GUIDERS for Ist and 2nd Kinnaird Guide
companies were enrolled on Tuesday of last wek
in ceremonies held in Kinnaird Hall. Division
Commissioner Mrs. R. Bro was present to enroll,

left to right, Mra. Ann Clow 2nd Kinnaird

Gulder, Mra. Doreen Smecher Brown Owl and
recipient of resident campers badge, Mrs.
Muriel Heagy and Mrs, Marie Goffinet, Ist
Kinnaird Guiders.—Castlegar News Photo

Butterflies are Beautiful Ornaments
At Christmas and Throughout the Year

Butterfly Pattern

Delicate butterflies are
pretty and unusual ornaments,
not just at Christmas, but any
time during the year. They are
dainty, can be made in assorted
sizes and colors, and can be
used in as many ways as your
whim dictates.

Consider them for mobiles,
gift package trims, tree orna-
ments, or as an added touch toa
fresh green wreath, a garland
surrounding a mirror, or
attached to gold-sprayed twigs
or branches,

Making butterflies is a
project which lends itself
_ [particularly well to a group
teffort, because it is best to
vmake them in quantity and on

an assembly line basis. By
completing each stage on, say,

:10 or 20 at a time, and then

‘going on to the next step, a
complete butterfly collection

- emerges in no time.

e Start by drawing the
outline of the classic butterfly
on cardboard, which you can
then use as a pattern; then cut
one front wing, one back,
crosswise on crepe paper.

Gather each wing, using
needle and thread, down
through the centre, and slide
into the opening of a miniature
clothespin. The  clothespins
they sell for stringing up
Christmas cards are ideal for

* this,

Cut a 2% inch length of
wire. Wrap around the head of
the clothespin and make a curl
on each end for antenna. Small
nose pliers are good for this.

Melt enough paraffin over
a low flame to fill a fairly deep,
and wide-mouthed can, such as
a coffee can. Then, holding the
butterfly by the head of the
clothespin, dip one side into the
wax, shake off excess, and
repeat for other side. Set on
wax paper to dry.

Once dry, the butterflies,
which are now rigid and
shimmering, can be decorated
in several different ways.

For instance, you can paint
a strip of gold or silver around
the edges of the wings and

sprinkle on glitter while the
paint is still wet.

Or you can paint a fine line
of glue around the wings’ edge,
and dip in glitter. Household
cement is especially handy to
use for this job. This type of
glue is also ideal for dotting the

butterflies’ wings and sticking
on multi-hued sequins.

If you prefer to have a
softer version of the butterfly,
you can omit the wax dipping
step and, instead, flute the edge
of the crepe paper with your
fingers.

B.C, Forestry

Representative
Explains Green
Belt Legislation

Juck King of the BC.
Forestry from Nelson was
guest spenker on Monday of
last week al a meeting of the
West Kootenay Naturalists
Association held in “Selkirk
Jollege.

Mr. King explained some
aspects of the green bell areas
and their purpose, The areas
designated as green bell are
sections of land acquired by the
government for use by the
people, Plans are underway lo
restore and improve these plats
of tand,

The Christmas bird count
will take place Dee, 26,

Anyone planning to attend
the. bird count are asked to
contacl their area leader. In
Nelson it is | Mrs, Madge
Hollington, Rossland-Trail
Peter Melver, Castlegar area
Mrs. Jim Crawford and in
Grand Forks Bill Parker. It is
suggested this be done soon so
as nol to overlap in the areas
counted,

A dinner, with a guest
speaker, will be held at the Hi
Arrow Arms on Jan, 25. This
will also be the January
meeling.

Anyone wishing lo attend
this dinner must contact .their
area representative before Jan.
7. If this is not possible there
will be someone Lo take names
at the Audubon show on Jan. 7
at the Selkirk College.

Members are reminded
memberships are due in
January. These may — be
renewed al the dinner.

dim Horswill closed the
evening with an interesting
talk and show of stides on alpine
areas in B.C. including such
items as flowers and insects of
the various areas.

