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* honored with gold-medals for

40 years’ service each’ last

MIKE GALLO was born in
Kaslo, and he and his wife
Irene have three sons and
one daughter, He came to
Cominco Nov. 15, 1940,
and resides in Castlegar.

Mike's interests ‘include.

vintage cars, fishing and

. gardening.

JJ. (JACK) ROBINSON was
born in Denzil, Sask., and
he and his wife Phyllis
have one daughter. He
joined Cominco, Nov. 15,
1940, and is a resident of
Castlegar. Jack’s hobbies
include fishing, hunting,
woodworking and
travelling. .

‘Thursday, ight at Cominco's
25th annual Wwards'dinner in-

MO years: service vA

.Mike Gallo, Bill McGauley,
Jack Robinson, and, Monty

Warner. |

The first presentation of

Aiwa ito. Angie and Buzz Me-

ibney, both with the com-
a

and both with 40 years *

vice, :

over again, I'd do the very-

same thing.” Of the 81 reci-
plents, 20 were born in Trail,
.“more,than I’ve ever seen at
one of these occasions,” noted

.Jim Gray, personnel ° man-

ager for the B.C. Group,
The largest, group’ was

the 87 employees.from Trail

who had: 2,280

the award
B.C. group’ vice-presi

introduced .ag having,

born in the: Sullivan" ‘mine at
Kimberley. It seems that his ,
birth, certificate, issued by!
the American Consulate ser-

. vice, shows his birthplace as

the Sullivan mine, As he was
born’ to U.S.. citizens, his
birth “had ‘to be

CASTLEGAR NEWS, October; 5, 1980

if Uoice of the People -

Diefenbaker Memorial Foundation

” Baite rv, ‘Cantioger. News:"
8 | woutd appreciate space
In your papor te\tnform your
of

sociated with the Diefenba-,

ker Centre in Saskatoon and
Parliament. -~

the
ment of The John: G. Dief-
enbaker Memorial Founda-
tion.
The Foundation was es-,

forwarded to the U.S:'In the

nf A.V. Marcolin. He men-
med that, it. was‘a special
mor to present the awards,
‘Angie was his secretary.
letadded that date proces-
as worked out that this
‘Oéeasion, where both a hus-
:band and wife achieve a gold

“medal -at the same time,
. might: never happen again. «

E.c. (GENE) DEMEO: was
born in Trail. He and: his
wife Florence have two

Receiving ‘an award for
service was Norm Aked,
treasurer for Cominco, Am-

sons and two
He signed on with Cominco
April 25, 1940, and is a

res-

ident, he started. with the

company in the _ accounting
i

resident. of
Gene's hobbies include
carpentry, gardening ‘and
travelling.

|

(Monty)
eee born in Calgary, and

he and ‘his wife” Bertha"!

have Shree sons and: one -
daughter. He entered.ser-.
vice with Comi co Aug. 23,

1940, and resides in
Castlegar. Monty enjoys
‘the outdoors, particularly
hunting and fishing.

Applications. to Villa

welcomed by'society

Castlegar Villa Society
directors met in the lounge of
the Rota Villa, Monday, to
settle routine business aris-
ing out of the society’s annual
meeting. :

Discussion recognized

- the ‘importance and contin-

ued excellence in the man-
agement techniques of Al
Richards, caretaker.

The annual meeting had
elected five incumbents ‘to
the directorship: Ray Heagy,
Claude Bissell, Terry Sab-
ourin, Brita Haley and new
member, Mrs, M.E. Dulsrud.

Completing the board of
directors are representative
members: Margaret Kauf-
man, Catholic. Women’s
League; Harry Bate, Royal
Canadian Legion;. Heather
Hallett, City of Castlegar;
Marg Henne, Rotary Annes;
Myrtle Thomas and Mr. A.E.

Thomas, Pythians; Marjory -

Fullerton, United Church;
Dawna. Dinning, Hospital
Auxiliary; ‘and Paul Oglow,
Rotary.

The varied reports es-.
tablished new recreation fa-

cilities for the Villa lounge .

executed through the enthu-
siasm of Marg Henne who
formed. a. committee with
Helen Benache, Helen Peddle
and Cecilia Newhauser, three
villa residents. Entertaining
is.a precendence in the Villa
lounge ,by way of three
special functions a year and
hosted by the Pythian Sis-
ters, Rotary -Annes and
CWL, respectively.

in

40 years ago. “It’s.a whole
lifetime as far as I'm con-
cerned, and if 1 had it to do

-R, (BILL) McGAULEY was
born in Nelson and he and
his wife -Alma -have two
sons and four daughters.
He. entered ‘service: with
Cominco Aug. 9, 1940, and
rasides in Castlegar. In his
spare: time, Bill enjoys
fishing, Seedeniig and
travelling. .

