Erma &
Bombeck

Most women become mothers by accident, some by
cholce, a few by social pressures and a couple by habit.
This year, nearly 100,000 women will become
of Did you ever wonder
of are chosen?
Somehow | visualize God hovering over earth
selecting His instruments for propagation with great care
and deliberation. As He observes, He instructs His
angels to make notes in a giant ledger.

‘Armstrong, Beth, son. Patron saint. Matthew.

“Forrest, Marjorie, daughter, patron saint, Cecelia.

“‘Rudledge, Carrie, twins, patron saint... give her
Gerard. He’s used to profanity.’

Finally, He passes a name to an ange! and smiles,
“Give her a handicapped child."

. The angel Is curious, ‘Why this one, God? She's so
jappy."’ :

“Exactly,"’ smiles God. ‘‘Could | give a handl-
capped child a mother who does not know laughter? That
would be cruel.''

“But has she patience?"’ asks the angel.

“1 don't want her to have too much patience or she
will drown in a sea of self-pity and despalr. Once the
shock and resentment wears off, she'll handle It.

+) watched her today. She has that feeling of selfs
and independence that Is so rare and so necessary in a
mother. You see, the child I’m going to give her has his
own world. She has to make It live in her world and that's
Not going to be easy."”

“But, Lord, | don’t think she even believes in you."’

God smiles. '‘No matter. | can fix that. This one Is
perfect. She has just enough selfishness.’’

The angel gasps, ‘'Selfishness? Is that a virtue?’

God nods. ‘If sho can't separate horself from the
chitd occaslonally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a
woman whom | will bless with a child less than perfect.
She doesn't realize It yet, but she Is to be envied. She will
never take for granted a ‘spoken word.' She will never
consider a ‘step’ ordinary. When her child says
‘Momma’ for the first time she will be present at a
miracle and know It! When she describes a tree or a
sunset to her blind child, she will see it as few people
ever see my creations. 2 E

“| will permit her to see clearly the things | see
. .. ignorance, cruelty, prejudice... and allow her to
rise above them. She will never be alone. | will be at her
side every minute of every day of her Ife because she Is
doing my work as surely as she Is here by my side.’*

*“*And what about her patron saint?"’ asks the angel,
his pen poised in mid-air.

God smiles. ‘‘A mirror will suffice.”’

how

. Summer School of Art

Timing biggest problem

The Kootenay Lake

+ Summer School of Arts is one

of the largest summer arts
schools in Canada.

Or it could be.

With three weeks to go
until the deadline for appli-
cations, the response has or-
ganizers apprehensive.

“It’s an excellent pro-
gram” explains Bryan Mar-
rion, the coordinator. "We
have courses by some of the
foremost artists in Canada
from Theatre Beyond Words
to Anna Wyman Dance The-
atre to Bruce Davis of
“World Soundscape” fame,
Robert Kroetsch, Wayne
Eastcott, and Pacific Salt as
well as guest appearances by
Margaret Atwood and Banff
Music School ensembles.

So what's the problem?

“Timing seems to be the
biggest problem. Timing and
reputation. We started late
and because this is the first
year our reputation has to be
earned. We are also trying to
reach a large market. We
have specific courses de-
signed to meet the needs of
practising professional ar-
tists, high school students,
arts teachers, experienced
amateurs and beginners."

How bad is it?

“Well, considering the
above, it’s not all that bad.
With present enrollment.

trends we will be able to run
at least half of our courses at
this point and with a last
minute rush of applicants we
could do much better.

“T encourage people who
are planning to register to
get their icatic in by

Kokanee Rock Club
reviews invitations

The April 29 meeting of
Kokanee Rock Club, held at
the Central School, was at-
tended by 16 members.

A letter was received
from the Lapitory Rock and
Mineral Society regarding a
rendezvous and also the Gem
and Mineral Federation of
Canada at Lacombe regard-
ing a field trip prior to the
National Show at Lacombe.

