hy. Ab Castlégar News February 18, 1990 February 18, 1990 Castlégar News Dixie Lee Luncheon Special * CHICKEN SNACK CALLUS TODAY 2816 Columbia Ave. Lee rene st LETTER Greed D-sar-D CELGAR, WESTAR & COMINCO MEAL VOUCHERS ACCEPTED 365-3294 Located | Mile South of Weight Scale in Ootischenio LICENCED DINING ROOM CASTLEGAR ARENA COMPLEX SATURDAY, FEB. 24 Early Bird: 6:00 p.m Regular Bingo: 7:00 p.m. ALL PAPER CASH PACKAGES AVAILABLE SUNTREE 8 INN §.123 Post, Spokane, Washington rom? 29.90 Expiry Feb. 28, 1990 Free Continental Breakfast Free Cable TV w Showtime Free Hot Tub/ Jacuzzi *& %& FREE COSTCO DAY PASS & * Call now tomake reservations! 1-800-888-6630 U.S.A. 1-800-421-1144CANADA * % Bring this Coupon to Receiver Your Free Cos a re 0 Day Pass COMMUNITY Bulletin Board Waavkass N AncuatT CHINESE CERAMICS ‘ootenay National Exhibition Centre. February 23-March 18. Openii reception, Sunday, February 25, 2:00 p.m. For more information call 365.3337. saahing: Tuesday, it M.S. SELF HELP GROUP ing, Tuesday ruary 20. 7:30 c ni x Confer Room. For more information phone Den 365-7098. ty. Sonoples: Cente wir) ROBSON RIVER OTTER BINGO Saturday, February 24, Castlegar Complex. Early Bird 6 p.m. Everyone welcome femvlen 7 pm. should have been Dr. Mark Mealing’s response to emotional outbursts of our weaker sex, who seemingly are not much concerned about what is in store for our planet, our mother ear- th, given the continued rape of her resources for the benefit of a sup- posedly sound economy in the name of development, progress and profit. As evident by his letter to the editor (Castlegar News, Feb. 4), he really must have been provoked by the short-term statements of a couple of local ladies who were virtually screaming that their bread and butter is threatened if Celgar’s pulp mill ex- pansion does not materialize. To provide a bit of enlightenment to our ladies who are concerned about being dispossessed of certain physical conveniences which all of us take for granted, being habitant of a free- enterprise economy I happen to remember back in 1979 just prior to a federal election, the CBC provided five minutes of TV time called the Nation’s i iatel SHARP UNIFORM . . . Doris Malcolm, a guide. preceding Knowlton Nash’s National News Hour at 11 p.m. The national leader of the Social Credit party, Lorne Reznowski, was speaking. “Regardless of what political party is in power — the NDP, the Liberals, the Conservatives — the power to give the ‘go ahead’ or to ‘withhold’ any project lies with the banking frater- nity,”” he said. The national Social Credit party failed to make it to the helm and Lor- ne Reznowski got lost somewhere along the way. Thus it hardly appears that it is the job issue, the bread-and-butter fac- tor, or the environmental impact assessment, that will determine whether the ‘‘big bucks’’ boys will expand Celgar’s pulp mill or not. This compelling urge called greed must be investigated, researched and placed into its proper perspective if humankind aspires to inherit the promised ‘‘golden rule."’ John Perepolkin Slocan Park BLUE TOP BURGER Weekly Special DELUXE BURGER Of the Knights of Pythios rattle and dos r mn or prizes were. Valentin Higgins, (Blueberry Creek), Box Chocolates sdervon, Cast Afghan — E. Bowilin, Castlegar € Arlee Anderson, Castlegor 3/13 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations m i here. the first 15 words ore $5 and additional words are Be cocky Bold faced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. There is no ex tra charge for o second insertion while the thir¢ consecutive insertion is half price and the fourth and fifth consecutive insertions are only half price for the two of them. Minimum charge is $5 (whether ad is for one, two or three times). Deadlines ore § p.m. Thursdays lor SUNSOYs paper ‘and 5 p.m. Mon jays for Wednesdays paper. Noti us days for Wednesdays paper. Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News COMMUNITY Bulletin Board WE ARE A FULL SERVICE TRAVEL AGENCY RENO TOURS SPOKANE MARCH 10-17 SHOWS MacAndrew. CasNews photo by John Charters **What thou lovest, remains, the rest is dross . . . What thou lovest is thy true heritage. . .’’ — Ezra Pound: Cantos Heritage Week is with us again. This is our four- th, and each time we do it we learn a little more about ourselves, about the awakening interest in our com- munity in our own heritage, about the genuine concern of our citizens for the preservation of that heritage. It is a big job, but vitally important in the context of our community future. The direction of the celebration this year has been placed in the able hands of Gail Moodie, and the em- phasis is focusing on the restoration of the Castlegar Rail Station and the pre-Second World War days in ‘Castlegar. Working on the Heritage Week committee are Castlegar and District Heritage Society president Sherrel Koreen, archivist Bunny Charters, Zuckerberg Island supervisor Doris Sweeney, ways and means committee chairman Connie Schmidt, special events committee chairman Diana McLeod, Caralee Fit- zgerald, restoration supervisors Dick McLeod and Byng Giraud, and craftsmen Gordie Hill, Karl Koreen and Bill McGregor Society employees Doris Malcolm and Kathy Bowe are busy at the station and Darlene Love at the Chapel House. | am responsible for public relations. The Heritage Week celebrations begin Monday at 9:30 a m_when Mayor NEW HOURS 10 A.M.