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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 25, 1978 .

Lost January 30, o small girl walked
along a quiet street in Goteborg,
‘Sweden, accompanied by a man ond
‘woman. A car pulled up behind them

and stopped. A mother grobbed her °

child fram behind and pulled her
screaming into the cor. A big Ameri-

can detective blocked the couple from .

reaching. her. tn the scuffle that fol-

towed, he karate-chopped a European

man to the ground, jumped into the
car and drove away.

The story of how
amother and a

Mother and detective dressed them-
selves in Arctic clothing. The little girt
was placed in a special sack ‘strung
over the datective’s back and covered
with a parka, Corefully, using a com-
pass, they entered the white
wilderness and set off with the drug-
ged child for the Norwegian border.
Three hours Ioter they reached the
highway and found a cor waiting a
quarter of o mile ahead,

Hunted -by the police of five nations,

detective Pat Buckman and Tanya derive

in the US,

SNATCHED.

.
From The
Vancouver Province

detective kidnapped her chiid jrom her estranged husband

AN FRANCISCO, California
— The kidnappers were
relaxing at a horse ranch 40
miles from the Golden Gate Bridge,
north of San Francisco and safe at
last from the police of Europe.
He was Patrick Mahlon Buckman, 40,
a tough San Francisco private detective,
She was beautiful Victoria Lilledal, 27, of
nearby Marin County. Their victim,
Tanya Lilledal, 6, played happily in a
pasture with a pony. She was‘back with
her mother after being stolen
Notwegian father.
pping in Sweden, was an
American parent grabbing her own
child, But because the kidnappers
crossed international boundaries and

from her

to fig-
are A bow Coey did ft and ary they eat

“International law y entarcemant and
Justice officials are also to sort it
out. Was it kidnapping or not? What can
be done to a Baront grabbing their own
child in a foreign land?

Victoria Lilledal stole her daughter out’

of Scandinavia with an American private
eye because there are no working laws
which would have brought the girl back
to her. She's proud of what she accom-

B
Now safe in San Francisco the happy

mother and a U.S. private detective re-
they recovered Tanya from Eu-

napping, 5
Tanya's troubles began in January, —
California divorce court

1976, when a

awarded Victoria Lilledal custody othe her
ughter and gave her father, Ni

gian soccer coach Tom Lilledai, ating

Tights.

Over the next ten mottths the confused
child was whisked back and forth be-
tween Norway and the U.S. three times
by her father who either hoped to recon-
cile the marriage or vowed he'd keepher
away for good.

Tt had -to stop and Mrs, Lilledal's
American family called in private detec-
tive Pat Buckman. He might get Tanya
back but first he called the entire family
toa meeting.

ain by Ron
iawie Laytner

« Getting a Sha ou of a forelgn country
‘is dangerous and costly he warned. Ex.
Penses would be $10,000. And because he
could go to jail his fee would be $20,000.

‘The money was raised and Buckman
went to work. He might have to carry
Tanya cross-country in Norwegian win-
ter weather so he trained on arun-
cing machine carrying a 45 pound
weight. He bought arctic survival cloth-
ing for himself and Mrs, Lilledal, She’d
go with him to Norway.”

‘The mother was fitted with a blonde

dressed as a postman
spied on the home of Lilledal’s friends
near Oslo. He phoned saying a small
English-speaking girl of Tanya's de-
scription was staying with Elsa-Liv and
‘Sjkell Skaar who had re! to Nor-
way from California.

Buckman and Victoria Lilledal headed
for Europe. Landing in Copenhagen they
bought mittens and toys for Tanya and
planned a week's sight-seeing with herin
the Danish capital. They had no idea
they'd return to Copenhagen as hunted
fugitives.

Before they went north a Danish friend
warned Buckman that Norwegian pri-
vate investigators would not help. “If
they think you're going to steal a child
from a Norwegian they'll turn you in. In
Norway you'll be on your own.”

* Noone checked their passports at Oslo

rt. When Buckman and Victoria
registered at the Astoria Hotel he fol-
lowed police regulations left his
passport at the front desk. But his ex-
hausted ‘sister’ went right to her room
without showing the name Lilledal.
Buckman was delighted. Police would
not be able to connect them to Tanya
when she vanished.

Next day in a rented War the detective
drove to the town where Tanya had been
geen. Nessoden was on a peninsula and
connected to Oslo by ferry boat and road.