Vanderpol

named to
wen d ne §
‘associated -

ans
-boards of health

years: of Service.
There also were emniovies
from Ki

instead of the cer-
tificate showing the top mine

and Pine Point, N-W.t.
One. employee, Don
Jackson of Kimberley, was

the words Sul-
livan mine were substituted |
on-his record of birthy|dated ©
duly 26, 1921,

-.No records broken :
during September |

After a relatively dismal
summer, the iumber of 'rea-
sonably sunny and: Warm
days this September was
quite welcome in the. Koot-
enays.

September was ‘nearly “ay

normal, ‘in’ every ‘weather
parameter. The . most‘ devi-
ation was in precipitation,
with this year's total of 28.2
mm. being 68 per cent of the
normal 41.2 mm. However,
the number of days with
measurable rainfall was two
days above “the normal of
eight. :

The temperature was
marginally lower than -nor-

mal with this year's 14.0

degrees ° comparing’ to 14.7

Celcius. With the monthly

low, being just 2.0 8,10
frost Was, eeahtad ays

‘Wind was, vei} Rell | to
mal..with this. y 8 7.1
k.p.h. slightly below’ the av-
erage of: 7.4 k.p.h:‘ No" sig-°
nificant high. winds or gusts

+ were recorded.
Sunshine was below av-.

erage, with 174.6 hours of
bright sunshine comparing to
the normal of 197.6 hours, As
the area has experienced as
low as 117.5 hours (1978), this
year was nowhere close to
being a record for minimum
sunshine.

!\ CCOURTNEWS 7

In provincial court Tues-
day eight separate charges of
driving with a blood alcohol
count over .08 were heard,
All entered guilty pleas.

Larry. Kazakoff was
fined $400 or in default 20
days in jail. Donald A. Black,
Gary McWhirter and Walter
Barisoff were fined $300 or in

default 10 days in jail. Mark .

Lancaster was fined $350 or
in default 20 days in jail.
Jimmy B. Nazaroff was fined,
$200; orm ult 10-4:

. *
* Three dopivate charges

of being in possession of a
narcotic were heard. All en-

, tered guilty: pleas.

It isthe society's earnest .

desire, that: more couples
apply ‘for ésidency at the

Rota Villa, in order to better
fulfill a greater service with-.

Three . “government offi-
ecisls have been duly im-
pressed during a tour con-
ducted recently by Terry
Sabourin and Paul Oglow.
Noted was the villa grounds
and the improvements to
buildings, roofs, lawns and
walkways. All speak gratify-
ingly for members’ .of the
Castlegar Villa Society.

Third annval

MARTIN VANDERPOL of.
Robson, an.English teacher
at Stanley Humphries
secondary school - in

Castlegar, has been

“named to the Associated

Boards of Health of B.C.
Mr. VYanderpol also is
regional director of Area J.
Also elected was Ald.

_Mark Lancaster was
fined $75 or in default three
days in jail. Mark. Steen-

voorden and Donald D. Con-

blished ‘to retgin, for: pos-.
terity,, the tremendous

achievements of The Chief ,

during a lifetime, of dedi-
cation to his’ fellow yCan-
adians.

There will be; twa major
objectives of the Foundation:
To saye, for all Canadians,
present and future, his home

in Rockeliffe: Park, Ottawa, -

as a museum. That ‘museum
will be opén to all. Canadlans
who visit-their capital; to
develop youth- orientated
programs, that will be

: ‘South
Auxiliary

The South ‘Slocan Hos-
pital Auxiliary -has com-
mended its new term with an
increase in membership and a
commendable spirit of enthu-
siasm.

The first meeting was
held at the home of -Ida

Kosiancic of Crescent Valley. .

