12 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 26, 1973

From Page 1 Submission by

you people could find two tape recorders, perhaps donated, borrowed or bought, for a trial reading project as Raspberry Lodge.

Next, I would like you to look around area J for a place where we could leave books for local users. If this expansion of service looks reasonable, I would ask you to come to our meeting in June, when we regularly discuss ways of expanding and improving lib- rary services,

This could take us in the direction of a regional library with outlets ‘(or bookmobile stops) up the Kootenay River to

Local Library

Nelson and down the Columbéa River to Trail. With each area participating by contributing, it

, would have ,some voice ‘in

setting policy. The more sup- port from rural areas, the more the library would have to serve the rural areas,

In making this submission, I should emphasize that I have not placed these ideas beforo our board, and I therefore can speak only for myself. Still, I believe the board would join with me in inviting ‘you to participate in these small ways,

so that we bath can decide how important our service is to your people.”

"Selkirk Summer” Program; Outings arid Short Courses

Short, informal courses and excursions which take advantage of the natural environment of the West Kootenays are the main fea- tures of the “Selkirk Summer” program for 1973 at Selkirk College.

The program runs from July 2, to” August 24 and consists of a variety of courses designed to be both pleasurable and informative, for “a ' wide range of age groups.

The 14 courses vary in length from two days toa week, and range from a camp in a wilderness ‘Alpine environ- ment, to a week long choir workship at Selkirk College.

Other courses include the geology and scenery sof the

A f

includes visits to Silverton, Sandon and Kaslo.

On “The Buffalo Route” participants follow the route (across the Rockies) of the Upper Kootenay Indians in their yearly buffalo hunts on the prairies.

Introductory courses in botany, fresh water biology, and insect study involve both field trips and laboratory studtes. Courses at the colleze itself include a band. workshop for young musicians and a five-day intensive course in French pronunciation.

The courses are perfect complements toa holiday in the Kootenay, Ponies. an infor-

1 AINE SHURE WHAT THEY MEEN by Bill Smiley English is going down the drain, going to the dogs, or ‘cing up in smoke these lays. Take your pick. Maybe that first sentence is what's wrong with the language. There are so many idioms in it that nobody can speak or Witte the real thing aa more,

Uni versity pro! jessors have expressed theirindigna- tion publicly. A couple of them recently announced that students who expect to graduate in one of the profes- sions can’t write one. sen- tence without falling all over thelr syntax. 1 agree with

the Butif the think the troubles, they should tr teaching English in hig! school. There has been such amarked and rapid decrease in the standards of written and spoken English that teachers of the subject can be found almost any day in the staff john, weeping into the washbasin. This winter, a teacher in

a city school decided to

rove something she already

new, She drew up a list of forty words, most of them of one syllable, and tested several classes. Nobody could spell all forty. Many ct

_ the kids couldn't spell ten of

the words, Her experiment : and her

have.

They are not the alaeaua school teachers, much as we would love to blame them. They are victims, too.”

First, English had been derogated und eroded for the a couple of decades until it is now down somewhere in the aren of brushing your teeth und ‘saying your prayers,

Remember. you older and wiser people who went to school tonger ugo than. you cure to proclaim? You had spelling and grammar and composition and reading and writing and orals. This was English.

jaybe you didn't learn much ubout sex or conversu- tional French or how to copy a ‘‘project’’ out of the encyclopedia, but you sure as hell had English belted into you,

laybe you weren't given much chance to ‘express yourself’, but by the time you were, you had some tools with which to do it.

Nowadays English is practically crowded off the curriculum by such esoteric subjects as social behaviour,

tting along with the group,

inding your place in society, and the ubiquitous and often useless ‘project’

Kids, one teacher told me, shouldn't have to learn to spell words that are not in their own vocabulary. Now, I ask you. How else do they acquire a vo- cabulary?

mal lear! with the opporiiniis. (oF Sailing, and

West K opportunity to study and crllect the wide range of rocks and minerals of the area; “Ghost Route”, which traces the rich mining history of the Slocan and . Kootenay Valleys and

fishing, just plain ease

For further information on the “Selkirk Summer” pro- gram, write to “Selkirk Sum- mer", Selkirk College, Box 1200, Castlegar, B. C.