0

TANYA AND I JUST ARRIVED IN NORWAY I WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE WORKED ~
> SOMETHING OUT, BUT LaST TI Yul ASKED 1B TO TRUST YoU, A GUN WAS’

POINTSD AT If HEAD Nw I THINK THERE ARE 3 OPTIONS LEFT 1 FUR YOU

AND I TO WORK SUNETHING OUT, IF UNLY FUR TANYAS SAKE. 2 FUR HE TO

PROPEED WITH LEGAL ACTIUN IH NORWAY. 3 FUR YOU AND YOUR MOTHER TO.

PLAN ANOTHER IHRATIUNAL ESCAPADE. I AN PREPARED FOR THE THIRD, BUT I

WANT YOU TO CONSIDER VERY VERY

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Above: A copy of a telegram
sent to Tanyo’s mother, Mrs,
Victoria Lilleda! by her es-
tranged husband, Tom.

Right: Tanya's father, 30-
years-old Tom Lilteda!, a
soccer coach from Oslo,
Norway.- This photograph
...was carried around Scandi
~- navia by -private detective
, Pat Buckman for identifica-
tion purposes.

Buckman was nervous. The Skaar house
would be hard to watch. An American
would stand out in elon He'd have to
keep away from everyo:

Donning snowshoes | be. purchased in
Oslo the private eye climbed a hill and ~
stood for hours in zera weather watching
the house through powerful binoculars.
That night he crept up to the home and
peered in the windows. He watched the
anys set dinner but there was no sign
of T:

Next morning with a blonde Victoria

vous, the emotional mother could not
entity Tanya as one of four bundled-up
outside the house on
stis What if they selzed the wrong
child? Sadly, Buckman returned to Oslo.
He'd have to get Tanya by finding her fa-
ther
In desperation he contacted one of
Tom Lilledal’s German soccer friends. °
For a price the Hamburg man agreed to
find out where the Norwegian coach was

‘They learned.Tom was working three
nights a Week at the Baerum Sports Club
west of Oslo. It was his only contact. He
had nothing regist his name; no
address, car or telephone.

sports club was a curved metal
building without windows. Through a
glass door Buckman saw a man resem-

oeca saying he'd dyed his hair.

For two nights Buckman tried to follow.

anyone at random and disappeared
among a dozen cars ail leaving at once.
He wouldn't be back until next week.
‘There had to be another way.

In Oslo the detective found a middle.

aged woman sympathetic to Victoria.

She got a copy of a Norwegian newspa-.

per interview with the coach. It said he
was living In Nessoden — the town where

‘Tanya bad been seen by the German pri- ;

vate detective.
Back to the peninsula went Buckman

and watched the arrivals of the ferry
from Oslo, At last he saw Lilledal com-
ing-ashore. Both of them on foot, be fol-
lowed the soccer coach toa house in town
and waited outside. When the lights went.
out hours Hater, Bue Buckman smiled. Tanya
was drat

Next day ‘ath V Victoria Littedal at his
side the detective sat in his car on a hill
watching the house. Suddenly the door of
the home opened and out came Tom and
‘Tanya heading right toward them.

*. This was it, Buckman started up the
engine, put the car into gear and swore.
‘The wheels were stuck in snow. Mrs. Lil-

‘Jedal ran off and hid in the trees, She and
Buckman belpleaty watched father and
daughter go by.

Later when Victoria rejoined him the
detective said, “‘We almost have her.
We'll keep tightening the circle. We'll get

Tanya tom

‘That nlght th their Norwegian woman
friend agreed to help over the next few
days but without payment. Taking her
sdvice Buckman drove to the nearby
town of Moss and rented a room with dif-
ferent identification. He'd hide Tanya
there.

Next morning in ‘Nessoden he saw
Tanya and her father leave their house
with suitcases and walk towards the
ferry dock.

‘The detective raced back to Oslo by

* road, picked up Victoria and rushed to

the docks in time to see the ferry from

‘Nessoden pulling in. f

Tanya, her father and a blonde woman
stepped off. ‘Buckman had covered up
the license plates on his car with packed
snow. He drove the car forward. Victoria
pulled on her wig, climbed into the back
seat and unlocked the rear doors.

But just then a big bus filled with men
pulled in and stopped near Tom Lilledal.
It was his soccer team. Buckman hesi-

stated. Tom,. Tanya and the blonde’

woman entered the bus. Air brakes hiss-
ing, it drove off

Calming the weeping mother Buckman

followed close behind. It began snowing
heavily, They were heading towards
Sweden.
“We drove and drove,” said Buckman,
“‘Itwas their worst winter in ten years, It
became a blizzard. The roads were full
of cars on their sides, Norwegians don’t
use chains. They drive

Crossing the frticha im drove for
hours in Sweden. At Goteborg the bus
parked briefly at a large entertainment-
sports complex. The soccer team and

got off. Tanya stayed on board
and the iis left.

