Page 6A West’s gives current exchange rate Some Castlegar businesses, such as West's Department Store, practicc sound busine nse and give the current rate of exchange on Americar money. Vi Stoushnow, office manager, and part owner of West's said th travel department of West's calls the Bank of Montreal for the day's cur rent rate of exchange and gives the exact equivalent that American visi tors would normally get at a bank. At the checkout counter said the exchange is kept at a steady, but current rate West's General Manager and Owner, Wallace Horning verified that 1 fact, on August 17, West's was giving 27 per cent exchange continue to offer the current rate of exchange to their Amencan visitor Stoushn: and w osnneneeerenenemnernemenmnenetmennemmnmenntetmnmentmmeeee A KOOTENAY CELEBRATION Featuring: Q David Kilgour, MP, speaking on Returning the Columbia Rive Down-Stream Benefits to the Kootenays. QA fine dinner featuring foods grown and produced the Kootenays, along with the premiere of a special dessert in Nelson's honour by the chef at the Heritage Ir Wednesday Aug Open Bar at 6:30 P.M Dinner at 7:30 P.M Heritage Inn, Nelson, B.C $30 per person, $55 per Garry Jenkins, Libera! Ce for Kootenay West-Revelstc Tickets available by dropp' Garry's campaign offices Revelstoke or Trail In the Nelson area cal! 352)1 area Call 364-5666 or else riding call 1-800-661-8599 CASTLEGAR'S ALZHIEMERS SUPPORT GROUP last Wednesday each month. 6:30 - 8 p.m. Castlegar L Coming events of Castlegar a organizations may be listed here and additional words are 15¢ each must be used for headings) consecutive insertion is halt-pr Deadline is 11:30 Monday for bring in or mail your notices to Wednesday RN ZB The Casti¢gar Sun Zi\S 465 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, BC V1N 1G8 The Castlegar Sun DAN CARLSON For The Castlegar Sun The Castlegar and District United Way has set up fundraising events for September 17 and 18, 1993; the purpose of these events is to help fund the operations and efforts of the United Way, Among the events are a pancake breakfast, several displays and demonstrations, a flea market, a book sale, as well as several activities that are new to this year's fundraising effortd/of the Castlegar and District United Way ) _|United Way plans fundraising events New to the “Campaign Kick-Off Weekend” are events such as “Outrageous Shirt Day", a line dance demonstration as well as a flight demonstration, followed by the Subway Sandwich sale at noon A special feature that has been included in this year's activities is the “Murder-Mystery Dinner’'on August 18, located at the Sandman Inn. This event is sponsored by the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society, and the basis of this activity is that a murder is committed during the dinner, several clues are given, and suddenly everybody is transformed into, a “super-sleuth"! A veritable “whodunnit” is the result, as is a rip-roaring good time, For tickets contact 2365-8448 Wednesday, August 18, 1993 Wednesday, August 18, 1993 The Castlegar Sun Letters to the Editor Page 7A Bill C-114 threatens basic human rights Dear Edijor: Not satisfied with having Selkirk College to offer Russian language course Submitted Selkirk College will be offering 4 university transfer Russian lan guage course this autumn at the Castlegar campus. The introducto- ry course will be of interest to beginners in Russian, but will also provide opportunities for those with some prior knowledge of the language Kanlio Alimkulov, a long-time resident of the Kootenays, has been hired to give the course. In the past, Alimkulov has given several courses in Russian language through Contin uing Education at the college ranging trom beginning to advanced levels. A native of Kirghizia, Alimkulov holds a Masters Degree in Language and Literature form Moscow State University, He has also done research toward the Ph.D. degree. His particu- lar scholarly interest is in Soviet Lit erature of the 1960's and 1970's. He is marned to a Canadian, and has two children who have been educated in the Castlegar School District Alimkulov stresses that his approach to teaching language is a flexible one, in introductory Russian 102 there will be special attention paid to beginners in the language, but the course will also interest those who have studied some Russian in secondary school, or those who have a family background in the language. Students who successfully com: RCMP seize 161 marijuana plants Irrigation system dismantled Sun Staff Castlegar RCMP and Nelson RCMP seized 161 marijuana plants during a drug eradication operation August 10 from an undisclosed location on the Arrow Lakes. The irrigation sys- tem Which had been used to help grow the plants-was dismantled by the RCMP. Because no one had been found at the marijuana site PRES ENT S D>’ YOKOHAMA A378 STARTING FROM 62! Catch the performance of the A378 combines excellent traction with the quiet ride and crisp handling you want all year long BRAKES. You'll like us, for more than our tires the L don Campbell to make full disclo- \ sure about a $1 million Castlegar RCMP officer Consta- ble Oster said it is unlikely that anyone will be charged in con- nection with growing the plants. Oster has declined to com- ment specifically where the plants were found, or how long the operation had been under surveillance. The RCMP will burn the mar ijuana plants when their official investigation is closed Oster said that until the mari juana plants are weighed it is uncertain what the stfeet value of the marijuana is. There was a total of four RCMP officers plete the fall semester of Introducto- ty Russian at Selkirk College will receive three university credits for first year Russian. The course will continue into the winter semester with the possibility of six university credits for a full year of study. The course will cover fundamen- tals of grammar, listening and speak- ing skills, as well as reading and comprehension. Introductory Rus Sian is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. For more information contact admissions, Selkirk College at 365- 1297, or the Chairperson, Depart- ment of Language and Literature at EA 365-7292. Karitio Alimk SUN STAFF.PHOTO / Shariene imhott Not everyone wanted to slo-pitch. These weekend- warriors were content to play volley-ball during the I am sending this letter to sev eral newspapers isn't it remarkable! The Con servatives, Liberals and New Democrats can't say bad enough , things about each other in gener ‘al. They insult each other freely, yet they have shown that they can actually