CASTLEGAR NEWS, ‘Thursday, March 26, 1976 Your Spouse May Help Reduce Your Tax Bill There's good news in the 976 income tax provisions for ‘ssbme taxpayers whose spouses ‘small or no incomes, A taxpayer is now allowed tighten the family tax load, Five t¥pes of deductions woay be transferred under cer- tain circumstances, They. are fhe age exemption; ‘pension sficome deduction; disability sHeduction; education deduc- $¥on; and interest and dividend Income deduction. The age exemption, for éxample, is an ‘exemption of 174 which may be claimed by ‘Persons 65 years of age or over. your spouse is eligible and ses none or only part of the ¢ exemption to reduce tax- ible Income to zero, you (the taxpayer) can transfer. the unused, or left-over, portion to four own return and use it to Feduce your own taxable in- 1e, Space to. calculate the unused” portion of this and the ther transferrable deductions ‘Shey are not required by the ‘Spouse in reducing taxable come to zero, ‘The pension income deduc- Bion of $1,000 will be available 30a large number of taxpayers 1976. If your spouse receives pension income and has no taxable income, a portion of the jeduction may be available for our use. (Income not eligible for the deduction includes Old Age Security, Guaranteed In- ‘Quebec Pension Plans, or retir- ang allowances or death bene- ) You may already be fam- liar with the transfer of the ‘disability and education deduc- stions. They were permitted last wYear. New for the 1975 taxation fear is the ability to transfer je age exemption, pension come deduction and the in- READ THE : CASTLEGAR NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS return provides instructions for calculating the transfers, The interest income deduc- tion was first introduced in 1974, It has now been expanded to include the taxable amount of dividends received from Canadian corporations, and the transfer feature added, ‘The maximum interest and dividend income deduction {s $1,000, Interest must come from Canadian sources and includes interest ‘from bank, credit union, or trust company deposits, bonds, ‘Mortgages, notes and the income element of certain types of annulty payments. dian sourco interest income received through a trust, or from.s life insurance company's segregated fund also qualifies, as does the income to be reported on tho disposition of a life insurance policy, Income that does not qual- ify includes payments under registered retirement’ savings + Plans, deferred profit sharing plans and income averaging annuity contracts, and the income element of annuity payments that qualify for the $1,000 pension income deduc- tion, (In some circumstances is straightforward. If, for exam. ple, you have $500 of interest income from eligible sources, you deduct $500 in calculating your’ taxable: income for. the year. If you have more than $1,000 or eligible interest, you deduct the maximum which is ~ $1,000. Now, examine — your spouse's income. Suppose this is $2,000, of which $1,200 is eligible for the interest income deduction. First your spouse deducts the basic exemption (to which everyone is entitled) of $1,878, which leaves $122. Your spouse is next en- titled to a deduction of $1,000 from eligible interest and div-. idend income, but needs only $122 of this deduction to reduce ~ taxable ; ie to zero. There- ‘Gerest ‘and dividend facome’ ford; Cie balafice ($878) nay be ~ Seduction.” Your | incomé. tax~* transferred to your return for * use in calculating your taxable come, The income tax guide ° explains all these transfers and ‘shows how best to proceed. SUN syuNCATS They are Just Trials of Old JFyYou have hild. ren who may in the next. decade get married and have children, it is not too early for you to start getting into condition, The life you save may be your own. Fdsuggest alot of jogging, : for a start. Get your wind together. You'll need it. ‘Then you should get your in’ shape.” Practice leaning over a bath-tub until you can do it for 10 minutes without a stitch or a twinge. Next, you should work on vols arms and shoulder muscles. suggest you buy a baby cot and a high chair. Then get hold of a large plastic bag and fill it with 25 pounds of sand or old fron. Nails might be even better. Now. Put the bag of sand inthe high chair and practice hoisting it out until you can do it/10 times in’a row without puffing. Do the same.with the baby's cot, with the sides up. This is only a facsimile, of | course, not the real thing. / One hopes: that the bag of sand will not be struggling, or screaming that it doesn’ want its bib on, or doesn't + want to go bye-byes, Next, put on your winter clothes, tuck the bag of sand under one arm and a 20 Ib. of.groceries