It stopped soon at 'a stop-sign. Tanya,
the blonde and a man stepped down and
began walking down a quiet side-street.
“We're going to take her now," said
Buckman. “Watch for my signal and
grab her from behind. I'll stop those
two.” %

They came up behind them. Victoria
swept Tanya into the car. Buckman
faced the couple warning, ‘This is the

. Sleeping

After eluding the police of five European nations, Pat Buckman pictured,here with |

Mrs, Litledal and her daughter Tanya, says that ‘If the girl’s father had come.to me
first, ! would have stolen the child for him.’

motte Don’t try to take the child from

ihe man moved forward and was

struck to the ground. He and the woman
began screaming, “‘Help! Help! Kidnap-
pers! Robbers! Help!"

A crowd gathered. Buckman entered
the car and found its wheels skidding on
fee. Swedes were banging on the win-
dows. One man climbed onto the hood.
He fell off when the detective speeded up

and jammed on the brakes. There would *

be no time for explanations. They sped
away.

In the car Tanya was hysterical and
her mother weeping as they reunited.
Soon the little girl was asking when she
could go back to school in America and
see her friends. Buckman headed toward
the one place he felt they wouldn't look
for him — Norway.

Later, close to the Norwegian border,
he called the woman in Oslo. Don't drive
through the frontier, she warned. The po-

lice are watching. You must walk

around. She'd drive in witha friend, pick
up the car and leave it inside Norway.

Buckman cleaned the snow from theli- ©

cense plates. Victoria removed her
blonde wig. A black wig was placed on
Tanya and she was given a powerful
sleeping pill.

Detective and mother got-into arctic
clothing. Tanya was placed ina special

sack hanging over Buckman’s back and’

covered by his parka. Carefully using the
compass they entered the white wilder-
ness beside the road and set off with the
gitl. Three hours later they
reached the highway and found their car
waiting a quarter of a mile ahead,

They never did rest at Moss. That
Hight the Norwegian woman picked them
up and drove them in her car back to
Goteborg. Next morning they left Gote-
borg station by train heading for Malmo
and the ferry to Denmark.

In the afternoon they left Copenhagen
railroad station and, feeling safe, boldly
took a taxi to the Konig Frederick Hotel
where the exhausted detective rented
two big rooms,

called an alrline, reserving seats to
London and San Francisco and then
phoned the Oslo woman to thank her.
“Get away!” she warned. “The father

- said you are demanding a ‘ransorh. Po-
lice all over Europe are looking for you.
Forget you ever knew me!’”

daughter in the lobby of the nearby Poli-
tiken newspaper building.

From a house on the outskirts of the
city that night Buckman phoned the
Goteborg police asking for an English-
speaking officer. He sald he was an

American who had met Mrs. Lilteda? and
Tanya yesterday just before they, flew
back to the United States. There was 00
Kidnapping. Victoria was the mother,

“No,” said the Swedish policeman,

- “The wrong child has been taken. The

mother is in America. We have checked.
Who are you? Where are you?’ Dis-
mayed: Buckman hung up the phone. _
ext day an unidentified man drove
te eles te Gee eae
diplomatic licence plates. Victoria and
Tanya hid under a blanket on the floor. :

At Hamburg airport they passed
through German passport, control phic
failed to notice they were using ticke!
and reservations in another name. rae
ports stamped, they boarded a plane to
England feeling a little safer. E

But at London's Heathrow airport Vie-
toria felt faint when two policémen came
close as they waited to board aplane for
the United States.

“Listen,” said Buckman, “If
to get cauglit, this is the place.
very ‘civilized here." The polite
and they flew out.

After a flight over the pole they.
at Seattle where a uniformed city;
man met Lciiee said he was there to

lave.

* Europe that Tanya’s father was on

way to get the kidnappers. While Back:
man slept Victoria phoned her family to

meet them at the airport when Shey are.

Sonn they ware in San Francisco gur-
ro y the weeping, laughing and
Kissing relatives who had raised the Tee
cue money. The adventure was over:
It's sad," said Buckman, “but ina few -
days Victoria Lilledal and her daughter
will start new lives somewhere else in,
Cn US. with a complete change of iden-
ty. Tom Lilledal will neve
daughter as a child again. ‘These are ean _
catareeabe laws here to brotect Vico.