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airily dismissed by a public school principal, who said something like, “Oh, we don't worry much about spelling any more. They'll ea nia spell when they need

logwas' ° What employer of any- thing but brute strength

But, I repeat, it's not the

of our little treasures who are at fault. It's the tinkerers, the dab- blers in education. They are tarely found in a classroom.

They are more often haring after some “new approach iM in education that has been tried and, found wanting by the ¢ Armen-

warts a lout fouling up his invoices, order forms and everything he can get his hands on?

hat rinter, . for example, will hire a kid who can't even spell ‘‘etaoin shrdlu’* and doesn’t even know what it means?

1 do a fair bit of gnashing and wailing myself when I'm marking upper school papers and have to sort out some-

thing like, “The women nu -

were she was going, as she when they're everyday.” The thought it there, but there is something lac! when it comes to felicit spelling.

Everybody blames every- -

body elke for the sad state of English, but, as ustial, you have to read it in this column to get at the trut!

Let us establish the a priori fact that the high school English teacher is

faultless. And, some would-

add, that a fortiori, the high school English teacher is useless. So be it.

_ Now for the real culprits.

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ians or the ‘Aztecs,

us, out went grammar and spelling drill. The. kids

Suppo posed to learn these basics ills, not through their eyes and ears, but in some mysterious way: possibly through their skin.

drill is deadening to

hess path so off with its head. Let the kids be creative, write poetry: bet saw the moon ovary the cloweds

it was sooper.”"

Doesn't that give you a unique experience? T The free- dom of spirit. the originality, the creativity?

:, Fortunately, Iam able to shake this off, along with war’ and famine, death and taxes: It has it's moments.

The other day, 1 threw this old chestnut at a class, andasked them tocorrect the grammar; “*Forty cows were seen, sitting on the verandah."* x

There was total silence. It seemed OK to them.

a pretty Grade I! girl flung up her hand: and flashed all her teeth. **# got it, Mr. Smiley! ‘es, Bonny," I winced:

Recreation News From the Director's Desk

By Jack Alouf

Castlegar .Tennis Club re- ports all tennis coaching Is to commence Tuesday, May 1 and continue until the end of June,

Minor soccer is looking for a coach for a Bantam soccer team for boys, ages 11 to 14. If you are interested, call the Recreation Office,

Steps are being taken to develop Fhe ball field at Pass Creek Park. There is a chance that it could be operational by the first part of May. There has also been an offer of help by the Celgar softball league to get the field

_ in shape.

There have been some requests for a pre-school playground program at Blue- berry Creek for this summer. If there are people in Blueberry who would like to see this started, please call the Recrea-

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pared to set up the program for July and August.

We have just received ° word that our request for expansion of our LIP program has been approved. This means we are now able to hire four more men for the month of May. This will give us a good chance to complete what wo had planned for the project this spring. Anyone interested in one month's work can apply at the Recreation Office.

Blueberry Creek Recrea- tion Commission will be holding a spring dance on .Saturday, May 5 at the Hi Arrow Arms. Cost is $3 per couple with © dancing from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dress is casual, The band is the “96 Years” from Nelson.

Funeral Services Held Today

For Mrs. Effie Wallner, Age 62

Funeral services are being held this afternoon at 2 p.m. from the chapel of the Castle- gar Funeral Home for Effie Wallner, 62, a longtime resi- dent of Castlegar’ who died Monday in the Castlegar and District Hospital.

Born Oct. 23, 1910, at Gerrard, B. C., Mrs. Wallner came to Castlegar with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Olsoon, as a young girl.