The members were brought

‘Alpha Phi “Chapter, of

Both objectives will re-
quire: funding. It is the view
of the executive, of the
Foundation that we,

the ordinary’ Canadians of
Canada. Johy . Diefenbaker
was their champion’ He
fought their battles through:
out his lifetime. His. Bill of
Rights gave’them sauaity in
the Canada ofstoday> =e
Philip Seto, a young
resident of Ottawa, wrote th
Foiihdation and ‘made™ th

it donation, of S1.,In, his ©

pli

up to date on the’ vari
summer activities and ‘money
pitt

should’;
first appeal for support from:
* it’to this man.”

baker's home in Rockeliffe (in

shape) so that all Canadians’
across Canada and this world
can see the home of this great,
man and Canadian, the man
‘rom Prince Albert who
stood for all of Canada . . «I
feel Ottawa and Canada, owes

If you feel as Philip Seto
feels, please send a donation
to. the Foundation. No
amount’ is too small.

your donations, which can be
used as a tax deduction to:

“The John G. Diefenbaker

Memorial Foundation,
«PO, Box 9324,

Alta Vista Terminal, = -

wl

Conference report ‘fiven by.

Iris MacKenzie and Joan Mc- :'

Nowan, The auxiliaries of
Canada raised ‘ over
$1,000,000 fast year; with
$16,000 being raised locally

“. for the Kootenay Lake Dis--.

trict Hospital.
The October meeting

y held at the home: of Estelle

Barton was devoted mainly

* to the planning of the Annual

Fashion Show, to be held Oct.
27, at Number Three Plant

:. Hall, South Slocan,

Bu

kin were each given condi- peta ‘Sigma Phi, started its: wit
tional discharges and placed year on Aug. 22. with an xi :

on three. Tonths! Probation.

cay Allan Marquis was
fined $350 or in default 20
days in jail after pleading
guilty to a charge of driving
while impaired.

(3 * . #
Refusing to take a
breathalyzer test has re-

+suited:in adine of $300 or-in, *
+ default 20 days in jail for, Bill;

Negreiff after he entered a
guilty plea.

Frank William Vetlem
pleaded guilty to'a charge of
driving while his driver's
licence was suspended, He

was fined $350 or in default :

20 days in jail.

Shriners’ hospitals
~ open to all children

Eighteen of the’21 Shri-
ners’ Hospitals for Crippled

Children Jocated through con- °

tinental U.S., Hawaii, Mexico
and Canada provide speci-
alized care in orthopedics and
continue to offer the finest

- personalized and professional

care for which Shriners’ Hos-
pitals have been known since
1922. ‘ :

These orthopedic cen-
tres are

so that they may more effec-
tively conduct research into
the cause ahd treatment of
crippling diseases.

The Shrine’ operates the right to veto change. It provides for a national referendum

three Burns. Institutes lo-
cated’ in Boston, Cincinnati

30-bed

ecutive meeting at the home -
of Donna Wiwchar. i

A beginning day supper
was held at the Columbia
Steakhouse on Aug. 28. It
was alsoa farewell dinner for
* Jane Lee, as she was moving
from the area.

New pledges were intro-
duced to members at a coffee

., patty held at the hone of

e' Idd on Supe.
he first’ ¥epilar meet-
ing was held at the home of

DAZZOy
2Th ‘on Natural ‘Sci-
“ence”

Hunter and Lyn Kyle,

- A champagne: breakfast
in honor of the pledges was
held ‘at the home of Donna
Wiwchar on Sept. 21. The
model meeting for pledges
was held at the home of Mary
Hunter on Sept. 24, where

hostesses were a Gov-

“-'ee“énder and

gram was the Banani
the pledges.

Constitution highlights

Highlights of the

package Pp d by the

* Liberal. pen ‘Thursday night.

The British Parliament will be asked to enact
amendments to the British America Act and send it back to
Canada where it will become the Canada Act. - ‘

.A charter of rights and freedoms including freedom of
thought, religion, press, life, liserty, security from arrest
without being told“eharges and protection from cruel. and

- unusual punishment. It will be binding on all provinces.

A charter of language rights to give Canadians the right
outstanding medical schools’ to te educated in the official language of their choice, “where

numbers warrant.”

Protection for Canadians to move and work where they

like.

An amending formula that will give Ontario and Quebec

where necessary.

Amendments to be made for a period of two years after
and Galveston. These three enactment only with the unanimous consent of the federal

burn centres, utilize a team
concept to meet the stag-
gering physical and psycho-

and the 10

The concept of equalization = “rich y provinces making
will be

payments to their poorer

The federal and_ provincial -governments ‘will hold

hospitals equipped and
staffed to care for children
afflicted with, congenital de-

Donna Bri of Trail.

