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December 21, 1983 Castlegar News

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promotion in the simmer.
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NOTICE OF...
PUBLIC HEARING |

THE APPLICATION

West Kootenay Power and Light ' ‘Company, Limited

ir an r 18, 1983, pi
the ‘applicable provisions of eciien 67 of: thet unite
Commission Act to amend its electric Tariff
Schedules as filed with the Commission. WKEL
requests a rate increase of 7.3% applicable unl-
formly to all classes of service, effective with con:
. sumption on and after January 1, 1
THE PUBLIC HEARING
The Commission has set down the Application for
public hearing commencing at 10:00
Tuesday, February-14, 1984 at The Uplander Hotel,
1919 Columbia Avenue, Rossland, B.C., VOG 1Y0.

PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE

APPLICATION

The Application and supporting material ‘are available
|. for inspection at the Head Office of WI Trail, B.C.

and at each of its’ District Offices located at
Crawford Bay,
Kelowna,
Penticton, Salmo, South Slocan and Trail.

Castlegar,
Greenwood, Kaslo,

A copy of the Application and supporting material is
also available for inspection at the office of the
British Columbia Utilities Commission, 21st Floor,
Board of Trade Tower, 1177 West Hastings Street,

Vancouver, B.C.

INTERVENTIONS

Any person intending to be present and participate in
the hearing should provide written notice not later
than Monday, January 16, 1984 to the Commission
Secretary, and to the Applicant. The notice should
include a brief statement .of the nature of their
interest in the Proceedings.

SUBMISSIONS BY

INTERESTED PERSONS

Any person intending to file a written submission

must ile not tater than Monday, January 30, 1984, on
8 Ce

‘i at ae Castlegar Library, at

the downtowsy branch; It will

spend at least a week at the -

Kinniard branch before mov-
ing on to other libraries.

emmended

a.m., local time,

Creston,
Keremeos,

Grand Forks,
Oliver,

By JUDY WEARMOUTH >

Librarian t

During the Christmas ;
holidays you ‘may have
more: time for reading. |
Here's a selection of the
latest new books at the li-
brary. Remember to stock
up with books as the li-
‘brary will be closed from
Dec. 28 to 27, and from
Dec, 30 to Jan. 2

. * ‘

.W.A.C. Bennett arid the |
Rise of British Columbia by:
David Mitchell chronicles:
the 20 ‘years of W..
Bennett's premiership,
shqwing how this one nian
stage managed an era of
‘unprecedented growth and

+} Jegends,of Camelot as she d

France "esiates his heart: and imagination and the.
struggle to repair and restore it‘engages/all his energies
and too much of his money. When: bp finally ‘creates a
haven of peace and quiet, he is forced toreturn to acting.

. Happily, he finds a new enthusiasm and passion for: his
work. eA, od

. * s

Heartbreaker is the dramatic story of a’ man's
attempt to save a legend from her own self-destructive
habits. Songwriter John Meyer had | idolized Judy
Garland for years and ly found himself
ly involved with her and in a position to help her. How he.
tried and failed makes sad reading and one wonders how
pure the author's motives are in ern 80 much of.
their relationship.

*. *
Mary. Stewart fans will be delighted tosee another of
: her Arthurian novels bringing the ol ‘past to life. In
“The, Wicked * Day, Stewart Garou ted the « accepted’:

SWINNIPEG (CP). — Good .

can’ bea Hasdtantate:

ages
her husband is killed in a car -
crash won't ‘likely get as
much money as an older, un-
attractive woman.
‘ ‘The reason, explains. Win-
nipeg lawyer. Barry. Stein-
feld, is that judges and de-
fendants both tend to weigh

the widow's prospects on the.

marriage market.’

