CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 3, 1973 “Inquiries to rene Costs Brings Explanafion fo Towns The Towns of Castlegar and Kinnaird, along with the City of Nelson, have received an explanation from the Re- gional District of Central Kootenay as to why assessing costs have increased this year by 80 per cent. All three communities wrote the regional district in March after learning of the increase. Castlegar's costs jumped $4,467 while Kinnaird’s increased $1,823, In a letter of explanation, Local RCMP Issue Warning To Mini Bikes Castlegar detachment of the RCMP are receiving numer- ous calls of youths operating mini bikes and smail motor- cycles illegally. All 'motor bikes must be licenced and insured as well as comply with all sections of the motor vehicle act if they are going to be used on the highway. Due to the number of complaints the RCMP are going to increase patrols and all violators will be charged. Minimum fine fs $250. Many children riding bikes at night without lights and reflectors are also causing the police concern. QUEEN'S CONTEST for the 1973 Miss KC Days is being carefully planned as KC Days’ and chairman of the * queen pageant, Mrs. L. R. Lalonde of Alpha Phi capter of Beta Sigina Phi, compare notes with KC Days Queen, Lillian * Kemperman. Alpha Phi lias taken ‘the responsibility of the queen’s pageant since its conception marking its fourth season in 1973. Resides appearing at local functions during her chairman, Kenneth King, ant the still reignixg RDCK administrator Gene Bo- dard said the total increase of some $12,000 includes $6,000 for nine months’ employment of an additional assessor, $3,000 for increases in existing salary scales, and $3,000 for fringe benefits, additional travel al- lowance, and the addition of another vehicle for the assess- ing department. Castlegar’s RDCK repre- sentative, Ald. Ed Mosby, told his council Tuesday night that members of the present assess- ing staff have resigned to go to better paid jobs and it may be possible that their replace- ments, along -with the addi- tional staff member required, might be hired at lower salary figures if qualification stan- dards are lowered, As well, continued Mr. Mosby, the twin towns “might be advised to have another I look at hiring a joint assessor.” Kinnaird council filed the RDCK letter explaining assess- ing costs for information and wants to deal with the matter at a joint. meeting with the Town of Castlegar. At the same time the resignation of the only remain- ing assessor for RDCK has prompted the town to inquire of RDCK how the situation in relation to an assessor stood and if the RDCK will be able to fill its contract with the Town of Kinnaird and to what level? of the Stanley FUTILE EFFORTS could well be the sans students who Peesatly took a Personal stand on land near the cleared much of the debris only to find an old car body has been recently placed in that area. area. The fodcata saw the areaasa possible spot if left to be natural but uncluttered. They had also been considering the town council to see if their efforts could not be protected by some form of bylaw. —Castlegar News Photo Briefs from Kinnaird Council The Town of Kinnaird will send three voting delegates to the June 9 spring conference of the Association of Kootenay and Boundary Municipalities to be held in Kimberley. Aldermen John Pinckney reign, Miss Kemperman has taken part in the Vernon Winter Carnival, attended the Van- couver Boat Show, and on behalf of the twin towns of Castlegar and Kinnaird, has been a goodwill ambassador to Spokane to meet the Expo ‘74’ people. appearance may well be the Lilac Festival to be held soon in Spokane. At present there are eight possible candidates for this year’s queen title. —Castlegar News Photo Her final out-of-town Seo Our Full Line of Athletic Footwear including JOGGERS and - CLEATED BOOTS Phorie 365-7025 ‘SOFTBALL, SOCCER AND BASEBALL: PLAYERS (Maddack> “SHOES THAT MAKE AN IMPRESSION" § Pine St. Castlegar andG. S. Rust will be attending with the third member to be named later. x * An invitation to attend the May 19 and 20 Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ 26th annual youth festival was tabled for the consideration of Mayor Colin Maddocks who was absent, having left Sunday for a national conference of mayors and elected officials at the Canadian Emergency, Mea- sures College at Armprior, Ontario. * * An outline on a sanitary land fill seminar, to be held May 10 and 11, was referred to the Regional Distritt of Central Kootenay for comment. ‘The town is ready. to construct the base:for its new storage tank once it receives word from the health depart- ment. Royal City Iron Works has indicated it is ready to erect the tank. . * . A letter from B.C. Tel asking for Property in innaied Golf Enjoyed As Ladies Play Towards Trophy On a sunny, first day, of + ‘May, $9 ‘ladies turned out :to play the qualifying round for the Pett’s Trophy. This. was also a pin round. 