THE EXPRESS             February 8, 1995              Page 5



Street             Talk
What do you have to say to your valentine,                                                            secret
or otherwise?




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                                                                                                                                                                                            MOVE ~Ts'"!

It's been a memorable 20 years and       My valentine is the sweetest, most        I'd like to say to my valentine that I            Special Opening, Sun., Feb. 12th, 9am to 4pm
I hope for another memorable 20          charming and loveliest gal in the         appreciate him for all his good                             REGULAR HOURS: MON.-SAT 9AM TO 5:30PM
years.                                   world and deserves all the love and       qualities and love him even if he

                       JUDYZEIN,
                                         charm that she has passed on all of
                                         these years.
                                                                                   has bad ones.
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                                                                                                             KEMP,              Castlegar 365-5191                                                 579 Baker St., Nelson 354-1664
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Club says no to fee                      as they are part of what keeps a          lar names for baby girls were: Jes-      •
     The Glacier Gymnastics Club
has refused to pay a monthly rent-
al fee increase suggested by the
Nelson City cow1cil.
                                         town vibrnnt and healthy." said
                                         Nelson-Creston

                                         nouncement.
                                                             MLA     Corky
                                         Evans following last week's an-
                                                                                   sica. Emily, Sarah. Samantha.
                                                                                   Ashley,     Nicole,      Stepha.tlie,
                                                                                   Amanda. Taylor and Megan. The
                                                                                   top-10 names for boys were: Mi-
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     The club has argued that the             The project's completion was         chael, Matthew, Ryan, Brandon,           •                                                                                          .......                •
                                         assisted by a $133,333 BC 21              Jordan, Tyler, Joshua, Christo-          •                                                                                                                 •
rent they pay is covering all the
City's costs for the premises, and       Community        Projects   award.
                                         Renovations included the addition
                                                                                   pher, Kyle and Alexander.                :                                               .-r---i;c__i~                                                     !
that the service they receive from
the City. with respect to upkeep         of the larger wheelchair accessi-         Alcoholism ruled a                       :                                                                                                                 :
and repair of the facility, is inade-
quate.
                                         ble whirlpool. steam bath and
                                         aerobics room.
                                                                                   disability
                                                                                        The B.C. Council of Human
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     Furthennore.     the club has                                                 Rights has ruled that alcoholism         •
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                                         Cancer claims more                                                                                                                                                                                     •
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told the parks and recreation com-                                                 is a physical or mental disability.      •
mittee that collecting the non-resi-     lives                                          The decision follows a com-         •
dent fee as requested would incur              Cancer stole more lives in          plaint by Donald Handfield, a for-       •
further bookkeeping expenses the         B.C. in 1993 than any other dis-          mer superintendent of schools,           •
                                                                                                                                 NOWAVAIIABI.E     AT A FOOi)STORENF..AllYOIJ-IU:AIJ,V       :
club cannot afford.                      ease, according to a report by the        against the board of school trus-        • ·• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
     The committee had proposed          Ministry ofHealtlt                        tees for the North Thompson
increasingthe chili's rent of space at
the Civic Centre effective April 1.
     At its Jan. 30 meeting, coun-
                                              TI:ieDivision of Vital Statistics'
                                         annual report for 1993 iooicatesthat
                                         cancer claimed the lives of 6,737
                                                                                   School District. Handfield alleged
                                                                                   that he was terminated by the
                                                                                   school board in December 1990
                                                                                                                                        Make Your First
cil approved a recommendation
keeping the monthly rental fee for
                                         British Columbians compared to
                                         6,727 taken by heart disease. There
                                                                                   because of his alcoholism.
                                                                                        His     termination   followed
                                                                                                                                       Smart Investment
the Gravity Climbing Club at
$100 per month for 1995. The
club will also be required to sub-
                                         were three deaths every four days
                                         from AIDS/I-UVinfections and three
                                         deaths every five days from Alzhe-
                                                                                   months offailed rehabilitation ther-
                                                                                   apy paid for by the school board.
                                                                                        Cm.1.ocilChair Harinder Mahil
                                                                                                                                          For 1995
mit a list of its current member-        imer's disease.                           ruled the "alcoholism is a chronic
ship identifying city resident and            On a happier note. 46,144            and devastating illness" recogniz.ed
non-resident users.                      births and 23,440 marriages were          as a disease by the medical commu-
     Club members living outside         recorded. And the 10 most popu-             Please see NUGGETS- page 16
the city wiU be required to pay the
$20 per person non-resident user
fee established for the Civic Cen-
tre. Councillor Gerald Rotering                       Peaceju[...
said it is a "modest fee."
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Cominco records
profits
      Cominco Ltd. recorded prof-
its of $132.l million in 1994 on
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sales of slightly more than $1 bil-
lion. In 1993, the company
dropped $113.2 million on sales
of $982.5 million.
      Cominco president and chief
executive officer D.A. Thompson
attributed the increase in profits to
"improved sales and production
volumes, higher base metal prices
and a favorable exchange rate."
      The 1994 results included the                         1{0W OPE9{__:f 0'1(
sale of power and expansion
rights and divestiture of Cominco                         Bed & Brea~fast Guests
Fertiliz.ers Ltd., resulting in after-           Personal Retreats - Seminars & Workshops
tax earnings of $78 million
                                                             'Enjoyviews of 'l(p~attllqfacier
Regional district                                            and refax__
                                                                       in.a hot tub orsauna.
paid off                                                         'J/j)in.ter
                                                                          ratesin effect.
     The Regional District of Cen-
tral Kootenay has received a final                       S'l19{.'IJJ'l.'Y
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payment of $44.445 to help reno-                                                                                                                     Paymentsbased on 11.25•.4bed rale. All laxes and dealer e,ctrasinciuded.
                                                                                                                                TERCEL. Tolal Price $16,910.00. S.llrQ Pric;o $12.339.43. COROLLA 5 SPEED· Tow Pnco 122,800.00. S.""1g Pnco
vate and expand the Nelson and                                                                                                               $16,618.50. COROLLA AllTOMATIC · Ta<alPnce $23,750.00. SOiing Pnce $16,108.75.

District Aquatic Centre.
                                                         Advance Reseroations Advised
     "It is important to maintain                              Phone 227-9616
and expand community facilities                        134 Riondel Rd., Kootenay Bay, BC