Array ^f-v.P'*37r-���T Provincial Library, Victoria, B. C. Published at Gibsons, B.C. Volume 29, Number 1 January 6,1976 15c per copy LAST WEEK'S WEATHER High Low Precip. December 27 1C 8c 6.6 mm December 28 3C 9C 9.9 mm December 29 3C 11C 10.4 mm December 30 2C 8C Nil December 31 ���2C 6C Nil January 1 ���2C 4C Nil January 2 ���2C 2C 5.5 mm December Precipitation 220.C mm (8.66 In.) Winter Club opens its doors "W -,- /^ Oss^.,- ��_ "- - IT'S A BOY FIRST BABY of 1976 born on the Sun- of Ted and Wendy Fiedler of Pratt Road shine Coast was Adam Glynn Fiedler. in Gibsons. Adam, weighing in at 9 lbs., Adam was born at 13 minutes after 5 p.m. 1 Vz oz., was delivered at St. Mary's on New Year's Day. He is the second son Hospital by Dr. Hobson. No money for Soames Park byROBDYKSTRA A few years ago ��� oh, it was about three by some people's reckoning ��� two or three people were sitting around and the talk started to drift onto the subject of curling. We may surmise at this point the tone of the conversation was more whimsical than serious but at any rate one of the fellas expressed his desire to see a curling rink in Gibsons. Great idea, thought the others. Now we all know that sitting around and talking about something, especially a curling rink, is very different than going out and doing something about it. Especially, doing something about a curling rink. You mustn't forget that all this at-that-time-idle-talk and wishful thinking was taking place, in the midst of a community that a short time earlier had voted against a complex that would house, a skating and curling rink under one roof on District Lot 1608 in Roberts Creek. Talk about granites and Hacks and brooms in an area where people think just sitting around and enjoying the view is recreation, why, that's like heresy. But the talk persisted that day and by God, so did the idea. The Kiwanis club had earlier conducted a survey in the are community and it was decided from that survey that what we needed here was a curling rink. With this in mind the original three fellas spread their idea and enthusiasm around and before too long the thing caught on. More people became interested, a board of directors was formed, and an attitude prevailed: Whatever it takes BpaFd presents budget The Regional Board'is still seeking to establish a park on Soames Hill but the crucial question is where will the money come from. An appeal to the Land Commission for green belt acquisition funds has only resulted in the suggestion that the board look elsewhere for the money because the greenbelt fund has been substantially depleted. At a recent planning meeting, Director for Area F, John Mc- Nevin, suggested there might be a request from Area F to budget $15,000 on a specified area basis for the acquisition of the land. The park would then be paid for by residents of area F only. However, the board does not have the authority at this time to include such an item in the budget. Instead, the board will consider taking the money from the parks and recreation budget after the new Social Credit government's thinking on the soil removal bylaw has been established. The soil removal bylaw, which is awaiting sanction from the provincial government, will provide funds for the parks and recreation function. Elves brighten holidays for many In their annual bid to brighten the festive season for the area's underprivileged. Sunshine Coast Elves club members made up and distributed 99 food hampers, toys and gifts from Port Mellon to Eg- mont. The food hampers, included items such as turkey, Christmas cake, oranges, nuts, chocolates, cranberries, coffee, bread, tins of soups; meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, spaghetti, milk, juice, pickles, jam. cake mixes and puddings. One person donated 75 fresh cabbages, one was included in almost every hamper. For mothers' gifts the Elves made some serving trays and beverage glasses were purchased. Father received socks or mugs. The children received toys, dolls, trucks, games, models, stuffed toys, books, lockets and rings and show tickets. On Christmas Day the Elves club presented St. Mary's Hospital with a new wheelchair ��� light blue in color ��� a first in colored wheelchairs at the hospital. This added a touch of gaiety to the scene. To the patients confined on Christmas Day, vases of rosebuds and carnations were dis tributed and one small child received stuffed toys. Plants of poinsettias, azalea or chrysanthemum were placed in lounges and nurses' desks. The Sunshine School children received gifts of toys, nuts, oranges and chocolates. It is only with an unselfish and concerted effort by the entire community that the Elves club meets the objective. The above was accomplished in one month! Previous to this the Elves assets (Continued on Page 4) MEMBERS of the Sunshjne Coast Elves Club visit patients in St. Mary's Hos pital on Christmas Day. A 1976 provisional budget totalling $520,236 was revealed at the year's last meeting of the Sunshine Coast Regional District, December 30. The budget indicated a total tax requisition increase of only 4.5 percent compared to last year but in some areas there were some notable changes. The street lighting budget has been doubled from last year's ... figure of $6,059 to this year's SI 2,160. A 25 percent drop in garbage site maintenance will be made up by an 85 percent rise in the cost of garbage collection. Tax requisitions under building and plumbing inspections have decreased considerably from last year's $29,330 to this year's $16,405. Cemetery operations have doubled to $3,850 and the new function of parks and recreation . will cost $6,350. The total cost of general government services has gone up from $123,290 to $138,600. Under this category, tax requisitions from all the regional district areas and the villages has increased from $88,550 to $96,608. There is no breakdown in the budget to show what each of the two villages are paying. Besides general government the villages also contribute to various other regional district functions. The provisional budget will be replaced by the final budget in thespring. Legion winners The Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 109 in Gibsons have announced . the winners of the recent Christmas draw. First prize winner of a grocery hamper was Mrs. Trudy Small on ticket No. 1515. Second prize of an electric clock went to Kathy Zueff on ticket 67. Third prize was -a Christmas cake and was won by Gayle Ped- naulton ticket number 412. Ticket number 661 won the fourth prize of Christmas cheer.' This lucky ticket was held by Bernard Moucier. we're going to build ourselves a curling rink. ?'.'And let's consider this a start," said one of the cast of thousands involved in the building of the rink, as he sat on an old lawn chair in the yet unfinished upstaris lounge of Gibsons new curling rink. As he looked down onto the white ice surface and watched those gliding around on their skates, he was thinking what a lot of the other people caught up in the spirit of this community project are thinking. The curling rink is almost finished arid there's a lot more room on this land for a skating rink, a swimming pool... - 'No wait, let's not get ahead of ourselves. The completion of this building is just a feat in itself. Seeing ice in that building, a lot of-people are probably wiping their brows and breathing sighs of relief. Mind you, all the tume that new curling broom is sitting by the front door, all ready to go. Only a few more days, January 12, as a matter of fact and that's when the foursomes hit the ice. Money? Glad you asked. Yes, the curling rink did cost a consi derable amount of money. It wasn't entirely built by the hands of those people who gave up their days off, their weekends, their clandestine afternoons away from work. No, neither was it entirely built by the donations of equipment and materials by local merchants and contractors. Nor was it the service clubs that conscripted their able bodies to rally ic the cause at a crucial moment. No, these people didn't build the curling rink entirely. A large part, mind you, but not entirely. It was pointed out to me as I was nosing around the rink the Other day, wondering if I could still remember how to throw an inturn, that the project has been appraised at $341,000. Now that's a curling rink. Of course, it didn't cost that much to build; as everybody knows insurance appraisers can't add anyway. As I was told, the project cost roughly $150,000. That's for four sheets of artificial ice, a clear span roof of laminated beams (which cost $14,000 in case you're interested) 145 by 56 feet ice surface, four miles of freezing pipe underneath a cement floor, a refrigeration unit with a fifty horsepower motor ��� makes ice in the summer, if necessary ��� the lighting, and of course, all the other necessary construction materials which a building make. If you're interested in knowing where this $150,000 came from, I'll tell you. One third of that came from those generous chaps in Victoria who agreed that Gibsons would be a good place for a curling rink. Another $50,000 came from a bank loan which, the Winter Club hopes, will be repaid through fees and so on. The third $50,000 came���and as the winter club hopes, is still coming .��� from the citizens of this community in the form of debentures. Another important factor in the success of this project is the land. The Winter Club originally wanted to build the rink in Brothers Park but that land is designated as a special recreational area and may not accommodate any buildings. So the club searched elsewhere and the benevolent village fathers finally came up with a five acre parcel and told the Winter Club, if you can raise the money for the building, here's the land. As an aside, the village has since purchased nine acres adjacent to the original five and that entire area has been designated for recreational use. There were a few disappointments in the building of the rink. As one of those involved tells it, we sent in grant applications all over the place and they were all turned down. There were LIP applications. Winter Works applications, OFY applications and even in the country's more prosperous days, the Winter Club received nothing but rejection slips. But those bad moments are overshadowed by the help from local people which has been described as "unbelievable." What's more, the curling rink, is up, the ice is in, and a bonspiel has already been scheduled for the weekend of February 7 and 8. This weekend, the Winter Club is holding what might be termed a curler's open house. If you are interested in curling, or if you think you are, this is your chance to try it out at no charge. January 12 is when organized curling begins and as one of the organizers stated adamantly: the place is here and we want people to use it. Regional Board sets new land freeze policy The Sunshine Coast Regional Board has instituted a policy that 'may allow land not suitable for agriculture to be taken out of the land freeze. The board accepted a recommendation made earlier by a planning committee stating that regional board policy would exclude land from the agricultural land freeze if the land concerned is classified as five or over and if it cannot be improved to four with the provision of water. The Land Commission classes agricultural land on a scale of one to ten, number one being prime food growing land and number ten being land with rock outcrops generally considered unsuitable for agriculture. As a result of a public meeting held last November, the board also passed a motion stating that all land not suitable for agriculture should be taken out