Jan.

‘Christina Claire, daughter of
Poroenan of Castlogn ls the West Kootenay’s frst baby
‘ofthe new year. ‘The

1267 am.

Kootenay: Secioty for the Handicapped receives
approval from a Jocal federal government review board
for $20,000 grant a sasag bey Merde Wa td 0
sabi gentry tn

‘serviee of.one year’s pay.
Jan. 5
Laogtime Shorescres residents, Bill and Polly
Holuboll, celebrate 78 years of marriage with friends and
relatives at the Extended Care Unit of Castlegar and
District Hospital... .

Feowreensil Du Sel of Reopherry io ove
torepresent the Kootenays at the Vacaty Cah Yoichi

anti chnn oscmpany two
Cixilsico employees and three Americans in a Rotary
Interaational Exchange to Norway

Cominco announces it plans to lay off about 600
enalesoes ita Trall operations over the tet it

Jaa. 10
Canada Employment and Immigration inquiry into

Arms, Motor Hotel results in the
tradesmen from Canada.

A southwesterly flow of moist, warm air off the
Pacific results in record warm temperatures locally.

brary sal grea to forogy a scheduled

a by
ibeery grant by 10 per coat
n

Castiega’s Marie Pet rlak soap Tals long
scsading bold cn (he Rotieaty Ladiet ‘Curling title.

Saliway Ltd. is given approval for its
develope Porn, paring the way lor the cart of
2,600-equare-metre store just

Jon. 12
tlegar et some ofthe cheapest gu in
the area (40.1 cents a litre for regular), thanks to the
Temoval of gas tax by th federal ppvernment and tbe
timuation of « gas price war in the area.

Marg Van Yzarloo rink wins B.C. Interior senior
curling championships in Cranbrook. The rink now
‘advances to the provincial playdowns.

Jan. 19

Selkire Saints win first anova! Selkirk
Kokanee peed Volleyball Tournaments. The 1963
college then's volleyball champions, Mount
Royal Cougars pace third.

groceries to noedy, The
SS Syste eng Gai Ave

tiogr counell rota & pen fom BC Tiber’
Ospina ro reo 2
property taxes.

Minor Hockey Week kicks off in Castlegar with
special proclamation signing at city hall.

A semitrailer loaded with about $44,000 worth af
beer bodnd for local distributors overturns at the
Columb Ave. and the Highway 9 efframp, tying op
traffic for ‘more thas. two

February |

Fob. 1
Pay-TV’ makes its debut in Castlegar.

After nearly 17 years with the-Gastlogar ‘Motor
Vehicle Licence office, Paul Oglow turns the operation
cover to local insurance agent Carville Mpdrey.

Stanley Humphries biathlon tein takes top
the junior category at the B.C. champlonsbips in
Kamloops.

Fob.3
Castlogar food depot runs out of groceries just four
houra after It opens.

Pon ter in i as
the gas war continues in
rae
New pumper and tanker trucks are
‘Tarrys Fireball: Valood Stabe. potone ‘caablasd the
trucks willbe put to uve fighting Fires

: Feb, 9
Selkirk College's Castlegar campos ig one of 14 North
tas mloled fr taleotbrce cosa

of Castlogar’s Sandman Inn is brought

‘9 Residential Assistance
Program GRRAP} cooraetr Aler Luts copes the
city’s 1963 budget has been cat to $109,009 this year —
reduction of $117,306 from 1962.

Troek tite to BC Tare Lig and sawmills has
slowed toa craw! following the. te impose «
weight restriction on city mae

Appeals for 20 opr tmaes rp y
than 60 per cent in the City. of Castlegar:
Feb. 18
or thas 1 ia of wot ii ile down» 0 -oot
embankment and erash the rear of the Armor
on Columbia Ave., resulting in more than
Peb.22
vor Socal Credit eppartere gather ot» lca
hotel to a fons two

under the federal summer student employment program
called Summer Canada.

the ment fal tonto ol rectoring the Old Aree

building to Nations) Building Code Standarda

jteve Pe captures hia firet Canadian men's
downhill oki tithe at the Bhell Cup Canadian men's ‘down
ip being held at Granite Mountain in

March.

