of a mile long, ‘is shaping up. With a $8,500 grant to cover materials, wages and benefits, the track is being constructed by eight young men consisting of foreman Dan Nazaroff, Jeff Townsend, Mike Varabioff, David Kirby, Dan _McMullen, Dave Kanigan, Perry Samoyloff and Mike Navakshon- “off. Funded through Youth Canada Works Project and sponsored by Canada Manpower, the project began July 4 and is scheduled to be eamapla mid-, Aaiast ‘Here the crew continues to clear the track. Any fallen treea are utilized-in developing‘the various stations on the track which will include hurtles, a hang walk, leap frog, threeevel chin-up bar and a sit-up pit. There are to be eight stations. The Castlegar Fitness Circuit, located in the Kinnaird Park, is to be utilized by schools, sports associations and the public © aga whole. —CasNewsFoto by Lois Hughes As New Denver Office Faces Shutdown Forestry Future Still Uncertain Minister of forests Tom Waterland told concerned New Mid. Wells requesting ° as: “At the same time, we’ Eighteen signatures were Villages San the Upper and. Lower. Arrow Lakes in southeast British Columbia want lower taxes plus compen- * sation for low lake levels caused by B.C.. Hydro damming, Na- kusp mayor Ernie Harding said last week. Harding’s comments came after the Regional District of Central Kootenay voted last week to support the commun- ities’ claims for lower taxes. he communities: meet with Hydro this week and the four regional districts in the Arrow Lakes area meet with Jack Davis, minister of energy, transportation and communica- tions Sept, 22, Lake levels drop by up to 40 feet when water is drawn off. at Hydro's' Hugh Keenleyside Dam on the south end of the Lower Arrow at Castlegar. When the. water ‘levels drop, thousands of acres of mud and’ stumps are exposed and after drying out, dust storms blow as far north ‘as Revel- stoke, 30 miles from the north end of the Upper Arrow and 55 miles north of Nakusp. SERVICE... -—————---- Low-€ost-} Personal Loans- COMPLETE FINANCIAL INCLUDING | Parts of Nakusp, normally situated beside the Upper Arrow, are now one-quarter mile from the water. The situa- tion is similar at other lakeside villages of Burton, Fauquier and Edgewood. Water is often released for use along the Columbia River in the United States, Hydro will be paid about $26 million by the US. this summer fae 16 million acre feet of w: The tourist” Industry has been hit badly by the lower levels, said Harding. Visitors bring their boats to the valley but leave after finding launch ramps hundreds of yards from the lakes. “They have got to realize the damage they have done to this valley, and we have to ask for compensation.” “They (Hydro) took ad- vantage of the “people here when they first came in with the Columbia Treaty,” he said. “They -could make all - the Pfomises they wanted then, because they knew all those people were going to be dis. Placed.” September 6. ACCOMMODATION. REQUIRED Selkirk College students will again need housing In the Castlegar area for the 1977/78 year which begins “New banks should be Ii. ° Denver residents. early this’ month that the forestry office there may-be shut down, saying that=“decisions “affecting the” local: commiunity will only be made after careful evaluation of all considerations.” surance that the’ office would remain in New Denver. Mr. Waterland was unable to give that assurance. | “Because \ of ‘rising “costs” and ‘chatiging work loads, the district forester has been re- viewing the assignment of staff was ing - :to a petition of- names from the New Denver area gathered by and other the’ Nelson Forest District”, said the minister in his letter. have a consulting firm doing an in-depth study of the organiza- tion of the whole ministry. No action. will, be: taken ‘on any closures, : relocations: or new facilities. until this. study.:has . been..completed, .and I can . assure - you: that decisions af- fecting the local community will only be, made .-after careful evaluation”. Cominco Has Slipped Badly In This Year's Top 200 “ Cominco ranked 36 among Canada's top 200 companies in 1976, according to Canadian Business. magazine. The rank reflects sales on operating re- venue of $725,005,000 last year. Cominco ranked 29 in’ 1975. In terins of assets of $973,- * 205,000 Cominco ranked 21; and - in terms of net income. of $47,673,000 it ranked 26 last year. Cominco’s parent com- pany, Canadian Pacific, ranked . ~ fourth in 1976, unchanged from 1975. Its sales :were | $4,016,- 671,000 last year. - In terms of assets of $6, | 820,507,00 in 1976, Canadian Pacific ranked first among the top 200 companies. In terms of - net income of $190,424,000 it ranked fourth... a First among the top: 200 was General Motors of Canada followed by Ford Motor Co. of Canada and Imperial Qil. . Kaiser Resources ranked 104, down from 93 in 1975. Its sales last year were $262,890,- 000; assets $295,646,000 for. rank 76; net income $52,387,000. for rank 25. Canadian Cellulose ranked 198, down from 135 in 1975. Its sales last year were $177,612,- 00; -assets $182,894,000.- for rank 105; net income $14,595,- 000 for rank 81. Among Canada’s second 200. companies, Cominco-con- trolled Pine Point Mines ranked 265, down from 227 in 1975. Its sales Jast year were $85,972,- 000; assets $58,521,000 for rank 0, _ DON'T WAIT! enclosed with the petition to the minister, a copy of which was also sent to MLA Bill King. Other petitions: -have ~ been circulating ‘as well, Concern was. aroused in the community when it was an- nounced earlier this year that retiring dese Cliff. ut opp. was not to be replaced. ry you have a basement sulte, apartment, house, - + private room. or. traller that you wish to rent to student(s) please call 365-7292, local 251 or 261 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday to Friday. ‘ Students-are already looking for accommodation’ and the demand will increase later in the summer, 80 call now. and list with us. é z Connect Your ” Picnic Table : ess Baers” sage 08 * Many Sunflower Fest Specials in Our Downstairs Toyland. Sewer Now! “Cox’" Sure Flyer Gas Planes $] 588 “Tonka’’ Car Carrier : $gs8 - Reg. $11.95. Special...........006 ; Ff i : 7 ee f : : Ronee ‘We Do the. Work Expertly nan oy mae Dat “il, Joo™ Clothes Sate $9 | | ee oe “lee Chests. & Pienic Jags : bs . po Th and Promptly. :. Rog Sbass. Sectal Rog. $4.65. Special. .........0.5 wns ale Sia toe oN Hae 2 20% a . : . 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