under the you see a dog or cat or kid, you must stop and look for a suitable interval, saying: “See the nice doggie” about eight times, ‘you fe There may be ‘ing for you in the fine print, > KOOTENAY TAX SERVICE AD. - Moved to 601 in the C.K.Q.R. Premises Where We Can Columbia Avenue Serve You Better 511 PHONE 365.3011 me. We're into our third week with Pokey, and. we're getting a bit tattered around the edges. ‘When was a young father andhad young children of my own, for some reason I didn't get so exhausted, Of course, then, I: didn't get home from work until about 6.30, The kids were fed, bathed by their mother, and I told them their + bed-time story. There was nothing to it, T_ get home }, andalittledemon. hurls himself at me. He's just up, refreshed, after his nap, and I'm a little pooped after coping with the life styles of 150 adolescents. It’s no contest. I'm beginning to have the deepest sympathy for young Sugar and Spice. _ ee mothers, Withone child, it’s about a 16-hour a day shift. With several young ones, it’s got to be the modern answer tothe Chinese water torture. How many of you old- Umers have tried recently to getan infant intooneof those winter snowsuits? The boots won't. go-through the legs, the zippers won't zip, Yesterday, I spent’ eight minutes getting one leg in, and for once the zipper worked. I straightened up to draw breath and ease my back, looked down with some satisfaction, and saw to my horror that the child’s- leg’ was in the wrong leg of the snowsuit. Back to scratch. Sunday, there was a fresh fallof snow, and I thought I'd take Pokey for a toboggan ride. After the usual ordeal of getting him dressed, I was sweating. and puffing. He was calm and keen to get» BOING. = — eee bid Unfortunately, our house issurrounded by hills. Ifyou start off downhill, you'll be going uphill on the way ome, I was smart. 1 tackled the steepest hill, going up, soit: would be easier, downhill, on the way back, when I'd be tired. ‘Ohyes,I was smart. Near the top of the first hil!, an elderly lady, out shovelling her snow, remarked: “Well, you must be a devoted grandfather. I've seen men pulling kids on a toboggan before, but I've never seen one doing it on his hands and knees, pretending to be a sleigh dog:’ I wasn't pre- tending. After three blocks, all up- hill, we hit the road home, 1 didn’t know, by this time, whether I was going up, down, or sideways, I was fathered in sweat and my knees were trembling like.a, . virgi ‘on her honeymoo! 2 By Great Care is Needed When Persons Handle Firearms While the battle heats up between those who would wish to see all firearms: either banned or registered, and those who prefer complete unrestrict- ed ownership, some 125 Cana- dians continue to be killed accidentally each year by fire- eMAbout half of these are hunters who are shot when: © The shooter stumbled and fell ‘ ° The trigger caught on a brush, or. some other object ° The shooter was taking the gun from, or replacing it in, a r © The shooter was crossing a. fence with a loaded gun. ‘The Canada Safety Council has some advice on both safe shooting and safe handling for those who fee! they wish to own and use a gun, and may legally ‘doso. Thora are five basic rules for safe shooting: 1, See your quarry plainly before firing Don't shoot at: movements or sounds. FOREST PRODUCTS PROGRA PULP AND PAPER — ' Seats Available for September, 1976 ; PREREQUISITES: —Graduation on the Combined or + Selected Studies Programs —Pulp & Paper Chem Il, Math Wood Products: Any Science Il, Math 12 or BCIT pre-entry Math TWO YEAR INDUSTRY-SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIPS: Available to students entering first year —Up to $1200 per. student : " —Include two summers of Mill Employment PRACTICALLY ORIENTED TRAINING PROGRAMS: —Industry-Experienced Teaching Staff —Exfensive In-Plant Field Trips —Outstanding Pilot Plant Training Facilities EXCELLENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN INDUSTRY 2 or BCIT pre-entry MS WOOD PRODUCTS Math. 434-5722 Local 279 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE OR COMPLETE AND MAIL TO; Forest Products Department B.C. Institute of Technology 3700 Willingdon Avenue Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3H2 Name: Address: 2. -Don't shoot at game over the rise of a hill; someone may be coming up on the other side. 3. Never shoot in the direction of livestock or buildings, 4. Never. consume alcohol be- fore or during a hunt, 3 §. Be seen. The best color for hunting is bright fluorescent orange under most conditions, ; Handling a gun requires special care to prevent acci- dents. The council’s sugges- tions are: 1. Handle any gun as if it were loaded. 