CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 5, 1978 " Castlegar Student Awarded § William Jankola of Castle- cholarship awarded to students at the rT gar, a pplied Sclence student at the Univer- sity of British Columbia, has been awarded a scholarship from Pacific Petroleums Ltd. The scholarship is one of 20 worth a total of $10,000 that Pacific awards to students at six western each of Calgary, four each to students at the Univer- sity of Alberta and University of British Columbia and two each to students from the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Lethbridge and the e University of Manitoba. winners are scholarships are awarded ‘on the basis of aca- demic merit to students who have not simultaneously re- ceived any other major award. Six scholarships are selected by each of the univer- sities concerned. The scholarships are awarded for study in the fields of geology, geophysics, chemi- cal or mechanical engineering, business, law or fine arts. Baha’i Faith Scholars To Speak Here Friday . Dr. Gerald Hanks and his wife, Stuart, recently attended the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Stud- ies on the Baha'i Faith in Vancouver, where many Baha’ is from Canada, the United States and other parts of the world had gathered to consult and to listen to presentations on the Baha'i Faith relating to world conditions. Dr. and Mrs. Hanks live in East St. Paul, Man. and are driving back to their home through British Columbia, Al- berta and Saskatchewan visit- Female-Headed Family Incomes Hikes Slower Average income of families headed by women increased at a slower rate between 1985 and 1973 than that of families headed by men despite govern- ment programs aimed at re- distribution of income, says a discussion paper prepared for the Economic Council of Can- ada. Incomes of female-headed families were already less than half of that for male-headed families in 1965, the study says. At the same time, the proportion of female-headed families in that period in- creased to 20.7 per cent in 1973 from 16.7 per cent in 1965. Authors David Henderson and Robin Rowley conclude that their observations show certain groups in society may need more selective support if the goal of more equal distribu- tion of income is to be achieved. ee ing the Baha'is and their friends in order to tell them about the meeting in Vancouver and the Baha'i Faith, The ideal of unity, as envisaged by the Baha'i Faith, is not some vague hope, but the logical conclusion of an histori- cal process begun thousands of years ago. The Baha'i Faith teaches that mankind as a whole grows and evolves in much the same way as an indi- vidual, This evolution is helped along and guided by Cc‘teyzm age to age through the Found- ers of the world religions. Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Christ, Mohammed, the Bab, and Baha'u'llah each acted in this capacity. With the appearance of Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Baha'i Faith, the Jeng childhood payroll. Keeping g the Books By FRED MEARIMAN | think this world needs more Y pookkeepers, | don’t mean Chartered Accountants and Certified General Accountants and all those other certifled and degree-type- bookkeepers. | mean that we need simple : elementary Grade 1 tedgerkeepers who will write down the gross proceeds of a man's paycheque, then very carefully deduct the long list of that destroy Pension Plan Divorce Rules Begin Jan. 1 Amendments to the Can- ada Pension Plan that will allow’ pension credits tu be divided equally between a husband and wife if they divorce are to become effective Jan. 1, Wel- fare Minister Monique Begin the $9-an-hour thinking that keeps us rosy-cheeked with wonder. We know of families who are not aware private transportation costs take from 30 to 50 per cent of the average paycheque. How many people know governments slice more than 40 per cent from the gross proceeds in direct and indirect taxes? How many people do you know who pay monthly mortgages in excess of $500? How many people know that a 25-year mortgage more than doubles the original cost of your house? Does any bank or credit union really explain how much It actually costs to own a home or car or boat? (can remember years.ago when my wife and | got onto a budget kick. The miscellaneous Items column came to more than $150 a month for such small things as haircuts and magazine subscriptions. I.can remember we had columns for groceries, rent, clothes, auto and several other categories, but we still chalked up huge