B2 CASTLEGAR NEWS; November 19, 1980 rf One man’s opinion An experience by FRED MERRIMAN Congratulations, Vera — and good show, Cora Lee. Now, since | ama poor loser, t will go split wood all afternoon - Running for school board trustee was a good experience and I:woyld like to take this opportunity to personally thank the 91 persons who voted for Mr. , . Wonderful, “did learn some interesting facts In this election which | thought I would share with you: The voters’ list is approximately elght years old. The list makes reference. to 1974 which, give or take a co! uple. of years, is right on, Therefore, the per- centage turnout at the polls based on 1,487 voters in area "J" at 31 per cent is - not factual,” * Perhaps minds far greater than mine may devise a more’ modern system than the process used by the Romans more than 2000 years ago. he first lesson In communication which came to“my attention would astound you. At least a third of the voters that we reached by telephone were unaware that an. election was in process. Others did not know. they were eligible to vote because they thought you could only qualify by owning Proper- ty. Alarge fumber of voters did not know that they lived in area "J". The mo fact | caused me to learn an ex- cellent ino in humility. When | told them | was Fred: ‘Merriman in a clear, - public. adviso: sanctum, Now may I make a public proposal: .. Several good women and go » the polls. Therefore, may § suggest, since advisory committees are all the rage these days, that the people who won might contact those who lost, form an committee from their numbers which will allow an opportunity for ‘some of the good, positive concerns they spoke about to channel into the inner accessible and speak, also for, the also-rans. Those who ran for office. know full wel ‘tue of a public office and these people are cognizant of the ultimate power which rests with the electorate and even more importantly, wi electorate, whol don! t think are aware of the effective control they have in the pleasant voice, the first and immediate reaction was “Who?” Nearly 90 per cent of the people | spoke to had never heard of me. Dear Gordon and dear Burton, we simply must find a way to reach the - men (includ me) were at fast l admit that every voter has a cholce.to be heard at election time but two years is a long time away. Such a committee could tap the enthusiasm and drive that carried even the losers into the race and perhaps if the incumbent were quite astute could very well Pp on by being to remain silent: How true are the words now Avenue which says simply: “Talk less. Say more. " The more that any future II that changes can be'fhade by vir- the’ silent, loots I sign who did not show ori , the day, have ‘in the Clark Gable tradition. "frankly my fa tjust don’t givea damn.” aes people us rene sete opted _to CUSO volunteer - WINNIPEG (CP) — Af _ ter 3% years working and living in east Africa, Cath- erine Harvey's timing for a visit home and a jarring dose of culture shock could hardly have been worse. She's arrived atthe start. he Christmas-shopping eaafon: when store” shelves’ are bulging with gift ‘items and advertising seems relent- less to her. “I don’t-mean to sound self-righteous but the amount of stuff we have here just blows me away. It's almost . sickening.” - Harvey isa volunteer for Canandian University Ser- vice Overseas, commuting from Dar Es Salaam, Tan- zania, to neighboring Mozam- bique, where she runs the CUSO program in that coun- try. Harvey says she has come from a place where people are happy having en, ough pure water for them- selves and their livestock, where they be- CUSO and its French- language counterpart, . SUCO, have 19 Canadians in Mazambique, a country left short because its former Portuguese rulers monopol- ized most skills before their ousterain 1976... .. “Harvey adinitister's” “a” - Bain pottery budget of $300,000. It's main- ly for salaries’ and, support services for CUSO workers trying to teach people ad- ministrative and technical expertise needed to run their country — where the annual income is $270 and fpgd, ful and shelter are often, con.” “sidered” Tuxuries, ~ Captured audience, found in a.m. hours: television atation is playing'O * Canada — a sort of Pavlovian signal telling viewers to turn off their sets for the night. , But midway through the anthem, the recording slows toastop anda security guard with-a rather‘silly grin pops up on the screen. ~ No, the station isn't -experiencing technical diffi- culties. It's just cece security at MTV. vand host of | the All-Night Show, who in’ 'a‘ short’ time’ fas becoma.a sort af:cult hero to A ee insomniacs . © night: people: | Weekends =": a lags tess - | : the Twilight var, ¢ and Outer | Limits “are-two-of thé -inost popular — along- with one of the mostBizarre mixes of art films, and two-minute seg- ‘ ments ever to find its way te the TV screen. In between the pro- te grams, Chuck, a simple and slightly »goofy: man, kibitzes with telephone callers, offers i id his down-to-earth views,"of the world and in- vites cleaning women ‘and other gards to come down and. play -their musical in- strume! He mocks the shows — and patticularly the com- mercials — he doesn't like as he banters with his friend Ryerson,” the cameraman with a|suspect Scots burr’ who is never shown on the screen and is supposedly the only other person in the stu: dio, |: : The show, the first all- night program in the country —vstarted in September on - MTV — Toronto's multilin- gual television station. Since that time, women have sent Chuck pictures of themselves — a few have been in the nude — and written letters asking to meet him. Two “Callers jam. the... tele- phone lines 90 minutes before the shows goes on the air and . the phones are still ringing Exhibited at DTUC. Recent work by Koot- “enay potter A.Y. Bain will be on display from Nov. 28 in the Kootenay School of Art Gallery on the campus of David Thompson University Centre, Nelson. The exhibit title, “Earth- flights", reflects the influence of the Kootenay environment in Bain’s work. “Earth- flights” features images of ravens, Canada geese, and water drawn on an assort- ment of plates, platters, re- versing bowls: and lidded jars. when it ends at 6 a.m. Fans ‘have sent cookies, posters and knitted and hand-made goodies, Dan Jannuzzi, president of the 14-months-old station, _Bropmed mar- -. cin jane to have the show + beamed, by satellite across the country by. April, des-. -a)+th eribes. the program as a “visuwt, free-form radia show. Itis the creation of Jolt Silverman, the show's pro-. ducer and a young entre- + preneur who tried for four ‘elovish sleep at night, everybody » else; di except maybe for dos. Figures ‘on the audience years to that there was 4 market for all-night televison. “L kept, atelling people there’,was jan audience ‘out there but nobody would be- allevs. me said Silverman, ~ availa! size and won't be: ’ until December ‘but Silverman ‘and Tangi convinced the audien huge and they attribute much of the show's success to Chuck. Kootenay Tem Grand niet of ‘the ‘Grand Jurisdiction of. B.C., rs. Roberta Piper of Twin ‘emple No, 83, Salmo, was featured: guest of Kootenay Temple No. 87, Pythian Sis- rs at !their meeting last ‘Thursday. M.LE.C. Myrtle Thomas - presided over the routine business: meeting. Most Excellent Chiefs and Past ‘Deputies were introduced and welcomed. The: following were also introduced and given Public Grand -‘Honors: District Deputy Grand: Chief. Char- lotte Beattie of Rosevale Temple No. 88, Fruitvale; Grand Press Correspondent. Results from Joy Keillor Bridge Club Seven tables, with an average of 84, took part in Monday night's session of the Joy Keillor Bridge Club with .the following results: North-South First, Lorne Musclow ‘and’ Chuck Clarkson — 102; ‘second, Agnes Charlton and Bev Swain — 91; third, Gracé* Donaldson and Jean Fischer — 87} East-West First (tied with 9642), Dr. Ron Perrier and Bill. Gorkoff with Connie Miller and Clara Johnson; shied - Norm and Les Gallie — Bain teaches ceramics at DTUC's Kootenay School of Art. He was born in Calgary, ° and‘ received a P.Ed. from the University of Calgary and an M.F.A. from the Uni- , versity of Oregon. iets The gallery is open to ‘ ‘the public weekdays from 12 | noon to 4:30 p.m. and Tues- day and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9, _ & Air Equipment * Painting Equipment * Concrete Equipment 107 Pine St., Nelson, B.C. andexr . -equipment rentals “Your Family Rental Centre | for All Your Rental Needs!” 352-6291 night 229-4606 * Scaffolding * Contractors % Homeowners Tools No. 37 plays hd Gladys Wirsch of ple No. 3; Past Ritulaat sti Officer’ Connie . Morrie. of Twin Temple No, 83, Salmo; and’ Grand Junior Rose So- berlak of Kootenay Temple 5 No, 87, Castlegar. Grand Chief Roberta. : Piper of Twin Temple Ne. 33 was escorted to the altar and given Grand Honors, M.E.C. Myrtle Thomas’ presented her" with: a corsage, after which-manager Rose Sober- lak presented her to each of ’ the officers for an addendum. “Visiting dignitaries pre- sented. and given Grand - Honors were: Past Supreme. Representative Mary Dufius (Trail), Olive Mills (Rossland - - Kimberley), Phyllis~Wood- ward (Rossland), Past Grahd - Chief: Laura -Dewis ,(Castle- _ gar) and’ Past Grand Chief . ness meeting, G.C. Roberta — Piper was presented: with a small gift, along with a cheque for the Cancer Soci- ety. Under Good of the order, Edith Wilson, musician of, Kootenay No. 87, was pre- sented with a gift in rec: | ognition of her “devoted ser- . .yice as musician, . - _Guests were. from Sal- Wi § ¢ uit aiby Reilagid, vale, Kimberley and Revel- - stoke. Refreshments were served by the tea hostess.’ G.C. Roberta ‘Piper cut the welcome ‘cake, ‘which was made by Laura Dewis and © decorated by Joan Marks. of every description PLANTERS, LAMPSHADES, BASKET CHAIRS AND MO! E.P. 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