CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 20, 1983 CASTLEGAR NEWS 7.1947 41900 212, 1978-AUG. 27, 1980 * Ls CAMPBELL — | PUBLISHER AUG. 7, 1947-68, 13, 1973 . ,Pugusiien Burt Compball PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Harvey OFFICE MANAGER ae MANAGER — Carol Magaw CARCULATION —Diano Warner Normai GER — Elaine Lee vented in ond belongs to Costle News Lid.; provided, belong to the advertiser. \. however, ny adverinemect prepared irom repro prools, engravings, etc. provided by the advertiser shall remain in ond,’ nthat copyright la that port and tha} port only of by Increase noteworthy A decimal point can make a big difference, as we learned last week when we misplaced one ina headline and story on our front page. ; Castlegar school district's proposed 1983 budget is up .35 per cent, not the 3.5 per cent we erroneously calculated and tepor- ted. To say we thought a 3.5 per cent increase to be relatively modest, and therefore quite newsworthy in these times of is not to ily ex- plain the error. We, think readers will agree that an increase of less than one- half of one per cent at a time when’ Ty ‘THE EDITOR Annoyed by Socred media blitz : Editor, Castlegar Nows: As a resident and taxpayer of British Columbia,.I am most annoyed that a BCTV weather reporter should also be. . the “fair-haired boy” star of the expen-. | sive Social Credit media blitz. ~ Here we have an individual with two. ‘lucrative jobs, informing. British Col- umbia residents, many-who are unem- ployed, that’ wonderful ‘progress’ is the I system is daily spotlight treatment is an. achievement of which the board of trustees of Castlegar school district and all those employed in the local system can be very pleased. LUMBER TARIFES Dismiss the case Reprinted from the New York * Times. American lumber companies suffering hard times want the ({U.S.) commerce department to mined by auction; now that lumber prices have fallen, American’ producers are stuck with the high bids they make in better times. In Canada the fees vary with market di which means that lum- protect them competition. They may & right in arguing that Canada’s government policy makes it cheaper to harvest forests there. But that's no reason to barricade the American market. Far from it: punitive tariffs against Canada would set a costly precedent for retaliation. Canad ( one partly owned by The New York Times), supply about 30 per cent of the softwood lumber sold in the United States. In better times, this competition aroused little concern. But the long slump in housing has driven some smaller American companies, notably in the Pacific Northwest, to the edge. Charging that Canada’s government indirec- tly subsidizes its lumber industry, they ask Washington to assess “counter-vailing” duties of up to 65 percent. bering costs decline somewhat as prices drop. Nonetheless, when averaged over time, the costs of lumbering on government lands in the: two countires are probably very close. Yet even if Canadian fees were consistently lower, there are prac- tical reasons not to label this an unfair subsidy. Consider, : for le, the f e of with the omi Fecovery, of British Columbia. “~ 5 This. individual lends credibility to, this “high-gloss” nonsense .as.a high-:’ ‘profile news broadcaster. When we ¢ watch the BCTV. weather report we are trusting that it is fairly accurate. However, this same individual is far» from accurate in his ‘blue-skies’ predic-, tions by the present British Columbia government in the so called economic recovery of our. aetna :-Winlaw : Prime Minister Trudeau joins Carib- bean leaders at a beachside resort in St. Lucia today with trade, foreign aid’ © a economic co-operation topping the plastics from oil found on federal lands. If Americans hinder imports of lumber because Canada’s government sells trees; too cheaply, why ‘should not Canada and other nations hinder. ingports raised at the two-day meeting hetween Canada and its Commonwi part- ‘ners in. the” region, “incl .of: American plastics.b GO OUP core (the-.U,S.) g rine lands too cheaply? Most of us wish that “untai trade practices” could be clearly The case turns on ’ fees, which the companies pay ‘to Canada’s national and provincial governments for the right to cut trees on public lands. These fees are currently much. lower than American fees and.are thus said to give Canadian companies an unfair advantage. The ci bl fees -plicated for that, J and hed. Truth is, modern economies are too com- and = long- accepted national policies are too varied to allow easy comparisons. Common sense. and enlightened self-interest are the only sound guide-posts. And by those measures, the sooner the case i 4 lumber is in the United States are deter- Saemiied. 