amounts for miscellaneous Items. I didn't believe it then and I still find it difficult to see why it should total so fast. That was 20 years ago. So! say, bring on the household bookkeepers. | maintain that hardly a family exists in Castlegar which Is clearly living within their means. One bank manager confided In me that he was alarmed at the totals of accounts receivable that many of his clients were carrying on thelr financla! statements. It seemed unusual for a community of solid Now, who do you suppose Is going to volunteer for the family bookkeeper job? | would suggest It be any member of the family who has the courage to say no and has the signing authority to back It up. It wilt not be any easy job, but | can tell you this: there Is no person stronger In this soclety than a strong bookkeeper. If he or she says ‘‘no'’ and means it, Inflation will slow, working mothers will be able to stay at home to care for thelr children and balance the-books, unemployment will decrease, and it could be that people: will start saving money again because a dollar saved today will stlil be worth a dollar tomorrow. {mean it, Mom. Give up your, Jobs @ secretary, stay home and run the whole world can make or break us. with a tight- -fistad Mair Hits Shady Consumer Lending Practices 4 last Thursday in Ottawa, Spouses who worked in the home and did not HOMEPLAN features first or second mortgages * For thy purchase of existing homes: * For ranovations or additions, * I you own a home, for consolidation of debts © Rates as low as 13.5% * No lock-in, no bonus You are desting with the mortgage division of TRADERS GROUP LTD. 283 Martin St, Penticton Ph, 492-3841 (collect) direetly to the pension plan, will be entitled to a share of the pension earned by the other partner, The amendments, enacted by Parliament in July, will apply only to marriages dis- solved on or after Jan. 1, i978 and spouses must have lived together for at least three con- secutive years during the mar- riage, A special amendment fa- voring mothers who leave the labor force to raise pre-school children was vetoed by B.C, and Ontario. The provision would have allowed mothers to deduct their years absent from the work force from their contributory period when establishing their entitlement to pension benefits. Chartered Ranks Lawbreakers Chartered banks are fla- grantly breaking B.C. law every day with shady consumer lending practices, Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Rafe Mair charged last week.. Mair charged that charter- ed banks use threats, deceit, and has come to an ends the age of maturity is at hand. Slowly, Baha'is believe, mankind is tearing down the barriers of prejudice that have divided people. The Baha'is of Castlegar cordially invite everyone to come to 308—6th Ave. N. on Friday evening to meet Dr. and Mrs. Hanks. Christmas Eve Crash Causes. $2,000 Damage» « An accident Christmas Eve, 10 kilometres from the Blueberry Paulson - Nancy Greene junction, has resulted in a 1974 Toyota sustaining ap- proximately $2,000 damage and woman being Kootenay Furnace The : People: 365-3644 #1, 401 Front St., Castlegar Sena with driving too fast for road conditions. Charged is Shirley June Harshenin whose vehicle went out of control around noon causing the vehicle to flip. Police said the driver had no visible injuries but was taken to Castlegar and District Hospital. Savings! at. Mitchell Buildall Arborite Various Pattern: Here Come For You, This Week, Plywood D-grade. x1 | 9788 6% Pluwnad ey outright ‘kmail and other unconscionable practices in di- rect and continuing defiance of provincial law. “If it was Four-flusher Finance Company doing these things instead of chartered banks, they would be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail,” Mair said. Mair said that, while many local bank managers are prob- ably unwitting dupes of their head offices, the violations are deliberately done by the banks, orchestrated by high-priced le- ga! brains in Toronto. anyone. who buys a car,-furni- ture, a refrigerator or“other goods using bank financing is affected. Since banks do 60 per cent of the consumer loan business in Canada, the prob- lem is extensive, he said. Mair said violations also extend into such areas as loan guarantees, where one person signs a note for another. Mair named the Bank of “Nova Scotia and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as the worst offenders. But he said the Royal Bank, the Bank of Montreal, the Toronto Domin- ion and the Bank of B.C. are all