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PAGE A4, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1991

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EDITORIAL

Talk of mall
has city abuzz

Mall.

Nowhere does that word arouse as many feelings and opinions as
in Castlegar.

Ridiculous? Maybe. Trivial? Yes, compared to’ what's happening
in the rest of the world at this moment.

But in Castlegar nothing like the word ‘‘mall’’ can set the city
abuzz, even after more than a decade of on-again, off-again mall
proposals for various locations in the city.

Now, Vancouver developer Sandy Reid has revived his proposal
for a $7 million mall next to the Sandman Inn. His plan calls for an
enclosed shopping centre of 60,000 square feet with a supermarket,
small department-store, movie theatres,and fast-food restaurant — 20
to 24 stores in-total. But Mr. Reid says the project won't proceed
unless the federal government grants approval in principle for Celgar
Pulp Co.’s proposed expansion and modernization of its Castlegar
pulp mill.

Nevertheless, Mr. Reid’s plan for a mall is very good news and is
the talk of the town.

Why?

Probably for several reasons.

A mall is a tangible project, one that people can get their hands
on, so to speak. Pulp mill expansions and new hospital wings are
wonderful for a city’s economy but you don’t drop in on them for a
shopping spree.

So a mall has a sort of personal appeal.

Having a mall has also come to represent something of a status
symbol for a city. Trail and Nelson have malls so they’re better places
in which to live, right?

It’s almost like Castlegar has an inferiority complex because it
doesn’t have a mall, so everyone gets excited when it seems like we're
finally going to get a mall and be a grown-up city.

For the more serious-minded, a successful mall creates jobs and
stimulates a city’s economy, although in Castlegar a mall next to the
Sandman Inn will contribute to the continuing debate about which
part of the city — downtown or the area around the interchange — is
to be Castlegar’s economic centre.

We hope the new mall doesn’t threaten plans for much-needed
downtown revitalization.

Castlegar could use both.

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Bush says conflict a ‘just war'

By MIKE FEINSILBER Hor)

WASHINGTON (AP) — When
President George Bush says be has
committed the United States to a
“‘just_war,"' he invokes a concept
that has troubled philosophers for

Under what ci:
can war be justified?

True pacifists would say war is
never an option, but many thinkers
have concluded thai there are times
when war may be better than its ab-
sence.

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idea originated with St,
a Christian i

of the 4th and Sth centuries AD.
Since then these criteria for

deciding whether a war is morally

justifiable have won general

agreement:

© Just cause. The war must con-
front an unquestioned danger. War
fought in self-defence is the classic
example.

© Competent authority. The leader

committing a country to war must be
acting on behalf of his people.

* Right intention. The reasons set
forth must be the actual objectives.
Thus some theologians have” said
Bush would be justified in waging
war to force Iraq to give up its
conquest of Kuwait, but not to
destroy Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein's warmaking capacity.

© Last resort. All peaceful alter-
natives must have been exhausted.

* Probability of success. The
chances of achieving the war's pur-
pose must be reasonably assured of
success,

© Proportionality. The good that
will be achieved by war cannot be
outweighed by the harm.

Theologians and philosophers are
not agreed on whether the war again-
st traq meets the tests.

Bush, addressing the National

on Monday, said it does. ‘‘It is a just

war and it is a war ye which good
will prevail,’’ he said. “Our cause
could not be more noble."’

Despite the agreed-upon criteria
for measuring war, “‘there’s no acid
test,"’ said R. Paul Churchill, a
Pi at George
University and a member of Concer-
ned Philosophers for Peace, which
debates the issue routirtely.

“The phrase just war is very am-
biguous and causes a lot of con-
fusion," added Douglas Lackey,
author of The Ethics of War and
Peace and a professor at Baruch
College of the City University of
New York.

“In the weak sense, it means that
war is permissible, it is not contrary
to morality to fight the war. But, in
the stronger sense, it means the war
is obligatory, it is your moral duty to
fight it.’”

