C4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 8, 1981 AA's 'Big_Book’ Is all time bestseller Sales of “Alcoholics Anony- mous", the basic book des- cribing the self-help recovery program that bears its name, will climb over the three- million mark by mid-1981, ployable. Like most other illnesses — heart disease, cancer, di- abetes — alcoholism can strike people of any age; and it developes at different rates in different individuals. Nor does it matter how much or how little you drink. The im- portant question is: What is your drinking doing to you? How is it affecting your life? USINESS GIR! ons for the Castl News B New Insertions, co; first Wednesday Issue of each month pete and Directory will be ceeepted before the IRECT ORY Neen eee SI WEATHERCAST Ine ranking it among one of the most successful hardcover best-sellers of all time. Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1981: Hua | STE Other features that make the “Big Book,” as A.A. members call it, unique in book publishing include the following: e Published privately (by A.A. World Services, Inc.) and anonymously (no author or editor is identified), the Big Book is generally not available in bookstores. e First published in En- glish in 1939, the Big Book DOUBLEWIDE MANUFACTURED HOMES From 960 - 1,440 sq. ft. 14 x 70's NOW ON DISPLAY (2 mi, East of Nelson Bridge towards Baltour on Hwy. 3A) 1D. No, 5048 — Phone 825-4616 (anytime) Dunwoody & Co. Chartered Accountants 410 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 265-2151 Len Folkman, B.Com., C.A. Partner Services Complete Septic Tank Service * Sand, Gravel * Topsoil %& Excavating % Post Holes Cand has since been into other languages, including Afrikaans, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegi- an, Portugese, and Spanish. e The book's title, “Alco- holics Anonymous,” provided the name for a worldwide fellowship of recovered al- coholics with an estimated million members in 110 coun- tries. e Priced at $3.50 back in 1939, the Big Book now re- tails for only $5.65 ($4.65 for A.A. members), in the midst of skyrocketing book costs. e Unlike the sales of most books, sales of the Big Book are constantly increasing in- stead of decreasing — and at an ever-faster rate. It took 34 years to sell the first million copies; only five years to sell the second million; and a little more than three years to sell the third million. That the Big Book ever got published in the first place is amiracle. Although A.A. was started in 1935, the fellow- ship numbered fewer than 100 members by 1938, when these pioneers decided to write down their kh LOTS FOR SALE “| Soligo, Babcock Voykin Subdivision, South Siocan, B.C. 6 Mobile Home lots remaining 8 Residential lots available along Highway 3A ALSO 1 only Riverview lot available All lots first come, first serve basis APPLY V&V Enterprises 368-6488 0. Chartered Accountants 605 Columbia Ave. * Backfilling *% Snow Removal 365-6505 __ 365-3015 Castlegar Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B Sc., C.A. sh British Columbia =e Building Corporation AMENDMENT TO SSI an TO TENDER Project Contract 002 CASTLEGAR COURTHOUSE Please amend the above mentioned tender dates to the following: Tenders will be received by British Columbia Buildings Cor- poration at 400 - 210 Government Street, Box 1112, Victoria, B.C. VewW 214 on or August 6, 1981 at 2:00 P.M. Tenders available at this time 2 will be operied in public at this address. Tender Documents may be obtained by General Contractors only from the office of Gerald Scaet: Architect and Associate at. 201 - 733 Johnson Street, Victoria, B.C. upon receipt of a refun- dable deposit of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, ($100.00) payable to bid Corporation. Tender documents will be available on duly 13, 1981, Allother information in original tender remains the same. dune 19 in recovery from alcoholism and make them available to a wider audience. The first printing of 5,000 was done on less than a shoe- string and, for the next two years, the book attracted little attention and few sales. The financial picture was stark; only loans from sym- pathetic friends kept the publishing venture afloat. Then, in March 1941, fol- lowing publication of an ar- ticle on A.A. by Jack Alex- ander in The Saturday Even- ing Post, sales finally took off. A second printing was ordered that same month — only the tip of the iceberg as it turned out. Basically, the format of the Big Book has changed little over the years. It is divided into two main