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Call your Castlegar News advertising representative today for details on color and other creative services that will help you advertise more effec- tively. Castl sear News Display Advertising 365-5210 HITTING THE TRAILS . . . Grade 1 and 2 students at Kinnaird elementary school began their cross-country ski program last week under the tutelage of Sheren Spilker. College to mark Environment Week Six days of panel discussions, pol- itical forums, lectures and video presentations are planned in cele- bration of Environment Week which begins Feb. 12 at Selkirk College's. Castlegar campus. The event will explore many facets of environmental awareness as topics such as sustainable de- velopment, radon gas, recycling, the Ceigar pulp mill expansion and en- vironmentally friendly consumer goods, a college news release says. The event, to which the com- munity is invited, begins Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. in the main lounge with a political forum on “Building a Sus- tainable Future.’’ Representatives of the Liberal, Conservative, the Green and New Democratic parties will debate current environmental iss- ues. Throughout the week, daytime and evening presentations are plan- ned to enable participation by a greater number of people. Also during the week, selected regularly scheduled classes are add- ressing environmentla issues in the context of the instructional lecture format. The public is invited to sit in one these presentations as well. On Monday, from 10 a.m. to noon wildland récreation students will be investigating wilderness _manage- ment, geography students will learn about factors influencing the beha- vior of rivers from 11 a.m. to noon, and forests and the Canadian econ- omy is the topic of an afternoon geography class from kp.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday's activities begin with a day-long display of environmentally friendly products that will be ex- hibited throughout the college. Pres- entations begin at noon when an- thropologist Mark Mealing and Green Party representative David Lewis team up to present part one of a talk they call Apocalypse 101. Forestry instructor Dennis Holden delivers # talk entitled Environmen- tal Hyperbole from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. agrtologist Bill Wells of Johnson's Landing will speak on the impacts of development. Also on Tuesday, the English and business MARK MEALING . + presents ‘Apocalypse vor’ ture, heard from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., is Bob Herrington, a New Denver environmentalist, who will present a talk entitled In Human Hands. Thursday's activities begin with part two of Mealing’s Apocalypse 101 presentation at noon. From 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Jim Terral will deliver a presentation on radon gas. Sociology instructor Bert Port will lecture on the organizational res- ponse to environmental concerns froin 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and in the Valhalla Learning Centre from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. MacKay will speak on environmentally friendly activi- ties for young children. The evening lecture, held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., is entitled Project Wild by Guy Woods, wildlife biologist with th, Ministry of Environment. Activities get underway early Fri- day with an 8 a.m. lecture by estry instructor Ken Zielke on forest ecosystems. This presentation in- cludes a discussion of the relation- ship of forests and the greenhouse effect. At 11 a Dr. Peter Wood will present a class on human anatomy and physiology, while at the same time, geography instructor Wendy Hurst will speak on how environments affect languages. get into the spirit of the week with a presentation called Poems of the Land from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and a talk called Writing About the Envir- onment by Don Wilson, English in- structor. From 9 a.m. to noon business students in Don Buskas’ class will hear a presentation called Stocking Your Store. Wednesday's activities get under- way at 8 a.m. when Len Dunsford, wildland recreation instructor, lec- tures on the visual The ‘h pI is by Darcy Suehn who represents the Coalition for Information on the Pulp Mill Expansion. He will share the findings of the coalition about the effects anticipated by the prop- osed Celgar expansion project. At 5:30 p.m., Environment Week or- ganizers are hosting & pot-luck dinner in the faculty lounge. The public is invited to, bring # food platter to share and participate in a social evening of good food and forests, This class is followed by an 11 a.m. history class in which in- structor Bill Sloan will talk about building of the CPR, land grants, industty and the i Also P are asked to bring their own plates and uten- sils. Immediately following dinner, at 7 p.m., Eva Walters, will talk on recycling in the Kootenays and at at 11 a.m., Lesley Anderton will address her geography class on more factors influencing the beha- vior of rivers. Beginning at noon, Laura Adams of the college’s P.E. department will present a proposal on recycling at Selkirk College which will be fol- lowed at 3 p.m. by a presentation from Madelyn MacKay, early child- hood education instructor, on prac- tical environmental protection ac- tivities for young children. The keynote speaker for the evening lec- the hold level. The environmental awareness ac- tivities end Saturday with a work- shop by MacKay on enttronmentally friendly activities for young chil- dren, their families and teachers. All activities will be held on the Castlegar campus of Selkirk College and a program is available from any Selkirk College campus or learning centre. There is no charge for any of the activities and detailed informa- tion about speakers or topics may be obtained by contacting Laura Adams at the college. DEDICATED SERVICE Hugo Smercher with the Paul Harris Grecvers also received the award fo e Castl ‘Medallion for his work with th r his volunteer community service and District Society. Rotary Club district governor Dick Nelson (left) presents e Retery Clyb. John wit the club and with Smecher, Charters honored at meeting It was Ladies Night Jan. 30 at the Castlegar Rotary