A few days before the bombs star-
ted falling, the Society of Christian

Ethics decided in a 97-20 vote that
the use of violence in the Middle
East did not meet just-war criteria,
And Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk,
president of the National Conference
of Catholic Bishops, said going to
war ‘‘would likely violate the prin-
ciples of last resort and propor-
y.’

Last week, Bernard Cardinal Law
of Boston became the highest-
ranking Roman Catholic prelate to
support Bush’s decision.

“Even as we echo the prayer of
Pope Paul VI, ‘No more war, war
never again,’ with heavy hearts we
realize that such a prayer is not
fulfilled at the price of gfanting
tyrants and aggressors an open field
to achieve unjust ends,"’ he wrote.

Lackey said everyone who ever
made war thought his war was just.

“The belt buckles of German
soldiers in World War I,"’ he said,
“‘were embossed, Gott mit uns —
God is with us.””

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Concerns cited

The Red Mountain Residents. Association is
concerned about the provincial government's
decision to grant approval in principal to the
Celgar expansion plan based on the Celgar
Expansion Review Panel’s interim report.

We are concerned with the general superficial
tone of the interim report. For example, I quote
from page 12, ‘Much remains to be discovered
about the qualities of receiving air and water, and
how life will be affected by the mill. This
information will be essential to managing adverse
consequences.” This is an open

possibility of an industrial road between Fauquier
and Robson as well as barging and other
alternatives warrant in-depth study.

Last, but not least, are our concerns about
the effect of this proposed increase in truck traffic
on our local environment as well as our global
environment. Our governments wax poetic about
concern for the environment and when the hard
decisions come to be made it is the status quo that
gets recommended.

This is totally unacceptable to our
association. No longer should industry be allowed
to externalize their costs of production,

of the lack of information gathered. This is the
same mentality that has allowed Celgar the
privilege of operating on a ‘‘variance’’ since
pollution standards were first introduced.

Our association's main concefn is the radical
increase in chip truck traffic that the proposed
expansion would impose on our small valley. The
increase from an estimated 13 truck trips in 1989
to 71 in 1995 (more than a 500 per cent increase in
the traffic of these Super B trains) makes this
totally unacceptable.

The public is being asked to not only put up
with the impact of an industrial corridor which is
being forced on us, but also to pay to upgrade,
Highway 6 to facilitiate the process. It is
understood that some of the planned
impr to Highway 6 have been in the

U.S., Soviet

unity eroding

By ANDREW KATELL

MOSCOW (AP) — Superpower
unity ver Iraq’s occupation of
Kuwait is eroding because of Soviet
concern that the United States is
trying to destroy Baghdad and gain
permanent supremacy in the Middle
East, analysts say.

The Kremlin’s signals indicate
more of a difference in emphasis
than a major policy clash with the
United States. But the differences
could widen and destroy thefirst
case of U.S.-Soviet cooperation on

a major regional conflict since the
Second World War

Moscow is concerned that the
United States is moving beyond the
mandate of the UN Security Council
resolution authorizing the use of for-
ce to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

To allay that concern, U.S. of-
ficials from President George Bush
on down have taken pains to say the
destruction of Iraq is not
Washington's’goal

A formal assurance came in the
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works for many years and yet the additional costs
of fast-tracking and upgrading the highway to
handle the Super B trains should not be
underestimated. One estimate of relative impact of
truck traffic on highways is that one truck is equal
to 9,600 cars. Although this estimate was based on
rigid concrete rather than asphalt pavement, one
gets a sense of the public expense incurred when
we encourage and subsidize directly and indirectly
more truck traffic.

We are also concerned about the impact of
the chip truck traffic on our fledgling tourist
economy developing here.

There are some statements that we support in
the interim report. For example:

“The panel suggests that the responsible
governmental authori , as well as the company,
could consider the feasibility of potential
transportation alternatives.’

We agree that an immediate comprehensive
independent study and-cost-and- benefit analysis is
essential to address the transportation issue. The

envir and otherwise. Scientists from all
quarters are warning us of the fooli of

fat returns for their produced equipment sold at a
great profit to defence departments and paid for
with the ’ money. This ity does
not like the peace movements.

