4 CASTLEGAR NEWS Burt Campbell Publisher and Editor “Here let the press the people's rights m: , unawed by influence and unbribed by gain” Page Fourteen — Thursday, December 19, 1978 ‘ Vofers Favored City Status With Determination Voters in both Castlegar and Kinnaird on Saturday were very decisive about the ‘amalgamation issue. With favorable ballots .running two to one over those opposed, ‘residents of both communities opted with determination‘for city status. Very little in the way of firm figures were offered by the special i it The road ahead is not going to be easy for the interim council, particularly during the first few months while aldermen get to know each other better and while the office staffs and crews of the two comunities are melded into one. However, one very important element very much in favor of a frank yet harmonious vin urging a “yes” vote, Even the figures that were presented were not proffered as hard and fast, factual findings. Instead, committee t dl: jh d that any number of unknowns could affect future costs cand invalidate present projections. Voters apparently agreed with the amalgamation committee that “towns and cities don't remain static’ and that “the needs of people sometimes transcend the value of the ydollar.” In short, a majority of voters on ‘Saturday decided that—almost all other considerations aside—the time for amalgam-, ; ation had finally arrived and they were going to : vote positively to bring it about. Gerry Rust Has Served On a number of occasions in the past we PP: to Pp and develop- ment during those important first few months is the fact that members of both councils were so overwhelmingly in favor of amalgamation themselves. Good will is going to be awfully important—and all aldermen and the two mayors appear to possess it in abundance. They want amalgamation to work, and they'll all work hard to make it work, . - There is a Japanese proverb to the effect that a journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step. That very important first step was taken very decisively on Saturday by the voters. Now it is up to our elected officials to move forward just as decisively with the mechanics of making us truly One Community. His Community Well In that time he has served on and chaired v have ially on the i(voluntary and otherwise) from the local :Municipal scene of well-known and highly respected elected officials. s While it may be premature to comment :upon the retirement of Ald. Gerry Rust of : Kinnaird (after all, there will be an election gain in March or April), nonetheless Mr. Rust's lefeat for the mayoralty of Kinnaird ended a long and intimate association with that : community's development. :’ In a year when large numbers of «long-serving mayors and aldermen went down defeat ail over this province, it is quite a ribute to the respect which Kinnaird voters . old for Mr. Rust that he was defeated by only a ingle vote. When Gerry Rust leaves office {at midnight ‘on December 31) the Town of Kinnaird will be ‘no longer. Instead, it will be part ofa larger city, he name of which has yet to be chosen, Thus, : Mr. Rust will have served on council for fully 17 ‘of the 27 years that Kinnaird has either been a ‘village or a town. every 7 of council, served his community on the Regional District of Central Kootenay (for six years as RDCK chairman), served four years on the board of management of the Castlegar and District Hospital, served seven years as chairman of the West Kootenay Union Board of Health as well as three years on the executive: of the Provincial Health Association, and was one of the first trustees of the Municipal Financing Authority when it was set up by the municipalities of this province to organize and sell bond deb fe “This Landis my land, this Landis your land from Blueberry Creek to...“ fo MIKE‘S T.V. 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During all this period he has still made the time available for other ity i including active involvement in the Castlegar and District Golf Club, the Castlegar Curling Club, the local branch of the Canadian Legion, and a number of other worthwhile groups, Mr. Rust—most obviously—has served the Garden Municipality long and well. His is a record of service that will be a long time being equalled. ‘Sugar and Spice by Bill Smiley mad at ‘body who makes them laugh. That's why the president's top advisors are no longer advertising men, such © as Haldeman and Ehrlichman. Now they are veteran comedy writers, such as Good- man Giggles, who is in charge of the White House office of laughter. T recently interviewed Mr. Giggles about his department's operation. Just When Do Kids Grow Up & Quit Leaning on Their Parents for © Perhaps someone who has gone the whole course can iy tell me. when one’s children + stop depending on their That isa slightly roundabout way'of getting to our place. * d-'a few..days later there was