Steinfeld takes exception
to that attitude on the part of
judges who fix awards and
who want to min-:

sharacters, King Arthur himself, _Gucen Ginevere ant
the

.imize the amount of com-

needed.

exploitation of natural re- >
sources. ,
Mitchell reveals Bennett's little: known roots. and

Credit Party and how his audacity’ id shrewdness kept
him in power so long. Through the intimacy of the long
hours of interviews between | the’autho? and a relaxed and
reflective Bennett, the reader is,.taken. into private
cabinet meetings and ‘the back. rooms’ of the power
brokers and gets to meet the aller: colorful personalities
“who made up Bennett's cabinet.
a. Le 3 , pt

Mackenzie ‘King’s private life was interesting, to, say
the least, and Heather Robertson has taken advantage of
this to create a fascinating historical hovel based
bizarre revelations of his diaries. Willie, a Roriance is'set

Canada’s struggle to achieve political maturity, ‘and
involves King in a spot of. emotional turmoil. Robertson

Lily Coolican, press secretary’ to the’ Governor-General,

Liberal Party throne. The two men couldn't be more
different, one, a self-righteous prig and the other a
self-destructive romantic hero. They're both struggling
to overthrow the control of their domineering mothers:
and both see in Lily the fulfillment of their romantic
ideals, Their diffe lead them to

in Ottawa and the trenches of France:

é . oe 5 e@

When Glen Gould died last year at the age of 50
Canada and the world of music were shocked at the death
of such a grat musician and friends and musical collabora-
tors all over the world were saddened by the loss of such
an original spirit. Glen Gould, Variations is a book in

_ tribute to this strange genius, a labor of love by a dozen
fi ‘who

copy of the
and to tne Applicant.

CLARIFICATION

Persons intending to participate in the public Resangth
who are uncertain as to the manner in which to
Proceed should contact the Cc by
telephone (689-1831), or in writing. i

BY ORDER

AC. Michelson =
Commission Secretary

-ories and photographs in celebration of Gould's life.
Editor John McGreery has brought together original
essays by people such as Leonard Bernstein, Yehudi"
Menuhin and Herbert von Karajan, articles from various

ines and several of Gould's own essays, to present

Glen Gould ‘in his ‘many variations, by himself and his
friends.
a
* Dirk Bogarde’s l-writt

raphy’ has now reached .a third volume, entitled An
Orderly Man, which covers the-period of his life after he
décides to retreat from acting and lead a quieter, more
settled exi: A 6 in the south of

shows how his personality. comitiated the B.C. Social, ’

against the turbulent background of World War I-and--<;;

weaves a fictional love triangle between King (Willie),

and Talbot Papineau, King’s rival as pretender to the -

and
the High Court, where Merlin's prophesiss shang brood
ney, oyer each Eat
*.

astounds us with his output. Following the success of his.
‘bestseller, Foundation's Edge, he's back with The Robots :
of Dawn, a science fiction mystery starring Elijah Baley,
hero from the‘Caves of Steel and the Naked Sun. Baley
takes on a puzzling case of ‘roboticide’ in the. planet
, Aurora, .a world.-where robots and humans have
A.co-existed in ‘perfect harmony until now. The one man.on
‘Aurora who had the means and the motive to destroy the
most advanced, robot in the universe, hires Baley to
rove he didn't do is
.

” Craig ‘Thomas ae a big success with his novel
Pieter and he brings us more riveting action in Firefox
“Down. Pilot Michael Gant flies Firefox, a Soviet
M1G-81 out from under the Russians’ noses and thinks
his mission is success
land ona frozen lake '40 miles from the Soviet border. He
watches in horror as the superplane slowly sinks under
“the ice. Can joint British intelligence and CIA forces

“salvage the plane before the KGB closes in?
* s s i

Salmon Rushdie's latest novel Shame is having a |

blaze of success and critical acclaim. Described as a
-modern fairy tale, Shame is a comic and complex fantasy