sections. The first part synthesizes the common recovery experi- ences of alcholics in A.A. and sets them forth as a state- ment of principles, or guide- lines; not a word of this portion has been changed from the original. The second part consists of personal recovery stories; these have been changed § as the mix of people coming into A.A. has changed. (For ex- ample, the old versions car- tied stories of all “low-bottom or far-gone alcoholics, mainly aged 50 or more. Later versions balance these with stories of young- er, “high-bottom” alcoholics with shorter and usually less harrowing histories of drink- ing.) Virtually all occupations are represented by alcoholics in A.A. Among men, for ex- ample, 29 per cent are in sales and business; 27 per cent in crafts; 26 per cent in the professions (such as medicine, law), and 11 per cent are semiskilled. Among the women, 40 per cent call themselves home- makers; 21 per cent, profes- sionals; 18 per cent, office, clerical; 14 per cent, in sales and business; and seven per- cent skilled and semi-skilled. Some A.A.’s may have been referred to the fellow- ship by a doctor, psychiatrist, or clergyman. Or, the al- coholic’s spouse or a friend may have read about A.A. in a national magazine or news- Paper. Moreover, such alcoholics may work for some of the thousand or so companies in the country that have de- veloped programs to combat HIGHWAYS-TENDERS ROSSLAND/TRAIL ELECTORAL DISTRICT 1981 — Miscellaneous Asphalt Concrete Surtfacin, Highways District Ap- roads within the Rosslan proximately 5.4km. she Tender sum is not to include Federal Sales ‘ax. Tender opening date July 28, 1981. Sealed Tenders, on the orm and in the envelopes provided, accompanied by a bid bond, will be received by the Ministry of Transportation and HIGHWAYS at the Court House in Rossland, B.C. up to 2:00 p.m. on the day of the tender opening, at which time tenders will be opened in public. The lowest or any tends; noi necessarily accepted. Tender forms with lopes, plans, sp and conditions of tender can be ot J from the Partner EMERGENCY APPLICANCE REPAIR SERVICE & APPLIANCES SOLD * MAYTAG © SPEED QUEEN ° GIBSON © GENERAL ELECTRIC © KITCHEN AID © JENN-AIRE 365-3388 CASTLEGAR PLUMBING é& HEATING 1008 bia Ave. UROR CONTRACTING LTD. © Residential © Commercial © Drywall Call 365-3783 RAYNER ENTERPRISES LTD. 365-2563 © Complete Septic Tank Installation © BOBCAT SERVICES © Excavating © Landscaping © Backfilling WALTER'S DRYWALL ‘oping & » spraytex Collings Metal Studding T-Bar Ceilings Ph. 359-7573 ——— Groceterla & Laundromat & Shake Shoppe 1038 Columbia Avenue (Bottom of Sherbiko Hill) OPEN Grocer Tobacco, Confectionary & General Phone 365-6534 TRAIL HONDA We don't make a lot of noise but we service what we sell and our prices are right. Don't buy another Honda until you check our price or you may have paid too much, Elliott Motors Ltd. DBA Trail Honda 368-3377 D6014 -IGOR'S TOUCH OF CLASS Custom-made Drapes Reds and Accessories Beside Royal Theatre in Trail Phone 364-2118 ——— © Custom-made Drapes ° In-home Service © Drapery Hardware © Singer Sewing Centre Cestlecird Plaza 5-3810 e Savings e Loans e Mortgages © Insurance Kootenay Savings Credit Union Trail Fruitvale Castlegar Salmo Waneta Plaza Y We scil & use PRODUCTS. “The Hair Annex” 1241- 3rd St. 365-3744 o COHOE 1) insurance Agency Ltd. 269 Columbia , Dial 365-3301 © Providing complete insurance service © We have licence plates ° Open 6 days a week to serve you better ¢ Private auto insurance K BUILDERS Handcrafted Homes Delivered & Erected f AAinistry of Transportation and HIGHWAYS, Court House in Rossland, B.C. VOG 1Y0, Telephone Num- ber: 362-7331, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, except holidays. The Ministry "General Specitleations for Highway Construction” are applicabl R. E. McKeown Piste Highways Manager terol abconeporioven Ministry of Transportation and Highways Province of British Columbia INVITATION TO BID Tenders are invited for construction of the Kiwanis Villa 3, in Nelson, This is a second call for bids on this project. Bidding procedures and conditions have been revised since: the initial cal Project is a wood-framed two storey building containing 30 units. Floor area approximates 16,000 sq. ft. Jard and/or l willbe considered’ Bids will close at the office of the architect at 3:00 P.M. Local Time, Friday, July 17,1981, D labl r | Contrac- tors on deposit of $100 cash or certified cheque per set. Refund on return of documents in good condition by 31 July, 1981, Documents