1 the better, aleaas il. "investment: for the Tegion, But Caribbean leaders are expectin; : 4 some clarification from Trudeau on : Canada's own participation. Political observers ‘note growing concern about the political direction of the initiative which seeks to exclude assistance to certain countries, : And they say Canada’s precise role in the plan has not yet been spelled out. Canada along with Venezuela and Mexico committed itself to the initia- tive at a meeting in the Bahamas in : July, 1981. At the time Canada made clear its ition to any attempt to FRED. MERRIMAN May I offer a public apology to the Castlegar Community Band: As a former member of the Victoria Boys Band, a protege of the legendary Charles Rowles, the Kiwanis Band of Banff, Alta., the Nelson City Band and for a short time a member of Royal Canadian Scottish Brass Band. I do apologize not only for failing to support our local band, but even more im- portantly, for failing to devote the nec- essary time to practise and i _stout-hearted men and I will soon give you 10,000: more.” : “Set a basie'standard think n , invite the already established themgelves to join. We have had the opportunity to listen * }, promising high school mu-’ to seve! sicians who would qualify; - , Perhaps. you could have several levels of Community Band — a Class “A” performing band which proudly ship that is required to be proficient in the instrument of my choice. You see, it is a matter of time, priorities and motivation. - Most musicians know that it is point- less to meet once a week. That is not enough. Any band worth listening to or playing in should comprise musicians -who have practised at least two hours every day, seven days a week just to maintain a reasonable level of ex- pertise and quality, assuming of course that the reasonable level has at first been attained. Personally, I have never devoted enough time and attention to, practising since a boy with the old Victoria Boys Band. May I as always offer some’ sugges- tions. Strive for quality not quantity. Audition those who would dare call bers of a C Band and elimi or preclude those the and a series of " intermediate and junior level who ‘ would aspire to the concert band in due course. So, please accept my apologies and support — moral or otherwise — for those who would promote a quality band. I also have the greatest respect for those old soldiers who have blown their lips out all the years waiting for the young men who do not materialize. I, and others like us on the low end of music, have simply not set our pri- orities straight. We are not willing to make the commitment: that is syn- omous with fine music, musicianship and the pure enjoyment which can come from that degree of commitment. If you love music — and I am sure those who straggled to that pitiful display of six persons must also — then please take heart. Carry on. Be a phoenix and settle for six faint-hearted and part-time musicians like Fred Merriman. Fortunately, I saved you and myself the embarras- sment. . The lyrics from an inspirational song _hegan, “Give me some men who are stout-hearted men and- women. The weaker of us will follow and even knock at your band door when it is an honor to play with and for the best. Please do not settle for less, and your problems will disappear. use it as an ideological weapon. But observers here allege that U.S. President Reagan, in announcing sup- plemental aid under the plan last winter, effectively blacklisted several countries, ‘including Grenada which is part of the Commonwealth Caribbean. When Nakasone took office in the last week of November, Japan was facing myriad problems left over.from the administration of Zenko Suzuki, and although Nakasone pledged to clear the slate and make his mark in Japanese politics, no one really be- lieved much would change substanti- . ly. Past prime ministers had, always Pledged sweeping changes on taking office, but usually things had remained the same. Not so with Nakasone.. - A man who unabashedly admits he has’ coveted the premiership since~ entering politics more than 35 years ago, Nakasone has told Japanese and foreign reporters he would be more than happy to “die with his boots on” in office. Faced with several major economic and domestic political problems, it seems Nakasone has decided to as much ‘as possible in- the shortest possible time and this fact alone leaves foreign and Japanese observers reeling in amazement. In the past, if there was one thing analysts could be sure of about Japan, it was that events moved with exceed- ing slowness. Not so with Nakasone. INISTER TRUDEAU clarification necded Just before Canada had committed itself, it had announced a doubling of its aid to the region over a five-year period. Total Canadian aid during that period is about $350 million.