- a mixture of history, mythology, politics and religion set

in a country “not quite Pakistan.” The story is a saga of
rivalry, passion and revenge, narrated ‘by the novelist
himself who weaves actual people and events into this
allegory of a country’s shame.
. . *
The spirit of, Ghristmas is abroad in a slim volume:
13.1 A Happy Book of' Happy
about
While Lederer wasa tail officer stationed in Hawaii, he
was asked the inevitable question about Santa by his.own
children. When asked for proof, he dug it into his memory
for every experience he had had which would reinforce a
child's belief in the reality of what is called Santa Claus.
Each of the stories is about the discovery of joy of life
which is what Christmas is all about, although the child's
symbol of a bearded figure does not, appear in any. of
them. Man's goodwill to man is the common thenie which
connects the diverse settings of the stories, from a navy
ship in wartime to the slums of New York, or a restaurant
on the French Riviera to a crowded airport. .

“That prolific witnce and scientist, Isaac Asimov s

SL SULUELS EDIRECTORY)

Recreation news

“When it comes to widows,
it’s like they are looking at a

‘,side'of beef,” said Steinfeld,

Ho:has represented many
widows in law suits for dam.

ages,
He said a woman's chances
of remarriage should not be

part of a judge's calculations.

“Judges shouldn't be like a

‘group of gypsies reading tea-

cup leaves. byl

“The auth, of course, is
somewhere in between and ,
one for the judge to de-

Harvey “Pollock, a Winni-

_ peg lawyer, said’ judges are

justified in making’ assess-
ments‘based'on the physical
appearance of the widow in
the; courtroom.

“That's the job of the
judge. He views the plaintiff
and if he sees a woman who's
29, childless,. and a, real
knockout, the fact is she's
likely to get married in two
ve y

ars, ‘

“If the widow is 62, teeth-
less, and ugly, slie'll probably
never remarry.

“It's not sexist. Someone
has to make the -assess-

+ ments.”

EVALUATE.

REMARRIAGE ODDS

In a recent Manitoba case,
lawyers debated the remar-
riage chances of a 32-year-

old, attéactive woman'whoee .

~ husband had been killed {n'a
traffic accident. -

Randy MeNicol, tho wide
ow’s lawyer, said the defen-
one argued she deserved

because

hastily settle a claim out of

‘court, instead of taking it to

trial if I know my client is
dating the the remarriage
contingency is going to -be
heavily. relied on by’ the: de-,
fendants.
HIDE GOOD LOOKS

Robert Tapper, a Winni-
peg lawyer, suid some: law-
yers encourage a widow to
tone down her good looks
when she appears before a
judge to seek compensation.
' -“8o you've got a situation
where you're turning gor-—
geous clients into ugly duck-
lings, so the judge won't:
think she'll have such an easy
time getting remarried.”

Tapper said in some in:
stances, a defendant faced
with a suit for damages hay
. hire a private investigator.
- check on whether the v ae
is dating.

He said while he has res-_
_ ervations: about the remiarri:
age possibility as a factor in
determining . compensation,

he does not feel the issue is'a_

sexist one. :

“My gut reaction is that
ugly women do get more
sympathy from judges than‘.
beautiful women, but-that's
human nature, not sexism,”
Tapper said.

“My biggest concern: is -
that as the numbers get lar-
ger, defendants start-turning.
the case into a divorce-like .
court where all kinds of char-"

tie is “highly marketable on

he marriage market.”

ne termed the attitude “a
sexist, very nartow ap-
proach. Who is to say, if she
does remarry, that she won't
remarry a pauper as opposed
to the doctor who was.her
spouse before he was killed? |

Even if she did remarry,
it’s as likely she'd marry a
bum as she would a spec-
ialized eye surgeon.

“We look at the woman and
- say, ‘She's fair of face and
firm of figure,” McNicol said.
“What if she was an ugly
woman? What kind of inquiry
do we make then?”

, Spanish. .
royalty, .
coming .

OTTAWA (CP) — Canada
will receive its first official
visit from Spanish royalty in
March with a state visit by
King Don Juan Carlos and
Queen Dona Sofia, the fed- +
eral government announced
_ Tuesday.