Mr. Olsoon worked as a yard foreman at the Waldie Sawmill and for many years lived on the mill site where the Castlegar Lagoons are now situated.

Mrs, Wallner attended the first school in Castlegar, taking with her a younger sister not yet school age to warrant having a teacher.

Married in Nelson, Mrs, Wallner lived continuously in Castlegar.

She was a member of the Castlegar’ United Church and one of the first United Church Sunday School teachers. She was also a charter member of the IODE.

Mrs. Wallner is survived by her husband, Elmer; one son, Terry of Kamloops; two

daughters, Mrs. Bill (Gaie)-.

Garden Ants Called Aftines Raise Fungus

Ants which plant, ferti- lize, and harvest crops are not new under the tropical sun, but ants named “at- tines,” which fungus are something else again,

Attines are gound in an

ts they form colonies led by a d by soldiers

Carefully she seen enfortye ‘cows sitting on the -

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Tire .care assumes its test importance in sum- mer months when the hea- viest motoring of the year - takes place over hot public’

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Waite of Nelson and Mrs, Ron (Donna) Stenstrom of Trail; seven grandchildren and one at-granddaughter. -

ie Pav. Ted Bristow will officiate at the service during which hymns “23 Psalm” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus” will be sung.

Honorary pallbearers are Omer Lightle, John Johnson, Bill and Bob Waldie, Ron Stenstrom. and Bill Waite,

Cremation will follow.

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\ + VOL, 26, No, 18

Barrett Tours Celgar Operations i in

By Lols Hughes News Editor Castlegar News A_ whirlwind tour was

« ‘made Friday by Premier: Dave

Barrett of:both the pulp and ‘sawmill divisions of Celgar, giving many employees an

‘: opportunity to meet the man m; some now call “our new boss".

‘The: province of British ‘Columbia, through a Crown ‘corporation, has assumed a 79 per cept interest in Canadian ‘Cellulose. The deal ‘becomes effective June 29.

‘premier's schedule, along with reports Mr, Barrett was to go directly to Nelson from the Castlegar Airport, saw only key NDP members and a few supporters on hand to offer an official welcome,

Waiting in expectation for a few words with the premier was a group of Crescent Valley parents concerned about the closing of their small schools, an action. requiring elementary students to be bussed. .The ‘mothers also pointed out to Mr.

Barrett the poor condition of a me they said their children

chad to cross twice a day.

They were accommodated by a brief conference with the premier.’ He asked for their cooperation since the matter was under review and assured the delegation he would be talking to Nelson-Creston MLA Lorne Nicolson and would try to get the people an answer

i: before he left,

The uncertainty of sche- dules gave this reporter, along with another representative of the West Kootenay press, the

opportunity to acept the pre- lees invitation to share a car

ride to the Celgar ‘operations on the chance a press conference

scheduled for the noon hour. \;

would be cancelled for latk o| time.

dent, but the first topic covered was pollution, The premier «. lightheartediy commented it was a “beautiful day” and the

“NDP takes care of every: 5

thing.” On the serious. side, - he. pointed out the gi

Clear fresh air. was evi:

fing “everything (referring to \-the sale) happened so quickly.” He continued: "The ques- {on of pollution has been called to the attention of (Minister of s\Lands,, Forests and Water Resources) Bob Williams,” and Added the government is {making “ ‘no wild promises, but ‘we recognize the problem." “The most important thing _ was the sale,” said the premier. fate. meant security of jobs for

does not really take over its’ controlling interest in Celgar until the end of June, comment-

le even the Con-

~ Seevattias voted with us.” On the question of a -government takeover of B.C.

“Ouch Local Visit .

Tel, Premier Barrett had no comment other than they had a “bad connection.”

The possibility of govern- ment money for a smelter at Kimberley was answered quite decisively: “Cominco doesn't need any handout from us. They are not really welfare cases. If they want a partner we'll consider it.”