2. Never point a gun at any- thing unless you. intend to shoot. 8. Unload your gun when not hunting or in use. In a car, it should always be’ unloaded, taken down, or cased. 4. Carry the gun with the muzzle pointed up or down toward the ground, x. 5. The safety should be left on until just before the shot. Keep fingers outside the trigger guard, 6. Slip the shells out, break the action, or hand your gun to a companion while you climb a Winter Best Time to Work Survey Markers The Geodetic Survey ot Canada of the federal depart- ment of energy, mines and resources, in co-operation with the James Bay development corporation, will establish the ~ elevation above sea level of 43 survey markers located along a 180-mile line west of Scheffer ville, Que., this winter, - The elevation figures are essential for engineering pro- jects ‘planned ‘for the area, Surveyors were unable to do the work in the summer, when the markers were placed, be- cause the survey involves walk- ing. between the: markers through areas of swamp and tak 3 Age If you're wondering how your ‘heart is, take your grandchild for a toboggan ride, preferably with long patches of bare / sidewalk covered with sand. By the , end of it, you'll either be dead, or you'll know your. ticker is in pretty good shape, But the outdoor games are mild) compared’ with the indoor, At least, when he's swaddled in a snowauit, he can't move much, All he could do was yell: “Go more!” every time I. stopped, gasping. Indoors, he's a_ living, breathing mobile. “Favorite game istoline upat the other end of a 30-foot room, run as fast as he can, chortling fiendishly, and hur! himself, head-first, into my stomach. * On Saturday mornings, I like ta read the book reviews, in the daily paper, Last Saturday, I spent four hours trying to read a six- Paragraph review. In be- tween I: was changing records on the record player, which: must be. playing simultaneously with the tape recorder, fetching drinks of juice’ and crackers with Peanut butter, hoisting him onto the pot {he's too busy to be’ bothered), helping him -build a train, trying to.keep him‘from pulling--the: cat's: tail, and 60 oro.70; other things. - Nowonderhelikes it here. He's like a little prince, with two servile attendants who leap to cater to his every whim. fence or jump a ditch. Never ~ ° propa loaded gun’ against anything. ‘ 7, Stay in line with compan- ions, don't get ahead or behind, Call. to’ each other in thick cover. 8. Make sure the barrel isn't. - plugged with dirt or snow, If you ‘stumble or fall, always check the barrel’s condition, |. 9 Check and be certain you have the correct ammunition before loading. i With these simple rules, and a good measure of common Sense such ‘as’ keeping all " firearms out of the reach of children, the number of injuries and -fatal accidents could’ be reduced substantially. ‘Tennessee Aromatic Cedar| Chests Every Bride's dream, : Artistic Design. 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Right from the start — your car shows best Performance when the motor is tuned up, Reasonable Cost, too 4& 6 Cyh. 2... $27.95 8 Cyl. = $30.95 (Most popular American Cars, others call for an’ estimate) —— all-us today for an appointment 7 aes-3a55... ‘Woodland: Park Service Across from the Castleaird Plaza ee a ci SEMI-GLOSS. 31088 fests aoc _ Nigh trate areas, es es SGAL ee Oe FLAT LATEX Beautiful matte finish that goes on easily. ‘or living rooms, bedrooms, hallways. \ OFFER GOOD UNTIL APRIL 10TH AT THESE DEALER P&G BUILDERS SUPPL 365-8151" IRS FROM DEEP ACCENT BASES EXCLI coLor E i CIL. GOES ON LOOKING GOOD, AND NOW ‘GOES ON FOR LESS: Vancouver Du ‘Local T The following is the wrap- up of the results of Castlegar. participants in the week-long Festival of the Arts '76 held in Nelson. The festival concluded Saturday evening with a com- mand performance “at L. V. Rogers’ Sentor Secondary School and featured outstand- ing contestants of the annual event, we: Awards were passed out to the festival's deserving and included the following Castle- gor artists: The C..S. Williams Clinic Staff Memorial Scholarship of $50 was ‘presented to Jean Ferguson-Davie.. Mark Vroom received $10 from the Nelson Music Festival Association for public speaking. The Anne -Hathaway A- ward of $25 for a solo Shake- speare Performance, Grade 12 and under, went to Valerie Cormier. Valerie won the third championship of the festival for the senior class of the speech arts section on the second day of the festival. D'Arcy . McKinnon. of J. Castlegar was also a champion- ship winner. in the Brass section. » eas Festival results ‘of Castle- gar participants were as fol- lows: Class 84... Piano: under 8 years—Carrie