Exact dates for. the: visit, .-

‘which likely... will include

stops in several cities with

x, rei . gar rs dA
ee
retiring?
“| By KEN SMITH
CP Economics Writer
Unless you're'a workaholic, you're probably Ieoing
forward to retiring.

Assuming, that is, you'll ‘be able to afford it
A lot of Canadians can't and, as a result, it's

estimated that about half the retired people inthe |”
, country are living in poverty. With Canada’s population
aging quickly, it’s:a serious problem already. — and it is |.

going to get worse unless something is done ‘soon.
. The question, however, is what can be done?

The major difficulty is that the country’s Population
is, overall, getting older.
| So-called senior citizens — that is, those over 65
— make up about 13 per cent of the population.

In about 40 years they'll account for almost 25 per
cent, unless Washington or Moscow pushes the ‘wrong
button,

LIVE LONGER

Furthermore, because’ of medical advances, these
pensioners are going to live longer. So more money will
have to be available to pay their keep.
$i. Then there's that” nightmare of pensioners —.
inflation.

Between 1972 and 1982, the consumer, Price. index
Tose by more than 150 per cent. That's four times the rate

of ‘the previous decade.

That ‘means that unless you were one of the few
retirees during that period lucky enough to have'a
pension. that would rise automatically with living costs,
your living standards were eaten away because your,
dollars wouldn't buy as much.

__; Allretired workers nowadays have income from the
Canada ‘Pension Plan or its Quebec counterpart. In
addition, Ottawa offers a supplement for) needy

as do many pi

Even so, payments under the Canada plan are only
25 per cent of the average industrial wage. That’s about |
$20,000 a year, so the Canada pension is $5,000.

. FUNDS SHRINKING.

And the Canada plan doesn’t have enough are init
pay ised benefits in view
of the growing number of people reaching retirement
age.

So they are counting on contributions from today’s
workers to beef up the fund so they can get their. money,
just as today’s..workers will count on money from
tomorrow's employees to pay for their retirement.

If you think that sounds something like a pyramid:
scheme, where you hope tomorrow's income will cover
today’s expenses — you're right. :

All that means you had better, have ivate pension
program to augment, | payments y you can’ ‘expect f from the:
government. The choice can range ip!

8 loss of $15 million to $26
“million for1963'— a year it
‘would’ sooner forget — but:

"a profit ‘of. the same mag-

nitude’ in 1984,
The.

: than el ayratn pep the

national cattihe Fecorded in

“could put the airline into
black before the books ‘are:
closed in January would bei:
favorable ruling by; the Fed-
:eral Court of Canada on’an
industry lawsuit that seeks

onjaviation fuel for interna-

‘ional flights,”
‘Interviewed’ Friday, Tay-

lor forecast “a small profit in

1984, probably inthe order of

‘what ‘our ‘loss will be this
year.” .°

OTTAWA (CP) — One can
only speculate whether those:
‘40'jobless people drove Cadi-
Ilacs. to the unemployment «
insurance office ‘to apply for
their monthly benefits.

Recently released Revenue

:annual. incomes | exceeding
$250,000, collected ‘a total of
$50,000'in unemployment in-
‘surance benefits in 1981.
That works out to an
erage of $1,250 each’ that
year — hardly enough to buy:
a decent fur coat.

ing $250,000 or more in’: sgt |
— also cashed almost id
million worth, of old a;

‘pension, -cheques. and pay

than * $1::million ‘in. family.

allowance Gearon

president Claude Taylor sees |

itisless

passenger traffic,
‘About'the only thing that ,

ge eT

Twenty-th:

Foto for. the first time in 14 °

ar died June 2 when a DC-9 with

46 people aboard ‘caught fire
on ‘a flight from Dallas to:
\Toronto'and had to make an’
emergency landing at Great-
er Cincinnati ‘Airport in Cov.’

ington, "Ky. ~

On: July 23, a brand-new.
Boeing. 767. with 69 people
aboard ran out of fuel and

had to glide to a, hard, but

‘safe landing at Gimli, Man.
Nobody was hurt, but the
airline suffered an iseute em-
barrassment.