3 Low net was the weekly competition with the winners being Phy! Lamb, Judy Way- ling, Margaret Maddocks and Liz Lutz, Noxt week's competition will be Bingo, Bango, Bongo. Come out and Join in the fun Eremenko S and good Tee time —9 to 9:30. See you there, ‘Lightle Gravel . Pit Area Zoned As Residential The intent of two persons identified as Waywood and Hetman, to purchase the Lightle gravel pit for the purpose of removing gravel has left council with a few ques- tions. 4 To clarify these questions, aldermen would like to see the two proposed purchasers ap- pear before council to explain the present intent as well as what future plans are: anticl- pated for this land. It was pointed out in a letter to counci) the land is presently zoned by the town for zon arrived ine the deadline. B.C, Tel will be advised to apply for re-zoning. * . A letter from a committee “Fly the Flag: Canada Week” asking for a proclamation was tabled. This step was taken to allow time to see what steps the local Canadian Legion and the Town of Castlegar are ae on this matter. A. J. McLeod Funeral Held From Silverton United Church _ Funeral services were held Tuesday from Knox United Church in Silverton for long- time resident. of the Slocan Valley area, William Henry: Jamieson” McLeod who was pronounced dead on arrival at Slocan “Community Hospital, Friday. * .Born at Moosomin, Sask, March 28, 1911, he was well known across Canada in mining circles. He first entered the mining field in the gold mines in Ontario and at Moly, Quebec. He moved to Sandon “in 1951 where: he. planned and Severe Injuries Are Caused In Power Mower: Accidents Power mower accidents this year alone will affect the future of hundreds of sons so unfortunate as to get their feet or hands in the of the _ rotatirig mower blades, a__ national safety: expert has warned. lost everyone has read or heard about a few power mower accidents involving well-known personages, But few people realize many of these mishay is there are annually through- out the country,’ according to John Atkinson, president and mana, director of the Allstate Insurance Com- panies of Canada. “While lethal injuries are comparatively intre ft ent, the so-called minor We Have Meaningful Gifts In All Sizes —CARDS —COSMETICS — CHINA WARE AND MUCH MORE Tommy Biln Open Monday to Saturday 9'a.m. to 6 p.m. Corner of Pine Street and Columbia Avenue Fridays Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. + Sunday and Holiday Hours: 12 noon to 1_p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. — CHOCOLATES — ‘CRYSTAL D ickathe nicest the nicest Phone 365-7813 juries can be easly and — all to often — yy its a (ene? in piece fan the can be urled with a force to wa thie atest danger of = Frower is irect power mower in- — jury in seven is an amputa- tion. Two Hospitalized : Following Single 3 Car Accident ‘Two persons were taken to Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Rossland with head injuries following a single-car accident reported to local police at 11: 16 Monday morning. Police said the vehicle was traveling west when it went out of control landing in the right-hand ditch. 