ON at the Inn, more” than ‘we people at the Selkirk Weavers end Spinners’ Guild’s fashion presentation “Goodies” feasted their eyes on a delectable array of creations: chic tailored suits; cozy _ woolen coats, jackets, and sweaters; casual and com- fortable cotton tops, dresses and skirts fashioned with ethnic flair; as well as garments in sensuous slinky silks and chenilles — all worn by local models. President Sandy Donohue — wearing her own creation, a sleeveless blouse in pastel blue silk, cotton and linen — all and ii d Jacque who commented on the show. Hamilton wore a cream colored silk and cotton top woven by Barbara Mitchell of Nelson, complemented by a rich navy wool and mohair shawl designed and woven by Castlegar's Ingeborg Thor-Larsen. The table centrepieces, dried flower arrangements in handwoven containers by the Nelson guild members, were won by a lucky viewer at each table. Following the fashion show there was a buffet-style dessert luncheon. At 2 p.m., the doors to the exhibit sales area were opened to the public. Most fascinating to the children in attendance were the demonstrations of weaving on a table loom by Ruby HAND-MADE FASHIONS . - Maureen. Steick models burnoose, native costume of North Africa di rk Weavers and Spinners Guild fashion show Saturday. Costume was woven by Ingeborg Thor-Larsen. At "Fight another model displays hand. Surprise your Family, Friends, Neighbors and Relatives by having a story published in the Castlegar News. All you have to do is enter the... Christmas Short Storg Coutest Sponsored by the Castlegar Public Library and the Castlegar News It's simple to enter: Just write a short story of up to 300 words beginning with the line: “It was snowing and cold on the night before Christmas” and ending with the line: “Everyone agreed it was the best Christmas ever Mail or bring your story into the Castlegar Public Library (Kinnaird or main branch) or to the Castlegar News by 1 p.m., on Wed., Dec. 12. Include your name, address, age and telephone number. The Christmas Short Story Contest has been divided into 3 age categories: Eight and Under Ages 9, 10 and 11 Ages 13 and 14 The three stories in each group chosen by the judges as the best in each group will be published in the Castlegar News’ Christmas Greetings Tabloid on Sunday, Dec. 23. Xa beard bas artppted Jariy 1 of Westars loducwit! nominee Relations in Kamloops, as their for a three-man arbitration board which will be struck to settle contract Board briefs negotiations between district teachers and the board. The three-man board will be composed of a nominee from the school board, one from the teachers, and a chair- person agreeable to both sides. The deadline for settlements before disputes were to binding arbi was Nov. 15 for all 75 school districts in the province. Trustee Peter Kagis asked trustee Lovette Niebvol- odoff if negotiations were moving towards a joint submis- sion, to which she replied, “Possibly.” “I'm pleased to report we're still meeting with the teachers,” she said. The City of Castlegar invited school board trustees toa community traffic safety program at city hall Tuesday. The agenda included representatives from the Insur ance Corporation of British Columbia and the RCMP — speaking on various aspects of traffic safety. . 8 8 Newly-elected trustees Gordon Turner, Kay Johnson and Rick Pongracz were granted permission to attend a province-wide seminar for new school board trustees to be held in Vancouver Dec. 6 - 9. . . The board approved in principle the planning of an organized field trip next spring to France for a teacher and students from Stanley Humphries High School. The board says it's prepared to grant a leave-of-absence with pay, and cover up to three days substitute costs for the teacher to sponsor and supervise the trip. . 8 8 The Open Roads remedial education program and Chance program, which assists handicapped students, will receive $5,225 for the balance of the 1984 fiscal year, the board decided Monday night. FIRST OF KIND College woodlot given approval Selkirk College's woodlot license application has been approved by the Ministry of Forests. The woodlot, a 372-hectare parcel of mixed species forest is located almost 10 kilom. etres (six miles) west of Castlegar in the Blueberry Creek watershed. The wood lot license is granted for a 15-year period with a review and renewal clause every five years, according to a pre pared release from the col lege. The license means the col metre after expenses from timber sales. “However the real value lies in the excellent training site made available through the woodlot,” Collins