of the land freeze. However, this motion was virtually ineffective because it did not state in whose opinion the land would be considered suitable or not suitable for agriculture. In the most recent motion, the board will use the Canada Land Inventory classification to determine whether or not to recommend exclusion to the provincial lands commission. The board also pointed out that Board backs sewer hook-up ^ The Sunshine Coast Regional Board has voiced support for an extension of Gibsons sewage lines outside village boundaries to serve a proposed industrial park. The regional district support came after the industrial park developer, Charles .. English Ltd., had earlier been turned down by Gibsons council after making the same request. D. Sutherland, of Charles English Ltd., -told a recent regional district public utilities committee that the developer is negotiating with the village of Gibsons for an* extension of the sewer line to serve the proposed industrial park and he appealed for the board's co-operation in Negotiations. Gibsons water committee Chair man Aid. Kurt Hoehne indicated early the village would not accommodate the industrial park because council wanted to serve residents within village boundaries' first. The Gibsons sewer systen, Hoehen said, is now operating at about 70 percent capacity and further development in the village would determine when the second sewer stage would be needed. If , the industrial park was hooked in now, the second stage of the system would be required that much sooner. It was pointed out at the regional district public utilities meeting that there would be no copital expenditure by either the village or the regional district and it was therefore agreed that the propos al only involved a matter of jurisdiction. The regional district has indicated it could easily act as a collection agency for the village by way of a works and services contract. The Regional Board supported in principle the concept of the village of Gibsons allowing the extension of the sewer lines. Unemployment up Statistics Canada reports that this country's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 7.3% in November from'7.2% in October. Last month the unemployment rate for men 25 years of age and over decreased to 5.0% from 5.2%, while for women 25 and over it went up to 4.5% from 4.2% in October. For persons aged 14 to 24, the unemployment rate jumped to 13.3% from 12.9%. The seasonally-adjusted participation rate - percentage of the population 14 and over included in the labour force - remained un changed in November at 58.8%. On an actual basis, the number of persons employed dropped to 9.33 million last month from 9.41 million in October but was up from 9.19 million in November 1974. The actual unemployment total was 640,000 or 6.4% of the 9.97 million included in the labour force last month. By province, unemployment rates were: Newfoundland, 15.3%; New Brunswick, 12.0%; British Columbia, 8.3%; Quebec, 8.1%; -Nova- Scotia, 7.2%; Ontario, 5.1%; Saskatchewan, 3.8%; Manitoba, 3.6%; and Alberta, 2.8%. a successful exclusion may not necessarily allow the owner to subdivide the property. New zoning and sub-division bylaws respect the Agricultural Land Reserve and any application for re- zoning will still be at the discretion of the board. Concerning hardship cases, the board decided not to recommend exclusions on hardship basis because that "would generate a flood of appeals" and would decimate the land reserve in this region. Changes concerning the Agricultural Land Reserve may also be forthcoming from the recently elected Social Credit government. Three bylaws adopted - The year end meeting of the Sunshine Coast Regional Board saw the adoption of three Regional bylaws. '*������'.���;. A security issuing bylaw providing funds for the Gibsons Heights waterworks project was adopted. The original cost estimate of the project was estimated at $250,000 but actual figures amounted to only $172,000. An amendment to Bylaw 108, concerning Regional land use, was also accepted. The amendment, proposed by, regional planner Adrian Stott, calls for the maximum ceiling on building permit fees to be raised from $500 to $5,000. A third adopted bylaw was number 111 which empowers the board to expand water services to the western end of the region. A cost figure of $603,000 was mentioned to undertake this water extension program. ���I .* X I i J-^.-~aj.-*.jJ^i����eriJr-gAs)ikf*a^^��2g9gSSi'*^^ Sunshine Coast News, January 6,1976. Sunshine Coast NEWS Published at Gibsons, B.C. every Tuesday by Sechelt Peninsula News Ltd. Ronald B. Cruice, Publisher. Rob Dykstra, Editor. Subscription Rates: British Columbia $6.00 per year; $4.00 for six months. Canada except B.C. $8.00 per Year. United States and Foreign $10.00 per Year. Old Age Pensioners $4.50 per year. Second Class Mail Registration Number 0794. Return Postage Guaranteed. Phone 886-2622 P. O. Box 460, Gibsons, B. C. Do people come second? If the new Socred government's handling of the ICBC rate increase announced last week is any indication of what is to come, then the people of this province are going to get a thorough shafting over the next four or five years. The new rates, effective this license year, are more than double the old rates. As quoted in news reports, if you are now paying $400 per year for your car insurance, it means you will soon be paying over $800 per year. At a time when both government and personal austerity is the order of the day, the increases will be profoundly felt on everyone's pocket books. After making the announcement of the increases, Pat McGeer, the man designated to bring ICBC out of the red, told newsmen that if people could not afford to pay for their insurance, they should get rid of their cars. That may be well and fine for those persons who live and work in downtown Vancouver or any other area that offers adequate public transportation, but it is certainly not well and fine for people who have no access to such transportation. Is McGeer's comment going to be indicative of the new government's attitude to people? During their election campaign, the Socreds promised they would invite the private insurance business back into this province and they also stated that ICBC would not be subsidized out of the provincial coffers. The outcome of the election certainly indicates that these cam paign promises were viewed favorably by the majority of the people. But now it seems that the very people who gave the Socreds such a strong mandate are being "rewarded by a swift stab in the back. If the Social Credit government wants to make the provincial insurance company competitive with private insurance companies, and if that same government insists on making ICBC a self paying proposition, fine, that is part and parcel of their political philosophy. But no matter what else that philosophy includes, the new government cannot lightly shuck off their social responsibilities to the people of this province. Doubling the insurance rates in one fell swoop certainly does indicate that the new government has little compassion for people. Rather than shocking the province with a 100 percent or more increase, the government could have been slightly more subtle and stretched the increases over a two year period. This would have saved considerable financial hardship on those people who really can't afford to operate a motor vehicle but who find it a necessity in their daily lives. If the philosophy of the previous NDP government stressed people over business, then it seems the Socreds are doing a complete about turn. Business before people. Are we humans not yet wise enough to find some sort of happy medium? A salute It's been said before in this space but it deserves to be said again: We salute the organizers and volunteers who worked so hard to make the Gibsons Winter Club curling rink a reality. Last week the rink was finished enough to allow public skating. Organized curling will commence on the new ice surface January 12. Great joy for many people when the first rock is thrown from the hack and swept into the house. The new curling rink represents more than just another building occupying another plot of ground. It represents a recreational asset that will serve to bring the people of this community together. It will provide the opportuinty for people to learn new skills, to become involved in positive recreational competition, and it will provide an activity that can be enjoyed by both the young and old. The realization of the curling rink came about not through the liberal use of money ��� which is the usual means of achieving ends in this society ��� but primarily through the use of community spirit and co-operation. The idea of.the recreational facility developed several years ago among three or four people sitting around one evening and the present realization of that idea came after donation of suitable land by Gibsons council, a $50,000 provincial recreation grant, and prodigious amounts of volunteer labor and donations of equipment and materials from local individuals and businesses. It's been said more than once that Gibsons lacks in any kind of community spirit. If the achievement of the curling rink is any indication of what is to come in this village, then we are heading for some spirited times. Even those volunteers who organized the construction of the rink expressed astonishment at the amount of assistance received from all parts of the community. Gibsons now has a curling rink and we congratulate and salute all those people who had a hand, large or small, in making that rink a reality. A concern for quality This past fall, most British Columbians have gone to the polls, in municipal, regional and a provincial election, to express through the mark of an X their own particular views concerning one or a number of issues. The issues are myriad ��� housing, health, transportation, law and order, education, government itself ��� to name just a few of the more general ones. The average voter, the good citizen concerned with the quality of his life and the future of his children, must cope with the endless list of issues and as that voter defines, analyzes and decides upon these issues, he does so in the hopes of improving his and the general human condition. In short, he hopes to improve the quality of life. Most people today are concerned about the quality of their lives and have a real or nagging feeling that it is much less than it was in the slower days of our parents and grandparents. We cannot, of course, turn the clock backward to a simpler age but we can regain control over our lives. By defining first, for ourselves and then for our leaders, where it is we want to go and how we want to live then we can deal with the issues. But today, too often, events move so quickly and planning is so reactive, that we deal with the issues before we know how it is that we want to live. We appeal to all those representatives recently elected to consider the quality of life in making those all important decisions. The politician should always keep an overview on the human situation in order to be aware of which direction we are heading. We also appeal to our political representatives to not only use intelligence in making decisions but also wisdom. Wisdom assumes a certain amount of intelligence and understanding but its primary concept involves plain old common sense. ��� About 350 years ago a man by the name of Axel count Oxenstierna said: Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed? Let us hope that in trying to achieve a better quality of life, the above rhetorical question is, or will be, proven irrelevant. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax *����obd��sira ENSENADA, MEXICO ��� The tumes they are a-changing. So says Carlos, the Mexican fish inspector who claims there is a ' quiet revolution happening in his country. A quiet revolution that could turn into something quite violent. As we sat at the bar with tequila and lemons watching the senoritas dance in their tight American blue jeans, Carlos had that wild Latin look in his eyes as he told me that the people of Mexico were getting fed up with their government. I asked him why. "They're trying to keep us ignorant," he said. "They keep us ignorant and poor, and they're burdening us with higher and higher taxes." I told him that was nothing new, that was happening all over the world. I suggested that the taxes would provide for better roads and general development of the country. "Do you know where our taxes go?" he said. "Las Vegas. The officials fill up their pockets here and have a good time in the States." . Carlos is young, well educated, and like so many young Mexicans, he subconsciously idolizes the American way of life while at the same time condemning the country as an institution. Mexico, according to Carlos, was ripening for a revolution because the present political party has been in power for over 150 years. That party is so entrenched that it has set up a puppet opposition to make it appear as if Mexico is a true democracy. Anyone who seriously wants to get involved in politics knows they don't have a chance if they align themselves with the opposition, Carlos said. "What about elections?" i asked him. "If enough people feel the way you do then you can get rid of the government." I warned him though, "You won't always end up with a better government," thinking of the political situation closer to home. Carlos gestured aside. "You have seen the soldiers out there with their sub-machine guns," he said. I nodded. "There's getting to be more and more of them everyday. They're there to scare us. And it's working." It hadn't really occurred to me before but I thought about it and yes, there were a lot of armed soldiers around. Carlos went on. "You Americans and Canadians always come down here to buy clay pots and Mexican shirts and you come down and stay in the big hotels and lay on our beaches and then you go home. You think it's great to come down here because everything is so cheap. But you don't realize that we're a poor country and a suppressed people." 1 thought of the miles and miles of American Winnibagos lining Baja's beaches, cliques of Americans. They come-down for the weekends, they roar around the village in their unmuffled dune buggies, they frequent their own bars and play loud American pop music. Then they get drunk and throw beer bottles at the Mexicans. And there was the couple who said they were told not to drink Mexican coffee, not to eat Mexican food, and alien I heard this I surmised they were also told to keep well away from any person who looked like a Mexican. I've been to Mexico, they tell their friends back in Michigan. I started to empathize with the Mexican situation and I turned to tell him so. But he was already gone. The band had finished their break and started playing again and Carlos, with all his Latin charm, was already dancing with the blonde from California. Tequila, Latin senoritas in blue jeans. I agreed with Carlos. It was hard to think about a revolution right now. Maybe tomorrow. Manana, I think they say down here. Letters to the Editor PARKING PROBLEM Editor: Just before Christmas, I lost my temper. This does not happen too often fortunately, but it did happen then. Let me explain. For four years the two private parking spaces at the rear of my little store, allocated to me by virtue of the Village if Sechelt bylaws have been used indiscriminately by many thoughtless individuals, shoppers, people going to the dentists' offices nearby, Friday morning shoppers, people going to Vancouver on the bus and even Saturday fishermen. Their cars have been left for some hours, even full days in one or both of these spaces, thereby forcing us to go through the riga- marole of relocating our cars temporarily and watching constantly for the right time to repark when our spaces would be vacated. On several occasions we have ticketed these cars with polite little notices, asking the owners to please remove them. Some of our readers will remember such instances, I am sure. Well, week before last, after ticketing a little car which had remained all day in our space, I had it towed away. I must say in all sincerity, I did not know who the owner was, and I was, in a way, sorry for being forced to impose a hardship on somebody. I do not like losing my temper nor do I like hurting or quarrelling with anyone but felt, at the time, that the thoughtlessness of so many people should be publi cized and perhaps some good might come of it. The owner of the towed car was most emphatically provoked by my action. I do not blame him entirely, although he knew perfectly well that he had used my particular space and had not removed his car when another space, allocated to him, was made available. His statement is that he was informed that he had a right to any space behind this building regardless of any bylaw. The Sechelt RCMP do not enforce the bylaws of the village, they leave it up to the individuals concerned. I do not think that this is right. I believe that laws and bylaws should be enforced by some authority. Is there anything that can be done in instances such as this without putting the onus on individuals? ���LOUISE BISAILLON, Miss Bee's Card & Gift Shop Sechelt. CELEBRATING 100 Editor: May 1, through the letters column of your publication, make an appeal to all former students and staff of Victoria High School in Victoria, B.C. In 1976, Victoria High School, the oldest Canadian public high school west of the Great Lakes, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its establishment. A committee has been formed to plan suitable centennial celebrations, and we are now attempting to locate all who attended V.H.S., either as a student or a member of the staff. Celebrations will begin early in the New Year and continue through to the end of the school term. Many events are being planned for the Homecoming Weekend, May 7, 8 and 9. A registration fee of $3.00 is to be charged for this weekend, entitling those who register to attend events at the school on May 8, and a garden party on May 9. They will also receive full information on other celebrations, although an additional admission fee may have to be charged for some of these. Anyone eligible to register should write to P.O. Box 1976, Victoria, B.C., for further information, or send their registration fee now, along with their name, maiden name if applicable, address, and dates of attendance at Vic High. Former students and staff who read this are urged to register now, and help the committee by passing on news of the celebrations to others they know who are eligible to take part. Thank you for your assistance.' ���L.J.WALLACE, General Chairman, Victoria High School Centennial Celebrations Committee. JOINTOGETHER Editor: There will soon be an annual meeting of the Elphin- stone Co-op which all members should attend. Those gifted in public speaking should stand up and express their views of fellow members as well as their own. If the people of the Sunshine Coast are at all sincere about fighting inflation they should join the Co-op and more important buy Co-op. The second very important means of fighting inflation is to become involved in the credit unions. There are two in the Gib- sons-Sechelt area. Last year I inquired about joining but put it off when I found there were two separate credit unions in this area. I'm now satisfied that there is no reason to stay out and my New Year's resolution is not Only to join one of them but to use their business services. One of the large batiks increas- their take-home pay by 400 percent so there's money in it. Canadians are often considered anti-something or other but through co-ops and credit unions we can all do something positive for ourselves. ���CO-OP MEMBER and future Credit Union member. Times change or do they? One hundred years ago Turkey and the Balkans would have earned the annual news event of the year contest. But there was no such contest when Turkey and Austria-Hungary were the antagonists squaring off for control. Today's squaring off process covers practically the entire world with Washington and Moscow our headquarters for future events. New Year's Day 1876 ushered in festivities throughout the United States for the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Inde- . pcndence. During the year a general amnesty was granted to all unpardoned Confederates. Internationally Portugal liberated slaves on its islands. The Spanish Carlist civil war ended with the surrender of Don Carlos. The Turkish province of Herzegovina revolts in the Balkans. French and German consuls at Salonika are murdered by a Moslem mob. Immediate reforms in the Balkans are called for by Austro- Hungarjan Premier Andrassy. Sultan Abdul Aziz was deposed son Murad V succeeding him. Not long after Aziz was murdered by order of his ministers. Later the minister of war and a colleague were murdered. Meanwhile a rebellion breaks out in Bulgaria. Christians are massacred in Bulgaria followed by a revolt spreading to Servia and Montenegro with the Turks attacking the Servians and putting that army to rout. The Turks turned away armistice talks. Suddenly a coup in Constantinople resulted in Sultan Murad being replaced by brother Abdul Hamid II. Balkan fighting continued ending with a Turkish Balkan victory. Mexico's Diaz wrests the presidency from Tejada. The battle raged late in the year resulting in Diaz regaining the presidency. In the United States Sitting Bull refused to sign a treaty to leave the Black Hills for another reservation. The Custer force, one of three sent but to quell the Sioux, was destroyed completely in. an ambush; The Sioux were defeated later. Meanwhile in Africa the Boers continoe irregular warfare defeating the army of Transvaal. The Cape government was appealed to in the interests of peace and security. All things considered Canada was then a nice quiet country. Britain's Lord Dufferin was governor-General and Liberal Alexander Mackenzie was prime minister. He was a busy man getting the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway under way. News travelled much more slowly then. Events in Europe were of secondary import to a young nation which was starling to feel its muscles. Comparing 1876 with 1976 as fro as Canada is concerned, the Mackenzie Liberals thought they were having a tough time. The 1976Trudeau Liberals are having a tough time. How will chroniclers of 2076 view Canada's 1976? Church Services FIVE YEARS AGO The Regional District board's zoning bylaw which has taken two years to put together was passed. Fred Ritter, Tyee Airways pilot rescued Dr. Richard Kline, North Vancouver, from his burning sailboat off Trail Islands. The origin of petitions to include Henry Road area inside Gibsons village is raising questions in council and by residents. 