Aglow’'s honor Mother's ‘Wheaton and daughter Mona Hoodikoff will be the guest speakers at the Mother’s Day lun- theon meeting of the Castlegar Women’s Aglow Fellowship to be held May 8 at the banquet room of the Sandman Inn at 10:30 a.m. Sharon was married at the age of 16 and is the mother of three children. Her love for people has led to an active involvement in her chur- ch and in the Grand Forks Women’ Aglow p: . Mona, a graduate of the Grand Forks Christian School, assists her husband with church youth activities. All interested women are invited to attend this inter-denominational fellowship meeting. Free babysitting is available. PHONE 365-5210 __direcorywitbe setonadtay ot pr tertese Mason Sretaper tars tanene Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia A BIRTHS AND DEATHS OIRTHS ANDREWS — To Carol and Rhys An. drews of Castlegar, a girl, born April 24 BALE — To Charlene and John Bale of Castlegar, a boy, born April 24 34, LEGALS try of onment Je Management Branch APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF A PERMIT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT THIS APPLICATION is to be filed with wi may be adversely discharge or stor may within 30 day: last da of posting under section 3(a) or Publication, service or display under Section 4, write to the manager Stating how he is affected.’ PREAMBLE — The purpose of this ap- plication is to discharge treated domestic wastewater effluent from Selkirk College into the Columbia River via an outfall We, Selkirk College of P.O. Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1 hereby apply for amendmentis) as described below to Permit No. PE 141 granted on October 7, which authorizes the discharge of treated unchlorinated secondary ef. nt at a maximum rate of 136m?/d from Selkirk College, located at Castlegar, B.C. to the Columbia River. AMENDMENTS REQUESTED (describe before and after con ditions) 1. Increase maximum daily effluent discharge rate from 136m*/d to 233m*/d 2. Change type of effluent treat ment system from extended aeration biological treatment and no flow equalization to flow equalization, Primary sedimentation and scum femoval, biological treatment by the rotating biological contractor process. 3. Change the method of on-site sludge handling and storage from WARD BEAULIEU — To Aimee Beauliay of Nelton, twins, a boy and girl, born April OeCOSTA —— To Cindy and Fernando ea of Castlegar, a girl, born April . GOULD —. To Diane ond David Gould of Nelson, a boy, born April 2) HALL To Lube and Patrick Hall of Nelson, @ boy, born April 24. HICKS — To Cheryl and Darrell Hicks of Taghum, a girl, born April 25. McQUAIR To Brenda and Douglos McQuair of Nokusp, @ boy, born April 24 MERCER — To Cathy and Wes Mercer of Castlegar, a girl, born March 27, WALKER — To Judy and Douglas Walker of Castlegar, a girl, born April 19. To Mary and Chris Ward of Nelson, a boy, born April 11 THS COLE — Nellie April Cole of Slocan Park died Friday, April 19, 1991 at Trail Regional Hospital. She was 70. She is survived by her son Vick of Slocon Park; three granddaughters; one great-grand. daughter; and sister Iris McKendericks of San Francisco. MOORE — Kenneth Edward Moor merly of Castlegar, Thrums and Ni died April 15, 1991 in Edmonton He was 73. He is survived by hi Eva; four sons; daught 9 ; Hive three sisters; and two brothers. NIELSEN — Axel Henry Nielsen of Castlegar died Friday, April 19, 1991. He was 84. He is survived by his wife, ivy; son ond daughter-in-law Glen and : siste and brother George Niel Norway SOPOW — Mabel Sopow of Castlegar died Sunday. April 21, 1991. She was 79. She is survived by one son, Ell of Viz toria; three daughters and sons-in-law, Florence and Dennis Ryan of Nanaimo. Alice ond Bob Silvester of North Ven: couver, and Tilda and Roland Heglin of Robson; daughter Christina O'Connell of Kelowna; 14 grandchildren; 16 great- grandchildren; two brothers, Pete Soloveoff and Sam’ Kalesniko of aerobic sludge digestion to combined primary sludge and waste secondary sludge storage Dated this 26 day of April, 1991 D.Blakemore Associated Engineering (B.C.) Ltd Telephone No. 293-1411 A copy of this application was posted at the site in accordance with the o Castlegar; two sisters, Helen Hoodikolt of Raspberry and Polly Savinkoff of Castleview Care Center. TYSSE — Engel (Tom) Thomassen Tysse of Nelson died Sunday, April 21, 1991 at Willowhaven Private Hospital. He was 86. 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Bill 82, the Compensation Fairness Act, gives a wage control commissioner the power to roll back pay in- creases i in new i 5 Describing the mood at the imiarch, Adams said there was ‘‘certainly determination to continue this fight for however long it takes. And, a Strong feeling of collegiality among all the people, all the nurses and the teachers and bus drivers and the firefighters and all the rest.”” **Everybody has the same aim and that's to get rid of Bill 82,” she said. “It was (former premier) Bill Vander Zaim and Couvelier who were behind this legislation, it was their legislation,” Adams said. ‘‘We’re Pleased that they’re both gone, we didn't feel either one of them was a friend to education."’ Despite reservations about fighting the bill so close to an election, the march was the second demonstration by public sector employees in a month. On April 17, thousands of teachers throughout the Province walked off the job an hour early while others held meetings after school was out. Castlegar teachers met after school to honor their contract, which was negotiated in good faith, with the Castlegar school board, At_that time, Adams said there was a risk in Protesting the bill near an election but teachers were too. “*outraged’’ to ignore it. ““We were afraid we would once again become a Political football, that we'd become an issue in the next election. There’s no doubt the law was brought in to stir up an issue.”’ And the fight continued today. Adams and Janice Androsoff, president of Trail’s teachers’ met with Chris D’Arcy, NDP MLA for Rossland-Trail to gain his support in getting the ill repealed. Adams also took a list of about 300 signatures from members of several different unions in Castlegar to Premier Rita Johnston's office. 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Workers at the plant were anxious Over suggestions that the mill would shut down for at least a month this summer because of its poor financial Performance over the past year, said local 480 president Doug Swanson. ““We have what we call a rumor mill at the plant, every big company has one,"’ said Swanson. “So to quell those rumors and to end those suggestions we issued a joint statement saying there would be no major layoffs and no shutdown,” he said. Cominco employs 3,300 workers, including about 400 from Castlegar. Company spokesman Richard Fish said metal prices haven’t been that bad, so the company was concerned that its financial picture wasn’t get- ting better. And ‘tsomehow that was traced back to the cost of produc- t tion. That production costs were too high.” The company’s production con- cerns were passed on to the em- Costiews photo by Ed Mills 8.C. Hydro employee Leslie Godberson lust couldn't fi rouble ing ita Claus down . where It was discovered Monday morning. Unless Santa was gotten there by his reindeer, it appears someone in town has a strange sense of humor. ire out why an: would go to the steep hill to it on a rock below Vandals strike again in Glade By ED MILLS Staff Writer Vandals wreaked mindless havoc last weekend at the home of a Glade couple for the second time in less than nine months. It was deja vu for Christine and Wayne Cross Sunday as they retur- ned home from a weekend trip to find their house and family car broken into and brutally vandalized. Inside the house the vandals, caused ‘‘extensive damage”’ to the couple's VCR, television and microwave, Castlegar RCMP said. A dollar figure on the damage is expected to be in excess of $1,000. “I’m too mad to be scared,” said Christine Cross on Monday. “I'm beyond being annoyed, it’s twice in nine months and I don’t want to (talk about) it again,’ she said. In mid-July last year, vandals went on a similar spree at the Cross’s home doing about $10,000 damage in what police called the worst case of vandalism in the Kootenays in years. Castlegar RCMP constable Russell Sangster said there was no apparent motive for the latest rampeee, “Apart from just straight van- dalism, your guess is as good as mine. Nothing appeared to be taken, so at this point it’s still under in- vestigation."’ Sangster wouldn’t comment on whether there was any connection between the two crimes and wouldn’t say if the RCMP have any suspects, No one was charged in connection with the first incident and Cross said she suspects the same OF per- son, are involved. “They must have seen us go, I don’t know, maybe somebody’s wat- ching us,”’ she said. “I don’t know who else could have done it, but what do I know?” said Cross, who runs a dog/grooming business from her home:~ é Unlike the last time their home was broken into, the Cross’s weren’t on extended vacation but were gone less than 40 hours to a dog-grooming show in New Denver. “We left at 4:30 (p.m.) Friday and we were back at 7 a.m. Sunday. It wasn’t a major trip or anything, it wasn’t that big a deal. A fed up and frustrated Cross says she is thinking of offering some kind of reward for information on the case. Sangster said he’s hoping whoever did it will make a slip-up soon or that people in the area will come in with information on the case. “Whoever may have information, neighbours or whoever, we're just hoping thai it will be filtered here to the police