INCORPORATING THE MID-WEEK MIRROR PUBLISHED SEPT. tena, 77, 1900: LV. CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER AUG. 7, 1947-FE8. 15, 973 PUBLISHER — Burt Campbell orig eer PLANT FOREMAN — ‘efor Horvey OPICE MANAGER Elaine Lee ADVERTISING —Linda aKoulisin,« Corel melee CIRCULATION, government’ negotiated ‘part in’ Area J, Martin’ for their ‘and courage to stick with’ their on: the referondum.in the face of legal threats from. Victoria, As the: ac-: companying editorial.‘from the Vancouver Sun details, council and ; the regional directors not only had moral right behind them, but legal! right as well. Jt was disappointing to see our sister municipalities of Trail’ ‘and Nelson and other : Sade by asking councils to post ‘petition so’ that local ‘residents ' + ¢ould ‘voice their support for the scheme cs well. d:parole sy: ‘boundaries and are jurisdiction. Yet, | the ‘same u ipalities that ‘considered. the disarmament. referondum outside ‘their sphere, readily agreed to protest to the Solicitoz General about sex: offenders’ and early parole, Castlegar, council, it should be noted, was:consistent in ey : aise e oipkeldiag, from thelr citizens the right..to. vote “on an: issue of paramount importance, It is even: more surprising in ‘light-.of the. ° argument: put forward by many that the referendum lids outside the municipal arena, and is instead, in the federal jurisdiction. We can‘only: point out that municipalities: across the province were not as.reluctent-to enter the federal sphere’ on other issues: And we point to ithe recent letter king jand posted the | ij peition,: * 9)" lt seems to us thot for some municipalities ;particular federal issue: n ‘to, tall. within municipal responsibility, iwhile other: federal:issues don't. We. .would contend that any. issue — federal, provincial or, municipal — thatcaffects: Castlegar: residents should be:a' concern: of, our local: ‘council, and as elected represen- ‘. tatives they have a duty to address ‘that concern when necessary. 5 Plain, common sense. ve dorte thexjddge’ sa Editor, Castlegar 2 There has ‘been ‘so ‘a5’ much trouble reported) about young. people. For a: change of pace, I would like to report an incident. to: point out that “kids 20 bad. ere Appeal made credible Editor, ‘News: You deserve | thanks for pridting the Se Ane ae ce at foe Coming as it does from Aksociated Eages ib eleeie and not special | ae ccc anise present’ ‘problems, Ppemerettnlty reer thie hnreogs dock ated this artidaciy artislecWehapor at this foot a the B.C. piece Court’ struck a blow for the most; fun- aerarsuedled: “politicians ‘who have presumed to usurp the | tole of the. courts i flaw. I sort of sense in upholding the ~right’ “of © municipality of Oak Boy to hold its nuclear disarmament referendum.. “In rejecting a petition to void: ‘the Oak Bay bylaw authorizing the vote, the judge put the matter in its proper perspective. The issue of nuclear profileration, she said, af- fects “not only the municipality, - but the entire universe.” It would be & foolish law that, by’‘virtueof some man-made’. technicality, prevented ‘a small’ part’ of the universe ‘from ex- pressing an opinion on whether iv: should hove: a future: Creation the: Principal among those ‘are! Munic- pal Affairs Minister. Jack Henrich and his’ predecessor, Bill Vander Zalra,* who'-have: been’ running : Ground frying: to. frighten munic- polities — with’some success, un- fortunately — into refusing to hold votes on the ° jarmament questi ne The. claim of: the ¢ two ministers that the municipalities did not have the legal jurisdiction to deal. with and could th be sued by ratepayers, no: doubt. d former. "time cach year those whe died that this should be so. eh The plight of those around the world’ i caught up in this violence is the ‘con- cern of many people'and groups in'the Castlegar area. Your’ printing’of this ‘ article’“makes more “credible “their appeal-for