A 67 member Doukhobor choir sang to great the prime minister, their repertoire included songs in Russian, English and French. Wires, mikes and the constant click, click, click of cameras followed him everywhere he went during his brief stop in Castlegar. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau flashed his winning smile to more than 1500 West Kootenay residents who turned out at Selkirk College to see him Monday. Any men available are asked to contact Manpower or city police to see if they are needed. The flood was caused by nearly two inches of warm rain which fell in the area. The lower bridge at Duhamel creek, below the main highway at Six Mile Road, was nearly lost but hard work, sandbagging and two cats had kept it in place. Volunteer crews totalling 1,500 fought the flood, mostly with sandbags, trying to keep the creek flowing close to its normal channel. Two large gas tanks were washed away from the service station on Ymir Road with an unconfirmed figure of 900 gallons of gas inside. Eight homes and a service station in the City are flooded, at least partially. A city police spokesman in Nelson said that Cottonwood Creek had caused between 15 and 20 homes to be evacuated with several others packed and prepared to move if necessary. The road was flooded just south of Salmo, with traffic stopped, but was down to six inches from a much higher level by press time. At press time Sunday night, 3 area highway bridges were reported out as well as there were several washouts. Flooding creeks in Nelson area took a high toll of roads, bridges and private property as recent rains tripled creek sizes and torrents of water cut up the landscape Sunday.
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