CanCel is
36th largest
in W. Canada

Canadian Cellulose
ranked as the 36th largest
publicly-owned. company in
Western Canada last year,
according to a list compiled
by the editors of “Business
Life in Western Canada.”

Based on 1979 sales of
$263 million, the magazine
notes the company has
moved up from the 44th spot
it held the year before.

According to the tally,
the two largest companies in
the West are TransCanada
Pipelines and MacMillan Blo-
edel.

Love Chapter
in concert at
New Denver

Love Chapter Band is

the union of seven young and
talented musicians who have
a song for everyone.

Using mostly original
music (written by band mem-
bers) they adequately com-
municate a feeling and a
sound to appease anyone's
musical appetite, and still top
if off with some good laughs
from their resident come-
dian,

The Love Chapter Band
will be giving concerts in
New Denver during the week
of June 10-15. These will
include appearances for the
senior citizens Wednesday
‘ 1 and

June 1 or to call me at
352-2241 or write to Koot-
enay Lake Summer School of
the Arts, 820 10th St.,
Nelson, B.C, V1L 8C7."

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In the zone report, Bob
Attridge said it had: been
suggested that the Interior

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and the prospect of a short
hike or a rock-hounding trip,
weather permitting.

Some rocks were grate-
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Huckles, now residing in
Penticton, and oldtime mem-
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The meeting was ad-
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Burdett and Mike Serack.

Door prize was won by
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Rentalsman object of ire

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woman a "slut" while her
young son stood by. And she
admitted hitting the boy.”

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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1980

Selkirk College board

Friday.

The board Wednesday evening chose
from a short list of three candidates Leonel
Perra, presently Cariboo College's vice-
principal responsible for administration, as
Selkitk's principal and chief executive officer.

* The appointment of Perra, a native of northern Alberta,
ended a nati id ign by a 1
hired to fill the position which has remained officially vacant
‘since Mitch Anderson's resignation more than one year ago.

In ing the ap board ct Bob
Buckley noted Perra has held a variety of } and

rincipal

In addition, the chairman said, residents of the region
who are older than the 18-to-24 group traditionally served by
the Selkirk system are creating pressure for “redirecting the!
college in a way that will allow it to serve the people who need
services.”

“There's a good deal of work that needs to be done there,
and we believe Mr. Perra is well-suited to take on these tasks
on the college's behalf,” he said.

Buckley said the newly-appointed principal “is well-
versed in labor relations," having di a iations and
directed labor matters at Cariboo.

Cc din Ki

administrative posts at Cariboo and "his record as a senior

i in the ional is impressive.”

Asked later by the Castlegar News about his statement
that Perra has “a depth of knowledge and experience we need
in the college at this stage of its development,” the chairman
said the appointee offers "a number of characteristics which
we believe are important.” :

“The college has a need for the development of a number
of i ive and or i systems which he's
well-experienced to direct,” Buckley said.

“Secondly, prior to taking a senior administrative post he
has had i i in both ional training and

¢ducation. While academic prog are and will
continue to be important at the college, the expansion of the
college region to include part of the Creston school district
and the Boundary school district require a greater expansion

Friday, Perra said he hopes to
help resolve labor problems in the college system, “otherwise
I don't think I'd have jumped into the position.” He said he
was “not prepared to make any comments at this time” about
specific labor problems at Selkirk.

Asked about his ip with d emp! at
Cariboo College, he said " the climate at the college certainly
has improved in the last two to three years.”

The newly-appointed principal said his first priority upon
assuming the position Aug. 18 will be “to familiarize myself
with the entire operation of the college and become familiar
with the people within it and its programs and what it intends
to do in the future.”

Perra, who has a bachelor of education degree and is
completing his master of arts degree in business admin-
istration, said he has held his present position at Cariboo for
one year but has been a vice-principal of the institution since

of community education services.”

1974.