a collect call from just off to: Florida or the west coast or anywhere, . She waffled a bit, and eventually said she’d see +. parents when it comes to : the clutch. t Is it in their forties, fifties, sixties? Certainly it : isnot in their twenties, i Recently, we received a : Note frgm our son Hugh, to : tell us he was taking some : holidays and would be home : fora few days’ visit. I thought, “Good. He’s ‘ saved some money and won’t arrive broke, as usual.” le had. Some days later, in a telephone conversation with daughter Kim, we learned that Hugh had dropped in to see her, and had drifted off, muttering something about going to Chicago. Houston, Texas. You guessed it. Hugh, flat broke, Could we wire him money for bus fare to get home? He was crafty enough to call when I was at work, I would probably have re- fused the collect call, and regretted it later. Or I'd have shouted, “No, | will not send you the price of one serving of Kentucky fried chicken”, and slammed up the receiver. 2 But he sweet-talked his mother for five minutes before he popped the question. She was not only affronted but taken aback and didn't think quickly enough to tell him we were KINNAIRD TRANSFER LTD. L. A, (TONY) GERONAZZO, MANAGER EXCAVATION — HAULING — BACK HOES CONCRETE GRAVEL — PIT RUN GRAVEL TOP SOIL — 3% CRUSHED ROAD GRAVEL DRAIN ROCK — MORTAR SAND “Septic Tanks and Disposal Fields a Specialty” Phone 365-7124 what his Dad said but not to expect anything. He sighed with relief and told herwhere to send the money. T came home from work on a Friday after a hard week, All I wanted was to get my shoes off, have a quiet drink before dinner, and read the latest goodies about the energy crisis. And all I got was a family crisis, a scramble to the bank, and a dash to get to the telegraph office before it closed for the weekend: At first I. stood my ground. Not a penny. Let him starve in Houston. At least he won't freeze to death (he'd airily told his mother it was 90 degrees down there.) And she agreed with me. “He doesn’t deserve a cent. He was told he was never to do that again. Ungrateful young pup. Why doesn’t he hitchhike home? ” “Well,” I said, “some of those southem ‘states are pretty tough on hitchhikers, Throw them in jail for a month.” I could just see her think- ing of her first-born slaving on a Georgia chain-gang or something of the sort. After a: heated half-hour, we agreed that money. isn’t everything, that you can’t take it with you, that he’s the only son we have, that it would be nice to ‘see him, aad that-:I'd better hustle if I.wanted to get to the bank in time.. It cost me about $115, counting the bus fare and gmub to get home, the cost of the collect call, and the charge for sending the money. That’s what I call sending good money after good. Of course, Hugh wouldn't, dream of accepting a gift. It was strictly aloan. Accord- ing to his figures, he now owes me $380.00, without interest, and will have the ‘whole thing paid off any time now. According to my figures, he owes me $880.46, at eight per cent interest, and he'll never pay it off. This has been happening to me for years. First, the kids go to their mother, and soften her up. Then she comes to me, and softens me up. Then I go back to the kids and practically apol- ogize for being so slow with the loot. 3 Of . course, I reason, Hugh’s only a kid. Practically a baby. He won't be twenty- seven until July. You can’t expect him, at that tender age, to know enough to “Actually, we're using tra- ditional comedy techniques,’ he said. “None of that intellectual, witty stuff. Broad humor for the big audience. We want the average man on the street in Peoria to be able to look at a headline or his TV and burst out laughing, “For instance, there's the running gag. You have to have a running gag to throw in between the new stuff. “And the president has a great one, the way he calmly describes how coo! he is in a crisis, then immediately flies into a rage.” That is funny. “Sure Sid Caesar used to do the same kind of routine, acting hysterical while telling everybody else to stay calm. But the president’s is even better.” Who thought up treating the replacement of Spiro by Gerald Ford as a tri all sit around the toss out funny ideas. “Some of the gang wanted tohave Ford come bursting out of a big cake, “And we thought about maybe asking Ed Sullivan to introduce him. Or having Bert Parks bring him by singing: “Here he is, Mister Americaaa’, “But I thought the way we handled it—as a parody of the Academy Awards presenta- tion—was hilarious.” “And we're also trying to work in some situation family comedy stuff. You know, the "l ‘bl HOMES SALES REPRESENTATIVE A position in Sasileger ‘is available to a cane ack i& didate who the ] required to succeed as a salesman in the prefab- ticated buildings market. The job involves selling a proven line of Manufactured Homes & other planned buildings within a protected sales territory. 