When asked about. the possibility of Kinnaird sharing some of the tax benefits

_ Castlegar derives from Celgar's

operations, the premier said (continued on page nine)

Yotni; Mis SuANGd Elouors ia Piet tore 6 Rabel eseiaie, Rasy Martial Dive 15 min.— Claudio Furlan 2 hrs. mine ole Sweeney. 3 hrs. 20 min.

turday ‘to: tory”: ‘With a total of see in Sponsorship ‘pled- ges, all but.eight covered the entire route of 15 miles. from the Castlegar: Museum to the Doukhobor Communal i *Museum.

With the sun warming up'a windy day, young.and old alike ’ proved equal to the long trek. : The oldest hiker to check in at the finish ‘line was: Miss‘ J. D.

. Britten, 62, of Robson who had , i, signed up $58.80 in sponsorship

pledges. She appeared just as

. fit and cheerful at the finish as

she.was at the start of the hike. The youngest hiker, Matt

Designed fo Create Awareness

“ Mayor. Colin Maddocks of

t Kinnaird left Sunday to attend

.a four-day f mayors

with: his

entire ‘oealy He added $4.05 to their total sponsorship pledges and helped win the family prize. First . prize, for completing

‘in sponsorship pledges, went to. the president ‘of the 2nd Castlegar Venturers Company, Ken Chernoff. Information has “it that his fellow. scouts helped with the chore of rounding up sponsors. ane will share his prize, a 16-foot Columbia Basin Fibremold. canoe: donated | for the hike by the Castlegar Savings Credit Union.

conference, presentations will .

be made by . the | national Canada. _emer-

and elected officials at the (Canadian Emetpency Measures

gency measures: organization, officials of several : - federal and the instruc-

‘College at ior, Ontario. - This event is. held .twice early to assist. ‘municipalities with problems and» responsi- bilities d disasters, ie ae by ‘approxima- tely..50.:municipal representa- tives: from’ all Canadian prov- ‘the conference presents a lesctiption of federal, ingial and’ municipal’ civil

RP AS emergency. measures planning

and operations.

cIttis design ed to-ensure

hat municipal officials are. @ aware of vital factors . and

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The’ first decrease in the - scbool mill rate since 1968 was reported’) -by <secretary—

of

* just

* tional staff of the college. CBC Radio ‘Commentator Cancels Talk

Avs, spokesman. for the :

Canadian’ Institute of Interna- tional ‘Affairs, West Kootenay, « branch,” reports’.the | public lecture tomorrow by CBC radio commentator. Michael Cramp- ton on urban affairs. has been < cancelled. : «Mr. Crampton was. sche-

+> duiled ‘to ‘appear. até Selkirk “College. °

District ‘Hated as the aecond lowest mull,

rate in the West Kootenay. and 45. mills ‘above. the”

+ provinee-wide : average’. local Scat qateegene =

“Castlegar, Savings F Upton they had aseembled for

reel, tackl certificate —for completing the

hike and eigning up a sponsor='

ship total of $181.25.

The family prize, a three- burner, Coleman .camp stove, went to the Cormier family of Blueberry Creek who came out in force, went all the way and signed up .$71-in sponsorship fees. The prizes will be turn over to the winners as soon as

. they have collected and turned

in their sponsorship fees.

The rest of the. hikers shared a hundred small gift certificates kindly donated for the hike by. the Dairy Queen, Cari’s Drugs, Castlegar Drugs

and West's Department Store. °

Donations’ toward provid- ing the free refreshments at the end of the line came from City ‘Bakery, Star Bakery, Super- Valu Stores,“Vance Brothers, Kootenay Soft Drinks (all. of Trail), Cut Rate Groceries, Super-Valu, Joe Alves and Southside: Groceries in. the Castlegar-Kinnaird ared ‘and

Johnny's. Groceries in Robson.

