‘CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 24, 1983 CASTLEGAR NEWS 7197 A278 AUG, 27, 1960 Aw WEN DIP’ INFLATION. CEASE To BE JOUR: ; . Not] GONCERN 2 CV. CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER AUG, 7,'1947-FEB. 19, 1973 * ik — Burt Campbell R— Ron Norman — Peter Harv 365-6761 » WE OFFER PLANT : MANAGER — Linda Kositsin ADVERTISING MANA‘ Carol Magaw COMPOSING ROOM N— Mickey Read CIRCULATION — ser Anderson ‘worth appricimataly $765,000 | for patie construction of a police building, ‘firehall ‘and Greising a area. Mr,. | F. ;Fomenoff and’ Mrs) /P. q rt] ve OFF OFF ALL CASH” Fomonoff ‘motored; ‘to Grand ‘Forks Sunday, to! spend, the day.» ! in that part and thot part only of lnement prepared Irom epee povaicpe an. provided by the advertiser sholl remain in and, _ vetted ‘ony odvert Eee Election heats up. W's been slow in coming, but af- ter simmering for two weeks, the finally starting to come to a boll, On the local level, what has been for the most part a dull campaign Involving NDP’ incumbent Chris D’Arcy and Social Credit challenger Walt has the p ial to . J. a bid to put the D’Arcy team on the Barrett's stand is bound to create some interesting discussion over the next 14 days — both across the - province and on the local scene. Mr. Siemens has already ser- ved notice that! he will hammer : away at the Mr. Barrett proposal in heat up rather nicely between now and May 5 with the decision by Liberal candidate Sergio Cocchia and Independent Jim Peitzsche. to join the fray. Perhaps quantity can make up for what has been at best a plodding election battle in Rossland-Trail. The problem is of course the lack of any local issues to excite the voters. Mr. D’Arcy initially tried to make leéal Issues the focus of his campaign —. things like the government's 300 ‘per cent water licence fee increase that had a devastating affect on Cominco and - Hydro’s exemption from paying taxes on its Columbia River dams and property. But those aren't really the type of issues that get the average voters up out of their easy chairs. Mr. Siemens, for his part, decided early-on that local issues weren't all that important and con- centrated instead on making sure voters understand the difference t he d fali * are walting for in Rossland-Trail: ‘vative party president Peter for the first time in the. campaign. It will be the first time either candidate has: made a con- certed attack. on the other party. Though not a local issue, the NDP proposal ‘ta dismantle the wage restraint program just may be the hot issue -candidates ‘and voters:. At least we'll know tall this time next week, Experience’ needed. Former Progressive Conser- Blaikie’s announcement this’ week that he is withdrawing from the Tory leadership race should be ©’ heeded by some of the 10 remaining * serious leadership LALONDE 'S. BUDGET © candidates. Mr. Blaikie, in explaining his reason for dropping out of the. race, said he just doesn't have a ff grasp of the complex the of the NDP and the free enterprise philosophy of the Socreds. Mr. Siemens ‘believes simply “thot Social Credit free enterprise is the way out of the recession and thata ° Socred government is the best vehicle for attracting private in- vestment. That isn't exactly the kind of election topic that captures the interest of the average voter either. But. things. should change. over... “the last half of the campaign with NDP Jéader Dave Barrett's announ: cement this week in Nelson that his party will scrap the Social Credit government's wage restraint program for workers in ‘the health care and education sec- tors. Wages for government em- ployees are always a hot topic — election or no election — and Mr. Anco FRED | MERRIMAN \& i Most people spend every dollar they earn. It doesn’t matter whether the - dollar is earned by selling your time by the hour or deriving a profit from invested capital. It is interesting to note that management of that capital is also charged by the hour or its bigger brother a monthly salary and benefits. Professional associations base. fee schedules on the complexity of the ser- vice or by the hour. Now in these times of rampant unemployment it seems to me that the time is appropriate for those who may _have: never run for any ‘type of ‘tunities will of necessity rest in those . issues facing the nation to do’. By KEN SMITH A bid ‘to set ‘up some: kind of in- ~ dustrial strategy: for Canada — some- thing talked. about for “85 years but never acted on, and apparently kicked ‘into the garbage only'a few. weeks ago — may be getting a second chance. ‘ Finance iter: Mare Lalonde leader of