Slocan Park Fall sbkoae:

The third annual Slocan
. Park Fall Fair, held Sept. 6,
was termed “very successful”
by organizers, who extend,
their thanks to all who at-
tended. and participated in
the various events. . *.
Winners in this year's

vfair.were as follows:

Grand Aggregate Cup —

shared by Mabel Koorbatoff

“and Gertie Konkin.

Overall Handicraft — 1)
Mabel Koorbatoff 2) Ann
Chernoff.

Door prizes:
shears — Mrs. Louise Nikkel;
painting — Mrs. Mabel Koor-
batoff; personal care shower
—.Fred Podovelnikoff, Sr;
haircut — Mrs, Ann Cher-
‘noff; book ends —‘Mrs. Lorna
Marsh.

Grand Aggregate Log:
ger — father and son, Bill and
Lewie Verigin.

Slow Pitch Te

Grass.

Class 1: Butter — 1):
Mabel Koorbatoff 2) Florence

Verigiir.3) Beatrice Verigin; -

cottage cheese — 1) Beatrice
Verigin 2) Florence Verigin
3) Mabel Koorbatoff; eggs
(white) — 1) Mabel Koor-
batoff; eggs (brown) — 2)
Gertie Konkin; honey —- 3)
Mabel Koorbatoff; collection
of four dairy products —
Beatrice Verigin.

Class II:.Carrots — 1)
Karen Markin 2) Beatrice
Verigin 3) Gertie Konkin;
potatoes — 1) Mabel Koor-
batoff 2) Karen:Markin 3)
Gertie Konkin; -tomatoes —
1) Karen Markin 2) Florence
Verigin 3) Gertie Konkin;
beets — 1) Beatrice Verigin’
2) Gertie Konkin; onions — 1)

. Gertie Konkin 2) Beatrice

Verigin;

Cucumbers (slicing) — 1)
Mabel: Koorbatoff 2) Gertie
Konkin;

- ue Hill's Angels -2) Valley
Devil

Torbedhoe Pitch — Hill's
Angels.

— 1) Gertie Konkin 2) Mabel’
Koorbatoff 8) Beatrice Veri-
gin; corn — 1) ‘Florence
Verigin 2) Mabel Koorbatoff +

9) Gertie “Konkin; . root col-
lection: Gertie Konkin.

.Class Til: Largest sun-
flower head — Mabel Koor-
batoff; largest potato —
Garda Sandvik; best two
zucchini — Nat Evin; largest
pumpkin — Beatrice Verigin;
collection of seven vegetables
— Karen Markin; grow an
avocado — Karen Markin.

Class IV: Bread (white) .
— 1) Gertie Konkin 2)
Florence Verigin; bread
(whole: wheat) —. 1) Gertie
Konkin 2) Esther Swanson 3)
Nat .Evin;, white cake (un-
iced) — 1) Nat Evin 2) Gertie
Konkin; chocolate caké (un-
iced) — 1) Nat Evin 2)
Beatrice Verigin 3) Gertie
Konkin; x

Apple pie — 1) Gertie
Konkin 2) Mabel-Koorbatoff;
lemon pie — 1) Gertie Konkin
2) Mabel Koorbatoff; dec-
orated cake — Nat Evin;
collection of cookies — Mabel
Koorbatoff.

“Class V: Pickles — dills

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ic injuries
and for diseases of the bones,
joints and muscles. Among
the orthopedic problems
treated are scoliosis, oste-
ogenisis imperfecta, back
problems, limb probléms: or
deficiencies, myelodysplasia,

-elubfoot, leg length discrep-

ancies, Prob-

logical created by

traumatic burn injuries..
Shriners Burns Insti-

at least once ‘a year for the next

several years in.a bid toymake further progress.

tutes provide care
and in

Models, Tris Bielby, Kris
Roberts, Ida Kosiancic, Janet
Mowatt, Diana Ridge, Ev-
elyn-Ramsey, Cathy Kosian-
cic, Venne’ Plotnikoff, will
mode] the latest in fashion
from Dee's Ladies’ Wear;
under the guidance of June
Dolman, assisted by co-ordin-
ator Sadie Hommond.

