‘The Coatiogar News is. a member of the AuGll Bureeu of Cireulations, the Conedien

Aveectatien, and ihe British Coluaals and Y

ber of Wetter Regional 26d Is nationally represented by AOREPS
{simian Deeg Rogrcoter e207 Patngs St ancoue A608 1 spboe

Hoger News, Drewer 2007, Costloger,
(bcdtene of the writer,
Contioger News

COMM ENT ‘Thursdey Morning, May 10, 1979 a.

— Hard to Swallow

& News that the federal Tories and the
BiG. Socreds have back-room non-
aggression pact comes as no surprise.

4 What's surprising Is that 8.C, Conser--
vative leader Vic Stephens seems so
sHocked and amazed by It all.

| Stephens made headlines last week

en he announced he has evidence that

{A racent editorial in the Kamloops otly Sentinel.)

had to do was check the membership lists
of the two partles. a
In Kamloops, as in most creas of the

-pP the of the p
. Socreds ‘and the federal Torles have been

nearly identical for years;. ».
It's difficult to believe Stephens wasn't
well aware of the situation long before he

Bll: Bennett's Socreds have g
sdpport to the federal Tories on the con-
dijion that Joe Clark’ ond crew offer no
agsistance to the provincial Conservatives.
‘Stephens told a press conference he
_ he learned of the “conspiracy” during q
private meeting with Clark in Kamteops the
* ptevious week.

‘s: Stephens does have a point — there is
sgmething unpleasant about any back-
rgom alliance. All the same, his shock-and

hgd been “churning his guts out” ever since -

the Tory leadership, As such, his

strident “revelation” smacks rather

strongly ‘of politicking, =
The - furor isn't likely to do much
damage ‘to Bennett’ and the Socreds.
Everybody's well awore Social Credit is a
coalition party which relies heavily upon
Liberal and Conservative support. :

The one.who will suffer is Joe Clark.
Prime Minister Trudeau is already scoring
points with his charge that Clark is a pawn

dismay act iso little hard to swallow.

- }_ Its been commen knowledge for years
that the Socreds and federal Tories have
bpen unofficial bed-fellows. In fact, it's
ggnerally known that this was one of the
rgasons for-former B.C. Tory leader Scott
Wallace's resignation a yeor 90.

It anyone harbored any doubts, all he

AAWE eos OAR KD “pravente

Canadians are’ getting pretty
sephisticated. :

3 We can all manage to fill cut our in-
c$me. tax forms. We can all read
-ne and watch tel

of the p

The fact‘is, Stephens and his provin-
cial party have a slim enough chance of
electing any members, let alone emerging
as a strong political force, in the upcoming
election, :

Clark and company can hardly be
pleased with the prospects of being
dragged down with him. -

Urban Discrimination
{An editorial in the Creston Vatley Advance)
‘names officially on the list or they are

disentranchised, ‘

z Apparently, the reasoning goes back -
to the turn of the century when com-

weren't as good as they are

the tural folks have managed over the last
few years to catch on to those things.

But according to the federal returning
dices, country bumpkins, who might not
kBow that there's an election going on and

ight not be able to get to town to register
tg vote, don't have to officially tegister to
--v§te on the voters’ list. They can simply go
-t@ the poll on voting day, and sign a
dBelarstion that they are Canadiens, thet
tifey are eligible to vote and that they ore
}o they say they are, c
Meanwhile, your worldly-wise city
.f@ks must be pre-registered and have their

i

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now and when vote buying was more
easily arranged. Apparently, those wicked
city folks would sell their votes to the first
Pp who came along id to the
second or the. third. In order to prevent
this, new rules were devised,

But times have changed. Vote buying

is frowned upon, and rural voters are.just . -

as capable of ‘getting to town' as the urban
dwellers.

It's too late for this one, but let's hope
that by the next federal election, this little
inequality hos been removed from the Elec-
tion Act.

Castlegar News Headlines from one year ago:

*

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% City council approves 2.7 mill cut in taxes. Assessment base increased by $2.8 million.
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The city court of revision has confirmed an anticipated increase of $7,609 in water and sewer

irpntage tax revenue.

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A Castlegar boy, Travis Green, will be the first official Canadian entry in the North American:

g Jumping Competitions at Angels Camp in Calaveras County, Calif.