the Progressive Conser- proposed. in his budget speech that vatives and ‘very likely the next government, business and. labor, get prime. minister..and head. of thig,..,tegetber.and organize something -h e | country having absolutely no political. experience h ath; Yet, that is the case with many of Hauled out of the trash can and dry- the Tory leadership hopefuls. . cleaned, that sounds remarkably like There are more thana handful who proposals made since the end of the Second World War, for. some kind of. political office, but who suddenly — long-term strategy that: would help want to start out at the top. It’s like Canada toward real and sustainable a .new priest to becor a le growth. . Pope right off the bat. . Those’ present’ had apparently been kissed off after countless conferences with innumerable officials from gov- ernment, business and labor because, ¥ experts decided in effect, they wouldn't a , Z _ -work.. _ © Everyone agreed the pringiple was . sound, With an effective industrial strategy, Canada would be able to plan its future growth on an organized basis. © As the years, and conferences, wore on, there was plenty of evidence to support this notion — Japan's remark- .able economic recovery, based in large measure on forward-looking de justice to the job of party leader and he recognizes that he needs “a more extensive political appren- . ticeship” before taking a run at the © party's top job. If only some of the other candidates came to similar realizations. . It's difficult to imagine the called a national centre for productiv Ye sia example fae: Canadian planners to fol- low. “There was one problem, however. The planners . couldn't. agree: on , where they should be going, let: alone. . should get there. The result appeared to be, finally, ° ‘that Ottawa had decided Canada ia,too big and too diverse to be guided by: any -be second look’at'the situation. “© It’a:not hard to see: why he wants a fresh effort, despite: past failures, ” For the last decade, Canada’s" ability to create real new wealth for its .popu- lation. has actually been declining. A paper Lalonde released ‘with his budget notes that since 1974, the real output of every employed ‘person — that is, their productive worth after” the dollar value is adjusted for inflation — has fallen by-an average of 0.2 per cent a year... When ‘faced with ‘competition from Japan, West Germany and others, that statistics can mean only one thing in the long run. Disaster. Lalonde, noted in ‘his iuilgot address that there will always be -tension among labor, business and government. it'sa second. chance’ operating toimprove the Are and competitiveness of the Canadian economy,” he added, His proposed national centre won't “be srexeareh institute or another ‘think “tank, he ‘said: “Rather itisa place where labor and business can meet, away from the bar- gaining table, to take a hard: nosed and practical look at’ issues of: mutual needed: —' the plants, offices ad : “boardrooms of the, nation. y {This ‘can only be done iby. practical “people who know what they are talking about, workers and managers. It is that .kind of’practical experience that, we hope, a national:centre for productivity * and employment growth will bring to gether,” \~ ‘Those are brave words and it's a fine theory. Attacking them would be like » beating your pet dog. Indeed, ‘first’ reactions from labor. and business :' officials ‘suggest they. welcome the initiative. But they also have a let's. weaned see attitude. After 85 years of cynicism built on 185 years of failing to achieve what. La- lJonde is calling for, it's eagy, Pe - id their caution. —abit ofan given the 85 years of failure in agreeing on a national dé businesses serving the big three users going, was cited on where’ the world’s economy was - “But that should not. prevent labor, of the average income — rich or poor een must look after a roof over their head, food in the stomach and wheels to get out of town in a hurry. Ifnone of the merchants or‘outlets in the big three need you then try ,gompeting with them with your own “Operation. If you cannot compete in price you will have to bust yourself in giving personal door-to-door service 24 hours a day if necessary to get the baby, become ive. Conservative operation off the ground. Never has leader, but if he in'hot strong at home there ever been a greater need for - in Atlantic Canada,’ his battle will be now fee] that money is dis- tributed amont the well-to-do have a good look at that opening sentence. Most people spend every dollar they “Several months ago the expression, “find a need and fill