2 The two injured persons were identified as the driver, . Gill Jatinderpal of Grand Forks and a passenger, Karam Singh Gill. There were five persons in the vehicle at the. time of the accident. : The’ 1972 vehicle is’ re- ported . to’. have approximately $1,500 damage, sustained -; built the Carnegie Mill. He had also been mine manager in several Slocan Mines. He prospected extensively and lately spent two years at Great Bear Lake where he built and was superintendent of Feder- ated Mines. He was at Rossland for the past winter and was.on his way to Cambridge Bay on another mining. venture. Mr. McLeod is survived by his. wife Hilda, of Silverton;- three .sons, Norman H. of Surrey, Richard C. of Squamish and Ian’E. of Silverton; five daughters, Mrs. L. : (Gwen- dolyn) ‘Sherwood’ of Salmon Arm, Mrs. G. (Wanda) Cooper of Hope, Mrs. J. (Wilma) Shiell -of Fauquier, Mrs. J. (Fern) Beaton of Squamish ‘and Miss Vivian McLeod of Silverton. Also surviving are 21 grandchildren, one great grand- son and-two sisters, Mrs. Don Lawrence of Newfoundland and: - Mrs. on McLellan of Thun- der “Sleeping “Coals Given as Cause For House Fire but it appears only after a large quantity of gravel is extracted that the land would become suitable for subdividing. QUALITY SHOES for the family. ‘ For Dress — Casual and, Work Our Footwear Will Meet the. Need of Any Type Work or Any Occasion eA MCC UCU SMITH’S PLUMBING & HEATING 61. Crescent Street, Castlegar —- Phone 365-7531 Senior Citizens General the. Centre, at 7.30. p.m, 8, Reserve Wednesday June 20: for Robson Anglican’ Garden Tea, Robson Parent Group to Brownies, Guides & Han- chews phone ererh or 465-697. sree 408 ‘The regular meeting of 4 2 Lilian Killough € Uha- 7 al 8 p.m. in St David's Part ish House, peace Se en 11, from 4 to 9 p.m. iy Sat., May 12 from 9 tol p.m. Poverty Law. Clinic, night at 421 Front iat 7-9 p.m. For information call 365-3361, FREE NEW —— The Active Sportswear with Comfort and Style ~ POLYESTER AND COTTON DOUBLE, KNITS Garments are machine. washable and machine “dryable; SLIMS (cuffed ‘ond plain), SHORTS . A fire last Thursday at the : residence of Irling Close at 4047 Columbia Ave. in Castlegar, ‘BERMUDAS, SKIRTS — Tops to Mix ‘and Match. Lacy Cardigans : Bulky: Knits” The Long Sweater to Wear Over Pant Tops Sizes 38 to 44 3, M,b LARGE: ASSORTMENT OF’ LADIES HANDBAGS IN ALL THE NEW SUMMER SHADES ‘ \ } Provincial Libracy | Parliament Bldga Victoria, B.C. Published Every Thursday Morning at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” VOL. 26, No. 19 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COREE THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1978 " THIS 18 HOW IT'S DONE demonsiraies mall earrior Karen Garospa who posts a Reese ream gees med cocepticals WEE wil Abpoe On ths stress this weekend with Monday. left to right, supervisor of letter carriers Art Wiebe, Hal Hesketh, Lioya Hall, Pat s;:have already Egan, Ray Saville, Dean Carter and Albert Baker. Large green rela: boxes, from which the carriers will pick up their d sured in’ d in some Joeations, A third type al receptical ‘group box; which do not’ qualify for : delivery. being placed in outlying areas ‘Castlegar News Photo | Carefree D Design Accepts ‘182,000 Federal Grant A federal government of- fer of an incentive grant for $182,000 has been accepted by Carefree Design Enterprises, Company f Don ers at a site near Kinnaird- Castlegar. The plant will employ 67 persons in the first year, with Ewing said Carefree will manufacture campers and trail- Castlegar Chamber Tonight A resolution to obtain an air pollution bylaw, which was tabled at last month's Castlegar and District Chamber of Com- merce meeting, is scheduled to be lifted at tonight's meeting. ‘President Mary Anderson stated the topic is to be handled as a public meeting with anyone wanting to take part to join the chamber members at 7:30 at the Hi Arrow Arms. Members are reminded the social hour is at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:46. B.C. Hydro Asked to Look At Erosion B.C. Hydro das been asked “Castlegar News Unifed Appeal The appointment of Castle- gar News publisher Burt Campbell as general chairman of this year's United Appeal drive was announced this week by directors of the Castlegar > District United Appeal. * In making the announce- ., ment, United Appeal president E. Clarence Ackerman noted Mr. been: He has served as a director of the organization, and has acted as a canvasser in many campaigns as well as serving as a division chairman. Mr. Ackerman said it is interesting to note that when the United Appeal (then the KRC Community Chest) first made the decision to separate the fund-raising drive from the other responsibilities of the KRG directors, Mr. Campbell's Board for YIP . A’ counsellor at Selkirk College, Ab Dunn, heads the * Youth Project's Publisher Appt. Gen. Chairman father, former Castlegar News