public support. ‘We'are all: working in our several ways to make that ‘article a piece‘of history rattier than a plece of news. z Richards Amnesty International Group No168. ee Everyone thoug ht I was crazy I picked “gate ight” day to. build “ planter ‘around, the: power pole sidewalk in downtown Salmo,’ stone together, we built.a little pro- tective fence around it, Then be made a to tthe planter at all, Even all the plastic ; ‘planted were still pe we can all take an example from this and have more faith in our younger, generation. | We..should . all itogether, to make | our town a Dp " pises 0 bs prvi of} Tris Bakken, Salmo Bruce Baird. to challenge) the. ‘no‘local ju And'so Madam “justice Proudfoot declard thot a broad Interpretation. ““ . should be placed. on issues: of municipal concern os’ Setined, in his ‘Municipal Act. * “5 Without fentlenlng, any’ : Fhe n nation’s dum in Oak Bay. Me faird' now ‘says he was un-' *' fairly accused of trying to block the referendum: he was only trying to ensure that the municipality did not do something illegal. postal : service. is amess': ® By! W. ROGER WORTH /. na ieee’ were » previously hand delivered at much less cost, “1s That's not all. The Post Office is only ‘mess. Yet Michael Warren, the govern- . ment whiz kid turned head postie.(at $150,000. per: year), has , approved: a ‘200, 000 ‘advertising campaign advis- |; : ing us. that’ Poat Office surveys show; almost 90 per cent of the mail is getting ‘through on time. “That's hogwash. Even before the ad- ; the. country’s. vertising campaign, , {Auditor General had pointed out. at Tndependent Business hsv have backed the Nlew that service is ‘In.9,995 personal iarcte' aie the per cent of the businesses reported jthat ‘mail service. has. not improved, ‘another’ 26 per cent. said the. service ‘was worse, 8 per cent believed service iY had improved slightly, . while , fewer ‘than 1° per’ cent claimed it, was con-.:. rt - million surplus in the first six months , ; isiderably. improved. t "To add to the small business frustra- ition, the 'Post;. Office now. wants ..to extend its monopoly by getting govern- ‘ment: approval to force companies, ‘other, government agencies, and even Andividuals, to use the mails for items - organization's 64,000 members; 60 66. now, talking about layoffs, even though ;,the:volume of mail has dropped dram- atically, partiy.as a result of the re-, . cession, but mainly due to the stag- .gering rate increases that have been put, in place. . While ‘employees in ‘virtually. every, sector .of, the economy. are’ hurting.” badly,} the. musb-coddied posties are , ,in the $93 ten worth of overtime | they claimed last year, on top of annual salaries that surpass $23, i , The fact fs, our Post Oifice will lose = at least $400 million this year (that's, $40 for every working Canadian). Mail jakusp + to” us that the. Hon, It ,appears; William Vander. Zalm is attempting : put in his county system through th backdoor route of politics.in the prov- originally. proposed. a County System for the province when be; was minister of municipal affairs broken into seat. elected, board looking’ after all the fun i Critics of th quick. to; point ; out the. folly: of bis ‘his | |) proposal citing: the loss of local. auto- ' nomy, a 53; in the services.on a,local : level. Smaljl, centres feared being gob: bled. up. by, larger ones. eat On paper, the county ‘system’ ‘sounds H and efficient but on'the ‘practical ‘level it ‘eavgs a’ heck! We, in ‘ the:\Arrow ‘ Lakes” School District ‘No. '10,. can‘ appreciate beter} service is still poor, Saturday delivery ii has been discontinued, in rural areas and now. they're talking. about another te, increase. ,, F* gomoething’s amiss. The British Post Office, earned. $200 ‘million last year. ‘And the U.S, Postal Service had a $486 of this year. Meanwhile, the first-class iJetter rate in that country, is 20 cents,},: , compared to our, 80 cent charge. If nothing else, Canada’s Post Office could, save. $200,000 by. cutting adver- tising that is, misleading and useless. Many, many years i school | ». his licence suspended if he is suspected of being tmpaires while having cantral Kinnaird has a new. 7 emblem: the Dogwood flower. Designed by the being. manipulated “out of: our, local utonomy. thout the right to q pation dictated to by : county seat and board from . population centre, such |:as be used by Kinnaird at a later date asa #+decal’ for marking: trucks and: -plecea of equipment. (:~': !