it,” was used in this column. We all know’ that many people now genuinely desire employment. One of the most important reasons for employ- ment is to allow a person to tap into the economic pie‘that now appears to be sees among the more fortunate. here are a few ‘Most families — unemployed or not — continue to pay a third of their income to housing, another third to groceries and an important part to transportation in one form or another. The remaining 10 per cent for most people is stretched to the breaking point as it attempts to cover a list of miscellaneous items that would prob- ably fill three pages of closely written type. Therefore, my unemployed friends, I do truly empathize with you , because for three years I walked the same sidewalks and know from per- sonal experience the feeling you now . experience. The greatest job oppor- . who are: willing tl - and able to knock on doors or work for ac pop he. poe Santervative ed straight commission, based on produc- K i perati in all fe tive results. Even the rich are looking‘ pias Maoh fp i ‘lacviews this week under rocks to find a-way to cut costs . they believe Crosbie has a chance to or save a buck on the expense side of become leader, They said he has solid. the ledger. Tap into that need. . support in his ‘Newfoundland stomping One of the greatest mysteries of this ground and. appears to be gaining day of apparent downside business is” strength in the rest of the region. the failure of salesmen of any breed or No: hard can be applied to calling to follow upon past and present Crosbie's strength in Atlantic Canada, customers. t willing to gi A satisfied éustomer is the best a higeitpailad es anes eee source of referral business around and, from the region on the first ballot. yet, our family has. not received a what happens after that is anyone's follow-up call from any: merchant or guess. 3 salesman in six years of living in . ” with Premier Brian Peckford back- ° Castlegar. Instead they feel it is more ing him, Crosbie has:the help of an important to dig for new by . i and nearly all sitting around the store waiting for the 110 Newfoundland delegates. And drop-in traffic. Peckford has said he will call in favors How about the best idea of all: open from political allies across the country un an employed agencies and lead to help the home-town favorite. : the unemployed by the hand ‘ nec- - Even Crosbie's opponents agree that essary to locate p ff you r like his folksy brand of derive a percentage for Toening a job polities and Newfounilanders revel in you will probably amaze yourself atthe it, He also is said to understand the ideas you can generate to promote your complaint among. many Conservatives list of clients. You see how easy itisto here that Atlantic Canada’s goals are be an armchair general — especially if oftep overlooked. you already have a job. Ken Matthews, a Truro, N.S., lawyer and Joe Clark supporter, said there is a es mM.” co- “Speamvuniverasl eetenth felt | among Conservatives for Crosbie, but that af- fection ‘does not 1,That doesn't: mean, however, their caution is correct, nor does it mean that this isn't the time to try again, despite (Past failures, On Friday Dandie we the members of: the . Volunteer : Fire.\Department gathered at, their: club; rooms’. to bid Be »yadlew' to fireman J. Asher, Mr. Asher e te The Kiniaird Baden-Powell Club- is “holding a pot-luck ‘supper on Thursday at the home of Mrs, J. Burrows at 7:80 P.th. Members and friends, are invited we general’ ofthe Castlegar. Cooperative ‘Transpor- 7), tation ':. Society, was’ held Monday Is travelled nd together via the press of Britain, then across Canada fog z their nurses training : Gartholomew's in London, Miss Levin ‘was formerly on the staff of St;Charles Hospital, London, and Miss Fry/on'the |. ataff-of the Royal United. Hospital at : Bath: | 7 . . * In spite of unfavorable vweathers a tecord ‘crowd attended Castlegar and District Hospital opening ceremonies .on Saturday. ~ Provincial Minister. of Health and” Welfare, Honorable Eric Martin, in his -address..to: about 500 present, ‘paid tribute to the 3 voluntary effort through- out: the ‘entire ‘istrict in aid of the project. £ * * - A day of thanksgiving, climaxed by blazing beacon fires’ across the: Jenett \breagtt of Betish Geliinb ‘mark the’ true" starting point-0 peu tennial celebrations, Sunday April 27. A long-awaited series ‘of "spectacles, for a pi long ‘festival, gets underway immedi- . afely following the’ ceremonies." . . Castlegar Nei Although Castlegar’s fire’ season does not officially start’ until. May‘1, four fires have. already