Bristow, second. Class 98, Piano. Bach: un- Festival of Arts Class 800. Spoken Poet. ry: girls under 14—Teresa Pryce, third. Class $06. Bible Reading: under 14—Roy Kalnins, second, Class 319. Original Poet- ry: Junior Secondary—Lorry Harshenin, first; Joy Eaton, second; Debbie Masson, se- cond, Class 117.. Piano Cana- dian: under 11—Ken Cormier, second; Jeanette Chan, third, Class $01. Spoken Poet: ty: girls under 16—Marlene Verishine, first; Debbie Mas- son, second; Joy’Eaton, third, . Class 302, Spoken Poet- ty: girls under 17—Valerie Cormier, first, Class 307. Bible Reading: under 17—Mark Lightle, third, Class 308... Bible Reading: under 20—Valerie Cormier, first. Class 309. Bible Reading: open—Mark Vroom, second. Class 823. Story Telling: Junior Secondary—Lorry Har- shenin, first; Marie Koochi second.- +- Class $27. Shakespeare: Solo: : under -12—Valerie Cor. mier, first, ae $ Class 312. Public Speak- ing: under 14—Mark Lightle, first. Class:313.. Public Speak- ing: open—Mark Vroom, first. Class 303. 65. Senior hampi Valeri der 10, Hi Edblad + (Chorale), second, ; 5 LEGION BINGO 7 p.m. Every Thursday, legion Hall | Cor- mier, Class 157. Piano Quick “Study: ‘under 15 — Jean Ferguson-Davie, firat. lass 107. Piano” Sona- tina: under 12—Jeanette Chan, th Glass 101. Piano. Bach: alent Does Well under .16—Jean Ferg uson- Davie, second. Class 181, Piano Chopin: under 18—Jean © Ferguson- Davie, first. Class 134, Piano Debus- sy. Faure or Ravel: under 18— Jean Ferguson-Davie, third, Class 126, Piano Haydn or Mozart: under 19—Jean Fer- guson-Davie, first. Class 239, Woodwinds Duet: Junior Secondary AGe— Debbie Clausen and Sandi Nelson, first; Jean Davie and Julia Holdsworth, second, Class 220. Brass Solo: Junior Secondary Age.—Darcy McKinnon, first. Class 119. Piano Cana- dian: under 16—Jean Ferguson. Davie, second. Class 235. Woodwinds Solo: Junior Secondary Age— Sandi Nelson, first; Shelley Nixon, second, Class 236. Woodwinds Sole: Senior Secondary Age— Jennifer Cheveldave, second; Lou Normandeau, third. Class 243, Woodwinds Trio: Junior:Secondary Age— Stanley Humphries Senior Se- condary. School, first, Class 246. Woodwinds Quartette: ‘Junior “Secondary Age—Kinnaird Junior Second- ary School Quartette, second, Class 283. Junior Band: CF Here Vancouver mezzo-soprano Linda Irving and guitarist- lutenist Alan Rinehart « will combine forces in a duo-recital of muste ranging from’ Eliza- bethan England’ to modern Spain, at Selkirk College on March 30, ‘The two will perform thelr. program titled “Resolutions” at 4 noon-hour concert in the college's main lounge and again at an evening performance in the faculty lounge. The three- part recital will feature music by Dowland, Britten, Duart, Albeniz and deFalla. As individual performers, both artists are well-known in the Vancouver area. Ms. Irving is an active recitalist and has had wide-ranging experience in musical theatre and television and has performed with Van- couver Opera Company chorus. ‘This fall she leaves for England ~ to study at London Opera Centre, Mr. Rinehart, _ originally from Michigan, has ° studied with Vancouver lutenist Ray Nurse and Michael Lorimer. of San Francisco, In 1978 he was awarded a Canada Council grant toattend an international guitar festival in Toronto, . where he was chosen to play for Cuban guitarist Leo Brouwer in & master “Resolutions” has beer performed in Burnaby, Parks- ville and Kelowna following its opening at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in January. Selkirk classical guitar in- structor Walter Friesen and music student Peter Moore are also appearing at the recital. Kootenay CUSO Committee Conference Who has the power to, control natural resources and who should have that power? This question emerges as one of the fundamental concerns : fac- ing Canadians today. | The concern has been accelerated by the apparent crises Canadians face in energy, land development, immigration and pollution; to mention but a few. West Kootenay residents cannot isolate themselves from the issue of control and power over resources. Some say tliat we are on “ the tip of an iceberg and must begin to look seriously at the ways in which we control and use our resources, ‘his has led Junior Grad naird Junior Secondary School, third, Class 282. Festival Band sin T! to the organization of a confer- ence—lessons ‘from the third world; power and control of resources—by the Kootenay CUSO Cor Day: xy Humphries Senior Band partici- pated in this event. Class 285. Senior Band: Senior Secondary Grades— Stanley. Humphries Senior Band, third, The confer- ence is to be held at Notre Dame in Nelson April 2 and 3. 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