10 YEARS AGO Lightning cuts Halfmoon Bay power. Snow from Dec. 23 to Jan. 3 more than 43 1/j inches, covered the Sunshine Coast. Bingo events and all other meetings have been cancelled until the abatement of the snowfall. Council chairman Wes. Hodgson urges that council considers a garbage bylaw proposal presented in 1963. M5 YEARS AGO Total precipitation during 1960 hit 53.36 inches on 146 days. Hottest day was 94 and coldest 19 with frost on 61 days. General trend was below normal. The OAP Christmas Dinner drew 65. It was served by the aux iliary to Gibsons Legion. Gibsons council orders clearance of land for the new school road reservoir." " 20 YEARS AGO Al. Lloyd starts work on a 14 unit plus coffee shop motel in Garden Bay area. J. H. Drummond was honored with a council presentation on his retirement after five years on council. - A. E. Ritchey was chosen chairman of Gibsons council at its in- augral 1956 meeting. 25 YEARS AGO The school board estimates its requirements for this year will be in the vicinity of $99,410. A Vancouver group is showing an interest in starting a car ferry service from Horseshoe Bay to Gibsons. UNITED CHURCH Rev. Annette M. Reinhardt 9:30 a.m. ���St. John's, Davis Bay 11:15 a.m.���Gibsons Office ��� for appointments Tues ���9:30-12:30 Wed. ���12;30-3:30 Fri.���9:30-12:30 886-2333 BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor F. Napora Office 886-2611, Res. 885-9905 CALVARY - Park Rd., Gibsons SUNDAYS Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Evening Fellowship 7:00 p.m. 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday Thursday ��� Prayer and Bible Study 7:30 p.m. ROMAN CATHOLIC SERVICES Rev. T. Nicholson, Pastor TIMES OF SUNDAY MASS 7:30 p.m. Sat. eve. at Our Lady of Lourdes Church on the Sechelt Indian Reserve. 9:00 a.m. at The Holy Family Church in Sechelt. 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Church in Gibsons. Phone 885-9526 ANGLICAN Rev. David H. P. Brown St. Bartholomew's Morning Service ��� 11:15 a.m. 2nd and 4th Sundays 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion St. Aldan's Worship Service 2 p.m. GIBSONS PENTECOSTAL Member P.A.O.C. Phone 886-7107 Highway and Martin Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Service 7 p.m. Wed. Bible Study 7:30 p.m Pastor G.W.Foster " GLAD TIDINGS TABERNACLE Gower Point Road Phone 886-2660 Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Revival 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Wed., 7:30p.m. Pastor Nancy Dykes * CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Church services are held each Sunday at 11:15 a.m. in St. John's United Church, Davis. Bay. Wed. Eve. Testimony 7:30 p.m. Everyone Welcome : Phone 885-3157 or 886-7882 * * irtiMih iMBMMflMHB9U >, ,.��v Agreement on salmon project Tlie commercial fishing industry and sports fishermen join in applauding the recent announcement of the signing of a joint federal-provincial memorandum of understanding on salmon enhancement. Federal Minister of State (Fisheries), Romeo LeBlanc and former Provincial Minister of Recreation and Conservation, Jack Radford recently signed the pact which commits both governments to the program. It was not indicated what would be supplied in the way of funds to complete the project. As was noted in a recent story by John Hind-Smith in this paper, the Gibsons Wildlife Club and other groups on the Sunshine Coast are involved in a salmon enhancement project for this area but government funds are still lacking. Sunshine Coast News, January 6, 1976. Children's books, preschool and others, also jigsaw puzzles for youngsters of all ages. Miss Bee's, Sechelt. FLOATS Log or styro floats to| order, gangplank* wharves, anchors - Col tw for your requirer Call BERT CARSON 886-2861 GOALKEEPER Edna Naylor blocks a shot for the Industrial team in a game played at the Sunshine Coast Arena Saturday night. The Industrials squeezed past the Over- the-Hill team by a score of 5-4. New books in Library ADULT FICTION Quest for Alexis by Nancy Buckingham. Ten Thousand Several Doors by Mary Craig. The Shark by Jacques-Ives Cousteau. Pillar of Fire by Naoe Kinoshita. The World's Best Cat Stories by John Montgomery. The Labyrinth Makers by Anthony Price. N. U. K. E. E. by Don Widener. The Moonlit Trab by Ruth Willock. NON-FICTION Health Revitalize Yourself by Marylou McKenna. Hobby Quilting as a Hobby by Dorothy Brightbill. Science The Forging of our Continent by Charlton Ogburn Jr. PUBLIC NOTICE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON PROPERTY ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION (Public Inquiries Aet, R.S.B.C. I960, Chapter 315) Since the Inaugural Meeting held in Vancouver in July. 1975, the Commission has held Public Hearings at Dawson Creek, Terrace, Prince George, Castlegar. Cranbrook. Kamloops, Chilliwack.Kelowna and Vancouver. The next series of Hearings will be held in the following places on dates as specified hereunder: Wednesday. January 14 Thursday. January 15 Friday. January 16 Victoria Nanaimo Wednesday. January 28 Courtenay Thursday-. January 29 Vancouver Friday. January 30 New Westminster Wednesday. February 11 Thursday. February 12 Vancouver Friday, February 13 Victoria Wednesday, February 25 Thursday, February 26 Friday, February 27 Vancouver Wednesday, March 10 Thursday, March 11 Friday, March 12 Vancouver Wednesday. March 24 Thursday, March 25 Friday. March 26 / Individuals or organizations intending to present briefs at Public Hearings and who have not already advised of their intent to do so, should contact the Commission Office and indicate the most suitable date for the presentation of their brief. Arrangements will be made to forward copies of the Terms of Reference and procedures to be followed at the Hearings. Further Public Hearings will be scheduled in April and May as necessary. The location and dates of these Hearings will be advised early in 1976. On behalf of the Commission: Brig. Gen. E.D. Danby (Retired), Executive Secretary, Commission of Inquiry on Property Assessment and Taxation, Suite 300, 1740 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6G 2V9 Telephone 688-6791 This is Your Life Horoscope for the next week By TRENT VARRO ARIES - March 21 to April 20 A rebellious feeling against those in authority should be curbed at ALL costs this next week! By rebelling against things as they are at the present could only bring you trouble. TAURUS - April 21 to May 21 While thegeneral chart for Taurus is good there is another apect to consider. This frequently marks a 'move* of some description, possibly from one house or locality to another. GEMINI ��� May 22 to June 21 This is a good time to "clean house" and get rid of some of the "junk" that invariably piles up around your place of residence. You'll probably end up with just as much, but it's good for you mentally. CANCER ��� June 22 to Julv 22 Some remarkable gains can be made in your chosen line of work right now. The stars are shining brightly in your favour. Some great burden has probably been lifted from your shoulders. LEO - July 23 to August 23 If you are willing to "ride along with the tide" and accept things as they are, you have much to gain. MUCH better times are ahead for Libra, but you can't push them too hard right now. VIRGO . August 24 to Sept. 22 There's a "gold mine in the sky" right now for all Virgo individuals. There's also a slight chance that you will take this all for granted and not profit from it. THINK! LIBRA - Sept. 23 to Oct. 23 Legal matters are definitely under good aspect right now. Your importance in worldly affairs may bring about shifts in prestige, credit and publicity, Use care in contacting superiors. SCORPIO ��� Oct. 24 to Nov. 22 Don't lose your temper over some trivial matter during the next week. If things don't seem to be going your way be most cautious in what you say or do. This is good advice, as you'll see later. SAGITTARIUS Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 A "new dawn" is coming in the lives of all Sagittarius persons. Your ruling planet Jupiter, the great benefactor is coming to your aid very shortly now. Be willing to listen, and learn! CAPRICORN Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Things haven't been this good in the sign of Capricorn for a long, long time. There are untold possibilities opening up for you now. Make sure you use them wisely! AQUARIUS Jan. 21 to Feb. 18 By delving deeply into your past life, you may come up with some astonishing attributes that you never dreamed existed. Opportunity is right at your doorstep. Treat it right! PISCES - Feb. 19 to March 20 A lot of gain can be made by careful planning right now. You may not see these gains immediately, but if you make the right moves you can be sure they're coming next month. (Copyright 1975 by Trent Varro. All rights reserved.) SECHELT CHRYSLER Division of Copping Car Town Sales Ltd. D3555 '74 Toyota Corona I '67 Ford Ranger 2dr H.T. 5speed Trans. Radio, Bucket seats, Like New Full Price $3795 Vz ton pickup V8, Auto, PS. Full Price PB. $1695 '74 Ford F100 360 V8, Auto, Radio New Tires A1 Condition '72Camaro 350 V8, Auto, PS. PB., Radio, Vinyl roof, Radials, A1 Condition. Full Price CALL DON HOLMES - 885-2204 $3695 Full Price $3695 f I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I 9 I I ��.�� THE SUNSHINE COAST C.B. RADIO CENTRE in the heart of Sechelt J Opening Special atYourC.B. Headquarters 489.00 Model TA-901B SANYO BEST STOCK OF C.B. EQUIPMENT ON THE SUNSHINE COAST Installation ��� Sales ���- Service & C ELECTRONICS & APPLIANCES LTD. 885-2568 We service what we sell I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I B I Hangover curling Gibsons Winter Club is organizing what has been dubiously termed as "hang-over curling" for men next Sunday morning fron 10 a.m. to 12 noon. An organizational meeting regarding this activity will be held upstairs in the Winter Club Thursday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m. Men manting to participate are asked to attend this meeting or if you can't be there phone Ron Lacey at 886-7686/ No golf tax The Regional board has supported the Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club's application to designate the golf course as recreational land. The support came in the board's acceptance of last week of a recommendation made earlier by a detailed planning committee meeting December 18. With the golf course designated as recreational land, the golf will have taxes returned each year after signing a covenant guaranteeing public access and use of the facilities. Public hearing for Regional gun bylaw same legislation already found in the Criminal Code of Canada, the Wild life Act, and the Firearms Act. They felt there was no need The regional district proposed firearms bylaw will be the subject of a public hearing sometime in the new year. ��� A recommendation put forward to the board at last Thursday's meeting suggested that a public meeting be held after further pub lie complaints regarding the proposed bylaw that would eliminate the use of firearms in populated areas of the Sunshine Coast. The most recent complaint came from residents in the Eg- mont area. Earlier objections had been received from both the Gibsons Wild life club and the Sechelt Rod and Gun Club. In an earlier letter to the board officials of the two clubs said the proposed gun bylaw contains the for duplication. ��uegt Clectric Hth. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & CONTRACTING Serving Sechelt, Gibsons, Roberts Creek. & Madeira Park 885-3133 J. McKenzie Ron Blair, P. Eng, Porpoise Bay Rd. Sechelt P.O. Box 337 VON 3A0 CARPETS CLEANED with ARGOSHEEN NO SOAP BUILD-UP T. Sinclair, 885-9327 Call between 5:30 & 7 pm. LUBAUER CCM LANGE BAUER CCM LANGE BAUER CCM LANGE 1 OPENING SPECIALS **~ 5 GIBSONS WINTER CLUB 8 CURLING s ^*. % OC CORN ���TOTEM 7.49 ,y D BROOMS -NORTHCOTT 12.98 ** s g NYLON ���MARK M CAT 12.98 ��g^LW * ���RINK RAT 17.49 UJ 2 Curling Gloves '12.78 Shoes & Boots $ 18.99 < Sliders - Step-on *4.79 Knee Pads *2.29 5 DON'T BE THE ONLY ONE LEFT OUT, BUY YOURS NOW 8 ONE SKATE SHARPENING FREE WITH PURCHASES OVER $10.00 ffi TRAIL BAY SPORTS UNLIMITED ��� 885-2512 3 Cowrie St. Sechelt 2 BAUER CCM LANGE BAUER CCM LANGE BAUER CCM LANGE Going through the Change of Light? WHETHER WIRING A NEW HOME, OR ADDING AN OUTLET, I OFFER YOU PERSONALISED SERVICE AT ONE OF THE MOST REASONABLE RATES ON THE PENINSULA. 