Regional District of Central Kootenay
Has Budget of $834,000 Under Study

A provisional budget of
$834,000 for 1974 was tabled
last Saturday at the regular
monthly meeting of the Region-
al District of Central Kootenay.

The budget shows in-
creases in certain areas result-
ing from recent amendments to
the Act whereby the Regional
District has now become
involved in the agricultural
land reserve, control of extrac-
tion of materials from agricul-
tural lands, and also because of
the requirements in compiling a
new voters list.

The functions of the
Regional District have also
increased during the last year
and the RDCK is now deeply
involved in the operation of
garbage services as well as
other areas of greater partici-
pation such as recreation
programs throughout the en-
tire district.

The biggest single expend-
iture outlined in the budget is
for general government func-

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tions such as insurance, station-
ary and supplies, grants-in-aid,
and compiling the new voters
lists ete. The total cost of these
and other functions listed under
the heading is $112,700. Grants-
in-aid account for $50,000 of this
total.

Recreation spending comes
a close second at $110,500 for
the whole RDCK. Garbage
disposal costs run more than
$70,000 as do administrative
costs,

The budget has made
provision for grants-in-aid to be

Impairment
Charge After
Accident Here

A former South Slocan
man who now makes his home
at Wass Lake, B.C., William
Makortoff, 43, was taken to
Castlegar and District Hospital,
examined, and released follow-
ing a single vehicle accident
reported 4.05 p.m. last Thurs-

lay.

RCMP report the Makort-
off vehicle was travelling north
three miles up the Kinnaird-
Christina Lake Highway when
it went out of control and went
over a 150 foot bank.

Makortoff was charged
with impaired driving. His 1973
Ford Pickup sustained damages
estimated at $2,500.

increased to meet the require-
ments set down by the board,
that the Letters Patent should
be amended to read three-
quarters of a mill for grants-in-
aid and not one-quarter of a mill
as had formerly existed. The
amount included in the budget,
however, did not represent a
full one-half mill levy.

It was also pointed out that
as a result of negotiations
carried out during the year, the
RDCK could reduce its pro-
posed levy of one mill for 1974
in respect to payments on the
RDCK building.

Originally it had been
expected that there would be a
one mil} levy for two consccu-
tive years in order to retire the
debl. However,

a levy of only one-quarter mill.
One mill is set at about
$135,000.

The budget will be final-
ized afler being studied by the
new hoard early in the new
year,

An additional expenditure
of $100,000 was passed by the
meeting as the RDCK's share of
the increased construction cost
of the Arrow Lakes Hospital
expansion. The senior govern-
ments will pick up about 60 per
cent of the costs.

In another development,
the contract for construction of
the Nelson indoor swimming
pool was received for study.

United Way

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FIRE PROTECTION: :
What will happen to the cost of Fire Protection
under Amalgamation? At present you enjoy Fire Protec-
tion at a nominal cost by two excellent fire departments.
Under Amalgamation you will, in the very near fu-
ture, require paid personnel. How much?
POLICE PROTECTION:
At present we have protection from the local rural
detachment at no direct cost. :
In the future, under Amalgamation, costs quoted at
present are $170,000 less $30,000 return, or approxi-
mately 9 Mills on your taxes plus additional costs re-
quired for housing, etc. What happens at the end of
three years? Who will we be dealing with in Victoria?

PER CAPITA DEBT:

How can the projected mill rate of Castlegar drop
approximately 4 mills if costs are not being borne by
the taxpayers of Kinnaird? Or are the taxpayers of Cas-
tlegar being mislead?

WELFARE COSTS: ‘

- Already extremely high, you will immediately be
faced with an additional estimated cost of $10,000 for
administration.

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS:

Directly caused by Amalgamation:

1. City Hall
2. Court Facilities
3. Police Barracks and Cells
4. Recreational Complex
5. Public Works Upgrading

PUBLIC WORKS:

For dollars expended, is there any major complaint
of the function of this department in either town? Then
how could it be improved by Amalgamation??

POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES:

1. The providing of an Arena Complex at an earlier
date could be more easily achieved. However, this can
be accomplished through the Regional District concept
on a broader base, with a more co-operative approach
being undertaken by the present councils and the sur-
rounding areas,

22? $ $

Amalgamation is Not Economical

Until the Populations Reach Approximately 5,000
in Each Community as Prescribed in the Municipal
Act. With the Approximate Additional 4,000 People
in Our Two Communities We Would More Readily be
Able to Accept Our Additional Responsibilities af a
Reasonable Cost. . :

DO NOT COMPARE THE WEAK PROPOSAL FOR
AMALGAMATION 10 THE KAMLOOPS OR KELOWNA
EXTENSIONS. THERE IS NO COMPARISON. POPULA-
TION FIGURES ALONE SUPPORT THIS STATEMENT.

Where are the Facts and
Figures that You, thePeople,

He West Kootenay Cablevision Society
"Expresses Concern Over Technical Difficulties

By Father Bud Godderis

{ter cablecaating for two
nights in the Castlegar area the
directors of the Woat Kootenay
Cablevision Soclety are posi-
tively enthusiastic about the
Possibilities that lie ahead for
community television. They are
nevertheless aware of certain
difficulties which will eventu-
ally be overcome. As is often
the case, finances are a root
cause of much of the difficulty,
While the Canadian radio
and television commission has
asked cable companies to grant
community access to the cable
asa condition for licensing; the
commission has not stated in
black and white terms how

+ much money the cable company

must spend to truly make it
possible for the community to
Produce and cablecast pro-
grams,

At present the West
Kootenay Cablevision Society
is operating with borrowed
equipment—they have none of
their own. The only public
sources for video equipment
are Selkirk College and the

national Film Board. A Porta-
pak Unit is available for rental
at $10 por day from Selkirk,

For other essential equip-
ment the society must rely on
people who own equipment and
tet them use it,

There {s also a shortage of
people who know how to
operate video equipment.

The soceity is presently
producing a letter of informa-
tion which lists available
equipment and people who
know how to operate the
equipment, so that a person or
group who wish to produce a
program have direction as to
where they can turn,

Video-tape will become
available to the public through
the Selkirk College Book Store.
One-half-hour of video-tape
costs ly $18. One

society “presently has are
memberships in the socicty,

, The socicty has written a
letter to the owners of
Communily Video, the cable
company servicing this area,
requesting basic and essential
equipment. Hopefully their
request will be listened to, The
society is also looking to other
means of raising money to

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You Can Win
$5 Between Now
And Christmas

You can win $5. |

And all you have to do is
watch the ads in the Castlegar
News between now and Christ-
mas.

Tl you see your name, just
phone the Castlegar News and
a crisp new $5 bill will
i ly be put in the mail

make a
reality.

At present no studio space
is available for cablecasting.
This eliminates the possibility

for you.

There are no strings
attached and you don't have to
buy anything. This is the
annual Chri

of live shows, rf
must take place at the head-end
which is located in a small shack
situated beyond the govern-
ment yards in upper Kinnaird,

There js scarcely room for
two people in the shack. In

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hour of video-tape costs ap-
proximately $30. Video-tape
once purchased can be used
over and over again,

It is essential that the
community back the society in
its quest for better equipment.
The only source of money the

United. Church Women
Holds Tea and Bazaar

Castlegar Legion Hall was
very tastefully decorated for
the United Church Women's
tea and bazaar Saturday.

President of the UCW,
Mrs, L, Buffett, and Mrs, T,
Bristow greeted the many
guests as they arrived,

The attractive decorations
carried out a Christmas theme,
with cedar boughs entwined
with miniature Christmas
lights placed all around the hall,
Arranged ona small table was a
gay Christmas tree with an
illuminated Santa Claus close
by. Individual tea tables were
centered with a taper in a
Christmas holder. These were
sold at the close of the tea, Mrs.
F. A. Stamp-Vincent and Mrs.