Castlegar and District Community:
broke ged may have to close ite doors,
oe

‘ota ite ep ed rp wha re

‘policy for suspending pupils for at least three weeks if
they are caught using ilegal drigs or aleobol on school

Dae ans
Gas rpices In Castléogar romain incredibly low (27.9
conta « tre for regular), an the gan price ‘War, rages on.

Caslotte Sliver Blades precision figure skating team
places, first at” the West» Kootenay Figure ‘Skating
tn Nelson

Brita Haley is doaared ss Castlegar Good Cis of
the Year for 1962 at a banquet attended by about 100
people,

Moreh 6
a per son to. cope re fer regular pa
marking the ead of the local. gas
ou
iational Exhibition Centre is awarded a $35,700
pe for 1963 under the federal Canada Community
Development Program.

‘Environment Appeal Board grants
bo Tbe Gtee pase ro
ita present pollution control

ah cor dg ori ful ve.
vision after Bloomer Crock overflows
inka Let fret het aplag rot

st tind haem et
as bee MeDiarmid Creek,
Robsoo Raspberry Irrigation District's water a

‘The provincial Coss at Corporate
Atari apeaon yh wn ele rt
Comiege ta. a pserbod pa ca on the old

Pearl. creche a poi bt
for the Queea sand taafe it off to Boekingham

Stanley Humphries ecrsdary Sched plays hot 2
the Southeast Interior Drama Festival

Castlegar's Maio Seat and Trai! Alderman Wal
Seman ous sesecion fr ths Beck Cred sentidocy
in yol br (ound provincia lari

jeckend Spring Pastel of Awareness officially
te underway at Selkirk College.

arch 22
Castlogat Golf Chab is three weeks ahead: of last
’a schedule as it opens up nine holes, marklig the
first day of the season.

innard J. Beconty School ie? basket tan
captures the Wet Kootenay championship.

Pal dad smal seein cbse!
government

‘Tra Alderman Walt Siemens edges out three other
nemlehts to Nason Rossland TralGeared cunt tr
‘next provincial

% ‘Apel
eee Nes 5 ey Himptroe, Sexmadacy

| stodeat, is chosen the top senior debator frown the
cro any Sa eee

Consumer ad Corporate “Altace. Miata sim
Howitt is in Castlegar and predicts « provincial election
will be called “s

Apei'é

‘The water Oow through Hugh Keenleyside Dam and
the Kootenay River at Brilliant is reduced to a near
historical low to enable B.C. Hydro to complete water
level measurements and ground water tet in the area

Local Tories prepare to choose delegates to attend
he Conservative leadership convention in Ottawa.
uM

‘Apel.
Minit of Highways oft Dave Walker explains
1y 8 interchange at public information
Taovting at ety | mau

proposed shoppin 7 wall in the 1600 Block
Columbia Ave tone ‘step closer to becoming 1 reality
flowing decison by Casthgar count 1 give Pret

City Investmeata Lid: a developer, parma!

12
‘A world-famous singing ynality, Ludmilla
Zykina, appears at Brillant Gultural Contre.
April

‘A former Vancouver criminal lawyer is sentenced to
18 months in prison for theft over $200 after sbe pleads
incl court to misappropriating

fonds

16
i ak Seer ton
Castlegar travel 85 hours’
2 playotl gare betwoed Ei" wks and North Sars

“Red” Warner: at Catiagalgmamed Castlogar'y now
coordinator.

emergency program

Castlegar and
wi an ee ce ee is

the Ministry of Human’
utvorttall.

Apel 21
NDP leader Dave Barrett is in Castlogar for a 4)
visit — spending just four hours in the riding.
Peace vigil at the Castlegar courthouse attracts
sr a 18 artepnta wh amd ab
10 minutes for world

Lines ‘Cn Wks ffs Trade Fair 2

Western

Rosaland-Traill: provincial ceo
mre. gate sh 9 chal
candidate joining the

ricbed
‘Bil Bennett at.
Prac wep Fore amas

‘_ or

‘May
Castlegar men, Becrier and
Hauck. elk gen wih wo te
Rereear Poe ote Neco

rae Ea
Kimberley.

‘Tiliteon

May 5

Rossland-Trail riding ees a heavy voter turn-out as
£0 per coat of eligible voters bead for polling statioos.
NDP incumbent Chris D'Arcy sweeps to his fourth
consecutive term.