been reported. ’ All were ‘proven or believed tobe caused by carelessness. The most. serious of the ‘three, a three-acre" blaze: the. middle: of ‘last week about 1/4 miles west of the ferry vip Robson‘ cost taxpayers an estimated "$800 in'Isbor and equipment costs, The same day, a fire started behind je. Trail-Tadanac Hospital and was guished by BC. Forest Service crews. Still a third blaze the same- ‘day in “Robson was also extingujshed’ after -it had reached an extent: of one-quarter acre. s e . ‘West’ MP. Bert announced Saturday he will, be step- Kooti "ping down when the next federal elec- servative director for the provinee, says he. doesn't think Hatfield is too into votes at a convention, « He says the news media, “by concen- - trating’ on conflict within .the party, may be misreading.many Tories who _want peace above all before the next try at. the federal Liberals. » Matthews: says “Clark” will - take two-thirds of the 140 Nova Scotia votes into the convention, and Crosbie may be second. But a Tory close to Premier _ John Buchanan said Clark’s support is soft arid could evaporate ‘unless the former leader is strong in early going.’ The source, who ‘asked not to be named, said Crosbie has made a lot of friends in Nova Scotia, appearing at out-of-the-way fundraisers for. local candidates. “He’s got a lot of friends around the country because he's always been there.” In Prince Edward Island, Horace Carver, former provincial justice min- ister, thinks Crosbie is going. to -be strong throughout the region. Carver is working for Crosbie and says the St. - John's West MP will take a high per- centate of P.E.I.’s 60 votes. New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield, like Buchanan in Nova Scotia and Jim Lee in PEI, is not saying who he will support. But. Hatfield, a canny poltical observer, is known to be sizing up candidates as they troop through Fredericton. . Fred Blair, acting Progressive Con- d with any of tho candidates so far and has held back: his consid- erable influence with the 120-member New Brunswick delegation. - Blair says Crosbie is “reasonably popular.(in New Brunswick) but whe- ther they: will vote for him or not, I don’t know.” There is a-strain of deep loyalty. tion is called. His‘nomination of Ran- dolph Harding as his successor was ac- cepted unanimously'by the NDP party: Speaking Saturday in Nelson at a full day of party activities which inchided both provincial and federal spheres of concern, Mr. Herridge said he would be content to continue in Ottawa until, an election is’ called. *, 8 4 A single ferry for use on a Needles-. -Fauquier run ‘is to be built in the "Castlegar area, a highway department said Monday. : among New. ‘k delegates’ for’ the current:leader, Blair said. But he said Clark lost-support in the wake of his short term in office by ‘not making certain appointments and by losing the 1980 election. ‘Dave “McLaughlin, who worked . for Blaikie before he dropped out this week, says ‘he expects Crosbie to be a _ strong third who will do more damage to Clark than to Mulroney, or the others, He ‘says his reading of Now is that most del are still uncommitted. Maas “There is. no move to the right in New Brunswick,” he said. “We want someone who will win and make a good prime minister.” : Finding someone who. can beat the Liberals preoccupies many Conserva- - tives. Central Nova Scotia MP Elmer MacKay summed it up when he said he ‘believes Mulroney has “electability”. that other candidates lack, . Crosbie is popular, he said, but in the manner of a cult figure more than a na- tional leader. . 5 YEABS AGO | . From the April 27, 1978 Castlegar News < Selkirk Lions’ gross receipts for this year’s. West: Kootenay Trade. Fair. Friday and Saturday were 25 to $0 per cent higher than last year, the club president says. é . ! The feat Bx C. Summer Games: are to be held in Penticton at MecNicoll Park -- from. Aug. 16 to 20with over 3,000 young athletes expected to take part in 28 different sports, sf Well-known Castlegar Hones: ‘Omer Lightle, celebrates‘ his 70th birthday today. Lightle and his wife, Ora,’ ‘came to this area in 1938. - Lightle has always been active in the building trade and.land development and in 1941, subdivided a major portion of Kinnaird and installed. the first water system, with the aid of Cecil - Watson and the late Dr. Goresky. * designers of the widely ¢ BY SPENDING FIVE DAYS WITH US Selkirk: College's new. Frofess onal Selling Program’ will show you how to keep ‘on fon of sales @. lack of them. get on top of you. You will javelop skills in ev. thing from oraanizing a prospecting