~ 3; Castlegar News ; eae invitation “of ‘the: -Union +, of ial: Communities: of: Christ (UBC and the Associations of Cana: Of Russian decent ((ACRD) ifour artists of the; Bolshoi, Theatre Sprig ofly and red brs ded an awful lot like what : the Arrow: Lakes Hospital for ‘a couple in'sthe “late ive mood at the Senior: Citi; ‘Centre on Saturday whe) ‘mem: bers ‘ol rn Star, held ‘thelr nual: ‘Pre; Christmas Tea sand Bazaar. 3 is part.of- long-term plan to. all: ‘Tegional “stimulate interest’ and “By broadening ‘the ‘base, services centre in the area, told the Monday ‘meeting. the.) atnof, netting mp: a’ labor: large‘and it Probably, ‘would not: be done. ! } Mode, executive director £ for B.C, Research Council, is. covery, Parks Foundation. "the two’ and through high technol we'-wouldn't ‘be affected as! od “under the © Ministry | of ies, Science. and ‘search parks, adjacent to the: major educational instituc’ tions. ; ‘Thomaon’ sald in the: ‘end: ‘plans are ‘to have: parks: ad- jacent to. the ; regional col-‘ leges,”: connected “by «cable * satellite ‘to parks ‘in | the Lower ‘Mainland. “bringing Bridge results Nov. 15 wit an average of 84; and the following: results ‘North-South: First was Clara ‘ohn! and Connie Miller, with 98%, Char! >. First was Dr.’Ron Perrier ‘and ‘Bill Gorkoff with: 108, Hugh ‘Auld’ and: Canninlbations with .the plan for the parks to. become self-sufficient. © “Our plan is as we build them (parks), the rental: in-: :coming' back ‘will roll = Nos: 72, 314 and 331 p: ‘are separate from each other. About "25. people, .repre- senting local businesses, and’ interest groups came to hear Dr. Mode... >. ‘Mode, -in giving an inter- view of the “organization, noted that the B.C. Research Council is: one ‘of eight: pro- vineial Foscareh “councils in Projects have included. determining the cause of arson ‘in’ an Okanagan ‘area fire, to solv- ing a problem fora plastic proxy that wouldn't set... “Moat of the Council's work is’ done on a contract. basis. ‘The Council receives a annual ~ $500,000" grant ‘from — the province. All other funding is , Teceived from contract work. iven ‘that all Motor Vehicles must be off the : ‘ orso, parked that the main racchoy is cleat for. ide for on the: street ‘during snowplowing —at ihe owner's expense. sz night.to allow for snow. removal.” “In residential areos please move your vehicles when a snowplow is in your area. LEFT).UN ), THE ) STREETS” DURING. SI SNOW?! ee WILL BE TOWED AWAY | E Ex! = Five | Berikoff, 13 «days; “° Nelly i ranging ‘from’ 18 |} Zmaeff, 19(days., {All the women were ‘des “Watch for exciting: ‘details in Wednesda 15, 1981, for: setting ‘fire: to. : IA he Scurthouse in EGrand 1128 = 4th St., Castlega ‘ {Castlegar's Enchanted Florist greement) with pseveral, other’ $end local Sacton } Greetin: ane help the Koo ‘to Vie Sociony orl may Scie In iutues of th the » Castlegar Ne News ust priorito of $5 or: Society. will hb for the generosity of several energy. and dollars. Call.” local businessmen who turn- ; Canadian Home Insulation ed in ‘their prize money for toll- S the good of' the coininustty. MIG PS Ck ea NN th \\ AN The good word is ‘about IBM typewriters. ‘To make shopping for an IBM typewriter much « easier (and even more personal) IBM typewriters are now available... 2 through independent dealers. 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