She was bitter. “T9 have your’ “child
taken away is worse than having {t dle.
Because death you cansunderstand.
Someone who takes your child should not
be allowed to live, I had legal ‘custody. af
Tanya. I didn’t kidnap her, I Feecued

jer,”

Buckman felt sorry for Tom Lill
He couldn't judge who was tones
wean This was the toughest of his 15

snatchings. Always the hunter, he -
was afraid ©

aide like being hunted and was
of Swedish and Norwegian Jails. He
ae to clear up the incident with fates

ber hope Tom Lilledal understands 1
have no personal feelings,” he said, “If
he had come to me first I would have
taken Tanya from Victoria for him, I’m
just a working man. It’s my job."

& ES ite A
CRUMPLED metal gives evidence to the Im-
pact sustained when ‘two vehicles struck

head-on Saturday on Pa
resulting In 11 persons
Castlegar and District H

pital. By Tu
morning four remained In the local hospital

while two others had been flown to
Vancouver the evening of the accident by an

emergency alr evacuation. The driver of this
car has been charged with falling to yleld

half of the roadway to an approaching
vehicle.—CasNewsFoto by Lols Hughes

Valley Vista School

Holds Its Sports Day.

Results of the sports day at
Valley Vista, School:

es
Grade 1 girls: first—Jenni-
fer Mair, second—Michelle
Szkika and third—Sheri-lyn
Makeiv.
Gradel boys: fir irst—Taylor

Grade 1 boys: first—Taylor
Harding, second—Scott Nelson
and: third—Elmer Guindon.

Grade 2 girls: first—Tracy
Walsh, second—Andrea Fur-
ness and third—Laura Goet-
ting.

Grade 2 boys: (Lions)

Harding, Farrell
and third—John ‘Bird.

Grade 2 girls: first—Maya
Kalmakov, second—Stephanie
Harmston and third—Laura
Goetting.

Grade 2 boys: (Lions)
first—Robert Ehman, second—
Kelly Gyurkovits and third—
Michael Porter.

Grade 2 boys: . (Tigers)
first—Mark Boolinoff, second—
Dave Ackney and third—Darcy
Hart.

Skipping Rac

Grade 1 girls: Tirst—Mich-
elle Szkica, second—Sheri-lyn
Makeiv and third—Denise Mar-
tin.

Grade 1 boys: first—Taylor
Harding, second—Scott Nelson
and third—Ian Farrell.

Grade 2 girls: first—Maya
Kalmakov, second—Stephanie
Harmston and third—Andrea
Furness.

Grade 2 ‘boys: (Lions)
first—Robert Ehman, second—

Steven Duckworth and third—

Michael Porter.

Grade 2 boys: (Tigers)
first—Mark Boolinoff, second—
Dave Ackney and third—Darcy
Hart.

Peanut and Spoon Races

Grade 1 girls: first—Mich-
elle Szkica, second—Judi Clos-
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Grade 2 boys: (Tigers)
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Preschool Girls’ Race: first
—Angie Maida, second—Chris-
ta Bentley and. third—Denise ,

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Preschool Boys’ Race: first
—Mathew Kalmakov, second—
Gregory: Ehman and third—
Tain Thompson.

Mothers’ Peanut and
Spoon Race: first—Mrs. Jo-
sephson, second—Mrs. Duck-
worth and third—Mrs, Hart.

Fathers’ Peanut and

Tennis Club

Spoon Race: first—Mr. Hart,
second—Mr. ‘ Harmston and
third—Mr. Reibin.

Crabwalk

Grade 1 girls: first—Mich-
elle Szkica, second—Jennifer
Mair and third—Sheri-lyn Ma-
keiv.

Grade 1 boys: first—Taylor
Harding, second—Ian Farrell
and third—Scott Nelson.

Grade 2 girls: first—Steph-
anie Harmston, second—Maya
Kalmakov and third—Laura
Goetting.

Grade 2 boys: (Lions)
first—Tim Love and Robert
Ehman (tie), third—Kelly Gyur-
kovits.

Grade 2 boys: “(Tigers)
first—Mark Boolinoff, second—
Dave Ackney and third—Darcy
Hart.

Valley Vista teachers
would like to thank all the
parents who helped with the
events, cheered, and operated
the concession.