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All very matey and maternal. Then came the punch line. Don, her husband, was on the way up from the city with their cat, to put in our care. He had to hitch- hike because he couldn't bring the cat on a bus. Her mother nearly blew a cork. The danged cat isn’t trained. So we have two additions to the household this week. Two fat cats. One in the back yard, yowling to get in. The other watching TV, sleeping till noon, and wait- ing to put the bite on me for more bus fare back to his job in Quebec. I shoulda been a cranky, old bachelor. "Want to Sell . } Your House? CALL MARY 365-6451 oF 365-5244 «| © Brake Service @ Lubrication © Uniroyal Tires @ Tune-Ups @ Ignition One Sfop Car Care Centre A TIRES. 3 Excellent Licenced Mechanics ‘Great A " That even broke me up.” Me, too. “David's in the act, too, but his stuff might be too subtle. I don’t think many people appre- ciated how droll it was when he went on TV to say the media doesn't know, what it's doing. And he’s the guy the media hired to write a syndicated column last summer,” What's the next act going to be like? “It will be something surprising, whatever it is. That's the idea. I see the whole thing as Rube Goldberg draw- ing, with one nutty action. leading to an even nuttier reaction, until nobody remem- bers who it began, but just want to know what happens next. “If we handle it right, people won't be able to tell the difference between the head- line >tory and an Art Buchwald column--“ecause there won't be much diis=: cace, except the story will be funnier.” How long can you sustain the humor? “For three years, I hope.” === Beaver Homes P.O. BOX 248 SURREY, B.C. IN MEMORIUM Contibutions to the HEART FUND may be made at BANK OF MONTREAL BANK OF COMMERCE ac’ Branches.,at Castlegar and Kinnaird - CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION KOOTENAY SAVINGS CREDIT UNION CASTLEGAR DRUG LTD. CARL'S (DRUG MART In Castleaird Plaza or Directly Through Your Local Unit ALL IN MEMORIUM CONTRIBUTIONS GO DIRECTLY TO RESEARCH For Further Information Call MRS. WENDY DAVIE: 365-3274 Box 3023, Castlegar ; District Children Write Santa Claus ql shan * COMMUNITY CALENDER of Events holds « domi place in . the Recreation Office shown in the background here with “Former Kinsmen President - Tells of Club's Past Activities ‘The Trail Kinsmen Club held its meeting here : last Thursday with the deputy governor of the pane and the No. 1 Jack Alouf and secretary Leslie. ‘Switzer veady ¢o assist all groups and organisations in pasting local events 60 conflicting dates may be readily avoided. Such an endeavor can only be made to work with the fon of those it was meant to serve. Mr. Alouf says it can work but it is up to the general public to make the first move. ‘The success of this type of Community Calendar depends almost entirely on the response from organizations says Mr. Alouf, —Castlegar News Photo December, 1973 Dear Santa Claus, Hil For Christmas, I would like’ a Snoopy guitar, some 1 blocks, an airplane, and a dump ‘uck. ba I tried to be a good boy all year. I will leave you some cookies and milk by our Christmas tree. . Thank you, Santa, Your friend, Kenneth Chernoff Dear Santa 3 can I please: ‘have a Walky-talky. for Chritmas. Merry Christmas Ricky Blood Adress.943,5.th Av. 948 5th. Ave. Castlegar, B.C. Dear Santa, May I have a new tubogan Please. If I can I will be real happy Please. If I get it thank you and Santa you are nice for comming each year and to give me something, I will leve. you some cookies and a suger cube for your reindeer. How are you and Mrs. Santa: I have been a good. 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Mrs. Santaclause hoppy. from Juliette. S.S. 1 Site 34 C9 Castlegar, B. C. VIN 8H7 Dear Santa I would like Meccano set 4 and set 6. And I-would like a watch that is digital. And I would like Meccano Set 4 with a 3 speed motor and a 2 way hoist and a control unit snd some cars in my stocing and that is all I want and I hope you will give these things because I love you Santa. And I like to play with these toys if you bring me these things. I will leave beer and ’ bread for your raindeer, With Sincere Best Wishes for Christmas -and the New Year To Santa from Sean B 927 10th Ave, cookies For you. Dee. 6, 1973 Dear Santa: : Will you give my brother a new coat? Hé needs one. May I have a pogo stick’and a shacker Maker Kit. Bye. Love Gisele Lamarche P.S.I'll leave carrotts, milk and Dear Santa: I would like a new rifle and chip-away. I have tried to be a good boy and please bring my sister Lisa a -nice toy. your friend y Glen DeBiasio 531 3rd Ave. Castlegar, B.C. Q Dee. 3/73 Dear Santas, My name is Leonard Parr. I would like a hockey set and a game called pivot pool. I would also like a vertibird rescue ship. I will leave some cookies and coffee for you Santa and some sugar lumps for your reindeer. Thank you, Santa * Love, Leonard Parr §31—8rd Ave. Castlegar, B.C. Dec. 3/73. Dear Santa: My name is David Parr and I live in Castlegar this year, on third Avenue, We used to live, in Nelson on 202 Union St. hope you can find us here in Castlegar, I would like a Big Jim's sports camper and ‘a KLOSET A HAPPY HOLIDAY cowboy set. I also would like a race track set. My little sister Tammy would like’ Mrs. Beasley and she would like a stuffed toy and maybe some little dishes: so we can have a tea party. Thank you Santa. With love from David and Tammy Parr Dear Santa Steven would like some building blocks and a car set, Kimmy would like a doll. I would like.a hockey game - and a hairy Canaty.’ "-"'. We have been pretty good so far this year. % Say hi to Rudolph for us. We will leave atreat onthe table for you and Rudolph. Thank you. All Our love Kenny, Steven and Kim jerome 1718-—5th Ave. Kinnaird, B.C. ieee In ie deputy governor gave a short up-to-date speech in conjunction with the new charter in Creston to take place in January. He also announced the Kinamen Clubs of Canada have been asked to spearhead the Promotion of Flag Day as a national holiday sometime in February. Tha-Nelson Kinsmen pre- sident invited all Kinsmen to celebrate the 40th anniversary, on Feb. 23, 5 The guest speaker for the evening was former Kinsmen of its Kinsmen Club in Nelson president of the local club, Mel, McMullen, * He enlightened | members on the past history of the local Kinsmen and how, when the club had to disolve, it left a good name hoping a new club might recreate and carry this reputation on.’ He said he was the newest member ‘after the charter was granted in 1968, Mr, McMullen mentioned how. the original club. raised 2,000 books for the library and the creation of the Kinsmen Parks in Castlegar and Kin- natrd, He left a .very lively impression of the former activities of the local club in the minds of the prospective members, The prospective members of the new local Kinsmen Club were impressed and learned a great deal about running. a meeting, the purpose of Kins- men and its great fellowship. : Approximately 15: fellows are now inthe proposed club, Five more members are needed to charter the club, There’ has ‘been.a good - response from interested . persons. Anyone wanting further information on the ‘club's fellowship and activities are asked to tele- phone 865-3569 and ask for Hap Watson, * Kinnaird Native Don Oddie To Sing at Christmas Concert Featured guest when the © Nelson Boys’ Choir presents its ‘annual Christmas concert will be Don Oddie of the Canadian Opera Company. A native of Kinnaird, Mr. Oddie studied voica with the late Dr. Amy Ferguson and has toured extensively with the Canadian Opera Company. He has recently appeared in Rigoletto in Calgary and is to star in the New Year produc- tion of Amahl and the Night Visitors at Notre Dame Uni- versity. : The choir will be appearing for the first time Dec. 16 in their new uniforms when they change from -their traditional navy. blue * blazers | to "grey skacks and burgundy sweaters, :. Their concert will consist - of all new choral works, mainly with a° Christmas theme and some with trumpet: and flute obligato. * Since the passing of Mrs. Ferguson, who formed’ the choir and directed it for more than 40 years, the:.choir “has been maintained and re-formed under ‘a‘committee of mothers and friends. Musical: direction has been taken over’ by-Mrs. Agnes Herbison for the senior boys and Mrs, Matilde Klassen for the junior group. Exhibition of Canadian Crafts Winner is Quebec Art Teacher Louise Hamel, a secondary school art teacher - from Longueuil, Quebec, is the first prize winner of the Entra'acte Exhibition’ of Canadian Crafts atvthe O'Keefe Centre. Her woven ‘masque. “La .‘Dame Blanche” is’ the first piece she’ - has ever submitted to’a-show, and what makes: the award even more: exciting. is that Louise has been weaving for’ just one year. ' The Masque is on a wooden frame, with a one-quarter inch wire screen covering. Using mostly wool, mohair, unspun” wool .and some: rayon, «the Masque _ contains weaving, knitting, ~ hooking, © twisting, wrapping and sewing’ to achieve its many effects..“It is totally three dimensional, and how it is-lit. and- displayed, either flat on the wall or slanted can make fantastic differences to the -effects-it gives, Mrs. -Hamel. “Excited * because her Masque ‘will be: on ‘display to Canadians all across ‘Canada when. .Entr'acte ‘goes on its cross Canada tour, after leaving the O'Keefe on Jan. :12, 1974, she exclaimed “It is'a marvel- lous chance for all people to see’ that’: Canadians . can’ -'make beautiful things, and to think that they will be looking’ at - ‘something I’made makes me - feel 'very proud,” CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, December 13, 1979 posers - DR. K. 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