00 > c m 33 o o o m 03 > c m 33 o o �� m IL SUPERIOR ELECTRIC FOR GUARANTEED SERVICE CALLR.SIMPKINS " 885-2412 FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE II HARVEY FUNERAL HOME Seaview Road Gibsons 886-9551 COMPLETE SERVICES LOCAL OR DISTANT BURIALS; CREMATIONS; MEMORIALS PRE-ARRANGEMENTS DAN DEVLIN ��� OWNER-MANAGER Sunshine Coast Regional District NOTICE EXTENSION OF OFFICE HOURS Effective January 5,1976 the offices of the Sunshine Coast Regional District will be open to serve the public as follows: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m. ���4:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. ���5:45 p.m. Mrs. A. G. Pressley, Secretary-Treasurer "���"ir iiy iji i unrnnr n in -i~~>���~i��� Sunshine Coast News, January 6,1976. COAST NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS Phone 886-2622 DEADLINE ��� SATURDAY NOON MINIMUM $1.50 ��� 15 WORDS. 10* a word thereafter. SUBSEQUENT INSERTIONS Vj PRICE Legal ads 50c per count line Subscription Rates: B.C. ��� 1 year ��� $6.00; 6 months ��� $4.00 Canada except B.C. ��� 1 year ��� $8.00 U.S. and Foreign ��� 1 year ��� $10.00 O.A.P. ��� 1 year ��� $4.50 It is agreed by any advertiser requesting space that liability of the Sunshine Coast News in event of failure to publish any advertisement or in event of errors in publishing of an advertisement shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for that portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect item only, and that there shall be no liability in any event beyond amount paid for such advertisement. No responsibility is accepted by the newspaper when copy is not submitted in writing, or verified in writing. ��� COMING EVENTS Every Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Whitaker House, Sechelt. Introductory lecture Transcendental Meditation. Tel. 885-3342. Every Monday night, 8 p.m., Bingo, New Legion Hall, Gibsons. ���DEATHS EDWARDSON: Passed away December 26, 1975, Gordon William Edwardson, late of Madeira Park, in his 49th year. Survived by his loving wife Doris; daughter Mrs. Brian (Carolyn) Jeffries; son, Jackie Cummings; 3 grandchildren; 4 brothers, Norman, Albert, Clifford and Alvin; 4 sisters, Gertie Gough, Vera Olsen, Dolly Dickerson and Mrytle Braun. Funeral service was held Tuesday December 30 at the Pender Harbour Community Hall. Interment Forest View Cemetery. Harvey Funeral Home, directors. HALEY: Nora, passed away December 26, 1975, aged 75 years, pre-deceased by her husband William Haley, late of Gibsons, B.C. Survived by 2 nephews, Arthur Battle and family, Allan Bartle and family, and sister-in- law, Mrs. H. V. Bartle. Also many friends in Gibsons. Funeral service was held Wednesday, December 31 at the Harvey Funeral Home, Gibsons. Rev. D. Morgan officiated. Interment Seaview Cemetery. JOE: Passed away December 29, 1975, Lena Joe, late of Sechelt, in her 64th year. Survived by her loving husband Clarence Joe Sr., 7 sons, William, Gilbert, Clarence Jr., Terry, Hubert, Carl and Howard; 3 daughters, Bernadette Sound, Iris Mayers and Shelly Nadine Joe; 57 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; 2 brothers, Joseph and Arthur Jeffries; 3 sisters, Lottie Hansen, Sarah Bap- tiste and Ethel Julian. Funeral mass was celebrated Saturday, January 3 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Sechelt. Archbishop Carney and Rev. T. Nicholson celebrants. Interment Sechelt Indian Cemetery. Harvey Funeral Home, directors. NEILL: Mary, on Jan. 1, 1976, in her 96th year. A long time resident of B.C. Pre-deceased by her husband George and son Victor. Survived by 2 sons, George of Campbell River and Terence, Toronto; 3 daughters, Mrs. M. L. Raines (Charlotte) Roberts Creek; Mrs. P. L. Dill (Mary), Vancouver and Mrs. Charles Brown (Nora), Victoria. Also survived by 13 grandchildren and 20 great grand children. Family services, Cremation. Rev. Ted Kropp officiating. Arrangements through the Memorial Society of B.C. WINN: Passed away December 23, 1975. Annie Louisa Winn late of Gibsons. Survived by 2 sons, Alfred, Gibsons; Herbert, Kam- loops; 3 sisters; 2 brothers; grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral service was held Saturday, Dec. 27 at the ; Harvey Funeral Home, Gibsons. Rev. D. Brown ofiiciated. Interment Mt. Elphinstone Cemetery. ���CARDOFTHANKS Our heartfelt thanks to all who extended comforting sympathy in our recent bereavement and especially to the staff of St. Mary's Hospital tor wonderful care provided. ���Alf and Herb Winn and families. ��� HELP WANTED Meet new friends and earn extra money calling on Fuller Brush customers in your spare time. New catalogue now available. For more information write: Fuller Brush Company, c/o Mr. T. Diamond, 323 Chetwynd Drive, R.R. #3, Kamloops, B.C. The Sunshine Coast Resource Society requires office manager ��� service co-ordinator. Successful applicant must enjoy' working with people. Secretarial skills an asset, and be generally interested in community developments. Apply in writing, stating experience, qualifications and reference to Box 1069, Sechelt, B.C. ��� HELP WTD. (cont) ATTENTION ROOFING CONTRACTORS Ours is an INTERNATIONAL sales firm, in business since 1904. Our men sell GOODYEAR ROOFING products, BLACKTOP sealants, CHEM ICALS and CLEANERS. Our GOODYEAR ROOFING line is unique. Instead of one black and one aluminum coating, sell a multitude of extremely fine products to fit virtually every need. Special "LABOR SAVING" Plan offers over $4,000.00 worth of equipment FREE OF CHARGE, on qualifying orders ��� on loan basis, to speed application of products and save money for customers! This is of special value to sales representatives who also have separate contracting busi nesses. It helps them sell and service "big ticket" industrial accounts. No door-to-door canvassing. If interested, write Consolidated Protective Coatings Ltd., Dept. B14, 2300 Schenker Street, Ville LaSalle, Quebec, Canada, H8N1A2. ��� WORK WANTED Your PICTURES FRAMED and mounted from Artistic Woodwork stock. Matboards. Non-glare and regular glass. Needlepoint a specialty. Moved to 1450 Sechelt Inlet Rd., Porpoise Bay, Sechelt. Phone 885-9573. HIGH FUEL COSTS? Peerless Tree Services Ltd. will turn your problem trees into Firewood, $18 per cord. We do danger tree falling, topping, and limbing too. Expert insured work. "Know the cost before you start" Call us 885-2109. Free estimates. John Risbey. Two high school boys 15 and 16, will do work of any kind. Phone 886-9503. Painter, 24 years experience, have big spray outfit, quick, efficient. Contract or hourly rates. Call 886-2512. Backhoe available for drainage, ditches, water lines, etc. Phone 885-2921, Roberts Creek. TYPEWRITER & ADDING MACHINE SALES AND SERVICE Phone 886-7111 FURNACE INSTALLATIONS OIL BURNER SERVICE Financing Available Call Thomas Heating 886-7111 CHIMNEY SWEEPING Oil Stoves and heaters cleaned and repaired Phone Ron Crook, 885-3401 after 5 p.m. RENOVATION WORK WANTED Inside or outside, large or small. Reasonable, competent and Reliable. Free estimates. Phone 886-7547. ���FOUND Camera attachment found on Gospel Rock. Phone 886-7217. ��� MISC. FOR SALE GIBSONS LANES Open Bowling Fri., 7-11p.m. Sat., 2-11 p.m. Sun., 2-11 p.m. Cord wood for sale. Alder, $30 a cord. Phone 886-2973. Good mixed hay, 400 bales, special price. Phone 886-2887. 38 sheets Styrofoam, 2" x 24" x 8', new. Phone 885-2228. 1973 Honda, CL 125, excellent condition. Phone 886-7697. ��� BOATS FOR SALE MARINE INSURANCE PROBLEMS? New insurance advice Re-insurance advice Claims settled Capt. W. Y. Higgs Marine Surveyor Box 339, Gibsons Phones 886-9546 or 885-9425 ��� CARS, TRUCKS FOR SALE *72 TR6 Overdrive AM-FM, dark blue. Very fast, very economical. $3,000. Phone 886-7005. '67 Chev wagon, auto., 6 cyl. Looks disgusting but mechanically superb. 50,000 miles only. $400. Phone 886-7005. '72 VW, one owner, 40,000 miles, A-l condition, $1750 firm. Will take as part payment washer and dryer. Phone 885-3605. ��� PETS Two year old female Boxer, very affectionate and good with children. Call 886-9907. All breed dog grooming, clipping, terrier stripping, bathing. Walkey Kennels, 885-2505. ��� WANTED Lady wishes ballroom dancing lessons in Gibsons, afternoons preferred. Phone 886-2644. Timber wanted, plus alder. Poles bought and sold. Let us give you an estimate. D & O Log Sorting Ltd. Phone 886-7896 or 886-7700. ��� FOR RENT 2 bedroom furnished trailer. Two bedroom semi-furnished cottage. Sorry, no dogs. Phone 886-2887. Furnished suite, W/W carpets, 3 piece bath, fridge and stove. Avail, immediately $180. Phone 886-7629. 3 bedroom house, cream color, waterfront, across from post office, $200 a month. Ph. 886- 2900. Unfurnished house to rent. Pleasant 2 bedroom house with garage, on Hillcrest Road, Gibsons. Close to schools and shopping. Wall tc wall carpet throughout. $250 per month. Call Mr. Walsh collect at 685-8394 between 9 and 5. Maple Crescent Apts., 1662 School Road, Gibsons. Suites for rent. Cablevision, parking, close to schools and shopping. Reasonable rent. Apply Suite 103A. ��� WANTED TO RENT Furnished houses in Gibsons area March 1, 1976 to October 31, 1976 Contact Paddy Moore, 665-8024. ��� ROOM & BOARD Nice rooms with view over the ocean, very good meals, $275 per month. Phone 886-9033. ��� ANNOUNCEMENTS Mount Elphinstone Cemetery Grave plots $50 Contact F. J. Wyngaert 886-9340 If you are concerned about someone with a drinking problem, call Al-Anon at 885-9638 or 886- 9193. Meetings St. Aidan's Hall, Tuesday, 8 p.m. For Latter Day Saints in this area contact 886-2546. For membership or explosive requirements contact R. Nimmo, Cemetery Road. Ph. 886-7778. Howe Sound Farmers' Institute. Stumping or ditching powder, dynamite, electric or regular caps, prima-cord. Alcoholics Anonymous. Phone 886-9904 or 885-9327. Gibsons meeting Monday, 8:30 p.m. in Gibsons Athletic Hall. ��� MOBILE HOMES SUNSHINE COAST MOBILE HOME PARK & SALES 12 x 62 Statesman, 2 bedroom, fully carpeted, Colonial decor, deluxe appliances including washer and dryer USED MODELS 10 x 50 Great Lakes, 2 bedroom, fully furnished, air conditioned, very clean. On view at Sunshine Coast Trailer Park. Phone 886-9826 ���PROPERTY FOR SALE ONE ACRE Must sell. Lower Rd., Roberts Creek, 125' x 350*. Hydro and Reg. water, $13,500 firm. Phone 886-7695. Gibsons, semi-waterfront lot with all facilities, selectively cleared. 886-2738. E. McMYNN AGENCY Roberts Creek. Fully serviced lots for sale on Marlene Road. Phone 886-7896 or 886-7700. Phone Eves., Ron McSavaney ��� 885-3339 Looking for a safe investment? How about one of these: 3 lots in the Granthams area, very good holding properties with good potential. Priced at only $6,000 each. One large lot with excellent view in developing area; also good holding property. Asking $9,750. New subdivision in West Sechelt. See these lots for immediate building. Water, Hydro, road, etc., in rapidly developing area. Different sizes and different prices. $11,500 to $13,500. Phone 886-2248 Box 238 Gibsons, B.C. CONSULT US FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS tlEMBER ��� MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE : YOUR AUTO PLAN CENTRE Phone 886-2000 ��� Gibsons, B.C. SEASIDE PLAZA LISTINGS WANTED DROP EN AND SEE US Norm Peterson ��� 886-2607 Charles English Ltd. REAL ESTATE & IKSURANCE GIBSONS, B.C. Ph. 886-2481 SUNNTCREST SHOPPING CENTRE TOLL FREE 687-6445 NOTARY PUBLIC ��� APPRAISALS LANGDALE: Wharf Rd. New subdivision. 