publisher L. V. (Les) Campbell, was the first general chairman. As in past years, this year’s United Appeal drive will be conducted in October. Centre Named Susan : Little and Norm Wolfe were named as voting to the central board board of directors for 1973. Vice-president of the Cas- is tlegar branch of the Pacific Self-D of the PSCDS in Victoria. The Youth Information i eine is Lloyd And Project Penticton engineer. Susan Lit. , tle, a nursing instructor at * Selkirk College, fills the sec- retarial position and Alex McKinnon, assistant mainten- ‘ance supervisor at Celgar is has been roughly esti at $3,000. Seventeen members of the Castlegar Volunteer Fire De- partment responded to the fire which. is. believed “to have started from what was pre- sumed dead coals of a Hibachi left near the home. The coals came to life “igniting the outside of ‘the building and causing damage to the eaves and -two outside walls. Fire chief Ed Lewis spoke highly of his men who had also come under praise by. the Closes’ for measures taken to protect their belongings. The home and contents were fully : insured. No one was : at-home when the fire. was spotted by Dave-<: Dunning and phoned into the: department by an unidentified . woman, “AS LOW: AS. “CHLORINE, SUMMER FUN POOLS Complete Pool Packages Including, Pump, Filter and Ladder "99. 5%" NOW IN STOCK | Phone Bob Lightle ‘— 365-5890 $109.00 2-18, - YOUR DOWNTOWN GARDEN CENTRE SEEDS, FERTILIZERS, ‘GARDEN TOOLS, HOSES, SPRINKLERS, LAWN MOWERS, GRASS SHEARS,, INSECTICIDES CONTRACTORS WHEEL BARROWS WOOD, OR. STEEL HANDLES ALASKA LIQUID ree FERTILIZER HALF GALLON. SPECIAL .. >... L FOR RENT Roto Tillers, Lawn Roller and Fertilize Spreader AIR TRAVEL. AGENTS FOR ALL AIRLINES . @ Reservations ee @ Tours. '"@ Hotel Accom. - "@ Travel Insurance. + ‘Directors on the board are: ‘Cindy Sharp, public health nurse; Gerry Ehman, psycholo- gist; Rev. Terry Allen, Angli- '-can Priest; Dean Carter, postal | worker; Anne Carney, project administrator and Norm Wolfe, project director. service 3 ilable to all persons in the Castlegar area. Services now available are a 24-hour counselling service, bi-weekly poverty law clinics, odd job ‘employment service, information and re” ferral. YIP is also the sponsor of a project now being considered for funding to hire two full-time and one part-time research workers to explore the hard drug situation in the Kooten- ays. Proposes Spokane Flights ¢: Recently advertised appli- cations by. Arrow Aviation of Abbotsford, for a licence to provide air service to 'o Spokane He said his firm will work out a schedule that will provide the most economic service. Service through the Kootenays will be desi; to from Castl an are’ part of cpio to provide local service to the Kootenays, said Percy Lotzer, a the service already provided by Pacific Western Airlines. The two companies have an inter- line ag: and PWA will pany official on of! ‘last week. Mr. Lotzer said the firm proposes to serve: Penticton, Grand Forks, C Nelson be handling ‘ticket sales for. Arrow Aviation. * Arrow plans to use modern ht twi i and Cranbrook out of the firm's ‘base at Vernon. The firm already serves ™ several central interior points, including Kamloops, Prince George and Revelstoke. ~The service planned is Bknown as Class Ill, feeder or ommuter service. It actually rovides for the option of Mscheduled or unscheduled ser- vice: but, Mr. Lotzer said, people don't acept unscheduled service. 8 aircraft which operate: under instrument ‘flight rules just as do the larger aircraft operated by PWA. The smaller aircraft require the same pilot ratings as the larger ones. In. the applications for flight to Spokane, Mr. Lotzer said daily flights to Spokane in the morning and return at night are proposed, allowing same- day business and shopping trips to the Washington city. — President of the Nelson Rotary Club, Walt Laurie, has announced that plans gre is in the final stages for a “Career Expo” to be held at Selkirk, College Monday. Senior age school .. =stue during the evening. The Expo is'sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of the area, Selkirk College, the Kootenay Counsellor's Association and the Trail and Nelson Canada Manpower Centres. A committee has been meeting under the, chairman- ship of Mr. Laurie since Feb. 11 to develop plans: for the exposition. The last career expo was held on May ‘5, 1969 and enjoyed particular success. The committee has been making arrangements with West Kootenay school districts to have senior secondary students transported to Selkirk College to participate and have received the fullest. coopera- tion. Requests to interested exhibitors, ie. universities, co!