_ Twenty-nine passengers

that was before an

autumn ‘seat sale took effect.
The ‘trend continued
through November and the

million people in 1962 and
will carry about 10.8 million
in 1988, a drop of almost 10
per cent.

If traffic matches expec-
tations, ther shouldn't be any
further aro among the

first 10 care of December,
in

business travel. But revenue
remains depressed because
airline ‘overcapacity holds
down fares, said Taylor.

Air Canada is forecasting
five-per-cent growth in pass-
enger traffic next year, but

- that will leave it far behind

pre-recession levels. Passen-
gers yolume peaked in'1980 at

“18 million ‘and has declined in
jured.when a ‘Toronto-boun E: g

L-1011,ran into severe tury ij

to recover a 1962 federal tax:

TwAGP Canada-has besa dog” Lisline

agar) to 21,

9,885 pensioners and 389 un-
employed people. Among the,
64,145 le” who “earned,

$100,000 of more, 1,490 paid |

no income’ tax.
Such’ figures" highlight

funded universal social pro-
grams.

The figures provide a stark
‘contrast to those recently re-
leased by Statistics Canada
‘on elderly widows. Sixty per
ort of them live below the

many, with only
‘old age’ pension‘. and
guaranteed income’ supple-
‘ment — a maximum total of
$542:a month — to pay for all
the-necessitie 3
‘The’

inal. Ist
ization containing some of the |

country’s most 'pawerful bus-

Such private plans, the committee suggests, should
be indexed so payments will rise to stay at least close to
increases in the cost of living. ~

INDEXING COSTLY

Early reaction from business groups quickly noted
that feeding money into pension funds to cover higher
living costs would syphon off money needed for expansion
to create jobs.

Estimates of the annual cost of extended pension
coverage in the private sector have sree from $1 billion
to $8 billion.

That kind | of cost, if it proves vecturats’ would

in

Ifthey’re forced into it, business spokesmen said, the

And alth
rich paid a higher:rate of in-
come tax than did a waitress *
slinging hash for minimum
wage, 289 of these wealthy.
people paid no federal income
tax at all.

For .; people . earning
$100, 000 or more a year, the
government paid out a total.
of $85.9 million in old age

family

sh most ‘of the’

-believes the time
for reform of universal social
is now, and de-

livered’. that message - last
week to the Macdonald royal
commission on the economy.
“The business council be-
lieves that efforts.must be
made to’ ensure that limited
resources are applied in’a
more carefully ‘targeted

saidin

and
in 1981:
That figure Fepresents

during

commission hearings in near- |

by Hull, Que.

20,000
said Taylor. That's ‘2,000
fewer people than it had a

year ago.
‘No Canadian cities will lose
Air Canada service in 1984,
People can also expect
more seat sales next year,
said: Taylor, ‘explaining:
“There's still a lot of unused
capacity out there
going to take whatever mar-
keting actions to stir the

SN SRSSAAA SNA

CASTLEGAR NEWS

HOLIDAY HOURS

Friday, December 23

8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sat. Sun. Mon., Dec. 24, 25, 26
CLOSED

Tuesday to Friday, Dec. 27 - 30,
8:30 a.m. to § p.m.

Sat. Suh. Mon., Dec. 31; Jan. 1&2
CLOSED

acter and marriage assassin- resulting deflection of funds could seriously. ‘hamper i.

Gift A Phone

FREE CHURCH

— Fellowship

— Worship

— Bible Study
Family Bible, Hour.