said “We want to make the woodlot a model of forest management practices,” said John Adams department head of Selkirk College's Forest Resources Program Adams sees the college's woodlot becoming a demon. stration plot that will involve students in all phases of lege is r for com plete woodlot management from a long term manage ment plan to harvesting and reforestation. “Having our own woodlot provides the ideal opportun ity for students to practice hands on forestry,” said Garth Collins, Forestry in structor at the college's Castlegar campus. “Scheduling flexibility is one of many advantages of having our own woodlot,” Collins said in the release. “No longer do we have to structure our course curri eulum on the activities of commercial logging inter ests,” Collins said. “Now we can take students timber cruising, slash burning or as sign road engineering proj. ects when it suits our pur pose.” According to Collins the forest service has calculated the annual allowable harvest in this parcel of land at ap proximately 1,000 cubie me tres. The challenge to For. estry students and college Forestry instructors is to de- sign a management plan that would imerease the yield yet maintain the equilibrium of The decision by the Min istry of Forests to allow Sel kirk College's application is unique in that never before has a community college been awarded a woodlot license Adams cites a close work ing relationship with the forest district in Castlegar and support by interest groups such as the Blue. berry/Merry/China Creek Watershed Committee. The committee applauded the col. lege’s efforts to secure a woodlot license in the sen. sitive watershed area, as reason for success, said Adams. “The committee recog nized the advantages of hav ing Selkirk College manage the area,” said Dennis Hol- den, Forestry instructor and chairman of the Blueberry/ Merry/China Creek Water. shed Committee. “A private logging com pany is more interested in getting in and out with the logs quickly, the college's goals are definitely not profit oriented, but focus more on researeh and educational ob- jectives,” said Holden. NEW ROOF . mp ort more- and the major ¢on- “ie that it cannot be “It will be difficult to advisory ‘maintain such a large surplus warns in its recently released annual report. The potential trade surplus. is 20 per cent higher than the previous record surplus, of $16.6 billion in 1982, and al most 30 per cent higher than last year’s $16.4-billion sur- plus, notes the board which is of i labor . Crane airlifts bucket of gravel onto root of Castlegar post office as part of final ‘touches of re-rooting project. Method, which involved cement mix trucks loading bucket with gravel and lifting it onto the roof, was found to create least disturbance to new root. CosNews Photo THIRD QUARTER INCREASES Profits for Crestbrook For the second consecutive , Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. has recorded a profitable quarter in spite of depressed lumber prices and a weakening pulp mar ket. And, although the loss for the first nine months of 1964 is less than for the compar. able period of 1983, senior officials of the Kootenay based integrated forest prod uets company said in a press release that the financial re- sults are still unsatisfactory and unacceptable. In their interim report to shareholders, Akira Shiban uma, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and Stuart Land, president and chief operating officer, said Crestbrook’s “net sales increased by 82 per cent in the third quarter to Computer causes no job loss WINNIPEG (CP) — There is not evidence the introduc tion of advanced computer technology in the office has led to a reduction in jobs, a Toronto management consul. tant says. Elaine Wilco of Pat, Mar. wick and Partners said in an interview during a meeting of the Canadian Information Processing Society that she has not found an example of computers replacing office personnel. On the contrary, compu- ters are doing tasks that were not done before be cause there weren't enough people to do them. “The processors have can spend their time thinking and making decisions. “Things that computers do in the business office today we never would have done, beeause without the aid of the computer, the task would have been monumental.” $40,275,000, compared to $30,585,000 for the corres ponding period in 1983.” “Improved sales resulted in a profit for the quarter of $808,000 or .11 cents per share, compared to a loss of $537,000 -er .08 -cents -per share for the third quarter of 1983. Net sales for the first nine months of 1984 were $101,708,000, compared