Food service, extra parking under
- consideration by transport ministry

Planning for. ad-

dition’ot “a: food: ser-

; pansion

vice outlet and ex-
. and — up-
grading of parking at
‘Castlegar Airport is
well under way, a
federal transport
ministry official said
Thursday.

Surveys part of impact studies

Door-to-door sur-
veys of Castlegar
area residents will be
included in nearly
$250,000 worth of en-
vironmental impact
studies of B.C.
Hydro's proposed
400-megawatt Mur-
phy Creek hydroelec-

- tric dam.

Hydro announced last
week Edwin Reid and Associ-
ates Ltd. of Vancouver, one
of five firms appointed to
conduct the studies, has been
awarded a $35,000 contract
todetermine the effect sucha
project 25 km downstream
from the confluence of the
Kootenay and Columbia

Rivers at Castlegar would
have on recreation and tour-
ism in the area.

The firm's study will
include interviews of anglers,

hunters, campers, boaters
and picknickers in the Col-
umbia River Valley as well as
the door-to-door surveys, in
which up to 500 question-

naires will be di dtoa

John. Williams, airport
i isor.for, the

ministry's Pacific region, told

the Castlegar News the
Transport Canada is develop-
ing the terms of a contract
for operation of the food
facility and is awaiting prop-
osals from Adga Systems,
the firm managing the air-
port for the ministry, for
additional parking accommo-
dation.

“We have been consider-
ing putting a portable, pre-
fabricated kind of unit which
would house a food facility
adjacent to the terminal
building,” he said.

random sample of residents,
according to the Crown cor-
poration.

Contacted this week in

Ash level is decreasing

By TERRY GILBERT

* STAFF REPORTER

Little if any air-
borne ash from last
month's eruptions of
Mt. ‘St. Helens re-
mains in the
Castlegar area, ac-
cording’ to the
region's health of-
ficials. ;

The level of the particles
which swept over the West
Kootenay in the plume from
the southwestern Washing-
ton state volcano has
dropped considerably ‘since
its two eruptions in May, the
Castlegar News was told.

“The count (grams of
particulate per cubic meter of
air) is below average now,"
said Dr. Terry Pagan of the

The city will offer
to purchase for use
as a park the seven-
acre island at the
junction of the
Kootenay and
Columbia rivers,
Ald. Charles Cohoe
told the Castlegar
News Thursday.

Cohoe, city council's
parks and recreation com-
mittee chairman, said
council members in a spec-
ial meeting Thursday af-
ternoon instructed staff to
offer a yet-undisclosed sum
to the owners of Zucker-
berg Island and adjacent
shoreline.

Council has set a June.

Zuckerberg Island buy
bid approved by council

for closing by the end of
July," the parks and rec-
reation chairman said. The
owners of the property
may decide to submit a
counter-offer to the city, he
said.

“We would be happy if
they accepted our original
offer,” Cohoe explained.
“But we also realize that
we may be asked to neo-
tiate.”

He said his committee

has not “laid any definite
plans at this point,” for the
future of the island, acqu-
ired about 50 years ago by
local pioneer Alexander
Zuckerberg.
He stressed the impor-
tance of the formation of a
local community group,
which council has asked
Castl i

the owners, Zuckerberg’s -

“gathering some input as
to what the i

Selkirk Health Unit in Nel-
son.

The average is 85 micro-
grams (millionths of a gram)
and Tuesday's count was 59.
‘The previous day's count was
112.

The low count could pos-
sible be explained by the
wind, Pagan said.

The cool rainy weather
the area is experiencing re-
sults from a cold low weather
system in the area rather
than ash in the air, Jim
Fishwick of, the Castlegar
Airport weather station said
Friday. .

“The weather is a little
colder than normal and we're
having a little more rain but
it’s due to a cold-low,”
Fishwick said.

A | sy

feels would be needed or
advisable for the prop-
erty.”

Although interested in
the property for several
years, council's recent
move to acquire Zucker-
berg Island started in late
March when they were
told by a delegation led by
Charters Nakusp resident
Ron Adams had an option
to purchase it for $100,000.