support each other. One time was when they band- ed together to support the Char- lottetown Accord. The latest time was when they passed Bill C-114, which threatens law-abiding citi- zens with five years in jail if they spend too much of their own money in active support of a party or candidate Conservative Harvie Andre was quoted as saying that this law would be beneficial because “the third partie: I understand this bill was draft- ed during ten “in camera” ses- sions of a special committee where no minutes were kept, and was passed in Parliament quietly and unanimously after 15 minutes of debate Passed this odious bill in the first place, Kim Campbell's govern ment has now shown its opinion of the Canadian people by announcing it is appealing the Alberta court ruling that declared the “Gag Law” unconstitutional Even if I had no other dis agreement with their platforms I could no longer support any of those three parties after such a united attack on our freedom Think about it! If they get away with limiting how much we can spend to support a party or candidate, what will be the next freedom removed? Would the mainline parties then pass a law allowing-onty those three to compete? Or, if Mr. Andre and others don't want “third parties”, the Grits or Tories might even combine to legislate that only they be declared legal parties. Perhaps unpleasant letters to the editor criticizing the govern- ment might be outlawed. In such a case, writing a letter such as Downtown window display offensive Dear Editor: Although I am new to the area, I wonder at the beauty of the West Kootenays. But there are also eye sores. This letter is to bring to the public's attention violence against women (and men also) To promote such acts is promoting violence against women As a woman against violence against women I am compelled to bring this to public attention in this letter to you. In public view of this violence is a window display in “our” downtown which I find very offensive It has the pant legs of women's and men’s legs tied with rope 1 approached the business of the offensive window display to which the reply was “It’s only a window display”. Next day walking by this offensive window display they had slightly and partially covered the display with paper. But the rope was still visible. As of this writing the window display has been changes—and guess what? The rope is still around the bottoms of the pants I hope this letter will bring to the attention of the public that violence against women is not for a window display! My hope is that the owner of this downtown clothing store will read this and some grotesque article on violence against women, men, children and teens being bound with rope and being violated and hope lessly tied with no way of escape! involved in the operation Provincial 'C’ slo-pitch championship held in Castlegar = Debate A contribution. “The most important thing is the portfolio of the government but there is something else which is even more important—it's. the Continued from 1A for integrity and openness within iberal party challenged Gor GOING BACK TO SCHOOL? Our consolidation loans have competitive rates Castlegar Savings Credit Union Slocan Park Branch: 3026 Hwy 6" Slocan Park, B.C. VOG 2E0 226-7212 Castlegar Branch 365-7232 ‘William Brian Johnson | Billf was born Nov 21, 1940 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and died peacefully at Trail Regional Hospital after a brief battle with cancer. integrity of this party. When I advocated full disclosure of cam paign contributions Mr. Campbell took a negative view. Campbell said he knew nothing about his contributions. I implore Mr. Camp- bell for the sake of the party to dis- close—what do you have to hide?” Campbell did not respond to Gibson's challenge, instead choosing to stay on the topic of education. Allan Wamke agreed with the need for strengthening education and tailoring it to our societies changing needs—but he said our children need something even more basic—the three R's. “It boils down to the curricu lum. Our students need the basic skills, like reading and writing and they need to be technologi cally literate.” The all candidate debate was Bill was best known for his love of people, his sense of humour and his love of sports He was well known in the prairies as a foptball player. He played for four years for the Saskatoon Hill Tops winning two | Canadian Championships. This resulted in a pro-football career with the Saskatchewan Rough Riders which was shortened by a serious knee injury. Bill coached Minor Hockey for many years in the Okanagan with two of his teams winning the provincals. In 1986/87 he coached the Castlegar Rebels to an exciting west division win. He gave up coaching to devote ali his time, with partner Brain Millar, to building their company; West Kootenay Carpets - where Bill was not just a salesman to his customers but a friénd He is survived by his beloved wife Marlena, his mother Helen Hicks of Kelowna, his daughters Roberta & Janet of Calgary and son Bryan of Vancouver His step-children Shawna of Castlegar, Vincent of Victoria | | and Shane of Prince George MECHANICAL SERVICES AT MOST LOCATIONS You'll like us, for more than our-tires 2141 COLUMBIA AVE., CASTLEGAR, PHONE 365-3311 His grandchildren Justin, Alycia, Lareesa, Shawntelle and | Brodi | He will be sadly missed by his partner and best friend Brian | | Millar and special friend Linda Coulson | Besides his employees, customers, and buddies from his football days, Bill will be remembered by all who were | touched by his warm friendship and his sense of hurnour. Funeral services were held Aug 16, at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel with interment at Park Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the Trail Hospital Family Room or to the Castlegar Rebels Hockey Club Coming Soon Castlegar & District UNITED WAY KICK-OFF DAY Sat. Sept 18 Community Complex @ includes: ¢ Outdoor Flea Market ¢ Pancake Breakfast © Meet MLA Conroy ¢ Murder Mystery Dinner ¢ And more 365-7331 Please stop and think about it. Let's hope it doesn’t happen to someone you love I am a woman against violence against women! Please take down your offensive window display Thanking you in advance Birth Brown Laurie and Barry Brown wish to announce the birth of their new daughter Randi Lee, born at Trail Régional Hospital May 21, 1993. Randi weighed seven pounds, ten ounces at birth. Elaine Robertson, astlegar “Let's keep it beautiful” Sales ¢ Supplies + Repairs Sandra 355-2477 # a : Everybody's Doing It! 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