The Joint Bargaining Council representing ‘about 6,000 “Comineo employees at Kootenay
‘eee smoust’ ded to fl

that they accept a memorandum of

23
agreement signed by JBC and Cominco representatives.

th Courses

-—/_ The Bierman Bite ie

_. TAKE YOUR PICK...
THE CAN?.,. THE OPENER?..
R THE SPOON’?.... .-

Castlegar News

—

PHYSICAL | FITNESS of Kinnaird Junfor
Secondary School students was tests by in-.

8 aa erw ee UNSEEN EE 88 NE

structors Bruno’ Horcoff, Grant Long and

dents Insight

Mint Health Week was
held for School District No. 9,
April 23 to April 27 by the
public health nurses In the
Castlegar office of the West
Kootenay Health Unit, Shirley
Hunter-Oglow, Rosemary Man-

arin and Joan McKenzlo, They

were assisted by approximately

Week was to promote health

and health awareness as well 35

awareness of community re-,
3.

srhis information was given

to help individuals make re-

. sponsible declalons regarding

thelr health and life styles, with
emphasis : always placed on
i 88 Op-

60 resource persons rep:
ing many areas of health
education such as nutrition,
physical fitness, environmental
health, cardiac pulmonary re-
suscitation, first aid, heart
health, outdoor survival, audio-
logy, speech, alcohol, drugs and
tobacco abuse, careers, mental
and spiritual health and safety.

‘The purpose of Mini Health

P to curative measures.
Poe large part of the health
program was directed towards
children in honor of Interna-
Uonal Year of the Child, ‘
Thanks has been extended
of the resource persons,
alle so generously of their -
time and knowledge in this ;
endeavor, ;

Students Have
Good Record
Of Employment

Selkirk College's Electron-
ics program enjoys an excellent
teputation from Ottawa to”
Vancouver and north to Yellow-

nife. 3
The quality of skills
acquired by program graduates
employed by a variety of
agencies across Canada is the .
factor which has built this -
reputation, "7

In a previous year, out of ,
60 applicants from throughut
B.C. for positions with the ,
ministry of transport, Selkirk ;
electronics graduates received
the four highest ratings, accord- ,
ing to an MoT spokesman. .
Employers are presently seek- .
ing Selkirk program graduates
from as far away as Yellow. .
knife. ‘ i

Jobs held by Selkirk elec-
tronics grads include: develop-
ment and design with the Na-
tional Research Council in
Ottawa; biomedical electronics’
in hospitals; communications .
with companies like CBC and
B.C. Tel; radar and navigation
electronics with the ministry of ~
transport; computer servicing -
and maintenance; and nume-
rous other jobs. y

In addition, some gradu- -.
ates are taking further training ..
as electricians or instrumen-
tation technologists for work .-
with companies such as Comin- .”
co and West Kootenay Power
and Light. i

‘The employment potential ..
continues to be very promising.
Aside from one graduate whom’
the department was unable to -.

. contact, all of last year's .

graduating class has accepted -

jobs in the electronics industry, .
Se

FIRST AID TIP
trom

ANIMAL BITES.
© Such wounds {made by animals or
human belngs) ara always dangerous
because infection may follow @ A
domestic animal which bites a
human should not be killed. Catch
for examination of rabies @ If it has
to be killed, try to avoid damaging
the head since the Intact brain fs
Needed in the lab to datermine
whether or not It is rabid @ Allow
bleeding as It helps to cleanse the
wound ® Clean tha wound: thoroughly
with an antiseptic soap or detergent
solution ®.1f not available, an ordi-
Mary household detergent could be
used @ Rinse with running water or a
salt solution as warm as the casualty
can bear © Seek medical ald immedi-
ately for evaluation and for special
‘serum treatment if required, a

CAP rnacetee fe oe

yelp aN phe tde sala!

about — a chance
Issue but to find.ou
sWayre fo.