- While some measure of multilateral assistance is provided through Can- ada’s own aid program, the initiative has been criticized for its over-empha- sis on bilateral aid. : ; president, was: nani re Remember I “When? | 35 YEARS ‘AGO. From the Feb. 19,1948... (Castlegar Nowa « . “Weekend -specials. at. Horswill's; * Heinz baby foods, three tins for 28 cents; chicken haddie, 24 cents per tin; _ herrings in-tomato, sauce, 19: cents each; prepared macarons three tins for AT, cents, wend wilte o *: Pitts Drug: : Just arrived, | “eastile * soap, 20 cents each or two for 85 cents, Fitches ee all., sizes; itenes hair oils. aa . . Members of, the Catholic. Women's net at the, homo. of Mra..D.A. ursday. ' evening. for, their eating. Mrs. were ‘discussed ..re: i the’ ratrick chicken aad spaghettidinner to GA. Sumner, ND licensed. natiir- opathic physician has ‘opened an office - in the now-Eromenke' block and. will treat chronic. ailments _ by manipul- ations, biochemistry, slectrotheranis diet, etc. : 25 YEARS AGO. From the Feb. 27,1958 Castlegar News rye The Hon. P.A. Gaglardi, Minister. of ” Highways, announced an appropriation Current member states ‘of Caricom ‘Antigua: and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, - _ ‘Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent andthe Grenadines, St. Kitts-Nevis, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas, though nota member of, Caricom, has associate status with the option to join the community asa “full ‘member. Caricom leaders will: join ‘heads of of other C countries in the region and Canada ats the talks which are being held to: review international and regional’ is- + sues affecting | fre political and ‘econ: omic’ development +08” the English. ing C The question‘ of Canada's member. ship in the OAS ‘remains a ‘contro- versial issue because, with the excép- tion of Giiyana and Belize’ which be- cause of territorial disputes are barred from membership, all other politically independent countries in the Common- full in the Legislature yesterday for the Castlegar Airport road. This matter has been drawn to his attention on several occasions by the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce. It is hoped the work will be done atan early date. E 8° The newly formed sports committee of the West Kootenay zone council of the Canadian Legion met in Castlegar ‘over the weekend to hear a talk by Joe Haley of Rossland, former Canadian Olyripic track and | Bold s member. *: Crews are ee wapatiig the Traifl- -highway and track between Kinnaird and Blueberry. The washouts occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. ee = Joseph Logelin of Kinnaird was appointed clerk for the Village of At at a special council meeting wealth C: are Canada has been ‘a permanent -non- voting member ‘since 1972, Political: observers: feel-that the entry of Canada as a full member of the Areport p d for the is of the Caribbean Community; or Cari-- com, .an. economic grouping of 12 Commonwealth states, warned that could: provide added clout to the’ English-speaking bloc in the AS. And Caribbean leaders who see 0 OAS on lism. could. * weaken existing regional institutions. Caricom foreign ministers have de- clared that participation in the intiative should be open to all countries in the region. | In Janyary he became the first some measure of economic benefits for their countries are reported to be planning to per- suade Trudeau that Canada should join as afull member. ~ (Canadian Press) -New Japanese PM moves swiftly By DARRYL GIBSON Saas the Zenko Suzuki’ adminis- Japanese prime minister to visit South- tration the same problems dragged on Korea officially while in office since the two countries in the late 1960s. Freshly returned from his Korean sojourn, he met twice with Primo Minister Trudeau in Tokyo and then flew to the United States for talks with President Reagan. During the Washington talks: he eased American concerns about Japan- ese defence plans and pledged fast action on continuing trade problems resulting from Japan's $20-billion sur- plus with the United States. At home his contention that he wanted to make Japan an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” protecting Japan from a perceived Soviet threat, drew outraged oppo- sitidn. But unlike his pred who for more than two years without solution. Canadian officials who have met with .- the new Japanese prime minister are frankly amazed at the pace of action under his administration and the speed with which problems, when identified, are attacked. “It is. an absolutely new game,” Ii- ternational Trade “Minister Gerald Regan said ‘recently after meetings with major Japanese ‘cabinet backers: Gordon Longmuir, the chief political’ analyst at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, has ‘similarly been impressed. “It has really been refreshing,” Longmuir said recently about the had bowed to such anti-military calls in the country, Nakasone has largely ignored the flack and soared’ ahead without hardly a nod to the outery. “Pledging to address trade problems, he has, through the Ministry of Inter- . ntional Trade and Industry, agreed to limit videotape recorder exports to the liberal adding that he was still looking hard at what was happening. - “It is quite unlike any experience we'vé had here before, and we are con- tinuing to watch with fascination,” he sald.. Uh ie's so-called d im- actions have been hit by ports | of voverat i ‘with the exception of beef and citrus products — allowed for limits on “exports of autos to Canada and the United States, and offered substantial economic aid to South Korea and Mal- sia. In addition the government