system to closing ith confidence, fessional Selling ines. practi bie skills: with current information’ Take advantage of nie opportunity ‘to ‘acquire’ new : i bate ‘ond you: will profit from the panic . at Selkirk inn, Ca legar, Bc: ister by April 2 “the probeasicoal Selling Progtam | isa ¢ f and’ designed by ‘Selkirk tbe pi 8) pneleves, rans Reo Skills for Supervisors. cyan SELKIRK COLLEGE, Box 1200, artleger, B.C. ‘mpiaieion unde tablished ‘to draw up the cur- riculum for. proposed Rus- sian Immersion Kindergar- ten program that could get ander. way: in’. Castlegar achool-district this Septem- 2 Petar Evdokimoff, a mem- ber of the steering committee , that has been trying to get the program off the ground focitwe years, says. the es- tablishment of a Russian im- mersion class in time for the fall term hinges on enrolment * figures. and: community: in- terest. “We. will “know : in. two! weeks whether: we will go ahead or not,” Evdokiniff, a Tarrys Grade 4/5 teacher, said. ; culating ‘among. parents with r study | kKindergarten-aged children “fers to th:, use of.a language to determine the number. of other.thah the child's home ‘children ‘who might’ partici- language as a medium of in- Pate: in such a program. struction,” Last year, a similar survey. mented. was sent out and Evdokimoff - said it indicated that as many é “Fifteen _y years . Sago » this ‘as 85 children might attend a type. of education, program Russian“ immersion kinder- ‘was: almost, non-existant’ in class. Canada. +.‘Today. immersion baht prepared release, ams:-are_ in; operation He. geisioad that.a ques- a Gant Seniors anioy | chairman “LaDell * Lipsett ‘aid things differently’ for‘ the’ Senior Citizens’ Association -social meeting: April +21. “All - at- tending mambers met-at the Twin’ Rivers School auditor-* ium at 2 p.m. to enjoy a'band concert, and : refreshments were served later hack at the : 1 Seniors’ centre. Nearly 45 seniors were at ‘the school, and came back 10 oa the centre full of praise fort the music provided by Rob- , ert Bertuzzi’s: student. band, . For an-hour, the 45 students . played: a_ wide variety, .of piece: and-‘many of the audi. * kitehen well under control before the hungry. hordes ar- rived. “Mmes.. Lipsett, Layeock ‘and Batchelor provided the’: delicious cakes and buns, and as always. the ‘seniors went - home" weil-entertained and well-fed. President Molly White took a few minutes to remind all to prepare for the April 29 - » things for the bake-table and items for sale at the. bazaar table will: be heeded-in quantities.” “ence, were struck. by the vir- : tuosity of the youngsters, and by their adaptability. in changing instruments from time to. tim Special appreciation - was expressed for..the ukelele singers, who presented. sev- -eral numbers. As one of the ‘listeners commented, “I just felt like getting’ up and dan- cing, the. rhythm “was so good.” : Thanks goes to music- master Bertuzzi for his work with Castlegar's young peo- ple, ‘who are developing an appreciation - “of music -and some valuable ‘skills through hia good work. ‘ Coffee and tea were ready “for the seniors when they got back’ to the’ centre, where: 9. “Evelyn Batchelor had the: INTERIOR CARPET CLEANING "ANNOUNCEMENT 20% OFF GRAND OPENING SPECIAL ON CARPET CLEANING! 160 H.P. truck mount. Opening soon at our Castlegar location. PLEASE PHONE COLLECT FOR MORE INFORMATION. 352-6228 INTERIOR CARPET CLEANING -promote the idea of the pro- Walt's commitment to community services has “led to his membership and participation in a host of ‘organizations working fora better way of life in the West Kootenay, including the Board of Health, Library Board and United Appear a His energy and representation will work effec- tively for you in Victoria. © . : voTE SOCIAL CREDIT school district, “and in» “every. province and ‘noted that the curriculum "every major city,” in Canada, _ development team hopes’ to - he said. “have‘an- appropriate kinder- garten program — including ‘goal of any ‘bilingual pro- Evdokimoff -com- ; . He added that the ultimate . “numbers : - The’ winning’ ttumbers for ‘the "Wednesday, ‘April 20; 8 etroon tt gram is to produce. bilingual 4:39 which was established to ie i “It appears that bilingual ‘gram, is in'the process of sol- programs .are one .posbible iting funds ‘to’ financially .way to support the project. riching educational experi vide 8.more er-’ 1 sotabtiahed, the Rugsian ence to children in our mul- ‘ ten ety,” he said. program Bou be a’ pilot °° Registration. dates for reg- program. subject to ‘contin- ular Kindergarten as well as uous and Russian. Kinder- If