Brady, Mrs. J. Kavic and Mrs.
R. Davis. Many and varied
novelties were sold by Mrs.
Grummett and Mrs. E. Sher-
biko. Sewing articles and card
sales were supervised by Mrs.
R. Hunter and Mrs. J.
Kalmakoff. Mrs. Stamp-Vincent
was in charge of ticket sales.
Young ladies serving teas
were Misses Fay Bignell, Zella
Travis, Linda Popoff, Lilly and
Debbie Fietz. Mrs, E. M. Travis
supervised the young ladies,
The kitchen committee
consisted by Mrs. M. Fullerton,
Mrs. E. Kraft, Mrs, L. Johnson,
Mrs. J. Wisted, Mrs. F. Dow,
Mrs. G. Rowe, Mrs. L. Fietz ad
Mrs. W. Sh The UCW

program signals
are picked by an antenna and
brought through the cable to
what is known as the head-end,
The signal is carried from the
head-end through the cable to
homes in the community.

The society has become
aware that the programs being
received are very poor techni-
cally, especially in the Wood-
land) Park, Blueberry and
Robson areas. There is a
cerlain amount of flagging at
the top of most screens, There
could be various causes for
this—it could be a need for
better amplifiers; more ade-
quate lighting when programs
are being done and any number
of other possibilities,

Some improvement of the
picture received is possible

sponsored by the Castlegar
jews. 2
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Passengers
To be Hit

With Air Tax

Air passengers will be hit
with a government head tax
within weeks, the first of what
will probably be a series of
steps to higher air fares,

Transport Minister Jean
Marchand announced Monday
that air carriers will have to
pay a $280 head tax for
passengers boarding aircraft at
airports operated by the
transport department. The Air
Transport Association of Can-
ada has indicated the cost will
be passed on to the traveller.

A single passenger might
wind up paying the charge
several times in one trip, if he
happened to switch from one
flight to another on his way to
his destination, He would also

through the adj of the
fine tuning apparatus at the
back of each television set.
One difficulty that viewers
should be aware of is that there
must necessarily be a lag
between programs being tele-
cast as video-t: must be

have to pay when boarding a
return flight.

Weekend Accidents Result
From Weather Conditions

David McKinley, 18, of
Castlegar, was charged with
driving while his vision was
obscured following an accident
on Columbia Ave. in front of
Tri-X Auto Body Friday in
which the vehicle he was
driving struck a power pole,

Mr. McKinley was treated
for minor chin cut following the
aceldent which was reported at
1:15 pam,

RCMP report he had
stopped his vehicle on Columbia
Ave, and was waiting for traffic
to clear so he could make a left
hand turn. After making the
turn he struck the pole.

An accident at the north-
ern end of the Brilliant bridge
resulted in the total write-off of
a 1968 small compact car
driven by Lawrence Schiaven,
30, of Castlegar.

The accident was the
result of the car going out of
contro! in slushy road condi-
lions and hitting the rock bluff.

No injurles wore reported and
ho charges were laid.

A two-car collision Sunday
on Highway 3A near the
Castlogar weigh station
resulted in minor injuries and
damages estimated at a total

The accident occurred
when a vehicle driven by
Michael W. Zoobkoff, 17,
Robson, was slowing to a stop
in dense fog and black ice
conditions, struck the parked
vehicle of Kathleen E. Berquist,
26, of Castlegar.

‘No charges were laid.

. A passenger in the Ber-
quist vehicle, Rhonda Sor-
enson, complained of whiplash.

Elaine Whitehead, 21,
Robson, reported to RCMP that
her vehicle skidded and left the
road near the Pass Creek
bridge Saturday after she was
blinded by the headlights of an
oncoming car. Damage. was
estimated at $300. No injuries
were reported.

Silverton Newsletfer

By Nancy Barnett

Silverton looses another
family. Cst. Doug Age of the
RCMP has been transferred to
Nelson,

. * *

The Hammond family held
their grand opening of the
Silverton General Store last
weekend.