In the background and coming closer to the
forefront is now evolving a new phenomenon and
force, whose time has come, which humanity
needs to survive. This is the peace movement of
the world. The peace movement gives humanity a
hope of peace and avoiding the tragedies of war
and not to return to the brute era of the Middle
Ages. We are living in the 20th century.

In the past, peace movements would have
been unthinkable and any participant in

continuing to pump more and more carbon
dioxide and other pollutants jnto the atmosphere.
The astronomical increase in diesel
consumption to.transport chips to an expanded
mill has never been factored into the equation and
this is an example of how the review panel has
failed to provide a comprehensive review of the
envir social and ic impacts of the
Celgar expansion. It is clear that to plan and
review appropriately a project of this size requires
more time and resources than the panel received.
We are left with the impression that this was an
exercise to placate the public and expedite Celgar’s
corporate plans.
Stephan Piernitzki
Red Mountain Residents Association
Silverton

Can't be fooled

The Persian Gulf crisis presents itself in the
following scene:

The principal actors are the mischievious
delinquent who is causing all the unruly
excitement. The other actor is taking it upon
himself the role of a judge and a policeman
combined.

His instrument of administration is a big stick,
lacking the modern weapon-of humanity, morality
and wisdom, with a not very sublime record of his
own

Result: bloodshed, grief, family tragedies,
material damage and covering up or camouflaging
the truth.

If we could listen carefully we could hear in

with the kings and the predominant
church were thrown into the dungeon, tortured or
burned at the stake. :

Another method to protect the powers that
be, who like to go to military ventures to enrich
themselves, was to keep the common people in
ignorance and in the dark, so they can be more
easily manipulated.

Now, the common people are intelligent,
moralistic and cannot be fooled anymore.

Today, we should rejoice that the peace
movement throughout the world is growing bigger
everyday. This brings us closer to the day when
civilization and wisdom will eventually prevail.
W.J. Lebedoff
Glade

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to edit letters for brevity, clarity, legality,

the of the military i
community clapping their hands in glee,

Q and taste.

4 YEARS AGO
From the Feb. 1, 1951
Castle News
A disastrous fire razed the home

About 70 members and their wives
and guests, including a large con-
tingent from Nelson, witnessed the
ceremony. Simply and sincerely Mr.

of Mr. and Mrs. R. i pt at
noon on Jan. 29h. Before the fire
department could be summoned the
fire was completely out. of control
and Mr. Weishaupt and his 18-
month-old son narrowly escaped
death in the blaze. Mrs. Weishaupt
was out shopping at the time.
. « «

Lieut. Governor Walter Hendricks
inducted local Kiwanis Club officers
for 1951 at a gathering Tuesday night
in the new Twin Rivers Hall.

each officer in
the. performance of their duties
during the ensuing year.
25 YEARS AGO
From the Feb. 3, 1966
Castlegar News

Decision to build’ a new public
library as Castlegar’s Centennial
project was the outcome of Friday
night’s meeting of the local Centen-
nial Committee.

Cc

Cc
Gwilym Hughes told Castlegar coun-

cil Tuesday evening that the cost of
the library would not exceed $15,000
and that the town’s share would be
$10,040.

* 8 .

R. Rivers and J.T. Dunlop were
re-elected for three-year terms as
directors of the Kinnaird-Robson-
Castlegar Community Chest when
the society held its annual meeting
Monday night.

15 YEARS AGO
From the Feb. 5, 1976
Castlegar News

An operational budget of
$4,187,536 was approved Monday at
a special meeting of the board of tru-

Soviet

continued from page A4

joint statement U.S. State Secretary
James Baker and Soviet Foreign
Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh
issued Tuesday after four days of
talks in Washington.

“*Baker emphasized that the
United States and its co: ion par-
tners are seeking the liberation of
Kuwait, not the destruction of
Iraq,” the statement said. It went on
to stress the United States doesn’t
threaten Iraqi territory and is trying
to avoid civilian casualties.