9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service
11. a.m., Legion Hall
Bible Study & rover

Tues 7
at 1201 - ie Street
Pastor: Tom Mulder
Phone: 365-2281

ANGLICAN CHURCH

1401 Columbia Ave.

Sunday Services
8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.

“Robson
Community Church
2nd & an oundoys:

Rev. charles! Balfour
Ph, 365-2271

SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH

1471 Columbia aie Trail

Regular Saturday Services
Pastor Cliff Drieberg

=

UNITED.CHURCH
OF CANADA

2224-6th Ave.
1% Blocks South of
Community Complex
DEC. 24
7 p.m. Family Service. _
1p. a Communion

10a. ap Worship
Rev. Ted Bristow
q 365-8337 or 365-7614

Jor Prin rag

CALVARY BAPTIST
avo

ST. PETER LUTHERAN

713- 4th Street -
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.

Pastor Terry Detoe
Office 365-3664
Residence 365-7622
Listen to the Lutheran

“Hour — Sunday, 9a.
on Radio CKQR

APOSTOLIC C RCH
OF PENTECOST

Below Castleaird Plaza
hone:
Pastor: Vietor Stobbe
Phone 365-2374
SUNDAY SERVICES
Sunday School 9:45am

PENTECOSTAL

Our regularly scheduled
fitness classes have .a two-
week break while our in-
structors have a chance to

season. Classes will resume
Jan. 3. If you carinot wait
until January we are holding
drop-in fitness classes Dec.
22, 27:and 29 in the com-
plex-hall from 7-8 p.m. Drop
in fee is $2.
Bird Court -
The West Kootenay Natur-

809 Merry Creek Road
Past Fireside Motel
Pastor: iy “H. Duckworth

Moming Worship
11:00 a.m.
Evening Praise
6:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Study & Prayer —7 p.m.
Church 365-3430
' Pastor 365-2808

nounce that the date for its

TABERNACLE

relax and enjoy the holiday’

annual winter bird count has
been changed to Jan. 7.
Members of the club as well
as any other interested in-
dividuals are invited to take
part in this one day event,
Anyone interested in taking
part should call Bill Pinckney
at 365-8396.
Skating Times

Public skating for the re-
mainder of this week is
Thursday from 2:80 - 4:30
p.m. and Friday 10:30 - 12

alist Club would like to an- - noon and 2:80 - 4:80 p.m. All

public skating is cancelled

Morning Worship 11:00

E 9 Fellowship 6:30

Wednesday: Bible Study
and Prayer 7:00 pm

HOME OF CASTLEGAR
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
365-7818

CHURCH OF GOD

2404 Columbia Avenue
Church School
9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship
lam.

Pastor Ira Johnson
Phone 365-6762

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN

2605 Columbia Ave.
Revi Harvey Self
Phone 365-3816

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Junior Congregation

* and Bruce Greenwood

Musical Service 7:00 p.m.

ST. RITA'S CATHOLIC

Home Bible Studies

767-11th Avenue
Pastor Roy Hubbeard

Church: Ph. 365-5212
Christmas Morning
Service 10:30 a.m.
THERE WILL BENO
UNDAY SCHOOL

Special Christmas gem much, either.

There will be no mid- tetra sean
week service between
Christmas & New Year's.

Rev. Michael Guinan
h, 365-7143
Saturday Nii Mass

7p.

Sunday N Matses at
8 a.m, and 10a.m.

ST. MARIA GORETTI

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=m ations are made.” -

this weekend and next week
due to the Atom Tourna-
ment. Next Tuesday, Dec. 27,
West's free public satin
will be held from 12:30 -
p.m. _

DEFENDS |.
INVESTIGATIONS *
Winnipeg lawyer. Kenneth
Klein said when:a defendant-
is faced with a claim for
$500,000 in compensation toa
Office Closed widow, it’s only logical to hire
The staff at the Recreation - an investigator to show there
Office would like to remind bat tsar) the, sridowe will
marry. a

you that our office will be He"sald under: the }éourt,

sis Das td De erect, Be wit
peaceful and’:happy holiday ow's lawyer makes the mar-
season. A note from Trudy: riage “look like roses and the:
A big thanks to all the chil- defendants make it look like
dren in Variety Hour for the mud, :
lovely Christmas gifts. "