0 Restrictive?

At least, one. political party-has commit-
se ted itself to ré-examining federal gun coal
legislation — particularly sections relating to
:egitimate-gun: owners —— after the: May 22.
federal ‘election; “While proponents. of the
resent S i is isay ‘thee i ing laws will.
ce the: occurrence
uce the occurrence shootings by

P cr
ther. restricts. legitimate °
without’. preventing. criminals
to firearm What do you
ing federal gun‘contro! laws place
rictions legitimate ‘gun

* 7) YOURTURN, °.
BOX 3007, CASTLEGAR, B.C.
CSIVINSHA
‘check ‘the box. of your choice and in-
cny weitten:comments with your elip-
out coupon, pe ;

R in the vote on the right of government

ste 87.5 per cent of the ballots cast were opposed

while 12.5 were in favor. “A'child’s right to a. good education was
denied last fall because of the strike,” wrote one reader referring

to the ‘six-week strike lockout deadlock ‘which: paralyzed Selkirk:

College: and ‘schools'in the Castlegar, Nelson, ‘Trail and Grand
Forks ‘All these disputes should be settled long in advance

a xpiry, date.”.“Publie. unions ‘and private sector
unions are ing of the past,”. wrote another. "Labor ‘relations
should be Sufficient, media for any-grievances on wage disputes.”

The deadline tor this week's ballots Is 5 p.m.

* Trail Regional Hospital, Fune-

[ Statistics

(Vita

ASTAFOROFF — To Mr. and

Mrs. Steve Astaforoff of Grand,

, Forks,'a son, born at Boundary
 Hoapital:on ‘April 20.
Se, * .

DENIER ~'To Mr. and Mrs,

Allan Denier ‘of: Castlegar, ‘a.’

boy, born May 4 in CDH.
of ee

HAYNES — To Mr. and Mra.
Terry Haynes (nee Remple) of ©
. Meadow Creek, a son, born in

KLDH on April 29... ~
. * . NY
JAMIESON — To Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Jamieson of Fruitvale,
a. daughter, : born’ “April 15,
arrived April 26,
2 ee
NEVAKSHONOFF. — To Mr.
and Mrs, Fred Nevakshonoff of
Castlegar, a daughter,’ born
May 8 in CDH, i
oo *

. MeNABB — To Mr. and Mrs,

Doug McNabb of Blueberry, a
daughter, born May 2 in CDH.
s s s 5.

" PHANEUF — To Mr. and Mrs,

Albert Phaneuf of Nelson, a
son, -born in. KLDH on May 1.
*, * e

RAMSAY — To Mr, and Mra.
Tom Ramsay of- Calgary, a
daughter, born on April 24,
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs,
Bil Ramsay of Nelson.

* * *

VELLACOH '—: To Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Vellacoh of Kaslo,

a son, born in KLDH on May 1, \°
8 oe i

JARIES

OBITU, :
AUSTAD— John Austad, 76, a
resident of Midway, died at - -

Boundary Hospital in Grand
Forks on April. 7. Martin

Fromme officiated at a memo- . ;

rial service held on April 10 at
the Midway United Church.
Cremation.
* -
DOHERTY — James Doherty,
75, of Montrose, died April 26 in

ral service was conducted May
1: from Carberry's Memorial:

‘DOUGAN —|,John Dougan,
aged 50, of Roasland, died April

26 in Mater MisericordiaeHos- -
"pital, ‘Rossland,: after ‘a brief

illness,” Rogary “was recited
April 27: in’ the Sacred ‘Heart
Church: in Rossland. Funeral
mass celebrated ‘April 28, with

‘Father Frank Flynn officiating. ;°

Burial at Mountain View, Cemo-
tery. ; i

e . *
FRITZ — Henry Harrison

Fritz, aged 78, formerly of: '
:'- Midway, died April 6 in :Vie-

torla. Private funeral was held
in Victoria, followed by crema-:
tion.'A memorial service was

held at the Midway Community ;

Centre on April 11° with ‘the

Rev. Dr, Eldred Miller officia:

ting?

* Le
LAKTIN —. Alex N. Laktin,
aged 78; of Grand Forks, died at
Boundary Hospital on April 24,
Prayers were said on’April 25:
and’ service was. held the‘

following afternoon from Ham- -

mond Funeral Chapel in Grand
Forks. Burial was in the USCC
Cemetery. >. BSS el Ge
Pee a le i
LUDWAR — William Anthony
Ludwar, 63, of South’ Slocan,
died, April 27.° Funeral service

‘= Too fat? Too

E.thin?. Too tired?,

“Too often? Do
something for
somebody. . .
Your body!