- leges, vocational schools, pri- vate industry, trade unions, public service departments and professional associations, have been met with a very encourag- ing response. Representatives on the! steering committee. of Caret Expo include Dr. L. D. power in Trail, Murray Gusta! son of | Canada Manpower Fbx.o! “"Crawiord ’ of Stanley ;:Hum- phries High School and Car) Henne and’Frank Holdsworth of Castlegar: Rotary Club. The purpose of the career exposition is to provide aid to students who must take choices of ‘the careers ia {raining Minister Bob Williams to investigate the recent erosion problem on the inside curve of the south bank of the Columbia River between extensions of 8th and 10th Avenues in Castlegar. Council was advised of this in a letter received from the minister at its meeting last week, Mr. Williams said he was the d to rise to 120 in the second year. Mr. Ewing has had 10 years of experience in the design and manufacture of campers and trailers and has been assembling details and key staff for the project since February of 1972. “Our prototypes are near- ing completion and we have a good booking of preliminary orders now,” Mr, Ewing said, “Local financing is advane- ing well and we have every reason to expect success in the enterprise.” Manufacturing will start now in the temporary premises in Kinnaird and Trail, Construction of a 44,000 square-foot building and site details will be announced later. Presentation of First Letters To Mark Inaugural Ceremony The Canada Post. Office will hold a letter carrier inaugural ceremony in the Stanley Humphries Secondary School this Saturday at 1:30. A presentation of the “first letters” will be made to » Mayor John Landis of Castlegar and Mayor Colin Maddocks of Pre ceremony entertainment will be provided by the Stanley Humphries School band. Postmaster T. R. Deans invites residents of Castlegar, Kinnaird and Blueberry Creek areas to come out and meet their new postmen and stay and enjoy some light re! nt. Door-to-door delivery to approximately 2,300 points of eall will start on Monday. With this new service 22 mail boxes will be conveniently located so that residents of the area can mail their letters and parcels without going to the main post office. ie mail boxes will be located as follows: Fourth St, and Centre, 2nd St. and way Dr., 18th St. and 7th Ave., 13th St. and 7th Ave., 10th St. and 7th Ave., 10th St. amg 9th Ave., 8th St. and.10th Ave. Seventh St. and 6th Ave., 4th St. and 7th Ave., 2nd St amd ‘7th Ave. (Castleaird Shopping Centre), Kokanee St. a-¢ Columbia Ave., Ridgewood Dr. and Silverwood Crese., Purewil, St. amt Columbia Ave. Hospital and 3rd Ave., Laurel st and Columbia Ave... Green St. and Columbia Ave., Ivy St. and Sth Ave., Green St. ami Tt Ave., Maple St. and 6th Ave., King St. and Columbin Ave. Kootenay.and Woodlawn Dr. and Castlegar Town Office amd Columbia Ave. asking Hydro to matter Because of Hydro's the associations, which: will assist students to make choices on a more = would otherwise be possible. $600 Centennial Site ‘Survey Costs Shared by Twin Towns The twin towns of Castle- gar and-Kinnaird have agreed to share the $600 survey costs ;.of the Castlegar-Kinnaird Cen- tennial Site (Kootenay Doukho- bor Historica! Society com- munal home property), Both councils took this action at. their meetings last week following a letter from the Regional District of Central Kootenay. advising the two communities that the agree- ment on the property with the regional district calls for the two towns‘to take care of all costs relative to the site. for; the survey work, land surveyor Alex Cheveldave re- ported that the full rate for the survey should have been $1,000 but he said he did the work at a $400 discount as his donation to the Centennial Committee. At Kinnaird’s meeting, the generosity of Mr. Cheveldave was remarked upon and it was agreed a letter of thanks should be sent him expressing the town's appreciation. Also at Kinnaird, council decided to’ subtract its $300 share of