The sandwiches, - doug] nuts and soft drinks provided as.a result’ of these. generous donations gave hikers a real boost after: their. day's .work. Mitchell's provided a large tea kettle for the communal kitchen ‘and it was put into service ‘Saturday. :

‘\. “ Onan average it took three and one-half: to ‘five “hours to

complete the hike, but 14-year: *

old Claudio Furlan of Castlegar beat all comers and covered the. route. in ‘two hours ‘and. fifty

minutes, coming in first.’ He -

received) a’ warm hand™ of:

, applause from assembled digni-.

taries_and workers at the communal willage.

“The visitors, who greeted.” *.,Clatidio as he jogged to

tothe

finish line | at - 10:30,

by*'Harold : Webber: of the Credit’.

placed on’ video tape’ by

Nesteroff. of . Selkirk. Collége, ' they ‘proceeded ‘along’ «

the ‘same route: as :the \ other. hikers escorted by Pete Oglow and John Bloodoff. who’ then

‘provided transportation at ‘the

end of the Celebrity Mile to the . communal: village. where fresh |

(continued on: pag Gok

were © dignitaries who “had partici- °:

; No New Arena?

Disposition of Old fo be Considered First

A resolution directing that the disposition of the Castlegar Arena be agreed upon before any new arena referendum is presented to voters will be

"triet’s executive committee. This information was pro- vided Castlegar council at its meeting Tuesday night byAld, Ed Mosby, who reported he had

placed before di of the Regional District of Central Kootenay’ when they meet Saturday in Nelson.

‘he. resolution «has been already endorsed by the dis-

a resolu- tion to the RDCK executive “that before any: (new arena) referendum be put, representa- tives of the affected areas—I and J,and the two towns—

should meet in conference and discuss disposition, manage- ment or handling of the present arena.”

He continued: “If the (new arena) referendum passes and a new one is built, then the existing arena should be handl- ed by the same management.”

Mr. Mosby said some members of ‘the regional dis-

Slocan Valley Residents Strive fo. Keep Schools.

Many. questions by, the Slocan Valley residents to the :board of Schoo! District No.7 (Nelson), went unanswered at a joint meeting. held ifn Mount Sentinel gymnasium last Thurs- day night.

This meeting was a follow-

> up of a meeting held by Slocan Tesidents on April 16 to discuss °

the of: a) free

a Mr. Berg said the elemen- tary schools in the’ valley may be kept open for primary and Kindergarten classes but ‘the board hadn't yet made a decision: ‘

. He -said~ most of | the ‘children attending the elemen- ‘tary schools are being bussed ‘arly way ‘50 he couldn’t see the

school and the closing of: the Winlaw and other small schools :

“incthe valley.

The’ Winlaw. School had

Mike Berg told the scctng the board was - not bound by the motion. The. are continuing to study the matter.

e board says the school should be ‘closed for economic reasons. The elementary stu- dents would be bussed 16 miles to existing schools in Slocan and South Slocan.

Land Development Requires Water Study by. Council A brief appearance was made at Kinnaird council by Dr. M. R. Bayes who'has proposed a subdivision west of Ron's

Motel. The chief problem sp.

of the children going: to schools in South Slocan and Slocan City. Don Sutherland, a spokes- man’ forthe residents protest- _ing the Proposed closing of the cols ized what he said “the “Woard

group” _ wanting to-set up a free school. ':

+, Mr, Berg said the board is

not going todo anything for the:

trict’s d from voting on the Castlegar resolu- tion because they were not fully conversant with it. He said this was understandable, since re- gional district representatives from this’ area, for example, wouldn't be fully knowledge- able on a ‘similar matter that might occur in some. other community, 4

“Touch of Home

To Greet Visitors

If residents of Castlegar and Kinnaird visiting Expo '74 next year sit down ‘to rest weary bones and suddenly have the feeling they're at: home,

: benches next’ winter,., repair

done for any. other. student in’ é

the district.