-8 P.M. 1521 Columbia Ave. 365-8388 official proclamation and Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy will open the exhibit George (Mac) McAndrew, Castlegar first- policeman, will be the week’s special guest and will have a special display of memorabilia for visitors. Restoration work has progressed so far that, for the first time in years, railway telegraphers will be giving a display of their skills at the station. On Mon- day, operator Burt Robi will from 10 y at the Castlegar Rail Station, 9 which will be on display at the station during Herit Week b tomorrow along with the uniform of Castlegar's first police officer, George (Mac) eeinniee Heritage Week here minal supervisor Henry Senetza will be in from 10 a.m. to noon joined by Burt Hurst. The telegraphers are offering visitors a 10-word telegram in return for a donation to the station. Saturday is music day with the accordion band playing from | p.m. to 2 p.m. and the ever-popular Oldtime Fiddlers at 2 p.m. The Selkirk Weavers will give demonstrations of their craft upstairs and, thanks to our many suppor- ters, there will be a number of new exhibits to see. The station will be open every day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and recollections and the Chapel House every day from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. wishing to-take-a-group-tour-is-asked-to call the station at 365-6440 to make arrangements. The Castlegar and District Heritage Society would like to take this opportunity to thank all its donors and supporters, private and corporate, for making this a special event on the highway to progress. Particular thanks also to the Castlegar News, radio station CKQR, Shaw Cable and Neil Gillon of CBC radio's Morningside for their valued service to a.m. to noon and R.E. (Zeke) Hurst from 1:30 p.m. to 4p.m On Wednesday, operator Dusty Woods will be in CALL AMEAD, DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE from I p.m. to 3 p.m. and, on Friday, assistant ter- heritage and Heritage Week in this com- munity. And all of this reminds us of a sign in the Emco Engineering office which reads ‘The highway to Progress is always under construction."’ By SUSAN YELLIN ‘The Canadian Press: Canadi with some Nk hi can spice up their registered retirement savings plans and end up with a payoff they create|themselves. But do-it-yourself handling of such investment decisions can be risky, experts say. In fact, they caution against self-directed RRSPs. “About 90 per cent of the population should be using professionally managed RRSPs,”’ advises Graydon Watters, a stockbroker and author of Finan- cial Pursuit, a guide to personal finances. With a self-directed RRSP, the holder decides what investments the plan will contain, instead of leaving this to professionals. An investor should have worked with other plans for a few years before bringing them together under a self-directed format, Watters suggests. This allows time to learn about RRSPs and provides a lump sum to work with, And you shouldn't even consider a self-directed plan unless you're working with at least $10,000, Wat- ters says. Administration fees for a self-directed RRSP charged by banks, trust companies and brokerages are usually between $100 and $250 a year. One move a self-directed plan allows is to invest in your own mortgage, or to assist a child or other relative by providing a mortgage to them. In this technique, a sizable RRSP is converted in- to cash and buys the mortgage from the bank. Instead of paying principal and interest to the financial in- stitution, you or your relative will owe to the RRSP. “The question of whether your mortgage should be part of your RRSP is probably one of the trickiest things to determine,’’ says John Crarte, vice-president Do-it-yourself RRSPs profitable, but risky There are various costs, such as appraisal of the house, mortgage insurance and a separate mortgage fee of $150 to $200. . Including a mortgage in an RRSP is not a tactic to reduce the cost of home ownership — the interest aid to the RRSP must be comparable to the interest a bank or trust company would charge. If the mortgage is far from being paid off, most of the payments go toward interest and under this cir- cumstance, Crane says, placing the mortgage in an RRSP is a good idea. “It’s tax-free, it compounds regularly, it’s a mon- thly payment and depending on the size of mortgage and the interest rate it carries, you can build a nice lit- the RRSP over time.” A more i ward strategy, for whose spouses earn considerably less than they do, is to put money into an RRSP for the spouse. The lower- paid spouse will be taxed at a lower rate when the money is withdrawn. It's important to note, however, that this technique does not affect the maximum allowable RR- SP contribution; this is $7,500 for some taxpayers — less for members of company pension plans. Also, ‘‘be aware that there are some very tricky rules when you try to dray money out of spousal RR- SPs,” advises Warren Baldwin, a financial planner with Executive Estate Services. Among these is the so-called