the survey costs froma $500 grant to the communal village being considered in the 1973. budget. informed — basis than © ow “Upstream of this er, arepresuntative of. Rights: inspected the. problem ‘and filed a report with the lands ~*~ branch. “Open House Marks Third Ann. of YIP Three years of service to the community will be marked on Friday, June 1, by an open house at the Youth Information Project at 421:Front Street in Castlegar. Plans for the day include video-taped simulations of work done by Crisis Centre workers, role-plays, picture displsys, printed materia] and resource people on hand to answer questions about various ser- vices offered by the project. During the evening, music will be provided by a local group of musicians who are currently working under an LIP grant known as “communi- cations”. Everyone is welcome. Re- freshments will be served. MUCH NEEDED RISERS were Monday by. the. executive mf the - SHSS Secondary School d Stanley Breas Doukhobor Choir who made the presentation on behalf of the choir, their parents and the community at large. Shown relaxing for a brief moment on the risers are, sitting, left to right, vice-principal L. Farrell, choir director Peter S: of, left to right, advisor Joanie Ogloff, vi * Bill Soukeroff, secretary Elaine Perepolkin, treasurer Angela Former Premier W. A. t Bennett ‘the’ Comptroller... of Water .: oring former Premier W. A: C. Bennett is to be held in Trail on May: 26. This is announced by Judge Carl M. Loeblich of Kinnaird, ch of the imionial banquet hon. 3 Opposition * in announced he is retiring frum the Social Credit Tadershtp f im November. The dinner ix being: spams ored. iby a special banquet special dinner. The testimonial banquet, to be held in the Colombo Lodge Hall, will pay tribute to Mr. Bennett for his 20 years as B.C. premier. Mr. Bennett, who is now leader of the Official the auspices of the Rassiamé- jocial Ci Association. Park or No Park Asks Blueberry Creek Recreafion Commission The May meeting of the Blueberry Creek Recreation Commission. was held last Thursday with eight directors present. Plans for the spring dance at the Hi Arrow Arms were finalized with the park as the main topic of discussion. With summer just around the corner, many questions face the directors. Will the park be able to be used for summer recreation? There are still a number of Power Outage Caused by Kite A power outage, caused when a ‘kite tangled in power lines near the Kinsmen Park in Castlegar, brings home a point constantly being drawn to the attention of the public. Flying kites should be handled in a wide open area. Some incidents, such as this one, have been known to take the life of whoever is holding the line of the entangled kite. SHSS Doukhobor Choir Receives $1,700 Fed. Grant A federal grant of $1,700 has been received by the Stanley Humphries Secondary School Doukhobor choir who used the money to supplement Eremko arid advisor Linda Pereverzelf. The risers, which will be used to supplement the > present ones at SHSS, consist of nine units | ani with each sunit principal R. Patrick. Accompanying them is the choir aber ‘This ible saving to the achool which has priced these risers at $275 a unit. Castlegar News Photo on a recent trip to Vancouver. While in Vancouver they performed at. two secondary schools in West Vancouver and at the Union of Young Doukhobor Concert, items to be completed before. Will there be a lawn? The grass seed is planted, but the sprinkler system is not in proper working order. Will the washroom facili- ties be finished in order that the children can. enjoy the summer program offered oy the Regional Recreation Com- mission No. 1 in Blueberry? Will the sprinkler pool be operable this summer? Was not part of the water taxes and remaining 1971 Centennial Fund to go for park mainten- ance? The Recreation Commis- sion is hopeful that the Water Board, as owners of the park, will rectify these items as soon as possible so that the children and adults can enjoy the park. Blood Donor Clinic Here Monday, June 4 Pine on Monday, June 4, at 2to 5 pam, and at 7 to 9:30 a.m. clinic is well in hand and hoped the. people: of Castlegar and Kinnaird will support the clinic as well as they have done in the “Castlegar, has a good reputation for a high proportion of blood donors. This year, we hope we can do even better,” he