to $90,025,000 for the same per iod in 1983. The year-to-date loss was $305,000 or .04 cents per share, compared to $1,145,000 or .17 cents per share for 1983.” “Lumber prices were de- pressed, reflecting an excess of supply over demand,” pointed out Shibanuma and Lang. “Despite poor prices, the Canal Flats and Cranbrook Lumber Divisions maintain ed their profitability and all sawmills generated a positive cash flow.” “Of major significance dur ing the quarter was the com pany'’s announcement of a $20-million pulp mill optimi zation program,” said Shiban uma and Lang, adding that “on Nov. 7, the company’s board of directors gave final approval of the financing of the project. Under this modernization and expansion program, Crestbrook is projecting a production increase of ap- poximately 30,000 tons an. nually and a reduction of operating costs by $35 per ton. The program includes re. ductions in the consumption of energy, chemicals and other materials, while in creasing fibre utilization and improving product quality. “The project is scheduled for completion and tie-in to existing facilities in Septem ber 1985,” said Shibanuma and Lang. “In addition to the direct economic benefits which will accrue to the Company froth this project, its completion will also considerably im prove the market competi tiveness of the Company's pulp in world markets.” Cominco declares dividend Cominco Ltd. has declared a quarterly dividend of four cents per share on the paid-up common stock of the corporation payable on Dec. 21, 1984 to shareholders of record at the close of busi ness on Nov. 30, 1984. A divident of $0.8125 per share was declared on the $3.25 Cumulative Redeem able Preferred Shares Series D of the corporation payable on Jan. 1, 1985 to holders of record at the close of busi- ness on Dec. 11, 1964. Royal City Antiques is featuringa Show & Sale Waneta Plaza Trail from Nov. 26 to Dec. 1 Many fine furnishings to grace your home. and government representa- tives. “This increase over 1983 is the result of a combination of lower imports as the Cana- dian economy slows down. Thus, higher exports, while encouraging, canngt be viewed as entirely positive.” In fact, the slip in the trade surplus last year from 1982 was due to the recovery of the Canadian economy in 1983 and the ensuing larger increase in imports than ex. ports, the report states. Yet the trade surplus on balance is positive and im in the years ahead, and any feduction would place fur. ther pressure on the ex change rate. - “This could lead to higher interest rates which would impact adversely on our ex port competitiveness in the future.” In light of the depressing effects on the economy of still high interest rates combined with the weak value of the dollar, at just over 76 cents S., the board's concern re. fleets the country’s trade conundrum. REFLECTS ECONOMY A large trade surplus, while boosting the value of the dollar and easing interest rate pressure, has been a re flection of an ailing economy A strong economy on the other hand has led to an in crease in imports and a lower trade surplus which weakens the dollar and in turn leads to higher interest rates needed to protect the currency Further complicating the trade picture is the fact that while the Canadian dollar has fallen against its U.S. coun- terpart, it has risen against currencies of most other countries. That has lessened Canada’s ability to compete with those countries for export sales, including sales to the U.S. which can buy the products cheaper from the other coun- tries. The sclution to the con- undrum is to increase ex- ports while maintaining a healthy economy and cur- rency, something which Ot tawa, under the Liberals and now under the Conservative government of Prime Minis- ter Mulroney, hopes to do in part through sectoral free trade with the United States. Difficult economic times have led to a rise in protec tionist trade measures,” the report says. “As a result, Canadian companies are exposed to fierce international competi tion without benefit of free access to a large assured market as enjoyed by our major competitors. EXTRA COOK BOOKS AVAILABLE ONLY 25¢ EACH 197 Columbia Avenue SR Po, Castlégar r News 1 Wool SAVE “ 3 TREASURE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS SAVE 30 % LADIES’ LOUNGEWEAR “= MADE IN CANADA MISSES’ BLOUSES A. Pleated Blouse. Embroidered applique; back-button close White, Natural in S-M-L F. Full-Length Lounger. 3 colours. S-M-L. G. 2-Tone Wrap Robe. S-M-L. Our Reg., each 50.00. Now: Your 3 500 Choice - H. 2Pc. Set. S-M-L. 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