The beautiful raffle pri-
zes will be displayed at the
Fashion Show, with Olive
Muir in charge of tickets.
Helen Zarikoff willattend the
-door and Wendy Nagy. will
photaere h the show. ‘Host-

£ Nonie “Bark, ‘will ‘assist: the
“ eonvenors at’ the’ various

tables; crafts, Tannis Penny;
bake goods, Hazel Vaarney
and servers, local- candy
stripers. The drawing of the
door prizes will see five lucky
people each winning a $10
bill. Merla Ridge is in charge
of refreshments. -

An extensive report was.
given by the delegates to the
Regional Conference held in
Christina Lake, Sept. 30.
Those who attended gained
much from the two lectures
given by Dr. Paul Domitor of -
Spokane. ‘His topic“ was on

" the common malady stress,

The next meeting will be
held at the Hammond house,
Nov. 6 at-10 a.m.

Patch It Up!

No need to toss that
jacket in the scrap heap
just because the elbow’s
worn out... suede or
leather patches, available
at-notions counters, are |
decorative and will add to
the life‘of a good jacket.

sophisticated and mddern .

facilities, for severely burned

children requiring immediate...

acute care, or those needing
reconstructive or restorative
surgery and rehabilitation as
a result of severe burns. All
care; treatment and ‘trans-

lems, spina bifida, oateope”
trosis and vitamin D-resis-
tant rickets.

In addition, they treat
patients with “healed” burns
whose later complications
can often include the loss of
function of part of the body.

Shriners’ Hospitals for
Crippled Children are open to
any child regardless.of race
or-religion, for whom treat-.
ment at another facility

‘would place an undue fi-

nancial burden on his or her
family. There is no charge to
the patient, parent or any
third part for anything re-
ceived. at’ a Shriners’ Hos-
pital. This includes all out-

is ided ab:
solutely fee.

The thee-fold purpose of
each Shrine Burns Institute

— (1) to treat severely.

burned children (2) to con-
duct research and improve
methods .of burn treatment
and (3) to educate and train
other medical personnel in
the’ care and treatment of
burn injuries — contributes
significantly to the Shriners
ultimate endeavor to provide
quality care so that children
may have a better chance to
lead useful, productive lives.

These Burns Institutes
are affiliated with outstand-
ing medical schools such as
Harvard Medical School, the

patient and it care,
casts, braces, artificial lumbs,
x-rays, therapy, recreation,
clothing and in-hospital
schooling with: child’s own
school books. This is all
on-going, if necessary, until
the child’s 18th birthday.
Many Shrine orthopedic
hospitals are affiliated with

* the

of Cig i and
University - of Texas
Medical Branch, Galveston
and is one of the many ways
in which the Shrine fulfills its
continuing obligation to prac-
tice quality medicine and
provide the highest stan-
dards of research and care
for their young patients.

A 1964 Stanley Hum-
phries, graduate and form-
er Gastlegar News carrier,
Gerry Warner, has been
named top writer. during
the recent annual journa-
lism awards presentations
for B.C. community news-
papers. -

‘Warner, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Monty Warner of
Blueberry Creek, took first
place in news writing, and
a $1,000 award, for a
five-part series on B.C.'s
prison system published
earlier this year in the
Kamloops News, This
Week leisure section.

Education reporter

|. Susan Duncan copped. sec-
ond place and $500 for a
three-part series on drug

students in the Kamloops
School District.

Third place was won
by North Shore News
news editor Chris Lloyd of
North Vancouver for a

and alcohol problems of ©

Former local man wins top .
writers award for B.C:

"GERRY WARNER
+ + . top writer

series dealing with com-
munity concern: over the
presence of the chlorine
chemical industry.

This year's competi-
tion drew 75 entries from
22 newspapers. MacMillan-
Bloedel sponsors the news
writing competition.

Hal Holden, vice pres-

.Herald. Prior to that he

ident for corporate com-
munications, made the
hews writing presenta-
tions for: MacMillan-Bloe-
del.

He commended ‘in -
awarding Gerry: Warner
first prize for the series of
prison articles that Warner
had also entered a series _
on the City of Kamloops’
wastewater. management
problems. He said either
series could have won the
award, and commended
Warner for writing of
“outstanding journalistic
competence.”

Warner, 34, has been
with The News three and a
half years, coming to Kam-
loops from the Revelstoke

was a high school English
teacher and freelance jour-
nalist.

He is currently res-
ponsible for court, environ-
mental and political re-
porting. o:

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--save his home. Please ‘send.

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