Council blocked an ap-
plication by Adams, whose
option expired at the end
of April, to the provincial
lands, parks and housing
ministry for legalization of
a causeway from the shore
to the island and informed

John

of the city's

15 deadline for
of the offer “and we hope

Charfers to spearhead, in

interest in the property.

t usually
moves through the area
around this time of year,
although it is a little earlier
than usual this year, he
added.

“I doubt if the ash had
any effect on water supplies.
It was insoluble sc it would
likely settle to the bottom of
any water," he added.

In comparison to other
areas, Castlegar did not re-
ceive much ash, Dr. Alan
Ford of the West Kootenay
Health Unit said. But much
more could have caused
problems with plugged lines
and water treatment sys-
tems, he said.

Bob MacBain, the pro-
vincial Emergency Program
co-ordinator in Castlegar,
said in the event of another

More on page AZ

by the Castl
News, a B.C. Hydro spokes-
man confirmed the study will
be conducted “sometime this
summer” but said its starting
date is “up to the consultant."
Other contracts awarded
for environmental studies
paneer

“We're still working on

.that and hope to have that in

place sometime in the fall.”

Pacific region personnel
have forwarded the proposal
to the ministry's Ottawa

are:
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Richmond, $35,000 for water

* More on page A2

ters and are nego-
tiating the contract terms
which would be required for
the concession and the actual
building, he said. He said he

is hopeful tenders for the
ion-wonld

the near future.

Williams said he plans to
meet with Adga “in the next
couple of weeks” to review
the company's proposal and
“hopefully we'll be able to
take it from there.”

“In the original contract
with Adga Systems, we put
in a specific reference to the
public car parking,” he said.

“We asked them to de-
velop a plan of some kind that
would allow for expansion of
the parking, but would also
implement a paid parking ar-
rangement which they would
have to ini as our

be. called. in...

sharing of any revenues with
the .. contractor,". .Williams.
said.

“Obviously they will
have some expenditures if it
goes this way in order to
collect the fees and process
that part of it.”

The ministry official
noted traffic from Nelson and
Trail as well as Castlegar to
the airport, which has about
140 parking spaces, “means
there’s quite a demand for
car parking.”

“There's a great deal of
parking, particularly on long
weekends,” he said.

It’s probably quite high

managers of the airport but
which would provide some
revenue to pay for the addi-
tional capacity we were talk-
ing about."

“Any additional paved
area would be Transport
Canada's ibility and

in ison to other air-

ports of the same size.” “
Airport manager John
Michelson told the Castlegar
News he had’ prepared “a
couple of different proposals”
on behalf of Adga for parking
expansion. Adga will seek
dati for more

then we would have to come
to some arrangement for the

than 100 extra vehicles, he
said.

Sentenced to undergo psychiatric
analysis after robbery conviction .

A 19-year-old
Castlegar man
charged with robbery
with violence was
sentenced to 30 days
psychiatric analysis in
Rossland Provincial
Court Thursday.

Guy Albert Burdett,
charged with the robbery of

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Robson Tuesday night, is
scheduled to reappear in
court July 7.

Grocery store owner
Martin Penner, said a man
entered the shop just before
7 p.m. and asked for cig-
arettes and gun shells.

Penner told the Castle-
gar News he placed them on
the counter and the man left

without paying for them.

“He picked up a stick he
had waiting outside the door
and told me to try and make
him pay,” Penner said. The
man then left to board the
ferry.

Penner reported the in-
cident to the police “because
of the shells. You need a
permit to sell ammunition.
Otherwise I wouldn't have

bothered.”

The suspect was picked
up by RCMP shortly after-
wards.

Although a few items
dissappeared from the store
because of shoplifting, he
rarely has any other prob-
lems, Penner said.

“This guy didn't try to
hide the fact that he wasn’t
going to pay,” he added.

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