Vandals Editor, Castlegar News: Through your paper we would like to issue a warning to a group of young people who roam our subdivision after dark carrying out various acts of vandalism and trespassing on private property. All year long the residents of our street have put up with egg-throwing, spiked tires, fence damage, cracked wind- shieids and untold damage done to our park in the form of wrecked picnic tables and bro- ken bottles in the creek. We have -also suffered bags of garbage blocking the street, and snow dikes to prevent the passage of cars. This winter residents again decorated their homes and trees with Christmas lights in good faith, even though last year many of the lights were stolen and smashed. We had hoped that these young people had grown up a bit this Christ- mas. Such is not the case. Our family returned home tonight to find that a dozen or . more of the lights on our tree which is only a few feet the house have been stolen. Enough is enough. We Mair said that, generally, : scoff-laws to varying degrees, although, he said, the Bank of B.C. is probably a cut better than the rest. “In terms of the nature of violations, the Bank of Nova Scotia is worst,” Mair said. “The Commerce is second be- cause it's biggest and affects most people.” Mair said actions by the banks include violations of the Trade Practices Act, the Per- sonal Information Reporting Act, the Conditional Sales Act, the Bill of Sales Act, the Sale of Road Blamed For Two-Car Collision Friday Road conditions are .in which each vehicle: sustained an estimated $500 damage. Police report a 1976 Dat- sun, driven by John Makaroff of Castlegar, was making a right hand turn off Columbia Avenue onto Main Street when it skidded across the lane striking 31965 Valiant which was west- bound on Main Street. Driver of the Valiant has been identified as Nick Stoochi- noff, also of Castlegar. No injuries have been reported, Beware would like to strongly assure those responsible that we will take all possible action in seeing Goods Act and the Debt Collection Act. One of the most frequent voilations involves the “seize- or-sue" provision of the Con- ditional Sales Act, says Mair. Under that act, if a con- sumer purchases an automo- bile, for example, and defaults on the loan, the lender may seize the auto or sue the borrower, But he cannot do both. This is to prevent a lender from seizing goods, selling them far below their value to gel quick cash and then to sue the borrower for the rest. The acLalso prohibits seizure where’ a borrower has paid off more than two-thirds of a loan. This is a recognition of his equity and also to prevent an item from being seized and sold off for less than its value to satisfy a lender's claim. H Despite those) previa the seize-or-sue section’ one most frequently violated by banks, Mair said. According to Tex Ene- mark, Deputy Minister of Con- sumer and Corporate Affairs, lack of knowledge by consum- ers of their rights is the main problem connected with these violations. Enemark said the ordinary consumer, threatened with le- gal action by a bank will, when he sees his purported respon- sibilities in black and white on bank paper, assume he is still on the hook in a case where a car has been seized and the out- standing amount not fully cov- ered by the sale. In fact, under B.C. law, ‘he is clear, sayd Enemark, but “it never occurs to them (most consumers) that these pre- eminent financial institutions - would, | have the gall to produce it contravene’. ata: or We Call 493-1291 or 492-0750 (collect) ~-KINNAIRD TRANSFER LTD. a a (Tony Geronazz0, ? ‘Manager. EXCAVATION — HAULING — BACKHOES CONCRETE GRAVEL — PIT RUN GRAVEL TOPSOIL — % CRUSHED ROAD GRAVEL DRAIN ROCK — MORTAR SAND PHONE 365-7124 " UNION SHOP REGIONAL RECREATION DISTRICT No. 8 (South Slocan - Slocan) CLASSES BEGINNER GROUP SPANISH GUITAR LESSONS Starting Wednesday, Jan. 11, with Mr. Wack. The fee will be $3.00 for the 10-week course, to be held directly after school at Brent Kennedy Elementary. MACRAME An excellent course introducing the basics as well as a pickup course for those with a bit of experience. Starting Thursday, Jan. 12, in the Passmore Hall at 7 p.m. Fee $10.00. . DOLL MAKING Barb Verigin, a certified doll technician, offers an excellent chance to create delightful little characters and learn some of the history of doll making. Starting Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Mount Sentinel School at 7 p.m. Fee $15.00. GARDENING Erie Lees offers his approach on organic