Club dinner meet- ing and district governor Dick Nel- son and his wife Libby attended as special guests for # special occasion — the presentation of two Paul Harris Fellowships. h: A and dedicated service to the work of Rotary in Rotary District 508. Nelson then announced that there was a second recipient for the award and called up Rotarian John Char- ters who was engaged in taking fic- tures at the event. In making this The et hips are not limited to Rotarians only, but each provides a grant of $1,200 to Rot: tonal P i Nelson Charters’ service to both the Ross- Jand and Castlegar clubs and to his Pp ary undergraduate and graduate schol- arship -fund for deserving students around the world. It ranks with the famous Rhodes scholarship program but provides for greater opportunity and options. The district governor first called Hugo Smecfier;—former principal of Rossland secondary school and cur- rently principal of J.L. Crowe sec- ondary school in Trail. In pinning the recipient with his special lapel button and presenting him with the Paul Harris Medallion and scroll, Nelson praised Smecher’s ili jive voluntary ity ser- vice involving the club and the Castlegar and District Heritage So- ciety. In response, Charters thanked the governor and the club. “| am stunned, flattered and al- most speechless for the first time in my life for this totally unexpected honor,’ Charters said. ‘‘] am doubly delighted and honored by being allowed to accept it in company of my long-time and good friend, Hugo.” He then went on to remind the striper crest. Loretta Kazakoff, ¢ Castlegar Hospital's Candy Stripe hours of dedicated service. A formal awards ceremony that the g *s home — pers were honored at an awards ceremony recently at Twin Rivers elementary school. Several girls received their first award — a candy andy striper convenor, thanked the girls for their many will be held in late June. club, the Beaver Valley Rotary Club which is hosting the district con- ference this year at the end of May, had made a request for support. When the Rossland club hosted the fe under the hi of Smecher a dozen years ago, it did so with the cooperation of the other West Kootenay clubs, most parti- cularly the Beaver Valley Club, and had won an accolade from the Rotary International president; a@ guest speaker. The Castlegar club in lending every assistance therefore, to the small but extremely vibrant sister club's conference. A team of Castlegar Rotarians will also attend the Rotary International conference in Portland at the end of June. So far the team includes Don and Darlene McDowell, Ron and Elaine Ross, Waldo and Adele Yule and John and Bunny Charters. Delegates will be coming from across the world and attendance is expected to be in excess of 5,000. ’ .. February 7, 1990 Castlegar News 2649 CASTLEGAR vin 2s! Wayne Stolz - Kootnikoft Tea Soukor' 8c. viRar OFFICE 365-5210 ° F SARA DUFFUS ‘NAVE YOU DRIVEN A FoRD LATELY 364-0202 Seniors plan signs The Castlegar Senior Citizens Association held its business meet- ing Feb. 1. ‘After singing O Canada, president Sarah Jacobson welcomed 34 mem- bers and guests on a very snowy day. ‘A minute of silence was observed in memory of lifetime member Ernie Newman who passed away in Jan- uary. The seniors association is plan- ning on putting up signs on the win- dow of the Maddocks Seniors Hall and various other locations so that members and friends will know seniors play bridge Mondays and Friday's at 1 p.m. Tuesday at 1 p.m. is carpet bowling. The first Thurs- day in the month is the association's business meeting and the third Thursday is the social starting at 2 p.m. The second and fourth Thurs- days at 7 p.m. is the association’s whist. The association is hoping for more people to be aware of the ac- tivities and perhaps join the group. Jacobsen is convening the associ- ation’s Valentine tea from 10 p.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 10. The proceeds are to be donated to the B.C. Seniors Games and the Kiwanis Skateathon. Everyone is helping with baked goods and service. At the Feb. 14 social in the val- entine’s theme, the seniors are having the Oldtime Fiddlers. Dorothy Raymond and Alice Waterman served a delicious tea. Weavers produce samples The regular meeting of the Selkirk Wavers and Spinners Guild was held Jan. 17 in the Castlegar Rail Station. The first set of samples for the “Guild of Canadian Weavers’ news- letter are finished and on their way. The Robson group had a lot of fun doing them, and are now looking forward to a new study group start- ing on Feb. 14. The other groups are busily producing their samples. The Recreation Commission les- sons taught by members of the guild began Jan. 22 and are to proceed once a week until the last one on March 12. This year, the lessons are for intermediate weavers and will be on four different weaves taught by four different weavers. For more in- formation phone Alex Ready. Work on the station house cur- tains is proceeding after a Christmas pause. The guild members are also pre- paring for Heritage Week Feb. 18 to 25 when they will be demonstrating their craft and will be happy to ex- plain how to prepare fleece for spin- ning and yarn for weaving to all who care to climb the stairs to the upper floor of the station Feb. 19 and Feb. 25 from noon to 4 p.m. See you there. Library busy The Castlegar librarian reported an exceptionally busy January, with a circulation of 9,512 books during the month. Re-registration of every- one, except current Area I and J card holders, resulted in 1,308 mem- berships, including 1,165 city and 143 new regional Judy and gave the USCC playschool and the parent and baby group “our first steps together’’ introductory tours The library's annual dinner and arinual general meeting was & suc- cessful event with approximately 60 Wearmouth said. The library staff a od 319 People Guest speaker Jack Charters read stories from his forth- coming book. SALES MANAGER'S SPECIAL OF THE WEEK UNBELIEVABLE 1990 MAZDA 626 DX 4-DR. SEDAN Stock No. 2-3843-O Demo's From $15,988 $$ SAVE $$ THOUSANDS 2-Only FEATURES INCLUDE: “ 5-Spd., Trans. * 2.21. Fuel Injected Engine © All Season Radial Tires g * Power Brakes ilt Wheel ¢ int. Wipers 60/40 Rear Split Fold Down Seat . 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