eventually," he said. Ployees who then deduced that the pany would during the summer to improve its balance sheet, said Fish. “The joint meeting is a recognition that both parties need to participate in the development of long-term solutions to enhance the competitive performance of Trail operations. The plants will continue to operate at maximum achievable Fates, however, major emphasis is needed on improving productivity in all areas,’’ the joint news release said. The release added that the wind down of construction on the zinc modernization projects at the smelter towards the end of the sum- mer could lead to a maximum of 200 layoffs. “(But) layoff impact may be teduced with normal ‘attrition (retirement or resignations) and early retirement options already in place,"" the release said. “At current metal prices, Comin- co’s Trail management believes that, with concerted efforts by all em- he By DONNA ZUBER Staff Writer Keith Charlton of Crescent Valley is doing exactly what he wants to do — make crazy mechanical contraptions — and people are Starting to 80 looney over them. Two years ago, Charlton put his creative talents to work and came up with a mechanical looney bank. Now, after a year in production, sales have topped the 700 mark and have the potential of skyrocketing. Charlton's banks were recently featured at the B.C. Creative Arts Show in Vancouver where they caught the attention of a Toronto based distributor who deals with chain stores. “If badd -him to my other follow-ups, there’s a Potential for another $8,000 to $15,000 per month,"’ said Chariton. A deal with the distributor hasni’t been finalized yet, but Charlton's booth at the trade fair did secure 15 more retailers to add to his list. That list already includes retailers in Nelson and Trail. Castlegar remains absent. ‘‘Castlegar’s just not a looney bank kind of town," he says. Starting with only an idea, Charlton, 37, set his sights on inventing something shortly after his move #0 Crescent Valley from Toronto in 1989, In Toronto he bad worked in ‘‘evetything t6 do Inventor's ‘looney’ idea puts money in the bank hydraulic tilting light tables for an aerospace Company “But as far as completely doing my own design right out of the air, (my banks) would be it,” he said “And I really started out with nothing,”’ he added. ‘The original bank was built out of a pile of Scraps."’ His initial designs, using other coins, failed because the coins were too light. Then loonies came out and solved his problems. “The looney was perfect,” he said. ‘‘These banks run off the weight of the coin, and the looney was heavy enough.” Once he had the mechanics down pat, partner Barbara Brown got to work on the finishing touches, he said. “‘She designed the decal and the color scheme of it,’” he said, adding that Brown also handles the business end. of his work. The finished product is similar in style and function to the coin banks used at the turn of the century which had ‘‘very clever mechanisms,"’ he said. Loaded at the top, the coin rolls down the middie of the bank, guided by a slot, arms pivot and tilt, down to the figal movement where a hammer Propels it across the bank's floor where it disappears down a hole. Alll the pieces working together are with house as well as equipment for other companies. His “last hurrah” before leaving Toronto was designing a pair of with By CasNews Staff Country and western music star Crystal Gayle is coming to Castlegar it was announced Tues- day. Gayle will perform at the Community Complex June 2 as the climax to the city’s annual Sunfest celebrations which run May 31-June 2. Tickets will cost $22.50 each and will go on sale Monday at Mohawk service stations in Castlegar, Nelson, Trail, Creston and Cranbrook. Tickets will also be available by phone through Ticketmaster which can be called — for credit card purchases — toll-free from any where in B.C. A backup band — or even if there'll be one — hasn’t been determined yet. Gayle, the sister of country music star Loretta Lynn, has had several hits on both country and Pop charts over a long career and has made several guest appearan- ces on television. The country singer was selec- ted Monday by a Music '9i committee in Vancouver from a list of artists submitted by the Castlegar Festivals Committee which runs Sunfest. Festival committee _ members Donna Jory and Leslie Manson both said they were pleased Music "91 was able to get Gayle. ~ it was also @ popular chvice Crystal Gayle to play Comple CRYSTAL GAYLE -- on the way with country music fans. “Hey this is great, that's ex- cellent,”’ said Vicki Hill, 26, a bartender/waitress at Banjo’s Pub in Castlegar. “It’s nice to have a big name country singer into town again. I'll be there, definitely,” she said. But not everyone's. excited about the concert. “No, 1 won't be going,” said Nadine Swetlishoff, who works