three-year rule, designed to prevent a quick flip of the cash to get the tax benefit. If money in a spousal plan is taken out of the RR- SP before three years have elapsed, Baldwin says, it is taxable to the person who put the money into the plan — not the lower-taxed spouse. There are exceptions — breakup.or the death of a spouse. The txception for marital separations, Baldwin says, stemmed from incidents in which lower-taxed souses cashed in RRSPs after their marriages broke including marriage of investments for Royal Trust. up, sticking their former mates with the tax bill. Science aids forestry VICTORIA (CP) — forest management can produce more wood without sacrificing the en- vironment, Frank Oberle, federal minister of state for forestry, said. ‘The kind of scientific research con- ducted at the Pacific Forestry Centre will be important in the future, he said at the 25th anniversary of the centre. +“There is chaltenge to-involve the public in what we are doing because all of us have to change our attitudes about the forest,”’ he said. ble’ forestry This he said, will be im- cannot be achieved; Oberle said, mune to certain diseases and have because too much has already been superior qualities for growth and taken from the forests. milling. Its successors will be licensed Progress may have to be under i 1 property legislati in different ways, he said, including and be available for planting by the development of silviculture as an forestry companies anywhere. industry, which can help double the level’of employment in the woods. Oberle cited the cloning of the world’s first test-tube tree, a conifer seedling grown from tissue at Forestry Canada’s Petawawa laboratory in Ontario. Double hit on consumers OTTAWA (CP) — Inflation jum- ped sharply in January, dealing another harsh blow to consumers reeling from Thursday’s big rise in in- terest rates. The annual inflation rate surged to 5.5 per cent last month from 5.1 per cent in December and some economists said that means interest rates won't be falling soon. Finance Minister Michael Wilson, accused Thursday by opposition MPs “of losing control of the economy, promised in the Commons that in- terest rates won't come down until in- flation falls. “Just this morning we had some confirmation that the level of in- flation is too high and that we must continue to follow the high interest rate policy,’’ Wilson told the Com- mons. On a monthly basis, inflation rose 0.8 per cent between December and January, a sharp contrast from the previous month when prices actually fell 0.1 per cent from November — the first monthly decline since January 1983. The bad news on prices comes one day after major banks jacked up their prime rate to 14.25 per cent from 13.5 per cent, where the rate had been stuck since last March. Prime rate, generally, charged by major banks on loans to their top customers, sets the course for a wide range of business and consumer in- terest rates. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING BLUEBERRY CREEK RECREATION C The Rossland Light Opera Players Present PIRATES OF PENZANCE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 8,00 PM Kinnaird Junior ances! 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PLUS: This system can be installed in either existing homes, or residences under construction ind may be concealed con- Wed., Feb. 2 7 7:00 p.m. At Blueberry School “Everyone Welcome!" Weekly Ss tocks BACON & EGGS BREAKFAST SPECIAL Available Mon.-Sat., 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. .. LETTER Castlegar donates $ The British Columbia 1 . Association’s Christmas Seal Cam- Lung Bunny Charters of Castlegar. During the campaign, which ran Eat in only. Bring a friend! Closed Sundays & Holidays HOURS: Monday to Saturd: WE ACCEPT WESTAR, CELGAR 7:30 om.-7 opm. 7:30 p.m. & COMINCO MEAL TICKETS FEES 1004 Columbia » Ph. 365-8155 etree paign was an overwhelming success, thanks to the g ity of con- from Oct. 1S through Jan. 31, id tributors all over the province. The association is grateful for the support of your newspaper, your readers and our regional Christmas Seal chairman reached a pi total of $1,260,000 — a six-per-cent increase over last year. Castlegar-area residents were direc- tly responsible for donating $4,445, Money raised helps fund vital medical TORONTO (CP) — The stock markets lost groynd Friday, ending a played it cautious as they searched for signs showing where the economy is headed. The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index was off 1.06 points to 3,731.68 for a loss on the week Of 46.10. . In New York, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 13.96 to 2,635.59, finishing the week with a net loss of 12.61 points. “The mood out there is very cautious,”’ said Lyle Stein, an analyst with Nesbitt Thomson Deacon “People are looking for direction, they’re trying to massage that last bit Friday as Statistics Canada reported the country had an annual merchan- dise trade surplus of $4.7 billion in 1989, the lowest in 10 years. In the United States, the Commerce Department reported the country’s trade deficit shrank to $7.17 billion US in December from $10.29 billion the month before. 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