The Soviet Union, Iraq’s former
ally and principal weapons supplier,
has been trying to keep an open
diplomatic channel to Baghdad and
appear to be sensitive to the concerns
of President Saddam Hussein. Thus,

problem is a difference in inter-
pretation of the UN resolution.
Washington: believes the resolution
permits not only evicting Iraq from
Kuwait, but ensuring that Baghdad's
forces cannot return, said the of-
ficial, who spoke on the condition of
anonymity.

The Soviets, the official said, have
a “‘nightmare vision” that the United
States seeks the destruction of Iraq,
the overthrow of Saddam and a
long-term U.S. military presence in
the region that would exclude the
Soviets.

While there is no sentiment in the
United States for a long-term
massive military presence, the official
said, Americans do not like “leaving
a job half-done’’ and want to

The emerging critical Soviet at-
titude toward U.. wulf policy could
be another sign that Gorbachev is
bowing to hardliners in the Soviet
military. Some of the hardliners have
even suggested the Soviet Union
revive its friendship treaty with Iraq
and come to the defence of its ally.

It appears unlikely Gorbachev will
go that far, but western officials are
clearly concerned.

After Bessmertnykh discussed the
gulf with Japanese Foreign Minister
Taro Nakayama in Moscow last
week, a Japanese official said the
West ‘‘better not take support of the
Soviet Union for granted.”

Andrew Katell writes for the
Associated Press,

stees for School District No. 9. This
is an increase of $844,695 over last
year’s operational budget of
$3,342,841.

. . .

Pacific Fibre, a two-man company
from Vancouver has received a $1.5
million DREE grant to set up a chip
work plant in the Kootenays.

Norm Smith and his partner Carl
Jansen have not yet decided where
the operation will be located, but
Castlegar, Nelson and Slocan City
are the potential sites, said Mr.
Smith,

5 YEARS AGO
From the Feb. 2, 1986
Castlegar News

Castlegar city council Tuesday
voted against endorsing the Castlegar
school board’s resolution urging
society “‘to redirect the focus from
toys, games and clothes which are
preoccupied with force and violence
to ones which promote peace,
cooperation, positive and construc-
tive behavior.’’

. . .

The race to succeed Nelson-
Creston MLA Lorne Nicholson as
the NDP candidate in the next
provincial election became a three-
way contest this week.

On Thursday, Corky Evans, for-
mer Regional- District of Central
Kootenay director for Area H (rural
Slocan Valley), declared his~can-
didacy for the nomination.

Evans joins Dave Lang, a Salmo-
area logging contractor, and Glenn
Suggitt, a Nelson electrical contrac-
tor, in the race.

Bessmertnykh expressed ‘‘apprehen-
sions” that Iraq is being damaged
and that its people are suffering.

A Soviet journalist put the issue
more bluntly.

“Washington, —as—1— understand,
would like to ‘go all the way,’ that is
not only to liberate Kuwait but
destroy Iraq,’’ Alexander Shalnev
wrote from New York in Izvestia.

AUS. official in Moscow said the

prevent Iraq from re-occupying
Kuwait.

The state news agency Tass of-
fered a doomsday scenario in
speculating about U.S. intentions.

“sit, maybe, that the goat is that
the United States, upon destroying
Iraq,, would establish its domination
over world reserves of oil and
thereby over the whole world?"’ Tass
analyst Askold Biryukov asked.

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Mountains spark anxiety attack in Easterner

thought, all because of handsaws and blizzards and
frozen waterlines.

There’s a phenomenon that characterizes rustic
life in places such as the Slocan Valley — thi
old-fashioned true grit. It’s called earning
points.”

Since my partner and I moved from Toronto to
The Valley in mid . we've s
many pioneer points they’re now heaped as high as
the Valhallas.

Pioneer points accrue to those who pay their
dues through backwater hardships: moving in winter,
cutting firewood with a handsaw in a blizzard,
struggling with broken pumps and frozen water lines.