About 20 members of the. ‘Sons’ of::Freedom : Doukhobor . ‘sect stood quietly at the back of. the. meeting hall with picket signs reading “we want a school in’ Krestova” and “we are parents of our children not the _achool board.”

A Freedomite spokesman said the sect was in agreement with the protest against the closing of the schools. He asked

the board not to prosecute the

parents of the children attend-

ing the free school.

The board had: threatened to charge the parents under a section of the public schools act which says all children between sevén and fifteen years of age must attend a public school or. the ‘parents must prove the children ~ are receiving . an

paint and color-code them, and.

affix a plaque with the names of. Castlegar or Kinnaird in recog-

nition ot their cooperation with -

Tocris Castlegar’s park benches ‘are made of concrete and are quite heavy, aldermen

SATAN SAT

$30. Fee on Private Swimming Pools Now Levied in Castlegar

Castlegar council levied a $30 fee on private swimming pools Tuesday night despite protests by a swimming pool contractor that the charge is “unfair and unjust.”

town meter water, to whieh Mir. Mosby replied that if’ Castieges,

Summer, Fun Pools’ representative Bob Lightle told aldermen that a swimming ‘pool with a filter system, once full, requires the addition ‘of only a little bit of water every few days to keep it filled to capacity.

He said he agreed with 2$5° first-Glling fee, . but objected

“residents “will go a long. way. . before ‘you'll: find water’-as

cheap as. here.")‘He: said: for $2.60 a°month a: homeowner “can: have‘all the water hs. oan. use.”

“. However, . continued -the

Tuesday night di d loan-

-ing five slat-type benches still

in .use: at. Kinsmen — Park. However, Ald. Andy Shutek won his point that the concrete benches should be loaned when he observed “they show a very solid, stable town.” :

At present the- Town of Kinnaird does not have any benches but the need is there.

Public works foreman Curt Waterman has been-asked to construct some benches during

the next winter works project _

with: Spokane being “advised

peared to be the water.

A. letter from Associated Engineeering - .pertaining to water and its costs was given to Mr. Bayes to read.

This in turn. was referred to ‘committee asa whole for study. ©

The board will now be taking a second look at school needs.in the valley..\.,’.

Picketing took place at the Crescent Valley. school. last Friday. morning which could: have «influenced | the . school board's thinking.’

there will be benches available. * Ald d this

act to.serve a double purpose. Besides making’ available benches that will be utilized by the town in the spring of 1975, beneficial advertising will be gained through the’ displa: plaques bearing the

name.

alderman,’ council and many idents feel swimming pool owners use more water and

thus should be charged more. |

Mr. Mosby pointed out that no swimming pool owners

vhad protested the proposed

fees ‘although publicity was given the subject when council gave the bylaw its first three . readings

"Mee ‘Lightle suggested the

retirement age.

Robson Ratepayers Name Basil Macalister President

Basil Macalister "was

named president Monday even- . ‘ing when Robson Ratepayers

held their general. meeting in the Robson Community. Hall. Completing the

sare vice-president

“the Regional District of Central

has been increased by two) Les Godberson, Mrs. Dick Fowler, Mrs. Clifford Jolly, Jim Leni- han and Ken Hood...”

* Robson Ratepayers” are ‘hopefu of. gaining public.

. support for the replacing of the

West: Kootenay power line to

‘Syringa Creek Park.

The ‘group ‘also hopes‘ to ‘acquire better dog control and if necessary will su, that Kootenay adopt a dog control bylaw as has been done in the

Central’ Okanagan ~ Regional District. 3

Don‘t Panic Clean-Up. Week:

To Continue’ eae ae

Clean-Up Week: litter, in” will continue to be

Castlegar | picked up until the end of next

" Workers sof Colee! Pulp Mill were Greeted on'the Job by Premi Leaked

week. ‘This was " gnniounced ie council's meeting Tuesday :

ly brush, being pieked up but that the town’s garbage contractor will. make “short work of what's lelt’ this:

y meckiand next: :