18 choice lots. $7,500 to $13,500. PORPOISE BAY: Vi acre lot in quiet area, close to beach. 3 yr. old Leader mobile home with large addition, 4 bdrms., living- room and family room. Driveway and garage. $38,000. GIBSONS VILLAGE: Cosy 2 bdrm. home across from Tennis court, only 7 years old. Has nice view of harbor, closed in garage, driveway. Close to shopping, etc. F.P. $39,900. SELMA PARK: View, beach, privacy. 3 bdrm. home, well kept and comfortable. $75,000. HOPKINS LANDING: Lot with panoramic view and privacy on Cartwright Road. Asking $16,500. GOWER POINT: View property with neat family home. This large lot can be subdivided into three lots for a real return on your investment. Offered at $59,500. ROBERTS CREEK: 5 acres view property with large home and good outbuildings. This easily financed parcel should be viewed by all looking for acreage. Only $56,000. UPPER ROBERTS CREEK: Workshop 24 x 32. Small house 24 x 28. Double wide like new 24 x 48. 10 acres. Partly cleared. Water system in. Private road. All for only $75,000. A number of good acreages. All priced for sale terms. Inquire for details. Ken Crosby ��� 886*2098 Anne Gurney Don Sutherland ��� 885-9362 Jay Visaer George Cooper ��� 886-9344 some 888-2164 885-3300 BCPA not interested The British Columbia Petroleum Association has indicated that it is not interested in seeing a bulk oil plant on the Sechelt Indian Reserve. This information was received in a letter from the BCPA and presented at a recent Regional District planning committee meeting. The Sechelt Indian Band last year undertook an extensive study and as a result of that study the band indicated it was favorable to the idea of locating a bulk oil terminal on Reserve No. 2. The Regional Board has for some time been looking for land on which such a bulk oil terminal could be located thereby amalgamating the various terminals now operating in such areas as Hopkins Landing, Gibsons and Davis Bay. At the recent planning meeting Regional District planner Adrian Stott reported that the B.C. Petroleum Association was not currently interested in the Indian Band's proposal and that the association indicated the Regional Board should find satisfactory property and make the necessary zoning changes to accommodate the bulk iol terminals. The Regional Board is now making it clear to the BCPA that it backs the Indian Band's proposal to locate the bulk oil terminal on Indian Land. The board will also reiterate that a. new bulk oil location will not only house additional facilities but also the existing ones which the board says are in most cases substandard and non-conforming to the zoning. Elves (Continued from Page 1) amounted to $234 and one doll. The Gibsons Lions club started things rolling by donating 23 tins of food. This was derived from a little stint they have going for them ��� each member must bring one tin of food to each meeting in lieu of a fine. The Elves win either way. One Elf said a little prayer asking that the small supply be multiplied like the Biblical loaves and fishes. It surely was, as over 3.000 food items and approximately 500 gifts and toys were distributed in the hampers. There is still a large box of food items left over. The Elves will be on the lookout for another deserving family to give this to. Donations of cash, food, gifts and toys were received from the following citizens, businesses and service clubs on the Sunshine Coast: Elphinstone Recreation Group. Gibsons Lions Club. Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 219 Roberts Creek. Ladies Auxiliary, Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 109, Gibsons. Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 140 Sechelt. Ladies Auxiliary, Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 140, Sechelt. Gibsons United Church Ladies Organization. Independent Order of Foresters Gibsons. Gibsons Kinette Club. Mrs. Blomberg, Mrs. Jardine, Mrs. Fossett (C Watch, B.C. Ferries, Langdale). Sunshine School Chinlren ��� Gingerbread House. Bank of Montreal staff, Gibsons. Royal Bank Staff, Sechelt. Coast News, free Christmas advertising. Mr. D. Wheeler, Esso Oil. Weinhandl Upholstery Shop. Alvaro Logging Co. Boutin Bulldozing. Tyee Airways. Labatts Brewery. Molson's Brewery. Mother Hubbard Bakery ��� bread. Sunshine Coast Products Co. Ltd. Simpson-Sears. Peninsula Cleaners. Murray's Garden Shop. Don's Shoe Store. Sechelt Family Mart. Morgan's Mens Wear. Variety Food Store. Ken's Lucky Dollar Store. Marine Men's Wear. Uncle Mick's Clothing Store. McLoeds. Campbell's Variety. Gibsons Building Supplies. Elphinstone Co-op Store. Shop-Easy. Twilight Theatre ��� Show tickets. The Elves also thank the following: Rev Annette Reinhardt and Rev. Father T. Nicholson for their co-operation; Gibsons United Church and Holy Family Church; Mr. and Mrs. W. Weinhandl and Mr. J. Benner for use of their halls and stores for depots; to Dick Clayton for use of the mall for the Elves fund raising drive. Joe Benner, John Stewart and Bob Landry donated the use of their trucks and vans, filled with gas, for the deliveries. Drivers were Tom Gidber, John Stewart, Mike McDonald, Doug Hughes, Archie Sheppard and Matt Ball. Kosy Kitchen treated the weary Elf delivery men to free hamburgers. Legal NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of the deceased: MADSEN, Mads, o.k.a. MAD- SEN, Mad, late of 1354 Prowse ' Rd., Gibsons, B.C. Creditors and others having claims against the said estate(s) are hereby required to send them duly verified, to the PUBLIC TRUSTEE, 635 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3L7, before the 30th day of January, 1976, after which date the assets of the said estate(s) will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have been received, CLINTON W. FOOTE, PUBLIC TRUSTEE. 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SI .00 For all your Sewing and Knitting Needs FABRIC HOUSE Marine Drive 886-7525 Ask for this folder from our representative, who will be at: Bella Beach Motel, Sechelt Tel. 885-9561 on Wednesday, January 14th If you require financing to start, modernize or expand your business and are unable to obtain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions or if you are interested in the FBDB management services of counselling and training or wish information on government programs available for your business, talk to our representative. c FEDERAL ������������������; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK 145 West 15th Street, North Vancouver, B.C. 980-6571 Opening new doors to small business. Vancouver film thriller comes to Twilight It is 1970. Detente between East and West is fragile. Tension mounts as Canada prepares to welcome Russian Premier Kosygin to Vancouver. i The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are on alert, and suspended Corporal Timothy Shaver (George Segal) is given a chance to redeem himself. His assignment is to take into custody, without the awkwardness of open arrest, Rudolph Henke (Val Avery), an avowed troublemaker on the KGB surveillance list. Soviet security Colonel Sergei Vostik (Bo Brundin) warns that unless Henke is locked up, Kosygin's visit will be cancelled. This is the opening of the plot for the film Russian Roulette, filmed in Vancouver last summer under the name Kosygin is Coming. The film comes to the Twilight Theatre in Gibsons January 11, 12 and 13. As the plot continues, Shaver fails in efforts to apprehend Henke, but growing panicky, he lets his superior Commander Peta- . piece (Denholm Elliott) think he has Henke in secret custody. Vostik knows this is not true because he actually has captured Henke. He plans to use him as a human bomb-in a KGB plot to assassinate Kosygin and destroy any chance of East-West detente. Shaver learns of the plot when he discovers that Henke is really a CIA agent. Forced to co-operate with Vostik when the Russian reveals he has kidnapped Shaver's grilfriend Bogna (Cristina Raines), Shaver continues to deceive Patspiece. He and Bogna manage to make their escape from Vostik after they learn, the assassination plan ��� Henke, drugged and loaded with explosives, is to be dropped on the Kosygin motorcade from a low- flying helicopter falsely marked "Vancouver Police" as the Premier's party reaches the Vancouver Hotel. Shaver speeds to the hotel after alerting police by phone of the danger. He is spotted by Vostik who pursues him to the roof of the hotel where a savage gun battle takes place. It ends with Vostik George Segal, as an undercover RCMP agent, fights for his life against an assailant, Jacques Sandulescu, in this scene from the suspense thriller Russian Roulette. TWILIGHT THEATRE Tom Laugh Li ��] I THE Gunfighteh ,. ...T.burs.,.Fji.,.Sal��, January 8, 9,10 MATURE B.C. Film Classifier warns, Coarse language and violence. Both movies start 8 p.m. GEORGE SEGAL in IAN TE Trtggara a mm apin on ��u��p��i��� Sun., Mon.,Tues. January 11,12,13 MATURE plunging 350 feet to his death. As the Kosygin motorcade approaches the hotel, the fake police helicopter comes into view. Shaver, still on the roof, fires a disabling shot and the helicopter flutters to the street. Unharmed, the lethal Henke emerges and robot-like advances on Kosygin's limousine. Taking careful aim from the rooftop. Shaver gets off a single shot and Henke falls dead. Sunshine Coast News, January 6, 1976. CBC Radm The Master Gunfighter plays at the Twilight Theatre January 8, 9 and 10. The film is rated Mature. Though not a sequel to the phenomenally successful Billy Jack films, ���The Master Gunfighter nevertheless provides the same calibre of high-level, top-notch entertainment, action, adventure, and romance. Centred around the loneliness and moral courage of one man ��� played by superstar Tom Laugh- lin ��� forced to choose between his love for a woman and his conscience, The Master Gunfighter is set against the sweeping panorama of California in 1836 whenthe great Spanish ranchos were declining and newly arrived American settlers, spurred on by manifest "destiny and dreams of wealth, were plotting to claim the land for themselves. CBC brass visits here On January 25 the head of CBC Radio, William T. (Bill) Armstrong will visit the Sunshine Coast to discuss with listeners the CBC's plans for and changes in AM radio. This in an unprecedented opportunity for an exchange of views, hopefully making for better understanding and communication between those responsible for programming and scheduling and those of us who must live with their decisions. It should give us an insight into the job of providing "a balanced service of information and entertainment for people of different ages, interests and tastes covering a whole range of programming in fair proportion" (Broadcasting Act) and a chance to express our ideas and suggestions. It is hoped to arrange for informal get-togethers and to know how many people would like to meet Bill would help enormously. Please phone-Maryahne West at" 886-2147. . ��� . Leather briefcases, Passport holders, ladies' and gentlemen's wallets and keytainers ���ind many other leather items from Buxton. Miss Bee's, liechelt. Film Society screenings back to Wednesday Starting this week the Kwah- tahmoss Film Society's weekly screenings will revert back to Wednesday nights. Admission to the films that will be screened in the Twilight Theatre until May is restricted to members only. Membership is still available in the society which presently has about 246 members. Fees are $3 normally and $1 for senior citizens, .embers must be over 18 years of age. After joining the society a member may then attend any of the society's screenings for $2 per film with the exception of the film Les Ordres which, because it is a first run film, is costing twice the normal rental. The admission price for Les Ordres, "a highly acclaimed French-canadian film about the : 1970 October crisis, is anticipated to be a maximum of $3. The final price will depend on the society's financial position toward the end of the season. With a full schedule of 18 films yet to play, membership in the film society is well worthwhile for anyone interested in films who has not yet joined. Apart from Les Ordres, which was released in 1975, a variety of international films including recent productions is scheduled. There are two films each from Czechoslovakia and Sweden as well as films from France, USA, Great Britain, Mexico, Hungary, and Switzerland. Switzerland is represented by The Invitation which was released here last year after having won the special grand jury prize at Cannes in 1973. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award as best foreign picture in 1974. Keith Wallace and I both thought this deceptively simple comedy the highlight of a combined total of about 30 films which we saw at the Canadian Federation of Film Societies' film screening and A.G.M. in Toronto in May of 1975. Wednesday night's presentation is Stanley Kubrick's brilliant comedy Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying .n and Love the Bomb starring Peter ' Sellers (in three roles), George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, and Keenen Wynn. The plot is derived from Peter George's novel Red Alert (originally published as Two Hours to Doom by Peter Bryant), which had roughly the same plot basis as Fail-Safe. The screenplay is by Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George and has three principal settings: the office of General Jack D. Ripper, Cimmander of Burpleson Air Base; the Pentagon War Room with a conference headed by President Merkin Muffley and Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson, attended by the Russian Ambassador and a top U.S. scientific advisor. Dr. Strangelove, a cripple in a wheelchair whose name originally was Dr. Merkwuerdig- icheliebe and who has an accent to prove it; and the interior of a plane under the command of Major "King" Kong, a Texan Big Boy who gets his plane through. General Ripper, a kind of triple distilled Bircher, is convinced that the Communists are poisoning the country's water supply, proved by fluoridation, as part of taking over the country. He initiates a nuclear attack on Russia. Captain Mandrake, a British exchange officer on his staff, is quick to observe that Ripper has gone mad, and he tries to persuade Ripper to give him the recall code for the planes. Meanwhile, under direct Presidential order, U.S. troops are storming the airbase to capture Ripper. He commits suicide before they break in, but Mandrake manages to puzzle out the recall code from some pet phrases of the General and telephones it to the Pentagon in time to have the planes recalled except for Majoy "King" Kong's which gets through to drop its bomb thus detonating the Soviet Doomsday Machine, a thermonuclear device which, once triggered, cannot be reversed and which will blanket the earth with radioactive material for ninety- three years. ; This might sound like strange material for a comedy, but the humor stems from the pretensions to moral judgment on the part of men who have sacrificed the environment into the hands of totally amoral technological science; and the bumble-headed military proposals, frantic calls to Russia, and frighteningly plausible biif-^ foonery on the brink of doom are hilarious. It is difficult to select further highlights from the rest of the films scheduled all of which are outstanding in various ways. Of the films I have personally not seen, I am particularly looking forward to seeing Bogdanovich's auspicious debut film Targets, which plays on Wednesday, January 21 and Eric Rohmer's Ma Nuit Chez Maude with Jean-Luis Trintignant and Francoise Fabian which plays next Wednesday. I think that the series of Luis Bunuel's films scheduled for March which will start with El (This Strange Passion), one of his Mexican productions, and concluding with his two last films, the wonderful Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (screened by the film society in 1974) and Phantom of Liberty may well be the highlight of the season. Below is a chronological list of the films to come in the society's schedule: January 14: Ma Nuit Chez Maude, January 21: Targets. January 28: The Magician. February 4: Shop on the Main Street. February 11: Adrift. February 25: The Fifth Horseman is Fear (To be confirmed). March 3: EI (This Strange Passion). March 10: Milky Way or Tristana. March 17: Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. March 24: Phantom of Liberty. March 31: L'Invitation. April 7: Love. April 14: A Lesson in Love. April 21: Les Ordres. April 28: Les Deux Anglaises. May 5: Yo-Yo (To be confirmed). Pensions up An almost 104,000 beneficiaries in B.C. under the Canada Pension Plan will receive increases of 11.2 percent in January 1976. This increase reflects the full rise in the cost of living over the past year. The ten-year transition period for the introduction of retirement pensions ends December 31. The maximum full retirement pension commencing January 1976 will be S154.86. The maximum monthly disability pension payable in 1976 will be $157:59 while monthly benefits for disabled contributors' children and orphans of deceased contributors will be $41.44 per month. Maximum monthly surviving spouses' pensions will be $99.51 per month for persons under age 65 and $92.92 per month for spouses 65 or older. On a Sunday afternoon in November 1869 a funeral procession drew up at the gate of Montreal's Cote de Neiges Cemetery. It bore the body of Joseph Guibord, a prominent local printer. The cemetery superintendent refused to allow the burial in consecrated ground offering instead a plot beside the graves of executed murderers. The body was removed to a vault in the Protestant cemetery and so began the "Guibard Affair" which was to change the course of Canadian history by diminishing the political power of the Catholic Church in Quebec. Joseph Guibord was finally laid to rest on November 16, 1875, his funeral cortege guarded by 100 policemen and 1,100 soldiers. The legal and other battles which took place during the intervening six years form the basis of the drama documentary ' 'Cause Celebre" to be presented CBC Tuesday Night at 8:03 p.m. January 13. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7: Vancouver Recital 1:30 p.m. Vancouver Chamber Choir ��� Madrigals by Marenzia and a Bach motet. Quirks and Quarks 8:03 p.m., Science Magazine, host Dr. David Suzuki. Concern 9:00 p.m. The Centre of Immensities ��� an interview with Sir Bernard Lovell on the interrelationships between science, religion, and outer space theories. Country Road 10:30 p.m. Gerry Cole and the Roadmasters. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8: Organists in Recital 1:30 p.m. Gaston Arel at the organ of the Church of Immaculate Conception Montreal. Works by Bach, Bux- tehuse. Boehm and Distler. Themes and Variations 8:03 p.m. Pianist Robert Silverman in concert, Sonata in A Minor, Schubert; - Images, Debussy; Piano variations, Copland; Sonata in B Minor, Liszt; Moment Musical, Rachmaninoff. Jazz Radio-Canada 10:30 p.m. Ed Bickert Trio and Dave Young Quartet. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9: Canadian Concert Hall 2:30 p.m. Part 1 Robert Silverman, piano, plays Chopin. Part 2, Israel Piano Trio, Piano Trio in A minor, Ravel. Between Ourselves 8:03 p.m. The Ocean and the Scotian, the trains which travel between Halifax and Toronto ��� Maritimers have left to seek their fortune in Upper Canada, but they also come back on the train ��� stories, dreams, songs and perspectives of people on the trains. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10: Our Native Land 12:10 p.m., Economic Development, a look at various projects of Canadian Indians. Metropolitan Opera 2:00 p/m., Elektra by Richard Strauss starring Ursula Schroder - Feinen, Robert Knie, Astrid Varnay, Robert Nagy and William Dooley. Symphony Hal! 7:00 p.m., Toronto Symphony, Suite in F, Roussel; Chasse et Orange, Berlioz; Three Dances from Rodeo and Symphony No. 3, Copland. CBC Stage 8:30 p.m. Back to Beulah ��� repeat of the ACTRA award winning play by W. O. Mitchell. Anthology 10:03 p.m. from Hart House International Festival of Poetry - Robert Creeley. New poetry by Miriam Waddington. Story by Michael Riordan. Orchestral Concert 11:03 p.m. London Symphony Orchestra, Alexis Weissenberg, piano. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major; Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz. SUNDAY, JANUARY 11: The Bush and the Salon 1:03 p.m. Violence in the Valley by Leslie MacFarlane describes the reign of terror in the Ottawa Valley in 1874. Vancouver Chamber Orchestra 4:03 p.m. Shostakovich, Haydn. NHL Hockey 5:03 p.m. Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens. The Entertainers 8:03 p.m. Linda Hassler interviews Ashford and Simpson, influential music writing team of the sixties in U.S. CBC Playhouse 10:30 p.m. Etienne Brule by Len Peterson. MONDAY, JANUARY 12: Music of our Pctple 8:03 p.m. Music from Anc- isia with Juan Garcia and guitarist Jose Perez. Great Canadian Gold Rush 10:30 p.m. Studio session with Tony Roman; interview with Frank Zappa. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13: CBC Tuesday Night 8:03 p.m. Casue Celebre by Robert Stewart and R. A. Duncan .��� the scandalous affair of Joseph Guibord. Part 2. Jeanne Baxtresser, flute, David carrall, bassoon, Mireille Lagace, harpsichord." Works by Handel, Teleman, J. S. Bach. Touch the Earth 10:30 p.m. Interview wjth 15 year old Colin Linden. Part 2 on American folk groups, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. WANTED Died furniture oi what have yon AL'S USED FURNITURE WE BUT BEER BOTTLES Gibsons ��� 886-2812 Sunshine Coast Business Directory ��� AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES NEED TIRES? Come in to COASTAL TIRES at the S-BENDS on Highway 101 Phone 886-2700 Automotive - Parts Sales and Service ���Rotor lather service for disc Brakes and Drum Brakes ��� Valve and Seat Grinding ALL MAKES SERVICED DATSUN SPECIALISTS JAMIESON AUTOMOTIVE AL JAMIESON Gibsons Phone 886-7919 ���BANKS ROYAL BANK OF CANADA GIBSONS Branch-Ph. 886-2201 SECHELT Branch-Ph. 885-2201 HOURS Gibsons:Mori - Thurs. ; 10a.m.-;3p.m. Fri., 10a.m. -6p.m.. Sechelt: Tues - Thurs. 10a.m. -3 p.m. ." Fri., 1,0a.m. -6p.m. Sat., I0a.m.-3pvmv ..