may be viewed at the ‘Architect’ s office. General Contractors shall be required to provide Bid Security with tender in the amount of 10% of the Bid. Bid Security shall be in the form of a Bid Bond or Certified Cheque. The successful General Contractor’s Performance Security shall be in the amount of 10% of the Contract Amount. Performance Security shall be in the form of a Performance Bond or Certified Cheque. Bid and Performance Security shall be payable to the Nelson Kiwanis Projects Society in Trust. Should the successful bidder provide Performance Security,by Certified Cheque, it will be deposited in a Term Account and all interest shall be the property of the writer of the cheque. The lowest or any Bid need not necessarily be among employ — as early on in the pro- gression of the illness as possible, before chronic ab- senteeism and dimishing per- formance on the job have rendered the worker uncm- Roneld Sawyer, 301 Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C. 352-5371 CASTLE TIRE (1977) Ltd. 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Nelson 352-9318 is the Place tor Call Collect gen Acetyl Hobart Welders artie & Gibson Co. Li Plumbing & Heating ‘Supplies 332-9426 PAINTING AND REPAIRS 1aC 2317 - 6th Ave., Castlegar 365-7702 Interior & Exterior Line of Upholstery Services... FURNITURE & AUTOMOTIVE, UPHOLSTERY & SALES 365-3055 650- 23rd St., Castlegor VOL. 34, NO. 55 35 Cents 2 Sections (A & 8) COLEMAN COUNTRY © Preliminary meeting held about leas DEMOLISHED Lake Baccaneer, os “Ginphibious ‘aircraft, is shown r Air. here being viewed at. th Erport at ste Friday. event a at six Teley ‘MacDonald; 45, of Sf rash s aircratt crashed off from the.Castl The on aah” His Passenger. 1s his tras! 1s jeer: -old: son, 1, Jett th juries. The son was released from Castlegar. and Sigil 3 Hepa Saturday morning while the father: was immediately’ ::’ erred: Friday e ening to Trail, MoT:and RCMP person: el; were on the scene of th Fi y. with MoT pilot. had filed from a. flight plan from Meed Flefd:just out of S| ie ‘was. . ja Lake: ‘He otal at eee a “> Phe .aninistey: mepE EH ways: has been told to exciudé the’ Ootischenia area from “an f J 5 s shpallen ‘had’ asked during’ ~ last week, the Pesticide Con- trol Appeal Board ‘said the highway right-of-way run- ning through Ootischenia to a point one kilometre beyond the viewpoint ‘should not be treated, Allan Sheppard, one of two-people who appealed the ministry's pes cide per- Sheppard, a trustee:on the Ootischenia Improvement himself as “pretty. pl leased” about the decision, although it falls short of what the im-_ provement district had asked for. the Pesticide ‘Contra! ieee ‘Board:hearing in June for a icide-free zone stretching 10’ kilometres beyond the ~. viewpoint. They hed argued the ‘10 kilometres. was needed to prevent’ possible contamina- tion: of Champion Creek, a ial source of drinki! out the coastal “sector... . ‘The IWA has seta Sunday midnight deadline for a'strike, Strike's effects seo BS on the coast, joining the pulp < and paper unions.which have also opted to sre water for the area. had i eeraed eis the hear- ing to not use the herbicide in Ootischenia, because of the development in the area and because soil conditions meant the herbicide could have been washed or leached into the sources Of drinking water. Aid to Caribbean to be co-ordinated NASSAU | AP-REUTERS, — Canadian External / Affairs Mark ( Castaneda of Mexico and Jose Alberto: Zambrano Vel- asco of V “Signs of the Times Phone 359-7346 U.S. "State- Secretary Alex- ander Haig'and'foreign min- isters from, Mexico and Ven- ezuela agreed Saturday their four governments will work FOUR AGREED The four also agreed that the underdeveloped Carib- bean region would’ benefit from:a co-ordinated approach “It's to talk,” said TWA regional president Jack Munro, an, 2 union's Friday. “When you're up against a stonewali that won't move, you may as well stop batting your head against it.” The.IWA strike call was‘ that is B ony add. to ‘the ‘indus. offe Munto ‘added < that :’he would contact: the Interior Forest Labor Rélations As-° sociation..to begin negoti- ations * Saturday. Industry. observers. said that FIR y traditionally sets the pace’in IWA- talks with the interior negotiators following behind, going for a similar settle- iment, Already the 5,500-member : 7 and Woodwork- ers oi Canada are set to strike Tuesday -~ morning, while the Canadian Po; workers Union are preparing to pull their 7,000 members from the. mills on July 20. ‘paralysing the Typ industry just’ when it is enjoying healthy market conditions, Announcing the strike which; will ‘involve . 