\ Expert Instruction

Received

»By LORI FRIESAN

There’ have been a few
changes in the coaching clinic
that is*being held here for the
next few days. The high schoo!
students will receive instruc-
tion this morning from 9:30 to
11:30. 5

The general public is in-
yited to attend this afternoon's
session which runs from 1:30 to
3:30. The coaches clinic remains
the same at 5:30 to 8:30 on
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri-
day. On Saturday morning,
there is another clinic open to
the public from 9:30 to 11:30,

These clinics are a terrific

at Clinic
‘opportunity for anyone who is.
interested in tennis, whether
experienced or not, to receive
expert instruction. Everyone
should take advantage of this
opportunity.

The B.C. Interior Closed
tournament which’ was sched-
uled for ‘last weekend ‘was
cancelled due to lack of" inter-
est. It was an over-sight that
the tournament was not listed
in’ the scheduled of tourna-
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This weekend there will be
a junior tournament in Ross-
land. We have many juniors
who have a good chance to
bring home a trophy and we
wish them the best of luck.

Nelson's mixed doubles
tournament, The Chesser Cup,
is set for two weeks away. We
hope Castlegar will have a few
teams entered for this event.

See you at the coaching
clinic!

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Voice Of
The People /
Another Man

Editor, Castlegar News:

To all our friends and
business acquaintances of
Castlegar I, Peter F, Kozak of
No, 3, 348 Silverwood Cres.,
Castlegar, am not related to, or
have not known, the Peter
Kozak who was convicted re-
cently in Castlegar police court.

Peter F. Kozak
Castlegar

Prayer Services Held

For Nora J.

Prayer services began
Tuesday evening from the
chapel of the Castlegar Funeral
Home and concluded yesterday
afternoon from the Castlegar
Russian Hall for Nora J. Popoff,

- 67, a resident of Castlegar who

died Sunday at the Castlegar
and District Hospital.

Mrs, Popoff was born
March 10, 1911 in Brilliant, and
was married in that com-
munity. She lived at Champion

‘Emily Frances Lutze
Service Held Tuesday

Rosary service was held
Monday night with funeral
mass conducted Tuesday morn-
ing from St. Rita's Catholic
Church in Castlegar for Emily
Frances Lutze, 67, who died
suddenly last Thursday at the
Castlegar and District Hospital.

Born. Nov. 18,- 1920 in
Grassey Lake, Alta, Mrs.
Lutze was married in that
province and came to live in
Castlegar in 1942. She was re-
married in 1987: to Melvin
Lutze.

Mrs, Lutze loved fishing
and camping, and spent many

Rotary Conference

happy times fishing the creeks
of the Kootenay area.

She is survived by her
husband, Melvin; a son, Ray
and daughter, Paulette, both of
Castlegar; one grandson; and
two step-sons, Jim and Allan,
both of Williams Lake.

Pallbearers were Steve
Melnick, Ken Melnick, Robert
Melnick, Jim Walker, John
Lennon and William Easton.

Rev. Fr. M. Guinan offi-
ciated at the service ‘and crema-
tion followed.

Castlegar Funeral Home.
was in care of arrangements.

Several Tours Planned

Castlegar. Rotarians Al
Jensen and Mitch Anderson
met with the Rossland Rotary
Club District 508 Conference
Committee last week to make
final plans for the June 1 - 4
Rotary Conference.

It is expected that from
500 to 600 delegates, Rotary
Anns and visitors will attend
the conference. The Castlegar
Rotary Club will be responsible
for the Thursday evening (June
1) entertainment, which takes
as its theme the early mining
days in Rossland.

Other . entertainment _as-
pects of the conference will
include the recreational and
scenic beauties of the area.

Since many of the: dele-
gates will be from across the

international border, tours will -

also be featured of the’ aréa’s
historical. sites, such as. the
Doukhobor Village Museum,
the Black. Bear Mine and
Museum, the Cominco opera-
tions and local hydro-electric
operations.

On Friday evening the
Trail Rotary Club will play host
in their homes to the visitors,

‘Remo Tavaroli

Funeral Service
Held at Trail

Rosary service was held
Tuesday evening, with funeral
mass yesterday. morning from
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Church in Trai! for Trail resi-
dent Remo (Baba) Tavaroli, 62,
who dies Saturday at the Trail
Regional Hospital.

Mr. Tavaroli was born
Nov. 26, 1915 in Trail, receiving
his education in that area. He
took up employment with Co-
mince in 1930 and was with the
zine department for some 48
years.

A keen sports enthusiast,

Mr. Tavaroli was particularly -

interested in hockey.