-,. ��� BUILDING SUPPLIES TWINCREEK LUMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES Ltd. Everything for your building Needs Free Estimates . Phone 886-2291-2 ��� BUILDING SUPPLIES (Cont) L & H SWANSON Ltd Sand and Gravel BACKHOES Ditching - Excavations Porpoise Bay Road 885-9666, Box 172, Sechelt, B.C. WINDSOR PLYWOOD (THE PL YWOOD PEOPLE) Construction Plywood Fancy Panels Doors, Bifplds, insulation Sidings and all Accessories Delivery Highway 101, Gibsons Phone 886-9221 ��� BULLDOZING BACKHOE CUSTOM BACKHOE WORK SEPTIC TANKS INSTALLED Government Approved Free Estimates Excavations - Drainage Waterlines, etc. Ph. 885-2921 Roberts Creek BOUTIN BULLDOZING Clearing ��� Landscaping Backhoe Work Phone 886-9824 ��� CABINET MAKING OCEANSIDE FURNITURE & CABINET SHOP Hardwood Specialists Custom Designed Furniture Kitchen and Bathroom Cabinetry Remodelling R. BIRKIN Beach Ave., Roberts Creek Phone 885-3417 ���CLEANERS ARGOSHEEN We Clean Carpets Chesterfields, etc. No Soap Buildup Stay Clean Longer FREE ESTIMATES TOM SINCLAIR* Box 294, Sechelt Phone 885-9327 12-1 or after 5p.m. ��� ELECTRICIANS SIM ELECTRIC Ltd. Electrical Contractor Sechelt ��� Phone 885-2062 ��� MOVING & STORAGE R.R. 1 Gibsons FOR YOUR PRINTING PHONE 886-2622 ttJissmmBJizw ��� CONSTRUCTION GIBSONS BUILDING SUPPLIES (1971) LTD. ALL BUILDING MATERIALS READY-MIX CONCRETE-GRAVEL GENERAL PAINT Highway 101-Gibsons ��^\BE ELECTRIC hd.Y Phone 886-7605 Box 860 Gibsons "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" ��� HEATING TED HUME SERVICES Gibsons, B.C. 886-2951 Parts, Service, Installations Stoves, Furnaces, Heaters, etc. Certified Instrument Mechanic ��� MACHINE SHOP 886-2642 886-7833 ��� DISPOSAL SERVICES SUNSHINE COAST DISPOSAL SERVICES i Port Mellon to Ole's Cove 886-2938 885-9973 When renovating or spring cleaning Call us for your disposal needs Commercial Containers available At the sign of the Chevron HILL'S MACHINE SHOP & Marine Service Ltd Arc and Acty. Welding Machine Shop Steel Fabricating Automotive - Marine Repair Marine Ways Phone 886-7721 Res. 886-9956 LEN WRAY'S TRANSFER Ltd. Household Moving & Storage Complete Packing Packing Materials for Sale Member Allied Van Lines Phone 886-2664 - R.R. 1, Gibsons ��� PAINTING __ __ GENERAL PAINTING SPRAY-BRUSH-ROLL Call 886-2512 ��� PAVING COAST PAVING PAVING FROM DRIVEWAYS TO HIGHWAYS Highways, Parking Areas Driveways, Crushed Gravel Equipment Rentals Main Office Box 95, Powell River, 485-6118 Branch Office: Sechelt, Ph. 885-2343 9:30 to 3:30 p.m. ��� PLUMBING RAY NEWMAN PLUMBING SALES & SERVICE Hot Water Heating Building and Alterations Davis Bay Rd., R.R. 1, Sechelt-Ph. 885-2116. PENINSULA PLUMBING CONTRACTING Port Mellon - Pender Harbour Free Estimates Phone 886-9533 Rick 886-7838 Tom 886-7834 ��� PLUMBING (Cont) PLUMBING & HEATING Ltd. Certified Plumbers Box 165, Gibsons, B.C. PHONE 886-7638 New Installations, Renovations Repairs, Hot Water Heating Pump Repairs 24 HOUR SERVICE SEASIDE PLUMBING PLUMBING - PIPEFITTING STEAMFITTING HOT WA TER HE A TING 886-7017 All Work Guaranteed ��� REFRIGERATION JOHN HIND-SMITH REFRIGERATION & MAJOR APPLIANCE SERVICE Port Mellon to Pender Harbour Used Refrigerators for Sale Phone 886-2231 From 9a.m. to 5:30p.m. Res. 886-9949 ��� RETAIL STORES ��� RETAIL STORES (Cont) BERNINA SEWING MACHINES NOTIONS etc. REP A IRS AND SER VICE TO ALL MAKES FABRIC HOUSE Marine Drive Gibsons 886-7525 ��� ROOFING MISS BEE'S Card and Gift Shop. Wharf Rd., Sechelt P .O. Box 213 Ph. 885-9066 Coutts-Hallmark Cards & wrappings, Gifts, Picture Puzzles; English Bone China cups, saucers, etc. Boutique Items Local Artists' Paintings c & s HARDWARE & APPLIANCES Sechelt ��� 885-9713 STAN HILSTAD ROOFING DUROID, SHAKES OR REROOFING R.R. 1, Port Mellon Highway Gibsons Phone 886-2923 ���SURVEYORS ROY& WAGENAAR B.C. LAND -SURVEYORS CIVIL ENGINEERS Marine Building - Wharf Street Box 609, Sechelt, B.C. 885-2332 ROBERT W.ALLEN B.C.LAND SURVEYOR Sechelt Lumber Building Wharf St., Box 607 Sechelt, B.C. Office 885-2625 Res. 885-9581 ��� T.V.& RADIO SUNSHINE COAST TV SALES & SERVICE ADMIRAL ��� ELECTROHOME and ZENITH DEALERS Gordon Oliver - Ed Nicholson "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN SECHELT" Box 799, Sechelt Phone 885-9816 CLOSED ON MONDAYS ���TV & RADIO (cont) NEVENS' TV Service Depot for PHILIPS ���ZENITH PANASONIC ��� ADMIRAL FLEETWOOD DEALER MASTERCHARGE Phone 886-2280 J &C ELECTRONICS & APPLIANCES Charles (Chuck) Stephens SALES and SERVICE INGLIS& PHILIPS MARINE ELECTRONICS Across from Red & White Sechelt 885-2568 PAJAK ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. RCA & ELECTROHOME Authorized Dealer Sales and Service 886-7333 Gibsons ��� TRAILER PARK SUNSHINE COAST TRAILER PARK 1 Mile West of Gibsons, Hiway Laundromat Extra Large Lots and Recreation area Parklike Setting Phone 886-9826 ' ���TREE TOPPING ] TREE TOPPING VIEW DEVELOPMENTS LTD. Marv Volen Phone 886-9597 Clean up your wooded areas Remove lower limbs for VIEW Top tall trees adacent to building ^_ ��� TRUCKING " DOUBLE'R' TRUCKING LTD. SAND, GRAVEL, FILL DRAIN ROCK, ETC. Chaster Rd Gibsons, B.C. 886-7109 I Special travel feature This maritime park is for everyone by JEAN and ED MacKenzie "The funny thing" hollers skipper Bob Armstrong, over the noise of the boat engine, "is that so few people know about it." Bob is the owner-operator of three small blue and white ferries that ply the waters of Nanaimo Harbour on Vancouver Island. And the "it" that not many people know about is surely the most easily accessible of British Columbia's marine parks ��� Newcastle Island. Most marine parks are the exclusive preserve of boat owners and their fortunate friends, but Newcastle Island, a 10-minute, 50 cent per-passenger ferry ride from downtown Nanaimo, is for everybody. During the busy summer months the ferry leaves Newcastle every hour on the hour, making two stops on the Nanaimo side: one at the Commercial Dock near the Bastion and the other at the back of the arena off Comox Road where there is a small picnic area and plenty of parking space. In spring and fall when the traffic is lighter, the ferry makes its round trip once every two hours. The park's 760 acres of grass, beach and %voods are reserved for pedestrians only. Though there are mooring buoys and dock facilities for boaters, cars must be ieft on the Nanaimo shore. Those who wish to use one of the park's 18 campsites should be prepared to back-pack the few hundred yards from the ferry dock to camping area and to replenish their supplies by a ferry trip across to town. Newcastle has long been a favorite spot for family or group outings. There are two playing fields, a cooking shelter, plenty of picnic tables, washroom facilities, children's swimming pool and a change-house. The natural beauty of the island is its greatest charm. Broad, well- marked trails entice the explorer deep into the forest of evergreen, arbutus and maple trees, while the beach trail skirts the eastern shore. Newcastle is rich in history and traces of its past can still be seen today. In the northern cliffs are sandstone caves which were used as an Indian burial ground when this part of the coast was the wild domain of the "S'neny- nios." It was an Indian too ��� 9 I'VE BEEN TlEOT1 YER FUPPINV APRON STRINGS TOO LON&/ AS FROM NOW, T'M MAKIN'AWOWfV. DE��lSlONS��/ YOU? MAKE A DECISION?! , HEH/HEH/ r^ later known as the "Coal Tyee" ��� who first showed the white men where to find the "rock that burns." Canny governao James Douglas, immediately aware of the importance of such a discovery, wrote hastily from Fort Victoria in 1852, directing his subordinate Joseph McKay "to proceed with all possible diligence . . . and formally take possession of the Coal Beds ... for and on behalf of the Hudson's Bay Company." In the following year the durable little Nanaimo Bastion was built beside the coal beds and construction started on the first wooden shanties that were to become the second city of Vancouver Island. Coal was found on the harbor islands as well, and Newcastle Island was named after the rich coal deposits of England's New- castle-on-tyne. As well as supplying coal for HBC ships. Royal Navy vessels and the crowded steamers of the gold rush days, Newcastle provided sandstone for some of the first public buildings on the Pacific Coast. The sandstone was of such JEMEZm high quality that it could "be heated white hot and plunged into cold water without shattering." Columns 30 feet long were cut from the island quarries and shipped south to be used in building the Mint at San Francisco. There they survived even the disastrous earthquake of 1906. Newcastle supplied grindstones for use in early pulp mills and huge discs of rock are today displayed on the grass near the park entrance. Adandoned now and overgrown, the quarries are a jumble of neat round holes, shaped chunks and fragments of columns. They look as if some giant housewife had suddenly tired of cutting out her enormous sugar cookies and tossed the pieces of dough aside to petrify. Rainwater has filled the depressions and the precise circular pools are covered with a green film of minute water plants. Before World War II, when the coal was gone and the sandstone market failed, Newcastle became a holiday spot for thousands who came by steamer from Vancouver and Victoria. The Moonlight Cruise to Newcastle was a popular excursion, with dancing in the Pavilion and tea in the long- vanished Tea Garden. After the war the city of Nanaimo preserved the island as a park and later turned it over to the provincial government to be developed as it is today. However youtake it, simply enjoying the island's beauties or roaming it with an eye to its colorful history, a day ��� or a week ��� on Newcastle is a high point on any Vancouver Island holiday. (This TRAVEL B.C. story is one of a series provided by the British Columbia Department of Travel Industry.) Brownie enrollment day Gibsons First Pack Brownies, which meet each Wednesday at St. Bartholomew's Anclican church, held their enrolment day last December 3. New brownies enrolled were Laurie Ailles, Lizette Berdahl, Sheryl Douglas, Sonja Reiche, Caron Watts, Sonya Valancius. On December 17 the girls held a Christmas party, during which they put the finishing touches on a candy house which was later donated to the Childern's Ward at St. Mary's Hospital, for Christmas. It is said that Alexander the Great invented shaving so that the enemy could not grab his soldiers by their beards. CROSSWORD ���'���������������: ������(Pu^aSL.,iE:-:': .������-:������.;������" TODAY! S ANSWER "3 - ; The view from Newcastle Island X ��&��������� Just shows 'ow wrong- I CAN BE - 'E'S DECIDED* 'E CANTrx) WITHOUT ME MADRIGAL UNIQUE BOUTIQUE "upstairs in whitaker house Cowrie St. Sechelt -Photo by Ed Mackenzie Heron rookery A heron rookery or nesting area has been found near Pender Harbour. A total of 45 nests have been found so far. The Regional Board is contacting the Fish and Wildlife Branch of the provincial government to possibly have the area designated a preserve for the birds. 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Title | Sunshine Coast News |
Alternate Title | [Coast News] |
Publisher | Gibsons, B.C. : Ronald B. Cruice; Sechelt Peninsula News |
Date Issued | 1976-01-06 |
Description | Serving the Sunshine Coast since 1945 |
Geographic Location | Gibsons (B.C.); Sechelt (B.C.); Halfmoon Bay (B.C.); Davis Bay (B.C.); Madeira Park (B.C); Pender Harbour (B.C.) |
Genre |
Newspapers |
Type |
Text |
File Format | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Notes | Titled "The Coast News" from 1945-07-11 to 1957-03-28 and 1992-03-19 to 1995-01-09 "Coast News" from 1957-04-04 to 1970-10-28; and "Sunshine Coast News" from 1970-11-04 to 1992-03-02. Published by Coast News Limited (1945-1952), Sechelt Peninsula News Limited (1953-1976), and Glassford Press Limited (1977-1995). |
Identifier | Coast_News_1976-01-06 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives |
Date Available | 2012-07-25 |
Provider | Vancouver: University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Copyright remains with the publishers. This material is made available for research and private study only. For other uses please contact Glassford Press Ltd. P.O. Box 989, Golden, BC, V0A 1H0 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0171741 |
Latitude | 49.4002778 |
Longitude | -123.508889 |
Aggregated Source Repository | CONTENTdm |
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