NEW IN TOWN? .
LET Us PUT
OUT THE MAT

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he test Fanaa iinet he Bots”

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365-3091
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« Cates
China. Creek

"Drive a Little to Save a Lot”

NOTICE

From B. C. Hydro

queen were invited net Gove.
ernor General Ed sibperees
basically to seek closer rela-
tions between the two na-
tions. It isn't anticipated that
any commercial agreements
will be signed, the spokes-
‘man said,

: The royal couple had been
scheduled to visit Canada last”
year but the trip was post-
poned. at ‘the last minute,
Canadian officials said.”

yeaa
FURNI?? vt
WAR OUSE

The navigation lock at the Hugh
Keenleyside Dam will be closed
to boat traffic on’ Dec. 25 Gnd,

Canada’s growth opportunities.

It's not an argument everyone buys. After all,
opponents say, pension funds — private and'government
— don't sit in a vault waiting for people to reach that
magic age of 65. They're available for investment.

The Ottawa-based Conference Board of Canada
noted in = pension study that there is'a potential for
problems as the number of pensioners grows and the
number of workers financing the program declines.

“Rarely is there such clear advanced warning of’

‘potential social conflict,” the board’s study says. ,

This Christmas
Various Styles $i8- $45

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KEL PHONE MART

=Parts & Service

623.Columbia Ave., Castlegar’:

KOOTENAY SAVINGS CREDIT UNION

e CHRISTMAS - NEW YEAR

_ OFFICE HOU RS —

South slocon” €

Dec. 23 Fri.
Dec. 24 Sat.
Dec. 25. Sun.
Dec. 26 . Mon.
*“Dec. 27 Tue.
Dec. 28° Wed.
Dec. 29 Thurs.
+Dec.30 = ‘Fri.
Dec. 31 Sat.
Jan. 1 Sun.
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: Jan.3 Tue.

Trall, Fruitvale,

10-6

Kepeeny Savings Credit Union
is GREETHORS™.

. Value-Priced Exercise Bike

.Economy model. Tubular steel
frame; 40.6:cm (16”) Polypropylene
wheel. Has speedometer/odometer;
tension & saddle height adjustments.
Available in white.

-Wooden Sewing Box

Largesize: =

Small size:

age
2500

4-Piece Bath Ensemble

Includes mat,
tank jacket, tank
top cover and

lid cover, Eath:

16%

“Mechanic’s Creepers

For easy
access to.those
under the car
repairs. Each:

18”

Ladies’ ‘‘Eddie’’ Cords

Junior -

sizes 5-13.
Assorted
colours. Each:

1 388

Ladies’ Sport Socks

3-palr pack:

- Pastel oolours,.
fits 9-11.

. Package:

399

Non-Stick Fry Pans

: Master-Fiow.
Easy to clean.

26 cm. Reg.

Price 13.99. Now:

Celebration Punch Set

8¥2 qt. punch bowl,

"8 cups and hooks,

Mirage Barware Set

12-piece set.

4 Juice and 4 Hi Ball. , 99
Reg. Price 8.99. Now:

Food Preparation System

in 1. Stand mixer,

Binoestiaue tier

all-purpose mill, &

CGE Food Processor

Motor guaranteed for 5 years.

It slices, shreds,

' 18-pce. Includes one a 3° 9
and 1 plastic ladle. Each:

Contains 4 On the Rocks,

lona. 4 appliances 96
& portable mixer. ea.: 1 2 9
chops, blends

& mixes. With

optional flow-through

feature. Each:

Prices Effective (While Quantities Last)’ Til Dec. 24, 1983.

WANETA PLAZA
Highway 3, Trail