* CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 16, 1982 Mair brothers — ‘Wt’s Our Ist lANNIVERSARYI “Rose Welcomes You" to enjoy entertainment . & delicious home cooked food Saturday, May 15 & Sunday May 16 Breakfast Special: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sourdough Pancakes, Sausages, Coffee ...... ea ese a3" Dinner Specials: 1-8 p.m. 8.B.Q. Beaf. Dinner.... ROSE’S RESTAURANT located 1000 ft. In on the 359-7855 Slocan Valley Hwy. Designs new. .SunFest float: By CasNews Staff The Mair brothers sald the Castlegar. council has a large ne Castlegar Squadron No. 581. i Yes Promotions announced Promotions and announce- :'ments of award course _rect- plents touched. off, ‘busy spring months for the 581 design. for its new SunFest the many sunflowers that float — now all it needs isthe grow in Castlegar. money to build tt +The platform: of. the float Council Tuesday ‘voted to ‘will be imade up of snow- accept a float design sub- peaked mountains, | repre- mitted by brothers Brad and caeiiting the Selkirk range. On Jeff Mair. The pair were ieee ‘the front of: the float there only entrants inthe cit < will be a fish — representing float design contest and ae the area's good fishing; rail- awarded the $50 prize. way tracks crossing the road The contest was open to all. — representing the city as area students. the, crossroads of the Koot- The float theme centres on °"#¥5 and a sunflower. Castlegar as the crossroads, * Council has agreed to take of the Kootenays andits most''a pay cut this year and dominant feature is a large’ donate the $1,000 from that sunflower just behind the to the construction of the Castlegar Queon’s throne: float.” However, city clerk seat near the rear of the Ron Skillings id , more float. ‘There is also seating for money may be negded and two princesses on either side. council is hoping the city’s of the Queen. service clubs will help out. (1! 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The eae course recipi- ents are to Porter. F/Sgt. L. Pater and Sgt. K. McTaggart were in charge of scheduling work and rest periods for the 4 -eadets. taking part in the three-day assignment, On the May 1 the cold twonlght survival ex: ercise under the direction of Cpl. Allan Krantz. Events scheduled for the rest of the training year are varied. Cadets assisted oe an squadron travelled to Vernon to compete against eight’ other West Kootensy and Okanagan ‘squadrons in an: annual sports: weekend, The local squadron's, competitive, spirit was evident as they won in events. asa fierce competition exists for nominations for these . courses. Sgt. D, Connatty was: selected for A’ Flying Scholarship, F/Sgt. D. For- rest received a Gliding Schol- arship* and Sgt. K. Me: Taggart. will ‘be going to. Senior Leaders, Other sum- mer camps and summer em- - ployment are still be an- nounced, As in previous years, 581 Squadron has assisted the Selkirk Lions Club with sec- urity responsibilities at the 1982 Trade Fair, this year under the direction of Stan ‘The final tally showed a tie with Vernon in overall sports, first place in softball and the obstacle course, scc- ond in soccer, and third place in tabloid sports, Rope. burns, skinned | el- bows ‘and knees were‘ for- gotten when -it was an- nounced that they had not only-won the obstacle course runiby 22 seconds but had also’ established a new rec- ord. ‘ Not fully recovered from the bruises and fatigue of last weekend, this’ weekend 15 cadets took part in a very ‘ Selkirk College with “People on the Run” on Saturday, hosting a banquet for - par- ents, cadets and. invited guests to follow annual ‘in- spection May 26, and a day of flying and gliding in Grand Forks May 29. Plans are in the making to. . host a dinner and dance to wind-up the year on June 12, All those,activitios-are made possible by a very supportive parents sponsoring. commit- tee and dedicated squadron. officers and civilian instruc tors. Any parents of : young adults between the ages of 18 and 19 wishing: to obtain in- formation on Air. .Cadets < should phone Capt. Vivian Murphy at 865-5705. A new training year will commence at the heginntis of Septem- ber. (submitted by Vivian Murphy) Letters costly. ISTANBUL (CP) — Ozlem Korukcu, 17-year-old Turk- “ish schoolgirl, has been sen- tenced to seven months in jail for enclosing an 80-lira note ($1 Canadian) in a letter to Ireland, as registration .fee guilty of the illegal export of currency, the Istanbul court also fined her the equivalent _ of $140. Similar charges have " peen