Fitness is fun,
1 Try some. 2

‘was held April 80 in the Chape) |
* ment was in the USCC Ceme-
‘tery,

of Thompson Funeral Home,
a @ s s 1

EREHUDOFF — Eileen Pere- -

Yhudoff,” aged’ 64,: “of: Grand

Forks,’ died at Boundary 'Hos- :

*pilal April)17. Prayers were

‘gald.on,the evening of April'16

+ and * service’.was',held |! the

following’ afternoon from’ Ham-,

Bars

mond Funeral Chapel. Inter-

eee

-WISEMAN’ — Mrs. ‘Bessie’;

Evelyn: Wiseman, ° aged. 62,
formerly of Nelson, and lately
of Richmond; B.C,, died Ma;

yin the Richmond General Hos-

pital after a lengthy. illness, -

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“The Next Best Thing
To Being There"

Wednesday; May 16. For last week's results on the power of Chapel with Fath John Chee- *
‘reglonal districts, the deadline is 6 p.m. saday, May 8. vers officiating, Hural in tho

Bud Darough
Top Salesman

For Year of:'78:;

‘Bid Darough of Robertson
Hilliard Cattell Realty Co. Ltd.
of Nelson was named Top Sales-
man of the Year for 1978 at the
Kootenay Real Estate Board's

annual meeting held in Fair-

mont last montl,’
Top Office “Awards were
presented to: “Robertson Hil-

_ + liard Cattell Realty Co. Ltd., of

Nelson for ‘the highest volume
of M.L.S. listing'and sales on a
per capita basis,’and the Top‘
Office’ Award for highest over-

all M:L.S. volume was won by~
Caldwell Agencies of Cran-\

brook.

Several plaques were pre-.

sented for top 1978’ Multiple.
Listing Service. The following
is a list of the individual award

winners, with’ highest volume :
of M.L.S. listings and'sales for -
- the following months:’-

July 1978 — John Noakes, °
Rosling Real ‘Estate, : Nelson; :
August 1978’ — John: Noakes,
Rosling Real. Estate, Nelson;
September 1978 — Keh Yeager,
Caldwell Agencies, Cranbrook;

October 1978 — Harry Mason, .

Cooper Agencies, - Nelson;

November'1978 — Denis Mur- ,

phy,’ Boundary Real Estate,
Grand Forks; ‘and December
1978 — Brian Burch, Falkins
Agencies, Cranbrook, .
“A special presentation was

. made to A. J."“Gus” Conroy of

Falkins “Agencies, C1

Fruitvale Mc ial. Cemetery.
PERRYSCOPE CONCERTS PRESENT >

e Triumphant Return of

Community Complex . ‘NS
Tickets $6.50 Advance at
the Community Complex
Box Office NO

British Columbia
Agricultural *,
! Land Commission.
The Agricultural Land Commission ‘will
be holding hearings on applications for
exclusion of land from the Agricultural
“Land Reserve under Section 9(2) of the .
Agricultural Land Commission Act for _
the following regional ‘district:
Central Kootenay Regional District ©

These hearings, which are open to the’
public, will beheld at the Council

for his long service asa director

of The

Chambers of Castlegar City ‘Hall, 460.

Real Estate ‘Board.’

~-A’mortgage Seminar was ‘

held in ‘conjunction with’ the

mA

“Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. on
the-15th day of May 1979 from 9 am
to.10 am. Details of the applications
eing.considered may be obtained from

“Precisely, that’s what B.C.1-T’s Engineering Division can
offer you with openings now in Agricultural inagement
‘and Forest Products technologies. Lots of land and good

wood —'B.C: has

them in’
good career — B.C.I.T. provides

434-5734 for information.
lupbia Anstitute’of Technology

mibrty Avenue, Bumaby, B.C.

jantéA good start on a
that.

"The News Department of the
Mid-Week Mirror:requires - °.
amateur photographers who are
available for picture-taking
assignments such as Golden. .
Wedding Anniversaries, Sports
Preséntations, etc., and who will |
be alert for other community
events and newsworthy
occurrences.

Only a 35mm camera is
required. We,will provide black-
and-white film and we will do the
developing. :

Interested persons are asked
to contact our, managing editor,
Lois Hughes, as soon as possible. Ro

Castlegor& oe

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