May 7
Castlegar Pentecostal Benevolent Housing Assoc
doa has ribboncutting ceremony to officially open
Maranantha Court apartments.
Ma;

8
of special meetings bri the opening of
Calvary | Bepat Chareh's new buildin

‘The executive of the  Castogas Minor Baseball
"Red” Warner to Baseball

Just north of the Hi Arrow rms Hote

May
Provinal ordeomast appeove additional funding
than $200,000 for the Castlegar school district,

enabling it to mest its operating costa for 1963

dstides, originating in a logged-out area in
the hills above the Hugh Keenleyside Dam, dump nearly
3,000 cuble metres of mud onto Broadwater Road’ and
disrupting early morning traffic.
May 14

ive teams take part in the annual sheep-to-shaw!
weaving contest at the Doukhobor Museum, with the
dolending champions, Selkirk Weavers’ Guild taking top

‘Tho Peking National Acrobata are in town and put on
residents,

ies,
‘After 17 years, Castlegar and Distriet Golf Club

May 2
Castlegar RCMP join other detachments across the
province in a campaign to encourage drivers to fasten
their seatbelts.
fore than a dozen Crescent Valley residents gather
in ron of the post cles to prtent the proposed move
Leal Storé to Rove's Restanran

Union of Spiritual Comm unites of Christ bola ta
86th annual Union of Youth Festival at the Brilliant Cul
tural Centre.

housewile, Marge Rush, wins $10,000 in

{Castlegar
the May 4 Weatern Express lottery.

May 26
‘Tory leadership cindidate J¢o Clark receives a warm
reception while in Castlegar for a brief visit with West
Kooteaay roppeters ‘
‘Castlegar Minor Hockey Association discloses that it

fe ceasseingTeting the Onaga Rebels, Josie
hockey /eiub to private interests.

9k on seeyer tives xt Castoga Aiport

ania rset Raking war omperteres fers for Rout
Cate

‘A Gil-yoar-old Castlegar student, Tim Richards, is
[with Selkirk Colloge's top academic award by

Gov/Geti Ba. Schreyer.

Jonoery 1,4964 cy
June 5
Approval is being sought for the implementation of

Morberg fires a sizzling two under
per, 1, to captre the annual Sunflower Open gol!
tournament at the

jem 8

Castogar’s Gord Walker is selected by the New
York Rangers in the third round of the National Hockey
League's amateur draft.

The president of Trail Steelworkers Local 480, Ken
Georgetti, $1, is arrested along with six other B.C.
Allberta residents on charges of conspiracy to traffic and
import narcotics.

June 9

Jobo Dalsiel retires after # nine-year term on the

Castlegar and Distriet Howptal Board. He i replaced at
Ad preaideat by trustee, Ceri Heane

Regional Recreation Commision No.1 plans to
spend $800,000 to $360,000 to completely renovate the
Old Arena in time for the upcoming hockey season.

Castlegar and District Hospital Society creates a
subsidiary non-profit society to oversee plans for a 65-bed
intermediate care facility planned for the hospital

Mayor Audrey Moore tells Castlegar council that
‘Transport Canada plans to spend nearly $6.7 million to
expend and upgrade the Castlegar Airport terminal
building.

An offer to purchase the Castlegar Rebeis Junior B

7 and the Rebels’ executive is
given 1 vote of confidence to administer the elub for the
1969/84 yea

June 19
Art work by Castlegar Primary School student,

Young Artists’ '83 Exhibition.

A former director of instruction in Nelsom, Terry
Wayling, 43, is selected to take over the job as Castlegar
school superintendent on Aug. 1

Susie 22

A Girstever Stanley Humphries Secondary School
Athletic Awards Banquet is beld a the ae Place.
Best all-round senior athletes are Beth Krug and David
DeRosa, w! t all-round juniors are "Karen Won
‘and Randy Stewart.

jen 25
Class of 83 bids (arewell, as 212 Stanley Humphries

Cistlegar:
‘help in marketing some-af the 28 city-owned lots in the
Industrial Park.

Castlegar weightliter Travis Ready, 11; currently
tnd Ne see BC Justa Raped. lapis of Bre
to provincial

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rip aabe lem
the Aroma Complex. |