laid against all the girls of Korukcu’s class who made the same i appli- for a 1 dence course, In finding } her cation. Chris, Parfeniuk W/02 of 581' Cast! Royal C Cadets in the obstacle course ‘competitions in which are local alequadron placed { fiat dian Air Overseas baby racket smiling babies, from. which they. said foreigners made their selection. A group of distraught par- ents, crowdiig -an office of the Taiwan. Criminal Inves- TAIPEI (REUTER) — Tai- wan authorities have de- tained 25 people, including midwives and a doctor, in an investigation into the sale of babies to childless couples overseas, a police spokesman" said. ‘ During the last two years ‘at least 68 babies, some of them believed to have been | stolen, have been sold to cus- tomers in Europe, North America and Australia, po- lice said. Police seized a photograph: album, picturing healthy, tigation Bureau, | recently. thumbed through ‘the album * trying to identify their lost babies. No formal charges have been made against the 25 people detained during the investigation. Police believe some .-par- ents in Taiwan, unable.to look after their children, have sold them for about $1,000 to racketeers, who re- sold them abroad for $4,000. Police are working on the ‘theory that racketeers, hav- ing obtained stolen children or bought them from willing parents, contacted a com- pany listing foreign couples seeking Asian babies. The couples were sent photographs of babies on of- fer, and if they agreed on a specific child, had to send $200 a month for. maint Servicemen’s pay raise OTTAWA (CP) — About 80,000 servicemen are get- ting pay raises averaging 11 per cent, retroactive to April 1 ‘The Defence Department said in a statement May 11° the raises.apply to all ranks below colonel: Higher ranks got a six-percent raise in, February. A private recuit now will earn $788 a month, up from $705, while a captain with ance until the deal was com- three years’ will receive $2,650 a month, up from $2,880. TAX HIKE Continued from front page The petition said that because of the layoffs at Cominco, B.C, Timber, the hospitals, schools, stores.and the poor economic “We feel that the increase at this time would cause hardship for most residents of Castlegar.” It said that with the increase in property assessments and by using restraint, raising the mill rate isn't necessary on at this time. An in-depth look at the budget will appear in Wednesday's Castlegar News. UNEMPLOYED Page students, are not hiring this year, Salmo is also having prob- lems, says the report, where 221 of the 1,164 population are on unemployment claims. Louisiana Pacific has been ” Cominco : will shut down for a. mihimum five weeks starting June 31, and the Steelworkers union is warning that by March 81, * 1988, the work force will be} reduced from 3,700 to nearly 2,600 — a loss of some 1,079 in and laying off pl since March, 1980, and in last July closed its doors indefinitely, putting 80 employees out of work, -' : The report says, “Many are now running out of UIC benefits and do not have enough weeks to start an- other claim. Some wood- workers are not making their monthly mortgage payments and have been forced to ac- cept welfare.” Unemployment hasn't touched Trail as severely as it has the other West -Koot- enay communities. With a population of 9,482, Trail has 525 on UIC. trades and labor. jobs. ©, + The labor council report . also identifies one of the ‘major problems is that “UIC claims do not last forever," and many workers are near- ing. the ends of their claims, “In Nelson alone, by the end of August, 261 people will see their claims run out," the report says. “With no jobs available, welfare may be their only choice, and the province has 264 also tightened welfare eligi- bility rules in the last year.” The report: also recom- mends no foreclosures should FARMER'S} 'S MARKET... nts and h were the big . We have everythi 4450 C AND RECEIVE A EREE BALE OF HAY. WITH ANY RENTAL FROM TROWELEX for spi . ‘Post Hole asst © Lawn Mowers © Pruning Equipment © Spreaders , 2 Tillers We arenowa GREEN LEAF PLANT CARE CENTRE, - ‘eo NOW IN STOCK: FERTILIZER inc! tle on oktensive eCards tnenr? 