Less than two months after Moving Day, we
were presented with an irresistible opportunity to save
our sanity. At the risk of wiping out our dizzying
tally of dues, and losing all the respect and
admiration we've earned as survivors in our little
house of horrors, we dashed off to housesit in
Silverton.

With a bit of Silverton space and sunshine, I've

Catherine
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asked, as though I was seeking-a weather report
rather than suppressing an anxiety attack.

He was positively lyrical in his eulogy to the
peaks. What felt like claustrophobia to me was
security to him. The mountains provided shelter from
storms. The mountains offered a place from which
one could view the most eal vistas, a

figured out why I’m still feeling asa
newcomer to the Slocan Valley. In a word —
mountains!

The same mountains I admired in the summer as
a tourist are not the mountains I’m rooming with in
the winter. Now that I’m actually living in The
Valley, I notice there are a lot of mountains, all
rather beefy, and because they were here before I
was, they're probably here to stay.

During my first weeks at our home in Passmore,
my Bartner and I often went walking. I would silently
try to ways of ivating more affecti
for the big hulks of rock and earth that surrounded
us.

“So what do you like gbout the mountains?"’ I

perch for

Everyone tells me that anxieties about mountains
are as common as waterpumps going belly-up. Many
people from the East (and especially from the
Prairies) feel claustrophobic in the mountains, |
learned. You'll probably get used to them, people
say. Get out skiing if you need more space.

The little skiing I’ve done is cross-country, not
downhill, Cross-country skiing around Passmore,
where the mountain valley is particularly snug, |
could only marvel at what was beyond the stolid slabs
that closed me in.

Figuring I was suffering from a typically
neurotic urban reaction to a normal rite of passage, I
called the 24-hour crisis line in Nelson.

“Are you in crisis?" I was asked.

“I just moved from Toronto to the Slocan
Valley...”

The woman didn’t permit me to elaborate. My
call was promptly forwarded to a sympathetic soul
named Pat.

“My Dad's from Nova Scoti: she

“‘and the really get to

hiin.””

lL asked how long her father stays for visits.

“No more than 10 days,"’ she said.

I figured I must have earned a thousand pioneer
points for spending two winter months in the
mountains.

Pat urged me to seek support from my
aay and referred me to Dr. David Hersh.

This seemed unhelpful. en that Hersh is a sex
therapist, but the value in this instance was empathy
— he recently moved from San Francisco to Nelson.

Hersh said he couldn't personally relate to, my
problem, but admitted-having one of his own.

'm not too thrilled with the snow,” he said.
“‘] grew up in New York, and would like to take a
pill in November and not wake up ‘til May. I'm not a
skier so I spend a lot of time in the house.

Hersh pointed out that moving, especially from
Toronto to the Slocan Valley, is a traumatic
experience. The most miniscule changes — seeing
different brand labels in stores, adjusting to the
couch in a new location — causelots of stress.

With a nifty three-point analysis, he ified
my confusion: “‘All change produtes stress. Stress
distresses. Distress distorts."”

Hersh suggested I remember all the things I
couldn't stand about Toronto that prompted my
move to the Slocan Valley. He advised visiting flatter
places whenever possible. His bottom line was
disarmingly pragm: “If you feel hemmed in, you
might consider not living here.””

I thought this might be a rather drastic response,
and consulted next with Laurie Morgan, a child
protection social worker who works in Nelson but
lives in Vallican.

Morgan has done lots of speculating about the
impact that geography and climate exert upon people
and their felationships.

“I wonder about the correlation between being
closed in and clouded in,”’ he said.

“*There’s a closeness that comes from living in
the valley, and it contributes to some Strange stuff.
When I think of the casualties emotionally and
relationally in the'valley, I speculate about its
negative energy."

I considered the old chicken and egg riddle. Is
the narrow mountain valley, suspected of harboring
negative energy and ions, to blame for whatever
negative thinking occurs among its inhabitants? Or
are the people in a bad space to begin with, using the
mountains as @ scapegoat?

Are innocent mountains, in fact, taking the rap
for our sense of feeling trapped, as we reconcile our
dream home with the one we left behind?

The frustrated Person who makes peace with

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