gardening, fruit tree care, food storage, hot house growing and other gardening problems. Starting Monday, Jan. 9, at Brent Kennedy School at 7 p.m. Fee $10.00. KEEP FIT — Winlaw Feveone interested in having this class, please phone 359-7452, Pre-Registration’ ‘tor ‘All Classes, please Dial 359-745; NOW TYCO $i AFTER CHRISTMAS TRAIN BONANZA GREAT SELECTION ON TYCO'S NEW AND MOST POPULAR TRAIN ACCESSORIES & Wurtitee NEW! $48 uma that? they are turned over to the local RCMP, regardless of who they are, should this happen again. Stella and Archie Cordeiro 811 Woodland Drive Castlegar, North Municipalities To Pay Less For Welfare Most British Columbia municipalities will be paying less for welfare during the next fiseal year, Human Resources Minister Bili Vander Zalm said last. week. He said municipal contri- butions will decrease an aver- age of 18 per cent for all except 19 municipalities in the pro- vince—at a saving of $5.6 million. According toa ministry list of municipal cost-sharing con- tributions, Castlegar will pay $20,199 less in the neat fiscal year than the $102,009 the city paid in the past fiscal year. 5 rtm OMILIN Utd. ATTENTION: Builders of New Homes! We have added Centra-Flo — bullt- in vacuum cleaning, to our regular OPERATING SGML Ma TH LIGHTED SHMTY each Aen ete PSONCR ATCA 6 TUCK CAREER AT 17 pe. BRIDGE & TRESTLE SET "i ca CK . Tt: @Sen) RADIUS CURVE TRAX Fil om “Ke $739 Tomek ® 61 ats : = “eg ee eer TRACK LAYOUT EXPANDER Ree ee ag AEAEEAA ER TOL T GS BELLE ES ECE SS TLL O CLE rere ne nnn Insect Spreading Rapidly, Endangering $156 Worth of Timber Pine | Beetle Threatens Kootenay Forests December Bride-Elect Honored With Shower A_ miscellaneous shower was held Nov. 30th at the home of Mrs. A. Shelfontiuk to honor December bride-elect, Miss Arleen Satekin. Upon their arrival, Miss Salekin, her mother, Verna Salekin and Pat Pangille, moth- er of the groom, were present- ea with ultsafea> > After the guests were d and all i > >» ot sisted the bride-to-be in the opening of the gifts. Finally 2 delicious buffet lunch was served, after which the bride-elect served a shower cake to the 40 guests. The evening ended with coffee and good conversation: oe bh About. $158 million worth of timber is threatened by the mountain pine beetle in the *- Kootenays, Members of the East Kootenay Insect and Disease Control Committee, meeting in Cranbrook, were told that the beetle was spreading rapidly in some areas and that an esti- mated 223,000 acres in the Kootenays were under attack, There are also other, large areas which are susceptible to attack, The mountain pine beetle is the most serious enemy of mature pine forests. It kills trees which, if not harvested within a maximum of three years, are of no value to the sawmills, At present there is no known way, economically, to prevent the spread of the in- festation. Russ Greenfield, of the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Nel- son, told the meeting that in the Akamina-Kishinena and Flat- head drainage area, in the southeast corner of the pro- vince, the mountain pine beetle was spreading rapidly, now covered 46,000 acres, and was expected to have attacked all pines in the area by the fall of this year. The biggest area of attack is 20 miles southeast of Fair- mont. _ Springs, | but a or were Dorothy Shelfontiuk and. and were made, Betty Postnikoff took charge with a number of games which were enjoyed by all present, Bridesmaids Debbie Hocdi- koff and Angie Zoobkoff, as- Betty P assisted by Elena Salekin and many friends. Voice of the People: Thanks for Editor, Castlegar News: On behalf of Mr. Nelson, the band members, and myself, we extend a sincere “thank- you” to the parents, students, and friends who turned out in such good numbers to our Christmas Band Concert. We are pleased that there is so much support for our pro- grams. ie eat Other 1 major mountain pine beetle attacks are in Kettle Valley, Grand Forks, Beaverdell, the Blue- the Support I must compliment those who attended, as well, on their quality as an it was berry-Paulson’ Highway, Fau- quier and around Golden. There are outbreaks in Idaho, just south of the border, which are spreading north towards Cranbrook, It was pointed out at the meeting, which included repre- sentatives of local forest in- dustry, that logging of large areas of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle often meant that the mills had to make adjustments to handle smaller trees and the different ‘mix’ in the species of wood arriving at the mill. W. E. Brash, B.C, Ministry of Forests, i/e Protection in the Nelson District, said: “In order to save valuable timber before it deteriorates beyond use, we often have to log large areas. Destruction of the pine stands by the beetle alters the compo. sition of the forests, increases the fire hazard and forces revisions in harvesting plans. “As an example, in the last year, from the Kettle Valley area alone, 20,000 truckloads of infested timber have been taken out. “While we attempt to keep clear-cut logging to a minimum, there are bound to be some areas looking very barren.’ Unfortunately it is the only way to deal with attacks of the mountain pine beetle.” CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 5, 1978 Castlegar Socials Mre. H. Johneon 365-8294 Mr. and Mrs, ©. King, accompanied by Mrs, M. Smith, returned home Thursday of last week after spending the holi- day season in Kamloops as guests of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Cassell and family. Visiting at the home of Mr. ‘and Mrs. C. Henne during the Christmas holidays was the latter's mother and brother, Mrs. J. T. Henderson and C. Henderson of Trail, Mrs. H. Johnson spent the holiday season in Rossland, the guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. G. Eastcott. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. W. Eastcott of Vancouver, Mrs, R. Donnan returned home Wednesday of last week after spending the Christmas holiday in Oyama, the guest of her family, Mr. and Mrs. D. Donnan and children. Government's Hospitality Costs Canada $7 Million Government figures show that federal employees spent $6,992,924 on liquor, food and entertainment last year, an eo calle -: shan ot ie charges the year before. The latest treasury board directive says the money must only be spent when hospitality is considered “essential as a matter of courtesy" or would “facilitate the conduct of gov- ernment business.” It flowed out last year from departments and agencies ranging from external affairs to the anti-inflation board ata rate outstanding! From those of us at KJSS, Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2 fulfilling New Year. T.B. Rogers, Principal. of more than $19,150 a day. If the money had gone, say, into just one big Christmas party for the government's 500,-000 civil servants—that in- cludes all troops, Mounties and + Crown corporation employees —it would have bought: @ 100,000 bottles of brandy and 1 million quarts of egg-nog, enough to fill 12 conventional 20,000-gallon swimming pools, and enough for eight drinks edie. Oe x y 2 26,000 10-pound turkeys, enough for half a pound each, © 125,000 meat pies, or tourtieres, enough for a quarter pie each. 160,000 large bags of potato chips. © 130,000 eight-ounce cans of chip dip. @ 125,000 24-ounce bags of mixed nuts. * There would be enough left over to give each civil servant a $2 cab ride home and $5 each for babysitters, a total of $3.5 million. And there would be enough left after that to provide two bracing Bloody Marys the morning after for all 500,000—that works out to 24,000 40-ounce bottles of vod- ka and 166,000 cans.of tomato juice. expenses comes at a time when the government says it is practising restraint. Yet even its own anti-inflation board nearly tripled the amount. it spent on liquor, food and enter- tainment last year, spending $8,322 compared ‘with $3,143 the year before. Last year the trade depart- ment spent $1,938,015 on food, drink and entertainment. The defence department's foreign service spent $418,000. In its hospitality directive, - the treasury board says gov- ernment employees can ‘only offer hospitality to people out- side government—not to each other. W. Easton spent the Christmas holiday visiting his son-in-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. W. Mackenzie in Nelson, Mrs, E. Sherbiko was the guest of her son, Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson and family in Slocan over the Christmas holiday. Tour Agencies Sponsor Free Travel Show A free Travel Show, spon- sored by Westours of Vancouv- er, Wardair of Calgary and B.C.A.A. Travel Agency will be - held next Wednesday evening at the Lord Nelson Ballroom in Nelson. The two-hour show will feature Alaskan cruises and European cruises and vacations and will include in its program a mini male-female fashion show and a demonstration of how to take good pictures with a camera, Seating capacity is esti- mated at 200 and coffee and donuts will be provided. 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