He is survived by his wife,
Dora of Trail; a son and
daughter-in-law, Jack and Ma-
rie Tavaroli, and a daughter,
Bev—all of Trail; a brother, Joe
Monaldi of Trail; and four
sisters, Miss Rena Tavaroli of
Trail, Mrs. Bob (Norma) Col-
listro, Mrs. Ted (Edna) An-
selmo and Mrs. Ralph (Jean)
Redding—all of Spokane, Three
grandsons; Michael, Patrick
and Brian also survive.

Pallbearers were Nick Ba-
lanio, “Gerry Wanless, . Ron
Piccolo, Ken Hamer, Jack Val-
lutini, Berne Lamoureux, Evo
Decembrini and Al Piccolo.

Honorary pallbearers were
Charlie Catalano, G. Piva, Tony
Piccolo, Ken Piccolo, Don Glov-
er, Len Murdoch, Pete Postni-
koff:and Al Merlo.”

Rev. Fr. Jim Ratcliffe
officiated, and interment was at
Mountain View Cemetery in
Trail. Castlegar Funeral Home
was in care of arrangements,

Kootenay
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‘The
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“guests,

followed by a variety show at
the junior high school featuring
a variety of local talent.

On Saturday evening the
district governor's banquet and
ball, hosted by district gov-
ernor Ernest McGauley and his
Rotary Ann Evelyn, and chair-
ed by conference chairman
Hugo Smecher, will be held in
the Rossland Secondary School.

Several distinguished
including the Hon,
James Hewitt, Minister of
Agriculture, Jack Carter, past
president of Rotary Interna-
tional and Rotary International
presidents personal represen-
tative, as well as A. V.
Marcolin, Cominco group vice-
president, will all be special
speakers at the plenary ses-
sions of the conference.

Popoff, 67

Creek from 1928 to 1939, at
which time she moved to Frult-
vale. In 1973, she settled in the
Castlegar district, where she
had resided untit her death,

Mrs, Popoff was a member
of the Union of Spiritual Com-
munities of Christ.

She is survived by her
husband, Mike; a son, Mike Jr.
of Richmond; three daughters,
Mrs. Dick (Alice) Wood and
Mrs, Bob (Mary) Murphy, both
of Nakusp and Mrs. Mike
(Polly) Sherstobitoff of Ooti-
schenia,

Also surviving are 17
grandchildren, eight great
grandchildren; a sister, Mrs.
Tena Kalugin of Port Alberni; a
brother, E. J. Kootnikoff of
Grand Forks; as ‘well as many
nieces and nephews.

Burial was at Brilliant
Cemetery, with Castlegar Fu-
neral Home in care of arrange-
ments.

Our readers are in-
vited to express their
views-{freely in letters to
the editor. All letters dis-
cussing. timely issues will
be published provided
they are within the taws of
tlbel. Although noms de
plume may be used when
necessary, letters should
be short and carry the
name and address of the
writer. The editor retains
the privilege to edit letters
for brevity, style, fegality
and taste. Address your
letter to: The Castlegar
News, Drawer 3007, Cas-
tlegar, B.C. VIN 3H4

$1,500 Damage
When Vehicle

Strikes Deer

An estimated $1,500 dam-
age has resulted in an accident
Sunday evening in which driver
David A. White of Robson
swerved to miss a deer only to
have the vehicle strike a second
one.

‘The incident took place on
Verigin Tomb Road. No
charges have been !aid.

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 26, 1978

WHY NOT HOLD A

Procedures:

1, First of all gather together all your articles that
are saleable. A little fixing may be required to make some
items suitable for selling.

2. You must then advertise effectively. The
Castlegar News classifieds do the trick.

3. Directorial signs are a big help. They also attract
the weekend joy rider who might have missed the
advertisement, These signs are free when you advertise
your Garage Sale in the Castlegar News.

4. Your miscellaneous articles should be arranged
neatly, preferably in the garage and out in the driveway.
Having people come into your home is awkward.

5, You may or may not wish to price your items. Be
prepared to dicker with your buyers in any case.

The garage sale has many advantages. You will often
get a reasonable price out of your items and you don't
have to take them anywhere. i z

For the buyer, a garage sale is an ideal place to pick
up used baby furniture, records, old bottles or some used
furniture for the rumpus room. Many people have found
an antique or two.

It makes for an enjoyable afternoon driving around
to garage sales. Often you will find things you have
wanted, and the kids find toys that have lots of play left in
them. A garage sale is a great deal of fun. Have one soon!

Free GARAGE SALE Signs

when you advertise your sale in the

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