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But mindful of the attempt on his life Wednesday at the Shrine of Fatima, authorities erected a bulletproof shield for the Pope on the square, police sharpshooters were posted on nearby rooftops and a tight cordon of security guards constantly sur- rounded the pontiff. Rev. Juan Fernandez Krohn, the 82-year-old arch- conservative Spaniard ac- cused of trying to kill the Pope, was visited in his Lis- bon cell by his parents and an unidentified priest who was accompanied by a lawyer, police said. Roman Catholic Church sources said the parents wrote a letter to the Pope saying their son had no known political or religious motives to harm the pontiff. The sources, who asked not to be identified, said the parents indicated in the let- ter that Fernandez Krohn ‘might, be suffering from a mental disorder. The Spaniard has been or- dered held without bail pen- ding trial. If convicted of attempted homicide, lic could be sentenced toa prison term of 15 to 20 years. In his speech in Oporto, the Pope said materialism may be turning workers into “faceless robots” which “pow- erful forces" can manipulate. “Machines now dictate their rhythm to man... and there no longer is time for anything or for anyone,” the pontiff said, He said the church sup- ports workers’ struggle for “social justice... and fair human rights, but never through hatred and vio- lence." Two ople were killed and 77 wounded in May Day riots in Oporto. The Pope quoted from his 1981 encyclical,.On Human Work, in which he denounced “dehumanizing excesses” of modern economic systems,’ and painted a gloomy picture of the labor scene around the world. Earlier in the day at the University of Coimbra, Pope John Paul told thousands of scholars and students that the world situation appears desperate, “but for humanity in the year 2000, there is clearly an exit and many rea- sons for hope.” arid blankets — all handwoven — are scattered on the couches and chairs. Nancy Knight’s handmade creations are in evidence everywhere throughout her home. In her work room are her two large wooden looms, and filling the shelves to overflowing are her yarns; skeins of wool, cotten threads of every hue on large spools, silk, linen and rayon, the only man-made thread that she uses. Underneath the shelves are, grocery bags full of yarn “scraps.” She told me that when she gets enough of these she makes blankets from them. A room to the right of her Pe filled swith varying shades:of yarn.,“Someday,” she “gald wistfully, “I should Viry to use all this up. That's the ~ problem," she went on, “you order wools and by the time _ you get them you forget what you were going to do with * Nancy Knight has been weaving for almost 30 years. In 1953, when the Knights were living in Revelstoke, she enrolled in an evening school course. “I wanted to see how weaving was done, how cloth is made. In those days weaving there for three years and made placemats, scarves, wall hangings, rugs and bags in those early elasses. So quick was she to pick up the craft, that soon she was teaching it herself. When the Knights moved to 352-5375 not many other people were weaving.” She studied © , could hold it on, Chetwynd Nancy still could not find another weaver in town. “I never did find anyone in Chetwynd or Quesnel.” But by the time the Knights came to Castlegar 14 years ago, the weaving explosion was in its early stages. She met Ruby Marsh, who was also interested in weaving, and Ruby set up beginner's classes and Nancy taught them. “There was a lot of ‘off-loom’ weaving then, that’s weaving with sticks and rings.” It's more awkward to do, T learned than weaving on a large loom, but “more decorative.” “Most people did it because they couldn't afford looms. .. Iyused.a,Salish:loom, used by. the Salish. Indians, and I knee in front ofthe TY.” » Nancy-h 3b suns a rugs and : yardage. She enjoys using cotton baer ie and has woven these fine strands into delicate yardage which sewers can purchase to. make into clothing. “Anything you.can make with material, we can make.” She is constantly at work on one project or another and she designs most’ of her own patterns. ~ Nancy uses two looms — one purchased from Quebec, anda smaller one of Finnish design. The setting up of the “warp on the loom for each individual piece of weaving is what takes the most time. The yarns must be threaded through “heddles;"” and the way they are threaded determines the deisgn of the’ finished product. On Nancy elahe a local weaver Woven designs hang from her-walls. Pillows, throws, : LINDA HALL =~ Getting to Know Your Neighbor Nancy's large loom the heddles are made of thread and on her smaller loom they are of steel. Then the “reed” is placed into the loom. A Jong, narrow frame with steel rods at intervals, it is this reed which decides the bu)kiness,of.the:weave. The closer.these rods‘are to each sother, the