28,000 coastal workers, Munro said: “The industry is completely at. fault because of their- contemptuous attitude and: particularly because of their drafting of their so-called final package. . “There is less in the final package given to the IWA than that offered to the pulp unions That is contemptu- UTA study for Castle egar Bus system is feasible tudy looking at the fea- The study. concludes that: i iT paseeneer vans, rather Ast sibility of public transit in the GC area there are several systems that could be started here to serve the city, or the city and - the outlying area. s The study was prepared by + the Urban Transit Authority ‘ for the city of Castlegar and the ional District of Cen- together to help the my of the Caribbean region. In-a joint’ communique is- sued after their one-day. to “without military consider- ations or political precondi- tions.” Their said: tral Kootenay, as part of a larger study done for the re- gion. setting upa meeting, the four called for “more comprehen- sive efforts by countries co-operating with the region, taking into account the dif- ferent approaches and de- velopment stages of. these countries. They agreed to begin im- mediate talks with other Central American: and the Caribbean governments, as “Donor countries must be free to choose the countries with which they co-operate and the ways they can best be of help.” Observers see this as com- promise language reconciling the conflicting views of Mex ico, ‘which insisted that no country, not .even Cuba, should be ruled out of par- well as 8 and ina Pe program, and financial institutions. The said con- those of the U.8. sees -develop- sultations would aim for “trade, or devel- ment, with | the private sector d to take the-ini- opment co-operation mea- sures which would stimulate sustained and balanced econ- omics and social development in the region.” With MacGuigan and Haig were foreign ministers Jorge. tiative, as a means of com- batting social discontent and alleged Communist infiltra- tion in the area. The. just-ended meeting Pacman combin- ing a custom bus service for the handicapped with a reg- ularly scheduled bus service with fixed stops, instead of a conventional bus service. A bus service between Trail and Castlegar is pos- sible, but a number of detaiis would have to be worked out before any decision was made, the report said. Six services were consid- ered, and the planners said the three best suited for this area would have two vans on regular runs in Castlegar, with several connections to Selkirk College, ‘and with variations that would expand the service to serve the out- lying areas as far away as was held on U.S. continued on BS and y Creek. buses, wad be the best vehicles for a transit system here.- ‘The route networks recom- mended by the UTA: study, would provide coverage ‘for 95 per.cent of the city; with : years ra nge' from’ $252,500" Selkirk ; for the es inside the city, © five trips a day to College. The Woodland Park area‘ and subdivisions north of Highway 8, by 14th Ave., would not be covered by the - service. There would be a bus every half hour during peak periods during the morning and afternoon on weekdays, and hourly service the rest of the time. The service could be ex- panded to include three trips to Robson, Raspberry, Brilliant and parts of Ootjs- chenia, and two trips daily to Blueberry Creek. * The third proposed service. would include two trips daily. - the distance travelled, the “That offer, presented July Se to ‘three’ unions, contains ge increases of 14 per cent in the first year and 12 per. report It says the UTA would be “willing to help the local gov- ernments organize car pools to serve Celgar. Cost estimates for the bus services for the first three, to. $296,000 for the most widespread service. Cost’ sharing agreements with the UTA mean the local ‘governments’ share of the deficit would range from $81,300 to $86,71 Court will decide VICTORIA (CP — B.C. Gmbudsiian Dr. Karl Fried- to Thrums and Sh ; iliams. * eee nine nortan five trips. enia,. Services to the rural areas would be designed for people travelling into Castlegar for shopping trips or for medical and dental appointments, Fares should be based on Robson. and of the ministry lawyers are confidential. TODAY'S PRAYER = Teach us, O Lord, to. trust in’ You with. all’ of our, heart, and not to rely on; our own insights. y FUN IN THE SUN BG SEE INSIDE THIS ISSUE