Aa *

Zion United Church Ladies

Avxilary held their Christmas

Patsy Irwin of New Denver and
third prize drawn by Charlene
McCrory, won by Mrs. Chris
Jakobson, of Nakusp.

Bean count, which totalled
1,113 was won by Mrs. Marjorie
Fairhurst of Silverton.

. * *

The Cash Service Store is
again being used as a depot for
your gifts to the mental health
patients of B.C.

Please don’t gift wrap your

Angus Mi pi
of the Air Transport Assoc-
iation of Canada (ATAC), said
in a news release it is

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exchanged before the next
program can begin.

The society, along with
Gordon Marples of the Com-
munity Video Cable Company,
is aware of the existing

members extend their thanks

H. were grat!
lated on a beautiful job of
decorating.

A well-laden bake table ©

was taken care of by Mrs. A.

and ap to all who
helped in any way towards a
very successful day, in spite of
the lack of cooperation on the
part of the weather.

prob and is to
iron out the kinks of cable-
casting in Castlegar-Kinnaird.

- Hopefully, the public will
be supportive and patient with
a fledgling attempt that will
one day succeed.

re that the govern-
ment has seen fit to impose an
airport charge at this time
when mounting fuel prices and
other operating costs already
threaten to result in higher
fares.”

Mr. Marchand said the new
charge will take effect Jan. | or
as soon as administrative
details can be worked out. The
charge is to offset’ rising
operating costs for airports and
air

Bazaar in

the nurses

Silverton’s Municipal Hall. The
tea featured a novelty table of
the hand made articles,

* * .

The Annual Christmas
Bake Sale for the Catholic
Women’s League will be held
this Saturday afternoon in the
New Denver Coin Laundry.

* * .

Winners of St. Stephen's
Build bake sale grocery hamper
raffle are: first prize drawn by
Heidi Schlaffke, won by Mrs.
Vera Angrignon of New Den-
ver; second prize drawn by
Mrs. Pattinson, won by Miss

hand pick the gifts most
suitable for each patient.

The Slocan Lake Hospital
Ladies Auxiliary, report Con-
gratulations are in order to
Candy Stripers Lelani
Schlaffke and Louise Law, both
of New Denver, who received
their caps for 50 hours of
voluntary service at Slocan
Lake Community Hospital.
Their work is greatly apprec-
iated.

Candy Stripers is open to
any girl over 14 years of age.
Girls interested may contact
Mrs, V. Elias in New Denver.

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, December 6, 1973 uv

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horizons”.

have a choice.
Now you do.

There was a time when our higher

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in British Columbia.

education facilities were located in
only the two major cities, and catered
almost solely to high school graduates
studying for degrees.

Community Colleges have changed

To begin with, there are more of
them — nine in all — serving British
Columbians throughout the province.

What's more, they offer a vastly
expanded program, spanning the
entire range of academic, vocational
and recreational needs. And they're
extremely flexible, to allow for special
needs and interests in particular areas,

Also, they offer a unique “Adult
Re-Entry” system. They're actively
involved with Canada Manpower, the
Department of Human Resources and
other social agencies in providing a
full range of academic subjects, trade-
training and technical programs —
even for those with incomplete high

And, in cases where you can't get
to them, they'll even deliver.
That's what we mean by “expanding

Maybe, at one time or another, you
dreamed of sharing in the many
advantages a college has to offer.

But, for financial, educational or
geographical reasons, you didn't

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community colleges. Clip and mail

Thank You...

The 1973 Castlegar District United Appeal
campaign is now over and sincere thanks are
extended to all contributors who gave so gener-
ously and thus helped this worthwhile organiza-
tion exceed its objective. This means over $2,500
in additional monies will be available in.the com-
ing year for the beneficiary groups.

Special thanks for all their efforts go out to
the division chairmen who did such a fantastic
job, to the canvassers who made their calls thro-
ughout the district, and to the special commitlees
who carried out their duties so capably.

On a more personal note, | would like to
extend especially warm thanks to Harold Webber,
: campaign vice-chairman, for his help and encour-
agement.

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