tighter the weave. It takes’ her stout’ four hours to set up the loom to make one placemat, then approximately 45 minutes to do the actual weaving. After this, it must be hemmed and ironed. “All this takes time.” Like everything else, weaving supplies “have gone up terribly in price.” She pays $32 a pound for line. And this makes five or six placemats. She has just started working with silk and describes it as “lovely to use, it’s slippery and doesn’t seem to tangle.” Nancy's weavings will be displayed — along with those of Nelson weaver Peippi Bos — at. the special showing at the David Thompson University Centre in Nelson starting May 25. NANCY KNIGHT . . . She’s been weaving for almost 30 years. Her handmade creations are evident everywhere throughout her home. .~« displayed at’a public building in Kamloops. Nancy’s - “since age 11. Right now Nancy is working on a hanging for the B.C. Festival of the Arts which will be held in Kamloops next month, Noted weavers from all over the province have _ been asked to weave ceiling-to-loor hangings to be hanging will be 36 feet long and will begin yellow and gradually turn into purple at the bottém, Nancy’s crafts have been displayed locally at the NEC, and she told me she also has some of them in the centre in Grand Forks. She's a member of the Selkirk Weaver's Guild, “a very active group,” with about 35 to 40 members. Besides weavers from Castlegar, they also have members who come from as far away as Salmo, Nelson, Fruitvale, and Rossland. The purpose of the group, she told me, is to promote weaying. They have quite a large library of weaving reference material, and a loom which they keep at the Doukhobor museum. In 1971 the group began with 10 members from Castlegar “and all the others gradually joined.” They host weaving workshops and bring in well-known weavers to explain new techniques and give workshops to anyone interested. Each year they offer a weaving course through the local Recreation Commis- sion, and various members take their turns teaching. She spoke of the annual “Sheep-To-Shaw!” contest held yesterday in Winlaw. Four teams with four members, a sheep shearer and a sheep participated. A real sheep? Where do you get the sheep? I wondered. “Oh you have to look around, you have to know people with sheep.” I found that their animal is a special Rambouillet-Dorset Horn cross, a breed whose woo! is highly prized. They've managed to find a shearer, a girl whose been shearing When the time is called the shearing begins. During - this shearing, other team members work on setting-up the warp. team take the raw wool, card it, spin it and finally weave it into a 30" by 65” shawl. From start to finish takes about four hours, and teams are judged on both their speed and the finished product. Asa child growing up in England, Nancy never, wove, ‘h England is well-k for its ings. Instead she went into nursing because “in those.days you were either a teacher or a nurse, and I had to earn my living some way." She nursed during the war, an interesting “and busy time, according to Nancy. She was an operating room nuse because as she putsit, “I preferred to have my patients quiet!" In 1947 she came to Canada. “I had two brothers living in Canada, so I decided to come." She nursed at the Toronto General for a year before moving west. She ended up in Revelstoke where she met Harry Knight, married him and proceeded to raise two daughters, Kathy who lives in Robson and also weaves, and Margaret who passed away some years ago. They “moved around quite a bit" before settling in Robson. I asked if her daughters weaved when they were small children. “No, neither one of them were interested in weaving. They both took the weavers badges in Guides, but nothing else. Kathy weaves, but she only took it up recently.” Besides weaving Nancy likes knitting and at one time spent a lot of time screen printing. She does “a little bit of gardening, and entertaining the children.” Her two grandchildren, Derek and Jenni live behind them. She is a member of the Robson Evening Group, a group of women who “raise money all year and then give it away in the fall." They have-contributed to the Cancer Fund, the Heart Fund, the Handicapped Society, and many other organizations. I asked what sort of equipment and instruction a beginning weaver might necd to get started with. “You really need to take a course. From there you get a loom and work at home.” She also invited would-be weavers to attend their meetings. "Guild members are very willing to help beginners.”